Delaware and Hudson In Color Volume 3 DandH in the diesel years Plant Morning Sun

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RailroadTreasures offers the following item:  Delaware and Hudson In Color Volume 3 D&H in the diesel years Plant Morning Sun  Delaware and Hudson In Color Volume 3 D&H in the diesel years by Jeremy F Plant & Jeffrey G Plant featuring the photography Jim ShaughnessyHard Cover  Morning Sun Book128 pagesCopyright 2004TABLE OF CONTENTSMontreal  8Windsor Station  10Westmount  11Montreal West  12La Salle  13Adirondack Junction  14Delson  16Rouses Point  18Along Lake Champlain  20Port Henry  22At the Water’s Edge  24Ticonderoga  26South Bay  27Whitehall  30The Rutland Branch  34The Washington Branch  36Greenwich & Johnsonville 40Along the Batten Kill  42Fort Edward 44Adirondack Branch 44Saratoga  46Ballston Lake  48Crescent  49Shared Trackage  52Coons Crossing  54Mechanicville  55Albany Line  62Waterford  63Cohoes  65Troy Union Railroad  66Watervliet  68On the Outside  70Solid Blue  71North Side of Albany  72Albany Union Station  74Albany  76Albany-Rensselaer Station  77Albany Main  78Glenville  81Mohawk Yard82Mohawk River Bridge  85Schenectady  86South of Schenectady  91Delanson  94Central Bridge  96Howe Cave Hill  97Cobleskill  98Richmondville Hill  102Richmondville Summit  106Worcester  108Schenevus  110Emmons  111Oneonta  112Along the Susquehanna  114Belden Hill  116Binghamton  119Pennsylvania Division  120Lanesboro  121Ararat Grade  124Hard Coal Country  125Wilkes-Barre  127Farewell  128INTRODUCTION:Delaware & Hudson in Color Volume 2 was published by Morning Sun Books in 1994. It was the first railroad book this author had done, and in retrospect it was ambitious in trying to cover a railroad the size and complexity of the D&H in a single volume. Much that we wanted to do had to be curtailed to cover the entire railroad from Montreal to Wilkes-Barre and the trackage rights granted to the road in the formation of Conrail. We were excited to see the book, but we knew that we wanted to take another opportunity to look at our favorite railroad in a different way. In Volume 3, we stick to the 744-mile system that theD&H operated before 1976, with only a few diversions to add to the story of the railroad between the 1950’s and the beginning of the Guilford era in 1984. Most of the locomotives shown are in the traditional D&H schemes, the early black and yellow and the many variations of the classic blue/gray/yellow colors introduced in the early 1960’s.A decade after D&H in Color Volume 2, a good deal has changed in the approach to publishing illustrated railroad books. Color reproduction and layout have improved greatly, many more excellent photographers’ work is appearing in print, and books now compete with a plethora of published works and electronically delivered sites for the attention of the railfan audience. In Volume 3, we take elements of the D&H we feel were under-represented in earlier volumes and examine them in a more extensive way. We don’t claim to cover every bit of the geography, operations, motive power, or history of the D&H. We had two goals in mind in putting this volume together: first, to complement the first two Morning Sun volumes on the D&H; second, to find pictures that capture the elements that made the D&H such a fascinating subject for such a long period of time.The organization of the book is by geography, but unlike most books on the D&H, we’re starting at the northern end of the railroad, in Canada, and ending up at the southern end of the line in northeastern Pennsylvania. Why go north to south? Maybe it’s a photographer’s preference. Southbound trains usually are the ones with the good lighting, especially in the darker months of the year. Perhaps it has appeared that the Canadian end of the line has been treated as an afterthought in other books. We think it gives this volume a slightly different feel than other books on the D&H.Before we get started with the photo essay, let’s get a sense of the history of the Delaware & Hudson. It’s a story that’s been told as well and as completely as it can be done by master photographer and historian Jim Shaughnessy, so we’ll try to hit only the main points that will prepare the reader for the pictures that follow.If the clich”the only constant is change” has any validity, it certainly applies to the Delaware & Hudson in the second half of the 20th century. At a time when other roads saved money by adopting simple and drab one-color paint schemes, the D&H transformed its image by changing from plain locomotive black to a beautiful blue and gray scheme. When most of the smaller Eastern roads slipped into bankruptcy, the D&H for a time stayed marginally profitable. When most roads eliminated older power, the D&H constantly surprised, adding Alco PA’s and Baldwin Sharks, rebuilt RS3’s and C424’s, leasing or acquiring engines formerly owned by a plethora of other roads, and keeping a few of the venerable RS3’s in operation long after they had ceased to operate on other Class One roads. When other railroads were eliminating their Alco power, the D&H continued to use its Schenectady-built engines along with units from GE and EMD. While most passenger operations in the nation were standardized, the D&H partnered with Amtrak to run its Albany-Montreal service with engines proudly wearing Champlain Blue paint and D&H lettering. The D&H was a breath of fresh air in the stifling atmosphere of post-Conrail railroading in the Northeast. Right up to its takeover by the CP in the 1990’s, it was the most unpredictable railroad in the region, and, to the growing number of rail fans who ventured to D&H country, the most photogenic and unusual.
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