Ice Cold Centercabs - a photo on Flickriver

            The most famous location on the A&A is by far the reflection pond at Welch Road. Usually perfectly still, the pond provides a mirror reflection for photos and I had gotten a few there prior to this image. On this day, the pond was half frozen just like myself, so I went for a different angle than the usual. I walked back along the shore to get a snowy foreground (and apparently some unnecessary sticks) in the shot. The pair of glorified tractors soon showed up with the usual heavy train for Reisdorf Bros and sang the song of an M5 as they approached Welch Road. Fit with two separate crews in each unit, the A&A gave you a true doubleheader, and unfortunately that has gone by the wayside with the arrival of an Alco RS3. 

While chasing this, I was driving a beige on beige 1997 Ford Taurus. The bubble years of the Taurus were my favorite, as the cars were so damn ugly they were almost cute, the same way that pugs are. The car had been beaten to death at that point by many ridiculous railroad trips in remote locations, and she was starting to feel it. On this day I was already down a muffler, it had rotted and finally fell free the day prior on my way home from work. During the chase she gave up the other one as well, and I have a photo of it sitting on my car as the train passed by to prove it. Not long after I would move to Maine with two new mufflers just to find out the subframe had rusted off and was hanging on by a thread the entire time I owned it. Oh well, I'll miss it.

Taken on: March 30, 2023

Sets appears in: • Centercabs • Arcade & Attica more » • New York « less

Groups appears in: • Transportation • Shortlines more » • GE Locomotives • Your Favorite Regionals/Short Lines Shot! • PLANET EARTH TRANSPORTATION • GE Centercabs • Western NY Railroad Photography • Quality and Exceptional Railway Photographs • Eastern Railroads • TRAINS IN ALL 50 STATES AND CANADA • Shortlines & Regional Railroads of America • GE Switcher Locomotives • Steel Rails of Canada and America • Arcade & Attica Railroad « less

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