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4/28/2025
 
 
 
 
 
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NYSW in the snow
Title:  NYSW in the snow
Description:  A "we aint mad at nobody" consist heads down the connection from CP to the NYSW at Old State Road
Photo Date:  1/9/1994  Upload Date: 5/22/2011 6:10:23 PM
Location:  Port Dickinson, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Bridge,Winter,Action
Locomotives:  NYSW 1804(GP18) NYSW 3000(C430) NYSW 4002(B40-8)
Views:  808   Comments: 3
Cold day on the river
Title:  Cold day on the river
Description:  BH 1 crosses the Chenango River the day after a 12" snowfall. Its the first train across, and its knocking the snow into the river. The consist was typical at the time-one engine from everyone.
Photo Date:  1/9/1994  Upload Date: 12/2/2014 3:41:47 AM
Location:  Chenango Bridge, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Bridge,Winter,Signal,Action
Locomotives:  NYSW 1804(GP18) NYSW 3000(C430) NYSW 4002(B40-8)
Views:  323   Comments: 0
Deep cold
Title:  Deep cold
Description:  It was deep snow and deep cold this day in January, temperatures in the teens, as was the depth of the snow pack. Does that keep me in?? Dont be silly. There are trains to chase. In this case, its BH 1 with a three builder consist, heading north up the connection from the D&H that was built as part of the Bevier St improvement, where the D&H bridges were raised to allow standard 136" trailers, and the ex DLW bridge used by the NYSW was removed in favor of the new connection.
Photo Date:  1/9/1994  Upload Date: 2/8/2018 5:03:02 AM
Location:  Binghamton, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Winter,Action
Locomotives:  NYSW 1804(GP18) NYSW 3000(C430) NYSW 4002(B40-8)
Views:  210   Comments: 1
NYSW trip from Utica
Title:  NYSW trip from Utica
Description:  A NYSW trip from Utica to Sherburne lets its riders off at their destination
Photo Date:  8/11/1984  Upload Date: 6/10/2012 2:20:12 AM
Location:  Sherburne, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Roster,Passenger
Locomotives:  NYSW 104(RS3) NYSW 3002(C430)
Views:  1783   Comments: 2
Sherburne trip
Title:  Sherburne trip
Description:  NYSW ran a trip on the Utica Branch in August 1984 to the conservation center at Sherburne. Here the train has arrived and some of the participants are getting photos of the classic power.
Photo Date:  8/11/1984  Upload Date: 6/27/2014 4:02:37 AM
Location:  Sherburne, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  NYSW 104(RS3) NYSW 3002(C430)
Views:  1276   Comments: 0
Quite the line up
Title:  Quite the line up
Description:  The dead line at Binghamton has an interesting composition, as one would expect from the NYSW. Leading off is RS 1 252, along with the two wrecked C 430s, which will be scrapped soon. Rounding out the group is an RS 2 and RS 3, one in the DO maroon and red scheme.
Photo Date:  3/14/1988  Upload Date: 6/30/2015 4:11:09 AM
Location:  Binghamton, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  NYSW 252(RS1) NYSW 3004(C430) NYSW 3002(C430) FJG 100(RS2) NYSW 104(RS3)
Views:  1713   Comments: 0
Fantrip mixed
Title:  Fantrip mixed
Description:  In the early years of their operation of the Northern Division, the NYSW ran frequent excurions. On these trips, they were not above doing some freight work en route. Here a trip approaches Utica behind a C430/RS3 power consist, with a couple of boxcars and a dead C 430 to set off west of the station.
Photo Date:  8/11/1984  Upload Date: 10/22/2011 2:18:27 AM
Location:  Utica, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  NYSW 3004(C430) NYSW 101(RS3)
Views:  1396   Comments: 0
Still here
Title:  Still here
Description:  Sometimes things you would expect to be disposed of hang around for an awfully long time. This C 430 was involved in a roll over about two years prior, but was still at Binghamton awaiting the torch. It would eventually get cut up....
Photo Date:  12/10/1988  Upload Date: 9/23/2015 3:23:15 AM
Location:  Binghamton, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  NYSW 3004(C430)
Views:  672   Comments: 1
Engineer side
Title:  Engineer side
Description:  NYSW 3004, partly dismantled at Binghamton, in a view from the engineers side. It will be cut down to the frame in a few days.
