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| Title: |
Lotsa power |
| Description: |
Five units lead this 13T in the gloom of a December afternoon, approaching Hiawatha Rd. It's an interesting power set: four older GE's, including a C36-7, and a GP 50. Ten years prior, this would be first string power. |
| Photo Date: |
12/16/2003 Upload Date: 5/30/2017 4:23:42 AM |
| Location: |
Owego, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Winter,Action |
| Locomotives: |
NS 8841(C40-9) NS 8576(C39-8) NS 8682(C39-8E) NS 7047(GP50) NS 8734(C40-8) |
| Views: |
695 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Coal train south |
| Description: |
Most coal trains to and from New England would arrive via the Tier. Every now and then one would run via Enola and CP. Heres an empty train symbolled 88T returning via that route arriving at the north end of Binghamton yard. |
| Photo Date: |
11/25/2001 Upload Date: 10/26/2013 3:12:41 AM |
| Location: |
Binghamton, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Yard,Action |
| Locomotives: |
NS 8428(C40-8W) NS 8577(C39-8) NS 8651(C39-8) |
| Views: |
750 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Big 555 at Hop |
| Description: |
A big 555 rolls north at Hop Bottom, today with 108 cars behind its four up front, and two more behind. |
| Photo Date: |
7/7/1991 Upload Date: 2/22/2015 4:50:32 AM |
| Location: |
Hop Bottom, PA |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
NS 8579(C39-8) GATX 2007(SD40-2) CP 5677(SD40-2) NS 4154(GP38AC) |
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1056 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Empty coal |
| Description: |
An empty coal train heads back to southwestern PA for another load of black diamonds. The stark white of the trailing unit makes me think it's an ex KCS unit that must have come off lease, and gone into Helm's fleet. |
| Photo Date: |
10/2/1999 Upload Date: 2/28/2014 1:25:43 AM |
| Location: |
Owego, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
NS 8590(C39-8) NS 9324(C40-9W) HLCX 631(SD40-2) |
| Views: |
1003 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Miller Beach Rd |
| Description: |
Train 257 passes Miller Beach Rd in Owego with 53 stack platforms as it heads for Buffalo and an NS connection west. |
| Photo Date: |
6/16/1995 Upload Date: 8/14/2014 3:21:53 AM |
| Location: |
Owego, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
NS 8506(C36-7) NS 8594(C39-8) |
| Views: |
473 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Approaching BD |
| Description: |
Train 930, 30T on NS and now on a D&H routing north of Binghamton, rolls down track 5, the track that crosses the Southern Tier at BD, and connects to track 3 to East Binghamton. It will change crews and head for Enola. Im in the Maines Food Service lot off Oliver St. Lead unit 8598, a C39-8, is getting to be long in the tooth for a GE. |
| Photo Date: |
3/3/2006 Upload Date: 11/26/2017 3:40:15 AM |
| Location: |
Binghamton, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Winter,Action |
| Locomotives: |
NS 8598(C39-8) CN 5403(SD50F) |
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359 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Odd arrangement |
| Description: |
This is 12T, which apparently was picked up by Taylor-Binghamton train 513, and tacked onto the rear. My guess is 12Ts crew outlawed, and this was how the train got to Binghamton for a Tier crew. |
| Photo Date: |
11/4/2005 Upload Date: 9/5/2017 4:42:07 AM |
| Location: |
Conklin, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
NS 8603(C39-8) NS 8466(C40-8W) |
| Views: |
491 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Recrewed and ready |
| Description: |
The 12T that was the subject of a dogcatch is now recrewed and heading past the DLW station downtown as it heads for Buffalo. |
| Photo Date: |
11/4/2005 Upload Date: 9/5/2017 4:54:53 AM |
| Location: |
Binghamton, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Action |
| Locomotives: |
NS 8603(C39-8) NS 8466(C40-8W) |
| Views: |
421 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Meet western visitors |
| Description: |
12T gets underway west as a New England bound coal train behind a trio of UP SD70s waits to cross over to the Buffalo Runner. |
| Photo Date: |
11/4/2005 Upload Date: 9/5/2017 4:56:48 AM |
| Location: |
Binghamton, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
NS 8603(C39-8) UP 4411(SD70M) UP 4264(SD70M) |
| Views: |
562 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Clear of the yard |
| Description: |
RPPY has reached Shaws, the block limit station near Shaw Rd, about a mile or so south of Terrace Dr. Now clear of the East Binghamton yard, it still had a long slow ride before it could start to run, as there was a 10 MPH speed restriction almost all the way to the state line. It made for an easy chase, but not so good for the crews. |
| Photo Date: |
12/3/1989 Upload Date: 12/14/2015 4:49:50 AM |
| Location: |
Conklin, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Winter,Action |
