Railfanning The Delaware & Hudson Volume 1

This is a preview from Railfanning The Delaware & Hudson Volume 1 by Paul Cooledge.
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DVD summary below:
With the fall of the major anthracite roads and their inclusion into Conrail in 1976, railfans began to focus their attention on capturing the operations of the Delaware & Hudson, as many believed the D&H's future as an independent company was becoming increasingly uncertain. The events that followed the acquisition of the D&H by Guilford Transportation just a few years after these films were taken would result in the demise of the Delaware and Hudson Railroad as many once knew it.
In Volume 1, we join Paul Cooledge and friends as they railfan the Delaware & Hudson on the Susquehanna and Penn divisions and on the Conrail Southern Tier Line from March 1979 to October 1981.
Locations include Binghamton to Mechanicville Yard on the Susquehanna division, Nineveh to Ararat including footage of detours over Jefferson Junction at Lanesboro on the Penn division and Binghamton to as far west as Portage, NY on the Conrail Southern Tier Line.
Highlights include interchange with the Boston & Maine at Mechanicville Yard, NY; Starucca Viaduct; Starucca Creek Trestle; Harpursville trestle and more.

[@timtraver7152]

The very beginning of the video shows the Bucks Farm trestle that crossed Buck's Falls just outside of Lanesboro. I was a Boy Scout in 1972 and we camped up on the hillside next to the trestle in all kinds of weather. One winter night the train came across the trestle really slow and the crew threw lit flares down off the bridge to entertain us, I'll never forget that. I took my son back there last year only to find the trestle was removed and sold for scrap in the early 1980s, but there is a nice trail up to the former track level and some nice display plaques showing the bridge. I was sad to see it go, so many memories of camping there. I was pretty thrilled to see this video with the train right on the trestle just like I remembered it.

[@jstigers21]

My grandpa worked the yard at Bevier Street in Binghamton for many years. Thanks for the memories!

[@mikeytrains1]

I could never imagine footage from the 1970s looking AND sounding this AMAZING! We are blessed to have engines like 5017 on the D&U, and 7303 and 7304 to still sear that beautiful lighting stripe livery!

[@kristopherandres4454]

You all prolly dont give a damn but does someone know a method to log back into an instagram account..? I stupidly lost the account password. I appreciate any help you can give me.

[@alaricmarvin6332]

@Kristopher Andres instablaster =)

[@EasternRailVideos]

Im learning more & more about D&H up there from my gf who's from the Southern Tier on the ex ERIE/Lackawanna/EL line in Elmira. D&H had very nice looking engines, esp the LIGHTNING STRIPE look of the Blue & Silver with the Shield. Great video indeed.

[@tommyhaynes521]

This is fantastic . I really wish I could have seen the D&H ,my favorite railroad , in those days. Trains were so much more colorful and interesting then

[@sitarnut]

Right on, Bro...... I miss a lot of the colorful freight cars as well...... a least I have a few models.. remember The Central Vermont Line? CN actually owned them.....but, I'm so ancient I remember the Steam Locos... times is a changin' as they say in the movies.....

[@merrimacksacoproductions4497]

Wish Guilford kept the paint from their original railroads, it’d be incredible to see nowadays considering what a lot of railroads have for their normal paint scheme

[@arlingtontrains7]

Amazing historic!

[@cvgeeps]

I took a cab ride on the D&H back in 1979 or 80 and we moved freight from Scranton to Binghampton it was awesome going over the Nicholson bridge was a thrill the crosswinds were hairy and as luck would have it Bernie Gill was the engineer that day too it was a day this rail fan would never forget I even got to operate the engines GP 38-2 # 7324 was the lead unit that day Bernie was so gracious and a real cool guy I am a subscriber to this page and will look into buying the dvds thanks .

[@SoFloRR1018]

Great video! I used to see D&H all the time as a kid when I visited my grandparents in Wilkes Barre.

[@craigkaplan3908]

SoFloRR 1018 me too. Grandparents were in DuPont Pa.

