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| Title: |
Downtown |
| Description: |
The Freightliner and OIBU have gone their separate ways, with the train showing up at the yard as predicted, though it seems to have startled the birds that make a living off the grain shaken from the cars going to Agway. It strikes a classic Binghamton pose as it works the yard. |
| Photo Date: |
1/26/1989 Upload Date: 9/27/2015 2:31:46 AM |
| Location: |
Binghamton, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 6017(C39-8) CR 6808(SD50) |
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823 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Second section |
| Description: |
Some trains had two scheduled sections due to heavy traffic on those routes. One such train was SESL from Selkirk to Rose Lake in East St Louis. This is SESL4B rolling 80 cars out of Dewitt after its yard work. |
| Photo Date: |
4/24/1993 Upload Date: 1/27/2015 3:52:06 AM |
| Location: |
Syracuse (Dewitt), NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Yard,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 6017(C39-8) CR 6134(C40-8W) |
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604 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
SESL4B |
| Description: |
Selkirk-St Louis SESL4B, a second daily schedule between those two end points, pulls toward the west end of Dewitt, where it will enter the Chicago Line and head west behind a pair of GEs, which should be up to the task of getting the 80 cars over the road. |
| Photo Date: |
4/24/1993 Upload Date: 2/7/2018 4:52:05 AM |
| Location: |
Syracuse, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Yard,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 6017(C39-8) CR 6134(C40-8W) |
| Views: |
490 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
TV 204 by the pond |
| Description: |
TV 204 and 102 platforms rolo past the pond in Endwell |
| Photo Date: |
5/10/1994 Upload Date: 9/21/2014 3:14:47 AM |
| Location: |
Endwell, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 6264(SD40) CR 6017(C39-8) CR 2813(B23-7) |
| Views: |
682 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Approaching the tunnel |
| Description: |
There was a connection on the River Line south of North Bergen yard to the old Erie tunnels that once were the access to the Jersey City terminal, passing under the DLW and the south end of the palisades. SEOI is about to enter, and will connect on the other side with the National Docks Secondary to get into Oak Island with its 69 cars. |
| Photo Date: |
1/28/1988 Upload Date: 7/4/2015 4:10:13 AM |
| Location: |
North Bergen, NJ |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 6018(C39-8) CR 6414(SD40-2) CR 1107(MT6) |
| Views: |
899 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Pulling ahead |
| Description: |
SEOI has worked at North Bergen and is now heading south on the last leg into Oak Island. The track at lower left is the NYSW. |
| Photo Date: |
1/28/1988 Upload Date: 7/4/2015 4:13:39 AM |
| Location: |
North Bergen, NJ |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Yard,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 6018(C39-8) CR 6414(SD40-2) CR 1107(MT6) |
| Views: |
771 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Power move |
| Description: |
Conrail, which could run some interesting power consists, usually didnt use slugs on the road. This must be a power move, and the 1107 is being reassigned. Its trailing on SEOI. |
| Photo Date: |
1/28/1988 Upload Date: 7/4/2015 4:16:05 AM |
| Location: |
North Bergen, NJ |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Yard,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 6018(C39-8) CR 6414(SD40-2) CR 1107(MT6) |
| Views: |
690 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Going under |
| Description: |
SEOI rolls for the Erie tunnel toward Jersey City, passing under the DLW at West End where it emerges from Bergen Hill after leaving Hoboken. |
| Photo Date: |
1/28/1988 Upload Date: 7/4/2015 4:18:15 AM |
| Location: |
North Bergen, NJ |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Tunnel,Bridge,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 6018(C39-8) CR 6414(SD40-2) CR 1107(MT6) |
| Views: |
780 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Big power |
| Description: |
The plethora of 4 motor power did not mean the big units were excluded. A trio of six axles, a GE and two EMD's, roll this westbound past Dewitt. |
| Photo Date: |
3/12/1990 Upload Date: 12/26/2015 3:03:38 AM |
| Location: |
Syracuse (Dewitt), NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Yard,Station,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 6018(C39-8) CR 6793(SD50) |
| Views: |
616 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
By in a blur |
| Description: |
OIBU rolls 57 cars west on a gloomy day. I always went out no matter what the weather, but today was a little too dark to get a good shutter speed, blurring the lead unit. |
| Photo Date: |
11/17/1990 Upload Date: 2/5/2016 4:24:53 AM |
| Location: |
Smithboro, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 3295(GP40-2) CR 2814(B23-7) CR 6018(C39-8) |
| Views: |
655 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
APL train |
| Description: |
A Conrail APL train rolls east, Im thinking near the old Red Apple Rest on NY 17. Thanks to commenter Mark Jacobs for spurring me to look at my slides and notes from that weekend to determine a location. |
