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SNC 52 |
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One of the Saratoga & North Creek's rare EMD BL-2 locomotives rests for the day on the engine house lead. Unit was built in 1949 as Bangor & Aroostook 552. One of the locomotives that arrived for the startup of SNC operations between Saratoga Springs and North Creek back in 2011. |
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6/27/2015 Upload Date: 7/3/2015 12:35:25 AM |
| Location: |
North Creek, NY |
| Author: |
Paul Koprowski |
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SNC 52(BL2) |
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| Title: |
SNC 52 |
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Upon arrival at North Creek station, we find one of the railroad's BL-2s idling with a single coach on the passing track, waiting for the arrival of the daily train from Saratoga Springs. |
| Photo Date: |
9/11/2015 Upload Date: 11/1/2017 10:34:06 PM |
| Location: |
North Creek, NY |
| Author: |
Paul Koprowski |
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SNC 52(BL2) |
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266 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
SNC 52 |
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One of the Saratoga & North Creek's rare BL-2s idles at the station awaiting its next move. The locomotive was built by EMD in 1949, one of eight constructed for the Bangor & Aroostook Railroad. Originally BAR 552, the first 5 in its road number would later be dropped. After working in the Pine Tree State for many years, the unit would migrate to private ownership in Wisconsin, where it was repainted as Janesville & Southeastern 52. It would be displayed with sister unit 56 at the National Railroad Museum in Green Bay for a time before being acquired by Iowa Pacific, refurbished, and sent to the former D&H Adirondack Branch as SNC 52. It now serves in both freight and passenger duties on this upstate New York shortline. |
| Photo Date: |
9/11/2015 Upload Date: 11/1/2017 10:43:52 PM |
| Location: |
North Creek, NY |
| Author: |
Paul Koprowski |
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SNC 52(BL2) |
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186 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Down At The Depot |
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SNC 52, in its D&H inspired paint scheme, looks right at home next to the historic North Creek depot. The station itself was constructed in 1874 by the Adirondack Railway and later came under the full control of the Delaware & Hudson in 1902. Perhaps the most well known event in this station's history is when vice president Theodore Roosevelt arrived and learned that he was now the President of the United States after President William McKinley passed following an assassination attempt at the Pan American Expo in Buffalo. Roosevelt boarded a special train here headed for Buffalo and was later sworn in as the next President. In 1976, the building was added to the National Register of Historic Places. |
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9/11/2015 Upload Date: 11/1/2017 10:55:53 PM |
| Location: |
North Creek, NY |
| Author: |
Paul Koprowski |
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| Locomotives: |
SNC 52(BL2) |
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174 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
It Appears The D&H Has Returned |
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The daily excursion from Saratoga has arrived behind the railroad's large GE number 8524. |
| Photo Date: |
9/11/2015 Upload Date: 11/1/2017 11:09:43 PM |
| Location: |
North Creek, NY |
| Author: |
Paul Koprowski |
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SNC 52(BL2) SNC 8524(B39-8E) |
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224 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
SNC 8524 |
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After moving the excursion consist into position for servicing, SNC 8524 moves the BL-2 and passenger car into a siding at the south end of the yard. |
| Photo Date: |
9/11/2015 Upload Date: 11/2/2017 12:33:48 AM |
| Location: |
North Creek, NY |
| Author: |
Paul Koprowski |
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SNC 8524(B39-8E) SNC 52(BL2) |
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302 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Passing the Old Coal Ad |
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9/11/2015 Upload Date: 11/2/2017 12:49:02 AM |
| Location: |
North Creek, NY |
| Author: |
Paul Koprowski |
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SNC 8524(B39-8E) SNC 52(BL2) |
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296 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Almost Done |
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The big GE would leave the coach and other locomotive just south of the crossing before coupling back up to the excursion consist. |
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9/11/2015 Upload Date: 11/2/2017 12:51:17 AM |
| Location: |
North Creek, NY |
| Author: |
Paul Koprowski |
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SNC 8524(B39-8E) SNC 52(BL2) |
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364 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
SNC 52 |
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9/11/2015 Upload Date: 11/2/2017 1:20:49 AM |
| Location: |
North Creek, NY |
| Author: |
Paul Koprowski |
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SNC 52(BL2) SNC 8524(B39-8E) |
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337 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
SNC Excursion Train |
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A consist of equipment for the Saratoga & North Creek Railway awaits weekend excursions at the Saratoga Springs Amtrak station. |
| Photo Date: |
9/8/2017 Upload Date: 10/22/2017 11:54:10 PM |
| Location: |
Saratoga Springs, NY |
| Author: |
Paul Koprowski |
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SNC 52(BL2) SLRG 4135(GP40FH-2) |
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609 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
SNC 52 |
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Saratoga & North Creek Railway BL-2 52 was built in 1949 by EMD for northern Maine's Bangor & Aroostook Railroad, where it served into the 1980s hauling freight, mainly agricultural and forest products. Iowa Pacific acquired the unit for the start of the SNC operation from a private owner who had it stored at the National Railroad Museum in Green Bay, WI for many years. It was restored to operation and given a new paint job in the midwest before heading east to the former D&H Adirondack branch, where it has since become one of the main locomotives used for the operation. |
| Photo Date: |
9/8/2017 Upload Date: 10/22/2017 11:58:24 PM |
| Location: |
Saratoga Springs, NY |
| Author: |
Paul Koprowski |
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SNC 52(BL2) |
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497 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
SNC 56 |
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The Saratoga & North Creek's other former BAR BL-2 shows off its wonderful new paint job as it awaits final reactivation for operation on the former D&H Adirondack Branch. |
| Photo Date: |
6/27/2015 Upload Date: 9/9/2015 8:01:00 AM |
| Location: |
North Creek, NY |
| Author: |
Paul Koprowski |
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| Locomotives: |
SNC 56(BL2) |
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615 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
SNC 56 |
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The SNC's other BL-2, wearing a slightly different variation of the road's paint scheme. The unit, which has yet to be put into service on the former Adirondack Branch, was one of the last two BL-2s constructed for the Bangor & Aroostook in 1949. Originally BAR 556, and later renumbered 56, this unit would be one of two BL-2s lightened by ten tons in order to be operated over the Bunker Brook trestle on the Greenville Branch. Later sold into private ownership, it would be displayed in faded BAR blue at the National Railroad Museum in Green Bay, WI with sister unit 52 until it was acquired by Iowa Pacific. |
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9/11/2015 Upload Date: 11/1/2017 11:32:32 PM |
| Location: |
North Creek, NY |
| Author: |
Paul Koprowski |
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| Locomotives: |
SNC 56(BL2) |
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509 Comments: 0 |
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