Photo Date:  1/7/1989  Upload Date: 9/25/2015 4:00:31 AM
Location:  Binghamton, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Roster,Yard,Wreck
Locomotives:  NYSW 3004(C430)
Views:  789   Comments: 0
The end is near
Title:  The end is near
Description:  NYSW 3004 had the misfortune of rolling over, which ended its career. It wound up being scrapped at the NYSW yard in Binghamton.
Photo Date:  1/28/1989  Upload Date: 1/8/2012 3:14:51 AM
Location:  Binghamton, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Roster,Yard,Wreck
Locomotives:  NYSW 3004(C430)
Views:  1157   Comments: 1
Just the electrical cabinet
Title:  Just the electrical cabinet
Description:  NYSW 3004 has been cut down, and now there is nothing left but the frame and electrical cabinet. A few more days, and this C 430 will be only a memory.
Photo Date:  1/28/1989  Upload Date: 9/25/2015 4:03:15 AM
Location:  Binghamton, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Roster,Yard,Wreck
Locomotives:  NYSW 3004(C430)
Views:  799   Comments: 0
Still hanging on
Title:  Still hanging on
Description:  The remains of cut up 3004 are still sitting in the yard, just the electrical cabinet left on the frame, which still sits on the Hi Ad trucks. The unit was cut up during February.
Photo Date:  5/25/1989  Upload Date: 10/11/2015 3:57:44 AM
Location:  Binghamton, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  NYSW 3004(C430)
Views:  542   Comments: 0
Almost gone
Title:  Almost gone
Description:  NYSW 3004, wrecked a couple of years earlier when it rolled over after hitting a snow clogged grade crossing, is all but gone. The frame has been mostly cut up now, and little remains of the superstructure.
Photo Date:  11/2/1989  Upload Date: 12/4/2015 4:18:32 AM
Location:  Binghamton, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  NYSW 3004(C430)
Views:  494   Comments: 0
GP 18 and C 430
Title:  GP 18 and C 430
Description:  A mix of power lead WS-1 through the back alleys of Paterson.
Photo Date:  7/15/1986  Upload Date: 1/8/2012 3:12:11 AM
Location:  Paterson, NJ
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  NYSW 1800(GP18) NYSW 3006(C430)
Views:  1536   Comments: 1
Playing in the weeds
Title:  Playing in the weeds
Description:  WS 1 works a customer siding at Hawthorne, fighting its way through the weeds to reach the cars. Hard to believe, looking at this scene, that two mile long stack trains will soon be passing here.
Photo Date:  10/14/1986  Upload Date: 12/17/2014 2:59:31 AM
Location:  Hawthorne, NJ
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  NYSW 1800(GP18) NYSW 3006(C430)
Views:  1577   Comments: 2
Past the parking lot
Title:  Past the parking lot
Description:  WS 1 passes the parked cars in downtown Hawthorne as trailing unit 3006 smokes it up
Photo Date:  10/14/1986  Upload Date: 12/19/2014 2:53:41 AM
Location:  Hawthorne, NJ
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  NYSW 1800(GP18) NYSW 3006(C430)
Views:  1308   Comments: 0
It really is urban railroading
Title:  It really is urban railroading
Description:  The NYSW local is off in the distance in what looks like a rural setting, but which is actually in Paterson. Stack trains are coming to this line in less than a year.
Photo Date:  10/14/1986  Upload Date: 12/17/2014 3:01:47 AM
Location:  Paterson, NJ
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  NYSW 1800(GP18) NYSW 3006(C430)
Views:  1627   Comments: 0
Through the backyards
Title:  Through the backyards
Description:  WS 1 works through the back yards of Paterson as it makes its way to PC and Conrail interchange for the Southern Tier Line.
Photo Date:  10/14/1986  Upload Date: 12/17/2014 3:05:14 AM
Location:  Paterson, NJ
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  NYSW 1800(GP18) NYSW 3006(C430)
Views:  1346   Comments: 0
Ole signal
Title:  Ole signal
Description:  WS 1 passes an ancient semaphore that has not governed a train move in several decades. Still makes for a good prop.
Photo Date:  10/14/1986  Upload Date: 12/17/2014 3:06:27 AM
Location:  Paterson, NJ
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Signal,Action
Locomotives:  NYSW 1800(GP18) NYSW 3006(C430)
Views:  1500   Comments: 1
Signal
Title:  Signal
Description:  An ancient relic of a bygone era waits for the passage of WS 1, way off in the distance. The train will take ten minutes to reach me.
