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Tom Beckett's Collection
 
5/15/2024
 
 
 
 
 
Owner: Soo Line
Model:EMD SD40-2Built As:SOO 770 (SD40-2)
Serial Number:73634-4Order No:73634
Frame Number:73634-4Built:11/1973
Other locos with this serial:  SOO 770(SD40-2) NREX 770(SD40-2)
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SOO power leads train 391
Title:  SOO power leads train 391
Description:  A pair of SOO units, now common that CP has taken over the D&H, lead westbound empty grain train 391 west at CP Johnson on the west side of Binghamton
Photo Date:  9/7/1991  Upload Date: 11/11/2011 12:52:31 AM
Location:  Binghamton, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  SOO 6601(SD40-2) SOO 770(SD40-2)
Views:  343   Comments: 0
Grain west
Title:  Grain west
Description:  A pair of SOO units leads a westbound 391 empty grain train from the Port of Albany past signal 219-1 along the George F Highway in Endwell. The train would have a surprise on the rear.
Photo Date:  9/7/1991  Upload Date: 9/20/2012 12:08:59 PM
Location:  Endwell, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Signal,Action
Locomotives:  SOO 6601(SD40-2) SOO 770(SD40-2)
Views:  529   Comments: 1
Alls well
Title:  Alls well
Description:  Nothing completes a train like a caboose. By 1991, they were quite unusual on road trains; this day we got lucky, catching a SOO car on the end of 391.
Photo Date:  9/7/1991  Upload Date: 9/20/2012 12:10:57 PM
Location:  Endwell, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  SOO 6601(SD40-2) SOO 770(SD40-2)
Views:  489   Comments: 2
"Monumental" photo
Title:  "Monumental" photo
Description:  CP train 255-the SLN5 Sea Land train-passes the memorial at the grade crossing in Wellsburg.
Photo Date:  2/5/1994  Upload Date: 9/23/2012 1:58:47 AM
Location:  Wellsburg, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Winter,Signal,Action
Locomotives:  CP 6607(SD40-2) SOO 770(SD40-2) NYSW 4002(B40-8)
Views:  538   Comments: 2
Across the snowy fields
Title:  Across the snowy fields
Description:  The cornfields are covered in snow as 255-the NYSWs SLN5-makes its way toward Elmira and Buffalo on a very cold afternoon, seen from NY 427
Photo Date:  2/5/1994  Upload Date: 1/5/2015 1:27:56 AM
Location:  Wellsburg, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Winter,Action
Locomotives:  CP 6607(SD40-2) SOO 770(SD40-2) NYSW 4002(B40-8)
Views:  314   Comments: 0
255 on the big curve
Title:  255 on the big curve
Description:  Train 255 rolls past the Erie station at Chemung seen from the NY 427 overpass, just off NY 17 exit 59.
Photo Date:  2/5/1994  Upload Date: 1/5/2015 1:31:34 AM
Location:  Chemung, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Winter,Station,Action
Locomotives:  CP 6607(SD40-2) SOO 770(SD40-2) NYSW 4002(B40-8)
Views:  460   Comments: 0
Chemung River winter
Title:  Chemung River winter
Description:  CP 255 crosses the Chemung River in Elmira. The warehouse to the right of the train was torn down later that year, opening up the shot, but taking down one of the industrial landmarks in the area.
Photo Date:  2/5/1994  Upload Date: 9/23/2012 2:06:02 AM
Location:  Wellsburg, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Bridge,Winter,Action
Locomotives:  CP 6607(SD40-2) SOO 770(SD40-2) NYSW 4002(B40-8)
Views:  416   Comments: 1
Soo unit leads west
Title:  Soo unit leads west
Description:  Train 557 behind a SOO leader rolls under the NY 352 bridge with 37 stack platforms and 17 COFC for Toronto
Photo Date:  9/1/1995  Upload Date: 8/10/2014 12:53:45 AM
Location:  Big Flats, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  SOO 770(SD40-2) CP 5523(SD40)
Views:  314   Comments: 1


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