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| Title: |
Cargill cars |
| Description: |
There were two customers on the Ithaca Branch north of the city: NYSEG at Milliken, which got three trains of coal every week, and Cargill, which had a salt mine just up the lake from Ithaca. Their freight was seasonal, with a surge from late fall into the winter. They were active all year, though, and the WAIT 2 crew has come back to Ithaca yard with a cut of loaded salt hoppers that will eventually be forwarded on to Gang Mills. |
| Photo Date: |
7/5/1988 Upload Date: 8/25/2015 3:31:05 AM |
| Location: |
Ithaca, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Yard,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 6389(SD40-2) CR 6391(SD40-2) CR 6365(SD40-2) |
| Views: |
699 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
Street running |
| Description: |
Almost. The right of way was actually separated by a concrete curb. We see WAIT 2 working through town with one car for Cargill, much to the relief of local drivers, who are used to seeing 90 car coal trains go past at 10 MPH. This train will likely return with several dozen salt cars, a typical move. |
| Photo Date: |
7/19/1988 Upload Date: 8/31/2015 3:02:27 AM |
| Location: |
Ithaca, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 3287(GP40-2) CR 3368(GP40-2) CR 6403(SD40-2) CR 6308(SD40) |
| Views: |
738 Comments: 4 |
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| Title: |
Setting out |
| Description: |
WAIT 2, the Ithaca Branch local, sets out some coal hoppers consigned to the Cornell power plant at Ithaca yard. The rest of the train will go up to Cargill. |
| Photo Date: |
8/13/1988 Upload Date: 9/2/2015 3:59:04 AM |
| Location: |
Ithaca, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Yard,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 6327(SD40) CR 6640(C36-7) CR 6465(SD40-2) |
| Views: |
466 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Scenic LV |
| Description: |
The LV stayed pretty much intact east of Sayre PA, though between there and Allentown there was not much traffic after Conrail started. West of there, much of the railroad was pulled up, except for a few sections here and there. Probably the most important was what became the Ithaca Branch under Conrail, the line from Sayre up through Van Etten Jct, then on to ithaca. It served a NYSEG generating station at Milliken, and an adjacent Cargill salt mine, as well as some local customers in Ithaca. Sometimes cars for the uplake customers would be combined, which is what we see here. WAIT 2 rolls north with a salt block head out, with about 90 coal hoppers behind. It will tie up traffic in Ithaca for 20 minutes when it rolls through town. |
| Photo Date: |
8/13/1988 Upload Date: 9/2/2015 4:17:27 AM |
| Location: |
West Danby, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 6327(SD40) CR 6640(C36-7) CR 6465(SD40-2) |
| Views: |
567 Comments: 4 |
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| Title: |
Last of the Lehigh |
| Description: |
The LV west of Van Etten Jct was abandoned almost wholesale shortly after CR start up-just too many routes to Buffalo-and really, the line west of Allentown was largely a ghost line, with just a few locals at Coxton, and one train each way daily covering what remained of the line as far as Sayre. One segment west of Sayre that stayed active was the line to Ithaca, which hosted several coal trains each week to the NYSEG generating station at Ludlowville, and to a Cargill salt mine. The salt was occasionally combined with the coal, but often not, and ran as WAIT2 west of Sayre. Here we see the WAIT2 near Van Etten, en route to the Cargill mine. |
| Photo Date: |
8/13/1988 Upload Date: 8/28/2015 3:30:20 AM |
| Location: |
Van Etten, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 6327(SD40) CR 6640(C36-7) |
| Views: |
518 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Down the Lehigh |
| Description: |
This going away shot of CGAL shows it on the connection from the ex EL Southern Tier Line(in the foreground) to the Lehigh Line. The steel bridge it is about to cross is NY 17. The train will be in Sayre PA on the ex LV in a few minutes. It will work the yard there, picking up and setting out for RELCO, a contract freight car rebuilder working out of the ex LV shop, and for local WAIT 2, which works the Ithaca Branch, the remaining portion of the LV Main and Passenger Main to Ithaca via Van Etten Jct. Despite an easy connection here, the EL and LV did not interchange at this location as a rule, and this was used mostly for detour moves prior to Conrail. Also note: see the comment below regarding the Elmira, Cortland & Northern, an LV component whose isolated track in Elmira was reached via trackage rights over the Erie/EL via this connection. |
| Photo Date: |
10/12/1988 Upload Date: 9/11/2015 3:05:41 AM |
| Location: |
Waverly, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 3399(GP40-2) CR 6762(SD50) CR 6607(C30-7) |
| Views: |
