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Tom Beckett's Collection
 
5/8/2024
 
 
 
 
 
Owner: Conrail
Model:EMD SD50Built As:CR 6806 (SD50)
Serial Number:857080-2Order No:857080
Frame Number:857080-2Built:1/1986
Notes:01/1986
Other locos with this serial:  CR 6806(SD50) CSX 8687(SD50) KCS 7021(SD50)
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Autos east
Title:  Autos east
Description:  TOSE was working at Frontier Yard, and has pulled past the signals to clear, and then back into the yard onto his train.
Photo Date:  12/28/1986  Upload Date: 12/24/2014 3:44:40 AM
Location:  Buffalo, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Yard,Signal,Action
Locomotives:  CR 6725(SD50) CR 6806(SD50)
Views:  396   Comments: 0
Pennsy sentinels
Title:  Pennsy sentinels
Description:  MAIL3H, a Harrisburg originating section of MAIL3, rolls 32 flats west at Marysville past a set of Pennsys classic position light signals. It has just come off Rockville Bridge, seen in the background.
Photo Date:  4/22/1988  Upload Date: 7/10/2015 2:44:10 PM
Location:  Marysville, PA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Signal,Action
Locomotives:  CR 5036(B36-7) CR 6806(SD50)
Views:  229   Comments: 0
Coal east and a special signal
Title:  Coal east and a special signal
Description:  A UNG coal train bound for NYSEG at Johnson City rolls east at Campville. The signal at right is notable for its hot box warning light, which is seen below the signal head. There was a hot box detector a mile to the east at MP 230.48 on track 1. If there was a hit, it would change the signal here to yellow, and the light underneath would light up with "hot box". It would also change the next signal, 233-1, at Hiawatha Road about 1.5 mile west, to red. That signal also had a hot box light. This detector predated the radio alarm detectors common nowadays, and the axle temps would read out on a tape in the Hornell dispatchers office. The train would have to call the dispatcher, who would review the tape, and tell the crew which axles to check. I saw this about a month after this photo. I was chasing TV 201 here when the signal dropped to approach, and the hot box light went on. Interesting system.
Photo Date:  10/12/1988  Upload Date: 9/11/2015 3:15:58 AM
Location:  Campville, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Signal,Action
Locomotives:  CR 6720(SD50) CR 6806(SD50)
Views:  360   Comments: 1
On the diamond
Title:  On the diamond
Description:  BUOI rolls across Court St and the D&H former DLW diamond as it heads east.
Photo Date:  3/12/1989  Upload Date: 9/30/2015 4:39:28 AM
Location:  Binghamton, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Bridge,Action
Locomotives:  CR 6341(SD40) CR 6806(SD50)
Views:  346   Comments: 0
Sunburst
Title:  Sunburst
Description:  Not a B&O unit, but the glint off this BUOI arriving at Binghamton on a late afternoon. The spirit of Erie lives on in the oversize load right behind the power. This was an Erie/EL hallmark, and trains often had large loads head out.
Photo Date:  7/11/1989  Upload Date: 11/3/2015 2:27:16 AM
Location:  Binghamton, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CR 6773(SD50) CR 6806(SD50)
Views:  229   Comments: 0
Cruising along
Title:  Cruising along
Description:  OIBU rolls along one of the more scenic spots on the Tier between Campville and Owego.
Photo Date:  3/17/1990  Upload Date: 12/29/2015 4:38:27 AM
Location:  Campville, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  CR 6756(SD50) CR 6632(C36-7) CR 6806(SD50)
Views:  461   Comments: 4
Getting out of town
Title:  Getting out of town
Description:  OIBU had left its train east of BD while doing its work at Binghamton. It now has its train in hand and is getting a move on toward Elmira.
Photo Date:  3/24/1990  Upload Date: 12/29/2015 4:35:40 AM
Location:  Binghamton, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Signal,Action
Locomotives:  CR 6756(SD50) CR 6632(C36-7) CR 6806(SD50)
Views:  268   Comments: 1
Winter fields
Title:  Winter fields
Description:  OIBU passes a dormant pasture in the late afternoon, the low sun giving the grass a golden glow.
Photo Date:  4/12/1990  Upload Date: 12/29/2015 4:33:07 AM
Location:  Barton, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  CR 6756(SD50) CR 6632(C36-7) CR 6806(SD50)
Views:  325   Comments: 2
Panned
Title:  Panned
Description:  OIBU rolls west at Hiawatha Rd in Owego. I was not able to get ahead of the train, so grabbed this shot of the power on the 132 car train from the car.
Photo Date:  8/22/1990  Upload Date: 1/19/2016 5:38:19 AM
Location:  Owego, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  CR 6829(SD50) CR 6806(SD50)
Views:  234   Comments: 1
Late day racks
Title:  Late day racks
Description:  ML 401 chases the setting sun as it makes its way around the big curve at MP 231 with 107 autoracks. Yes, those code lines are active.
Photo Date:  8/23/1994  Upload Date: 8/31/2014 3:18:23 AM
Location:  Campville, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  CR 6806(SD50) CR 6755(SD50) CR 6702(SD50)
Views:  354   Comments: 1
View from the bridge
Title:  View from the bridge
Description:  ML 401 is about to roll under the NY 17C overpass east of Owego. There was no sidewalk on the bridge, so this not the easiest place to shoot from.
Photo Date:  8/23/1994  Upload Date: 8/31/2014 3:20:37 AM
Location:  Owego, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Signal,Action
Locomotives:  CR 6806(SD50) CR 6755(SD50) CR 6702(SD50)
Views:  310   Comments: 1


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