| Locomotives: |
NS 8678(C39-8E) NS 8610(C39-8) DH 7314(GP38-2) DH 7412(GP39-2) DH 74(C424) |
| Views: |
796 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Moving now |
| Description: |
RPPY has cleared the slow trackage in NY, and is now getting a roll on as it runs next to the road coming into Hallstead. The long hood forward practice on NS extended to the modern GEs, which must have been a real pain for the crews. |
| Photo Date: |
12/3/1989 Upload Date: 12/15/2015 1:39:55 AM |
| Location: |
Hallstead, PA |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
NS 8678(C39-8E) NS 8610(C39-8) DH 7412(GP39-2) DH 7314(GP38-2) DH 74(C424) |
| Views: |
677 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Taking it slow |
| Description: |
RPPY is now at Stillwater Rd in Conklin, getting close to the end of the slow order. Soon the engineer will open up to head south. |
| Photo Date: |
12/3/1989 Upload Date: 12/14/2015 4:51:31 AM |
| Location: |
Conklin, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Signal,Action |
| Locomotives: |
NS 8678(C39-8E) NS 8610(C39-8) DH 7314(GP38-2) DH 7412(GP39-2) DH 74(C424) |
| Views: |
660 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Light day |
| Description: |
This eastbound loaded coal train is about to head out with 175 or so cars. Ive seen these trains roll out with over 200 on this line, so today will be easy. |
| Photo Date: |
5/14/1988 Upload Date: 7/12/2015 3:51:45 AM |
| Location: |
Crewe, VA |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Yard,Action |
| Locomotives: |
NS 6598(SD60) NS 8617(C39-8) |
| Views: |
570 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Winter gloom |
| Description: |
The Southern Tier is known for its cloudy days, especially in winter. Here's 12T approaching Goodrich Settlement Rd west of Owego on one of them. You could still see C39-8's then, this train has two of them. |
| Photo Date: |
3/17/2006 Upload Date: 11/4/2012 1:14:26 AM |
| Location: |
Owego, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
NS 9735(C40-9W) NS 8617(C39-8) NS 8685(C39-8E) |
| Views: |
746 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Eastbound in the snow |
| Description: |
A coal train bound for New England rolls through Endicott |
| Photo Date: |
2/3/1999 Upload Date: 2/28/2014 1:34:59 AM |
| Location: |
Endicott, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Winter,Action |
| Locomotives: |
NS 9148(C40-9W) NS 8618(C39-8) |
| Views: |
680 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
NS GEs roll coal east |
| Description: |
An eastbound coal train rolls under the Seaboard on the belt line around Petersburg VA. Two GEs have 225 cars for the pier at Norfolk |
| Photo Date: |
9/14/1986 Upload Date: 11/6/2011 2:47:39 AM |
| Location: |
Petersburg, VA |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Signal,Action |
| Locomotives: |
NS 8621(C39-8) NS 8511(C36-7) |
| Views: |
867 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
Coal train running |
| Description: |
A 225 car coal train approaches the overpasses for the local road and SBD behind a pair of GEs running long hood forward and God and NS intended. |
| Photo Date: |
9/14/1986 Upload Date: 12/14/2014 1:51:46 AM |
| Location: |
Petersburg, VA |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Signal,Action |
| Locomotives: |
NS 8621(C39-8) NW 8511(C36-7) |
| Views: |
680 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
HAN 2 in the yard |
| Description: |
IF the NYSW did not have a crew ready, Conrail would not let the train stay on the Tier, and NYSW had to stow it in a yard. This was done either on the Utica Branch, or at East Binghamton, depending on operational needs. Today, the choice is East Binghamton, and we see a HAN 2 pulling down to Terrace Drive behind a pair of NS units. When the NYSW crew is on, they will back out through BD and head east. |
| Photo Date: |
5/22/1989 Upload Date: 10/10/2015 2:53:03 AM |
| Location: |
Binghamton, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Yard,Signal,Action |
| Locomotives: |
NS 8623(C39-8) NW 8038(C30-7) |
| Views: |
371 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Eastbound through the trusses |
| Description: |
SLN 4 rolls east behind a mix of power as it heads for Little Ferry. |
| Photo Date: |
4/22/1989 Upload Date: 10/6/2015 2:54:29 AM |
| Location: |
Deposit, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Bridge,Action |
| Locomotives: |
NS 8629(C39-8) NHL 6695(SD45) NYSW 3622(SD45) |
| Views: |
688 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Over the top |
| Description: |
HAN 2 crests the grade at Gulf Summit behind an NS C39 and a pair of SD 45s. |
| Photo Date: |
4/22/1989 Upload Date: 10/22/2015 4:27:29 AM |
| Location: |
Gulf Summit, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Signal,Action |
| Locomotives: |
NS 8629(C39-8) |
| Views: |
231 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Roadside running |
| Description: |
