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Tom Beckett's Collection
 
4/25/2024
 
 
 
 
 
Owner: New York Susquehanna & Western
Model:EMD SD40T-2Built As:SP 8321 (SD40T-2)
Serial Number:776069-15Order No:776069
Frame Number:776069-15Built:4/1978
Notes:Ex-SP
Other locos with this serial:  NYSW 3014(SD40T-2) SP 8321(SD40T-2)
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Looking down the river
Title:  Looking down the river
Description:  BH 3 rolls 35 cars across the Chenango River, in a companion piece to the similar photo in this album, only now we see more of the frozen river it is crossing. There was a time when an effort was made to have a yellowjacket leading, to put forth a good image. Not today, as the patch painted ex SP unit is leading. It will eventually become an SD30ECO, but for now, its still a tired ex SP tunnel motor.
Photo Date:  1/26/2003  Upload Date: 2/10/2017 3:52:50 AM
Location:  Chenango Bridge, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Bridge,Winter,Action
Locomotives:  NYSW 3014(SD40T-2) NYSW 3618(SD45) NYSW 2064(GP20u)
Views:  1291   Comments: 2
BH 3
Title:  BH 3
Description:  BH 3 rolls north past Old State Rd, coming down the connector from the D&H. It was built when the Bevier St overpasses were raised about 1990, and the DLW line bridge was removed. The old right of way is seen going off to the right.
Photo Date:  1/26/2003  Upload Date: 9/10/2013 12:47:35 AM
Location:  Port Dickinson, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Winter,Action
Locomotives:  NYSW 3014(SD40T-2) NYSW 3618(SD45) NYSW 2064(GP20u)
Views:  1492   Comments: 0
BH 3
Title:  BH 3
Description:  BH 3 crosses the Chenango River on a cold January day behind a mix of power only a Suskie fan would love.
Photo Date:  1/26/2003  Upload Date: 9/10/2013 12:51:16 AM
Location:  Chenango Bridge, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Bridge,Winter,Action
Locomotives:  NYSW 3014(SD40T-2) NYSW 3618(SD45) NYSW 2064(GP20u)
Views:  1377   Comments: 0
Typical motley power
Title:  Typical motley power
Description:  A leased SD 38, one of two on the railroad-the other is the last unit in this consist-a couple of patch painted SP units, and a black ex NS SD lead a 76 car train north past the ex DLW station, partly visible behind the train, at Whitney Point. This is most likely an SU 403, a train run as a detour move for CSX. This was common at the time, as CSX was doing a lot of work on their ex NYC lines from Jersey to Buffalo, so getting a low priority train off their main eased the congestion.
Photo Date:  8/21/2003  Upload Date: 4/10/2017 3:26:21 AM
Location:  Whitney Point, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  LLPX 2805(SD38-2) NYSW 3014(SD40T-2) NYSW 3016(SD40T-2) BDLX 1603(SD40) LLPX 2807(SD38-2)
Views:  1468   Comments: 1
Northbound with lease power
Title:  Northbound with lease power
Description:  A northbound with 76 cars rolls through Whitney Point behind as motley a mix of power as NYSW can muster, led by Locomotive Leasing Partners 2805.
Photo Date:  8/21/2003  Upload Date: 5/7/2013 12:53:52 AM
Location:  Whitney Point, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Action
Locomotives:  LLPX 2805(SD38-2) NYSW 3014(SD40T-2) LLPX 2807(SD38-2) NYSW 3016(SD40T-2) BDLX 1603(SD40)
Views:  1951   Comments: 1
The 99 arrives
Title:  The 99 arrives
Description:  SU 99 arrives at BD on a sunny February morning with a yellowjacket leading three other units that are, well, not as well dressed. After a decade or more of good looking power, the NYSW has reverted into the mix of hand me down colors that were its hallmark in the 80s.
Photo Date:  2/17/2004  Upload Date: 5/21/2017 5:27:12 AM
Location:  Binghamton, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Winter,Action
Locomotives:  NYSW 3012(SD40T-2) NYSW 3022(SD40) BDLX 1603(SD40) NYSW 3014(SD40T-2)
Views:  1380   Comments: 0
Ready to go west
Title:  Ready to go west
Description:  The light power BH 2 brought to Deposit has coupled to the road train and is now ready to take it to Binghamton
Photo Date:  2/13/2005  Upload Date: 11/20/2012 1:11:22 AM
