Snapshot - Feb 2025

Another missed opportunity...just a few minutes late arriving town to catch an eastbound freight in Chatham, NY.

This months snapshot is from another stop I made on my way to Springfield on Jan. 23 2025. I decided to see if I could catch a train through Chatham NY at the station and the town block with the tower and clock. I have been here a number of times with Don Janes and we never caught a peek of a train through town. We did arrive once passing a train on the freeway just before we turned into town., but that was the closest we have been to seeing a train.

Well this time was no different. As I arrived in town the tail end of a eastbound was passing the station...so what the heck, lets get a shot of the tail end passing the station. I planned to hang around town for a bit so I headed over to the coffee shop on the main street in town. As I was ordering I could hear the rumble of a westbound train whistling a crossing, another chance missed. What I did not know till I followed the tracks east in town was there is a siding and control point just east of were I was. It appears there was a train waiting for the EB to pass before departing. Next time I will be checking arriving in town. I hung around for maybe 45 minutes hoping something else would pass. No luck it was off to Palmer, Mass. next...George Dutka