HAN 2 rolls east near MP 169. NY 17 is just out of view to the right. It runs next to the tracks between Deposit and Hancock, making for an easy chase. |
| Photo Date: |
4/22/1989 Upload Date: 10/22/2015 4:31:59 AM |
| Location: |
Hancock, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
NS 8629(C39-8) |
| Views: |
228 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Backwards elephants |
| Description: |
In a pose only NS could do, a four unit set of power runs reverse elephant-all units long hood forward. Bet the engineer loved this. |
| Photo Date: |
7/1/1999 Upload Date: 3/4/2014 1:16:38 AM |
| Location: |
Owego, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
NS 8629(C39-8) CR 6611(C32-8) |
| Views: |
838 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Taylor Turn goes under |
| Description: |
TB 4, the turn from Binghamton to Taylor yard in Scranton, rolls under the NY 7 overpass south of Conklin. At the time, this line was single track down to Stillwater, just north of the PA line. It is now single here. |
| Photo Date: |
9/8/1989 Upload Date: 11/27/2015 3:56:26 AM |
| Location: |
Conklin, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
NS 6600(SD60) NS 8630(C39-8) DH 385(GP39-2) DH 382(GP39-2) |
| Views: |
899 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
Interesting |
| Description: |
A pair of short line boxcars are head out on the Taylor Turn as it rolls under the NY 7 bridge. TOE is Texas, Oklahoma & Eastern, a lumber hauler in the DeQueen Ark area; the lead car is from Apalachicola Northern, which also handles lumber products in the Florida panhandle and southwest Georgia. |
| Photo Date: |
9/8/1989 Upload Date: 11/27/2015 3:36:46 AM |
| Location: |
Conklin, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,RollingStock,Action |
| Locomotives: |
NS 6600(SD60) NS 8630(C39-8) DH 382(GP39-2) DH 385(GP39-2) NS 6600(SD60) NS 8630(C39-8) DH 385(GP39-2) DH 382(GP39-2) |
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1180 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Taylor turn |
| Description: |
One of the trains NYSW ran was a turn from Binghamton to Taylor yard near Scranton. We see it rolling through Conklin on its way south. |
| Photo Date: |
9/9/1989 Upload Date: 11/25/2015 3:10:50 AM |
| Location: |
Conklin, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
NS 6600(SD60) NS 8630(C39-8) DH 385(GP39-2) DH 382(GP39-2) |
| Views: |
863 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
269 behind a vanishing breed |
| Description: |
269 rolls through Unadilla behind a type that will shortly disappear from the rosters of class 1 railroads, a C39-8. NS once had 100 of these. |
| Photo Date: |
3/5/2002 Upload Date: 10/6/2013 11:08:41 PM |
| Location: |
Unadilla, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Action |
| Locomotives: |
NS 8631(C39-8) |
| Views: |
249 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Southbound |
| Description: |
A southbound train is holed up short of the farm crossing at Afton waiting on a recrew. Quite the power mix. One oddity of the CR split was the chance to see Conrail power on the D&H, almost unheard of prior to that time. |
| Photo Date: |
7/1/1999 Upload Date: 3/3/2014 1:37:13 AM |
| Location: |
Afton, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
NS 2569(SD70) NS 8634(C39-8) SOO 6037(SD60) CP 5633(SD40-2) |
| Views: |
872 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Making the grade |
| Description: |
An eastbound is about to reach the sunnit of the Blue Ridge near Montvale Va behind a pair of GEs. The NW presence is very much apparent with the signature signal masts and CPL signals. |
| Photo Date: |
9/13/1986 Upload Date: 12/14/2014 1:57:42 AM |
| Location: |
Montvale, VA |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Signal,Action |
| Locomotives: |
NW 8517(C36-7) NS 8638(C39-8) |
| Views: |
637 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
Westbound cresting Blue Ridge |
| Description: |
A eastbound merchandise train reaches the top of Blue Ridge as it approaches Roanoke. In steam days, NW used Y class engines to assist trains over the grade. |
| Photo Date: |
9/13/1986 Upload Date: 11/6/2011 3:03:58 AM |
| Location: |
Montvale, VA |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Signal,Action |
| Locomotives: |
NW 8517(C36-7) NS 8638(C39-8) |
| Views: |
768 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
390 with a mix |
| Description: |
Starting in October of 1990, most 390 trains got a set of SOO power, sometimes with other units added in. Not all 390s dot SOO power, some got a mix of whatever was handy. This js one such train with an ex SOO, now CP unit, a second hand Southern unit, and a legit NS unit, seen about to cross Page Av in Eneicott with 58 cars |
| Photo Date: |
4/21/1994 Upload Date: 9/21/2014 2:17:24 AM |
| Location: |
Endicott, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
CP 6404(SD40) CP 3254(SD40-2) NS 8647(C39-8) |
| Views: |
751 Comments: 0 |
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