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Ready to go
Title:  Ready to go
Description:  B&M 201 has been added to the consist, and will soon lead a train east toward Deerfield. The third unit, 300, would join 301 to become the power for the road slug set.
Photo Date:  2/17/1981  Upload Date: 9/14/2012 3:20:21 AM
Location:  Mechanicville, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  BM 201(GP38-2) BM 309(GP40-2) BM 300(GP40-2) BM 205(GP38-2)
Views:  1562   Comments: 0
In the yard
Title:  In the yard
Description:  The set of power that just arrived from the east drifts through the yard to the service tracks
Photo Date:  2/17/1981  Upload Date: 5/13/2025 5:44:47 AM
Location:  Mechanicville, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  BM 205(GP38-2) BM 300(GP40-2) BM 309(GP40-2) BM 201(GP38-2)
Views:  62   Comments: 0
Ready power
Title:  Ready power
Description:  B&Ms last new power was 17 GP40-2s in 1978. They sported the road name spelled out on the long hoods, and looked good even a few years into their service. The second unit, 300, would in a few years become part of a road slug set along with 301.
Photo Date:  2/17/1981  Upload Date: 9/14/2012 3:24:58 AM
Location:  Mechanicville, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  BM 309(GP40-2) BM 300(GP40-2) BM 205(GP38-2)
Views:  1667   Comments: 2
Service tracks
Title:  Service tracks
Description:  A hostler works on a set of power at the B&M engine facility.
Photo Date:  2/17/1981  Upload Date: 5/13/2025 5:45:42 AM
Location:  Mechanicville, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  BM 309(GP40-2) BM 300(GP40-2)
Views:  59   Comments: 0
Class unit
Title:  Class unit
Description:  B&M 300, class unit of the 17 GP40-2s on 1978, sits at East Deerfield yard. It was by this time mated with B&M 100 their road slug, and B&M 301. and would go out later that afternoon on a westbound.
Photo Date:  3/29/1983  Upload Date: 11/1/2013 12:50:23 AM
Location:  East Deerfield, MA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  BM 300(GP40-2)
Views:  827   Comments: 0
Road slug
Title:  Road slug
Description:  B&M had a road slug set consisiting of GP40-2s 300 and 301 sandwiching slug 100. Heres a shot of the slug as it departs E Deerfield yard.
Photo Date:  9/6/1983  Upload Date: 11/22/2013 1:12:26 AM
Location:  East Deerfield, MA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  BM 100(Road Slug) BM 300(GP40-2)
Views:  1448   Comments: 0
B&M slug set
Title:  B&M slug set
Description:  B&M slug set 301/100/300 heads west from E Deerfield yard
Photo Date:  9/6/1983  Upload Date: 2/27/2011 6:33:07 PM
Location:  East Deerfield, MA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  BM 301(GP40-2) BM 100(Road Slug) BM 300(GP40-2)
Views:  1657   Comments: 1
Southbound on the bridge
Title:  Southbound on the bridge
Description:  A southbound SC 3 led by a mix of power crosses the Mohawk River at Cohoes
Photo Date:  12/4/1984  Upload Date: 6/10/2012 2:55:43 AM
Location:  Cohoes, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Bridge,Action
Locomotives:  BM 200(GP38-2) DH 7401(GP39-2) BM 100(Road Slug) BM 300(GP40-2) BM 301(GP40-2) MEC 286(U23B) MEC 470(GP7u)
Views:  2104   Comments: 0
Slug set in action
Title:  Slug set in action
Description:  The B&M slug set has a train in tow and is heading for Albany.
Photo Date:  12/4/1984  Upload Date: 8/1/2014 3:09:37 AM
Location:  Mechanicville, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Winter,Yard,Action
Locomotives:  BM 300(GP40-2) BM 100(Road Slug) BM 301(GP40-2) MEC 286(U23B)
Views:  1435   Comments: 0
Full shot of slug set
Title:  Full shot of slug set
Description:  Roater shot of the slug set from the uncoupled end.
