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Tom Beckett's Collection
 
5/21/2024
 
 
 
 
 
Owner: Boston & Maine
Model:Rebuilt EMD Road SlugBuilt As:UP 134 (GP9)
Serial Number:19135Order No:5321
Frame Number:5321-A5Built:2/1954
Notes:Ex UP 134
Other locos with this serial:  BM 100(Road Slug)
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Road slug
Title:  Road slug
Description:  B&M had a road slug set consisiting of GP40-2s 300 and 301 sandwiching slug 100. Heres a shot of the slug as it departs E Deerfield yard.
Photo Date:  9/6/1983  Upload Date: 11/22/2013 1:12:26 AM
Location:  East Deerfield, MA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  BM 100(Road Slug) BM 300(GP40-2)
Views:  927   Comments: 0
B&M slug set
Title:  B&M slug set
Description:  B&M slug set 301/100/300 heads west from E Deerfield yard
Photo Date:  9/6/1983  Upload Date: 2/27/2011 6:33:07 PM
Location:  East Deerfield, MA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  BM 301(GP40-2) BM 100(Road Slug) BM 300(GP40-2)
Views:  1142   Comments: 1
Repainted
Title:  Repainted
Description:  In late 1984, Guilford repainted the B&M slug set, Heres the slog in new colors at Mechanicville that December
Photo Date:  12/4/1984  Upload Date: 8/1/2014 3:00:43 AM
Location:  Mechanicville, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  BM 100(Road Slug) BM 301(GP40-2)
Views:  848   Comments: 0
Southbound on the bridge
Title:  Southbound on the bridge
Description:  A southbound SC 3 led by a mix of power crosses the Mohawk River at Cohoes
Photo Date:  12/4/1984  Upload Date: 6/10/2012 2:55:43 AM
Location:  Cohoes, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Bridge,Action
Locomotives:  BM 200(GP38-2) DH 7401(GP39-2) BM 100(Road Slug) BM 300(GP40-2) BM 301(GP40-2) MEC 286(U23B) MEC 470(GP7u)
Views:  1385   Comments: 0
Slug set in action
Title:  Slug set in action
Description:  The B&M slug set has a train in tow and is heading for Albany.
Photo Date:  12/4/1984  Upload Date: 8/1/2014 3:09:37 AM
Location:  Mechanicville, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Winter,Yard,Action
Locomotives:  BM 300(GP40-2) BM 100(Road Slug) BM 301(GP40-2) MEC 286(U23B)
Views:  919   Comments: 0
Full shot of slug set
Title:  Full shot of slug set
Description:  Roater shot of the slug set from the uncoupled end.
Photo Date:  12/4/1984  Upload Date: 8/1/2014 3:11:59 AM
Location:  Mechanicville, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Roster,Winter,Yard
Locomotives:  BM 301(GP40-2) BM 100(Road Slug) BM 300(GP40-2) MEC 470(GP7u) DH 7401(GP39-2)
Views:  928   Comments: 0
Backing onto its train
Title:  Backing onto its train
Description:  MEC 470 has tied onto the slug set and is now headed into the yard to pick up its train
Photo Date:  12/4/1984  Upload Date: 8/1/2014 3:52:10 AM
Location:  Mechanicville, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Winter,Action
Locomotives:  MEC 470(GP7u) BM 300(GP40-2) BM 100(Road Slug) BM 301(GP40-2)
Views:  666   Comments: 0
What a power set
Title:  What a power set
Description:  SC 3 rolls south from Mechanicville to Kenwood with a set of power only the D&H could assemble.
Photo Date:  12/18/1984  Upload Date: 9/24/2014 1:57:00 AM
Location:  Waterford, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Winter,Action
Locomotives:  BM 200(GP38-2) DH 7401(GP39-2) MEC 286(U23B) BM 301(GP40-2) BM 100(Road Slug) BM 300(GP40-2) MEC 470(GP7u)
Views:  1004   Comments: 0
B&M Slug set
Title:  B&M Slug set
Description:  The B&M slug set 300/100/301 leads a Belden tunnel detour train past the Erie station at Susquehanna PA. An NYSW RS watches the proceedings from the set out track east of the station. The RS 3 had been set off due to flat wheels.
Photo Date:  10/8/1985  Upload Date: 11/12/2011 11:33:05 PM
Location:  Susquehanna, PA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Action
Locomotives:  BM 301(GP40-2) BM 100(Road Slug) BM 300(GP40-2)
Views:  802   Comments: 0
Slug set and a semaphore
Title:  Slug set and a semaphore
Description:  The B&M slug set, now repainted into the Guilford scheme, leads three other units past semaphore 251-1 and the Tioga County transfer station as it leads NY 9 toward Buffalo
Photo Date:  8/5/1986  Upload Date: 9/22/2012 2:09:24 AM
Location:  Barton, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Signal,Action
Locomotives:  BM 300(GP40-2) BM 100(Road Slug) BM 301(GP40-2) BM 306(GP40-2) DH 7317(GP38-2) BM 338(GP40)
Views:  983   Comments: 0
B&M slug set
Title:  B&M slug set
Description:  B&Mslug set 300/100/301 leads westbound train SLN3, symbolled DHT9 on Conrail, at Waverly NY
Photo Date:  8/5/1986  Upload Date: 11/11/2011 1:34:52 AM
Location:  Waverly, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BM 300(GP40-2) BM 100(Road Slug) BM 301(GP40-2) BM 306(GP40-2) DH 7317(GP38-2) BM 338(GP40)
Views:  1116   Comments: 1
SLN 3 goes west
Title:  SLN 3 goes west
Description:  SLN 3, now symbolled DHT9 on Conrail, as it is now a D&H train, rolls west past the Owego station sign at Mc Master St behind, among other things, the B&M road slug set.
Photo Date:  8/5/1986  Upload Date: 12/7/2014 2:57:23 AM
Location:  Owego, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Signal,Action
Locomotives:  BM 300(GP40-2) BM 100(Road Slug) BM 301(GP40-2) BM 306(GP40-2) DH 7317(GP38-2) BM 338(GP40)
Views:  686   Comments: 1


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