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Tom Beckett's Collection
 
4/26/2024
 
 
 
 
 
Owner: New York Susquehanna & Western
Model:EMD SD40T-2Built As:SP 8542 (SD40T-2)
Serial Number:786174-44Order No:786174
Frame Number:786174-44Built:1/1979
Notes:Ex UP, nee SP. Wrecked at Deposit, NY 8/9/2018.
Other locos with this serial:  NYSW 3016(SD32ECO) NYSW 3016(SD40T-2) SP 8542(SD40T-2)
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Leased power
Title:  Leased power
Description:  BH 2 rolls north at Kattelville Rd with two lease units bracketing one of NYSWs own and 67 cars for Syracuse.
Photo Date:  6/24/2003  Upload Date: 8/4/2013 2:55:47 AM
Location:  Chenango Bridge, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BDLX 1603(SD40) NYSW 3016(SD40T-2) BAR 360(GP38-3)
Views:  1017   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
On the new connection
Title:  On the new connection
Description:  A pair of NYSW 40s head down the connection from the D&H to the NYSWs former DLW alignment at Old State Road.
Photo Date:  12/16/2003  Upload Date: 8/6/2011 11:35:54 PM
Location:  Binghamton, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Winter,Action
Locomotives:  NYSW 3016(SD40T-2) NYSW 3040(GP40)
Views:  902   Comments: 0
Leasers and a homer
Title:  Leasers and a homer
Description:  NYSW ran some interesting lease power over the years. For a couple of years, they had these two attractive SD 38s from LLPX, which were a common sight on SU 99 and 100. Both of them are on this SU 99, seen at QD putting its train away.
Photo Date:  1/6/2004  Upload Date: 6/20/2016 4:21:18 AM
Location:  Binghamton, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  LLPX 2807(SD38-2) NYSW 3016(SD40T-2) LLPX 2805(SD38-2)
Views:  624   Comments: 0
12T on the DLW side
Title:  12T on the DLW side
Description:  While SU 99 puts its train away in the foreground, 12T gets 52 cars out of town behind an all too common set of GEs on the Lackawanna side of the station area. The station tower can be seen in the center of the photo.
Photo Date:  1/6/2004  Upload Date: 6/22/2016 3:56:27 AM
Location:  Binghamton, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Yard,Station,Action
Locomotives:  LLPX 2807(SD38-2) NYSW 3016(SD40T-2) NS 9267(C40-9W) NS 9567(C40-9W) NS 8668(C39-8E)
Views:  773   Comments: 1
Blasting through
Title:  Blasting through
Description:  BH 2 looks like it means business as it rolls 34 cars across the NY 79 crossing.
Photo Date:  1/6/2004  Upload Date: 5/28/2017 2:57:01 AM
Location:  Lisle, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Winter,Action
Locomotives:  NYSW 3016(SD40T-2) NYSW 3040(GP40)
Views:  603   Comments: 0
Down the ramp
Title:  Down the ramp
Description:  BH 2 rolls down the connector from the D&H onto its own alignment, which was abandoned south of this point when new Bevier St overpasses were built around 1990. Were at Old State Rd, where the connector joins the DLW Syracuse and Utica line.
Photo Date:  1/6/2004  Upload Date: 5/28/2017 2:59:16 AM
Location:  Port Dickinson, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Winter,Action
Locomotives:  NYSW 3016(SD40T-2) NYSW 3040(GP40)
Views:  554   Comments: 0
Winter light
Title:  Winter light
Description:  The low January suns last rays catch the flanks of BH 2s power as it approaches the US 11 crossing south of Whitney Point.
Photo Date:  1/6/2004  Upload Date: 5/28/2017 3:00:31 AM
Location:  Whitney Point, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Winter,Action
Locomotives:  NYSW 3016(SD40T-2) NYSW 3040(GP40)
Views:  585   Comments: 0
From the road
Title:  From the road
Description:  We chased an eastbound detour train, probably Q 156, or possibly Q 404, I didnt note the symbol, to Susquehanna, then caught this Q 271 there going back. We were able to grab this shot along PA 171 where the tracks go away from the road at Red Rock. Thats my then girlfriend, now wife, Diane, getting a shot of the action too.
Photo Date:  7/10/2004  Upload Date: 6/6/2017 5:25:37 AM
Location:  Red Rock, PA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  CSX 7559(C40-8) CSX 8830(SD40-2) CSX 7782(C40-8W) NYSW 3012(SD40T-2) NYSW 3016(SD40T-2)
Views:  777   Comments: 0
Q 271 detour
Title:  Q 271 detour
Description:  Q 271 behind a mis of CSX and NYSW power, rolls under the PA 171 bridge on its last leg into Binghamton. True to form, NYSW has filled out the auto rack train with general freight.
Photo Date:  7/10/2004  Upload Date: 1/6/2013 2:41:54 AM
Location:  Great Bend, PA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  CSX 7559(C40-8) CSX 8830(SD40-2) CSX 7782(C40-8W) NYSW 3016(SD40T-2) NYSW 3012(SD40T-2)
Views:  1093   Comments: 1
Flowers, signals and smoke
Title:  Flowers, signals and smoke
