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<body background="webimage/railback.jpg"> <div align="left"><table border="1" width="100%" align="left"> <tr> <td width="100%" colspan="2"><p align="center"><font face="Bookman Old Style" color="#FF0000"><strong><big>GREATER ROCHESTER RAILFAN PAGE</big><br> </strong></font>This website uses frames, but your browser doesn't support them.   Note that the non-frames version of this page will not be updated as often, so please either enable Frames on your browser or upgrade to a browser that will support frames.</td> </tr> <tr> <td width="21%" valign="top" align="left"><font color="#FF0000"><u><em><strong><a href="body.htm"><small>HOME</small></a></strong></em></u></font><br> <font color="#000000"><small><small>  <a href="whats_new.htm">What's New</a></small></small></font><br> <small><small>  <a href="search.htm">Search</a></small></small><br> <small><small><strong><u><em><font color="#FF0000">CLASS ONE RAILROADS </font></em></u></strong><font color="#000000"><br>   <a href="csx.htm">CSX</a></small></small><br> <small><small>  <a href="ns.htm">Norfolk Southern</a><br>   <a href="conrail.htm">Conrail</a> </small></small><br> <small><small>  <a href="cp.htm">Canadian Pacific</a><br>   <a href="amtrak.htm">Amtrak</a></small></small><br> <small><small><font color="#FF0000"><u><em><strong>SHORTLINES AND REGIONALS </strong></em></u></font><br>   <a href="adcx.htm">Adirondack Scenic (ADCX)</a> </small></small><br> <small><small>  <a href="http://www.adirondackrr.com/">Adirondack Scenic</a> </font><font color="#FF0000"><strong>(official)</strong></font><font color="#000000"> <br>   <a href="ara.htm">Arcade & Attica (ARA)</a> <br>   <a href="http://www.anarr.com">Arcade & Attica</a> </font><font color="#FF0000"><strong>(official)</strong></font><font color="#000000"><br>   <a href="bh.htm">Bath & Hammondsport (BH)</a> <br>   <a href="bprr.htm">Buffalo & Pittsburgh (BPRR)</a> <br>   <a href="bsor.htm">Buffalo Southern (BSOR)</a> <br>   <a href="dmm.htm">Dansville & Mount Morris (DMM)</a> <br>   <a href="dlwr.htm">Depew, Lancaster & Western (DLW)</a> <br>   <a href="frrr.htm">Falls Road (FRRR)</a> <br>   <a href="fglk.htm">Finger Lakes Railway (FGLK)</a> <br>   <a href="gnwr.htm">Genesee & Wyoming (GNWR)</a> <br>   <a href="kprr.htm">Kodak Park (KPRR)</a> <br>   <a href="lal.htm">Livonia, Avon & Lakeville (LAL)</a> </small></small><br> <small><small>  <a href="http://www.lalrr.com">Livonia, Avon & Lakeville</a> </font><font color="#FF0000"><strong>(official)</strong></font><font color="#000000"><br>   <a href="nyle.htm">New York & Lake Erie - 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<a href="hojack.htm">The Hojack Line</a><br>   <a href="rules.htm">E-Mail List - Rochester_Railfan</a></small> </small><br> <small><small>  <a href="railair.htm">Flying the Rails</a><br>   <a href="hobo.htm">Hoboing in Rochester</a><br>   <a href="links.htm">Links</a> <br>   <a href="maps.htm" target="main">Maps and Time Tables</a><br>   <a href="images/">Picture Archive</a> - UPDATED!<br>   <a href="railfreq.htm">Radio Frequencies</a><br>   <a href="gvrm.htm">Railroad Attractions</a><br>   <a href="railhist.htm">Railroad History -  under construction</a> <br>   <a href="structur.htm">Structures - Abandoned & Active</a><br>   <a href="spotting.htm">Trainspotting Guide</a></small></small></font></td> <td width="79%" valign="top" align="left"><p align="center"><img src="images/Conrail/work_tr.jpg" WIDTH="752" HEIGHT="412"><br> <small>Two Conrail SW-1500 switchers moving ballast cars over the Genesee River High Falls on a sunny winter day.  Photo by Les Wilson.</small></p> <p align="center"><small>This website serves railfans of the Greater Rochester, Finger Lakes and Western New York areas.  