Twenty years ago today I lost a good friend. The acquisition of Conrail Conrail by both CSXT and NS was a shareholders wet dream and a mixed blessing /curse to the railfans of the northeast.

After almost consuming two deer for lunch, The CR blue bonga led 11R comes out of the sag for Warnerville Cutoff Road as it races for Richmondville Hill ahead out of Cobleskill.

Shortly after 8:00 AM, NS Train 22K descends the Richmondville Hill grade at Warnerville, NY on the recently-acquired former D&H South End.

The Lackawanna heritage unit rolls a combined 287-23K down the former D&H main. The 23K intermodals are up front followed by the autoracks for 287. NS recently acquired these tracks from CP.

Crossing over a small creek, the CP holiday train is slowly making there way through warnerville getting ready to stop at Cobleskill for there next show.

Second stop was at Route 23A aka Warnerville Cutoff along the mainline to catch The CP Holiday Train. This was another new spot for me and the shot came out great, the bridge added a nice touch to... (more)

An Eastbound D&H freight descends Richmondville Hill at Warnerville, NY with "turquoise" leader 7316. The paint on the 7316 faded really fast for some reason. I don't recall any of the other unit... (more)

The Monongahela heritage unit makes an appearance on the D&H leading CP Train 939 through Warnerville, NY. The train is making a run at Richmondville Hill, and the beginning of the stiff grade is... (more)

A Westbound starts the assault of Richmondville Hill. The start of the grade can be seen in the distance. The train is already down to a crawl as the headend brakeman enjoys the view out the side ... (more)

A Westbound starts to climb Richmondville Hill with a pair of N&W SD-40-2s. A pair of D&H U33-Cs are pushing on the rear.