| Photo Date: |
7/4/1992 Upload Date: 2/5/2015 3:31:51 AM |
| Location: |
Sloatsburg, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 6732(SD50) CR 6018(C39-8) |
| Views: |
859 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
Rolling into the sun |
| Description: |
And on to Buffalo. OIBU approaches one of the private crossings along NY 17C between Campville and Owego. Some fall color still lingers on the hills in this late October view. |
| Photo Date: |
10/23/1993 Upload Date: 1/12/2015 3:55:32 AM |
| Location: |
Campville, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 6018(C39-8) CR 5536(SD60M) |
| Views: |
674 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Containers past the lock |
| Description: |
An eastbound trailvan train show how far commerce has come in 170 years, with a train of 68 cars worth of trailers and containers rolling along what was once the forefront of transportation. |
| Photo Date: |
5/29/1992 Upload Date: 2/9/2015 3:05:34 AM |
| Location: |
Cranesville, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 6449(SD40-2) CR 6019(C39-8) CR 6348(SD40) |
| Views: |
755 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Busy |
| Description: |
WABH 11 is working Frito Lay with a GP 38, typical for that job at the time, as BUOI rolls east, having just worked at Binghamton. |
| Photo Date: |
8/15/1988 Upload Date: 8/28/2015 3:36:14 AM |
| Location: |
Kirkwood, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 6400(SD40-2) CR 6463(SD40-2) CR 6020(C39-8) |
| Views: |
1010 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Tanks east |
| Description: |
A Conrail MIL- train rolls east at the south end of Kirkwood as the sun fades. |
| Photo Date: |
4/11/1990 Upload Date: 1/2/2016 4:42:11 AM |
| Location: |
Kirkwood, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 6020(C39-8) |
| Views: |
498 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
Military special |
| Description: |
Conrail ran quite a few MIL trains carrying various types of equipment. These increased during the Gulf War, which would begin the following year. Todays train has 16 cars of tanks, seen from the Kirkwood-Conklin connector. Frito Lay and now defuncty 84 Lumber are at left. Note the white bar with red ends on the front handrail of the locomotive. The tanks were slightly oversize, and this was used to check clearances. The Erie, originally built to a six foot gauge, had no clearance issues. Meets, however, could pose a problem, and other trains were supposed to come to a complete stop when meeting on of these MIL trains on double track. |
| Photo Date: |
4/11/1990 Upload Date: 1/2/2016 4:44:57 AM |
| Location: |
Kirkwood, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 6020(C39-8) |
| Views: |
651 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
Wide right of way |
| Description: |
CR 6020 rolls 74 cars west on a wide right of way that once carried four tracks. Even fairly close in shots get a good view of the train here. |
| Photo Date: |
8/11/1990 Upload Date: 1/22/2016 3:46:11 AM |
| Location: |
Wanakah, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 6020(C39-8) CR 6359(SD40-2) |
| Views: |
613 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Flying meet |
| Description: |
Catching a meet on a double track railroad is a chancy prospect: you have to be in exactly the right place at exactly the right time. I was on this day, as BUME behind a set of NYSW power, meets TV 203 at speed. Shot from the car window. |
| Photo Date: |
7/7/1990 Upload Date: 1/15/2016 1:52:05 AM |
| Location: |
Rathbone, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
NYSW 4006(B40-8) NYSW 3622(SD45) CR 6088(C40-8W) CR 6055(C40-8W) CR 6021(C39-8) |
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629 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Long tangent |
| Description: |
Long for the Canisteo valley, which was not exactly Kansas. There was perhaps a mile or so of straight railroad near MP 320. We see TV 203 on it on a Saturday afternoon. |
| Photo Date: |
7/7/1990 Upload Date: 1/15/2016 1:58:37 AM |
| Location: |
Adrian, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 6088(C40-8W) CR 6055(C40-8W) CR 6021(C39-8) |
| Views: |
754 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
Down the hill |
| Description: |
TV 203 rolls gently downhill into Attica with 170 platforms of double stacks. Despite its notoriety as the location of one of New Yorks more violent correctional facilities, it is a pretty area, and a pleasant town. |
| Photo Date: |
7/7/1990 Upload Date: 1/15/2016 2:34:10 AM |
| Location: |
Attica, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 6088(C40-8W) CR 6055(C40-8W) CR 6021(C39-8) |
| Views: |
691 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Big train |
| Description: |
TV 203 rolls west with 170 mostly APL platforms as seen from the NY 352 overpass in Big Flats. The empty area parallel to the tracks on the left was once the DLW right of way. |
| Photo Date: |
7/7/1990 Upload Date: 1/14/2016 3:54:06 AM |
| Location: |
Big Flats, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 6088(C40-8W) CR 6055(C40-8W) CR 6021(C39-8) |
| Views: |
738 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Deep canyon, shallow river |
| Description: |
The Canisteo, most of the time, is shallow enough you can walk across it. The gorge, however, is almost 1000 feet deep in spots. We see TV 203 along the river, deep in the gorge. |