Photo Date:  12/4/1984  Upload Date: 8/1/2014 3:11:59 AM
Location:  Mechanicville, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Roster,Winter,Yard
Locomotives:  BM 301(GP40-2) BM 100(Road Slug) BM 300(GP40-2) MEC 470(GP7u) DH 7401(GP39-2)
Views:  1482   Comments: 0
What a power set
Title:  What a power set
Description:  SC 3 rolls south from Mechanicville to Kenwood with a set of power only the D&H could assemble.
Photo Date:  12/18/1984  Upload Date: 9/24/2014 1:57:00 AM
Location:  Waterford, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Winter,Action
Locomotives:  BM 200(GP38-2) DH 7401(GP39-2) MEC 286(U23B) BM 301(GP40-2) BM 100(Road Slug) BM 300(GP40-2) MEC 470(GP7u)
Views:  1662   Comments: 0
B&M Slug set
Title:  B&M Slug set
Description:  The B&M slug set 300/100/301 leads a Belden tunnel detour train past the Erie station at Susquehanna PA. An NYSW RS watches the proceedings from the set out track east of the station. The RS 3 had been set off due to flat wheels.
Photo Date:  10/8/1985  Upload Date: 11/12/2011 11:33:05 PM
Location:  Susquehanna, PA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Action
Locomotives:  BM 300(GP40-2) BM 100(Road Slug) BM 301(GP40-2)
Views:  1170   Comments: 0
Slug set and a semaphore
Title:  Slug set and a semaphore
Description:  The B&M slug set, now repainted into the Guilford scheme, leads three other units past semaphore 251-1 and the Tioga County transfer station as it leads NY 9 toward Buffalo
Photo Date:  8/5/1986  Upload Date: 9/22/2012 2:09:24 AM
Location:  Barton, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Signal,Action
Locomotives:  BM 300(GP40-2) BM 100(Road Slug) BM 301(GP40-2) BM 306(GP40-2) DH 7317(GP38-2) BM 338(GP40)
Views:  1677   Comments: 0
B&M slug set
Title:  B&M slug set
Description:  B&Mslug set 300/100/301 leads westbound train SLN3, symbolled DHT9 on Conrail, at Waverly NY
Photo Date:  8/5/1986  Upload Date: 11/11/2011 1:34:52 AM
Location:  Waverly, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BM 300(GP40-2) BM 100(Road Slug) BM 301(GP40-2) BM 306(GP40-2) DH 7317(GP38-2) BM 338(GP40)
Views:  1759   Comments: 1
SLN 3 goes west
Title:  SLN 3 goes west
Description:  SLN 3, now symbolled DHT9 on Conrail, as it is now a D&H train, rolls west past the Owego station sign at Mc Master St behind, among other things, the B&M road slug set.
Photo Date:  8/5/1986  Upload Date: 12/7/2014 2:57:23 AM
Location:  Owego, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Signal,Action
Locomotives:  BM 300(GP40-2) BM 100(Road Slug) BM 301(GP40-2) BM 306(GP40-2) DH 7317(GP38-2) BM 338(GP40)
Views:  1333   Comments: 1
Good ride
Title:  Good ride
Description:  THe D&H and B&M had run through power from Mechanicville to Oneonta, though sometimes the power would get to Binghamton or even farther, given the condition of D&H diesels. Most of the time, ht was battered GP 9s, with GP 38s showing up from time to time. Today, this crew got lucky, drawing a set of spanking new B&M GP 40-2s, the last new power the B&M would get as an independent road. This train was a tough chase, especially on two lane NY 7-this was before I 88 was built-and this was the only shot I got of him.
Photo Date:  7/23/1978  Upload Date: 12/21/2016 5:25:18 AM
Location:  East Worcester, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  BM 316(GP40-2) BM 301(GP40-2) BM 305(GP40-2)
Views:  1287   Comments: 0
Repainted
Title:  Repainted
Description:  In late 1984, Guilford repainted the B&M slug set, Heres the slog in new colors at Mechanicville that December
Photo Date:  12/4/1984  Upload Date: 8/1/2014 3:00:43 AM
Location:  Mechanicville, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  BM 100(Road Slug) BM 301(GP40-2)
Views:  1247   Comments: 0
GP 40s north
Title:  GP 40s north
Description:  The last new power B&M got was a group of GP40-2s in 1978. They're still pretty new in this photo; some are still in service. Here are a pair, along with an ex Conrail unit headed north at Bainbridge in last light
Photo Date:  6/18/1985  Upload Date: 10/4/2014 1:08:41 AM
Location:  Bainbridge, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  BM 302(GP40-2) BM 314(GP40-2) BM 323(GP40)
Views:  1236   Comments: 0
Must be a jet
Title:  Must be a jet
Description:  My notes dont show what train this is, but it was parked at Bevier St. At the time, JET 1 was the only train that did not yard at East Binghamton, so Im guessing this is JET 1 waiting on a crew. In a nice touch, the leader is one of the B&Ms last order of new power, GP40-2 303.
