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| Title: |
SLN5 early arrival |
| Description: |
The early morning sun glints off SLN 5 as it arrives at CP Coles after an overnight trip up the Delaware Division. It will change power here to D&H units and continue toward Buffalo later in the day. SLN 4 is waiting beyond the signal on the double track, and will go east behind three freshly painted SD 45's once SLN 5 is past. |
| Photo Date: |
6/18/1988 Upload Date: 7/28/2015 4:38:50 AM |
| Location: |
Kirkwood, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
NYSW 3612(SD45) NYSW 3638(F45) NYSW 6361(SD45) NYSW 3622(SD45) NYSW 3006(C430) NYSW 1802(GP18) |
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| 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 |
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| Title: |
Ready to pull |
| Description: |
The first two units have tied onto NYSW 3638, which had been left on the train for yard air, and will now head down to QD to get onto the Tier to head for Buffalo. |
| Photo Date: |
9/24/1988 Upload Date: 9/6/2015 2:44:12 AM |
| Location: |
Binghamton, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Yard,Action |
| Locomotives: |
NS 8012(C30-7) NYSW 6500(SD45) NYSW 3638(F45) |
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536 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
On the air |
| Description: |
The north end of Bevier St was on the grade up to the tunnel, and NYSW would usually leave an engine on a train that was to be repowered if the rest of the power was going to the yard. This was to keep the air up in the train. Today NYSW 3638 has that task. We see it on an MEBU that will shortly get the rest of its power tied on and head west. The 3638 had a spotty service record, and was in and out of the shop, unlike 3636, which was pretty much constantly working. The lack of 3638s availability made it quite a challenge to get the two F 45s on the same train. I only saw it twice, and was unable to get a shot either time. |
| Photo Date: |
9/24/1988 Upload Date: 9/6/2015 3:25:11 AM |
| Location: |
Binghamton, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Yard,Action |
| Locomotives: |
NYSW 3638(F45) |
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377 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
BUME arriving |
| Description: |
Most of the time, BUAB would take the Buffalo Runner and head up to Bevier St and recrew, but sometimes if there was no room, or the power was to be changed, it would run into East Binghamton. Here we see it arriving behind NYSW 3638. This is something of a treat, as this unit was more of a hangar queen, and on the road only sporadically, thus seeing it in service was something of a novelty. |
| Photo Date: |
10/1/1988 Upload Date: 9/6/2015 3:15:07 AM |
| Location: |
Binghamton, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Yard,Action |
| Locomotives: |
NYSW 3638(F45) NRL 6436(SD45) NS 8011(C30-7) NW 8013(C30-7) NW 8027(C30-7) |
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766 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Collection of 45s |
| Description: |
MEBU is on the left, with 3 of 4 units from the 45 line, as a set of pushers waits on the right for a northbound going up the hill. As a bonus, we have both NYSW F 45's. It was a good time to be watching the 20 cylinder beasts. Action at the south end of Bevier St. |
| Photo Date: |
10/8/1988 Upload Date: 9/8/2015 3:02:11 AM |
| Location: |
Binghamton, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Yard,Action |
| Locomotives: |
NYSW 6366(SD45) NYSW 3638(F45) NYSW 3636(F45) DH 385(GP39-2) NRL 3144(SD45) |
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773 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
MEBU underway |
| Description: |
MEBU with three 45s and a GP 39 starts toward QD. There it will enter the Southern Tier Line and head to Buffalo. |
| Photo Date: |
10/8/1988 Upload Date: 9/8/2015 3:03:39 AM |
| Location: |
Binghamton, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Yard,Action |
| Locomotives: |
NYSW 6366(SD45) NYSW 3638(F45) DH 385(GP39-2) NRL 3144(SD45) |
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617 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
North the hard way |
| Description: |
This PYRP is rolling north long hood forward, hard enough with a regular radiator, more so in an SD 45. You have to admit, this is an odd looking consist. My guess is, 3638 had a problem that prevented it from leading, so the power was swapped, and there were no other ready units. |
| Photo Date: |
10/25/1988 Upload Date: 9/12/2015 3:39:09 AM |
| Location: |
Binghamton, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Yard,Action |
| Locomotives: |
NYSW 6515(SD45) NYSW 3638(F45) |
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429 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
High Iron |
| Description: |
SLN 5 rolls west behind a trio of SD 45s on the Southern Tier between Johnson City and Endwell. Heavy rail, deep ballast, big power. Looks like the major leagues. This was a good photo spot, as it was easily accessible from NY 17, as well as NY 17C, locally known as the George F Highway, which parallelled the tracks here. |
