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Tom Beckett's Collection
 
5/1/2024
 
 
 
 
 
Owner: Helm Leasing
Model:EMD SD45Built As:GN 406 (SD45)
Serial Number:31604Order No:7871
Frame Number:7871-7Built:5/1966
Other locos with this serial:  BN 6436(SD45) NHL 6436(SD45)
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MEBU at the station
Title:  MEBU at the station
Description:  MEBU sits at the old D&H passenger station as it waits to get out onto the Tier at QD.
Photo Date:  9/20/1988  Upload Date: 9/6/2015 2:41:50 AM
Location:  Binghamton, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Action
Locomotives:  NS 8011(C30-7) NHL 6436(SD45) NYSW 3638(F45)
Views:  703   Comments: 1
MEBU with 45s
Title:  MEBU with 45s
Description:  A trio of SD 45s rolls MEBU toward QD and the Southern Tier.
Photo Date:  10/2/1988  Upload Date: 9/8/2015 3:15:00 AM
Location:  Binghamton, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  NYSW 6542(SD45) NYSW 3622(SD45) NHL 6436(SD45)
Views:  827   Comments: 4
Three 45s
Title:  Three 45s
Description:  BUME crosses over to the Buffalo Runner behind three SD 45s. The leader is NYSW, the others are lease units.
Photo Date:  10/29/1988  Upload Date: 9/12/2015 3:31:41 AM
Location:  Binghamton, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  NYSW 6366(SD45) NRL 3144(SD45) NHL 6436(SD45)
Views:  528   Comments: 1
F45 leading
Title:  F45 leading
Description:  NYSW 3636 leads a pair of lease units east at West BD, now on the final leg to a crew change at Binghamton.
Photo Date:  12/1/1988  Upload Date: 9/18/2015 2:01:19 AM
Location:  Binghamton, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Signal,Action
Locomotives:  NYSW 3636(F45) NRL 3144(SD45) NHL 6436(SD45)
Views:  581   Comments: 0
P&LE power
Title:  P&LE power
Description:  P&LE units from a Mt Tom coal train share the East Binghamton engine tracks with NYSW and lease SD 45's.
Photo Date:  12/4/1988  Upload Date: 9/18/2015 2:23:45 AM
Location:  Binghamton, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  PLE 2039(GP38) PLE 2036(GP38) NYSW 3630(SD45) NHL 6436(SD45)
Views:  597   Comments: 0
Snowy MEBU
Title:  Snowy MEBU
Description:  A pair of NYSW units mix with the usual assortment of borrowed power to get MEBU underway from QD.
Photo Date:  12/17/1988  Upload Date: 9/21/2015 4:34:14 AM
Location:  Binghamton, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Winter,Action
Locomotives:  NYSW 3614(SD45) NHL 6436(SD45) NYSW 4008(B40-8) DH 223(GP38-2) NS 8010(C30-7)
Views:  627   Comments: 0
Grain and a dropped unit
Title:  Grain and a dropped unit
Description:  BUAB rolls back to its train after dropping D&H 7409 on the adjacent track. D&H 7409 on the adjacent track is giving away its Reading heritage.
Photo Date:  2/11/1989  Upload Date: 9/21/2015 4:32:01 AM
Location:  Binghamton, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  NS 8010(C30-7) NYSW 4008(B40-8) NHL 6436(SD45) NYSW 3614(SD45) DH 7409(GP39-2)
Views:  704   Comments: 1
Rolling in the sun
Title:  Rolling in the sun
Description:  For a late afternoon northbound, there were not too many decently lit shots going north. One that worked was this view at Afton, where there was enough angle to shoot from the shoulder of NY 7. We see a PLMT rolling toward the signal at GR behind a mix of power.
Photo Date:  4/2/1989  Upload Date: 10/8/2015 3:31:51 AM
Location:  Afton, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  NS 8010(C30-7) DH 221(GP38-2) NHL 6436(SD45) DH 374(GP39-2) NRL 3144(SD45)
Views:  731   Comments: 1
Approaching the signal
Title:  Approaching the signal
Description:  The signal gantry at GR is well known, and easy to get a shot of, due to being so close to the road. PLMT rolls up to it as the afternoon rolls on into evening.
Photo Date:  4/2/1989  Upload Date: 10/8/2015 3:34:25 AM
Location:  Afton, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Signal,Action
Locomotives:  NS 8010(C30-7) DH 221(GP38-2) NHL 6436(SD45) DH 374(GP39-2) NRL 3144(SD45)
Views:  554   Comments: 1
Rolling the coal
Title:  Rolling the coal
Description:  Slowly at first. This PLMT has quite a power set, and pushers too. It is getting started from Bevier St for a slow trip up to the tunnel.
Photo Date:  4/2/1989  Upload Date: 10/11/2015 4:31:53 AM
Location:  Binghamton, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  NS 8010(C30-7) DH 221(GP38-2) NHL 6436(SD45) DH 374(GP39-2) NRL 3144(SD45)
Views:  624   Comments: 1
PYRP
Title:  PYRP
Description:  An NS unit leads a leased SD 45 and another NS GE as it heads across the diamond at BD, about to begin its attack on Belden Hill.
Photo Date:  4/15/1989  Upload Date: 10/6/2015 4:25:23 AM
Location:  Binghamton, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  NS 8037(C30-7) NHL 6436(SD45)
Views:  311   Comments: 0


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