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GP 18 and C 430
Title:  GP 18 and C 430
Description:  A mix of power lead WS-1 through the back alleys of Paterson.
Photo Date:  7/15/1986  Upload Date: 1/8/2012 3:12:11 AM
Location:  Paterson, NJ
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  NYSW 1800(GP18) NYSW 3006(C430)
Views:  1748   Comments: 1
Playing in the weeds
Title:  Playing in the weeds
Description:  WS 1 works a customer siding at Hawthorne, fighting its way through the weeds to reach the cars. Hard to believe, looking at this scene, that two mile long stack trains will soon be passing here.
Photo Date:  10/14/1986  Upload Date: 12/17/2014 2:59:31 AM
Location:  Hawthorne, NJ
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  NYSW 1800(GP18) NYSW 3006(C430)
Views:  1764   Comments: 2
Past the parking lot
Title:  Past the parking lot
Description:  WS 1 passes the parked cars in downtown Hawthorne as trailing unit 3006 smokes it up
Photo Date:  10/14/1986  Upload Date: 12/19/2014 2:53:41 AM
Location:  Hawthorne, NJ
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  NYSW 1800(GP18) NYSW 3006(C430)
Views:  1491   Comments: 0
It really is urban railroading
Title:  It really is urban railroading
Description:  The NYSW local is off in the distance in what looks like a rural setting, but which is actually in Paterson. Stack trains are coming to this line in less than a year.
Photo Date:  10/14/1986  Upload Date: 12/17/2014 3:01:47 AM
Location:  Paterson, NJ
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  NYSW 1800(GP18) NYSW 3006(C430)
Views:  1823   Comments: 0
Through the backyards
Title:  Through the backyards
Description:  WS 1 works through the back yards of Paterson as it makes its way to PC and Conrail interchange for the Southern Tier Line.
Photo Date:  10/14/1986  Upload Date: 12/17/2014 3:05:14 AM
Location:  Paterson, NJ
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  NYSW 1800(GP18) NYSW 3006(C430)
Views:  1524   Comments: 0
Ole signal
Title:  Ole signal
Description:  WS 1 passes an ancient semaphore that has not governed a train move in several decades. Still makes for a good prop.
Photo Date:  10/14/1986  Upload Date: 12/17/2014 3:06:27 AM
Location:  Paterson, NJ
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Signal,Action
Locomotives:  NYSW 1800(GP18) NYSW 3006(C430)
Views:  1679   Comments: 1
Signal
Title:  Signal
Description:  An ancient relic of a bygone era waits for the passage of WS 1, way off in the distance. The train will take ten minutes to reach me.
Photo Date:  10/14/1986  Upload Date: 12/17/2014 3:08:47 AM
Location:  Paterson, NJ
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Signal,Action
Locomotives:  NYSW 1800(GP18) NYSW 3006(C430)
Views:  1663   Comments: 1
Work extra
Title:  Work extra
Description:  The GP 18s turned up everywhere, so it was no surprise to find one on a work train on the Hackensack River bridge. Note the FJ&G flat right behind the power. The river was still an artery of commerce-note the barge at far right. Stone was a common item transported by barge in the New York area.
Photo Date:  5/7/1987  Upload Date: 4/25/2015 3:17:44 AM
Location:  Hackensack, NJ
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Bridge,Action
Locomotives:  NYSW 1800(GP18)
Views:  1157   Comments: 0
Heading out with an Alco leader
Title:  Heading out with an Alco leader
Description:  The NYSW was still using a couple of Alcos in local service. The C430 fleet was down to two units, but C 420 2010 kept on. Here it is leading a pair of EMDs past the Binghamton Agway as it heads up the Utica Branch on BH 1.
Photo Date:  8/3/1989  Upload Date: 11/3/2015 3:15:11 AM
Location:  Binghamton, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Signal,Action
Locomotives:  NYSW 2010(C420) NYSW 1800(GP18) NYSW 2012(GP38)
Views:  1363   Comments: 0
Cruddy light
Title:  Cruddy light
Description:  Poor light was not unusual in the Southern Tier-it rained a lot here-and most of us shot photos in it anyway, since you often got some interesting consists, even if it was raining. Heres one of them, a BH 1 with a C420, GP 18, and GP 38, something you could find only on the NYSW. The train is northbound at Phelps St.
