The view from MOUNT VERNON looking east across Lake Champlain to Vermont.
Collection of Don & Pat Neff
The view from MOUNT VERNON looking east across Lake Champlain to Vermont.
Collection of Don & Pat Neff
Via Rail Canada was our host at Central Station in downtown Montreal
Collection of Don & Pat Neff
We parked on track 16 at Central Station in downtown Montreal for
three nights
Photo by Jack Deasy
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Pat & Don return from sightseeing in Montreal
Photo by Jack Deasy
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Buckminster Fuller's geodesic dome at the site of the
former Expo 67 World's Fair in Montreal
Collection of Don & Pat Neff
As we departed Montreal on the southbound Adirondack and crossed the
bridge
over the St. Lawrence, we encountered a Via trainset being wyed
Collection of Don & Pat Neff
As we departed Plattsburgh on the southbound Adirondack
we get a good look at the impressive former D&H station
Collection of Don & Pat Neff
Traveling along the west shore of Lake Champlain
as we head south on The Adirondack
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The former D&H station at Fort Edward, NY
along the route of The Adirondack
Collection of Don & Pat Neff
Amtrak's Empire Connection tunnel, opened in 1991,
links the former NYC West Side Line to
the former PRR Pennsylvania Station in Manhattan. The tunnel has both
AC catenary and DC
third rail. We are heading downgrade approaching Pennsylvania Station.
Photo by Jack Deasy
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One of our passengers on this trip was Bob Vogel, a
well known photographer of the railroad scene whose photos are published
on the internet and have appeared in magazines.
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While we were parked at Central Station in Montreal,
Amtrak train 69 arrived Monday night behind P42DC 100.
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Tuesday's Amtrak train 68 (P42DC 100, five Amfleet cars and MOUNT
VERNON) is ready to depart Montreal's Gare Central
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Leaving Gare Central
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A CN freight in a yard south of St Lambert on the south
shore of the St Lawrence River
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Passing siding occupied by northbound CP freight; we came to a stop
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The southbound freight following us had to clear the switch at the
north end of the passing siding before the northbound could continue.
It turned out that we stopped because the northbound Adirondack was
on the single track in front of us. Train 69 followed the northbound
freight and the conductor of the southbound gave a roll-by inspection.
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Plattsburg NY
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Westport NY
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Port Henry NY and Lake Champlain; Lake Champlain & Moriah RR
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Fort Edward NY: CP caboose and Amtrak station
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A tunnel near Ticonderoga. We got a great view of Fort Ticonderoga,
but communications cables on the east side of the right of way ruined
any potential photo opportunity.
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CP has a large yard under construction north of Fort Edwards on the
east side of the track.
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CP caboose in the smaller yard on the west side of the track.
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Departing Schenectady NY
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During our southbound trip, we were delayed at Schenectady due to
CSX signal problems. A CP freight went past us on their adjacent track.
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After traveling a distance east of the Schenectady passenger station,
we stopped again, at CP 156. The eastbound Lake Shore Limited came
to a halt close behind us and the northbound Ethan Allen rolled past
us.
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When we finally rolled past the CSX signal maintainers working at
CP 156, Pat yelled to them asking whether they had fixed the problem;
they yelled back "No!"
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MOUNT VERNON's ambience
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Crossing the Hudson River from Albany to Rensselaer
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In addition to private cars HICKORY CREEK (on the westbound Lake Shore
Limited) and MOUNT VERNON, there was plenty to see while we were at
Albany-Rensellaer. The photos with movement are blurry because
fading daylight kept the camera's shutter open until sufficient photons
had been collected to create a photo.
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P42DC 100 is uncoupled from the head end of our train (# 68) at Albany-Rensselaer;
a P32DM (dual mode diesel-electric / third rail electric) will be
added to the head end for the remainder of our run to New York
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Private car HICKORY CREEK was traveling west on the Lake Shore Limited
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Private car MOUNT VERNON on the southbound Adirondack, about to depart
Albany-Rensselaer for the final 141 miles to Penn Station, New York
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