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| Title: |
Coal with a visitor |
| Description: |
A 97 car westbound coal train approaches Neff Yard behind a pair of UP units and a Conrail leaser. |
| Photo Date: |
2/6/1996 Upload Date: 8/4/2014 3:37:08 AM |
| Location: |
Kansas City, MO |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
UP 6074(SD60) CR 504(C30-7) UP 6029(SD60) |
| Views: |
682 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Double zeroes |
| Description: |
A pair of CR units, both ending in "00" roll OIBU past a Barton hayfield. The 6600 is the class unit of CRs ten C30-7s. The 6400 is just another SD40-2. |
| Photo Date: |
4/12/1990 Upload Date: 1/3/2016 2:26:29 AM |
| Location: |
Barton, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 6600(C30-7) CR 6400(SD40-2) |
| Views: |
455 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Under the bridge |
| Description: |
OIBU rolls under the NY 427 overpass, one of my favored locations due to the scenic shot and easy access off NY 17. |
| Photo Date: |
4/12/1990 Upload Date: 1/3/2016 2:27:42 AM |
| Location: |
Chemung, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 6600(C30-7) CR 6400(SD40-2) |
| Views: |
643 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
Ex EL units on the Boston Line |
| Description: |
Former EL SD 45-2s worked on the Boston Line during the early 1980s. Two are in the consist of this eastbound coal train leaving Pittsfield Mass |
| Photo Date: |
7/14/1984 Upload Date: 11/13/2011 2:52:46 AM |
| Location: |
Pittsfield, MA |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Yard,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 6655(SD45-2) CR 6601(C30-7) CR 6657(SD45-2) |
| Views: |
1053 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Working hard |
| Description: |
SD 50s doing what they were bought for, rolling heavy trains across the main lines. The trailing unit is one of Conrails ten C30-7s, a model that sold well elsewhere. CR would acquire its step brother, the C30-7A, which got 3000 HP out of 12 cylinders. |
| Photo Date: |
2/14/1986 Upload Date: 10/20/2014 1:15:41 AM |
| Location: |
Horseshoe Curve, PA |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Winter,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 6783(SD50) CR 6804(SD50) CR 6602(C30-7) |
| Views: |
909 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Climbing to Gulf Sumiit |
| Description: |
TV 202 has crossed Starrucca Viaduct and is now well into the climb to Gulf Summit, seen here at School House Rd in the Town of Windsor amid spreading fall color. |
| Photo Date: |
10/15/1994 Upload Date: 8/28/2014 3:40:46 AM |
| Location: |
Cascade Valley, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 6122(C40-8W) CR 6643(C36-7) CR 6603(C30-7) |
| Views: |
792 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
Juice for Jersey |
| Description: |
The Tropicana train rolls along the Anacostia River in DC as it makes its way to Kearny and the breakfast tables of the New York area. |
| Photo Date: |
6/24/1986 Upload Date: 11/28/2014 3:41:59 AM |
| Location: |
Washington, DC |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Bridge,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 6348(SD40) CR 6523(SD40-2) CR 6604(C30-7) |
| Views: |
634 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
On the bridge |
| Description: |
The Tropicana train makes its way across the Anacostia River moveable bridge, diesels now doing the job that E 44s would have done only a few years ago. |
| Photo Date: |
6/24/1986 Upload Date: 11/28/2014 3:44:33 AM |
| Location: |
Washington, DC |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Bridge,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 6348(SD40) CR 6523(SD40-2) CR 6604(C30-7) |
| Views: |
662 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Westbound |
| Description: |
The one westbound train I saw that day. Everything else was coming out of the sun. |
| Photo Date: |
7/26/1983 Upload Date: 11/22/2013 1:58:32 AM |
| Location: |
Bound Brook, NJ |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 6472(SD40-2) CR 6605(C30-7) CR 6506(SD40-2) |
| Views: |
759 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Rare bird |
| Description: |
Conrail had only ten C30-7s, a model that was common elsewhere. They did go big for a modified version, the 12 cylinder C30-7A, of which they had 50. One of the straight C30s leads SEEN7 into Enola from Selkirk with 121 cars. |
| Photo Date: |
5/18/1987 Upload Date: 4/26/2015 3:44:08 AM |
| Location: |
Enola, PA |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 6605(C30-7) CR 6280(SD40) CR 6254(SD40) |
| Views: |
764 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Busy place |
| Description: |
Enola could get wonderfully busy at times. Here we have SEEN7 coming in, waiting for the yard pullers to clear. |
| Photo Date: |
5/18/1987 Upload Date: 4/26/2015 4:39:41 AM |
| Location: |