Photo Date:  10/14/1986  Upload Date: 12/17/2014 3:08:47 AM
Location:  Paterson, NJ
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Signal,Action
Locomotives:  NYSW 1800(GP18) NYSW 3006(C430)
Views:  1486   Comments: 1
SLN5 early arrival
Title:  SLN5 early arrival
Description:  The early morning sun glints off SLN 5 as it arrives at CP Coles after an overnight trip up the Delaware Division. It will change power here to D&H units and continue toward Buffalo later in the day. SLN 4 is waiting beyond the signal on the double track, and will go east behind three freshly painted SD 45's once SLN 5 is past.
Photo Date:  6/18/1988  Upload Date: 7/28/2015 4:38:50 AM
Location:  Kirkwood, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  NYSW 3612(SD45) NYSW 3638(F45) NYSW 6361(SD45) NYSW 3622(SD45) NYSW 3006(C430) NYSW 1802(GP18)
Views:  1569   Comments: 0
Heading crosstown
Title:  Heading crosstown
Description:  BH 1 has picked up cars from the D&H and is now headed back to the NYSW yard behind recently arrived C 430 3006.
Photo Date:  4/14/1990  Upload Date: 1/2/2016 4:25:47 AM
Location:  Binghamton, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  NYSW 3006(C430)
Views:  515   Comments: 1
Shoving in
Title:  Shoving in
Description:  NYSW 3006 on BH 1 has just pulled some cars from the D&H. It will spot several at the yard, then head north. We see it at BX, where the D&H and DLW once crossed
Photo Date:  4/14/1990  Upload Date: 1/5/2016 4:55:09 AM
Location:  Binghamton, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  NYSW 3006(C430)
Views:  508   Comments: 0
On the Utica Branch
Title:  On the Utica Branch
Description:  NYSW 3006 rolls north past the site of YO yard, a small yard on the north side of Binghamton that handled traffic on the Syracuse and Utica branches. It is now the site of a frack sand transfer, but for many years, it was just a weedgrown field with scattered rail and ties. Conrail switches the Agway plant at right. The boxcars are inbound grain, which was still a surprisingly common way of receiving it at this location.
Photo Date:  4/14/1990  Upload Date: 1/5/2016 4:59:44 AM
Location:  Binghamton, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  NYSW 3006(C430)
Views:  535   Comments: 0
New kid in town
Title:  New kid in town
Description:  NYSW had lost a couple of C 430s to wrecks in the previous few years, but still had two that were worth saving. The 3000 had been in service for several years, recently getting a new coat of paint. The other unit they kept was 3006, the John Treen, named for a long time conductor. Here it is at E Binghamton, getting a transfer out of the yard for the NYSW. Thats the old DLW yard tower at right. Like everything else, it was built of steel reinforced concrete, and designed for the ages. It was finally torn down around 2004 by CP.
Photo Date:  4/14/1990  Upload Date: 1/2/2016 4:28:51 AM
Location:  Binghamton, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  NYSW 3006(C430)
Views:  501   Comments: 0
Looking good
Title:  Looking good
Description:  NYSW 3006 sits in the sun, clean and in good paint.
Photo Date:  4/22/1990  Upload Date: 1/8/2016 4:55:46 AM
Location:  Binghamton, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  NYSW 3006(C430)
Views:  679   Comments: 1
Big deal
Title:  Big deal
Description:  There was a time when a pair of Alcos such as this was not totally unusual, though there with only 16 C430s built, they did not widely mix. By 1990, ANY Alco was a notable sighting. Here we have two of the more unusual models, a C 400, and a high hood, steam generator equipped C 420, basking in the sun at East Binghamton.
Photo Date:  7/5/1990  Upload Date: 1/16/2016 3:58:08 AM
Location:  Binghamton, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  NYSW 2010(C420) NYSW 3006(C430)
Views:  512   Comments: 0
Side light at night
Title:  Side light at night
Description:  C 430 3006 seen in a side view of the cab, with the lights of Costland in the background.
Photo Date:  4/5/1991  Upload Date: 3/18/2015 2:39:45 AM
Location:  Cortland, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Roster,Night
Locomotives:  NYSW 3006(C430)
Views:  457   Comments: 0
All night
Title:  All night
Description:  C 430 3006 waits with the Maple Festivcl train at the Cortland station for the next days runs to Marathon.
