Finger Lakes Railway All Time Locomotive Roster

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Units leased by FGLK: In
the early days of the FGLK, 1995-1996,
several units were leased for a time to get things up and running:
B&P
EMD GP9 #879 was leased for a time from 19??
to
19??.
B&P
EMD GP9 #207 was leased beginning in 19??
BDLX
1355, an ex-NS high-hood GP40, was leased briefly in 2003.
GSRX
EMD SW-9 #708 - Originally leased by Ontario Central in 19??
and based in
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A history of the Finger Lakes Railway.. The
first railroad that makes up part of today's FGLK system wound its way
For
well over a Century, from the 1850's
to the 1960's,
this line would be known
Today,
most of the "Auburn Road" makes up the East-West mainline of the FGLK,
The
next railroad that is today part of the FGLK arrived in 1851,
the Canandaigua
The
PRR Elmira branch was used to haul coal from the PA coal fields to Lake
Today,
a remnant of the PRR Elmira branch is operated by FGLK between
And
the third major Class-1 railroad making up today's FGLK system was the
The
NYC and PRR merged in 1968
to form Penn Central, and PC in turn became
Conrail
operated the former NYC and PRR lines around Geneva from
In
1995
Conrail sold its "Geneva Cluster" to the newly formed Finger Lakes Railway.
Finger
Lakes Railway operates its first train on July 23, 1995.
1995-
July - FGLK starts up with three GP9 locomotives,
1701, 1702 and 1703,
The FGLK owns and operates two seperate routes, a remnant of the
A third piece of FGLK trackage is the remnant of former LVRR mainline
FGLK's main access to the outside world is Conrail, which it interchanges
FGLK also interchanges with the Susquehanna railroad at Solvay, and with
FGLK is jointly owned by Farmrail System,Inc.
1998
- A fourth GP9 joins the roster, number 1751, which had previously been
199? - The 5th unit arrives, GP10 1801, the "Mountain Laurel" unit. 1999-
June - Conrail ends its sucessful 23 year
reign, when it is sold and split-up
NS takes over, from Conrail, the former Erie "Southern Tier Main"
CSX takes over the original New York Central mainline from Conrail,
1999-
June - the all-EMD all-GP streak is broken
by the arrival of three GE B23-7
200?
- A Fourth GE arrives, U23B 2211. (later 2201)
2004?
- Two more B23-7 units arrive, FGLK 2304 and 2305.
2006
- The first unit leaves the FGLK roster. 1801, which spent its entire
FGLK
2007
- FGLK takes over the Ontario Central from previous owner Livonia, Avon
2008
- March - GP9 1702 returns to previous owner, Farmrail, after 13 years
serving
2008
- Yet more B23-7's arrive, FGLK 2306 and 2307 arrive on the property,
As of July 2008, 10 units are operating, and one (2304) is OOS in Geneva,
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"mouse over" the map to switch between 2008 and 1908.
Direct links to the
two maps above:
http://gold.mylargescale.com/scottychaos/FGLK/FGLK-1908.gif
http://gold.mylargescale.com/scottychaos/FGLK/FGLK-2008.gif
Roster Notes:
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Links and Data sources:
This page is not
affiliated with the Finger Lakes Railway.
It is simply
one railfan's tribute page to this interesting shortline.
For the official
FGLK website, click here: Finger
Lakes Railway - Official site.
Scot Lawrence
Rochester, NY
Page started June 2008
Last updated October 27, 2008
sscotsman@yahoo.com
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