456 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
Past the station |
| Description: |
CGAL arrives at Sayre. It will drop its train here as it runs south to Athens to cross over and get into the yard area. |
| Photo Date: |
10/12/1988 Upload Date: 9/11/2015 3:20:10 AM |
| Location: |
Sayre, PA |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Yard,Station,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 3399(GP40-2) CR 6762(SD50) CR 6607(C30-7) |
| Views: |
414 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Pulled down |
| Description: |
CGAL is pulled down to MP 270 for headroom as it switches the Sayre yard. It will pick up cars from the Ithaca Branch, as well as pick up and set out for the RELCO contract repair shop, then head for Towanda, Wilkes Barre and Allentown. |
| Photo Date: |
12/7/1988 Upload Date: 9/17/2015 4:27:56 AM |
| Location: |
Sayre, PA |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Winter,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 6637(C36-7) CR 6776(SD50) CR 6408(SD40-2) CR 6759(SD50) |
| Views: |
641 Comments: 3 |
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| Title: |
Coal to Ithaca |
| Description: |
A UNL train to the NYSEG Milliken plant at Ludlowville, just up Cayuga Lake from Ithaca, picks up its conductor, who had taxied up after closing up at Sayre. The train is crossing NY 17C at Waverly on its way north. The power will return with empties tomorrow. |
| Photo Date: |
12/11/1988 Upload Date: 9/17/2015 4:24:33 AM |
| Location: |
Waverly, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 6803(SD50) CR 6809(SD50) CR 6359(SD40-2) |
| Views: |
473 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Pulling up |
| Description: |
An XWB empty coal train pulls up the Lehigh Secondary-the connecting track from the ex LV at Sayre to the ex EL at Waverly-and will shortly join the Southern Tier Line for its trip west to Youngstown and a connection to southwestern PA for more black diamonds. |
| Photo Date: |
12/17/1988 Upload Date: 9/23/2015 3:48:28 AM |
| Location: |
Waverly, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 6359(SD40-2) CR 6809(SD50) CR 6803(SD50) |
| Views: |
510 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
Heading for the Tier |
| Description: |
An empty XWB coal train has changed ends and is now pulling from the station at Sayre. It will take the Lehigh Secondary, the connecting track to the Southern Tier Line, and join the Tier at block station WAVE, in downtown Waverly. |
| Photo Date: |
12/17/1988 Upload Date: 9/17/2015 4:03:45 AM |
| Location: |
Sayre, PA |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 6359(SD40-2) CR 6809(SD50) CR 6803(SD50) |
| Views: |
412 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Coal to Ithaca |
| Description: |
A gloomy day finds a UNL train rolling north at Sayre with loads for the NYSEG plant at Ludlowville, just up the lake from Ithaca. |
| Photo Date: |
3/15/1989 Upload Date: 9/29/2015 2:10:16 AM |
| Location: |
Sayre, PA |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Yard,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 6768(SD50) CR 6351(SD40) CR 6352(SD40) |
| Views: |
394 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Going downtown |
| Description: |
The ex LV in Ithaca has several blocks of street side running. Its limited to 10 MPH, and caused real havoc with traffic, especially at rush hours. This empty train came through just at dusk, tying up town for 15 minutes. In the late 1990s, a new bridge/interchange for NY 79, 89, and 96 was built, crossing the tracks and largely eliminating the problem. |
| Photo Date: |
3/29/1989 Upload Date: 10/2/2015 2:09:16 AM |
| Location: |
Ithaca, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 6794(SD50) CR 6807(SD50) CR 6717(SD50) |
| Views: |
495 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
New power |
| Description: |
A pair of new C40-8s aided by an SD 50 head north through Waverly, crossing NY 17C on their way to Ithaca. They are performing the heavy duty hauling for which they were acquired, taking 95 cars to the NYSEG Milliken plant just up Cayuga Lake from Ithaca. |
| Photo Date: |
4/5/1989 Upload Date: 10/2/2015 1:56:16 AM |
| Location: |
Waverly, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 6041(C40-8) CR 6042(C40-8) CR 6809(SD50) |
| Views: |
431 Comments: 1 |
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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) |
| Views: |
620 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: |
575 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
Coal for Ludlowville |
| Description: |
A coal train for the NYSEG plant at Ludlowville, north of Ithaca, has changed ends and is ready to go north on one of the few remaining segments of the Lehigh Valley left in New York. |
| Photo Date: |
4/11/1989 Upload Date: 10/5/2015 4:42:24 AM |
| Location: |
Sayre, PA |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 6727(SD50) CR 6826(SD50) CR 6714(SD50) |
| Views: |