Description:  Q 271 gets blasts through SR, turning up the power as it takes to single track for the last lap into Binghamton.
Photo Date:  7/10/2004  Upload Date: 6/6/2017 5:42:12 AM
Location:  Oakland, PA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Signal,Action
Locomotives:  CSX 7559(C40-8) CSX 8830(SD40-2) CSX 7782(C40-8W) NYSW 3016(SD40T-2) NYSW 3012(SD40T-2)
Views:  718   Comments: 0
Along the Delaware
Title:  Along the Delaware
Description:  By this time, it was a real catch to get an SU 99 in daylight. I was returning from a trip to New York, which usually meant a ride up NY 97, just in case. Today it paid off, as I caught up to the train near Narrowsburg. Here it is at Basket, on a gloomy Sunday.
Photo Date:  11/21/2004  Upload Date: 5/20/2017 5:08:14 AM
Location:  Basket, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  NYSW 3016(SD40T-2) NYSW 3010(SD40T-2) NYSW 3020(SD40) NYSW 3012(SD40T-2)
Views:  527   Comments: 1
Once a busy place
Title:  Once a busy place
Description:  SU 99 rolls though Deposit, once a busy town with a small yard, a large station, and the destination of pushers that worked over Gulf Summit from Susquehanna.
Photo Date:  11/21/2004  Upload Date: 5/20/2017 5:09:45 AM
Location:  Deposit, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  NYSW 3016(SD40T-2) NYSW 3010(SD40T-2) NYSW 3020(SD40) NYSW 3012(SD40T-2) HATX 513(GP40-2)
Views:  516   Comments: 1
Clearance
Title:  Clearance
Description:  SU 99 rolls off the bridge over the East Branch of the Delaware at Hancock. Look at the clearance over the train. This is why the Erie was the high and wide railroad in the east, a legacy of its original 6 foot gauge construction.
Photo Date:  11/21/2004  Upload Date: 5/20/2017 5:14:12 AM
Location:  Hancock, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Bridge,Action
Locomotives:  NYSW 3016(SD40T-2) NYSW 3010(SD40T-2) HATX 513(GP40-2) NYSW 3020(SD40) NYSW 3012(SD40T-2)
Views:  641   Comments: 2
By the feed mill
Title:  By the feed mill
Description:  The feed mill at right was at one time an Erie customer. In the age of the NYSW, there are very few shippers left on the line, and SU 99 rolls through without stopping.
Photo Date:  11/21/2004  Upload Date: 5/20/2017 5:24:42 AM
Location:  Callicoon, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  NYSW 3016(SD40T-2) NYSW 3010(SD40T-2) NYSW 3020(SD40) NYSW 3012(SD40T-2) HATX 513(GP40-2)
Views:  526   Comments: 1
Over the top
Title:  Over the top
Description:  SU 99 has made the grade over Gulf Summit, and is now coasting down hill with 77 cars to Starrucca Viaduct and Susquehanna, seen at Schoolhouse Rd in Town of Windsor.
Photo Date:  11/21/2004  Upload Date: 5/20/2017 5:28:06 AM
Location:  Windsor, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  NYSW 3016(SD40T-2) NYSW 3010(SD40T-2) NYSW 3020(SD40) NYSW 3012(SD40T-2) HATX 513(GP40-2)
Views:  491   Comments: 1
Light power to the rescue
Title:  Light power to the rescue
Description:  A set of light power running as BH2 rolls past the ex Erie station at Susquehanna en route to retrieve the outlawed SU 99 at Deposit
Photo Date:  2/13/2005  Upload Date: 11/20/2012 1:09:01 AM
Location:  Susquehanna, PA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Winter,Station,Action
Locomotives:  NYSW 2066(GP20u) NYSW 3012(SD40T-2) NYSW 3016(SD40T-2) BDLX 2209(U23B)
Views:  893   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:  2250   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:  2226   Comments: 3
BH 1 rolls north
Title:  BH 1 rolls north
Description:  BH 1 behind a pair of SD40T-2s rolls through a wintry landscape near the hamlet of Itasca on the Syracuse branch
Photo Date:  2/23/2005  Upload Date: 11/20/2012 1:16:26 AM
Location:  Itaska, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Winter,Action
Locomotives:  NYSW 3016(SD40T-2) NYSW 3012(SD40T-2)
Views:  372   Comments: 0
Yellowjackets in the snow
Title:  Yellowjackets in the snow
Description:  A pair of yellowjacket tunnel motors rolls BH 1 north approaching the US 11 crossing south of Whitney Point
Photo Date:  2/23/2005  Upload Date: 11/20/2012 1:18:58 AM
Location:  Whitney Point, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Winter,Action
Locomotives:  NYSW 3016(SD40T-2) NYSW 3012(SD40T-2)
Views:  410   Comments: 1
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:  855   Comments: 1
BH 1 and Alcos too
Title:  BH 1 and Alcos too
Description:  NYSW BH 1 crosses River Road in Chenango Bridge en route to Syracuse and CSX interchange.
Photo Date:  2/24/2006  Upload Date: 11/5/2012 1:46:12 AM
Location:  Chenango Bridge, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  NYSW 3016(SD40T-2) NYSW 3660(C636) NYSW 3668(M636)
Views:  750   Comments: 1


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