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Title: |
First SOO power |
Description: |
Since the first grain train ran to the Port of Albany, we had been waiting for this day. The grain trains originated in Minneapolis, so we knew it was a matter of time before power from CP owned SOO Line came east. It finally happened on a Thursday night, the train going to Albany after darkness had fallen. The return trip, however was a home run. We could not have asked for a better situation. Clear sky, and the train called for 1330, setting up a westbound chase in perfect light. We followed him to Hornell. It was great. ABBU sits at the south end of Bevier St with two SOO units trailing CP 5674. |
Photo Date: |
10/20/1990 Upload Date: 1/29/2016 4:52:36 AM |
Location: |
Binghamton, NY |
Author: |
Tom Beckett |
Categories: |
Yard,Action |
Locomotives: |
CP 5674(SD40-2) SOO 6622(SD40-2) SOO 764(SD40-2) |
Views: |
767 Comments: 3 |
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Title: |
SOO power and the cows |
Description: |
The first grain train to run on the D&H rolls west at Big Flats, an event the fans had been foaming for ever since CP started running the D&H. JJ Young even brought out his inflatable cows for the occasion. |
Photo Date: |
10/20/1990 Upload Date: 1/28/2016 3:47:04 AM |
Location: |
Big Flats, NY |
Author: |
Tom Beckett |
Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
Locomotives: |
CP 5674(SD40-2) SOO 6622(SD40-2) SOO 764(SD40-2) |
Views: |
609 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
Country crossing |
Description: |
ABBU rolls past one of the side roads off River Road, momentarily holding up the one car thats going somewhere. |
Photo Date: |
10/20/1990 Upload Date: 1/31/2016 3:38:18 AM |
Location: |
Cameron, NY |
Author: |
Tom Beckett |
Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
Locomotives: |
CP 5674(SD40-2) SOO 6622(SD40-2) SOO 764(SD40-2) |
Views: |
535 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
Pulling past the signal |
Description: |
ABBU rolls past the Erie signal at MP 325 in Carson, the Canisteo valley now behind it. |
Photo Date: |
10/20/1990 Upload Date: 1/31/2016 3:40:59 AM |
Location: |
Canisteo, NY |
Author: |
Tom Beckett |
Categories: |
Scenic,Signal,Action |
Locomotives: |
CP 5674(SD40-2) SOO 6622(SD40-2) SOO 764(SD40-2) |
Views: |
472 Comments: 2 |
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Title: |
Hay!! |
Description: |
ABBU rolls along the Canisteo River, seen from the south side across a row of baled hay. Such scenes are common here in one of the more remote and rural parts of the state. |
Photo Date: |
10/20/1990 Upload Date: 1/31/2016 3:46:47 AM |
Location: |
West Cameron, NY |
Author: |
Tom Beckett |
Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
Locomotives: |
CP 5674(SD40-2) SOO 6622(SD40-2) SOO 764(SD40-2) |
Views: |
507 Comments: 2 |
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Title: |
By the station |
Description: |
The sun is a some time thing in the Tier. We had chased this ABBU from Binghamton, with hardly a cloud in the sky, then got dinked at Hornell. Even on the good days, clouds!! I'm standing on the site of the one time Allegany Division yard, now becoming a strip mall. |
Photo Date: |
10/20/1990 Upload Date: 2/3/2016 4:30:03 AM |
Location: |
Hornell, NY |
Author: |
Tom Beckett |
Categories: |
Station,Action |
Locomotives: |
CP 5674(SD40-2) SOO 6622(SD40-2) SOO 764(SD40-2) |
Views: |
658 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Open the gate |
Description: |
The new crew is on, and ABBU is ready to open up at QD and get out on the Tier. Its 2 PM on a sunny Saturday. The railfan gods were smiling on us this day. If we could have asked for the perfect moment, this was it. |
Photo Date: |
