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| Title: |
Stone bridge |
| Description: |
OIBU behind a pair of SD 40's rolls over the old Erie stone bridge just west of Barton with 59 cars. |
| Photo Date: |
5/22/1992 Upload Date: 2/9/2015 1:29:51 AM |
| Location: |
Barton, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 6479(SD40-2) CR 6307(SD40) |
| Views: |
310 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Semaphore blues |
| Description: |
OIBU passes the sempaphore on track 2 at Barton with 57 cars in tow. |
| Photo Date: |
5/22/1992 Upload Date: 2/9/2015 1:31:39 AM |
| Location: |
Barton, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Signal,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 6479(SD40-2) CR 6307(SD40) |
| Views: |
430 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Split signals |
| Description: |
Not only is OIBU splitting them by going between them, but they are two different types. Where Im standing was where the Erie RR Waverly station once stood, til it was wiped out in a 1967 derailment. But for that, youd likely see a pair of semaphores here. |
| Photo Date: |
5/22/1992 Upload Date: 2/9/2015 1:36:05 AM |
| Location: |
Waverly, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Signal,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 6479(SD40-2) CR 6307(SD40) |
| Views: |
425 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
Road side trains |
| Description: |
OIBU rolls west along NY 17C, in a shot taken from the side of the road. Close proximity makes an easy chase. |
| Photo Date: |
5/22/1992 Upload Date: 2/9/2015 1:38:03 AM |
| Location: |
Tioga Center, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 6479(SD40-2) CR 6307(SD40) |
| Views: |
424 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
By the barn |
| Description: |
One of my favorite shots, but you could only do it effectively during the long days of late spring and summer, was from an embankment along NY 17C east of Waverly. Here was a barn and silo, lending a real rustic effect to a line that was already quite scenic |
| Photo Date: |
5/22/1992 Upload Date: 2/9/2015 1:41:06 AM |
| Location: |
Waverly, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 6479(SD40-2) CR 6307(SD40) |
| Views: |
450 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
COSE |
| Description: |
Columbus-Selkirk COSE2 rolls through Lyons as it makes its way across New York. It will be late tonight before it reaches Selkirk. |
| Photo Date: |
5/3/1988 Upload Date: 7/6/2015 3:18:17 AM |
| Location: |
Lyons, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 6480(SD40-2) CR 6813(SD50) |
| Views: |
511 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Rolling east |
| Description: |
BUOI rolls past the Kirkwood water plant and Willow Run Foods on its way out of Binghamton. |
| Photo Date: |
3/10/1991 Upload Date: 4/11/2015 3:40:28 AM |
| Location: |
Kirkwood, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 6701(SD50) CR 6718(SD50) CR 6480(SD40-2) |
| Views: |
663 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Out of the sun |
| Description: |
And headed for Jersey. ML 440 was an afternoon event in the Binghamton area, and hard to get good lighting, so lots of backlit shots. Heres one of them, as it rolls through BD and heads out of town with 10 stack platforms and 87 auto racks |
| Photo Date: |
4/27/1995 Upload Date: 8/17/2014 3:33:31 AM |
| Location: |
Binghamton, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Signal,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 6815(SD50) CR 6480(SD40-2) CR 6833(SD50) |
| Views: |
583 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
TV 201 |
| Description: |
TV 201 rolls west with a couple of visitors. |
| Photo Date: |
7/11/1998 Upload Date: 3/17/2014 1:45:05 AM |
| Location: |
Waverly, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 6480(SD40-2) CSX 7883(C40-8W) CSX 6327(GP40-2) |
| Views: |
815 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
By the semaphore |
| Description: |
ML 401 passes signal 249-2 as it rolls 78 racks toward Buffalo |
| Photo Date: |
5/16/1994 Upload Date: 9/20/2014 2:09:02 AM |
| Location: |
Barton, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Signal,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 6481(SD40-2) CR 6824(SD50) CR 6120(C40-8W) |
| Views: |
568 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Rolling past the farm |
| Description: |
This farm is east of Waverly, but the shot from NY 17C is possible in good light only in the summer. Heres ML 401 rolling past. |
| Photo Date: |
5/16/1994 Upload Date: 9/21/2014 3:06:10 AM |
| Location: |
Waverly, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 6481(SD40-2) CR 6824(SD50) CR 6120(C40-8W) |
| Views: |
514 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Typical mix |
| Description: |
The shop tracks at Selkirk had a mix of system power that was common across the railroad. |
| Photo Date: |
8/11/1985 Upload Date: 10/7/2014 2:13:14 AM |
| Location: |
Selkirk, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Roster,Yard |
| Locomotives: |
CR 9556(SW1500) CR 6573(C30-7A) CR 6483(SD40-2) CR 8617(SW8) CR 1917(B23-7) |
| Views: |
