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| Title: |
Tying up town |
| Description: |
The primary reason for the existence of Conrails Ithaca Branch was the NYSEG plant at Milliken, and Cargill Salt, both of which were north of town along Cayuga Lake. When they went to either of these customers, they had some streetside running to get through town. The coal trains would run about 90 cars, and often there would be a pick up at Cargill that added another 30 cars or so. It really tied things up when a train came. An overpass has been built since this photo, really improving the access when a train is in town. |
| Photo Date: |
4/11/1989 Upload Date: 9/27/2012 3:49:16 PM |
| Location: |
Ithaca, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 6798(SD50) CR 6833(SD50) CR 6739(SD50) |
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626 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Streetside |
| Description: |
The Ithaca Branch runs along a city street to get through town from the yard to the line up to Ludlowville, where the Cargill salt mine and NYSEG plant are located. It makes for some interesting traffic. Not too bad here, though this guy wanted to get across pretty badly-a close call, even at 10 MPH-but the main streets get really tied up. WAIT 2 rolls south in the late afternoon, and a traffic mess is a sure thing. |
| Photo Date: |
4/11/1989 Upload Date: 10/5/2015 4:36:22 AM |
| Location: |
Ithaca, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 6798(SD50) CR 6833(SD50) CR 6739(SD50) |
| Views: |
580 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
Lehigh memories |
| Description: |
Im standing on the ghost of the LV, the right of way that carried the former LV main line to Buffalo, as a NYSEG coal train rolls through what was Van Etten Jct as it makes its way to Ithaca. |
| Photo Date: |
9/20/1989 Upload Date: 11/24/2015 3:48:57 AM |
| Location: |
Van Etten, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 6740(SD50) CR 6833(SD50) |
| Views: |
467 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Straight to me |
| Description: |
OIBU rolls right at my trackside position as it heads west behind a pair of SD 50s. |
| Photo Date: |
5/11/1993 Upload Date: 1/16/2018 5:03:50 AM |
| Location: |
Campville, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 6795(SD50) CR 6833(SD50) |
| Views: |
240 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Rolling into the sun |
| Description: |
OIBU rolls west at Miller Beach Rd in Owego with a short 15 cars. |
| Photo Date: |
5/11/1993 Upload Date: 1/26/2015 3:15:04 AM |
| Location: |
Owego, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 6795(SD50) CR 6833(SD50) |
| Views: |
269 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Driving west |
| Description: |
OIBU rolls fast around the curve at Hiawatha Rd as it rolls toward its next stop in Elmira with all of 15 cars. |
| Photo Date: |
5/11/1993 Upload Date: 1/16/2018 5:08:44 AM |
| Location: |
Owego, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Signal,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 6795(SD50) CR 6833(SD50) |
| Views: |
264 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
One from the road |
| Description: |
NY 17 run next to the Southern Tier Line coming into the east side of Corning. Sometimes a train shows eastbound, which is hard to chase, but easy to shoot if youre lucky. This eastbound coal train was a grab shot from the car. |
| Photo Date: |
1/8/1994 Upload Date: 1/4/2015 4:13:42 AM |
| Location: |
Gibson, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Winter,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 6471(SD40-2) CR 6474(SD40-2) CR 6833(SD50) |
| Views: |
417 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Out of the sun |
| Description: |
And headed for Jersey. ML 440 was an afternoon event in the Binghamton area, and hard to get good lighting, so lots of backlit shots. Heres one of them, as it rolls through BD and heads out of town with 10 stack platforms and 87 auto racks |
| Photo Date: |
4/27/1995 Upload Date: 8/17/2014 3:33:31 AM |
| Location: |
Binghamton, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Signal,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 6815(SD50) CR 6480(SD40-2) CR 6833(SD50) |
| Views: |
329 Comments: 0 |
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