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| Title: |
GP 18 and C 430 |
| Description: |
A mix of power lead WS-1 through the back alleys of Paterson. |
| Photo Date: |
7/15/1986 Upload Date: 1/8/2012 3:12:11 AM |
| Location: |
Paterson, NJ |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
NYSW 1800(GP18) NYSW 3006(C430) |
| Views: |
1256 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Playing in the weeds |
| Description: |
WS 1 works a customer siding at Hawthorne, fighting its way through the weeds to reach the cars. Hard to believe, looking at this scene, that two mile long stack trains will soon be passing here. |
| Photo Date: |
10/14/1986 Upload Date: 12/17/2014 2:59:31 AM |
| Location: |
Hawthorne, NJ |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
NYSW 1800(GP18) NYSW 3006(C430) |
| Views: |
1252 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
Past the parking lot |
| Description: |
WS 1 passes the parked cars in downtown Hawthorne as trailing unit 3006 smokes it up |
| Photo Date: |
10/14/1986 Upload Date: 12/19/2014 2:53:41 AM |
| Location: |
Hawthorne, NJ |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
NYSW 1800(GP18) NYSW 3006(C430) |
| Views: |
991 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
It really is urban railroading |
| Description: |
The NYSW local is off in the distance in what looks like a rural setting, but which is actually in Paterson. Stack trains are coming to this line in less than a year. |
| Photo Date: |
10/14/1986 Upload Date: 12/17/2014 3:01:47 AM |
| Location: |
Paterson, NJ |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
NYSW 1800(GP18) NYSW 3006(C430) |
| Views: |
1304 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Through the backyards |
| Description: |
WS 1 works through the back yards of Paterson as it makes its way to PC and Conrail interchange for the Southern Tier Line. |
| Photo Date: |
10/14/1986 Upload Date: 12/17/2014 3:05:14 AM |
| Location: |
Paterson, NJ |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
NYSW 1800(GP18) NYSW 3006(C430) |
| Views: |
1007 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Ole signal |
| Description: |
WS 1 passes an ancient semaphore that has not governed a train move in several decades. Still makes for a good prop. |
| Photo Date: |
10/14/1986 Upload Date: 12/17/2014 3:06:27 AM |
| Location: |
Paterson, NJ |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Signal,Action |
| Locomotives: |
NYSW 1800(GP18) NYSW 3006(C430) |
| Views: |
1175 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Signal |
| Description: |
An ancient relic of a bygone era waits for the passage of WS 1, way off in the distance. The train will take ten minutes to reach me. |
| Photo Date: |
10/14/1986 Upload Date: 12/17/2014 3:08:47 AM |
| Location: |
Paterson, NJ |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Signal,Action |
| Locomotives: |
NYSW 1800(GP18) NYSW 3006(C430) |
| Views: |
1170 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Work extra |
| Description: |
The GP 18s turned up everywhere, so it was no surprise to find one on a work train on the Hackensack River bridge. Note the FJ&G flat right behind the power. The river was still an artery of commerce-note the barge at far right. Stone was a common item transported by barge in the New York area. |
| Photo Date: |
5/7/1987 Upload Date: 4/25/2015 3:17:44 AM |
| Location: |
Hackensack, NJ |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Bridge,Action |
| Locomotives: |
NYSW 1800(GP18) |
| Views: |
742 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Heading out with an Alco leader |
| Description: |
The NYSW was still using a couple of Alcos in local service. The C430 fleet was down to two units, but C 420 2010 kept on. Here it is leading a pair of EMDs past the Binghamton Agway as it heads up the Utica Branch on BH 1. |
| Photo Date: |
8/3/1989 Upload Date: 11/3/2015 3:15:11 AM |
| Location: |
Binghamton, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Signal,Action |
| Locomotives: |
NYSW 2010(C420) NYSW 1800(GP18) NYSW 2012(GP38) |
| Views: |
873 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Cruddy light |
| Description: |
Poor light was not unusual in the Southern Tier-it rained a lot here-and most of us shot photos in it anyway, since you often got some interesting consists, even if it was raining. Heres one of them, a BH 1 with a C420, GP 18, and GP 38, something you could find only on the NYSW. The train is northbound at Phelps St. |
| Photo Date: |
8/27/1989 Upload Date: 11/19/2015 3:43:40 AM |
| Location: |
Port Dickinson, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
NYSW 2010(C420) NYSW 1800(GP18) NYSW 2012(GP38) |
| Views: |
918 Comments: 0 |
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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: |
416 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Glowing |
| Description: |
NYSW 1800 takes a cut of cars onto the D&H, rolling through the plant at BD as the late afternoon sun lights up its flank. |
| Photo Date: |
11/6/1989 Upload Date: 12/14/2015 4:18:42 AM |
| Location: |
Binghamton, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
NYSW 1800(GP18) |
| Views: |
253 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
All the way down |
| Description: |
NYSW 1800 has brought over a cut of interchange to the D&H, taking it all the way to Terrace Drive. Once clear of the south end yard tracks, it will shove in, then return to take NYSW cars back downtown. |