| Photo Date: |
12/3/1988 Upload Date: 9/18/2015 1:48:41 AM |
| Location: |
Endwell, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
NYSW 3622(SD45) NYSW 3638(F45) NYSW 6515(SD45) |
| Views: |
566 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
Scorching the stubble |
| Description: |
SLN 5 rolls west past the stubble corn at Miller Beach Rd as it hustles a train full of Sea Land containers to a CSX connection at Buffalo. |
| Photo Date: |
12/3/1988 Upload Date: 9/18/2015 1:52:41 AM |
| Location: |
Owego, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
NYSW 3622(SD45) NYSW 3638(F45) NYSW 6515(SD45) |
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489 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
45s |
| Description: |
Not the spinning kind, a pair of Fs. These are sitting on the south end of the Binghamton engine house. The former colleagues-the NYSW unit was BN 6644-are having this reunion a long way from their first home. |
| Photo Date: |
12/4/1988 Upload Date: 9/22/2015 4:12:13 AM |
| Location: |
Binghamton, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Roster,Yard |
| Locomotives: |
NYSW 3638(F45) NRL 6642(F45) |
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511 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Pretty faces |
| Description: |
A pair of F 45s, one NYSW, the other NRL, sit side by side at the Binghamton engine house. |
| Photo Date: |
2/4/1989 Upload Date: 9/22/2015 4:10:03 AM |
| Location: |
Binghamton, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Roster,Yard |
| Locomotives: |
NYSW 3638(F45) NRL 6642(F45) |
| Views: |
352 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Splitting two types of signals |
| Description: |
Waverly had a pair of signals, one a tri light that HAN 1 is about to knock down on track 1, and a semaphore on track 2. Note the semaphore is showing a stop indication. |
| Photo Date: |
2/8/1989 Upload Date: 9/30/2015 2:58:49 AM |
| Location: |
Waverly, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Signal,Action |
| Locomotives: |
NYSW 4004(B40-8) NYSW 3638(F45) |
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391 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
HAN 1 and yellowjackets |
| Description: |
A B40 and and F45 roll HAN 1 west through Waverly. |
| Photo Date: |
2/8/1989 Upload Date: 9/30/2015 3:01:19 AM |
| Location: |
Waverly, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
NYSW 4004(B40-8) NYSW 3638(F45) |
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335 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Ready for hand off |
| Description: |
SLN 4 rolls to a stop, and will get a new crew for the trip to Jersey, the D&H crew having finished their part of the trip. |
| Photo Date: |
2/12/1989 Upload Date: 9/30/2015 2:55:34 AM |
| Location: |
Binghamton, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Yard,Action |
| Locomotives: |
NYSW 4004(B40-8) NYSW 3638(F45) |
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414 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Knocking it down |
| Description: |
One of the great things about semaphores is watching them drop as a train passes. I had the pleasure this morning, as BUME rolls past the blade on signal 255-2 at Waverly, seen above the truck to the left of the train. |
| Photo Date: |
2/25/1989 Upload Date: 10/1/2015 3:13:34 PM |
| Location: |
Waverly, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Signal,Action |
| Locomotives: |
DH 7419(GP39-2) NYSW 3638(F45) NS 8059(C30-7) |
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443 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Now thats a pusher set!! |
| Description: |
A pair of F45s and an SD45 give PLMT an assist up to Belden tunnel, starting right here at Bevier St. |
| Photo Date: |
4/2/1989 Upload Date: 10/8/2015 3:39:14 AM |
| Location: |
Binghamton, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Yard,Action |
| Locomotives: |
NYSW 3638(F45) NRL 6642(F45) NHL 6695(SD45) |
| Views: |
332 Comments: 3 |
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| Title: |
Wish I had that house |
| Description: |
PLMT, a Mt Tom coal train, rolls north as the pushers work hard to keep it moving uphill. The folks in the house up there on the hill are getting a great show as the train snakes past Nowlan Rd and through town. |
| Photo Date: |
4/2/1989 Upload Date: 10/14/2015 3:38:25 AM |
| Location: |
Sanitaria Springs, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
NYSW 3638(F45) NRL 6642(F45) NHL 6695(SD45) |
| Views: |
313 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
Last push |
| Description: |
The helper set is about to cut off at the tunnel, having pushed the train over the top of the grade. This is the cleanest I ever saw the 3638. |
| Photo Date: |
4/2/1989 Upload Date: 10/14/2015 3:40:38 AM |
| Location: |
Tunnel, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Tunnel,Signal,Action |
| Locomotives: |
NYSW 3638(F45) NRL 6642(F45) NHL 6695(SD45) |
