With quite the eclectic, all-Alco lashup, the Batten Kill makes a rare Sunday run with interchange traffic from the Pan Am Southern connection at Eagle Bridge. Leading the way is Raven Rail's D&H-painted Alco S2 #3021. Behind it is original D&H Alco RS-36 #5015 (now SNEX 5015), which was recently semi-restored to the experimental paint scheme it once wore on the D&H. Behind that is D&H-inspired Alco RS-36 #5012 (SNEX 5012), and finally BKRR Alco RS-3 #4116--an original D&H, then G&J unit that still wears a version of its G&J paint today. The reason for all the power was its presence at the Batten Kill's 40th Anniversary Celebration at Cambridge the day before.
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just heritage schemes, not just commemorative schemes - this album is devoted to some of the world's most interesting paint schemes, past or present.
From a hint of "Bee" (NKP 765), colorful "Bees" (KCS), "Bees" w/ "attitude", to "Bees" that "sting" your eyes, in their own way they have "Bee" on display! Equipment that "Buzzes" with Yellow & Black colors! ("Bees" can still "Bee" entering this "hive"!)
New York state has the largest number of ALCO diesel locomotives working in everyday service. Here are some of them. Soon I hope to chronicle all of them.