Photo Date:  5/3/1988  Upload Date: 7/6/2015 2:32:44 AM
Location:  Binghamton, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  BM 303(GP40-2) ST 686(SD45) ST 676(SD45) BM 311(GP40-2) ST 689(SD45) BM 1728(GP9) BM 209(GP38-2)
Views:  1432   Comments: 0
Thats a lot of power
Title:  Thats a lot of power
Description:  A side view of the train seen at a more head on angle elsewhere. I believe this is JET 1, which was typically overpowered, probably in hopes there would be enough units still running at the end of the trip to get it into the terminal.
Photo Date:  5/3/1988  Upload Date: 7/16/2015 1:41:09 AM
Location:  Binghamton, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  BM 303(GP40-2) ST 676(SD45) ST 686(SD45) BM 311(GP40-2) ST 689(SD45) BM 1728(GP9) BM 209(GP38-2)
Views:  1571   Comments: 0
Through the snow
Title:  Through the snow
Description:  BUEB rolls 78 cars east toward Binghamton in the snowy fields of western NY, seen from a local road bridge near Dalton. The power was common in those days. The SD26 is a recent acquisiton of Guilford, and will ultimately be painted Springfield Terminal. As if that wasn't enough heritage, the third unit is an ex Rock Island U25B.
Photo Date:  2/25/1987  Upload Date: 4/18/2015 2:37:52 AM
Location:  Dalton, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Winter,Action
Locomotives:  BM 304(GP40-2) ST 4676(SD26) MEC 236(U25B) BM 308(GP40-2)
Views:  1251   Comments: 1
Not exactly dashing through the snow
Title:  Not exactly dashing through the snow
Description:  But making decent enough time. A telephoto view of BUEB rolling east at Dalton behind the kind of power mix only Guilford could cnncoct. At least the B&M unit is leading.
Photo Date:  2/25/1987  Upload Date: 4/21/2015 1:28:46 AM
Location:  Dalton, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Winter,Action
Locomotives:  BM 304(GP40-2) ST 4676(SD26) MEC 236(U25B) BM 308(GP40-2)
Views:  1007   Comments: 0
BUEB
Title:  BUEB
Description:  A mix of Guilford power leads Buffalo-Binghamton train BUEB near the ski area at Swains. Included in the power consist are two B&M GP 40-2's, a former ATSF SD 26, and a former Rock Island U 25B.
Photo Date:  2/25/1987  Upload Date: 10/22/2011 2:41:08 AM
Location:  Garwoods, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Winter,Action
Locomotives:  BM 304(GP40-2) ST 4676(SD26) MEC 236(U25B) BM 308(GP40-2)
Views:  1527   Comments: 1
Taylor Turn
Title:  Taylor Turn
Description:  The turn job to Taylor Yard in Scranton returns to East Binghamton behind a pair of ex D&H units sandwiching a once blue B&M unit. The train is crossing Terrace Dr and is now entering the yard with its 65 cars and caboose.
Photo Date:  3/5/1988  Upload Date: 7/1/2015 1:37:04 AM
Location:  Conklin, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  BM 359(GP39-2) BM 306(GP40-2) BM 356(GP39-2)
Views:  889   Comments: 0
Lone GP 40-2
Title:  Lone GP 40-2
Description:  A single GP40-2 sits at the Mechanicville engine terminal. These were B&Ms last new units.
