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2/3/2025
 
 
 
 
 
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Pigs west
Title:  Pigs west
Description:  A westbound Conrail van train readies to leave Harrisburg ramp on the ex Pennsy. It will soon be on the Rockville bridge and headed over the Middle Division
Photo Date:  9/2/1998  Upload Date: 3/15/2014 1:46:30 AM
Location:  Harrisburg, PA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  CR 5637(SD60I) CR 5575(SD60I)
Views:  497   Comments: 0
Yes its really April
Title:  Yes its really April
Description:  April in the Tier just means it doesnt snow quite so much. Heres TV 202 with 96 platforms rolling into Endicott in a wintry scene.
Photo Date:  4/8/1995  Upload Date: 8/17/2014 3:30:54 AM
Location:  Endicott, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Winter,Signal,Action
Locomotives:  CR 6773(SD50) CR 6115(C40-8W) CR 5576(SD60I)
Views:  570   Comments: 0
...and going
Title:  ...and going
Description:  TV 203K has made its pick up and is now ready to head west.
Photo Date:  3/18/1995  Upload Date: 8/26/2014 3:11:15 AM
Location:  Syracuse (Dewitt), NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Yard,Station,Action
Locomotives:  CR 6745(SD50) CR 5579(SD60I)
Views:  402   Comments: 0
TV 13
Title:  TV 13
Description:  TV 13s power has cut off the train and is going into the yard for a pick up.
Photo Date:  3/18/1995  Upload Date: 8/26/2014 2:55:30 AM
Location:  Syracuse (Dewitt), NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  CR 5583(SD60I) CR 6226(C40-8W) CR 6834(SD50)
Views:  566   Comments: 0
TV 261
Title:  TV 261
Description:  Conrail was an intermodal leader in the east, and ran quite a few Trailvan trains, such as this TV 261 passing the 1957 Syracuse station in Dewitt with 145 stack platforms and 10 COFC
Photo Date:  10/18/1995  Upload Date: 8/7/2014 2:46:18 PM
Location:  Syracuse (Dewitt), NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Yard,Station,Action
Locomotives:  CR 5594(SD60I) CR 6745(SD50)
Views:  386   Comments: 0
CR 5594 broadside
Title:  CR 5594 broadside
Description:  Heres one for the modelers, a broadside view of a Conrail SD60I, seen at Dewitt yard leading TV 261
Photo Date:  10/18/1995  Upload Date: 8/7/2014 2:50:14 PM
Location:  Syracuse (Dewitt), NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  CR 5594(SD60I)
Views:  295   Comments: 0
TV 261 meets TV 204
Title:  TV 261 meets TV 204
Description:  Sometimes trains working Dewitt took a while to get out on the road, as Conrail had a lot of traffic. Here TV 261 waits as TV 204 rolls east. It will also hold for TVLA and ML 403
Photo Date:  10/18/1995  Upload Date: 8/10/2014 3:05:57 AM
Location:  Syracuse (Dewitt), NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Action
Locomotives:  CR 5594(SD60I) CR 6745(SD50)
Views:  408   Comments: 0
ML 403 passes
Title:  ML 403 passes
Description:  TV 261 is still waiting to get aack on the main with his 145 stack platforms and 10 COFC as ML 403 passes the station with 96 auto racks
Photo Date:  10/18/1995  Upload Date: 8/10/2014 3:10:33 AM
Location:  Syracuse (Dewitt), NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Action
Locomotives:  CR 5624(SD60I) CR 6799(SD50) CR 6745(SD50) CR 5594(SD60I)
Views:  598   Comments: 3
TVLA passes
Title:  TVLA passes
Description:  TV 261 cant get a break, now TVLA is passing.
Photo Date:  10/18/1995  Upload Date: 8/10/2014 3:13:32 AM
Location:  Syracuse (Dewitt), NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Action
Locomotives:  CR 6777(SD50) CR 5641(SD60I) CR 6745(SD50) CR 5594(SD60I) CR 5628(SD60I)
Views:  699   Comments: 1
BRSE7X
Title:  BRSE7X
Description:  A merchandise train that originated off the Belt Railway of Chicago passes Dewitt and TV 261 on its way to Selkirk. This was one of the few freights in the parade of intermodal trains that day.
Photo Date:  10/18/1995  Upload Date: 8/7/2014 3:13:18 PM
Location:  Syracuse (Dewitt), NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Action
Locomotives:  CR 6828(SD50) CR 5594(SD60I)
Views:  411   Comments: 0
Heading straight on for you
Title:  Heading straight on for you
Description:  TV 202 rolls right under my spot on the NY 17C bridge. The new bridge has a chain link fence that can be worked around, but its not as good as the old bridge, which had no fence. It also had no shoulder....
Photo Date:  6/17/1995  Upload Date: 8/16/2014 2:15:12 AM
Location:  Endicott, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Signal,Action
Locomotives:  CR 6175(C40-8W) CR 5598(SD60I) CR 3355(GP40-2)
Views:  630   Comments: 3
Late sun ML 440
Title:  Late sun ML 440
Description:  ML 440 rolls toward the NY 17C overpass with 108 racks as the sun fades
Photo Date:  6/17/1995  Upload Date: 8/16/2014 2:12:47 AM
Location:  Endicott, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Signal,Action
Locomotives:  CR 5599(SD60I) LMS 711(C40-8W) CR 6767(SD50)
