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Tom Beckett's Collection
 
5/17/2024
 
 
 
 
 
Owner: Canadian Pacific Railway
Model:EMD SD40-2Built As:CP 5948 (SD40-2)
Serial Number:A3841Order No:C418
Frame Number:Built:11/1979
Notes:DRF-30t
Other locos with this serial:  CP 5948(SD40-2)
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Bright red
Title:  Bright red
Description:  SOO power leads a monster 167-todays train had 99 freight and 56 stack platforms-into the sun as seen from the shoulder of NY 417 just east of Addison. This shot can only be done late in the day. Usually the sun is on the other side of the train.
Photo Date:  9/23/2003  Upload Date: 6/14/2016 4:12:25 AM
Location:  Addison, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  SOO 6615(SD40-2) CP 5647(SD40-2) CP 5948(SD40-2) SOO 745(SD40)
Views:  360   Comments: 0
On the rocks
Title:  On the rocks
Description:  CP 167 rolls along the rocks in the Canisteo valley near Cameron Mills.
Photo Date:  9/23/2003  Upload Date: 6/14/2016 4:14:21 AM
Location:  Cameron Mills, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  SOO 6615(SD40-2) CP 5647(SD40-2) CP 5948(SD40-2) SOO 745(SD40)
Views:  334   Comments: 0
Getting started
Title:  Getting started
Description:  I dont recall now if I was on a day off, or this was just after work. I had regular hours, but they differed every day. This was taken on a Tuesday, so its likely it was my day off. We start close to home, on the tangent near MP 232 between Campville and Owego, with the red face of a SOO SD leading 167 west into the sun.
Photo Date:  9/23/2003  Upload Date: 10/13/2017 4:06:59 AM
Location:  Campville, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  SOO 6615(SD40-2) CP 5647(SD40-2) SOO 745(SD40) CP 5948(SD40-2)
Views:  354   Comments: 2
Long jump
Title:  Long jump
Description:  After getting the 167 at Campville, I jumped down to Smithboro, about 13 miles, taking NY 17 to exit 62, since there was no way I was beating him through Owego. I didnt want to risk getting scooped at Tioga Center, so I ran down to the west end of Smithboro, where the tracks come up to the road.
Photo Date:  9/23/2003  Upload Date: 10/13/2017 4:10:04 AM
Location:  Smithboro, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  SOO 6615(SD40-2) CP 5647(SD40-2) CP 5948(SD40-2) SOO 745(SD40)
Views:  488   Comments: 2
Wide view
Title:  Wide view
Description:  The next jump was an easy one. I just had to step on it. This is the view from NY 17C near the Tioga transfer station at MP 249 between Barton and Waverly. It was a good "grab and go" spot. The third unit is a classic, one of SOO's original SD 40's.
Photo Date:  9/23/2003  Upload Date: 10/13/2017 4:16:23 AM
Location:  Barton, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  SOO 6615(SD40-2) CP 5647(SD40-2) CP 5948(SD40-2) SOO 745(SD40)
Views:  465   Comments: 2
Racing east
Title:  Racing east
Description:  I had followed 419 west and was set up to get the shot here at Miller Beach Rd, when 166 came blasting by with four units and 112 cars.
Photo Date:  6/20/2004  Upload Date: 11/14/2017 4:49:40 AM
Location:  Owego, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  CP 5641(SD40-2) CP 9024(SD40-2F) CP 5948(SD40-2) CP 6015(SD40-2)
Views:  469   Comments: 0


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