Photo Date:  7/4/1981  Upload Date: 1/26/2013 2:52:30 AM
Location:  Mechanicville, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  BM 308(GP40-2)
Views:  801   Comments: 0
Putting them together
Title:  Putting them together
Description:  A hostler assists in coupling B&M 201 to three other units at the Mechanicville engine facility
Photo Date:  2/17/1981  Upload Date: 9/14/2012 3:17:32 AM
Location:  Mechanicville, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  BM 201(GP38-2) BM 309(GP40-2)
Views:  1307   Comments: 1
Rolling in
Title:  Rolling in
Description:  Going away shot of a westbound arriving ar Mechanicville, passing through XOs interlocking, behind a set of bluebirds.
Photo Date:  2/17/1981  Upload Date: 5/13/2025 5:43:52 AM
Location:  Mechanicville, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Signal,Action
Locomotives:  BM 201(GP38-2) BM 309(GP40-2)
Views:  55   Comments: 0
Rolling east
Title:  Rolling east
Description:  This eastbound left Mechanicville only a few minutes ago, and is now on the massive Hudson River bridge, heading past a westbound waiting to get in the yard.
Photo Date:  8/27/1986  Upload Date: 12/7/2014 3:03:40 AM
Location:  Mechanicville, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Bridge,Action
Locomotives:  BM 314(GP40-2) DH 7411(GP39-2) DH 416(C420) BM 309(GP40-2) DH 658(U33C)
Views:  1359   Comments: 0
Ready to go
Title:  Ready to go
Description:  An eastbound B&M train is ready to get out of town behind a mix of B&M and D&H power.
Photo Date:  8/27/1986  Upload Date: 12/7/2014 3:05:11 AM
Location:  Mechanicville, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  BM 314(GP40-2) DH 7411(GP39-2) DH 416(C420) BM 309(GP40-2) DH 658(U33C)
Views:  1456   Comments: 0
JET 2
Title:  JET 2
Description:  Guilfords attempt to expedite freight to and from New England was called JET 1 and JET 2. This is the eastbound train, JET 2, sitting at Bevier St waiting on a crew.
Photo Date:  4/2/1988  Upload Date: 7/7/2015 4:55:18 AM
Location:  Binghamton, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  BM 310(GP40-2) ST 624(SD26) ST 614(SD35)
Views:  1174   Comments: 0
What were they saying??
Title:  What were they saying??
Description:  B&M and Conrail units compare notes on the engine tracks on the B&M side of Mechanicville yard.
Photo Date:  7/4/1981  Upload Date: 6/4/2014 2:04:17 AM
Location:  Mechanicville, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  BM 311(GP40-2) CR 8137(GP38-2)
Views:  755   Comments: 1
Hot load
Title:  Hot load
Description:  For a short time. B&M tried to build intermodal business out of Springfield. It did not go well. Heres the days train arriving off the Conn River line with one car, one trailer.
Photo Date:  9/6/1983  Upload Date: 11/22/2013 1:14:42 AM
Location:  East Deerfield, MA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Signal,Action
Locomotives:  BM 311(GP40-2)
Views:  607   Comments: 0
Late afternoon at BD
Title:  Late afternoon at BD
Description:  MEBU with a mix of power only found on the D&H rolls 109 cars past BD as it makes its way into East Binghamton. The last two units, a pair of D&H GP39s, are the power for SU 2, which MEBU picked up at Afton.
Photo Date:  5/14/1987  Upload Date: 4/27/2015 3:51:33 AM
Location:  Binghamton, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Signal,Action
Locomotives:  BM 312(GP40-2) BM 1723(GP9) DH 650(U33C) ST 632(SD26) ST 18(GP7) DH 7411(GP39-2) DH 7409(GP39-2)
Views:  1480   Comments: 0
Through the yard
Title:  Through the yard
Description:  MEBU rolls through Bevier St, making its way past a parked SLN 3 on the adjacent NYSW as it heads for the yard.
Photo Date:  5/14/1987  Upload Date: 4/27/2015 3:53:50 AM
Location:  Binghamton, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Yard,Action
Locomotives:  BM 312(GP40-2) BM 1723(GP9) DH 650(U33C) ST 632(SD26) ST 18(GP7) DH 7411(GP39-2) DH 7409(GP39-2) NYSW 6370(F45)
Views:  1656   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:  1473   Comments: 0
Long way home
Title:  Long way home
Description:  A Binghamton bound train rolls past Susquehanna as it runs the Belden tunnel detour, which took trains from Nineveh Jct to Lanesboro, then to Binghamton on CRs ex Erie main. The heritage of the leader is obvious.