Views:  615   Comments: 0
Stacks east
Title:  Stacks east
Description:  An eastbound stack train rolls through CP 293 behind an SD60I and an ex LMS unit now owned by Conrail
Photo Date:  8/27/1996  Upload Date: 5/5/2014 4:23:06 AM
Location:  SYRACUSE (CP293), NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CR 5601(SD60I) CR 745(C40-8W)
Views:  531   Comments: 0
Splitting the signals
Title:  Splitting the signals
Description:  A westbound intermodal train hammers past the signals at Memphis.
Photo Date:  6/22/1997  Upload Date: 3/30/2014 5:19:17 AM
Location:  Memphis, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Signal,Action
Locomotives:  CR 5604(SD60I)
Views:  272   Comments: 0
TV 204
Title:  TV 204
Description:  TV 204 was an eastbound APL train, once a regular on the Southern Tier, now shifted to the Chicago and River Lines since the tunnel under West Point was enlarged. Here it is passing Dewitt with 105 platforms
Photo Date:  10/18/1995  Upload Date: 8/7/2014 2:54:15 PM
Location:  Syracuse (Dewitt), NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Yard,Station,Action
Locomotives:  CR 5606(SD60I) CR 3395(GP40-2) CR 5645(SD60I)
Views:  552   Comments: 1
ML 440
Title:  ML 440
Description:  Shortly after TV 202 passed, we see why it was on track 1: ML 440 rolls in with 79 auto racks, dropping the semaphore to horizontal.
Photo Date:  5/21/1995  Upload Date: 8/16/2014 2:11:14 AM
Location:  Endicott, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  CR 5608(SD60I) CR 5552(SD60M) CR 6852(SD60)
Views:  528   Comments: 1
Old relic
Title:  Old relic
Description:  There were a number of Erie semaphores east of Waverly on the Tier even after some improvements. This one would last into NS. In June 1995 it was passed by a UNE train runnng wrong main.
Photo Date:  6/29/1995  Upload Date: 8/14/2014 3:47:34 AM
Location:  Waverly, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Signal,Action
Locomotives:  CR 6240(C40-8W) CR 5609(SD60I)
Views:  318   Comments: 0
Past the blade
Title:  Past the blade
Description:  A UNE enpty coal train from Johnson City rolls wrong main past the Erie semaphore at Barton with 91 cars.
Photo Date:  6/29/1995  Upload Date: 8/14/2014 3:49:02 AM
Location:  Barton, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Signal,Action
Locomotives:  CR 6240(C40-8W) CR 5609(SD60I)
Views:  364   Comments: 2
Rolling along the interstate
Title:  Rolling along the interstate
Description:  A "hold up the camera and pray" shot along I 90 on the east side of Cleveland.
Photo Date:  3/20/1999  Upload Date: 3/4/2014 1:00:04 AM
Location:  Cleveland, OH
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CR 5615(SD60I) CR 6623(C36-7)
Views:  482   Comments: 1
Westbound
Title:  Westbound
Description:  Another westbound Trailvan passes the Dewitt station with 62 trailer flats.
Photo Date:  10/18/1995  Upload Date: 8/7/2014 2:56:42 PM
Location:  Syracuse (Dewitt), NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Action
Locomotives:  CR 5618(SD60I) CR 6083(C40-8W)
Views:  321   Comments: 1
Westbound stacks
Title:  Westbound stacks
Description:  A westbound stack train rolls into Cleveland with a typical mix of Conrail power and a healthy number of JB Hunt boxes.
Photo Date:  6/21/1996  Upload Date: 2/27/2012 12:29:47 AM
Location:  Cleveland, OH
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CR 5621(SD60I) CR 5034(B36-7) CR 6142(C40-8W)
Views:  585   Comments: 0
Autos
Title:  Autos
Description:  Conrail, in addition to the extensive Trailvan network, also ran a comprehensive set of automotive trains. This is one of the empties, ML 403, is heading from New Jersey to the Detroit area with 96 empty racks.
Photo Date:  10/18/1995  Upload Date: 8/7/2014 2:59:25 PM
Location:  Syracuse (Dewitt), NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Action
Locomotives:  CR 5624(SD60I) CR 6799(SD50)
Views:  337   Comments: 1
Hot train
Title:  Hot train
Description:  One of the hottest trains on the system was TVLA, a through connection to Santa Fe that became their 198 train to Los Angeles. Together, CR and ATSF combined for a transit of apporximately 76 hours coast to coast. This one is a big train, 91 trailer flats for the Santa Fe. Check out the Saab in the parking lot.
Photo Date:  10/18/1995  Upload Date: 8/7/2014 3:05:47 PM
Location:  Syracuse (Dewitt), NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Action
Locomotives:  CR 6777(SD50) CR 5641(SD60I) CR 5628(SD60I)
Views:  530   Comments: 0
Rack train heads for Selkirk
Title:  Rack train heads for Selkirk
Description:  An eastbound auto rack train has cleared Syracuse and rolls for Selkirk yard
Photo Date:  3/6/1996  Upload Date: 5/15/2014 3:14:58 PM
Location:  Kirkville, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CR 5642(SD60I) CR 6073(C40-8W)
Views:  487   Comments: 0


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