Scenes from Diesel Days 2007

Museum volunteer John Stewart coordinated the volunteer help that made Diesel Days possible at the Rochester & Genesee Valley Railroad Museum, August 18-19.

Track cars shuttled visitors between the temporary Transfer Point and the New York Museum of Transportation.

Museum volunteers Joe Nugent and Luther Brefo helped direct our guests at the Transfer Point and answer questions from the public.

R&GV 1654 at Diesel Days 2007

Switcher 1654 hauled our restored Penn Central caboose throughout Diesel Days 2007 at the Rochester & Genesee Valley Railroad Museum.

Museum volunteer Mike Roque acts as conductor aboard RGV 1654.

Faibanks-Morse USA 1843 at Diesel Days 2007

Eager passengers board our Faibanks-Morse locomotive (the only operating example of its kind in New York State) for a supervised cab ride over our demonstration railroad during Diesel Days 2007.

Museum volunteer Jeremy Tuke was the engineer aboard USA 1843 during the morning hours.

Museum volunteer Rick Israelson is conductor aboard USA 1843, and acts as an extra pair of eyes and ears while the locomotive is in operation.

The Plymouth BL performs at Diesel Days 2007

Our Plymouth BL was completely rebuilt and restored by museum volunteers, making its official debut at Diesel Days 2007.

Under the watchful eye of Project Manager Kevin Klees, the Plymouth BL shuttles back and forth on Track 6.

Diesel Days 2007

Diesel Days a success! The 9th annual edition of Diesel Days was a real success with nice weather, nearly 600 visitors over two days, and operations of several locomotives from the collection of the Rochester & Genesee Valley Railroad Museum including the first public demonstrations of #1, the restored Plymouth Model BL gas mechanical locomotive. This engine was also the subject of the R&GVRRM's traditional yellow train crew t-shirts.

Diesel Days is all about volunteers! The success of Diesel Days is all about the volunteers of the Rochester & Genesee Valley Railroad Museum and its partner museum, the New York Museum of Transportation. Here we see the volunteers undergoing their morning safety briefing held every morning of Diesel Days to make sure everyone knows what they are doing, everyone is on the same page, and everyone know SAFETY FIRST! Thanks to everyone for their help! View more photos from Diesel Days 2007.

Departing... R&GV #1654 departs with Penn Central transfer caboose #18526 full of Diesel Days passengers. View more photos from Diesel Days 2007.

On display... Operating for the public passing by on the Diesel Days trains, Plymouth BL #1 operates along Track 6 pushing a small side dump car which is part of the R&GVRRM maintenance of way ("MOW") collection.

Lineside nostalgia... To add a little nostalgic flavor to the trip along the R&GVRRM's demonstration railroad, the museum has placed a set of replica Burma Shave signs with the the slogan, "Drive with care. Be alive when you arrive. Burma Shave."

Preparations for Diesel Days 2007

Prepping for Diesel Days... To get ready for Diesel Days, the operating department of the Rochester & Genesee Valley Railroad Museum switched out the new restoration building yard to get the necessary equipment lined up for Diesel Days. The first moves of the day utilized the Museum's Fairbanks-Morse H12-44 #1843 to drill out cars on Track 6. Here #1843 starts its day on Track 8 coupled to ALCO S-4 Nickel Plate Road #79.

Fired up, #1843 pulls out of Track 8 past Eastman Kodak Company #6, one of the museum's two General Electric 80-tonners.

Back into siding #6, #1843 is coupled to the first cut of cars to be moved.

Having pulled out siding #6, the F-M shoves hard up into siding #8 to drop off the R&GVRRM ex-Conrail nee-New York Central Pullman PS-4 flatcar #506102 before heading back to siding #6 for the next move.

One of the main reasons for drilling out the upper yard was to get out the R&GVRRM's Alco RS-1, Eastman Kodak Company #9. The RS-1 had been stranded on a disconnected portion of siding #6 for nearly three years. Its return to operation on the museum's railroad was made possible by the construction of the new year earlier this year. Here #9 is seen at the end of the morning's switching parked over on Track 8 and ready to go for Diesel Days.