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N615-04 has 130 loads of coal weighing 16819 headed over the Gulf Creek trestle headed to the power plant in Somerset, NY on the shores of Lake Ontario.
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N616-30 has 129 loads of coal weighing in at 16587 tons with a length of 6983 feet as it makes it way North on the Belt and eventually onto the Somerset Railroad.
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N616-29 makes its way over the Compromise on its way to the Belt, Niagara branch, Lockport Sub and finally onto the Somerset Railroad.
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N615-21 crosses the Gulf Summit trestle with 129 loads of coal headed North to Somerset, NY
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T162-22 heads over Plank Rd on the Gulf Summit Trestle as it brings loads of coal North to the Somerset Power Plant.
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The late afternoon sun glints of the sides of CSX 5463 as T162-22 makes its way North with a loaded coal train for the Somerset Power Plant of the shores of Lake Ontario.
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The last rays of light are vanishing to the West and a band of lake effect snow squalls hug the shore line of Lake Ontario to the North as T126-22 nears its destination on a frigid boxing day. The temperature never reached above 7 degrees as we followed t
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U162 heads South over the Gulf Summit trestle with empty Somerset coal cars bound for Terre Haute, IN for loading, This is the fist train out of the Somerset power plant in almost a year.
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N617-02 has just passed over the Gulf Summit bridge as it continues it trek North to Somerset.
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N617-02 approaches Drake Settlement Rd as it heads North with 109 loads, 0 empties 14222 Tons 5925 feet and 448 axles.
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N617-02's destination can be seen in the background as the 109 car coal train follows the alignment of the old Hojack.
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N617-02's lite power returns to its train after clearing ice and snow from the rail. The power is swinging off the Somerset Railroad and back onto the Lockport Sub.
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Train N617-02 consists of two big GE motors leading 109 loaded Somerset coal hoppers as they swing of the "Danielewicz" route and onto the old Hojack headed for the power plant in Somerset, NY.
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N617-02 heads lite down the grade on the Somerset Railroad to clear snow and ice from the rail. The power has just left the Niagara Branch and is nearing the Gulf Summit trestle.
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N615-19 heads over the Erie Canal Northbound with 131 loads of coal for the Somerset power plant .
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N616 passes the approach signal at "SAN" as it heads East on the Lockport Branch headed for the power plant at Somerset.
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Out of the fog and onto the Somerset. Somerset coal train N616 has flipped its power around sometime during the night and 3129 is now leading the train off the Lockport Sub and onto the Somerset Railroad.
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CR 4020 Lockport,NY 6-14-85. Returning from the Somerset power plant grand opening, people on board included Conrail CEO L. Stanley Crane.
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This image is not mine, but It is a gift that was given to me and is part of my collection. This is the 1st coal train to NYSEG's Somerset Power Plant as it passes over the Gulf Summit Trestle in Lockport, NY.
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Conrail SD50 6735 leads an empty limestone train on the Somerset Railroad shortly after departing the power plant. This stretch of the railroad is the old NYC "Hojack".