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Title:
Got the board
Description:
The Southern Tier picnic train has the board at East Glass and is about to take to the Tier and take off. Once clear of the plant, Jack Kithcart, Southern Tier GM was running. He notched it out and he was gone. I did not catch the train all the way back to Binghamton. Jack must have thought he was running the Erie Limited. Im told he ran 70 MPH to Binghamton.
Photo Date:
8/26/1989
Upload Date:
11/22/2015 3:09:15 AM
Location:
Corning, NY
Author:
Tom Beckett
Categories:
Signal,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:
CR 4021(E8A)
CR 4020(E8A)
Views:
1864
Comments:
1
Title:
Es pushing east
Description:
The train has come off the Corning Secondary and is now headed through town to take the wye at the Glass complex, rolling onto the Corning Secondary north, cutting off the GP 40, then heading east. This view is from the Lumber Rd overpass at the east end of Gang Mills yard.
Photo Date:
8/26/1989
Upload Date:
11/22/2015 3:18:39 AM
Location:
Gang Mills, NY
Author:
Tom Beckett
Categories:
Scenic,Signal,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:
CR 4021(E8A)
CR 4020(E8A)
Views:
1607
Comments:
1
Title:
Say goodbye
Description:
A couple of riders on the rear platform watch the trains progress through East Glass. Hell be waving goodbye as the train gets up to speed for a quick ride east. Jack Kithcart was running, and he must have thought he had the Lake Cities. We never caught up to him.
Photo Date:
8/26/1989
Upload Date:
11/22/2015 3:15:45 AM
Location:
Corning, NY
Author:
Tom Beckett
Categories:
Scenic,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:
CR 4020(E8A)
Views:
1608
Comments:
1
Title:
Es on the lake
Description:
The rear of the picnic train, with the Es trailing, rolls north on the Corning Secondary at Hammond Lake
Photo Date:
8/26/1989
Upload Date:
11/22/2015 3:31:21 AM
Location:
Wellsboro, PA
Author:
Tom Beckett
Categories:
Scenic,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:
CR 4021(E8A)
CR 4020(E8A)
Views:
1857
Comments:
1
Title:
From the road
Description:
The picnic train rolls away from the camera on its way along Hammond Lake headed back to Corning.
Photo Date:
8/26/1989
Upload Date:
11/22/2015 3:39:35 AM
Location:
Tioga, PA
Author:
Tom Beckett
Categories:
Scenic,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:
CR 4021(E8A)
CR 4020(E8A)
Views:
1535
Comments:
2
Title:
Back in New York
Description:
The picnic train passes the state line marker on the Corning Secondary as it heads home.
Photo Date:
8/26/1989
Upload Date:
11/22/2015 3:13:15 AM
Location:
Lindley, NY
Author:
Tom Beckett
Categories:
Scenic,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:
CR 4021(E8A)
CR 4020(E8A)
Views:
1588
Comments:
1
Title:
On the Corning Secondary
Description:
A going away shot of the picknic train on the Corning Secondary shows the back in the woods nature of the line.
Photo Date:
8/26/1989
Upload Date:
11/22/2015 3:23:41 AM
Location:
Presho, NY
Author:
Tom Beckett
Categories:
Scenic,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:
CR 4021(E8A)
CR 4020(E8A)
Views:
1764
Comments:
1
Title:
High view
Description:
A look at the head end from the hillside.
Photo Date:
8/26/1989
Upload Date:
11/20/2015 3:05:39 AM
Location:
Tioga, PA
Author:
Tom Beckett
Categories:
Roster,Passenger
Locomotives:
CR 4021(E8A)
CR 4020(E8A)
Views:
1461
Comments:
1
Title:
Good crowd
Description:
The picnic goers are getting off the train at Hammond Dam State Park. Despite what had to be a really early start at Port Jervis, there is a good sized crowd.
Photo Date:
8/26/1989
Upload Date:
11/20/2015 3:10:07 AM
Location:
Tioga, PA
Author:
Tom Beckett
Categories:
Passenger,Action
Locomotives:
CR 4021(E8A)
CR 4020(E8A)
Views:
1621
Comments:
2
Title:
Roadside
Description:
There was a road close to the tracks for most of the distance south from Corning, so following the train was easy. It has almost reached the park in this shot from PA 267.
Photo Date:
8/26/1989
Upload Date:
11/20/2015 3:16:59 AM
Location:
Tioga, PA
Author:
Tom Beckett
Categories:
Scenic,Action
Locomotives:
CR 4021(E8A)
CR 4020(E8A)
Views:
1585
Comments:
1
Title:
Along the lake
Description:
Hammond Lake is man made, so the railroad needed to be relocated when it was created. We see the picnic train along the lake on the relocated line.
Photo Date:
8/26/1989
Upload Date:
11/20/2015 3:19:29 AM
Location:
Tioga, PA
Author:
Tom Beckett
Categories:
Scenic,Action
Locomotives:
CR 4021(E8A)
CR 4020(E8A)
Views:
1545
Comments:
1
Title:
Rolling south
Description:
A full length view taken near Hammond Dam
Photo Date:
8/26/1989
Upload Date:
11/20/2015 3:21:49 AM
Location:
Tioga, PA
Author:
Tom Beckett
Categories:
Scenic,Action
Locomotives:
CR 4021(E8A)
CR 4020(E8A)
Views:
1491
Comments:
1
Title:
Picnic train
Description:
Looking like it wants to the the Erie Limited, the Southern Tier picnic train passes BD on the Erie side as it arrives from Port Jervis. It will pick up here for the picnic, at Hammond Dam State Park near Wellsboro PA. Naturally, the faithful are out to record the event.