Photo Date:  8/27/1989  Upload Date: 11/19/2015 3:43:40 AM
Location:  Port Dickinson, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  NYSW 2010(C420) NYSW 1800(GP18) NYSW 2012(GP38)
Views:  1483   Comments: 0
It never stops
Title:  It never stops
Description:  NYSW had a way of putting together some power combinations youd never see anywhere else. Sometimes it happened in the yard, though often youd see them on the road too. This set was one only the Susie Q could come up with, at East Binghamton.
Photo Date:  10/5/1989  Upload Date: 12/4/2015 4:47:37 AM
Location:  Binghamton, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  NYSW 2010(C420) NYSW 1800(GP18) NYSW 3638(F45)
Views:  785   Comments: 1
Glowing
Title:  Glowing
Description:  NYSW 1800 takes a cut of cars onto the D&H, rolling through the plant at BD as the late afternoon sun lights up its flank.
Photo Date:  11/6/1989  Upload Date: 12/14/2015 4:18:42 AM
Location:  Binghamton, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  NYSW 1800(GP18)
Views:  585   Comments: 0
All the way down
Title:  All the way down
Description:  NYSW 1800 has brought over a cut of interchange to the D&H, taking it all the way to Terrace Drive. Once clear of the south end yard tracks, it will shove in, then return to take NYSW cars back downtown.
Photo Date:  11/19/1989  Upload Date: 12/14/2015 4:15:18 AM
Location:  Binghamton, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  NYSW 1800(GP18)
Views:  613   Comments: 0
Yard work
Title:  Yard work
Description:  A close up look at the power on BH 1 as it works the Binghamton yard prior to going north on one of the branches.
Photo Date:  1/13/1990  Upload Date: 12/18/2015 5:11:45 AM
Location:  Binghamton, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Winter,Yard,Action
Locomotives:  NYSW 1800(GP18) NYSW 2010(C420)
Views:  439   Comments: 0
Short and long haul
Title:  Short and long haul
Description:  BH 1 with a GP 18-C420 combo, pulls a couple of cars past an empty coal train waiting for a crew at Chenango St.
Photo Date:  1/13/1990  Upload Date: 12/18/2015 5:04:41 AM
Location:  Binghamton, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Winter,Yard,Action
Locomotives:  NYSW 1800(GP18) NYSW 2010(C420) DH 386(GP39-2)
Views:  651   Comments: 0
Tough angle
Title:  Tough angle
Description:  This was an easy enough spot to get to, but the sun angle could be a problem, especially in the shorter days of winter when it didnt come around very far. We have a back lit BH 1 crossing the Chenango River behind a GP 18 on a cold February day.
Photo Date:  2/4/1990  Upload Date: 12/18/2015 5:00:09 AM
Location:  Chenango Bridge, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Bridge,Winter,Action
Locomotives:  NYSW 1800(GP18)
Views:  387   Comments: 0
Old road
Title:  Old road
Description:  BH 1 rolls north at Old State Rd in Port Dickinson. This was the last winter trains would use this line. By the fall, a new connection from the D&H would be in service here, as part of a project to eliminate two overpasses, and raise the remaining structure at Bevier St, resulting in the abandonment of the ex DLW line south of here to what was once the DLW YO yard. Northern Division trains would connect to D&H tracks here for the remaining trip to the south.
Photo Date:  2/4/1990  Upload Date: 12/18/2015 5:03:08 AM
Location:  Port Dickinson, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Winter,Action
Locomotives:  NYSW 1800(GP18)
Views:  358   Comments: 0
Up the valley
Title:  Up the valley
Description:  BH 1 has cleared Chenango Forks and is now working up the Chenango River valley on the Utica Branch.
Photo Date:  2/11/1990  Upload Date: 12/21/2015 5:12:10 AM
Location:  Chenango Forks, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Winter,Action
Locomotives:  NYSW 1800(GP18)
Views:  244   Comments: 0
Overhead view
Title:  Overhead view
Description:  For a short distance north of Forks, NY 12 is elevated above the tracks, yielding this view of BH 1 as it heads north.
Photo Date:  2/11/1990  Upload Date: 12/24/2015 4:52:22 AM
Location:  Chenango Forks, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  NYSW 1800(GP18)
Views:  256   Comments: 0
There was a station here once
Title:  There was a station here once
Description:  BH 1 behind a GP 18 rolls north at the location of the Chenango Forks DLW station. It was torn down shortly after Conrail took over operation of the line from EL.