873 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Oil |
| Description: |
An eastbound 84 car GATX oil train rolls past the east end of Dewitt yard, seen from the pedestrial overpass in Minoa. The hump set sits at right, waiting for another cut of cars to shove over the hump. |
| Photo Date: |
5/31/1988 Upload Date: 7/19/2015 3:05:59 AM |
| Location: |
Syracuse (Dewitt), NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Yard,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 6486(SD40-2) CR 6587(C30-7A) CR 3378(GP40-2) CR 6254(SD40) CR 6958(SD38) CR 1128(MT6) |
| Views: |
1029 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
DABU |
| Description: |
DABU with 49 auto racks passes the wildflowers that surround the old Erie station at Canisteo |
| Photo Date: |
6/20/1993 Upload Date: 3/4/2012 4:38:46 AM |
| Location: |
Canisteo, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Station,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 6129(C40-8W) CR 6488(SD40-2) |
| Views: |
438 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Anticipation |
| Description: |
A restricting signal is up for CP 262, which will take the siding through Silver Springs as 49 cars of DABU behind a pair of CR units waits on the main. |
| Photo Date: |
6/20/1993 Upload Date: 1/20/2015 6:59:22 PM |
| Location: |
Rock Glen, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Signal,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 6129(C40-8W) CR 6488(SD40-2) |
| Views: |
470 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
Reading bridge |
| Description: |
Rockville was the best known, but not the only bridge over the Susquehanna at Harrisburg. The line to Hagerstown MD was part Reading Lurgan Branch, and part PRR Hagerstown Branch. This 146 car ENRO, a run through to NS and Roanoke, originated at Enola, did the grand tour of the capital, then went south on this ex Reading line, crossing the ex PRR Rockville Bridge, then back on this ex Reading bridge, reaching it via a connection at CP Capital, where the ex PRR connected with the Reading from Rutherford yard, then out of service. |
| Photo Date: |
6/16/1990 Upload Date: 1/13/2016 4:04:15 AM |
| Location: |
Harrisburg, PA |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Bridge,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 8096(GP38-2) CR 6490(SD40-2) CR 6489(SD40-2) |
| Views: |
521 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
Southbound on the Rathole |
| Description: |
A southbound behind a pair of Southern units spliced by a Conrail SD rolls south, as seen from the NW 611 trip. |
| Photo Date: |
9/29/1984 Upload Date: 7/8/2014 4:31:48 AM |
| Location: |
Harriman, TN |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
SOU 3322(SD40-2) CR 6491(SD40-2) SOU 3199(SD40) |
| Views: |
963 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Rolling along the rocks |
| Description: |
Appropriately, at Red Rock, between Great Bend and Susquehanna along PA 191. I was glad to get this shot, as the view was getting treed in pretty fast. |
| Photo Date: |
7/6/1991 Upload Date: 3/2/2015 2:21:50 AM |
| Location: |
Great Bend, PA |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 6491(SD40-2) CR 6799(SD50) |
| Views: |
432 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Treading lightly |
| Description: |
BUOIs power rolls gently on the siding past the Arkport lumber yard after spotting a car at the feed mill on the other side of the crossing, whose flashers are at left. For some reason, the crossing protection was placed between the main track and siding. Ive never seen this anywhere else. |
| Photo Date: |
1/11/1992 Upload Date: 2/16/2015 4:27:29 AM |
| Location: |
Arkport, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Winter,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 6096(C40-8W) CR 6848(SD60) CR 6144(C40-8W) CR 6493(SD40-2) |
| Views: |
885 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
Back on and ready to go east |
| Description: |
BUOI has completed its switching move and is now ready to head east once more. |
| Photo Date: |
1/11/1992 Upload Date: 2/16/2015 4:29:30 AM |
| Location: |
Arkport, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Winter,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 6144(C40-8W) CR 6493(SD40-2) CR 6848(SD60) CR 6096(C40-8W) |
| Views: |
794 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
Between the signals |
| Description: |
The same BUOI we saw at Arkport now passes CP Corning after working at Gang Mills. Hes shed some power, now with only his two lead units, the trailing two dropped at Gang Mills yard. Note the curved concrete on the bridge at far left. This is the 1951 alignment that moved the tracks out of the city. The Erie station built at that time was at this location, the platform between the two main tracks, as can be seen from the space that still exists there. The building was down below at street level, with a parking lot at the end of one of the local streets. It was torn down about the time of this photo. The DLW was adjacent to the present tracks, on the right. It was abandoned after the EL merger in 1960. This location was formerly known as West Glass, and was the end of the west leg of the wye that was formed by this connection to the Corning Secondary, which went north from this point to join the Chciago Line at Lyons. |