Location:  Deposit, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Winter,Action
Locomotives:  NYSW 3012(SD40T-2) NYSW 3016(SD40T-2) NYSW 2066(GP20u) NYSW 3014(SD40T-2) BDLX 1355(GP40) NYSW 3618(SD45) NYSW 3020(SD40) NYSW 3634(SD45) SIXX 41(M636)
Views:  2248   Comments: 3
Rolling high
Title:  Rolling high
Description:  BH 2 crosses Starrucca Viaduct and the houses below in Lanesboro as it makes its way to Binghamton
Photo Date:  2/13/2005  Upload Date: 11/20/2012 1:25:39 AM
Location:  Lanesboro, PA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Bridge,Winter,Action
Locomotives:  NYSW 3016(SD40T-2) NYSW 3012(SD40T-2) NYSW 2066(GP20u) NYSW 3014(SD40T-2) BDLX 1355(GP40) NYSW 3618(SD45) NYSW 3020(SD40) NYSW 3634(SD45) SIXX 41(M636)
Views:  2225   Comments: 3
SU 99 waits
Title:  SU 99 waits
Description:  Outlawed SU 99 waits on the main at Deposit for the BH 2 crew.
Photo Date:  2/13/2005  Upload Date: 11/20/2012 1:13:51 AM
Location:  Deposit, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Winter,Action
Locomotives:  NYSW 3014(SD40T-2) BDLX 1355(GP40) NYSW 3618(SD45) NYSW 3020(SD40) NYSW 3634(SD45) SIXX 41(M636)
Views:  1776   Comments: 2
By the station
Title:  By the station
Description:  BH 1 sits by the former D&H station at QD in Binghamton
Photo Date:  3/6/2005  Upload Date: 11/20/2012 1:21:42 AM
Location:  Binghamton, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Winter,Yard,Station
Locomotives:  NYSW 3618(SD45) NYSW 3040(GP40) NYSW 3014(SD40T-2) NYSW 3010(SD40T-2)
Views:  1045   Comments: 0
Tunnel motors south
Title:  Tunnel motors south
Description:  BH 2 rolls 51 cars across the Chenango on its way to Binghamton with a power set that includes three of its four ex SP tunnel motors. The two trailing units were the only tunnel motors in yellowjacket at the time. The NY 12A bridge is in the background.
Photo Date:  6/2/2005  Upload Date: 11/20/2017 6:05:17 AM
Location:  Chenango Bridge, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Bridge,Action
Locomotives:  NYSW 3014(SD40T-2) NYSW 3020(SD40) NYSW 3016(SD40T-2) NYSW 3012(SD40T-2)
Views:  854   Comments: 1
Taking the switch
Title:  Taking the switch
Description:  BH 1 rolls through the switch onto the Syracuse Branch, one of the ex BN SD 45s leading 110 cars toward a CSX connection. He'll cross NY 12 in a moment, to the consternation of a long line of motorists.
Photo Date:  6/9/2005  Upload Date: 11/20/2017 6:08:21 AM
Location:  Chenango Forks, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  NYSW 3618(SD45) NYSW 3014(SD40T-2) NYSW 3634(SD45) FURX 3002(SD40-2) GCFX 3065(SD40-2)
Views:  1002   Comments: 2
DLW lives on
Title:  DLW lives on
Description:  BH 1 rolls past the old DLW station at Homer, now the police department there. Passenger service on the line ended in 1958.
Photo Date:  6/9/2005  Upload Date: 11/20/2017 6:11:47 AM
Location:  Homer, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Action
Locomotives:  NYSW 3618(SD45) NYSW 3014(SD40T-2) NYSW 3634(SD45) FURX 3002(SD40-2) GCFX 3065(SD40-2)
Views:  993   Comments: 1
Red Mills
Title:  Red Mills
Description:  BH 1 rolls past the Killawog Red Mills, about to cross into Cortland County behind a power set that includes two SD 45s and an ex SP tunnel motor.
Photo Date:  6/9/2005  Upload Date: 11/20/2017 6:14:03 AM
Location:  Killawog, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  NYSW 3618(SD45) NYSW 3014(SD40T-2) NYSW 3634(SD45) FURX 3002(SD40-2) GCFX 3065(SD40-2)
Views:  1025   Comments: 2
Open shot
Title:  Open shot
Description:  Train speeds on the Northern Division were modest, 30 MPH in most places, so chasing was not a challenge most of the time. After shooting a train at Forks, you could easily beat him to this spot, where the tracks crossed US 11 south of Whitmey Point. Here you were afforded an open view of the train as it approached the crossing. It will be a good wait for the 110 cars to clear. I wont beat him to Lisle, only three miles up, but Killawog shouldnt be a problem.
Photo Date:  6/9/2005  Upload Date: 11/20/2017 6:18:03 AM