Photo Date:  4/5/1991  Upload Date: 3/18/2015 2:42:06 AM
Location:  Cortland, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Night,Station,Passenger
Locomotives:  NYSW 3006(C430)
Views:  512   Comments: 1
Day run
Title:  Day run
Description:  C 430 3006 holds the north end of the Maple Festival train as it takes on passengers at Cortland for the next trip south
Photo Date:  4/6/1991  Upload Date: 3/18/2015 2:44:29 AM
Location:  Cortland, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett0
Categories:  Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  NYSW 3006(C430)
Views:  367   Comments: 0
Waiting to go
Title:  Waiting to go
Description:  C 430 3006 is waiting for a signal from the conductor to get this group of sated festival goers on their way back to Cortland. MP 221, next to the train, is miles from Hoboken NJ.
Photo Date:  4/6/1991  Upload Date: 3/18/2015 2:49:58 AM
Location:  Marathon, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  NYSW 3006(C430)
Views:  299   Comments: 0
Alco power
Title:  Alco power
Description:  If you cant have a steam engine-that would be next years feature-an Alco works just fine. This is the north end of the Maple Festival train at Marathon, waiting to head back to Cortland with another load of well fed festival goers. NYSW 509, the "Popemobile," is on the north end of the train, though looks like the Pope is getting a really good look at the end of a C 430 on this trip.
Photo Date:  4/6/1991  Upload Date: 3/12/2015 2:36:47 PM
Location:  Marathon, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  NYSW 3006(C430)
Views:  490   Comments: 1
Pulling in
Title:  Pulling in
Description:  The C 430 leading the Maple Festival train lets out a puff of smoke as it starts up now that the gates are down at Poq Watson St. It will momentarily be in the station.
Photo Date:  4/6/1991  Upload Date: 3/18/2015 2:46:43 AM
Location:  Cortland, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  NYSW 3006(C430)
Views:  488   Comments: 0
River running
Title:  River running
Description:  NYSW 3006 has the Maple Festival train well in hand as it approaches Cortland along the Tioghnioga River during the 1991 Maple Fest
Photo Date:  4/6/1991  Upload Date: 3/12/2015 2:39:20 PM
Location:  Blodgett Mills, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  NYSW 3006(C430)
Views:  463   Comments: 0
Getting underway
Title:  Getting underway
Description:  The engineer has his OK to go, and is notching out the Alco, with the usual result.
Photo Date:  4/6/1991  Upload Date: 3/18/2015 2:51:35 AM
Location:  Marathon, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  NYSW 3006(C430)
Views:  269   Comments: 0
The Pope gets smoked
Title:  The Pope gets smoked
Description:  If the Pope is riding in his car today, hes getting a good smoke screen as the 3006 performs as Alcos ari expected to perform.
Photo Date:  4/6/1991  Upload Date: 3/18/2015 2:52:53 AM
Location:  Marathon, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  NYSW 3006(C430)
Views:  503   Comments: 0
Beaver pond
Title:  Beaver pond
Description:  The Maple Fesvival train passes the beaver pond near Blodgett Mills, just south of Cortland as the rear unit follows the train up to Cortland.
Photo Date:  4/6/1991  Upload Date: 3/18/2015 3:27:49 AM
Location:  Blodgett Mills, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  NYSW 3614(SD45) NYSW 3006(C430)
Views:  330   Comments: 0
Along the Tioghnioga
Title:  Along the Tioghnioga
Description:  The Tiogh-what?? The Tioghnioga River runs along the NYSW from Chenango Forks, where it joins the Chenango, up to a source near Cortland. Here we see the Maple Festival train approaching Marathon
Photo Date:  4/6/1991  Upload Date: 3/18/2015 3:45:42 AM
Location:  Marathon, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  NYSW 3614(SD45) NYSW 3006(C430)
Views:  829   Comments: 0
NYSW 2012 on Utica & Mohawk Valley trip
Title:  NYSW 2012 on Utica & Mohawk Valley trip
Description:  NYSW 2012 leads a Utica and Mohawk Valley fantrip past the DLW station at Earlville NY on the Utica branch
Photo Date:  10/6/1991  Upload Date: 12/3/2011 2:09:14 AM
Location:  Earlville, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  NYSW 2012(GP38) NYSW 3006(C430)
Views:  2096   Comments: 6
Southbound excursion
Title:  Southbound excursion
Description:  A southbound foliage excursion rolls along NY 12 between Greene and Chenango Forks.