These pages emphasize the operation of area shortline and mainline railroads.  Here you will find maps, customers, locomotive rosters, area railroad attractions, trainspotting guide and other items to the local railfan. </small></p> <p align="center"><strong><small>The <a href="images/">Picture Archive</a> is back online!</small></strong></p> <p align="center"><small>This page is optimized for viewer with a resolution of 800x600 or better (1024x768 offers the best results).</small></p> <p align="center"><img SRC="_vti_bin/fpcount.exe/rochesterrailf/?Page=Default.htm|Image=1" ALT="Hit Counter"></p> <p align="center"><small>Please let me know if there are any errors, missing images or broken links at <a href="mailto:nessman@rochester.rr.com">nessman@rochester.rr.com</a></small></p> <p align="center"><small>UPDATED:  05/09/05</small></p> <hr> <p align="center"><big><a href="http://www.eastrailnews.com"><strong>Eastern Rail News</strong></a><br> </big><br> <a href="http://www.eastrailnews.com"><img src="webimage/ern-sht.jpg" alt="ern-sht.jpg (4390 bytes)" border="0" WIDTH="112" HEIGHT="64"></a></p> <p align="center">Eastern Railroad News provides the most up-to-date news and information on Eastern Railroads in the industry. The Subscribers' Section of their website has daily news reports, the monthly internet magazine, and more. </p> <p align="center"><a href="http://www.eastrailnews.com">Eastern Rail News Homepage</a><br> <a href="http://www.eastrailnews.com/subscribe.html">Subscribe to Eastern Rail News</a></p> <hr> <div align="center"><center><table border="1" cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0"> <tr> <td align="center" valign="middle"><table width="350" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" vspace="10"> <tr> <td colspan="6"><a href="index.shtml" target="_top"><img src="webimage/logo.gif" alt="Railroad Webring" border="0" WIDTH="350" HEIGHT="81"></a></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="http://nav.webring.org/cgi-bin/navcgi?ring=railring&id=133&prev" target="_blank"><img src="webimage/reverse.gif" alt="Reverse" border="0" WIDTH="64" HEIGHT="19"></a></td> <td><a href="http://nav.webring.org/cgi-bin/navcgi?ring=railring&id=133&next" target="_blank"><img src="webimage/forward.gif" alt="Forward" border="0" WIDTH="72" HEIGHT="19"></a></td> <td><a href="http://nav.webring.org/cgi-bin/navcgi?random&ring=railring" target="_blank"><img src="webimage/random.gif" alt="Random" border="0" WIDTH="69" HEIGHT="19"></a></td> <td><a href="http://nav.webring.org/cgi-bin/navcgi?ring=railring&id=133&next5" target="_blank"><img src="webimage/next5.gif" alt="Next 5" border="0" WIDTH="58" HEIGHT="19"></a></td> <td><a href="http://nav.webring.org/cgi-bin/navcgi?ring=railring&list" target="_blank"><img src="webimage/list.gif" alt="List" border="0" WIDTH="43" HEIGHT="19"></a></td> <td><a href="index.shtml" target="_top"><img src="webimage/joinring.gif" alt="Join" border="0" WIDTH="44" HEIGHT="19"></a></td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table> </center></div><hr> <h4 align="center"><a href="http://www.railserve.com"><font color="#0000FF">RailServe: The Internet Railroad Directory</font></a><br> <small><font color="#000000">Thousands of rail-related links, search engine, forums, railfan chat rooms, and more.</font><font color="#0000FF"> </font></small></h4> <hr> <h3 align="center"><font color="#FF0000"><small>The Greater Rochester Railfan Page supports Operation Lifesaver</small></font><br> <small><font color="#0000FF"><small><a href="http://www.oli.org/">Click here for more information.</a> </small></font></small></h3> <hr> <p align="left"><font color="#000000" size="3"><strong>BE A GOOD RAILFAN!