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Old roundhouse |
| Description: |
I found the MILW yard and roundhouse while passing through Mason City. There was a lot of power there, including a MILW Hiawatha SD 40-2, which unfortunately was not where I could get a good photo. Still, the facilities here harken to another era, with the roundhouse still in service, and the spreader at far left. |
| Photo Date: |
6/22/1987 Upload Date: 5/7/2015 2:41:57 PM |
| Location: |
Mason City, IA |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Roster,Yard |
| Locomotives: |
SOO 6604(SD40-2) SOO 6601(SD40-2) SOO 4648(GP40) |
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631 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
First official train |
| Description: |
Once CP acquired the D&H, they made a big deal of the fact that they now had a through route for grain traffic from the midwest to the Atlantic in the United States, though part of that route was through Canada. They dubbed it the "Niagara Connection" for its border crossing at Niagara Falls. The first "official" train, complete with power from the three component roads, D&H 7309 leading, had a press release and ceremony noting its crossing at Niagara, even though the trains actually started running between Minneapolis and Albany the previous October. We see the first train at Dalton NY, near MP 352. I was travelling from Buffalo with some colleagues from work, so this was the only photo I was able to get. |
| Photo Date: |
3/25/1991 Upload Date: 4/11/2015 1:56:45 AM |
| Location: |
Dalton, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
DH 7309(GP38-2) CP 5529(SD40) SOO 6601(SD40-2) SOO 6612(SD40-2) SOO 780(SD40-2) |
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875 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Night grain |
| Description: |
Train 390 sits at the north end of Bevier St waiting for a crew on a spring evening. |
| Photo Date: |
4/13/1991 Upload Date: 3/13/2015 2:31:33 AM |
| Location: |
Binghamton, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Night,Yard,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CP 5677(SD40-2) SOO 787(SD40-2) SOO 6406(SD40A) SOO 6601(SD40-2) |
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869 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
SOO power leads train 391 |
| Description: |
A pair of SOO units, now common that CP has taken over the D&H, lead westbound empty grain train 391 west at CP Johnson on the west side of Binghamton |
| Photo Date: |
9/7/1991 Upload Date: 11/11/2011 12:52:31 AM |
| Location: |
Binghamton, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
SOO 6601(SD40-2) SOO 770(SD40-2) |
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340 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Grain west |
| Description: |
A pair of SOO units leads a westbound 391 empty grain train from the Port of Albany past signal 219-1 along the George F Highway in Endwell. The train would have a surprise on the rear. |
| Photo Date: |
9/7/1991 Upload Date: 9/20/2012 12:08:59 PM |
| Location: |
Endwell, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Signal,Action |
| Locomotives: |
SOO 6601(SD40-2) SOO 770(SD40-2) |
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524 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Alls well |
| Description: |
Nothing completes a train like a caboose. By 1991, they were quite unusual on road trains; this day we got lucky, catching a SOO car on the end of 391. |
| Photo Date: |
9/7/1991 Upload Date: 9/20/2012 12:10:57 PM |
| Location: |
Endwell, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
SOO 6601(SD40-2) SOO 770(SD40-2) |
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487 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
413 with Soo power and a rebuilt SD45 |
| Description: |
SOO power often mixed into CP consists. Since it was generally better looking than the ragged CP units, was a pleasure to see leading. |
| Photo Date: |
8/6/2001 Upload Date: 12/14/2013 1:34:19 AM |
| Location: |
Binghamton, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Yard,Action |
| Locomotives: |
SOO 6601(SD40-2) CP 5496(SD40M-2) CP 6027(SD40-2) |
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853 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Four 40s with a surprise |
| Description: |
A set of 4 SD40-2s, not uncommon at the time, has a surprise. The second unit is one of the NS ex Southern units they made into a cabless locomotive by removing the controls and blanking the windows. This is train 418 arriving from Buffalo with 48 cars. |
| Photo Date: |
9/13/2004 Upload Date: 12/9/2012 5:29:49 AM |
| Location: |
Binghamton, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
CP 5629(SD40-2) CP 5477(SD40-2B) CP 5578(SD40-2) SOO 6601(SD40-2) |
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2072 Comments: 0 |
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