Photo Date:  10/6/1991  Upload Date: 2/5/2012 1:22:49 AM
Location:  Chenango Forks, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  NYSW 2012(GP38) NYSW 3006(C430)
Views:  743   Comments: 0
Approaching River Rd
Title:  Approaching River Rd
Description:  NYSW foliage excurion approaches the River Rd/CR 32 crossing south of Oxford NY. That's JJ Young III kneeling to get a shot.
Photo Date:  10/6/1991  Upload Date: 2/5/2012 1:24:34 AM
Location:  Paris Station, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  NYSW 2012(GP38) NYSW 3006(C430)
Views:  883   Comments: 2
Blaze of color
Title:  Blaze of color
Description:  Southbound excursion on the NYSW rolls south of Oxford on the former DLW Utica Branch. The foliage trips were popular, for obvious reasons
Photo Date:  10/6/1991  Upload Date: 2/5/2012 1:26:02 AM
Location:  Paris Station, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  NYSW 2012(GP38) NYSW 3006(C430)
Views:  583   Comments: 0
NYSW 2012
Title:  NYSW 2012
Description:  A foliage trip on the Utica branch lives up to its billing near Paris NY. The trees were stunning for this year's trip.
Photo Date:  10/6/1991  Upload Date: 2/5/2012 1:27:51 AM
Location:  Paris, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  NYSW 2012(GP38) NYSW 3006(C430)
Views:  779   Comments: 2
Fall foliage trip on the Utica branch
Title:  Fall foliage trip on the Utica branch
Description:  A fall foliage trip from Utica to Chenango Bridge passes the Oxford station
Photo Date:  10/6/1991  Upload Date: 6/10/2012 2:22:10 AM
Location:  Oxford, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  NYSW 2012(GP38) NYSW 3006(C430)
Views:  860   Comments: 1
Turning point
Title:  Turning point
Description:  The Utica & Mohawk Valley excprsion is arriving at its turnaround point, the siding at Chenango Bridge. What started as a rainy day has now turned sunny, an odd development, since usually the closer you get to Binghamton, the uorse the weather gets.
Photo Date:  10/6/1991  Upload Date: 2/20/2015 1:54:06 AM
Location:  Chenango Bridge, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  NYSW 2012(GP38) NYSW 3006(C430)
Views:  481   Comments: 3
Bucolic
Title:  Bucolic
Description:  The U&MV trip rolls past a typically rural scene near Earlville.
Photo Date:  10/6/1991  Upload Date: 2/20/2015 1:58:27 AM
Location:  Earlville, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  NYSW 2012(GP38) NYSW 3006(C430)
Views:  525   Comments: 0
Fall colors, not green
Title:  Fall colors, not green
Description:  The U&MV trip rolls south between Greene and Forks as the trees change.
Photo Date:  10/6/1991  Upload Date: 2/20/2015 2:00:38 AM
Location:  Greene, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  NYSW 2012(GP38) NYSW 3006(C430)
Views:  393   Comments: 0
DLW station
Title:  DLW station
Description:  The DLW station at Norwich was a substantial building, like many of the Lackawanna facilities. It was a privately owned building by then, used as offices. The U&MV&trip rolls past as a couple of local folks take in the action.
Photo Date:  10/6/1991  Upload Date: 2/20/2015 2:09:27 AM
Location:  Norwich, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  NYSW 2012(GP38) NYSW 3006(C430)
Views:  461   Comments: 0
How now
Title:  How now
Description:  The U&MV trip rolls south near Paris in a view JJ Young would love. Yes, I gave him his cows back!!
Photo Date:  10/6/1991  Upload Date: 2/19/2015 4:05:28 AM
Location:  Paris, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  NYSW 2012(GP38) NYSW 3006(C430)
Views:  461   Comments: 2
Colorful trees
Title:  Colorful trees
Description:  The U&MV trip hit the color just right, as seen in this shot rolling through Paris.
Photo Date:  10/6/1991  Upload Date: 2/19/2015 4:09:08 AM
Location:  Paris, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  NYSW 2012(GP38) NYSW 3006(C430)
Views:  472   Comments: 1


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