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Tom Beckett's Collection
 
5/4/2024
 
 
 
 
 
Owner: Rahway Valley R.R.
Model:GE 70TonnerBuilt As:RV 17 (70Tonner)
Serial Number:32130Order No:
Frame Number: Built:1/1954
Notes:blt 1/54
Other locos with this serial:  RV 17(70Tonner)
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Bigfoot and the Easter bunny
Title:  Bigfoot and the Easter bunny
Description:  Binghamton for a long time had a reputation of being the place where everything eventually turned up. This was true in the NYSW era as much as it had been in the past. A lot of odd short line power showed up, since the D&H shop had capability smaller places did not, and Im sure Walter Rich saw it as a revenue opportunity. The result was that a lot of things that "could never happen," happened here. We see a case in point: an NYSW C420 coupled to a Rahway Valley 70 tonner, though at this stage, it was not so far fetched, since both roads were under the Delaware-Otsego umbrella. Still, it was not likely to happen-but there it is, like seeing the Easter bunny and bigfoot at the same time.
Photo Date:  7/9/1990  Upload Date: 1/16/2016 3:52:56 AM
Location:  Binghamton, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  NYSW 2010(C420) RV 17(70Tonner)
Views:  255   Comments: 1
Whod believe it??
Title:  Whod believe it??
Description:  Power from NYSW, NS, CSX, and even New Jersey short line Rahway Valley is at the East Binghamton engine house. Ten years earlier, if you told someone you would see this set up, theyd be checking your meds.
Photo Date:  7/9/1990  Upload Date: 1/16/2016 3:26:22 AM
Location:  Binghamton, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  RV 17(70Tonner) CSX 6278(GP40-2) NS 6119(SD40-2) NS 3210(SD40-2) NYSW 3632(SD45) NYSW 2010(C420)
Views:  555   Comments: 0
Still taking on boarders
Title:  Still taking on boarders
Description:  In the early days of CP operation, there was still outside work. The NYSW Alco was not unusual, but the Rahway Valley GE was a stranger in a strange land.
Photo Date:  7/30/1990  Upload Date: 1/24/2016 3:38:05 AM
Location:  Binghamton, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  RV 17(70Tonner) NYSW 3000(C430)
Views:  471   Comments: 1


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