405 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Empties going back |
| Description: |
The power has now changed ends on this empty train from the NYSEG plant north of Ithaca, and will take the Lehigh Runner to BLS Wave in Waverly, where it will get on the Tier for the run to Buffalo. |
| Photo Date: |
4/26/1989 Upload Date: 10/8/2015 3:21:40 AM |
| Location: |
Sayre, PA |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 6408(SD40-2) CR 6808(SD50) CR 6626(C36-7) |
| Views: |
467 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Lite power |
| Description: |
WAIT 2s power rolls south to the Ithaca yard after dropping cars at the salt mine. |
| Photo Date: |
6/6/1989 Upload Date: 10/30/2015 3:11:21 AM |
| Location: |
Ithaca, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 6736(SD50) CR 6782(SD50) CR 6338(SD40) |
| Views: |
412 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Slowly through town |
| Description: |
WAIT 2 rolls south past the Food King parking lot, adhering to the 10 MPH speed limit through downtown, pulling a line of salt cars from the Cargill mine up on Cayuga Lake. Of note is the trailing unit, one of CR's ten C32-8's. These were a Conrail only model, and spent most of their time on the Boston and River Lines, and rarely strayed. Finding this one in Ithaca was a real catch. |
| Photo Date: |
6/20/1989 Upload Date: 10/27/2015 2:46:57 AM |
| Location: |
Ithaca, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 6630(C36-7) CR 6779(SD50) CR 6617(C32-8) |
| Views: |
465 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
Scenic view on the old LV |
| Description: |
The LV stayed pretty much intact east of Sayre PA, though between there and Allentown there was not much traffic after Conrail started. West of there, much of the railroad was pulled up, except for a few sections here and there. Probably the most important was what became the Ithaca Branch under Conrail, the line from Sayre up through Van Etten Jct, then on to Ithaca. It served a NYSEG generating station at Milliken, and an adjacent Cargill salt mine, as well as some local customers in Ithaca. Sometimes cars for the uplake customers would be combined, which is what we see here. A salt block is head out, with about 90 coal hoppers behind. It will tie up traffic in Ithaca for 20 minutes when it rolls through town. |
| Photo Date: |
8/20/1989 Upload Date: 9/27/2012 4:22:36 PM |
| Location: |
West Danby, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
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| Views: |
255 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
CGAL big sky |
| Description: |
CGAL pulls down the Lehigh Line after making a pick up under a towering sky. |
| Photo Date: |
9/2/1989 Upload Date: 11/22/2015 3:52:34 AM |
| Location: |
Sayre, PA |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 6420(SD40-2) CR 6439(SD40-2) CR 6251(SD40) |
| Views: |
375 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
Working |
| Description: |
CGAL worked the ex LV yard at Sayre, now used by GE Railcar as a contract repair shop. There were always cars in and cars out, so they spent some time here. |
| Photo Date: |
9/2/1989 Upload Date: 11/22/2015 3:55:28 AM |
| Location: |
Sayre, PA |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Yard,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 6420(SD40-2) CR 6439(SD40-2) CR 6251(SD40) |
| Views: |
333 Comments: 1 |
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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: |
462 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Bet he makes the light |
| Description: |
The ex LV line in Ithaca has a stretch of street side running through town. As in most places where this occurs, the traffic lights are set so that when crossing protection is activated, they set up to prevent vehicles from turning onto or crossing the tracks. The trains, however, make all the lights, no matter what color. |
| Photo Date: |
3/31/1990 Upload Date: 1/5/2016 3:08:27 AM |
| Location: |
Ithaca, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 6623(C36-7) CR 6808(SD50) CR 6792(SD50) CR 6804(SD50) |
| Views: |
609 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
Got it together |
| Description: |
WACG01, a Gang Mills based crew that handled the coal from there to Ithaca, has combined with a train that was left in Ithaca yard by a previous crew. The whole train, now with four units, will head up through town to the NYSEG Milliken Station north of Ithaca. Note the hoppers and conveyor at far left. The other coal customer on this line was Cornell University, high above Cayuga's waters. Conrail would spot loaded hoppers here, which would be emptied into a pit, with the conveyor carrying the coal up to be loaded into trucks for the ride up the hill to the college. There were 17 cars spotted here this day. |
| Photo Date: |
3/31/1990 Upload Date: 1/5/2016 3:10:55 AM |
| Location: |
Ithaca, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Yard,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 6623(C36-7) CR 6808(SD50) CR 6792(SD50) CR 6804(SD50) |
