RRPX 41 and 43 lead Western New York and Pennsylvania Hornell Turn nearing Hornell
In the very late 1970's and into the early 1980's GE was rebuilding old locomotives at the old Erie Hornell shops. A bunch of old C&O U25-B's were bought by the National de Mexico Railway. A West... (more)
There are some days that you will never forget. Such was the case when we had extreme cold in February, 1979 and the temperature was 24 below 0. We got to Hornell and stopped at the crew change po... (more)
From my slide collection by BILL NIXION.
A pair of U25-B's that are still in PC markings bracket a blue C-628 on a Westbound departing Hornell on a dreary May afternoon.
A classic early CR lashup leads a Westbound empty hopper train that has stopped for a crew change at Hornell. An ex LV GP38AC leads a pair of ex PC units and an ex RDG unit on a very hazy August a... (more)
A 532 coal drag enters Hornell at CP CASS. These trains used to run on the WNYP from Meadville, PA to Hornell, NY, which is the line that swings off to the left. NS has eliminated the Meadville cr... (more)
This little SW-8 spent most of the summer of 1977 in the Hornell Yard. The unit is the ex DL&W 504.
TV-77 storms out of Hornell and up the grade on the line to Meadville, PA.
An outlawed 310 sits at East Ave. in Hornell. A 38T recrew was called at Buffalo and came and got a coal train at Hornell, which they took to Corning. The recrew then taxied back to Hornell and go... (more)
A couple of "old rides" parked at Hornell.
One of the bastardized U23-Bs that Guilford reassigned from the D&H to the MEC leads a pair of D&H Alcos and another U23-B on an early morning Eastbound on Conrails Southern Tier Line.
An empty hopper train is parked in the Hornell siding, awaiting a crew.