Photo Date:  2/11/1990  Upload Date: 12/24/2015 4:55:52 AM
Location:  Chenango Forks, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  NYSW 1800(GP18)
Views:  271   Comments: 0
Short train
Title:  Short train
Description:  BH 1 has four cars for the Utica Branch today. It will swap with a job out of Utica, probably at Sherburne, and come back with more cars, working sidings on the way. There was actually a fair amount of traffic on the line at the time, though Sunday was not always busy.
Photo Date:  2/11/1990  Upload Date: 12/21/2015 5:14:28 AM
Location:  Greene, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Winter,Action
Locomotives:  NYSW 1800(GP18)
Views:  272   Comments: 0
Old freight house
Title:  Old freight house
Description:  It always struck me as odd that some stations and ancillary structures would survive, but others would not. CR tore down the large station at Forks, admittedly a large building is more of a liability and maintenance problem than a small station, but something like this little freight house at Oxford stays. Go figure. BH 1 graces the scene, a classic all by itself with one of the three GP 18s. The passenger station is at far right, now a business.
Photo Date:  2/11/1990  Upload Date: 12/24/2015 5:01:08 AM
Location:  Oxford, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Action
Locomotives:  NYSW 1800(GP18)
Views:  304   Comments: 0
Just off River Rd
Title:  Just off River Rd
Description:  This shot is just off River Rd south of Oxford, where there is a grade crossing. The light was right for a late afternoon shot, which is something of an issue with northbounds in the winter.
Photo Date:  2/11/1990  Upload Date: 12/24/2015 5:12:33 AM
Location:  Oxford, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  NYSW 1800(GP18)
Views:  249   Comments: 1
Everyones home tonight
Title:  Everyones home tonight
Description:  NS 8005, D&H 225, and NYSW 2010 share the engine tracks at East Binghamton. Looks like theres room for everyone here!!
Photo Date:  2/15/1990  Upload Date: 12/25/2015 5:04:23 AM
Location:  Binghamton, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Roster,Night,Yard
Locomotives:  NYSW 2010(C420) NYSW 1800(GP18) DH 225(GP38-2) NS 8005(C30-7)
Views:  873   Comments: 0
Old unit, new paint
Title:  Old unit, new paint
Description:  NYSW had their three GP 18s overhauled about this time, during which they got a new paint job. 1800 looks good working at Binghamton in its new dress. It wont stay clean long.
Photo Date:  4/8/1992  Upload Date: 2/13/2015 3:54:53 AM
Location:  Binghamton, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  NYSW 1800(GP18)
Views:  314   Comments: 0
Pulling up
Title:  Pulling up
Description:  BH 1 behind an NYSW original, pulls past the switch to the Syracuse Branch as it works at Chenango Forks. This type move was by and large the only traffic on the Utica side, which years earlier had been the busy line of the Northern Division.
Photo Date:  6/2/2005  Upload Date: 11/20/2017 6:01:58 AM
Location:  Chenango Forks, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Signal,Action
Locomotives:  NYSW 1800(GP18)
Views:  226   Comments: 1
A portrait of the engineer
Title:  A portrait of the engineer
Description:  CL 1s engineer, Ben Martin, sits in the cab of a GP 18 as it works at Cortland.
Photo Date:  6/9/2005  Upload Date: 11/24/2017 4:11:05 AM
Location:  Cortland, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  NYSW 1800(GP18)
Views:  221   Comments: 0
Couple of classics
Title:  Couple of classics
Description:  The power is one of the three NYSW GP 18s, a unit that was acquired by a number of roads, but not on the scale of, say, the GP 9. At this point, the NYSW group may be the only ones still running. It sits next to the Lackawanna station, a building noted for its elegance, as much of the DLW stations were.
Photo Date:  6/9/2005  Upload Date: 11/24/2017 4:15:49 AM
Location:  Cortland, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Action
Locomotives:  NYSW 1800(GP18)
Views:  191   Comments: 0
Nicely framed
Title:  Nicely framed
Description:  CL 1, the Cortland based job that worked with a crew based there that summer, is framed by the bridge carrying the long abandoned Cincinnatus branch over the Tioghnioga River. A part of the branch remains to serve asphalt producer Suit Kote, where the unit is coming from this afternoon.