Photo Date:  8/20/1985  Upload Date: 10/8/2014 1:52:26 AM
Location:  Susquehanna, PA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  DH 409(C420) BM 1564(GP7) BM 314(GP40-2) MEC 225(U25B)
Views:  1224   Comments: 0
A ghost from the past
Title:  A ghost from the past
Description:  A D&H Belden Hill detour train pulls up the connector from the D&H Penn Division to Conrails Southern Tier Line at Jefferson Jct behind a mix of power that looks deceptively like a vision from the past. The reality is that the patch paint over the former road name has worn off, allowing the prior owners name to bleed through. Nobody was complaining!!
Photo Date:  8/20/1985  Upload Date: 10/29/2011 3:23:14 AM
Location:  Lanesboro, PA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  DH 409(C420) BM 1564(GP7) BM 314(GP40-2) MEC 225(U25B)
Views:  1872   Comments: 1
Meet
Title:  Meet
Description:  PYRP behind a trio of GP 40-2s meets SUX 1 in the siding at Nineveh. A southbound will pick up the local, whose crew has been taxied back to Binghamton
Photo Date:  5/14/1987  Upload Date: 5/4/2015 1:24:43 AM
Location:  Nineveh, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BM 368(GP39-2) BM 332(GP40) DH 7411(GP39-2) BM 315(GP40-2) DH 7409(GP39-2)
Views:  1266   Comments: 0
Two seasons
Title:  Two seasons
Description:  Winter and construction. Even the D&H is feeling the sting of construction work as PYRP heads for Belden tunnel, in a NY work zone.
Photo Date:  5/14/1987  Upload Date: 4/25/2015 3:39:33 AM
Location:  Tunnel, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Tunnel,Action
Locomotives:  BM 368(GP39-2) BM 332(GP40) BM 315(GP40-2)
Views:  1044   Comments: 1
Pulling up
Title:  Pulling up
Description:  PYRP pulls up to the north end of Bevier St yard, where it will get pushers for the trip over Belden Hill. The second unit is showing its heritage.
Photo Date:  5/14/1987  Upload Date: 5/4/2015 1:26:36 AM
Location:  Binghamton, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  BM 368(GP39-2) BM 332(GP40) BM 315(GP40-2)
Views:  1041   Comments: 0
Bow power
Title:  Bow power
Description:  A pair of Maine Central, ex Rock Island U25Bs are part of the power set that brought a Bow coal train to Concord, seen here laying over qil the train is empty.
Photo Date:  10/22/1983  Upload Date: 12/1/2013 1:53:49 AM
Location:  Concord, NH
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  MEC 231(U25B) MEC 232(U25B) BM 316(GP40-2) CR 2747(U23B) CR 8071(GP38-2)
Views:  1205   Comments: 0
B&M leader westbound
Title:  B&M leader westbound
Description:  A B&M GP40-2 leads this westbound train out of Conklin yard as seen from the Conklin Av overpass. The trailing unit is notable, as it was one of the three ex Illinois Terminal SD 39's Guilford acquired from NS.
Photo Date:  10/8/1985  Upload Date: 10/11/2014 2:36:36 AM
Location:  Binghamton, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  BM 316(GP40-2) BM 332(GP40) BM 690(SD39)
Views:  1209   Comments: 0
BUME at Bevier St
Title:  BUME at Bevier St
Description:  BUME starts up Belden Hill past the yard office at Bevier St, behind a typical mix of 4 axle units of that era.
Photo Date:  4/22/1986  Upload Date: 11/20/2014 5:37:32 PM
Location:  Binghamton, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  BM 317(GP40-2) DH 7406(GP39-2) DH 7410(GP39-2) BM 335(GP40)
Views:  1099   Comments: 0
Into the climb
Title:  Into the climb
Description:  MEBU smokes it up as it digs into the hill at Phelps St in Port Dickinson
Photo Date:  4/22/1986  Upload Date: 11/20/2014 5:39:32 PM
Location:  Port Dickinson, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  BM 317(GP40-2) DH 7406(GP39-2) DH 7410(GP39-2) BM 335(GP40)
Views:  1105   Comments: 0

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