10/20/1990 Upload Date: 1/31/2016 4:33:47 AM |
Location: |
Binghamton, NY |
Author: |
Tom Beckett |
Categories: |
Yard,Action |
Locomotives: |
CP 5674(SD40-2) SOO 6622(SD40-2) SOO 764(SD40-2) |
Views: |
655 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Along a lazy river |
Description: |
ABBU rolls west along the Canisteo near Rathbone. |
Photo Date: |
10/20/1990 Upload Date: 1/31/2016 3:54:33 AM |
Location: |
Rathbone, NY |
Author: |
Tom Beckett |
Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
Locomotives: |
CP 5674(SD40-2) SOO 6622(SD40-2) SOO 764(SD40-2) |
Views: |
463 Comments: 2 |
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Title: |
Stretched out |
Description: |
ABBU stretches around Rattlesnake Curve along the Canisteo. |
Photo Date: |
10/20/1990 Upload Date: 1/31/2016 4:02:07 AM |
Location: |
Cameron Mills, NY |
Author: |
Tom Beckett |
Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
Locomotives: |
CP 5674(SD40-2) SOO 6622(SD40-2) SOO 764(SD40-2) |
Views: |
463 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
SOO and semaphores |
Description: |
ABBU rolls its SOO units through the twin semaphores at Tioga Center. Well get surprised in a couple of minutes when BUME passes just as the rear of ABBU clears. |
Photo Date: |
10/20/1990 Upload Date: 1/31/2016 4:44:37 AM |
Location: |
Tioga Center, NY |
Author: |
Tom Beckett |
Categories: |
Scenic,Signal,Action |
Locomotives: |
CP 5674(SD40-2) SOO 6622(SD40-2) SOO 764(SD40-2) |
Views: |
628 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Wide open |
Description: |
The telephoto view from this vantage point homes in on the train and livestock. In this wider view we see how open the valley is here, and why it got to be called Big Flats. The train is on the ex Erie. The DLW here is gone without a trace, 31 years after the line went out of service. |
Photo Date: |
10/20/1990 Upload Date: 1/31/2016 4:52:52 AM |
Location: |
Big Flats, NY |
Author: |
Tom Beckett |
Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
Locomotives: |
CP 5674(SD40-2) SOO 6622(SD40-2) SOO 764(SD40-2) |
Views: |
618 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
Taken by surprise |
Description: |
ABBU had passed signal 325-1 and was slowly working toward downtown Hornell. The crowd on the bridge-look at the shadows-was focused on the approaching SOO units, and not paying attention to what was coming up behind. Suddenly BUOI popped out from under the bridge, making this meet shot. |
Photo Date: |
10/20/1990 Upload Date: 1/31/2016 4:04:42 AM |
Location: |
Canisteo, NY |
Author: |
Tom Beckett |
Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
Locomotives: |
CP 5674(SD40-2) SOO 6622(SD40-2) SOO 764(SD40-2) CR 6334(SD40) |
Views: |
542 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
Black water, keep on rolling |
Description: |
ABBU along the Canisteo, seen from a local road bridge over the river. |
Photo Date: |
10/20/1990 Upload Date: 1/31/2016 4:11:58 AM |
Location: |
Cameron, NY |
Author: |
Tom Beckett |
Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
Locomotives: |
CP 5674(SD40-2) SOO 6622(SD40-2) SOO 764(SD40-2) |
Views: |
459 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
On State St |
Description: |
BUAB behind as strange a power consist as youll ever see, it sitting on the State St overpass, having just arrived from Buffalo. It will shortly get a new crew and head up the Buffalo Runner to Bevier St, then up the hill and on to Port of Albany. |
Photo Date: |
12/9/1990 Upload Date: 2/3/2016 4:32:45 AM |
Location: |
Binghamton, NY |
Author: |
Tom Beckett |
Categories: |
Bridge,Action |
Locomotives: |
NYSW 4018(B40-8) SOO 764(SD40-2) SOO 6403(SD40) EMDX 6310(SD40-2) |
Views: |
553 Comments: 1 |
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