| Views: |
301 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Pusher set |
| Description: |
This group of 45s will go out later today to push a PLMT up the hill. For now, they enjoy their repose at East Binghamton. |
| Photo Date: |
4/2/1989 Upload Date: 10/9/2015 1:56:59 AM |
| Location: |
Binghamton, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Roster,Yard |
| Locomotives: |
NYSW 3638(F45) NRL 6642(F45) NHL 6695(SD45) |
| Views: |
393 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Working north |
| Description: |
PYRP is at the north end of Bevier St with an ex Reading unit leading a pair of yellowjackets, about to dig into the climb to Belden tunnel. |
| Photo Date: |
7/11/1989 Upload Date: 11/1/2015 2:20:05 AM |
| Location: |
Binghamton, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Yard,Action |
| Locomotives: |
DH 7419(GP39-2) NYSW 3638(F45) NYSW 3620(SD45) |
| Views: |
180 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Coal and yellowjackets |
| Description: |
A four unit set of NYSW 45s has an eastbound PLMT, symbolled RC 1, for ReCrew, a dogcatch crew that relieved the outlawed crew from Buffalo, rolling through Waverly past the classic buildings that serve as a backdrop here. The semaphore has dropped to stop now that the train is several hundred feet past the signal. |
| Photo Date: |
9/2/1989 Upload Date: 11/22/2015 4:38:35 AM |
| Location: |
Waverly, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Signal,Action |
| Locomotives: |
NYSW 3632(SD45) NYSW 3622(SD45) NYSW 3614(SD45) NYSW 3638(F45) |
| Views: |
371 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
East side of town |
| Description: |
The east side of Waverly has some notable features. Note how wide the tracks are here. There was a center siding here during Erie and EL days, which was removed by Conrail, but the tracks were never straightened. At left is a pet food plant, which would remain a Conrail customer for several more years. We see PLMT, a coal train for Mt Tom Mass, rolling past with four yellowjackets. |
| Photo Date: |
9/2/1989 Upload Date: 11/22/2015 5:06:07 AM |
| Location: |
Waverly, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
NYSW 3632(SD45) NYSW 3622(SD45) NYSW 3638(F45) NYSW 3614(SD45) |
| Views: |
311 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Through Dyes |
| Description: |
MEBU crosses Moottown Rd and the north end of Dyes siding as it rolls downhill toward Binghamton. |
| Photo Date: |
9/7/1989 Upload Date: 11/22/2015 4:24:10 AM |
| Location: |
Tunnel, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Signal,Action |
| Locomotives: |
NYSW 4004(B40-8) NYSW 3632(SD45) NYSW 3638(F45) NYSW 3622(SD45) NYSW 3614(SD45) |
| Views: |
380 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Snaking through |
| Description: |
MEBU rolls through the S curve at Sanitaria Springs, showing off its five yellowjackets. As good as this was, the real prize was in Binghamton on BUOI-an MKT SD40-2. |
| Photo Date: |
9/7/1989 Upload Date: 11/22/2015 4:30:30 AM |
| Location: |
Sanitaria Springs, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
NYSW 4004(B40-8) NYSW 3632(SD45) NYSW 3638(F45) NYSW 3622(SD45) NYSW 3614(SD45) |
| Views: |
391 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
F45 reflection |
| Description: |
One of the constants in the Southern Tier was the rain-there were 160 cloudy day a year there, and it rained many of them. The result was a lot of puddles. NYSW 3638 is reflected in one of them at the north end of East Binghamton as it waits to go to the Port of Albany with a BUAB. |
| Photo Date: |
9/21/1989 Upload Date: 11/25/2015 3:25:10 AM |
| Location: |
Binghamton, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Yard,Action |
| Locomotives: |
NYSW 3638(F45) NYSW 4010(B40-8) |
| Views: |
218 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
It never stops |
| Description: |
NYSW had a way of putting together some power combinations youd never see anywhere else. Sometimes it happened in the yard, though often youd see them on the road too. This set was one only the Susie Q could come up with, at East Binghamton. |
| Photo Date: |
10/5/1989 Upload Date: 12/4/2015 4:47:37 AM |
| Location: |
Binghamton, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Roster,Yard |
| Locomotives: |
NYSW 2010(C420) NYSW 1800(GP18) NYSW 3638(F45) |
| Views: |
317 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Early in the morning |
| Description: |
The foliage trip passes Hawthorne while the morning sun is still low in the sky. |
| Photo Date: |
10/22/1989 Upload Date: 12/3/2015 4:01:41 AM |
| Location: |
Hawthorne, NJ |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
NYSW 3636(F45) NYSW 3638(F45) |
| Views: |
226 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Tunnel of leaves |
| Description: |
The foliage trip rolls west near Stockholm at MP 48. |
| Photo Date: |
10/22/1989 Upload Date: 12/3/2015 4:03:01 AM |
| Location: |
Stockholm, NJ |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
NYSW 3636(F45) NYSW 3638(F45) |
| Views: |
188 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
