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Tom Beckett's Collection
 
4/27/2024
 
 
 
 
 
Owner: Helm Financial
Model:Rebuilt EMD SD40M-2Built As:KCS 614 (SD40)
Serial Number:33958Order No:7974
Frame Number:7974-1Built:8/1968
Notes:ex-KCS
Other locos with this serial:  KCS 614(SD40) HLCX 9047(SD40M-2) MKCX 9047(SD40M-2)
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Wisconsin Central leads the way
Title:  Wisconsin Central leads the way
Description:  12T and 13T were the two trains that tended to get the unusual power. 40T and 41T commonly got CN power, and sometimes IC, rarely GT power, though on a couple of occasions a DWP unit showed, but it was generally all in the CN family. But the Allentown trains could be a treat, getting anything from a run of the mill set of wide cab GEs to ex Santa Fe warbonnets and UP flags, which were still something of a big deal then. Todays 12T is a winner, a pair of WC SD 45s leading an ex MPI lease unit now part of the Helm fleet, and an NS 4 motor, in bright sun with a deep mantle of snow. We see the train approaching the 45 MPH curve at MP 220, as it makes its way toward Owego.
Photo Date:  1/29/2004  Upload Date: 6/22/2016 4:04:38 AM
Location:  Endwell, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Winter,Action
Locomotives:  WC 7530(SD45) WC 6622(SD45) NS 5337(GP38-2) HLCX 9047(SD40M-2)
Views:  440   Comments: 2
Winter dreams
Title:  Winter dreams
Description:  12T rolls west at Goodrich Settlement, seen in a pastoral setting that could be a Currier & Ives print.
Photo Date:  1/29/2004  Upload Date: 6/22/2016 4:08:34 AM
Location:  Owego, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Winter,Action
Locomotives:  WC 7530(SD45) WC 6622(SD45) NS 5337(GP38-2) HLCX 9047(SD40M-2)
Views:  384   Comments: 0
By the pond
Title:  By the pond
Description:  12T rolls past a small pond, evidenced by the rushes between the road and tracks-at the Goodrich Settlement Rd crossing.
Photo Date:  1/29/2004  Upload Date: 6/22/2016 4:23:49 AM
Location:  Owego, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Winter,Action
Locomotives:  WC 7530(SD45) WC 6622(SD45) NS 5337(GP38-2) HLCX 9047(SD40M-2)
Views:  436   Comments: 0
Leaning into the curve
Title:  Leaning into the curve
Description:  A good spot, though treed in during the summer, was off the NY 282 bridge at Smithboro. It was here I caught 12T rolling west in snowy splendor.
Photo Date:  1/29/2004  Upload Date: 6/22/2016 4:30:02 AM
Location:  Smithboro, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Winter,Action
Locomotives:  WC 7530(SD45) WC 6622(SD45) NS 5337(GP38-2) HLCX 9047(SD40M-2)
Views:  413   Comments: 1
Anything is possible
Title:  Anything is possible
Description:  12T and 13T occasionally got some wild consists. Here's 12T with a pair of Wisconsin Central units leading in a scene that looks a lot like Wisconsin
Photo Date:  1/29/2004  Upload Date: 1/19/2013 3:04:29 AM
Location:  Waverly, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Winter,Action
Locomotives:  WC 7530(SD45) WC 6622(SD45) NS 5337(GP38-2) HLCX 9047(SD40M-2)
Views:  580   Comments: 3


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