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Posted by blhanel on Saturday, September 25, 2021 2:50 PM

You're welcome- one of the things I love to do is to track down mysterious locations using Google Satellite View.

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Posted by Lithonia Operator on Saturday, September 25, 2021 2:19 PM

Thank you Brian!!!!!! Yes

I thought the building in the back might help.

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Posted by blhanel on Saturday, September 25, 2021 2:04 PM

I think I found it!  Looks very much like the Peekskill Station based on Google Satellite View, and the building in the background looks very much like the Franciscan Sisters- Peekskill building.

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Posted by Lithonia Operator on Saturday, September 25, 2021 1:29 PM

This MNCR photo was taken on the Hudson River line. Does anyone know which station this is? There is a very out-of-focus sign in the background; unreadable, but it looks like a single word.

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Posted by Lithonia Operator on Saturday, September 11, 2021 8:56 PM

If the CP had bought the D&H by then, I'll just call it a CP train. Thanks.

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Posted by Overmod on Saturday, September 11, 2021 1:51 PM

Lithonia Operator
This photo was taken in Binghamton NY in the Fall of '92. I would call it a CP train. But I know it could be run-thru power, and therefore not really be a CP train.

Did you not think that CP might not be operating its own locomotives on its own property a year after buying the D&H?

(How this got nearly 5 hours without someone who actually knows the area and the railroad, like Harrison, to comment, I don't know.  I trust they can give you all the data for a proper caption now that they are alerted.)

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Posted by Lithonia Operator on Saturday, September 11, 2021 9:50 AM

Yes, Grafton. So B&O. Thanks.

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Posted by BaltACD on Saturday, September 11, 2021 9:38 AM

Lithonia Operator
I know where this is, but interested to see if Balt will identify the location in approximately .05 seconds! And wondering if it is true that the large office building is, as I was told, former C&O offices.

B&O at Grafton, WV I presume.

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Posted by Lithonia Operator on Saturday, September 11, 2021 8:26 AM

I know where this is, but interested to see if Balt will identify the location in approximately .05 seconds! And wondering if it is true that the large office building is, as I was told, former C&O offices.

Still in training.


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Need caption help
Posted by Lithonia Operator on Saturday, September 11, 2021 8:18 AM

I am captioning my photos, and from time to time I will use this thread to ask you good folks to help me out, if you are so inclined.

Here's my first ask:

This photo was taken in Binghamton NY in the Fall of '92. I would call it a CP train. But I know it could be run-thru power, and therefore not really be a CP train. If anyone can help, please weigh in.

Still in training.


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