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| Title: |
Hump power |
| Description: |
A look at the hump power at Allentown from the MT 6 end. These units were cut down mostly from Alcos and mated with ex PC SD 38s, and used as hump and switching power-some flat yards got them as well, among others, Frontier in Buffalo. |
| Photo Date: |
7/18/1987 Upload Date: 5/17/2015 2:05:52 AM |
| Location: |
Allentown Hump Yard, PA |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Roster,Yard |
| Locomotives: |
CR 1125(MT6) CR 6926(SD38) |
| Views: |
397 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
ENSE past the hump |
| Description: |
ENSE rolls through the Allentown yard, where it will work before heading on to Oak Island and Selkirk. |
| Photo Date: |
7/18/1987 Upload Date: 5/17/2015 2:12:45 AM |
| Location: |
Allentown Hump Yard, PA |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Yard,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 6008(C39-8) CR 6778(SD50) CR 1125(MT6) CR 6926(SD38) |
| Views: |
502 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Push em up |
| Description: |
An SD38/MT 6 hump set pushes the last cars of this cut over the top at the Allentown Yard. CGAL's power is sneaking up on the hump to roll past on its way to the engine facility. |
| Photo Date: |
7/18/1987 Upload Date: 5/17/2015 2:53:08 AM |
| Location: |
Allentown Hump Yard, PA |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Yard,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 6926(SD38) CR 1125(MT6) |
| Views: |
363 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Pushing them in |
| Description: |
A six axle hump set works the east end of Frontier Yard. Check out the PH&D boxcars. |
| Photo Date: |
1/3/1988 Upload Date: 6/20/2015 4:40:28 AM |
| Location: |
Buffalo (Frontier Yard), NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Winter,Yard,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 6934(SD38) CR 1118(MT6) |
| Views: |
427 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Heavenly shades of night are falling |
| Description: |
Its twilight time at Allentown yard. An SD38MT 6 hump set sits under the lights awaiting the next cut to push over the hump. |
| Photo Date: |
4/29/1987 Upload Date: 4/24/2015 1:27:05 AM |
| Location: |
Allentown, PA |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Roster,Night,Yard |
| Locomotives: |
CR 1124(MT6) CR 6935(SD38) |
| Views: |
388 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Hump day!! |
| Description: |
They were working hard this Saturday afternoon, pushing a cut over the hump, then going back for more. Power is the typical SD38/MT 6 set. |
| Photo Date: |
7/31/1993 Upload Date: 1/19/2015 3:35:23 AM |
| Location: |
Allentown Hump Yard, PA |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Roster,Yard,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 6935(SD38) CR 1124(MT6) |
| Views: |
377 Comments: 4 |
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| Title: |
Yard set |
| Description: |
An SD38/MT 6 set works at Niagara Falls, seen from the Maple Leaf. |
| Photo Date: |
8/28/1982 Upload Date: 3/24/2013 4:15:52 AM |
| Location: |
Niagara Falls, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Yard,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 6937(SD38) CR 1103(MT6) |
| Views: |
798 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Slug set |
| Description: |
Conrail had several of these slug sets that were used to switch yard. They were comprised of an SD38 and a slug built from a cut down RSD12. This set is outside the engine shop at Selkirk yard. |
| Photo Date: |
5/30/1983 Upload Date: 11/14/2013 1:32:31 AM |
| Location: |
Selkirk, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Roster,Yard |
| Locomotives: |
CR 6939(SD38) CR 1118(MT6) |
| Views: |
562 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Yard power |
| Description: |
A yard set pulled out from Conway and was working back toward the yard in one of those "close but no cigar" shots, where I cut off the nose of the lead unit. |
| Photo Date: |
6/19/1997 Upload Date: 3/30/2014 5:06:10 AM |
| Location: |
Conway, PA |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 6943(SD38) CR 1123(MT6) |
| Views: |
310 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Hump set |
| Description: |
A hump set seen from Amtrak's Lake Shore works at Elkhart. This was a typical combination at the time, an SD38 and a GP9B. |
| Photo Date: |
8/18/1978 Upload Date: 12/29/2013 5:07:25 AM |
| Location: |
Elkhart, IN |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Yard,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 6946(SD38) CR 3805(GP9B) |
| Views: |
1039 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
On Broadway |
| Description: |
Broadway-NY 130-in cheektowaga gave the viewer a front row seat for action at the east end of Frontier Yard. Here, TOSE waits as a yard job with and SD 38 and MT 6 works the lead. |
| Photo Date: |
8/16/1991 Upload Date: 2/27/2015 3:24:56 AM |
| Location: |
Cheektowaga, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Yard,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 6791(SD50) CR 6831(SD50) CR 6948(SD38) CR 1101(MT6) |
| Views: |
504 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Swinging off the bridge |
| Description: |
ALEN rolls off Rockville Bridge and heads for Enola, with a hump set as its trailing two units. |
| Photo Date: |
5/21/1986 Upload Date: 11/19/2014 1:53:34 PM |
| Location: |
Enola, PA |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 6598(C30-7A) CR 6313(SD40) CR 9541(SW1500) CR 6957(SD38) |
| Views: |
685 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Hump set |
| Description: |
This SD38/SW 1500 hump set was in transit on ALEN, seen coming off Rockville Bridge. |
| Photo Date: |
5/21/1986 Upload Date: 11/19/2014 1:55:32 PM |
| Location: |
Enola, PA |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 9541(SW1500) CR 6957(SD38) |
| Views: |
362 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Hump set at Frontier Yard |
| Description: |
An SD 38/MT 6 set works at the former NYC yard in Buffalo |
| Photo Date: |
12/28/1986 Upload Date: 11/13/2011 3:11:10 AM |
| Location: |
Buffalo, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Yard,Signal,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 6957(SD38) CR 1106(MT6) |
| Views: |
575 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Hump set |
| Description: |
Conrail used its SD38s mated with six axle slugs cut down from Alcos to work its active himps, such as this set at Allentown. |
| Photo Date: |
8/6/1985 Upload Date: 10/4/2014 2:14:41 AM |
| Location: |
Allentown Hump Yard, PA |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Yard,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 6958(SD38) CR 1107(MT6) |
| Views: |
561 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
Hump power |
| Description: |
There was still a working hump at Dewitt in 1988. This freshly painted SD 38/MT 6 set had the task of pushing the cars over the top. |
| Photo Date: |
5/31/1988 Upload Date: 7/19/2015 3:01:26 AM |
| Location: |
Syracuse (Dewitt), NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Roster,Yard |
| Locomotives: |
CR 1128(MT6) CR 6958(SD38) |
| Views: |
499 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: |
701 Comments: 0 |
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