Batten Kill Book

Batten Kill Book "BATTEN KILL COUNTRY" is now ready to order: www.tinyurl.com/battenkillbook

Alco Parade:RS-36 5015 RS-3 4116 and Hi hood RS-36 408make their way across the Hoosic River at Eagle Bridge, NY on May ...
06/11/2026

Alco Parade:

RS-36 5015 RS-3 4116 and Hi hood RS-36 408
make their way across the Hoosic River at Eagle Bridge, NY on May 18,2026.

The units had spent the prior weekend at the  former Delaware and Hudson passenger Station at Cambridge NY and Weir here to pick up there Monday morning interchange.

DEADLINE FOR Batten Kill BOOK PREORDERS HAVE BEEN EXTENDED!

Due to continued interest in Batten Kill Country, we’ve extended the reservation deadline for the second printing to September 1.

The first run sold out quickly, and reservations from this second run will help make the next printing possible.

If you’ve been thinking about ordering a copy, now’s the time — and please spread the word to your friends and fellow Batten Kill fans!

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Experience the Washington County backroads as you haven’t done before.DEADLINE FOR Batten Kill BOOK PREORDERS HAVE BEEN ...
06/09/2026

Experience the Washington County backroads as you haven’t done before.

DEADLINE FOR Batten Kill BOOK PREORDERS HAVE BEEN EXTENDED!

Due to continued interest in Batten Kill Country, we’ve extended the reservation deadline for the second printing to September 1.

The first run sold out quickly, and reservations from this second run will help make the next printing possible.

If you’ve been thinking about ordering a copy, now’s the time — and please spread the word to your friends and fellow Batten Kill fans!

https://tinyurl.com/battenkillbook

DEADLINE FOR Batten Kill BOOK PREORDERS HAVE BEEN EXTENDED! Due to continued interest in Batten Kill Country, we’ve exte...
06/03/2026

DEADLINE FOR Batten Kill BOOK PREORDERS HAVE BEEN EXTENDED!

Due to continued interest in Batten Kill Country, we’ve extended the reservation deadline for the second printing to September 1.

The first run sold out quickly, and reservations from this second run will help make the next printing possible.

If you’ve been thinking about ordering a copy, now’s the time — and please spread the word to your friends and fellow Batten Kill fans!

https://tinyurl.com/battenkillbook

BELOW:

Spring of 2020 finds RS-3 4116 crossing Brownell Corners Road in White Creek, NY with a pair of E8’s on the morning northbound train.

The units were brought to the railroad for a short term storage arrangement.

They are still being stored on the shortline.

Into the shadows:The winter snows are beginning to fade as RS-3 4116 and RS -36 5012 enter a small pine grove near Cente...
06/02/2026

Into the shadows:

The winter snows are beginning to fade as RS-3 4116 and
RS -36 5012 enter a small pine grove near Center Road in White Creek, New York back in 2021.

The variety of scenes and scenery is an endless exploration here in Batten Kill Country.

DEADLINE FOR Batten Kill BOOK PREORDERS HAVE BEEN EXTENDED!

Due to continued interest in Batten Kill Country, we’ve extended the reservation deadline for the second printing to September 1.

The first run sold out quickly, and reservations from this second run will help make the next printing possible.

If you’ve been thinking about ordering a copy, now’s the time — and please spread the word to your friends and fellow Batten Kill fans!

https://tinyurl.com/battenkillbook

Alco Oasis:Batten Kill President Bill Taber is deep in thought as he provides a cool drink of water for ex Ontario Midla...
06/01/2026

Alco Oasis:

Batten Kill President Bill Taber is deep in thought as he provides a cool drink of water for ex Ontario Midland hi hood RS36 408 on May 18,2026

The Alcos spent a long weekend staged beside the for a local festival and are being ready for a morning run south to pick up their interchange traffic at Eagle Bridge, New York.

In recent years, a plethora of Alco power can be found along the rails of the former Washington branch here in

DEADLINE FOR Batten Kill BOOK PREORDERS HAVE BEEN EXTENDED!

Due to continued interest in Batten Kill Country, we’ve extended the reservation deadline for the second printing to September 1.

The first run sold out quickly, and reservations from this second run will help make the next printing possible.

If you’ve been thinking about ordering a copy, now’s the time — and please spread the word to your friends and fellow Batten Kill fans!

https://tinyurl.com/battenkillbook

RS-3 4116 catches a late October glow in 2019 heading south through White Creek, NY with a boxcar pulled from a storage ...
05/31/2026

RS-3 4116 catches a late October glow in 2019 heading south through White Creek, NY with a boxcar pulled from a storage area near East Greenwich earlier in the day.
The small bridge and clearing is a favorite spot for photographers here in Batten Kill Country.

