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Tom Beckett's Collection
 
5/6/2024
 
 
 
 
 
Owner: Springfield Terminal
Model:EMD SD45Built As:NW 1758 (SD45)
Serial Number:32722Order No:7988
Frame Number:7988-20Built:8/1967
Notes:Ex NW 1758
Other locos with this serial:  ST 680(SD45) MRL 680(SD45) NW 1758(SD45)
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Adirondack and the CP
Title:  Adirondack and the CP
Description:  The northbound Adirondack leaves Schenectady, revealing a waiting 270 as it rolls on toward Saratoga. The 270 will follow shortly once he gets the signal.
Photo Date:  11/16/1991  Upload Date: 2/17/2015 3:50:44 AM
Location:  Schenectady, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 150(Turboliner) CP 5684(SD40-2) ST 680(SD45) GATX 2004(SD40-2)
Views:  751   Comments: 0
Northbound and an old signal
Title:  Northbound and an old signal
Description:  Train 270 rolls north into the siding at Delanson, with one of the classic D&H signal gantries in the background. These were already starting to be replaced, albeit at a slow pace, by this time.
Photo Date:  11/16/1991  Upload Date: 2/18/2015 2:09:22 AM
Location:  Delanson, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Signal,Action
Locomotives:  CP 5684(SD40-2) ST 680(SD45) GATX 2004(SD40-2)
Views:  523   Comments: 1
No more siding
Title:  No more siding
Description:  Northbound 270 rolls past the remains of the siding at East Worcester, part of CPs plan to slim down the physical plant. When they were done, the only sidings between Binghamton and Schenectady would be at Afton, Oneonta, Richmondville, Cobleskill and Delanson.
Photo Date:  11/16/1991  Upload Date: 2/19/2015 2:12:53 AM
Location:  East Worcester, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  CP 5684(SD40-2) ST 680(SD45) GATX 2004(SD40-2)
Views:  482   Comments: 0
Climbing
Title:  Climbing
Description:  Train 270 is working uphill as it passes a local home on the way to the top of Richmondville.
Photo Date:  11/16/1991  Upload Date: 2/18/2015 2:12:59 AM
Location:  Richmondville, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  CP 5684(SD40-2) ST 680(SD45) GATX 2004(SD40-2)
Views:  424   Comments: 0
Oneonta yard
Title:  Oneonta yard
Description:  CP 270 passes the north end of Oneonta yard, now used mostly for car storage, though I think they had some car shop work still being done there at the time.
Photo Date:  11/16/1991  Upload Date: 2/18/2015 2:15:41 AM
Location:  Oneonta, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Yard,Signal,Action
Locomotives:  CP 5684(SD40-2) ST 680(SD45) GATX 2004(SD40-2)
Views:  770   Comments: 2
At the station
Title:  At the station
Description:  CP 270 starts through the Schenectady Amtrak station after the Adirondack cleared.
Photo Date:  11/16/1991  Upload Date: 2/18/2015 2:16:43 AM
Location:  Schenectady, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Action
Locomotives:  CP 5684(SD40-2) ST 680(SD45) GATX 2004(SD40-2)
Views:  439   Comments: 0
New signals
Title:  New signals
Description:  One place CP had replaced signals was here at Richmondville, where they had lengthened the siding. Train 270 parts the lights as it heads north.
Photo Date:  11/16/1991  Upload Date: 2/18/2015 2:14:25 AM
Location:  Richmondville, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Signal,Action
Locomotives:  CP 5684(SD40-2) ST 680(SD45) GATX 2004(SD40-2)
Views:  467   Comments: 2
In the Schenevus Creek valley
Title:  In the Schenevus Creek valley
Description:  CP 270 rolls north near Worcester. The train left the Susquehanna valley near Collierville, and is now following the Schenevus Creek. It will shortly reach the end of this valley and start its climb into the Hudson/Mohawk valley at Richmondville
Photo Date:  11/16/1991  Upload Date: 2/18/2015 2:19:37 AM
Location:  Worcester, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  CP 5684(SD40-2) ST 680(SD45) GATX 2004(SD40-2)
Views:  395   Comments: 0
271 with a common mix
Title:  271 with a common mix
Description:  It was not unusual to see Guilford power coming into Binghamton on 271, the former MEBU. It would yard there, and the Guilford power would go back on 270 most of the time.
Photo Date:  9/12/1993  Upload Date: 1/12/2015 3:08:04 AM
Location:  Binghamton, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  GATX 7368(SD40-2) ST 619(SD26) ST 680(SD45)
Views:  455   Comments: 0


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