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The CSX River Subdivision
Ravena, NY (1 of 2)
Added 6/2009 Copyright © 2009 Lewis Bogaty
Q409 heads south off the siding at CP 128 in Ravena on January 3, 2009.
At its far north end, the River Subdivision passes through Ravena, NY, just south of Selkirk, where CP-SK marks the end of the line and the beginning of the Selkirk Yard.
In Ravena can be found the River Sub's last milepost (132) and last control point (128), as the single track broadens out one last time into a double track.
Also here are the last hot-box and dragging-equipment detectors (HBD-DED) and the high car detector for the northern end of the line. The northernmost customer is here also, a cement plant, whose coal siding is, unfortunately, not visible or accessible behind Winnie Avenue.
Main Street, Route 143
Getting there: From Coxsackie and New
Baltimore, continue north on Route 9W into Ravena and
turn right on Route 143, which passes under the River Subdivision tracks.
Above: Looking east along Route 143, Main
Street, at the River Sub trestle. Milepost 128 is several feet
south of the trestle,
and CP 128 is about half a mile to the north. There is also a greaser just north
of the trestle. January 3,
2009.
Above & Below: W055, a stone train, glides
across the trestle spanning Main Street
in Ravena on April 17, 2009.
CP 128 and the Ravena Detectors
Getting there: Main Street to
Mountain Road to Western Avenue to Whitbeck
Street will take you into a park, from which CP 128 is visible.
Above & Below: Looking north at the Ravena high-car
detector, the hot-box and dragging-
equipment detector, and CP 128. January 3 & May 10, 2009.
Above: An ethanol train passes the high-car
detector on May 10, 2009.
Above: The defect detector, coated with snow,
on January 3, 2009.
Below: Q439 hits the detector on the same day.
Above: A southbound manifest hits the detector
on May 10, 2009.
Above: CP 128 on May 10, 2009.
Above & Below: Q439 and Q409 head south off the siding at
CP 128. January 3, 2009.
Above: Q410 on the main track, disappearing into a cloud of snow on January 3, 2009.