F45s on the river |
| Description: |
The fall foliage trips power rolls across the Passaic River at Oakland. |
| Photo Date: |
10/22/1989 Upload Date: 12/3/2015 3:59:53 AM |
| Location: |
Oakland, NJ |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Bridge,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
NYSW 3636(F45) NYSW 3638(F45) |
| Views: |
219 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Getting started |
| Description: |
The NYSW foliage trip gets underway at Ridgefield Park. Thats Conrails River Line at left. |
| Photo Date: |
10/22/1989 Upload Date: 12/3/2015 4:07:23 AM |
| Location: |
Ridgefield Park, NJ |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
NYSW 3636(F45) NYSW 3638(F45) |
| Views: |
232 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Great wall |
| Description: |
There was a long concrete wall along the Stockholm reservoir, around which the NYSW ran, sandwiched between it and NJ 23. It made for a good photo spot. The foliage trip rolls along the lake. |
| Photo Date: |
10/22/1989 Upload Date: 12/3/2015 4:05:18 AM |
| Location: |
Stockholm, NJ |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
NYSW 3636(F45) NYSW 3638(F45) |
| Views: |
309 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Down on the farm |
| Description: |
One of the most scenic places on the NYSW, indeed in New York, was Bairds farm near Warwick. It was a popular photo spot, and the family was gracious in allowing railfans access. It was a "must do" photo stop for the trip, which we see posed at the farm, along with some of JJ Youngs inflatable cows, imported from Binghamton for the occasion. |
| Photo Date: |
10/22/1989 Upload Date: 12/3/2015 4:17:06 AM |
| Location: |
Warwick, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
NYSW 3638(F45) NYSW 3636(F45) |
| Views: |
256 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
L&HR station |
| Description: |
The foliage trip rolls south on the ex Lehigh & Hudson River. The line had some pretty stations for a road that did not run passenger trains very late in history. |
| Photo Date: |
10/22/1989 Upload Date: 12/3/2015 4:10:35 AM |
| Location: |
Vernon, NJ |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Station,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
NYSW 3638(F45) NYSW 3636(F45) |
| Views: |
239 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Ruins of a once proud line |
| Description: |
The NYSW foliage trip has changed ends and is now heading south at the ex L&HR yard in Warwick NY, now overgrown and missing rail. Fifteen years ago, this was a busy place. |
| Photo Date: |
10/22/1989 Upload Date: 12/3/2015 4:14:18 AM |
| Location: |
Warwick, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Yard,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
NYSW 3638(F45) NYSW 3636(F45) |
| Views: |
245 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Yellowjackets on parade |
| Description: |
A set of yellow and black NYSW power leads 59 cars of BUEB east, approaching the NY 17C underpass. |
| Photo Date: |
6/20/1990 Upload Date: 1/10/2016 3:11:05 AM |
| Location: |
Endicott, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
NYSW 4030(B40-8) NYSW 3620(SD45) NYSW 4040(B40-8) NYSW 3638(F45) |
| Views: |
274 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Yellowjackets with a bouquet |
| Description: |
Sprays of daisies adds a splash of color to the passing of BUEB at Hiawatha Rd in Owego. |
| Photo Date: |
6/20/1990 Upload Date: 1/10/2016 3:21:32 AM |
| Location: |
Owego, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
NYSW 4030(B40-8) NYSW 3620(SD45) NYSW 4040(B40-8) NYSW 3638(F45) |
| Views: |
339 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Going west |
| Description: |
A late SLN 3-the train usually showed in the morning-rolls through Owego on a mission to get to Buffalo. A pair of GEs and a pair of 45s have the task today for the 65 Sea Land platforms, 6 COFC and 7 freight.Note the 40 MPH speed sign. Conrail allowed certain frieghts 50 here, as did EL in days past, so this is a speed restriction, most likely due to work being done in the area. |
| Photo Date: |
9/20/1990 Upload Date: 1/30/2016 4:27:51 AM |
| Location: |
Owego, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
NYSW 4038(B40-8) NYSW 4044(B40-8) NYSW 3638(F45) NYSW 3620(SD45) |
| Views: |
467 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Lease power galore |
| Description: |
And a few NYSW units, including both F45s. There are a few other odds and ends in this shot taken from the trailer park next to the yard, including EMD test bed PLM 3041, and RS 36 5009, both partly visible. I was not able to get the numbers, but there is also a D&H GP 38 and a C424 back in the line. |
| Photo Date: |
5/5/1991 Upload Date: 3/15/2015 4:38:00 AM |
| Location: |
Binghamton, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Roster,Yard |
| Locomotives: |
PLMX 3058(SD40) PLMX 3018(SD40) PLMX 3029(SD40) NYSW 3626(SD45) NYSW 3636(F45) NYSW 3638(F45) PLMX 3041(SD40X) DH 5009(RS11) |
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