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Owner: Adirondack Railway Preservation Society
Model:Alco RS3Built As:DH 4117 (RS3)
Serial Number:80317Order No:20794
Frame Number:prime mover # 12963Built:9/1952
Notes:ex-DH
Other locos with this serial:  NYSW 104(RS3) ADIX 29(RS3) RS 29(RS3)
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ADRC 29
Title:  ADRC 29
Description:  RS3 acquired for first failed Adirondack Railroad rehab, prior to 1980 Lake Placid winter Olympics
Photo Date:  8/26/1979  Upload Date: 2/1/2009 9:38:37 AM
Location:  Thendara, NY
Author:  Bob Zimmermann
Categories: 
Locomotives:  ADIX 29(RS3)
Views:  1464   Comments: 0
ADRC 29
Title:  ADRC 29
Description:  RS3 acquired for first failed Adirondack Railroad rehab, prior to 1980 Lake Placid winter Olympics
Photo Date:  8/26/1979  Upload Date: 8/26/1979 12:00:00 AM
Location:  Thendara, NY
Author:  Bob Zimmermann
Categories: 
Locomotives:  ADIX 29(RS3)
Views:  1740   Comments: 0
Adirondack Railway northbound train to Lake Placid
Title:  Adirondack Railway northbound train to Lake Placid
Description:  Dad and my wife Amy are waiting with the canoe. On this first day, we'll de-board the train with canoe at Lake Lila, then flag the northbound train two days later to complete our round trip.
Photo Date:  7/15/1980  Upload Date: 1/26/2012 7:57:56 PM
Location:  Thendara, NY
Author:  Bob Krug
Categories:  Station
Locomotives:  ADIX 29(RS3)
Views:  1035   Comments: 0
Our northbound train crosses the Twitchell Creek bridge
Title:  Our northbound train crosses the Twitchell Creek bridge
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/15/1980  Upload Date: 1/26/2012 7:58:30 PM
Location:  Big Moose, NY
Author:  Bob Krug
Categories:  Scenic,Bridge
Locomotives:  ADIX 29(RS3)
Views:  1191   Comments: 1
Our train arrived at Lake Placid
Title:  Our train arrived at Lake Placid
Description:  We had a two hour layover in Lake Placid while the engine was turned to the rear of the train for the southbound leg back to Thendara
Photo Date:  7/17/1980  Upload Date: 6/13/2010 8:26:36 PM
Location:  Lake Placid, NY
Author:  Bob Krug
Categories:  Scenic
Locomotives:  ADIX 29(RS3)
Views:  1219   Comments: 1
Adirondack Railway Locomotive #29
Title:  Adirondack Railway Locomotive #29
Description:  We had a several-hour layover in Lake Placid before completing our round trip back to Thendara
Photo Date:  7/17/1980  Upload Date: 1/26/2012 7:56:36 PM
Location:  Lake Placid, NY
Author:  Bob Krug
Categories: 
Locomotives:  ADIX 29(RS3)
Views:  1022   Comments: 1
Adirondack Railway RS-3 #29 at Lake Placid Station
Title:  Adirondack Railway RS-3 #29 at Lake Placid Station
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/17/1980  Upload Date: 1/26/2012 7:57:16 PM
Location:  Lake Placid, NY
Author:  Bob Krug
Categories:  Station
Locomotives:  ADIX 29(RS3)
Views:  807   Comments: 0
RS 3
Title:  RS 3
Description:  The Adirondack RR restored service on the former NYC Adirondack Division for the 1980 Lake Placid Olympics, games that were notable for the US hockey teams upset win over the Soviets. By 1981, the line had become largely defunct as a going concern, and the equipment was all laid up at Thendara. Here we see the RS 3s that powered the Utica to Lake Placid trains the year before. Thirty years later, the Adirondack Scenic is making a come back on the line, resotring track that had largely gone back to nature, and developing a growing rider base.
Photo Date:  8/8/1981  Upload Date: 2/17/2013 1:19:40 AM
Location:  Thendara, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  ADIX 29(RS3) ADIX 28(RS3)
Views:  2043   Comments: 1
Adirondack RR RS-3 29
Title:  Adirondack RR RS-3 29
Description:  Adirondack RR RS3 29 rests at Thendara, NY in September, 1981. The RS3’s were part of the power used for the 1980 Olympics over the NYC Adirondack Division. With permission.
Photo Date:  9/1/1981  Upload Date: 6/24/2018 1:44:33 PM
Location:  Thendara, NY
Author:  Andrew J. Erlichman
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  ADIX 29(RS3)
Views:  581   Comments: 1


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