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| Title: |
Meet of the 20s |
| Description: |
BUOI behind CR 6720 sits on track 2 as MEBU with NYSW 3620 rolls past. |
| Photo Date: |
7/19/1988 Upload Date: 9/2/2015 4:50:36 AM |
| Location: |
Owego, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 6720(SD50) |
| Views: |
682 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Coal east and a special signal |
| Description: |
A UNG coal train bound for NYSEG at Johnson City rolls east at Campville. The signal at right is notable for its hot box warning light, which is seen below the signal head. There was a hot box detector a mile to the east at MP 230.48 on track 1. If there was a hit, it would change the signal here to yellow, and the light underneath would light up with "hot box". It would also change the next signal, 233-1, at Hiawatha Road about 1.5 mile west, to red. That signal also had a hot box light. This detector predated the radio alarm detectors common nowadays, and the axle temps would read out on a tape in the Hornell dispatchers office. The train would have to call the dispatcher, who would review the tape, and tell the crew which axles to check. I saw this about a month after this photo. I was chasing TV 201 here when the signal dropped to approach, and the hot box light went on. Interesting system. |
| Photo Date: |
10/12/1988 Upload Date: 9/11/2015 3:15:58 AM |
| Location: |
Campville, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Signal,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 6720(SD50) CR 6806(SD50) |
| Views: |
491 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Work train |
| Description: |
The guys who make it possible for the coal train to run go east on track 1 at Campville in a blaze of color as the JC coal train waits. The railfan chase vehicle is at far right. I was a route driver for a commercial laundry, which allowed me some freedom to watch the action while working. I didn't waste an opportunity. |
| Photo Date: |
10/14/1988 Upload Date: 9/11/2015 3:18:26 AM |
| Location: |
Campville, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 7706(GP38) CR 6720(SD50) |
| Views: |
609 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Going west in the gloom |
| Description: |
OIBU has done its work and is now ready to head west into the rain. |
| Photo Date: |
7/9/1990 Upload Date: 1/16/2016 2:24:54 AM |
| Location: |
Binghamton, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Yard,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 6772(SD50) CR 6720(SD50) CR 6329(SD40) |
| Views: |
457 Comments: 1 |
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