| Views: |
643 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Outstanding in the field |
| Description: |
WACG01, a local called to move coal to Ithaca, rolls past a stubble corn field south of Ithaca behind a pair of SD 50s. Note the PC hopper in full markings third head car. |
| Photo Date: |
3/31/1990 Upload Date: 1/5/2016 3:13:22 AM |
| Location: |
Ithaca, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 6792(SD50) CR 6804(SD50) |
| Views: |
418 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
On the Lehigh Valley |
| Description: |
There was not much left of the LV west of Allentown. Some local activity on the line was most of it, but the through trains were largely a memory. West of Sayre, the line was largely abandoned and pulled up, except for one segment that had some heavy duty traffic, from Sayre to Ithaca, which saw three coal trains on a typical week. Heres one of them behind a pair of SD 50s rolling along next to NY 34 near Lockwood. |
| Photo Date: |
3/31/1990 Upload Date: 1/8/2016 2:03:28 AM |
| Location: |
Lockwood, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 6792(SD50) CR 6804(SD50) |
| Views: |
266 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
Deep in the valley |
| Description: |
The LV coming north(timetable west) from Sayre ran down the Cayuta Creek valley. Like many in that area, it was long, deep, and narrow, hemming in the railroad and NY 34. WACG01 is down in it as it heads north at Lockwood. |
| Photo Date: |
3/31/1990 Upload Date: 1/11/2016 3:36:11 AM |
| Location: |
Lockwood, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 6792(SD50) CR 6804(SD50) |
| Views: |
226 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Starting north |
| Description: |
WACG01, a coal train with a Gang Mills crew headed for the NYSEG plant in Ithaca, rolls though the truss bridges at the north end of Sayre yard, which can be seen in the distance. C 628s would look a lot better here. |
| Photo Date: |
3/31/1990 Upload Date: 1/8/2016 2:05:25 AM |
| Location: |
Waverly, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Bridge,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 6792(SD50) CR 6804(SD50) |
| Views: |
284 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Old station |
| Description: |
The Lehigh Valley station had not seen a passenger since 1961, and had served a variety of other purposes since then, mostly as a restaurant-several of them, as they never seemed to take hold. WACG01 sits outside the 1881 station as the crew gets back on after running around the train for the trip to Ithaca. |
| Photo Date: |
3/31/1990 Upload Date: 1/8/2016 2:32:41 AM |
| Location: |
Sayre, PA |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 6792(SD50) CR 6804(SD50) |
| Views: |
243 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Leaning to the curve |
| Description: |
WACG01 rolls north at Spencer, leaning into the curve that takes the tracks north along NY 34. |
| Photo Date: |
3/31/1990 Upload Date: 1/5/2016 3:14:44 AM |
| Location: |
Spencer, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 6792(SD50) CR 6804(SD50) |
| Views: |
251 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Silo |
| Description: |
Many small towns in this agrarian region had feed mills of some sort. Spencer was no exception. WACG01 blows past as it rolls coal to Ithaca. |
| Photo Date: |
3/31/1990 Upload Date: 1/8/2016 2:21:06 AM |
| Location: |
Spencer, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 6792(SD50) CR 6804(SD50) |
| Views: |
269 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
Across the valley |
| Description: |
Wide panoramic views were hard to come by on this segment of the Valley, but there was a good opportunity here at West Danby as WACG01 rolls toward Ithaca. |
| Photo Date: |
3/31/1990 Upload Date: 1/5/2016 3:16:09 AM |
| Location: |
West Danby, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 6792(SD50) CR 6804(SD50) |
| Views: |
301 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
This is dairy country |
| Description: |
WACG01 rolls past a dairy barn at West Danby. |
| Photo Date: |
3/31/1990 Upload Date: 1/5/2016 3:20:06 AM |
| Location: |
West Danby, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 6792(SD50) CR 6804(SD50) |
| Views: |
268 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
Block limit stations |
| Description: |
Since the Ithaca Branch was Form D territory, there were block stations to designate track blocks. We see a 103 car UNE train for Milliken passing two of them. Rena, on the left, governs the Ithaca Branch; Croft, on the right, is on the Lehigh Secondary. There is also one at the other end of the secondary where it meets the Southern Tier, designated Wave, in Waverly. |
| Photo Date: |
8/9/1990 Upload Date: 1/21/2016 1:49:15 AM |
| Location: |
Sayre, PA |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Signal,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 6031(C40-8) CR 6027(C40-8) |
