Southern Tier Connections Volume 2

Producer: Broken Knuckle

Locations: Binghamton, Norwich, Chenango Falls, Homer…

Timeframe: 1987- 1997

Length: 97 minutes

Sources: Tim Wakefield, Jerry Albertie

Susquehanna. Former Lackawanna lines out of Binghamton, New York. The Syracuse and Utica. Northern Division here.

Single DVD-R. Well detailed Chapter Menu. Subtitles with many locations. Preview of Volume 3. Still photographs as a slideshow, at the conclusion.

*The paper map of the Northern Division was NOT included on my Pentrex 2022 release.

Video quality ranges from fair to very good. Shot over ten years. Digitally remastered. Although not modern viewing standards.

Live, environmental audio is balanced.  Narration is informative.

Flutter and a lower horizontal distortion bar. Settles down about 20 minute mark.

Some Highlights…

A New York,  Ontario and Western painted NW2 #116, is chased from Binghamton to Norwich. Coupled to an offline Susquehanna Alco Century. C430 #3000.

Alco C430. The #3000 unit is a busy one. It appears on several freights.

 Stone train operation on the Richfield Springs Branch. Good coverage.

C430 #3000 and SD45 #3614 with a freight train.

Sd70M #4054 was purchased new. Light power move. Passes stored E units.

GP18 #1804 is the trailing unit. This pair gets chased a bit.

In 1993, at Port Dickinson. GP38 #2012 leads 4 units.

SD45 3614 at Lisle with Sea Land stack train.

The Sea Land Stack Train. Traced along the Susquehanna route.

Milwaukee Road 261 does Excursions. Alone and doubleheaded with Susquehanna 2-8-2 # 142 steam. Binghamton to Syracuse. Celebrate Steam town in 1995.

The Susquehanna 142 is a 2-8-2. Seen double-headed, with Milwaukee Road 261. This view is better for the Susquehanna locomotive.

Chenango Falls has a pair of SD45 locomotives with a Sea Land double-stack train.

Southern Tier Connections Volume 2

An interesting look at the Susquehanna. The extra locomotives add another layer. Milwaukee Road 261 with a long Chapter.

This Pentrex 2022 release did not include a paper map. Totally lost, without a map reference! Binghamton is the only familiar location. So, all those location graphics are useless to myself. Likely, to those unfamiliar with the area.

A train chase based show. They are well done.  Not overly long. Needed a map!

Video quality has many slight flaws. Colors are generally good. Audio is balanced. Narration is fine.

Overall, it was a very good show on the Susquehanna. Deduction – NO MAP.

Rating: 3 Stars