| Photo Date: |
7/7/1990 Upload Date: 1/15/2016 2:04:30 AM |
| Location: |
Cameron Mills, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 6088(C40-8W) CR 6055(C40-8W) CR 6021(C39-8) |
| Views: |
648 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
One of many |
| Description: |
The Southern Tier was full of semaphore signals, though they were concentrated in several places. One of those places was in the Canisteo valley, between MP 306 and 320, where there were a number of them on both tracks 1 and 2. TV 203 passes an eastbound signal as it heads west near Cameron Mills. |
| Photo Date: |
7/7/1990 Upload Date: 1/15/2016 2:07:41 AM |
| Location: |
Cameron Mills, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Signal,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 6088(C40-8W) CR 6055(C40-8W) CR 6021(C39-8) |
| Views: |
612 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Now its an Agway |
| Description: |
TV 203 throttles up as it passes the old Erie station at Canisteo, now an Agway store. In a few years, it will be a concrete pad. Shoot those stations while theyre still around!! |
| Photo Date: |
7/7/1990 Upload Date: 1/15/2016 2:12:54 AM |
| Location: |
Canisteo, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Station,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 6088(C40-8W) CR 6055(C40-8W) CR 6021(C39-8) |
| Views: |
697 Comments: 3 |
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| Title: |
Tele view |
| Description: |
A telephoto view of TV 203 along the Canisteo River near Cameron. |
| Photo Date: |
7/7/1990 Upload Date: 1/16/2016 2:31:59 AM |
| Location: |
Cameron, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 6088(C40-8W) CR 6055(C40-8W) CR 6021(C39-8) |
| Views: |
662 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
Mid day light |
| Description: |
Most of the time, Id catch trains here in the late afternoon, since Id be chasing after work. This is a great afternoon shot, as the train is rolling right into the sun. Middle of the day photos are not nose lit, but are nicely side lit. We see TV 203 in the side light as it comes around the big curve and under the NY 427 overpass. |
| Photo Date: |
7/7/1990 Upload Date: 1/14/2016 3:57:06 AM |
| Location: |
Chemung, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 6088(C40-8W) CR 6055(C40-8W) CR 6021(C39-8) |
| Views: |
653 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Single soon |
| Description: |
Conrail had a plan to single track the Tier as far east as Binghamton. The plan was to start at CP River, roughly where the old NT tower was, and work east. This was the first section to be done-the segment from NT to Buffalo had been done by EL. We see TV 203 on the section to be single tracked from an old Erie steel bridge, now closed to traffic. There is a semaphore here on track 1, partly obscured by the diesel exhaust, which will be removed during the single track project. For now, it looks good as the train rolls down the Canaseraga Creek valley into Livingston County on the line as Erie built it. In a couple of years, track 2, on the right, will be gone. |
| Photo Date: |
7/7/1990 Upload Date: 1/15/2016 2:42:15 AM |
| Location: |
Dalton, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 6088(C40-8W) CR 6055(C40-8W) CR 6021(C39-8) |
| Views: |
674 Comments: 3 |
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| Title: |
Long view |
| Description: |
A 135mm lens%accentuates the bends in railroad and river at Rattlesnake Curve. |
| Photo Date: |
7/7/1990 Upload Date: 1/16/2016 2:35:15 AM |
| Location: |
West Cameron, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 6088(C40-8W) CR 6055(C40-8W) CR 6021(C39-8) |
| Views: |
681 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
Looking good at the station |
| Description: |
TV 203 passes the Erie station at Silver Springs, itself looking good due to good care by the MOW crews who use it as a base of operations. |
| Photo Date: |
7/7/1990 Upload Date: 1/15/2016 2:54:30 AM |
| Location: |
Silver Springs, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Station,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 6088(C40-8W) CR 6055(C40-8W) CR 6021(C39-8) |
| Views: |
667 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
Flowers and a prop |
| Description: |
Many of the roadways were either planted with widlflowers, or they just grew there, which is pretty likely, and I tried to get them in a photo when possible. Waverly must have been built by a model railroader, as there are many building there that you would think were pulled off someones layout. Ted Clarks, behind the train, is one such, and always made a good photo prop from the access road to NY 17 from US 220. |
| Photo Date: |
7/7/1990 Upload Date: 1/14/2016 4:00:16 AM |
| Location: |
Waverly, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 6088(C40-8W) CR 6055(C40-8W) CR 6021(C39-8) |
| Views: |
692 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Rolling around rattlesnake |
| Description: |
Rattlesnake curve is one of the more scenic spots in a supremely scenic piece of railroad, a double S curve along the Canisteo near West Cameron. TV 203 rolls 170 stack platforms through the curve. |
| Photo Date: |
7/7/1990 Upload Date: 1/15/2016 2:17:50 AM |
| Location: |
West Cameron, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 6088(C40-8W) CR 6055(C40-8W) CR 6021(C39-8) |
| Views: |
616 Comments: 2 |
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