Raochester and genesee Valley RR Museum

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rhoward

rhoward

S.L.O.&W. Trainman
Rochester and Genesee Valley RR Museum

For those of you that like to railfan a bit I am posting some photos I took last night at the Rochester and Genesee Valley Railroad Museum in Rush, NY. Locos in the photos are LV RS3 Hammerhead #211 and our 80 tonner.

Hope you enjoy!

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Some shots of the startup of #211:

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Yes that old Alco sports an EMD 567B prime mover. Sweet sounding and LOUD!
 
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Had to reinstall the trumpets on #211. Not sure why they had been removed.

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They moved the 80 tonner to get the second caboose in the train:

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Moved #211 to the head of the train:

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Coupled her onto the 80 Tonner:

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Joined the air hoses, checked the brakes.....

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And headed down the tracks!

More info about the Rochester and Genesee Valley RR Museum can be seen here: http://rgvrrm.org/

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fiend540 said:
Are you form around rochester? I went to college maybe 5 minutes from this place!
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I went to college in Rochester, NY (Eastman School, U of R). Currently live in Geneva. Lets see you say 5 minutes from the museum? RIT Maybe? We have several members that are RIT Grads.

Jbaakko, you may very well be right, but I have never gotten over to museum for a run and seen them put on before. It may be a new policy as the sister museum we work with has had some vandalism problems recently.
 
Or, they may have been off for some repair. I know horn theft is an increasing problem at railroad museums nationwide. Good looking Alco but 80 tonners are still my favorite.
 
UP2CSX said:
Or, they may have been off for some repair. I know horn theft is an increasing problem at railroad museums nationwide. Good looking Alco but 80 tonners are still my favorite.
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What we have to watch is scrap metal of almost any kind. We have someone there working on restoration most days, keep everything we can locked up, fenced in, or well out of sight as much as possible.

The old RS3 Hammerhead ended up pulling 2 cabeese plus the 80 tonner (didn't want to take the time to switch out the 80 tonner) up the hill. There is a 4% or so grade going directly out of the yard. The engineer told me he had the old girl in notch 8 half way up..... She was talking pretty good. ;):D The RS3 is the star of our shows this summer and is in use as much as possible. We are trying to get a 45 tonner that was given to us last year cosmetically restored and running well for our Diesel Days Weekend in August. I'll be out at the museum tomorrow lending a hand.
 
Josh, you hit it right on the nose! I emailed the Superintendent of Operations at the museum who is a friend of mine and this is what he had to say:

"Air horns, which go for several hundred dollars new, are particularly attractive to thieves for resale to truckers, railfans, etc. The horn on 1654 was damaged a few years ago in an apparent theft/vandalism attempt in this vein, so we made it our policy to remove and secure air horns from locomotives when not in use to prevent such damage/theft.

However, as you witnessed, installing and removing air horns requires personnel to climb on the roof of locomotives, which is extremely dangerous, particularly in inclement weather (IIRC, an LAL employee was killed recently after falling from the roof of a locomotive), so we’ve decided that we will be leaving the horns installed going forward because the cost to replace an air horn pales in comparison to that of an injury or death.

Our shop forces are working to engineer (no pun intended) a solution where horns can be secured so as to prevent theft/damage without requiring removal."
 
Josh, you hit it right on the nose! I emailed the Superintendent of Operations at the museum who is a friend of mine and this is what he had to say:

"Air horns, which go for several hundred dollars new, are particularly attractive to thieves for resale to truckers, railfans, etc. The horn on 1654 was damaged a few years ago in an apparent theft/vandalism attempt in this vein, so we made it our policy to remove and secure air horns from locomotives when not in use to prevent such damage/theft.

However, as you witnessed, installing and removing air horns requires personnel to climb on the roof of locomotives, which is extremely dangerous, particularly in inclement weather (IIRC, an LAL employee was killed recently after falling from the roof of a locomotive)........

Our shop forces are working to engineer (no pun intended) a solution where horns can be secured so as to prevent theft/damage without requiring removal."
 


rhoward said:
I went to college in Rochester, NY (Eastman School, U of R). Currently live in Geneva. Lets see you say 5 minutes from the museum? RIT Maybe? We have several members that are RIT Grads.
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RIT would be correct although I did not graduate from there but the wife is finishing up her last year at RIT so I am in rochester quite a bit. I am from the Buffalo area but always wanted to visit the museum out there, just never got the chance to.
 
fiend540 said:
RIT would be correct although I did not graduate from there but the wife is finishing up her last year at RIT so I am in rochester quite a bit. I am from the Buffalo area but always wanted to visit the museum out there, just never got the chance to.
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We are open every Sunday from 11AM to 5PM up to November 1st. this year. You enter at the New York Museum of Transportation and ride by rail to our museum at the Industry Depot.

http://rgvrrm.org/visit/index.htm

Diesel Days are Saturday and Sunday, August 22 and 23.

Make it a point to come and visit us and bring the wife too. She will have a great time and you both may know some of our volunteers.
 
rhoward said:
Our shop forces are working to engineer (no pun intended) a solution where horns can be secured so as to prevent theft/damage without requiring removal."[/I]
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Hmmm...I wonder if you could rig up an air tank somewhere out of sight that would be set off when a certain bolt was removed? A good blast in the ear from one of those horns should serve as a good deterrent. :)
 
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