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Title:
Down the Lehigh
Description:
H 12, an Elmira based local that works to Sayre, rolls past the home signals at Waverly, taking the Lehigh Secondary toward the ex LV. The trailing unit is for operational flexibility, desirable in this case due to the way the tracks are configured. It will save a couple of run around moves through the course of the day. The GP 50, once the backbone of the high priority fleet on the Southern, has come down a few notches since its glory days of the 1980s.
Photo Date:
8/13/2003
Upload Date:
2/18/2017 5:12:32 AM
Location:
Waverly, NY
Author:
Tom Beckett
Categories:
Signal,Action
Locomotives:
NS 7048(GP50)
Views:
447
Comments:
0
Title:
Four motors north
Description:
A nrothbound train rolls toward Potomac Yard behind a set of four axle units only NS could put together, a GP 49 and a pair of hi hood GP 50s.
Photo Date:
7/25/1987
Upload Date:
5/18/2015 2:16:07 AM
Location:
Alexandria, VA
Author:
Tom Beckett
Categories:
Action
Locomotives:
NS 4601(GP49)
NS 7051(GP50)
SOU 7071(GP50)
Views:
1229
Comments:
1
Title:
Interesting leader
Description:
One of the things about the non priority trains was that they got some of the second tier power, i.e. not a GE wide cab, though there were so many of those just about every train had them, including locals. A case in point is this 12T passing under the Campville-Apalachin bridge with a GP 50 leading. These ex Southern units were one time stars, handling hot trains in the Piedmont.
Photo Date:
3/12/2003
Upload Date:
2/10/2017 3:05:08 AM
Location:
Campville, NY
Author:
Tom Beckett
Categories:
Action
Locomotives:
NS 7051(GP50)
NS 5069(GP38-2)
NS 8733(C40-8)
Views:
928
Comments:
1
Title:
Different
Description:
The D&H, as a condition of the Conrail merger, got access to a number of points in the northeasu to foster some level of competition. One of them was Potomac Yard in Alexandria VA, which served to make connections with Southern, now NS, and Chessie, as well as the RF&P. All those would eventually go into CSX. Power from the connections ran through, so it was not unusual to see CSX and NS component diesels on RPPY and PYRP. We see RPPY heading for Virginia on the ex Reading, with the usual CSX and NS power, among them an ex SCL GP 40. It was a daily event, but decidedly different from the steady diet of blue provided by Conrail.
Photo Date:
7/8/1990
Upload Date:
1/16/2016 2:50:00 AM
Location:
Alburtis, PA
Author:
Tom Beckett
Categories:
Action
Locomotives:
CSX 6149(GP40-2)
CSX 6784(GP40)
CSX 6045(GP40-2)
NS 7058(GP50)
CSX 6536(GP40)
Views:
1326
Comments:
2
Title:
NYSW train, NS power
Description:
A pair of NS units, the trailing one:a GP 50, roll HAN 2 east toward Little Ferry, passing BD on their way out of town.
Photo Date:
1/28/1989
Upload Date:
9/26/2015 2:39:38 AM
Location:
Binghamton, NY
Author:
Tom Beckett
Categories:
Winter,Action
Locomotives:
NS 8010(C30-7)
NS 7063(GP50)
Views:
829
Comments:
0
Title:
13T
Description:
13T crosses the Chenango River as it enters Binghamton with a whopping 14 cars. In a departure from solid sets of widecabs, ex Southern GP50 7067 is the middle unit.
Photo Date:
12/4/2003
Upload Date:
1/19/2013 2:56:15 AM
Location:
Binghamton, NY
Author:
Tom Beckett
Categories:
Bridge,Action
Locomotives:
NS 9350(C40-9W)
NS 7067(GP50)
NS 9154(C40-9W)
Views:
997
Comments:
0
Title:
13T
Description:
13T rolls east at Waverly behind a typical mix of power, which today includes a GP 50, and a whopping 17 cars.
Photo Date:
10/17/2003
Upload Date:
2/24/2013 3:35:24 AM
Location:
Waverly, NY
Author:
Tom Beckett
Categories:
Action
Locomotives:
NS 2516(SD70)
NS 2560(SD70)
NS 6518(SD60)
NS 7068(GP50)
Views:
1285
Comments:
0
Title:
View from Mountain View
Description:
A southbound freight catches up to the excursion train as seen from the rear of open car Mounain View
Photo Date:
9/29/1984
Upload Date:
7/8/2014 4:36:32 AM
Location:
Harriman, TN
Author:
Tom Beckett
Categories:
Action
Locomotives:
SOU 7069(GP50)
Views:
680
Comments:
0
Title:
GP 50s south
Description:
A train behind a set of GP50s roll south on the Rathole. This was a common power consist in the 80s.
Photo Date:
9/29/1984
Upload Date:
7/8/2014 4:37:45 AM
Location:
Harriman, TN
Author:
Tom Beckett
Categories:
Scenic,Action
Locomotives:
SOU 7069(GP50)
Views:
720
Comments:
0
Title:
NS power on 257
Description:
Train 257 seemed to get NS power a lot. Here we see two of NS more unusual units, an ex Southern GP 50 and a GP 59, rolling west with 67 stack platforms.
Photo Date:
12/31/1994
Upload Date:
8/28/2014 2:26:23 AM
Location:
Owego, NY
Author:
Tom Beckett
Categories:
Scenic,Action
Locomotives:
NS 7071(GP50)
NS 4628(GP59)
Views:
598
Comments:
0
Title:
Heading out
Description:
A set of GP50s rolls past a set of indicator lights
Photo Date:
9/29/1984
Upload Date:
7/8/2014 4:28:28 AM
Location:
Chattanooga, TN
Author:
Tom Beckett
Categories:
Yard,Action
Locomotives:
SOU 7088(GP50)
Views:
770
Comments:
0
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