| Photo Date: |
1/11/1992 Upload Date: 2/17/2015 4:17:26 AM |
| Location: |
Corning, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Winter,Signal,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 6144(C40-8W) CR 6493(SD40-2) |
| Views: |
517 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
TOSE |
| Description: |
One of the few mevchandise trains I saw that day, TOSE from Toledo, rolls past the Amtrak station with 76 cars. |
| Photo Date: |
3/18/1995 Upload Date: 8/26/2014 3:03:49 AM |
| Location: |
Syracuse (Dewitt), NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 6493(SD40-2) CR 6514(SD40-2) |
| Views: |
481 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Dark day for BUOI |
| Description: |
While in Elmira that day, I also caught BUOI while waiting on SLN 5. It has only two units for its 85 cars, of which four are 12 wheel depressed center flats. Climbing up Gulf Summit will be a chore the crew is undoubtedly looking forward to in the gloom. |
| Photo Date: |
4/2/1988 Upload Date: 7/9/2015 3:54:00 AM |
| Location: |
Elmira, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Bridge,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 6496(SD40-2) CR 1940(B23-7) |
| Views: |
723 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
On the Raritan River bridge |
| Description: |
Local WPOI 30-this one had 58 cars-crosses the Raritan River on a Sunday afteraoon. On weekdays, they would be dodging the commuter trains on this line, the forner NY&LB, now NJ Transits North Jersey Coast Line. The train originated in Oak Island yard, and is headed for Brownr Yard. |
| Photo Date: |
8/18/1991 Upload Date: 2/26/2012 4:54:06 AM |
| Location: |
South Amboy, NJ |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Bridge,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 6523(SD40-2) CR 6496(SD40-2) CR 7886(GP38) |
| Views: |
752 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Big local |
| Description: |
Conrail local WPOI 30(Way freight, Philadelphia division, based at Oak Island) rolls 58 cars across the Raritan River bridge into South Amboy, where it will diverge onto the ex Raritan River to get to Browns Yard, where it will work breaking up its train for local industry. Picture this behind a pair of GG 1s!! |
| Photo Date: |
8/18/1991 Upload Date: 2/26/2015 3:51:59 PM |
| Location: |
South Amboy, NJ |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Bridge,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 6523(SD40-2) CR 6496(SD40-2) CR 7886(GP38) |
| Views: |
589 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
BUAL |
| Description: |
Conrail changed the symbol on its train running the Lehigh Line several wimes over the years. For a while in the early 90s it was BUAL, originating at Frontier Yard in Buffalo, running the Tier to Waverly, down the connection to Sayre, then east on the ex LV to Allentown. Here it is rolling 69 cars into Gang Mills, seen from the overpass at the west end of the yard. Thats NY 417/US 15 in the distance, an expressway that connected with NY 17 at Gang Mills, and ended just south of the exit for Addison. Now it is part of I 99, running on the alignment of US 15 all the way to Williamsport. |
| Photo Date: |
1/15/1994 Upload Date: 1/4/2015 4:18:09 AM |
| Location: |
Erwins, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Winter,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 6703(SD50) CR 6995(SD40-2R) CR 6496(SD40-2) |
| Views: |
831 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
DABU crosses the Chemung |
| Description: |
DABU behind a mix of CR and UP power crosses the Chemung River at Elmira with 113 auto racks on a hazy Saturday. UP 3942 is a former MKT unit |
| Photo Date: |
8/28/1993 Upload Date: 3/4/2012 5:00:28 AM |
| Location: |
Elmira, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Bridge,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 6497(SD40-2) UP 3942(SD40-2) CR 6508(SD40-2) |
| Views: |
670 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Slowing for a crew change |
| Description: |
DABU rolls through BD, passing SLN 5, and will make a crew change at the Conrail yard office under Chenango St, then head for Buffalo with the recrewed SLN 5-CPs 255-following. A UP unit is mid consist, lending some effort ro DABUs 113 cars. The signals at right control the interlocking at BD on the CP side. The tracks there were once the Lackawanna main to Scranton and Hoboken. |
| Photo Date: |
8/28/1993 Upload Date: 1/16/2015 3:01:01 AM |
| Location: |
Binghamton, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 6497(SD40-2) UP 3942(SD40-2) CR 6508(SD40-2) |
| Views: |
514 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
DABU with a visitor |
| Description: |
DABU rolls past the landmark Teds Busy Market in Waverly with a UP visitor in consist. |
| Photo Date: |
8/28/1993 Upload Date: 1/14/2015 1:46:54 AM |
| Location: |
Waverly, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 6497(SD40-2) UP 3942(SD40-2) CR 6508(SD40-2) |
| Views: |
677 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Westbound by the lock |
