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Tom Beckett's Collection
 
4/26/2024
 
 
 
 
 
Owner: Norfolk Southern
Model:EMD GP15-1Built As:CR 1687 (GP15-1)
Serial Number:787249-18Order No:787249
Frame Number:787249-18Built:8/1979
Notes:Ex-CR, Retired by NS 03/2007
Other locos with this serial:  NS 1447(GP15-1) CR 1687(GP15-1) LTEX 1447(GP15-1)
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Meeting the local
Title:  Meeting the local
Description:  H2A dabbled around Owego long enough that it was met by several other trains, including this somewhat overpowered 47 car 41T. The action is seen from the parking lot of the Owego Erie station, at the time a restaurant. Good lunch there that day!!
Photo Date:  12/16/2003  Upload Date: 5/28/2017 2:49:41 AM
Location:  Owego, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Winter,Action
Locomotives:  NS 1447(GP15-1) CN 5684(SD75I) CN 5777(SD75I) CN 5628(SD75I) CN 2524(C44-9W)
Views:  735   Comments: 0
Local in the snow
Title:  Local in the snow
Description:  A former CR GP15 and a GP 38 have 4 cars of local H2A(I swear, NS picks their symbols out of a hat!!) under control at Owego. The train is based in Elmira, and works as far east as Owego, much as CR's WEEL39 did in years past. They will be switching the Ward & Van Scoy mill, whose tower is seen behind the train.
Photo Date:  12/16/2003  Upload Date: 1/29/2012 2:57:25 AM
Location:  Owego, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Winter,Action
Locomotives:  NS 1447(GP15-1) NS 5577(GP38-2)
Views:  562   Comments: 0
The whole shebang
Title:  The whole shebang
Description:  All of H2A is visible in this shot across the pasture from Goodrich Settlement Rd, about two miles west of Owego.
Photo Date:  12/16/2003  Upload Date: 5/30/2017 3:33:41 AM
Location:  goodrich settlement, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Winter,Action
Locomotives:  NS 1447(GP15-1) NS 5577(GP38-2)
Views:  289   Comments: 0
You know where you are
Title:  You know where you are
Description:  H2A is in the siding, which acts like a running track, at MP 236, just east of the Owego station. They are working the Ward & Van Scoy grain mill, and will soon head west after meeting 41T and CPs D 22.
Photo Date:  12/16/2003  Upload Date: 5/30/2017 3:37:12 AM
Location:  Owego, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Winter,Action
Locomotives:  NS 1447(GP15-1) NS 5577(GP38-2)
Views:  306   Comments: 1
Oddball
Title:  Oddball
Description:  Conrail had 100 GP15-1s, all new from EMD in 1979, which were scattered about the system in local service. Most of them survived to the split, with NS and CSX each getting some. CSX had some already, former Chessie units. On NS, they were orphans, and wound up in odd places. One is working the west end of local H2A(I swear, NS picks the letters and numbers out of a hat when they set up their train symbols) passing the Erie station, at right, in Owego.
Photo Date:  12/16/2003  Upload Date: 6/21/2016 5:15:29 AM
Location:  Owego, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Winter,Action
Locomotives:  NS 1447(GP15-1)
Views:  1240   Comments: 3
Onto the main
Title:  Onto the main
Description:  H2A rolls out onto the westbound Southern Tier main. It will change ends and head west momentarily.
Photo Date:  12/16/2003  Upload Date: 5/30/2017 3:42:14 AM
Location:  Owego, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Winter,Action
Locomotives:  NS 1447(GP15-1) NS 5577(GP38-2)
Views:  308   Comments: 1
Once there were two
Title:  Once there were two
Description:  H2A rolls toward Ayers Rd in Tioga Center. Once there were two railroads here, the EL and the LV. The Lehigh was pulled up almost immediately at Conrail startup, leaving just the EL line, on which the train is running. The LV right of way is where the car is parked.
Photo Date:  12/16/2003  Upload Date: 5/30/2017 3:59:57 AM
Location:  Tioga Center, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Winter,Action
Locomotives:  NS 1447(GP15-1) NS 5577(GP38-2)
Views:  318   Comments: 0
H2A
Title:  H2A
Description:  One of the NS alphabet soup locals works at Owego in a pull-pull configuration. Altoona rebuilt 5577 is east, with an ex CR GP15-1 on the west end.
Photo Date:  12/16/2003  Upload Date: 1/19/2013 2:46:45 AM
Location:  Owego, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Winter,Action
Locomotives:  NS 5577(GP38-2) NS 1447(GP15-1)
Views:  508   Comments: 0


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