Enola, PA |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Yard,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 7547(GP10) CR 7550(GP10) CR 6605(C30-7) CR 6280(SD40) CR 6254(SD40) |
| Views: |
1088 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Through the park |
| Description: |
A northbound train on the West Shore rolls through Bear Mountain State Park on and early spring day. |
| Photo Date: |
4/1/1986 Upload Date: 11/17/2014 3:36:53 AM |
| Location: |
Bear Mountain, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 6606(C30-7) CR 6462(SD40-2) |
| Views: |
615 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Past the hump |
| Description: |
This PYALis arriving at Allentown and passing the hump as the late afternoon shadows fall. |
| Photo Date: |
7/18/1987 Upload Date: 5/17/2015 2:15:21 AM |
| Location: |
Allentown Hump Yard, PA |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Yard,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 6397(SD40-2) CR 6440(SD40-2) CR 6606(C30-7) |
| Views: |
739 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Rainy day |
| Description: |
OIBU arrives at Binghamton on a rainy mid December day. In a few more days, there will be a blanket of snow. Ill take the rain. |
| Photo Date: |
12/15/1988 Upload Date: 9/27/2015 2:40:59 AM |
| Location: |
Binghamton, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Yard,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 6728(C628) CR 6606(C30-7) CR 2780(U23B) |
| Views: |
936 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Eastbound past the park |
| Description: |
An eastbound drifts downhill toward Altoona past the park at the curve. Conrail often mixed in 4 axle power on many trains, even on heavy grades. Odd as it sounds, seeing a GP 38 in the Alleghenies was not that uncommon. Check out the Reading hoppers, many of which lasted well into the 90's in coal service. |
| Photo Date: |
9/27/1984 Upload Date: 7/2/2014 1:31:26 PM |
| Location: |
Horseshoe Curve, PA |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 6607(C30-7) CR 8214(GP38-2) |
| Views: |
623 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Snowy scene |
| Description: |
BUOI passes the Erie station at Hornell, as seen from what was once the Allegany Division yard. Its now a shopping center, with a P&C and Family Dollar, among other things, and this view is no longer possible. |
| Photo Date: |
2/25/1987 Upload Date: 3/4/2012 4:18:02 AM |
| Location: |
Hornell, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Winter,Station,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 6012(C39-8) CR 6607(C30-7) CR 6318(SD40) CR 6258(SD40) |
| Views: |
1059 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
BUOI in the corn |
| Description: |
BUOI rolls east past a stubble cornfield near Arkport as it heads for Hornell, Upstate NY can be beautiful in the winter as the low light and golden colors warm the scene-if you can stand the cold temperatures. It was in the mid 20s this day. |
| Photo Date: |
2/25/1987 Upload Date: 4/18/2015 3:06:41 AM |
| Location: |
Arkport, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Winter,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 6012(C39-8) CR 6607(C30-7) CR 6318(SD40) CR 6258(SD40) |
| Views: |
984 Comments: 4 |
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| Title: |
Rockbound |
| Description: |
BUOI rolls past the rocks at Browns Crossing as it heads down the valley. |
| Photo Date: |
2/25/1987 Upload Date: 4/18/2015 3:26:55 AM |
| Location: |
Browns Crossing, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 6012(C39-8) CR 6607(C30-7) CR 6258(SD40) CR 6318(SD40) |
| Views: |
754 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Dropping the blade |
| Description: |
BUOI rolls its 100 cars past a pair of semphores between Cameron and Rathbone. The one it is passing has dropped to approach, as the signal on track 1 points upward. |
| Photo Date: |
2/25/1987 Upload Date: 4/18/2015 3:38:23 AM |
| Location: |
Cameron, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Winter,Signal,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 6012(C39-8) CR 6607(C30-7) CR 6258(SD40) CR 6318(SD40) |
| Views: |
850 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Broad valley |
| Description: |
One of the things I enjoy about the west end of the Tier is some of the wider vistas between Hornell and Letchworth Park, such as this scene from the NY 70 overpass near Canaeraga.BUOI rolls east with 100 cars. |
| Photo Date: |
2/25/1987 Upload Date: 4/18/2015 3:12:00 AM |
| Location: |
Canaseraga, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Winter,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 6012(C39-8) CR 6607(C30-7) CR 6318(SD40) CR 6258(SD40) |
| Views: |
971 Comments: 3 |
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| Title: |
BUOI winter scene |
| Description: |
BUOI approaches one of the local road bridges built by the Erie as it heads for Hornell and Newark. |
| Photo Date: |
2/25/1987 Upload Date: 5/29/2011 3:22:14 AM |
