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| Title: |
Big power |
| Description: |
Southbound SEEN rolls past the ex NYC station at Ridgefield Park behind a long set of CR units, which are up to the task of pulling the 131 cars to destination. |
| Photo Date: |
1/28/1988 Upload Date: 7/4/2015 4:04:29 AM |
| Location: |
Ridgefield Park, NJ |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 3332(GP40-2) CR 6726(SD50) CR 3340(GP40-2) CR 3267(GP40) CR 6755(SD50) |
| Views: |
752 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Old style |
| Description: |
In todays world of sterile rights of way-pole lines gone, new signals, etc, the Tier was a throwback. As a backwater of a large system, it did not get the attention of the ex Pennsy, or the NYC, and for most of Conrail's existence, except for the power and rolling stock, looked almost exactly like the EL. One such scene is near MP 320 in Adrian, where we see OIEL rolling along the poles-the wires were still active-and theres even a semaphore in the distance. |
| Photo Date: |
12/9/1989 Upload Date: 12/14/2015 3:12:15 AM |
| Location: |
Adrian, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Signal,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 3332(GP40-2) CR 3197(GP40) CR 3280(GP40-2) |
| Views: |
554 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Good chase |
| Description: |
OIEL was a hard train to get. Sometimes it ran before dawn in the Tier, so photo ops were limited. Another inhibiting factor was that it would often yard at Gang Mills, and a crew would not be called until much later in the day. I was fortunate on this cold(10 degrees) Saturday morning to catch it just as the light got good, and chase to Gang Mills. Here it is passing the semaphore at MP 259. |
| Photo Date: |
12/9/1989 Upload Date: 12/3/2015 3:23:56 AM |
| Location: |
Chemung, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Signal,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 3332(GP40-2) CR 3197(GP40) CR 3280(GP40-2) |
| Views: |
636 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
Cold water |
| Description: |
OIEL rolls along the frozen Canisteo River. |
| Photo Date: |
12/9/1989 Upload Date: 12/15/2015 2:38:47 AM |
| Location: |
Cameron Mills, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Winter,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 3332(GP40-2) CR 3197(GP40) CR 3280(GP40-2) |
| Views: |
523 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
Down the valley |
| Description: |
OIEL approaches the signal at MP 325, one of a variety of styles on the Erie, which seemed to be schizophrenic when it came to signal specs. There were these "traffic light" types, targets, and semaphores. The train is leaving the Canisteo valley behind, and will shortly be in Hornell, where it will go west on the ex Erie main to Olean and Jamestown. Still kicking myself for not chasing it there, instead of following the more mundane BUOI east. |
| Photo Date: |
12/9/1989 Upload Date: 12/14/2015 3:15:06 AM |
| Location: |
Canisteo, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Signal,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 3332(GP40-2) CR 3197(GP40) CR 3280(GP40-2) |
| Views: |
564 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
Crossing the Chemung |
| Description: |
OIEL and a block of tanks roll across the deck bridge over the Chemung River in downtown Elmira on a cold December morning. |
| Photo Date: |
12/9/1989 Upload Date: 12/15/2015 2:26:06 AM |
| Location: |
Elmira, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Bridge,Winter,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 3332(GP40-2) CR 3197(GP40) CR 3280(GP40-2) |
| Views: |
534 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Tight space |
| Description: |
OIEL rolls along the narrow right of way between the cliff, road, and river. The tight proximity of all these features made the Canisteo a photographic dream. |
| Photo Date: |
12/9/1989 Upload Date: 12/15/2015 2:41:09 AM |
| Location: |
Rathbone, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Winter,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 3332(GP40-2) CR 3197(GP40) CR 3280(GP40-2) |
| Views: |
517 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Tanks!! |
| Description: |
OIEL going away at Waverly, showing the tanks on six wheel truck DODX flats head out. |
| Photo Date: |
12/9/1989 Upload Date: 12/15/2015 2:27:27 AM |
| Location: |
Waverly, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Signal,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 3332(GP40-2) CR 3197(GP40) CR 3280(GP40-2) |
| Views: |
905 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Downtown |
| Description: |
OIEL rolls past the model railroad set up in downtown Waverly. This is one of the best in town scenes anywhere. |
| Photo Date: |
12/9/1989 Upload Date: 12/15/2015 2:28:44 AM |
| Location: |
Waverly, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 3332(GP40-2) CR 3197(GP40) CR 3280(GP40-2) |
| Views: |
579 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
Both sides now |
| Description: |
Conrail and NYSW are both working at the west end of the Binghamton yard, the CR unit on the ex DLW, and the NYSW unit on the Erie. |
| Photo Date: |
12/13/1991 Upload Date: 2/17/2015 3:27:08 AM |
| Location: |
Binghamton, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Yard,Action |
| Locomotives: |
NYSW 3630(SD45) CR 3332(GP40-2) |
| Views: |
850 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
TV 79 |
| Description: |
TV 79 was a hot van train that ran through to Santa Fe to become their 199 train. It got priority over pretty much everything. Here it is behind typical power for this type train at that time, a quartet of GP40-2s. |
| Photo Date: |
4/24/1993 Upload Date: 1/27/2015 3:29:52 AM |
| Location: |
Syracuse (Dewitt), NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Yard,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 3380(GP40-2) CR 3334(GP40-2) CR 3332(GP40-2) CR 3389(GP40-2) |
| Views: |
736 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
TV 79 |
| Description: |
TV 79 was one of the hottest trains on the railroad, only a little cooler than TVLA, which was a direct run through to the Santa Fe. TV 79 also handled Santa Fe traffic, but did not run through, and had to transfer across Chicago. I think it may have also handled cars for Chicago delivery at 51st St. Here we see it blasting through the station behind a four unit set of GP 40-2s, a common power set for this type train. |
| Photo Date: |
4/24/1993 Upload Date: 2/7/2018 4:47:59 AM |
| Location: |
Syracuse, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Yard,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 3380(GP40-2) CR 3334(GP40-2) CR 3332(GP40-2) CR 3389(GP40-2) |
| Views: |
646 Comments: 0 |
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