Location:  Whitney Point, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  NYSW 3618(SD45) NYSW 3014(SD40T-2) NYSW 3634(SD45) FURX 3002(SD40-2) GCFX 3065(SD40-2)
Views:  1030   Comments: 2
SU 403
Title:  SU 403
Description:  NYSW ran detour train for CSX several summers during trackwork season. Heres one of them in the flowers at Itaska on the Syracuse side
Photo Date:  6/9/2005  Upload Date: 11/26/2012 1:41:44 AM
Location:  Itaska, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  NYSW 3618(SD45) NYSW 3014(SD40T-2) GCFX 3065(SD40-2) FURX 3002(SD40-2) NYSW 3634(SD45)
Views:  1365   Comments: 0
SU 403
Title:  SU 403
Description:  Detour train SU 403 waits for a new crew near CP Coles in Kirkwood.
Photo Date:  8/10/2005  Upload Date: 11/11/2012 11:39:53 PM
Location:  Kirkwood, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  UP 5955(AC44CWCTE) CSX 746(SD70MAC) NYSW 3020(SD40) NYSW 3014(SD40T-2)
Views:  491   Comments: 0
Headed for the connector
Title:  Headed for the connector
Description:  BH 1 rolls north to the connection to their own line, passing through the D&H Bevier St yard with quite a set of power.
Photo Date:  10/25/2005  Upload Date: 8/29/2017 5:23:25 AM
Location:  Binghamton, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 5267(C44-9W) BNSF 5166(C44-9W) NYSW 3014(SD40T-2) NYSW 3664(M636) NYSW 3618(SD45)
Views:  372   Comments: 0
Coming along
Title:  Coming along
Description:  BH 1 rolls out of the NYSW yard and past the Agway mill as it heads into Bevier St and ultimately to the Syracuse Branch. Today a pair of western visitors are in the lead, a really unusual treat.
Photo Date:  10/25/2005  Upload Date: 8/29/2017 5:25:56 AM
Location:  Binghamton, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 5267(C44-9W) BNSF 5166(C44-9W) NYSW 3014(SD40T-2) NYSW 3618(SD45) NYSW 3664(M636)
Views:  348   Comments: 0
Out of the trees
Title:  Out of the trees
Description:  BH 1 rolls out of the trees on the south end of the Chenango River bridge and over the water.
Photo Date:  10/25/2005  Upload Date: 8/29/2017 5:28:33 AM
Location:  Chenango Bridge, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Bridge,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 5267(C44-9W) BNSF 5166(C44-9W) NYSW 3014(SD40T-2) NYSW 3664(M636) NYSW 3618(SD45)
Views:  405   Comments: 0
To the Syracuse side
Title:  To the Syracuse side
Description:  BH 1 takes the switch for the Syracuse Branch at Forks. Its 77 cars will cause some consternation for the motorists on NY 12 as it slowly clears the interlocking. I'm standing about where the south end of the old DLW station stood until 1976.
Photo Date:  10/25/2005  Upload Date: 8/29/2017 5:33:05 AM
Location:  Chenango Forks, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Signal,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 5267(C44-9W) BNSF 5166(C44-9W) NYSW 3014(SD40T-2) NYSW 3664(M636) NYSW 3618(SD45)
Views:  376   Comments: 0
Detour train with western power
Title:  Detour train with western power
Description:  CSX detour train SU 404 approaches the Kattelville Road crossing in Chenango Bridge with a pair of BNSF units leading the usual motley assortment of NYSW power that typified that period, though it is that rarest of power consists these days, having three builders' diesels. Just a hint of fall color is still in the trees this late in October
Photo Date:  10/25/2005  Upload Date: 11/11/2012 11:05:29 PM
Location:  Chenango Bridge, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 5267(C44-9W) BNSF 5166(C44-9W) NYSW 3014(SD40T-2) NYSW 3618(SD45) NYSW 3664(M636)
Views:  575   Comments: 1
SU 404 heads north
Title:  SU 404 heads north
Description:  CSX detour train has crossed over the NS at BD and is now headed for the NYSW with 77 cars at the south end of Bevier St with an interesting power consist
Photo Date:  10/25/2005  Upload Date: 11/11/2012 11:12:12 PM
Location:  Binghamton, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 5267(C44-9W) BNSF 5166(C44-9W) NYSW 3014(SD40T-2) NYSW 3618(SD45) NYSW 3664(M636)
Views:  515   Comments: 0


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