| Location: |
Dalton, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Winter,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 6012(C39-8) CR 6607(C30-7) CR 6318(SD40) CR 6258(SD40) |
| Views: |
1116 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
Around the curve |
| Description: |
TV 301 rounds the big curve near Cochecton at MP 131 alongside NY 97. It was a great place to shoot a train, through it works better with two or three units. Four is really one too many. |
| Photo Date: |
9/26/1987 Upload Date: 5/28/2015 3:15:38 AM |
| Location: |
Cochecton, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 6001(C39-8) CR 6315(SD40) CR 6013(C39-8) CR 6607(C30-7) |
| Views: |
930 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Past the station |
| Description: |
TV 301 rolls past the Erie station at Callicoon, passing some MOW equipment as it goes by. |
| Photo Date: |
9/26/1987 Upload Date: 5/28/2015 3:18:24 AM |
| Location: |
Callicoon, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 6001(C39-8) CR 6315(SD40) CR 6013(C39-8) CR 6607(C30-7) |
| Views: |
802 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Off the bridge |
| Description: |
TV 301 rolls off the big through truss bridge over the East Branch of the Delaware. The clearance above the double stacks shows why the Erie was the preferred high and wide route in the east. |
| Photo Date: |
9/26/1987 Upload Date: 5/28/2015 3:20:00 AM |
| Location: |
Hancock, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Bridge,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 6001(C39-8) CR 6315(SD40) CR 6013(C39-8) CR 6607(C30-7) |
| Views: |
886 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Long way down |
| Description: |
TV 301 crosseq the Mill rift bridge into PA, seen from one of the pull outs along NY 97 at Hawks Nest, about five miles upriver from Port Jervis. |
| Photo Date: |
9/26/1987 Upload Date: 6/15/2015 3:35:04 AM |
| Location: |
Mill Rift, PA |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Bridge,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 6001(C39-8) CR 6315(SD40) CR 6013(C39-8) CR 6607(C30-7) |
| Views: |
804 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Stretched across the valley |
| Description: |
TV 301 is stretched out across Moodna Viaduct, one of the three great steel bridges on the Erie, as it makes its way toward Port Jervis and Buffalo. |
| Photo Date: |
9/26/1987 Upload Date: 5/28/2015 3:24:19 AM |
| Location: |
Salisbury Mills, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Bridge,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 6001(C39-8) CR 6315(SD40) CR 6013(C39-8) CR 6607(C30-7) |
| Views: |
821 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Over the creek |
| Description: |
Moodna Creek, for which the viaduct is named, is a small waterway at the west end of the bridge, just before it crosses NY 94. At this point, the tracks are 193 feet above the creek bed, with TV 301 riding them. |
| Photo Date: |
9/26/1987 Upload Date: 5/28/2015 3:30:38 AM |
| Location: |
Salisbury Mills, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Bridge,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 6001(C39-8) CR 6315(SD40) CR 6013(C39-8) CR 6607(C30-7) |
| Views: |
761 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Crew change next |
| Description: |
TV 301 arrives at Port Jervis and will change crews. The new crew will take the 195 APL platforms to Gang Mills, where the next crew will get on to run to Buffalo. |
| Photo Date: |
9/26/1987 Upload Date: 5/28/2015 3:36:51 AM |
| Location: |
Port Jervis, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Signal,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 6001(C39-8) CR 6315(SD40) CR 6013(C39-8) CR 6607(C30-7) |
| Views: |
930 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
140 years old |
| Description: |
and still at it. TV 301 rolls over the 1848 built Starrucca Viaduct, and is now on its last lap into Binghamton. |
| Photo Date: |
9/26/1987 Upload Date: 5/28/2015 3:39:27 AM |
| Location: |
Port Jervis, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Bridge,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 6001(C39-8) CR 6315(SD40) CR 6013(C39-8) CR 6607(C30-7) |
| Views: |
808 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Spring is coming |
| Description: |
Or is it?? Theres still a lot of snow pack on Gulf Summit as TV 301 rolls 160 stack platforms west at Schoolhouse Road in the Town of Sanford, having just crested the grade. It will be on Starrucca in about ten minutes, and in Binghamton in about 45 |
| Photo Date: |
3/5/1988 Upload Date: 12/2/2014 3:48:10 AM |
| Location: |
Cascade Valley, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Winter,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 6383(SD40-2) CR 6338(SD40) CR 6762(SD50) CR 6607(C30-7) |
| Views: |
865 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Snowy paradise |
| Description: |