Photo Date:  6/9/2005  Upload Date: 9/16/2016 2:06:21 AM
Location:  Cortland, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Bridge,Action
Locomotives:  NYSW 1800(GP18)
Views:  265   Comments: 2
On the Cincinnatus Branch
Title:  On the Cincinnatus Branch
Description:  Ive always found it interesting how many branch lines went off into the hills for short distances to serve small towns. One such line was the DLWs branch to Cincinnatus NY, about 15 miles east of Cortland. Though it was abandoned early-1940s-it had passenger trains. Youd think there would not be enough traffic to sustain it, but there, it was. There isnt much left now, just a couple of miles heading out toward Mc Graw, on which is located this Suit Kote plant, which we see being switched by GP 18 1800.
Photo Date:  6/9/2005  Upload Date: 11/24/2017 4:20:24 AM
Location:  Cortland, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  NYSW 1800(GP18)
Views:  248   Comments: 0
Big clouds
Title:  Big clouds
Description:  The CL 1 job has rolled out on the bridge a little, allowing a wider view. Now we see the clouds of a building thunderstorm. Of course its going to rain....
Photo Date:  6/9/2005  Upload Date: 9/16/2016 2:12:02 AM
Location:  Cortland, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Bridge,Action
Locomotives:  NYSW 1800(GP18)
Views:  254   Comments: 3
Switching
Title:  Switching
Description:  Local CL 1 switches a lumber yard just south of Port Watson St in Cortland.
Photo Date:  6/9/2005  Upload Date: 11/26/2012 1:31:42 AM
Location:  Cortland, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  NYSW 1800(GP18)
Views:  263   Comments: 0
Classic building
Title:  Classic building
Description:  Cortland had some attractive buildings in town. One was the DLW station, another was this classic factory. CL 1 passes while working in the city.
Photo Date:  6/9/2005  Upload Date: 11/26/2012 1:35:26 AM
Location:  Cortland, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  NYSW 1800(GP18) NYSW 1800(GP18)
Views:  216   Comments: 0
Cincinnatus branch
Title:  Cincinnatus branch
Description:  The DLW had a branch to Cincinnatus NY, southesast of Cortland that was abandoned in the early 60's. A remnant of that line was used in Cortland to reach an asphalt plant run by Suit Kote. Here we see 1800 on the Tioghnioga River bridge on the branch returning from Suit Kote.
Photo Date:  6/9/2005  Upload Date: 11/26/2012 1:38:54 AM
Location:  Cortland, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Bridge,Action
Locomotives:  NYSW 1800(GP18)
Views:  471   Comments: 1
Jersey local
Title:  Jersey local
Description:  Local WS 1 has worked Passaic Jct and is now headed back to Little Ferry behind GP 18 1802, still in its original paint scheme.
Photo Date:  3/4/1987  Upload Date: 4/15/2015 4:38:16 AM
Location:  Passaic Junction, NJ
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  NYSW 1802(GP18)
Views:  627   Comments: 0
Out in the field
Title:  Out in the field
Description:  The grass has grown tall at Passaia Jct as 1802 works there.
Photo Date:  3/4/1987  Upload Date: 4/21/2015 1:52:08 AM
Location:  Passaic Junction, NJ
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  NYSW 1802(GP18)
Views:  639   Comments: 0
Local
Title:  Local
Description:  NYSW 1802 leads 6 cars at Rochelle Park headed back toward Little Ferry.
Photo Date:  5/7/1987  Upload Date: 11/26/2012 1:29:36 AM
Location:  Rochelle Park, NJ
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  NYSW 1802(GP18)
Views:  591   Comments: 0
Just in
Title:  Just in
Description:  The power from an SLN 5 that came into town in the morning is now at the shop awaiting attention before it goes back to Jersey on the next eastbound. NYSW ran anything that would pull cars on those trains, as can be seen by the lineup here.
Photo Date:  6/18/1988  Upload Date: 7/19/2015 3:57:40 AM
Location:  Binghamton, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  NYSW 1802(GP18) NYSW 3622(SD45) NYSW 1804(GP18) NYSW 3636(F45)
Views:  1611   Comments: 0
SLN5 early arrival
Title:  SLN5 early arrival
Description:  The early morning sun glints off SLN 5 as it arrives at CP Coles after an overnight trip up the Delaware Division. It will change power here to D&H units and continue toward Buffalo later in the day. SLN 4 is waiting beyond the signal on the double track, and will go east behind three freshly painted SD 45's once SLN 5 is past.
