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Viewing Album:  GG1s In the Bush - Ten Years After
 
By:Neil Barratt
Dates:7/1/2018 - 7/1/2018
Album Info:It's been 10 years since I first stumbled on not one - but TWO - GG1 Electric Locomotives rusting away at a small former D&H rail crossroad called Cooperstown Junction, about an hour drive east of Binghamton, New York. 10 years ago they were out in the open, on an old siding, along what is now a CP main. Here's a link to the photos taken exactly 10 years ago: http://barney_rebel.rrpicturearchives.net/archiveThumbs.aspx?id=34020 They are both still there, but now tucked way back in the bush behind the Leatherstocking Railway Historical Society office/house/caboose. One, I believe, was purchased by the Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn, Michigan, but it remains in Cooperstown Junction due to the inability to get the machine 'legally' roadworthy to be moved by rail to Dearborn. The D&H MofW truck/crane, that was there amongst the weeds a decade ago, is still there near the CP main. I wasn't even sure the GG1s were still there, and had to snoop around a little before seeing them - in a short mixed consist that included a rusty passenger coach and two D&H box cars - hiding in the bushes.
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Cooperstown Junction, New York
Title:  Cooperstown Junction, New York
Description:  Google aerial view of Cooperstown Junction, with the CP main (former D&H trackage) running across the bottom - between Main Street and Schenevus Creek. Circled area is where the GG1s are now tucked away. The tracks that the GG1s rest on goes due north through Milford, to baseball boomtown Cooperstown.
Photo Date:  7/1/2018  Upload Date: 7/2/2018 8:19:35 PM
Location:  Cooperstown Junction, NY
Author:  Neil Barratt
Categories: 
Locomotives: 
Views:  214   Comments: 0
Delaware & Hudson MofW Truck/Crane
Title:  Delaware & Hudson MofW Truck/Crane
Description:  Former D&H truck/crane was in this exact spot ten years ago when I first visited Cooperstown Junction - and saw my first ever GG1s.
Photo Date:  7/1/2018  Upload Date: 7/2/2018 8:19:43 PM
Location:  Cooperstown Junction, NY
Author:  Neil Barratt
Categories:  Roster,Scenic
Locomotives: 
Views:  213   Comments: 1
AARX 4934
Title:  AARX 4934
Description:  Consist with some real relics - including the two GG1s. None of the rusty railcars had discernable numbers, but the one box car had some visible remnants of the D&H logo and lettering.
Photo Date:  7/1/2018  Upload Date: 7/2/2018 8:19:50 PM
Location:  Cooperstown Junction, NY
Author:  Neil Barratt
Categories:  Scenic
Locomotives:  AARX 4934(GG1) AMTK 4914(GG1)
Views:  757   Comments: 1
AARX 4934
Title:  AARX 4934
Description:  AARX 4934 - This GG1 was AMTK 4932 when I first saw it - exactly 10 years ago.
Photo Date:  7/1/2018  Upload Date: 7/2/2018 8:19:57 PM
Location:  Cooperstown Junction, NY
Author:  Neil Barratt
Categories:  Roster,Scenic
Locomotives:  AARX 4934(GG1)
Views:  582   Comments: 1
Delaware & Hudson Box Car
Title:  Delaware & Hudson Box Car
Description:  One of two D&H box cars in this crusty consist. I was unable to read a number off the weather-worn paint.
Photo Date:  7/1/2018  Upload Date: 7/2/2018 8:20:04 PM
Location:  Cooperstown Junction, NY
Author:  Neil Barratt
Categories:  Roster,Scenic
Locomotives: 
Views:  179   Comments: 1
AMTK 4914
Title:  AMTK 4914
Description:  Way back in the bush was GG1 number two. This GG1 was AMTK 4914 when I first saw it exactly 10 years ago.
Photo Date:  7/1/2018  Upload Date: 7/2/2018 8:20:11 PM
Location:  Cooperstown Junction, NY
Author:  Neil Barratt
Categories:  Roster,Scenic
Locomotives:  AMTK 4914(GG1)
Views:  310   Comments: 0
AARX 4934
Title:  AARX 4934
Description:  That's my wife Natalie doing a little balancing act on one of the old sections of track that run past the Leatherstocking Railway Historical Society house/office/caboose. The caboose is visible in the distance. One of the two GG1s can be seen in the consist at far right.
Photo Date:  7/1/2018  Upload Date: 7/2/2018 8:20:17 PM
Location:  Cooperstown Junction, NY
Author:  Neil Barratt
Categories:  Scenic,Track
Locomotives:  AARX 4934(GG1)
Views:  601   Comments: 0

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