| Views: |
428 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Lehigh runner |
| Description: |
OICG, one of the several incarnations of the train that connected upstate NY to eastern PA and Jersey via the Lehigh Line-it also was ALCG and ALBU-rolls north through a wintry cornfield as it makes its way to Sayre, and then onto the Southern Tier at Waverly. It will terminate at Gang Mills yard near Corning with today's train of 94 cars. |
| Photo Date: |
4/10/1991 Upload Date: 3/13/2015 4:00:41 AM |
| Location: |
Milan, PA |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 6036(C40-8) CR 6028(C40-8) CR 6859(SD60) |
| Views: |
517 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
CGAL on the Lehigh |
| Description: |
CGAL, Conrails train on the ex Lehigh Valley, poses at the Sayre station. It will pick up cars from GE Railcar, which does freight car rebuild in part of the old Sayre shop, before heading east. The JJ Newberry store(far left) was still open in Sayre then. |
| Photo Date: |
1/15/1992 Upload Date: 2/16/2015 4:49:39 AM |
| Location: |
Sayre, PA |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Winter,Station,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 6807(SD50) CR 6700(SD50) CR 6513(SD40-2) CR 6627(C36-7) |
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527 Comments: 1 |
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Coal on the old LV |
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One of the few remaining segments of the Lehigh Valley in New York was the line from Sayre PA to Ludlowville, north of Ithaca. It was a good moneymaker for Conrail, as it hosted three coal trains weekly going to the NYSEG plant there, as well as salt loads out from Cargill. Occasionally Cornell would get coal for its boilers. This train has just changed ends at Sayre and is sitting by the former station, now a restaurant, as it gets ready to go north. |
| Photo Date: |
5/22/1992 Upload Date: 2/9/2015 2:08:42 AM |
| Location: |
Sayre, PA |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Station,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 6020(C39-8) CR 6008(C39-8) |
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397 Comments: 2 |
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GE in the snow |
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CR 6007 in the snow, and possibly one of the dirtiest slides I have. This is UNL15B arriving at Sayre after a run down the Ithaca Branch with an empty coal train. Trailing unit 6059 will lead onto the Southern Tier Line and west from Waverly. |
| Photo Date: |
1/24/1994 Upload Date: 3/4/2012 4:29:19 AM |
| Location: |
Sayre, PA |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Winter,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 6007(C39-8) CR 6808(SD50) CR 6059(C40-8W) |
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723 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Smoking for Allentown |
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CGAL has completed its work at Sayre, and is now underway for its next stop at Coxton near Wilkes Barre as it passes the block limit station. |
| Photo Date: |
7/16/1994 Upload Date: 9/1/2014 3:47:39 AM |
| Location: |
Athens, PA |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Signal,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 6336(SD40) CR 6999(SD40-2R) |
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468 Comments: 3 |
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Down the valley |
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CGAL, originating at Gang Mills and running the ex LV east of Waverly NY, rolls past MP 195 as it makes its approach to the ex LV Coxton yard along the Susquehanna River. |
| Photo Date: |
7/16/1994 Upload Date: 8/31/2014 3:06:13 AM |
| Location: |
Ransom, PA |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 6336(SD40) CR 6999(SD40-2R) |
| Views: |
301 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Long way down |
| Description: |
CGAL rolls down the ex LV along the Susquehanna River below the Wyalusing rocks as seen from the overlook on US 6. |
| Photo Date: |
7/16/1994 Upload Date: 9/1/2014 3:27:03 AM |
| Location: |
Wyalusing, PA |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 6336(SD40) CR 6999(SD40-2R) |
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432 Comments: 3 |
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| Title: |
CGAL |
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CGAL is on its last lap into the ex LV Coxton yard near Wilkes Barre, having come all the way down the Lehigh Line from Waverly NY where it connected off the ex Erie on its trip from Gang Mills. Today's train was 97 cars |
| Photo Date: |
7/16/1994 Upload Date: 1/4/2014 4:23:58 AM |
| Location: |
Pittston, PA |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 6336(SD40) CR 6999(SD40-2R) |
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908 Comments: 0 |
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