Photo Date:  6/18/1988  Upload Date: 7/28/2015 4:38:50 AM
Location:  Kirkwood, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  NYSW 3612(SD45) NYSW 3638(F45) NYSW 6361(SD45) NYSW 3622(SD45) NYSW 3006(C430) NYSW 1802(GP18)
Views:  1746   Comments: 0
Digging in
Title:  Digging in
Description:  BH 1 rolls north toward Phelps St on the NYSWs former DLW line as daylight fades. The grade is not as heavy as on the D&H a little farther up the hill, but it still gives trains a workout here, as the smoke from both units shows.
Photo Date:  8/13/1989  Upload Date: 11/17/2015 3:08:54 AM
Location:  Port Dickinson, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  DH 7406(GP39-2) NYSW 3620(SD45) NYSW 1802(GP18)
Views:  483   Comments: 0
Coming out
Title:  Coming out
Description:  BH 1 has put its train together and is heading past the Agway mill as it starts up the ex DLW Utica Branch.
Photo Date:  8/13/1989  Upload Date: 11/17/2015 3:13:46 AM
Location:  Binghamton, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  DH 7406(GP39-2) NYSW 3620(SD45) NYSW 1802(GP18)
Views:  435   Comments: 0
Old power rolls on
Title:  Old power rolls on
Description:  A power set you could see only on the NYSW rolls SY 1 south at Tully.
Photo Date:  7/7/2002  Upload Date: 9/28/2013 2:02:22 AM
Location:  Tully, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  NYSW 3614(SD45) NYSW 1802(GP18)
Views:  397   Comments: 0
Bringing them in
Title:  Bringing them in
Description:  One of the three GP 18s rolls seven cars into Binghamton, coming in from the Syracuse Branch.
Photo Date:  1/14/2003  Upload Date: 2/10/2017 3:47:20 AM
Location:  Binghamton, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Winter,Yard,Action
Locomotives:  NYSW 1802(GP18)
Views:  202   Comments: 3
Pulling south with surprise power
Title:  Pulling south with surprise power
Description:  BH 2 with one of the few GP 18s still working in America rolls south through Bevier St with another rare bird, MA&N C425 2453.
Photo Date:  3/13/2006  Upload Date: 9/16/2016 2:16:58 AM
Location:  Binghamton, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  NYSW 1802(GP18) MHWA 2453(C425)
Views:  638   Comments: 1
Only in Binghamton
Title:  Only in Binghamton
Description:  Well, maybe in Utica too. GP 18 switches with Mohawk, Adirondack & Northern Alco 2453
Photo Date:  3/13/2006  Upload Date: 11/4/2012 1:09:30 AM
Location:  Binghamton, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  NYSW 1802(GP18) MHWA 2453(C425)
Views:  687   Comments: 1
Old guard
Title:  Old guard
Description:  An unlikely set of power for the 21st century, a NYSW GP18 and GP 20 work at Binghamton
Photo Date:  4/26/2006  Upload Date: 10/6/2011 12:13:35 AM
Location:  Binghamton, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  NYSW 1802(GP18) NYSW 2062(GP20)
Views:  808   Comments: 0
BH 2
Title:  BH 2
Description:  BH 2, in the charge of a pair of older units, an original NYSW GP 18, and a GP 20 that came east from the TP&W, pull 47 cars through BD.
Photo Date:  4/26/2006  Upload Date: 5/25/2018 5:52:55 AM
Location:  Binghamton, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  NYSW 1802(GP18) NYSW 2062(GP20)
Views:  512   Comments: 1
At the yard
Title:  At the yard
Description:  BH 2 pulls down into QD yard, where it will drop its train, then work it to separate the cars for H 88 from the locals.
Photo Date:  4/26/2006  Upload Date: 5/25/2018 5:58:08 AM
Location:  Binghamton, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  NYSW 1802(GP18) NYSW 2062(GP20)
Views:  497   Comments: 1
WS local
Title:  WS local
Description:  I was over in Jersey one Saturday and caught this completely by chance. The crossing gates seemed to be out of service, notice the crewman flagging the street crossing. Theres a bonus for the fire apparatus guys too!!
Photo Date:  4/17/1982  Upload Date: 3/3/2013 3:40:33 AM
Location:  Hackensack, NJ
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  NYSW 1804(GP18)
Views:  1335   Comments: 1
Almost home
Title:  Almost home
Description:  The WS local approaches Ridgefield Park on its last leg into Little Ferry.
Photo Date:  4/17/1982  Upload Date: 3/3/2013 3:45:05 AM
Location:  Ridgefield Park, NJ
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  NYSW 1804(GP18)
Views:  1179   Comments: 0


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