Photo Date:
8/26/1989
Upload Date:
11/17/2015 2:35:50 AM
Location:
Binghamton, NY
Author:
Tom Beckett
Categories:
Passenger,Action
Locomotives:
CR 4020(E8A)
CR 4021(E8A)
Views:
1386
Comments:
0
Title:
Classic scene
Description:
A pair of E units leading the Southern Tier picnic train rolls from track 2 to single track at SR just east of Susquehanna. Its not Erie power, and the tower is closed, but it still looks pretty good.
Photo Date:
8/26/1989
Upload Date:
11/5/2015 2:47:41 AM
Location:
Susquehanna, PA
Author:
Tom Beckett
Categories:
Scenic,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:
CR 4021(E8A)
CR 4020(E8A)
Views:
1439
Comments:
0
Title:
Classic Erie
Description:
The only thing better would have been Erie(or EL, Id take that any day) E 8s on this train, the Southern Tier picnic special, which ran from Port Jervis to Hammond Dam State Park near Wellsboro PA. Here it is on the famous Starrucca Viaduct, a pair of classics if ever there was one.
Photo Date:
8/26/1989
Upload Date:
11/5/2015 2:53:30 AM
Location:
Lanesboro, PA
Author:
Tom Beckett
Categories:
Scenic,Bridge,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:
CR 4021(E8A)
CR 4020(E8A)
Views:
20604
Comments:
6
Title:
On familiar turf
Description:
CR 4022, former Erie 833, which has run on this line since 1951, leads an OCS through Kirkwood. The high officials picked the perfect time and the perfect line to ride in early October. The color will be spectacular.
Photo Date:
10/5/1989
Upload Date:
12/4/2015 4:04:17 AM
Location:
Kirkwood, NY
Author:
Tom Beckett
Categories:
Passenger,Action
Locomotives:
CR 4022(E8A)
CR 4020(E8A)
Views:
1092
Comments:
2
Title:
Es
Description:
As usual, the train was pulled by a pair of E 8s. CR 4021 was the trailing unit. Im going to hazard a guess that 4020 was the leader, though I cant find where dad got a photo of the lead unit.
Photo Date:
10/10/1991
Upload Date:
3/26/2016 4:03:07 AM
Location:
Newark Penn Station, NJ
Author:
Tom Beckett
Categories:
Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:
CR 4021(E8A)
CR 4020(E8A)
Views:
1221
Comments:
0
Title:
View from the ground
Description:
A view of the head end, looking up at the classic EMD bulldog nose.
Photo Date:
8/26/1989
Upload Date:
11/20/2015 3:04:09 AM
Location:
Tioga, PA
Author:
Tom Beckett
Categories:
Roster,Passenger
Locomotives:
CR 4021(E8A)
Views:
1263
Comments:
1
Title:
Foreign visitors and a hometown surprise
Description:
A set of CSX power, a mix of Chessie and Seaboard units, sits at Enola in a partly blocked view. The surprise?? Amid the sea of Conrail units at Enola shop, is their executive E 8, 4022m the former Erie 833, seen at mid left of the photo.
Photo Date:
9/12/1986
Upload Date:
12/12/2014 2:36:04 AM
Location:
Enola, PA
Author:
Tom Beckett
Categories:
Roster,Yard
Locomotives:
SBD 6779(GP40)
CO 4412(GP40-2)
CR 4022(E8A)
SBD 6697(GP40)
Views:
1036
Comments:
2
Title:
Conrail E unit
Description:
A North Jersey Coast train-still NY & Long Branch to most of us in those days-has turned on the loop at Bay Head Jct and approaches the station to take on passengers for New York. The train will swap its E8s for a GG 1 at South Amboy.
Photo Date:
6/8/1979
Upload Date:
8/8/2012 12:56:50 AM
Location:
Bay Head, NJ
Author:
Tom Beckett
Categories:
Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:
CR 4256(E8A)
DOTX 210(E8A)
Views:
1854
Comments:
2
Title:
The only way to ride
Description:
If you cant ride in the engine. Up until NJ Transit reequipped its trains, starting in the mid 1980s, there was a lot of hand me down equipment in service that had been owned by the predecessor roads, much of it cars that were rendered excess as train offs mounted in the 1960s, and finally when Amtrak started in 1971. Almost all of the cars had dutch doors, which were a wonderful place to ride on a nice day. The practice was long standing, and train crews generally didnt chase you. Im riding the NY & Long Branch down on the shore as we approach Elberon, the train sweeping around a long curve behind a pair of E 8s. I always liked the signals on the Bay Head line, one of which is at left. They reminded me of the ACL.
Photo Date:
6/8/1979
Upload Date:
12/12/2016 5:04:28 AM
Location:
Elberon, NJ
Author:
Tom Beckett
Categories:
Signal,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:
CR 4256(E8A)
DOTX 210(E8A)
Views:
1077
Comments:
3
Title:
USDOT E8
Description:
US DOT E8 210, lettered "Transportation Safety Institute" is the trailing unit on todays mid day Bay Head run from New York.
Photo Date:
6/8/1979
Upload Date:
8/8/2012 1:50:59 AM
Location:
Bay Head, NJ
Author:
Tom Beckett
Categories:
Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:
DOTX 210(E8A)
CR 4256(E8A)
Views:
1779
Comments:
1
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