A Nice July Morning To Photograph and Videotape Trains

On the morning of Saturday, July 27th, 2013, I decided to spend a few hours trackside on the RF&P. I decided to set up at the Visitor's Center in Ashland as it had been a while since I had gotten any footage at that location. There was plenty of time for me to set up my tripod and camcorder and eat breakfast before it was time for Amtrak's Northeast Regional 88 to make its stop at Ashland. The defect detector at milepost 8.1 and Elmont signals to the south were all static on the scanner this day but I tried to make out what signals were being called.

At 8:38 AM, Northeast Regional 88 made its stop at Ashland behind P42 150.

 After 88's passage, it was almost another hour before the next train showed up. Northeast Regional 67 (Amtrak P077 on weekends) made its stop behind P42 131 on track 3.

 So far, it was turning out to be a quiet morning on the RF&P. We didn't get any other trains through until 10:20 AM when Northeast Regional 194 arrived to its stop in Ashland about 10 minutes late, led by P42 9. 

While the train was stopped, I decided to take a picture of the "North Ashland" signals

 About 20 minutes after 194 was out of Ashland, I finally got a freight; Q702 a northbound empty trash train came through behind ES44AC 849 and CW44AC 360. Not the best of power, but I was glad to finish off my morning at Ashland with a freight