[@Siren851]

Sweet! Some great shots. Love the Starrucca Viaduct - what a marvel. D&H used to stop in Wilkes-Barre at the LV depot at one time - a venerable railroad.

[@JPMediaRR]

Glad you enjoyed the preview. There is much more to see in the DVD

[@btrev60]

I remember those ex-Reading '39-2's roaring upgrade through Tamaqua, PA, back in the '70's. Excellent!! Thanks for the upload!!

[@Hoosirdaddy]

when i was 15 i got a ride on a d&h loco i always ran over to the to d&h loco for drop off of dirt cars for norlite cohoes ny i remmber the guy geting out and swiching the tracks over but thos swichs are long gone good memores i have i miss seeing the blue and gray lightning stripes aka D&H

[@andrewwalsh4798]

This is great. Thanks.

[@JPMediaRR]

@SteelRail Thanks for the heads up. Will make the change in the next batch.

[@HighIronExpress]

ohhhhhhhh dude this video is so awesome and I'm only 2min into it. I love seeing the old EMD's working hard. =D

[@walterlangston4484]

saw A Delaware and hudson car on freight train yesterday

[@JPMediaRR]

@cvgeeps Glad you liked the previews. Looking forward to your order

[@alvintrain]

Ex Reading GP39-2's all over the place in this vid!!! Sweet

[@deme7063]

a quick check of Google maps show that the section of rail shown at Lanesboro PA is no longer in existence.

[@deme7063]

some where still there, but the rail spur that they are on is mostly gone.

[@paulquick8806]

Alcos alive!!!and Emds...make my day!!!👍👍🍻🍻🔫🎶🎶🎶🏆🏆😛

[@JPMediaRR]

@grvolans I believe it was at Jefferson Street, at the Junction of the Erie mailine over the viaduct.

[@cavemanballistics6338]

WOW this whole series is so cool 😎! 8mm film back then and in color it’s the cat’s ASS!!!!!

[@JPMediaRR]

@alvintrain Yep Glad you like the video.

[@jonwalter6317]

Nice vids. Maybe I'm dumb but the narration about how trains were handled with the closure of Tunnel doesn't make sense to me - I think northbound and southbound get used incorrectly, unless a train from Binghamton to Scranton was called a northbound.

[@totallygonegearhead2]

The opening shot on the steel trestle, is that the one that was down near Starrucca? Great video footage, My family first lived in Thompson, then relocated to Lanesboro, PA, we lived right on the D&H mainline in Thompson, then overlooking the Erie at Lanesboro and less than a mile from the viaduct.

[@RRYankfan]

I really want to see hudson yard in action.

[@shakedydogshake]

Okay, okay, this is the part that is making me scratch my head: once they figured out what was going on?????? Didn’t the pusher crew have orders before heading out from Sranton?

[@RRYankfan]

do you have anything of around Wilkes Barre?

[@JPMediaRR]

@MilwaukeeSDman Hi, this is all original on location sound recorded on Super 8mm sound film

[@supertouring]

Are these tape or DVD's still available to purhase, if they where do I go to get them?

[@grvolans]

where was jefferson junction? off main street (171) or off jefferson street?

[@paulchurch5929]

This was when Oneonta was a rail road town now it is a mess

[@stevenmichael2845]

3:45 check out the guys on the bridge

[@richardgordon8110]

do you remember the D&H LINE that literally went in a circle???

[@Hoosirdaddy]

i knew a bob on the d&h rail ran albany ny line

[@MilwaukeeSDman]

DUDE was the sound dubbed or was that all from there

[@SteelRail]

Just a heads up. In several captions, you spelled Southbound as Southbouth, and Northbound as Northbouth. Otherwise, an enjoyable video.

[@jeffreysheridan5205]

Twas already on the walll nfortunately

[@jamielacourse7578]

HEY.....get the hell off that viaduct.........damned kids...

[@Sparky0566]

Since it's been a year, ya might want to fix the title in the video as well, you have RAILANNING instead of RAILFANNING.. :)

[@LycoValleyRRFan]

@shininghappyperson7 Hay at least it's not a GE.

[@JPMediaRR]

Unfortunately no.