DEADLINE FOR Batten Kill BOOK PREORDERS HAVE BEEN EXTENDED!

Due to continued interest in Batten Kill Country, we’ve extended the reservation deadline for the second printing to September 1.

The first run sold out quickly, and reservations from this second run will help make the next printing possible.

If you’ve been thinking about ordering a copy, now’s the time — and please spread the word to your friends and fellow Batten Kill fans!

https://tinyurl.com/battenkillbook

Fabulous frontage Friday:The lush spring foliage of Batten Kill Country is alive with color as SNEX Alco RS - 36 5015 ...
05/29/2026

Fabulous frontage Friday:

The lush spring foliage of Batten Kill Country is alive with color as SNEX Alco RS - 36 5015  steps out onto the high trestle at Eagle Bridge, NY on May 18,2026.

Conductor Colin Bukowski is enjoying the view  as he rides the pilot toward the yard throat at Dahn Lane.

The light power is shoving south to pick up the days interchange freight for the northbound trip back to Greenwich Junction.

 This is the first time this unit has poked his nose out across the Hoosic, and the weather seems to be celebrating her arrival.

 The unit has been calling Washington County home for the past several years and is an original Delaware in Hudson unit built at Schenectady New York in 1963.

DEADLINE FOR Batten Kill BOOK PREORDERS HAVE BEEN EXTENDED!

Due to continued interest in Batten Kill Country, we’ve extended the reservation deadline for the second printing to September 1.

The first run sold out quickly, and reservations from this second run will help make the next printing possible.

If you’ve been thinking about ordering a copy, now’s the time — and please spread the word to your friends and fellow Batten Kill fans!

https://tinyurl.com/battenkillbook

Backlit Beauties:A pair of RS-36’s bracket a third RS – 36 and an RS – three as a 23 car BKF rolls north at Shushan, N...
05/28/2026

Backlit Beauties:

A pair of RS-36’s bracket a third RS – 36 and an RS – three as a 23 car BKF rolls north at Shushan, NY on Monday May 18,2026

Four Alco’s on the BK is a rare site but three of the Alcos in this consist had been positioned in Cambridge for a festival the prior weekend, adding some color and flavor to the days’s train 🎁

DEADLINE FOR BOOK PREORDERS EXTENDED!

Due to continued interest in Batten Kill Country, we’ve extended the reservation deadline for the second printing to September 1.

The first run sold out quickly, and reservations from this second run will help make the next printing possible.

If you’ve been thinking about ordering a copy, now’s the time — and please spread the word to your friends and fellow Batten Kill fans!

https://tinyurl.com/battenkillbook

Batten Kill RR President Bill Taber has had enough of my drone documentaries and fires a stream of cold water at the dr...
05/27/2026

Batten Kill RR President Bill Taber has had enough of my drone documentaries and fires a stream of cold water at the drone on May 18,2026 down beside the Cambridge Depot

The bird escapes the water and Bill will resume filling the radiator as the Crew prepares Alco Hi Hood RS 36 for the shove south to Eagle Bridge, New York.

DEADLINE FOR PREORDERS EXTENDED!

Due to continued interest in Batten Kill Country, we’ve extended the reservation deadline for the second printing to September 1.

The first run sold out quickly, and reservations from this second run will help make the next printing possible.

If you’ve been thinking about ordering a copy, now’s the time — and please spread the word to your friends and fellow Batten Kill fans!

https://tinyurl.com/battenkillbook

PLACE YOUR RESERVATION TODAY! Due to continued interest in Batten Kill Country, we’ve extended the reservation deadline ...
05/26/2026

PLACE YOUR RESERVATION TODAY! Due to continued interest in Batten Kill Country, we’ve extended the reservation deadline for the second printing to September 1.The first run sold out quickly, and reservations from this second run will help make the next printing possible. If you’ve been thinking about ordering a copy, now’s the time — and please spread the word to your friends and fellow Batten Kill fans!

https://tinyurl.com/battenkillbook

RS-3 4116 leads a flanger freight south through Shushan in February of 2015. The picturesque Hamlet of Shushan offers a variety of photo props and angles among the best in the northeast.

DEADLINE FOR PREORDERS EXTENDED!

Due to continued interest in Batten Kill Country, we’ve extended the reservation deadline for the second printing to September 1.

The first run sold out quickly, and reservations from this second run will help make the next printing possible.

If you’ve been thinking about ordering a copy, now’s the time — and please spread the word to your friends and fellow Batten Kill fans!

https://tinyurl.com/battenkillbook

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