Well, maybe not paradise. But it does make for a good photo. TV 301 with 160 platforms of APL containers approaches the PA 191 bridge in Great Bend, a short ride up the river remaining to Binghamton. |
| Photo Date: |
3/5/1988 Upload Date: 6/30/2015 4:33:30 AM |
| Location: |
Great Bend, PA |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Winter,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 6383(SD40-2) CR 6336(SD40) CR 6762(SD50) CR 6607(C30-7) |
| Views: |
673 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
High above |
| Description: |
TV 301 rolls high above Lanesboro on the classic 1848 built Starrucca Viaduct. |
| Photo Date: |
3/5/1988 Upload Date: 6/30/2015 4:35:58 AM |
| Location: |
Lanesboro, PA |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Bridge,Winter,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 6383(SD40-2) CR 6336(SD40) CR 6762(SD50) CR 6607(C30-7) |
| Views: |
758 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Gloomy OIBU |
| Description: |
OIBU rolls west between Campville and Owego on one of the Tiers typical gloomy days. |
| Photo Date: |
9/12/1988 Upload Date: 8/30/2015 2:19:34 AM |
| Location: |
Campville, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 6430(SD40-2) CR 6607(C30-7) |
| Views: |
617 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Down the Lehigh |
| Description: |
This going away shot of CGAL shows it on the connection from the ex EL Southern Tier Line(in the foreground) to the Lehigh Line. The steel bridge it is about to cross is NY 17. The train will be in Sayre PA on the ex LV in a few minutes. It will work the yard there, picking up and setting out for RELCO, a contract freight car rebuilder working out of the ex LV shop, and for local WAIT 2, which works the Ithaca Branch, the remaining portion of the LV Main and Passenger Main to Ithaca via Van Etten Jct. Despite an easy connection here, the EL and LV did not interchange at this location as a rule, and this was used mostly for detour moves prior to Conrail. Also note: see the comment below regarding the Elmira, Cortland & Northern, an LV component whose isolated track in Elmira was reached via trackage rights over the Erie/EL via this connection. |
| Photo Date: |
10/12/1988 Upload Date: 9/11/2015 3:05:41 AM |
| Location: |
Waverly, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 3399(GP40-2) CR 6762(SD50) CR 6607(C30-7) |
| Views: |
733 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
Past the station |
| Description: |
CGAL arrives at Sayre. It will drop its train here as it runs south to Athens to cross over and get into the yard area. |
| Photo Date: |
10/12/1988 Upload Date: 9/11/2015 3:20:10 AM |
| Location: |
Sayre, PA |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Yard,Station,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 3399(GP40-2) CR 6762(SD50) CR 6607(C30-7) |
| Views: |
701 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Head end helpers |
| Description: |
Trailvan and auto rack trains typically got helpers on the head end, due to the train handling tendencies of the long cars, especially on the many curves. Today an EL SD45-2 does the honors. |
| Photo Date: |
2/23/1986 Upload Date: 11/14/2014 2:35:11 AM |
| Location: |
Horseshoe Curve, PA |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Winter,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 6665(SD45-2) CR 6289(SD40) CR 3403(GP40-2) CR 6608(C30-7) CR 6506(SD40-2) |
| Views: |
876 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Going uphill |
| Description: |
The auto rack train has passed the park and is now working out of the curve. Note the open racks, nonexistent today. |
| Photo Date: |
2/23/1986 Upload Date: 11/14/2014 2:37:33 AM |
| Location: |
Horseshoe Curve, PA |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Winter,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 3403(GP40-2) CR 6608(C30-7) CR 6665(SD45-2) CR 6289(SD40) CR 6506(SD40-2) |
| Views: |
662 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Idle power |
| Description: |
An odd couple sits at BD in Binghamton-the second unit is one of only 10 C30-7's on Conrail. Not sure why these two units were sitting here. May have been power off a coal train to Johnson City. |
| Photo Date: |
8/20/1985 Upload Date: 10/8/2014 1:32:10 AM |
| Location: |
Binghamton, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 7519(GP10) CR 6609(C30-7) |
| Views: |
806 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Along I 80 |
| Description: |
I was headed west on I 80 on the way up Sherman Hill, and pulled into a rest area for a short break. This train rollled past eastbound while I was there. Conrail had 10 C30-7's. Don't you know I'd see one 1000 miles from the nearest CR point. |
| Photo Date: |
4/14/1996 Upload Date: 5/10/2014 3:50:10 AM |
| Location: |
Buford, WY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Winter,Action |
| Locomotives: |
UP 9298(C40-8) CR 6609(C30-7) |
| Views: |
753 Comments: 1 |
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