</strong></font></p> <blockquote> <p align="left"><small><font color="#000000">Use good common sense and the utmost safety when railfanning. Stay off the right of way, yards, and any other railroad owned property. Trains can come at any place, at any time, and without warning. If you are caught trespassing on railroad property, you wlll be arrested and charged with trespassing. There is legislation in Albany to make trespassing on RR property a felony (now it's just a misdemeanor). Remember, the railroads do not exist for the railfans, but for the purposes of making money and keeping their customers and shareholders happy.  Some railroads are railfriend friendly and others aren't.  </font></small></p> <p align="left"><small><font color="#000000">Keep railfans on good terms with the railroads. Don't ask employees who are working stupid questions - that's what the internet is for - plenty of RR employees are online to answer your questions. You compromise their safety by distracting them. Also, cab rides are prohibited by the FRA in most cases - and are usually reserved for FRA inspectors and company public relations purposes.</font></small></p> <p align="left"><small><font color="#000000">Many shortlines are more railfan-friendly and will grant you permission to photograph on their property with written permission and/or an insurance/liability waiver. As for the major RR's (NS, CSX, etc...) permission is generally denied. Please inquire at their offices to obtain access to their property and be prepared to sign a waver.  Not all railroads will accomodate this request.</font></small></p> <p align="left"><small><font color="#000000">Also be courteous to other railfans and other people you meet trackside.  You - yes <em>you</em> - represent the railfan community!  </font></small></p> </blockquote> <hr> <p align="left"><small><small><font color="#000000">This page will <i>always</i> be an evolving work in progress -- <a href="mailto:nessman@rochester.rr.com">corrections or additions are welcome</a>. <i>More to come!!</i> These pages will focus primarily on the infrastructure, operations, and history of the railroad in Greater Rochester. Originally, there were no plans to detail locomotives, paint schemes, numbering, former owners,or rolling stock history into these pages at this time since there are dozens, if not hundreds of well designed pages on the internet for that sort of thing. However demand, as well as renewed personal interest has allowed me to start introducing these features into the page. But, I primarily want to focus on <i>why</i> the railroad exists, where it goes, and what happened to it. Otherwise, enjoy these pages and thanks for visiting. -- <a href="mailto:nessman@rochester.rr.com">Les Wilson</a></font></small></small></p> <hr> <p align="center"><small><strong><small>E-mail Les Wilson at <a href="mailto:nessman@rochester.rr.com">nessman@rochester.rr.com</a></small></strong></small></p> <p align="center"><small><strong><small>Copyright 2000 - All rights reserved - material contained within this website may not be used without permission.</small></strong></small></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100%" colspan="2"><p align="center"><small><a href="body.htm" target="main">HOME</a> - <a href="search.htm" target="main">SEARCH</a> - <a href="gvrm.htm" target="main">RAIL ATTRACTIONS</a> - <a href="maps.htm" target="main">MAPS</a> - <a href="images/" target="main">PICTURE ARCHIVE</a> - <a href="abandon.htm" target="main">ABANDONED</a> - <a href="structur.htm" target="main">STRUCTURES</a> - <a href="railhist.htm" target="main">HISTORY</a> - <a href="railfreq.htm" target="main">FREQUENCIES</a> - <a href="hobo.htm" target="main">HOBOING</a> - <a href="links.htm" target="main">LINKS</a> <br> Copyright 2000 - All rights reserved - material contained within this website and FTP site may not be used without permission.</small></td> </tr> </table> </div><p> </p> <p> </p> </body>