| Description: |
Because the NYS Barge Canal-the Erie Canal-follows the Mohawk River so closely from Amstemdam to Utica, the tracks are never far away. One such place is Cranesville, near Amsterdam. The locks are open to the public, and make a great picnic spot, and a great rlace to watch the trains, such as this 125 car westbound rolling past Lock 10 |
| Photo Date: |
5/29/1992 Upload Date: 2/7/2015 3:01:16 AM |
| Location: |
Cranesville, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 6507(SD40-2) CR 6498(SD40-2) |
| Views: |
482 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Headed for Allentown |
| Description: |
Unlike its opposite train, ALEN, which came in behind a pair of GP 10s, ENAL is getting some more modern units for its 116 cars as it starts across Rockville Bridge. |
| Photo Date: |
4/22/1988 Upload Date: 7/13/2015 4:49:29 AM |
| Location: |
Rockville Bridge, PA |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Bridge,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 6768(SD50) CR 6499(SD40-2) |
| Views: |
409 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
OIBU catches the sun |
| Description: |
OIBU rolls around the curve and past the old station at Chemung, catching the few rays of sun that would appear that day. |
| Photo Date: |
11/13/1996 Upload Date: 4/26/2014 2:19:45 AM |
| Location: |
Chemung, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Station,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 6499(SD40-2) NS 8034(C30-7) CR 7723(GP38) CR 6620(C36-7) CR 6980(SD40-2R) |
| Views: |
1191 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Rolling onto the single track |
| Description: |
OIBU passes the site of the Waverly station, now CP Waverly where the double track from Binghamton ends |
| Photo Date: |
11/13/1996 Upload Date: 4/26/2014 2:36:55 AM |
| Location: |
Waverly, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Signal,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 6499(SD40-2) NS 8034(C30-7) CR 7723(GP38) CR 6620(C36-7) CR 6980(SD40-2R) |
| Views: |
853 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Rock wall |
| Description: |
A shot I did not do much, because it was hard to catch up afterward, was Wellsburg, where there was a rock wall next to the tracks. Its a good shot I wish I had dome more. |
| Photo Date: |
11/13/1996 Upload Date: 4/26/2014 2:42:29 AM |
| Location: |
Wellsburg, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 6499(SD40-2) NS 8034(C30-7) CR 7723(GP38) CR 6620(C36-7) CR 6980(SD40-2R) |
| Views: |
866 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Under the positon lights |
| Description: |
Westbound empty coal train XBS rolls under a classic sign of the Pennpy era at CP Banks. |
| Photo Date: |
7/14/1991 Upload Date: 3/3/2015 3:31:34 AM |
| Location: |
Duncannon, PA |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Signal,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 6500(SD40-2) CR 6509(SD40-2) |
| Views: |
475 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
XBS west |
| Description: |
A 166 car XBS empty coal train works west along the PRR Middme Division at CP Banks. |
| Photo Date: |
7/14/1991 Upload Date: 3/3/2015 3:37:37 AM |
| Location: |
Duncannon, PA |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 6500(SD40-2) CR 6509(SD40-2) |
| Views: |
514 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
6 axle GE |
| Description: |
My trips to Jersey were somewhat sporadic, and often were tied to riding the many routes across the Garden State, and not necessarily toward catching the freight action. Im glad I rode all I could at the time-the equipment and some of the routes are gone-but looking back, I wish I had spent more time staking out the freights, which also had some interesting power in those days. I did not see many 6 axle U boats, but once in a while I'd get lucky. This one was on a freight at Kearny yard, seen from a passing DLW train between Hoboken and Newark. |
| Photo Date: |
1/8/1980 Upload Date: 9/10/2012 1:02:07 AM |
| Location: |
Kearny, NJ |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Roster,Yard |
| Locomotives: |
CR 6826(U28C) CR 6503(SD40-2) |
| Views: |
903 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
ALSE |
| Description: |
Conrails ALSE, from Allentown to Selkirk, rolls 93 cars past a cement plant in Plainfield. |
| Photo Date: |
8/18/1991 Upload Date: 2/26/2015 3:39:39 PM |
| Location: |
Plainfield, NJ |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 6334(SD40) CR 6783(SD50) CR 6503(SD40-2) |
| Views: |
696 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
Coal east |
| Description: |
An eastbound 119 car UBT coal train heads for the east shore of the Susquehanna behind a pair of SD40-2s as my boys wave. |
| Photo Date: |
6/1/1991 Upload Date: 3/3/2015 3:12:18 AM |
| Location: |
Rockville Bridge, PA |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Bridge,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 6513(SD40-2) CR 6504(SD40-2) |
| Views: |
442 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Racks west |
| Description: |
ML 421 with 78 cars gets a roll on behind an ex CNJ SD40. |
| Photo Date: |
5/27/1994 Upload Date: 9/16/2014 3:16:08 AM |