| Photo Date: |
11/19/1989 Upload Date: 12/14/2015 4:15:18 AM |
| Location: |
Binghamton, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Yard,Action |
| Locomotives: |
NYSW 1800(GP18) |
| Views: |
258 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Yard work |
| Description: |
A close up look at the power on BH 1 as it works the Binghamton yard prior to going north on one of the branches. |
| Photo Date: |
1/13/1990 Upload Date: 12/18/2015 5:11:45 AM |
| Location: |
Binghamton, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Winter,Yard,Action |
| Locomotives: |
NYSW 1800(GP18) NYSW 2010(C420) |
| Views: |
228 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Short and long haul |
| Description: |
BH 1 with a GP 18-C420 combo, pulls a couple of cars past an empty coal train waiting for a crew at Chenango St. |
| Photo Date: |
1/13/1990 Upload Date: 12/18/2015 5:04:41 AM |
| Location: |
Binghamton, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Winter,Yard,Action |
| Locomotives: |
NYSW 1800(GP18) NYSW 2010(C420) DH 386(GP39-2) |
| Views: |
324 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Tough angle |
| Description: |
This was an easy enough spot to get to, but the sun angle could be a problem, especially in the shorter days of winter when it didnt come around very far. We have a back lit BH 1 crossing the Chenango River behind a GP 18 on a cold February day. |
| Photo Date: |
2/4/1990 Upload Date: 12/18/2015 5:00:09 AM |
| Location: |
Chenango Bridge, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Bridge,Winter,Action |
| Locomotives: |
NYSW 1800(GP18) |
| Views: |
173 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Old road |
| Description: |
BH 1 rolls north at Old State Rd in Port Dickinson. This was the last winter trains would use this line. By the fall, a new connection from the D&H would be in service here, as part of a project to eliminate two overpasses, and raise the remaining structure at Bevier St, resulting in the abandonment of the ex DLW line south of here to what was once the DLW YO yard. Northern Division trains would connect to D&H tracks here for the remaining trip to the south. |
| Photo Date: |
2/4/1990 Upload Date: 12/18/2015 5:03:08 AM |
| Location: |
Port Dickinson, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Winter,Action |
| Locomotives: |
NYSW 1800(GP18) |
| Views: |
159 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Up the valley |
| Description: |
BH 1 has cleared Chenango Forks and is now working up the Chenango River valley on the Utica Branch. |
| Photo Date: |
2/11/1990 Upload Date: 12/21/2015 5:12:10 AM |
| Location: |
Chenango Forks, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Winter,Action |
| Locomotives: |
NYSW 1800(GP18) |
| Views: |
123 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Overhead view |
| Description: |
For a short distance north of Forks, NY 12 is elevated above the tracks, yielding this view of BH 1 as it heads north. |
| Photo Date: |
2/11/1990 Upload Date: 12/24/2015 4:52:22 AM |
| Location: |
Chenango Forks, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
NYSW 1800(GP18) |
| Views: |
135 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
There was a station here once |
| Description: |
BH 1 behind a GP 18 rolls north at the location of the Chenango Forks DLW station. It was torn down shortly after Conrail took over operation of the line from EL. |
| Photo Date: |
2/11/1990 Upload Date: 12/24/2015 4:55:52 AM |
| Location: |
Chenango Forks, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
NYSW 1800(GP18) |
| Views: |
122 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Short train |
| Description: |
BH 1 has four cars for the Utica Branch today. It will swap with a job out of Utica, probably at Sherburne, and come back with more cars, working sidings on the way. There was actually a fair amount of traffic on the line at the time, though Sunday was not always busy. |
| Photo Date: |
2/11/1990 Upload Date: 12/21/2015 5:14:28 AM |
| Location: |
Greene, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Winter,Action |
| Locomotives: |
NYSW 1800(GP18) |
| Views: |
146 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Old freight house |
| Description: |
It always struck me as odd that some stations and ancillary structures would survive, but others would not. CR tore down the large station at Forks, admittedly a large building is more of a liability and maintenance problem than a small station, but something like this little freight house at Oxford stays. Go figure. BH 1 graces the scene, a classic all by itself with one of the three GP 18s. The passenger station is at far right, now a business. |
| Photo Date: |
2/11/1990 Upload Date: 12/24/2015 5:01:08 AM |
| Location: |
Oxford, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Action |
| Locomotives: |
NYSW 1800(GP18) |
| Views: |
174 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Just off River Rd |
| Description: |
This shot is just off River Rd south of Oxford, where there is a grade crossing. The light was right for a late afternoon shot, which is something of an issue with northbounds in the winter. |
| Photo Date: |
2/11/1990 Upload Date: 12/24/2015 5:12:33 AM |
| Location: |
Oxford, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
NYSW 1800(GP18) |
| Views: |
132 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Everyones home tonight |
| Description: |
