Logo
Tom Beckett's Collection
 
1/9/2025
View Photos
Members
 
 
 
 
Home > Soo Line > Locomotives > EMD SD40-2 > SOO 769
Pictures of SOO 769
 
Owner: Soo Line
Model:EMD SD40-2Built As:SOO 769 (SD40-2)
Serial Number:73634-3Order No:73634
Frame Number:73634-3Built:11/1973
Notes:Blt 11/73. Sold to LTEX
Other locos with this serial:  SOO 769(SD40-2)
  Page Controls   View:  Pics Per Page:
Eastbound grain train 388
Title:  Eastbound grain train 388
Description:  NYSW and SOO/MILW power lead an Albany grain train across the Chenango River.
Photo Date:  12/9/1990  Upload Date: 5/18/2011 12:18:12 AM
Location:  Binghamton, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Bridge,Action
Locomotives:  NYSW 4016(B40-8) SOO 769(SD40-2) SOO 6403(SD40) EMDX 6310(SD40-2)
Views:  1304   Comments: 5
Unlikely combination
Title:  Unlikely combination
Description:  One of those power sets that if you had said this would happen, NYSW and SOO power together, youd have been laughed at. Here it is. BUAB arrives at Binghamton, seen on the Chenango River bridge on a Sunday morning.
Photo Date:  12/9/1990  Upload Date: 2/6/2016 2:44:05 AM
Location:  Binghamton, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Bridge,Action
Locomotives:  NYSW 4018(B40-8) SOO 769(SD40-2) SOO 6403(SD40) EMDX 6310(SD40-2)
Views:  916   Comments: 1
Odd combination
Title:  Odd combination
Description:  If you had said, in 1980, that the NYSW would be running high horsepower diesels on the D&H, and theyd be tied to SOO units, theyd have called the funny farm to come get you. In 1990, there it was. BUAB with one of the odder power sets any of us had seen, rolls under the signal gantry at Afton with an Albany bound grain train.
Photo Date:  12/9/1990  Upload Date: 4/14/2015 4:40:15 AM
Location:  Afton, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Signal,Action
Locomotives:  NYSW 4018(B40-8) SOO 769(SD40-2) SOO 6403(SD40) SOO 6310(SD40-2)
Views:  959   Comments: 0
Grain north
Title:  Grain north
Description:  BUAB rolls north behind an interesting mix of power, passing the NYSEG Jennison Station along NY 7.
Photo Date:  12/9/1990  Upload Date: 2/6/2016 3:05:14 AM
Location:  Bainbridge, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  NYSW 4018(B40-8) SOO 769(SD40-2) SOO 6403(SD40) EMDX 6310(SD40-2)
Views:  907   Comments: 0
Stone bridge
Title:  Stone bridge
Description:  One place I liked, but was hard to shoot because of the trees, was the NY 7 overpass north of Sanitaria Springs. The attractive arch broidge was really photogenic, but if there were more than two units on the train, you could not get them all. BUAB had four, but I thought Id take advantage of the bare trees to get a shot of an unusual power set here.
Photo Date:  12/9/1990  Upload Date: 2/3/2016 3:41:43 AM
Location:  Sanitaria Springs, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Bridge,Action
Locomotives:  NYSW 4018(B40-8) SOO 769(SD40-2) SOO 6403(SD40) EMDX 6310(SD40-2)
Views:  808   Comments: 0
Overview
Title:  Overview
Description:  BUAB starts up the Buffalo Runner, dodging the shadows of the Kilmer Building. Who ever would have guessed a power consist of NYSW, SOO, and ex MILW??
Photo Date:  12/9/1990  Upload Date: 2/3/2016 4:39:34 AM
Location:  Binghamton, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  NYSW 4018(B40-8) SOO 769(SD40-2) SOO 6403(SD40) EMDX 6310(SD40-2)
Views:  859   Comments: 0
Working north
Title:  Working north
Description:  Not sure of the exact location of this shot, I think its near Unadilla. BUAB rolls north with SOO and NYSW power.
Photo Date:  12/9/1990  Upload Date: 4/14/2015 4:44:35 AM
Location:  Unadilla, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  NYSW 4018(B40-8) SOO 769(SD40-2) SOO 6403(SD40) SOO 6310(SD40-2)
Views:  1087   Comments: 0
261X passing the blade
Title:  261X passing the blade
Description:  Train 261X passes the semaphore in Barton.
Photo Date:  10/15/1994  Upload Date: 8/28/2014 2:37:19 AM
Location:  Barton, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Signal,Action
Locomotives:  SOO 758(SD40-2) SOO 769(SD40-2)
Views:  352   Comments: 0
Rolling to BD
Title:  Rolling to BD
Description:  Train 261 typically got SOO SD60s. To balance the trailer pool-the trains carried more eastbound traffic than westbound-some days a 261X would run. This train seemed to get older power, usually SOO SD40s. Todays extra is typical, rolling off the Susquehanna River with a pair of SOO SD40-2s pulling 82 TOFC and 6 COFC cars. As was fairly common, its late morning on a Saturday, and I will spend most of the afternoon chasing this train west. The big building behind the train is the Binghamton Psychiatric Center.
Photo Date:  10/15/1994  Upload Date: 8/28/2014 2:30:52 AM
Location:  Binghamton, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Signal,Action
Locomotives:  SOO 758(SD40-2) SOO 769(SD40-2)
Views:  381   Comments: 0
Last light
Title:  Last light
Description:  Or maybe a little later. The reflective tape on SOO 758 shows up well in this dusk shot taken from the NY 352 overpass.
Photo Date:  10/15/1994  Upload Date: 8/28/2014 2:40:32 AM
Location:  Big Flats, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Signal,Action
Locomotives:  SOO 758(SD40-2) SOO 769(SD40-2)
Views:  344   Comments: 0
Fall is here
Title:  Fall is here
Description:  One of the best locations for fall color was along the Susquehanna between Endicott and Owego. Here 261X rolls west at MP 231 west of Campville surrounded by a blaze of leaves.
Photo Date:  10/15/1994  Upload Date: 8/28/2014 2:39:10 AM
Location:  Campville, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  SOO 758(SD40-2) SOO 769(SD40-2)
Views:  405   Comments: 1
Wide view
Title:  Wide view
Description:  In this wide angle view, we see 261X rolling around the curve at MP 231 between Campville and Owego, showing a panoramic view of the Susquehanna valley in fall color.
Photo Date:  10/15/1994  Upload Date: 8/29/2014 3:22:09 AM
Location:  Campville, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  SOO 758(SD40-2) SOO 769(SD40-2)
Views:  368   Comments: 0
Fields of gold
Title:  Fields of gold
Description:  Train 261X rolls past the fields of golden corn ready to be harvested as it approaches Elmira.
Photo Date:  10/15/1994  Upload Date: 8/29/2014 3:25:58 AM
Location:  Wellsburg, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  SOO 758(SD40-2) SOO 769(SD40-2)
Views:  309   Comments: 0
Into the sun
Title:  Into the sun
Description:  261X rolls into the late day sun passing the signal at Wellsburg
Photo Date:  10/15/1994  Upload Date: 8/29/2014 3:27:08 AM
Location:  Wellsburg, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Signal,Action
Locomotives:  SOO 758(SD40-2) SOO 769(SD40-2)
Views:  363   Comments: 0

Page 1 of 1

Site Design ©2001-2020 Tim Huemmer
Photos © respective authors		   Contact: info@rrpicturearchives.net