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Pictures of CR 3197
Owner:
Conrail
Model:
EMD GP40
Built As:
PC 3197 (GP40)
Serial Number:
34638
Order No:
7145
Frame Number:
7145-28
Built:
10/1968
Notes:
ex-PC
Other locos with this serial:
CR 3197(GP40)
PC 3197(GP40)
NJT 4302(GP40-2)
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Title:
Busy at Bevier St
Description:
On the north side of town, the action was not all D&H. An RPPY with a couple of NYSW GEs waits to cross Conrail, while their local WABH 11 works over at Agway on the former DLW.
Photo Date:
11/21/1989
Upload Date:
12/14/2015 4:29:32 AM
Location:
Binghamton, NY
Author:
Tom Beckett
Categories:
Yard,Action
Locomotives:
NYSW 4030(B40-8)
NYSW 4004(B40-8)
CR 3197(GP40)
Views:
902
Comments:
0
Title:
Old style
Description:
In todays world of sterile rights of way-pole lines gone, new signals, etc, the Tier was a throwback. As a backwater of a large system, it did not get the attention of the ex Pennsy, or the NYC, and for most of Conrail's existence, except for the power and rolling stock, looked almost exactly like the EL. One such scene is near MP 320 in Adrian, where we see OIEL rolling along the poles-the wires were still active-and theres even a semaphore in the distance.
Photo Date:
12/9/1989
Upload Date:
12/14/2015 3:12:15 AM
Location:
Adrian, NY
Author:
Tom Beckett
Categories:
Scenic,Signal,Action
Locomotives:
CR 3332(GP40-2)
CR 3197(GP40)
CR 3280(GP40-2)
Views:
882
Comments:
1
Title:
Good chase
Description:
OIEL was a hard train to get. Sometimes it ran before dawn in the Tier, so photo ops were limited. Another inhibiting factor was that it would often yard at Gang Mills, and a crew would not be called until much later in the day. I was fortunate on this cold(10 degrees) Saturday morning to catch it just as the light got good, and chase to Gang Mills. Here it is passing the semaphore at MP 259.
Photo Date:
12/9/1989
Upload Date:
12/3/2015 3:23:56 AM
Location:
Chemung, NY
Author:
Tom Beckett
Categories:
Scenic,Signal,Action
Locomotives:
CR 3332(GP40-2)
CR 3197(GP40)
CR 3280(GP40-2)
Views:
913
Comments:
2
Title:
Cold water
Description:
OIEL rolls along the frozen Canisteo River.
Photo Date:
12/9/1989
Upload Date:
12/15/2015 2:38:47 AM
Location:
Cameron Mills, NY
Author:
Tom Beckett
Categories:
Scenic,Winter,Action
Locomotives:
CR 3332(GP40-2)
CR 3197(GP40)
CR 3280(GP40-2)
Views:
821
Comments:
2
Title:
Down the valley
Description:
OIEL approaches the signal at MP 325, one of a variety of styles on the Erie, which seemed to be schizophrenic when it came to signal specs. There were these "traffic light" types, targets, and semaphores. The train is leaving the Canisteo valley behind, and will shortly be in Hornell, where it will go west on the ex Erie main to Olean and Jamestown. Still kicking myself for not chasing it there, instead of following the more mundane BUOI east.
Photo Date:
12/9/1989
Upload Date:
12/14/2015 3:15:06 AM
Location:
Canisteo, NY
Author:
Tom Beckett
Categories:
Scenic,Signal,Action
Locomotives:
CR 3332(GP40-2)
CR 3197(GP40)
CR 3280(GP40-2)
Views:
851
Comments:
2
Title:
Crossing the Chemung
Description:
OIEL and a block of tanks roll across the deck bridge over the Chemung River in downtown Elmira on a cold December morning.
Photo Date:
12/9/1989
Upload Date:
12/15/2015 2:26:06 AM
Location:
Elmira, NY
Author:
Tom Beckett
Categories:
Scenic,Bridge,Winter,Action
Locomotives:
CR 3332(GP40-2)
CR 3197(GP40)
CR 3280(GP40-2)
Views:
835
Comments:
1
Title:
Tight space
Description:
OIEL rolls along the narrow right of way between the cliff, road, and river. The tight proximity of all these features made the Canisteo a photographic dream.
Photo Date:
12/9/1989
Upload Date:
12/15/2015 2:41:09 AM
Location:
Rathbone, NY
Author:
Tom Beckett
Categories:
Scenic,Winter,Action
Locomotives:
CR 3332(GP40-2)
CR 3197(GP40)
CR 3280(GP40-2)
Views:
858
Comments:
1
Title:
Tanks!!
Description:
OIEL going away at Waverly, showing the tanks on six wheel truck DODX flats head out.
Photo Date:
12/9/1989
Upload Date:
12/15/2015 2:27:27 AM
Location:
Waverly, NY
Author:
Tom Beckett
Categories:
Signal,Action
Locomotives:
CR 3332(GP40-2)
CR 3197(GP40)
CR 3280(GP40-2)
Views:
1224
Comments:
1
Title:
Downtown
Description:
OIEL rolls past the model railroad set up in downtown Waverly. This is one of the best in town scenes anywhere.
Photo Date:
12/9/1989
Upload Date:
12/15/2015 2:28:44 AM
Location:
Waverly, NY
Author:
Tom Beckett
Categories:
Action
Locomotives:
CR 3332(GP40-2)
CR 3197(GP40)
CR 3280(GP40-2)
Views:
905
Comments:
2
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