NS 8005, D&H 225, and NYSW 2010 share the engine tracks at East Binghamton. Looks like theres room for everyone here!! |
| Photo Date: |
2/15/1990 Upload Date: 12/25/2015 5:04:23 AM |
| Location: |
Binghamton, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Roster,Night,Yard |
| Locomotives: |
NYSW 2010(C420) NYSW 1800(GP18) DH 225(GP38-2) NS 8005(C30-7) |
| Views: |
547 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Old unit, new paint |
| Description: |
NYSW had their three GP 18s overhauled about this time, during which they got a new paint job. 1800 looks good working at Binghamton in its new dress. It wont stay clean long. |
| Photo Date: |
4/8/1992 Upload Date: 2/13/2015 3:54:53 AM |
| Location: |
Binghamton, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Yard,Action |
| Locomotives: |
NYSW 1800(GP18) |
| Views: |
197 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Pulling up |
| Description: |
BH 1 behind an NYSW original, pulls past the switch to the Syracuse Branch as it works at Chenango Forks. This type move was by and large the only traffic on the Utica side, which years earlier had been the busy line of the Northern Division. |
| Photo Date: |
6/2/2005 Upload Date: 11/20/2017 6:01:58 AM |
| Location: |
Chenango Forks, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Signal,Action |
| Locomotives: |
NYSW 1800(GP18) |
| Views: |
112 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
A portrait of the engineer |
| Description: |
CL 1s engineer, Ben Martin, sits in the cab of a GP 18 as it works at Cortland. |
| Photo Date: |
6/9/2005 Upload Date: 11/24/2017 4:11:05 AM |
| Location: |
Cortland, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
NYSW 1800(GP18) |
| Views: |
129 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Couple of classics |
| Description: |
The power is one of the three NYSW GP 18s, a unit that was acquired by a number of roads, but not on the scale of, say, the GP 9. At this point, the NYSW group may be the only ones still running. It sits next to the Lackawanna station, a building noted for its elegance, as much of the DLW stations were. |
| Photo Date: |
6/9/2005 Upload Date: 11/24/2017 4:15:49 AM |
| Location: |
Cortland, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Action |
| Locomotives: |
NYSW 1800(GP18) |
| Views: |
95 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Nicely framed |
| Description: |
CL 1, the Cortland based job that worked with a crew based there that summer, is framed by the bridge carrying the long abandoned Cincinnatus branch over the Tioghnioga River. A part of the branch remains to serve asphalt producer Suit Kote, where the unit is coming from this afternoon. |
| Photo Date: |
6/9/2005 Upload Date: 9/16/2016 2:06:21 AM |
| Location: |
Cortland, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Bridge,Action |
| Locomotives: |
NYSW 1800(GP18) |
| Views: |
154 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
On the Cincinnatus Branch |
| Description: |
Ive always found it interesting how many branch lines went off into the hills for short distances to serve small towns. One such line was the DLWs branch to Cincinnatus NY, about 15 miles east of Cortland. Though it was abandoned early-1940s-it had passenger trains. Youd think there would not be enough traffic to sustain it, but there, it was. There isnt much left now, just a couple of miles heading out toward Mc Graw, on which is located this Suit Kote plant, which we see being switched by GP 18 1800. |
| Photo Date: |
6/9/2005 Upload Date: 11/24/2017 4:20:24 AM |
| Location: |
Cortland, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
NYSW 1800(GP18) |
| Views: |
117 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Big clouds |
| Description: |
The CL 1 job has rolled out on the bridge a little, allowing a wider view. Now we see the clouds of a building thunderstorm. Of course its going to rain.... |
| Photo Date: |
6/9/2005 Upload Date: 9/16/2016 2:12:02 AM |
| Location: |
Cortland, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Bridge,Action |
| Locomotives: |
NYSW 1800(GP18) |
| Views: |
157 Comments: 3 |
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| Title: |
Switching |
| Description: |
Local CL 1 switches a lumber yard just south of Port Watson St in Cortland. |
| Photo Date: |
6/9/2005 Upload Date: 11/26/2012 1:31:42 AM |
| Location: |
Cortland, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
NYSW 1800(GP18) |
| Views: |
164 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Classic building |
| Description: |
Cortland had some attractive buildings in town. One was the DLW station, another was this classic factory. CL 1 passes while working in the city. |
| Photo Date: |
6/9/2005 Upload Date: 11/26/2012 1:35:26 AM |
| Location: |
Cortland, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
NYSW 1800(GP18) NYSW 1800(GP18) |
| Views: |
133 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Cincinnatus branch |
| Description: |
The DLW had a branch to Cincinnatus NY, southesast of Cortland that was abandoned in the early 60's. A remnant of that line was used in Cortland to reach an asphalt plant run by Suit Kote. Here we see 1800 on the Tioghnioga River bridge on the branch returning from Suit Kote. |
| Photo Date: |
6/9/2005 Upload Date: 11/26/2012 1:38:54 AM |
| Location: |
Cortland, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Bridge,Action |
| Locomotives: |
NYSW 1800(GP18) |
| Views: |
384 Comments: 1 |
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