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RS 3
Title:  RS 3
Description:  The Adirondack RR restored service on the former NYC Adirondack Division for the 1980 Lake Placid Olympics, games that were notable for the US hockey teams upset win over the Soviets. By 1981, the line had become largely defunct as a going concern, and the equipment was all laid up at Thendara. Here we see the RS 3s that powered the Utica to Lake Placid trains the year before. Thirty years later, the Adirondack Scenic is making a come back on the line, resotring track that had largely gone back to nature, and developing a growing rider base.
Photo Date:  8/8/1981  Upload Date: 2/17/2013 1:19:40 AM
Location:  Thendara, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  ADIX 29(RS3) ADIX 28(RS3) ADIX 25(RSC2)
Views:  1942   Comments: 1
Rare unit
Title:  Rare unit
Description:  Former Florida Power & Light RSC 2 wound up on the Adirondack Ry at Thendara NY, where it sits in 1981, after the Adirondack quit operating. The unit eventually wound up on display outside the Utica station
Photo Date:  9/6/1981  Upload Date: 1/14/2012 11:31:29 PM
Location:  Thendara, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  FPLX 25(RSC2)
Views:  1017   Comments: 2
Rare and obxcure
Title:  Rare and obxcure
Description:  The Adirondack RR had an RSC 2 that had originally been built for Florida Power and Light. Amid the turmoil of that operations last days, it wound up getting moved out of Thendara, ultimately winding up on display at Utica. It also barnstormed a bit-dead in tow, it hadnt run in years-and was part of this years Steamtown Railfan Weekend. It is coupled to an equally interesting unit, Al Luetke's Lackawanna & Wyoming Valley U30B 901, painted and numbered as if it was part of the NYO&W's fleet. It was an attractive unit.
Photo Date:  11/3/1990  Upload Date: 2/4/2016 3:48:37 AM
Location:  Scranton, PA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Roster,Night,Yard
Locomotives:  ADIX 25(RSC2) LWV 901(U30B)
Views:  746   Comments: 2


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