This image was made at Penn Central’s Collinwood diesel shop in Cleveland in 1968 or 1969. From right to left there is what looks to be the back of a Pennsylvania Railroad GE U25B, a New York Central Alco RS32, an NYC Alco RS1 and an NYC Alco FB.
Photograph by Robert Farkas
Ursula and I vacationed in New England for the first time in September 1990. We fell in love with New Hampshire, Vermont and Maine.
Because of that we returned more than 10 times over the next 25 years.
I conducted research to locate some special railroad locations for photography.
Above are two of my favorite spots. On trips in later years we at times returned to those spots in the hope of getting an even better photograph.
However, after studying my photos I found our first trip produced the best and favorite of my photos.
In the top image Green Mountain RS1 No. 405 passes the Bartonsville, Vermont, covered bridge on the former Rutland Railway.
The RS1 is also ex-Rutland. The bridge is also special.
Built in 1869, it spans the Williams River which branches off the Connecticut River north of Bellows Falls, Vermont.
On Aug. 28, 2011, flash floods from Hurricane Irene washed the bridge away. A new bridge was constructed and opened Jan. 26, 2013.
My photo shows the 1869 bridge and was made on Sept. 3, 2000.
The bottom photo was made at Intervale, New Hampshire, about three miles northwest of North Conway.
The Conway Scenic train is returning to North Conway on the ex-Maine Central (Mountain Division) line.
The spot was special because of the sag in the straightaway and especially because of Mt. Washington some 25 miles in the distance. The photo was made on Sept. 5, 2000.
Conrad Yelvington is a stone industry with plants around central Florida much like Shelley Materials in Ohio.
ACL No. 100 was built for the Atlantic Coast Line in 1950. It is owned by a preservation group. Although I’m not clear which one, they restored it to its original paint. They have leased it for the past 20 years to Conrad Yelvington which currently uses it at its Gainesville, Florida, facility.
GP30 2105 which works at the Sanford, Florida, facility started life as Baltimore & Ohio No. 6933. It’s a long way from when it used to run through Akron.
Alco No. 2144 works at the Orlando, Florida, facility and I was unable to trace its heritage. CYXX No. 2112 is an EMD sw9 that switches the CSX interchange at Orlando. CYXX No. 292 is an Alco RS1 at Orlando
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