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Odd power
Title:  Odd power
Description:  Guilford in its early years would buy anything that ran and was cheap. GE U boats didnt command a high resale value, and they picked up some from Conrail, such as this U33B.
Photo Date:  12/4/1984  Upload Date: 8/1/2014 3:06:00 AM
Location:  Mechanicville, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Winter,Yard,Action
Locomotives:  BM 190(U33B) DH 415(C420) DH 7409(GP39-2) BM 327(GP40)
Views:  1466   Comments: 0
Heading east
Title:  Heading east
Description:  An eastbound behind an ex CR U33B rolls past XO and out of Mechanicville yard.
Photo Date:  12/4/1984  Upload Date: 8/1/2014 3:13:58 AM
Location:  Mechanicville, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Winter,Yard,Action
Locomotives:  BM 190(U33B) BM 313(GP40-2) BM 208(GP38-2)
Views:  1339   Comments: 0
Interesting dead line
Title:  Interesting dead line
Description:  Theyre not all dead, some are waiting for shop time. Still, its quite a gallery, with everything from 40 year old GP 7s to six axle GEs. Only in Binghamton.
Photo Date:  3/5/1988  Upload Date: 7/1/2015 2:49:08 AM
Location:  Binghamton, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Roster,Winter,Yard
Locomotives:  ST 638(SD26) MEC 576(GP7) BM 1718(GP9) DH 656(U33C) BM 190(U33B) NYSW 6366(SD45) PNER 1751(GP9)
Views:  1975   Comments: 3
Power to the house
Title:  Power to the house
Description:  The power off a recently arrived northbound heads to the service tracks as the power for an impending westbound is seen in the distance.
Photo Date:  10/8/1985  Upload Date: 10/11/2014 2:41:51 AM
Location:  Binghamton, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  DH 7418(GP39-2) BM 191(U33B)
Views:  701   Comments: 0
Landlord and tenant
Title:  Landlord and tenant
Description:  The eastbound D&H BUEB meets Conrail WAEL39 as the Conrail train heads back to Elmira to finish its day. The former Erie station is at right,
Photo Date:  8/5/1986  Upload Date: 12/5/2014 4:16:58 AM
Location:  Owego, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Action
Locomotives:  CR 8182(GP38-2) DH 456(C424) BM 323(GP40) BM 191(U33B)
Views:  1207   Comments: 0
BUEB
Title:  BUEB
Description:  I went out to Owego to sit and wait for whatever came along. This was one of my rewards, an eastbound with an Alco leading. Some days you win.
Photo Date:  8/5/1986  Upload Date: 12/5/2014 4:15:18 AM
Location:  Owego, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  DH 456(C424) BM 323(GP40) BM 191(U33B)
Views:  1044   Comments: 1
Detour train
Title:  Detour train
Description:  There had been a disruption on the B&M Connecticut River line, and trains were detouring over the D&H from Montreal via Mechanicville and E Deerfiled. One of the detour trains rolls through Mechanicville en route to Mass. The consist has a couple of unrebuilt RS 18s too.
Photo Date:  10/23/1984  Upload Date: 7/11/2014 3:51:20 AM
Location:  Mechanicville, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  CP 8769(RS18) CP 1816(RS18u) CP 8752(RS18) DH 410(C420) BM 2920(U33B)
Views:  1501   Comments: 2
Detour on the bridge
Title:  Detour on the bridge
Description:  A CP detour train headed for East Deerfield has left Mechanicville and is now eastbound on the B&M. Here it is on the Hudson Rive| bridge.
Photo Date:  10/23/1984  Upload Date: 8/1/2014 3:16:29 AM
Location:  Naples, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Bridge,Action
Locomotives:  CP 8769(RS18) CP 1816(RS18u) CP 8752(RS18) DH 410(C420) BM 2920(U33B)
Views:  1240   Comments: 0


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