| Location: |
Blasdell, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 6291(SD40) CR 6504(SD40-2) |
| Views: |
489 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Head end helpers |
| Description: |
Trailvan and auto rack trains typically got helpers on the head end, due to the train handling tendencies of the long cars, especially on the many curves. Today an EL SD45-2 does the honors. |
| Photo Date: |
2/23/1986 Upload Date: 11/14/2014 2:35:11 AM |
| Location: |
Horseshoe Curve, PA |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Winter,Action |
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CR 6665(SD45-2) CR 6289(SD40) CR 3403(GP40-2) CR 6608(C30-7) CR 6506(SD40-2) |
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876 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Going uphill |
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The auto rack train has passed the park and is now working out of the curve. Note the open racks, nonexistent today. |
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2/23/1986 Upload Date: 11/14/2014 2:37:33 AM |
| Location: |
Horseshoe Curve, PA |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Winter,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 3403(GP40-2) CR 6608(C30-7) CR 6665(SD45-2) CR 6289(SD40) CR 6506(SD40-2) |
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662 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Flying over |
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The Pennsy had the good sense after WW 1 to design for high traffic, high density railroading, not wanting to get caught off guard should there ever be another time of great demand, and wanting to avoid another situation where the USRA took over operation of the railroads, as in the war. Thus they built a lot of multi track with flyovers, rather than at grade crossings. This proved to be marvelous foresight, as the PRR handled monumental levels of all kinds of trains during WW 2. It also had the added benefit of making them a much more efficient railroad than they would have been otherwise. A pair of SD40-2s is on one of the flyovers coming off Rockville Bridge and into Enola, passing over tracks that will lead to the Middle Division. |
| Photo Date: |
5/18/1987 Upload Date: 4/26/2015 4:21:42 AM |
| Location: |
Enola, PA |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Bridge,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 6506(SD40-2) CR 6521(SD40-2) |
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597 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Waterside view |
| Description: |
ALPG rolls across the Lehigh River as it heads for Greenwich Yard in Philly. |
| Photo Date: |
5/21/1987 Upload Date: 4/25/2015 4:13:37 AM |
| Location: |
Allentown, PA |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Bridge,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 6240(SD40) CR 6515(SD40-2) CR 6506(SD40-2) |
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719 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Eastcound van |
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An eastbound Trailvan train rolls out of the sun past Bound Brook on the Lehigh Line |
| Photo Date: |
7/19/1983 Upload Date: 11/9/2013 12:59:36 AM |
| Location: |
Bound Brook, NJ |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Bridge,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 3330(GP40-2) CR 3317(GP40-2) CR 6507(SD40-2) CR 3298(GP40-2) |
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741 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
Trailvan on the move |
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An eastbound trailvan rolls fast through Bound Brook on the Lehigh line. |
| Photo Date: |
7/19/1983 Upload Date: 11/14/2013 1:34:41 AM |
| Location: |
Bound Brook, NJ |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 3330(GP40-2) CR 3317(GP40-2) CR 3298(GP40-2) CR 6507(SD40-2) |
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784 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Trail van going away |
| Description: |
An eastboudn trailvan rolls toward Kearny, about the pass the adjacent NJ Transit former CNJ station. |
| Photo Date: |
7/19/1983 Upload Date: 11/14/2013 1:37:16 AM |
| Location: |
Bound Brook, NJ |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 3330(GP40-2) CR 3317(GP40-2) CR 3298(GP40-2) CR 6507(SD40-2) |
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750 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
CNSE |
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Conrail hosted a train that ran from Montreal to Selkirk via the Montreal Secondary and Dewitt-essentially an all NYC route. Powbr from CN ran through, such as this CN North America unit leading past CP 285 on the west end of Dewitt Yard. It caught up to the previous days edition, which was at the east end of the yard as I shot this. |
| Photo Date: |
11/26/1993 Upload Date: 1/8/2015 11:26:49 PM |
| Location: |
Syracuse (CP285), NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
CN 6001(SD40-2Q) CR 6507(SD40-2) |
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675 Comments: 1 |
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