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Tom Beckett's Collection
 
6/1/2024
 
 
 
 
 
Owner: Norfolk Southern
Model:EMD SD40-2Built As:BN 7083 (SD40-2)
Serial Number:786166-9Order No:786166
Frame Number:786166-9Built:10/1978
Notes:Ex-CEFX, Sold to Progress Rail 12/2019
Other locos with this serial:  CEFX 7083(SD40-2) BN 7083(SD40-2) NS 3463(SD40-2)
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Eastbound, older power
Title:  Eastbound, older power
Description:  An eastbound stack passes my positon with an SD 40-2/GP 60 combination.
Photo Date:  9/15/2018  Upload Date: 10/14/2018 5:28:53 AM
Location:  Austell, GA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  NS 3463(SD40-2) NS 7119(GP60)
Views:  209   Comments: 3
By a nose
Title:  By a nose
Description:  Eastbound NS stack train pokes between the signals at Austell.
Photo Date:  9/15/2018  Upload Date: 10/14/2018 5:37:20 AM
Location:  Austell, GA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Signal,Action
Locomotives:  NS 3463(SD40-2)
Views:  184   Comments: 0
Gaining speed
Title:  Gaining speed
Description:  An eastbound stack rolls 66 platforms toward Atlanta, viewed down a long tangent near Austell. The progression of signal aspects is evident in this long view. The near signal shows advance approach(Y/Y/R), leading to the next signal, showing approach(Y/R). After that, out of sight, is a red over red. In a few seconds, this train will meet UP 8148 west.
Photo Date:  9/15/2018  Upload Date: 10/15/2018 5:16:27 AM
Location:  Austell, GA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Signal,Action
Locomotives:  NS 3463(SD40-2) NS 7119(GP60)
Views:  230   Comments: 1
Meeting the UP
Title:  Meeting the UP
Description:  Eastbound stack train behind a pair of NS units meets a westbound with UP power.
Photo Date:  9/15/2018  Upload Date: 10/15/2018 5:20:09 AM
Location:  Austell, GA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  NS 3463(SD40-2) NS 7119(GP60) UP 8148(ES44AC-H)
Views:  279   Comments: 0
Horses on the run
Title:  Horses on the run
Description:  A pair of stack trains, each with a pair of NS units, meet east of Austell.
Photo Date:  9/15/2018  Upload Date: 10/15/2018 5:21:51 AM
Location:  Austell, GA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  NS 3463(SD40-2) NS 3455(SD40-2) NS 7103(GP60)
Views:  259   Comments: 0
Bearing down
Title:  Bearing down
Description:  Eastbound stack train rolls into the curve as it bears down on Atlanta.
Photo Date:  9/15/2018  Upload Date: 10/15/2018 5:24:48 AM
Location:  Austell, GA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Signal,Action
Locomotives:  NS 3463(SD40-2) NS 7119(GP60)
Views:  278   Comments: 1


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