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| Title: |
MP 250 |
| Description: |
CP trai 391 rolls past Erie milepost 250 as it approaches Waverly. There must have been a slow order, as this is only 2 1/2 miles west of the semaphore shot at Barton. Id catch him again twice before Waverly, and again at Chemung. |
| Photo Date: |
4/9/1993 Upload Date: 1/27/2015 2:35:46 AM |
| Location: |
Barton, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
SOO 738(SD40) SOO 758(SD40-2) |
| Views: |
398 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
New scheme, old signal |
| Description: |
Train 391 rolls west past the aging sentinel on the opposite track as it makes its way to Buffalo with 63 cars behind a pair of original SOO SD40s in the candy apple red scheme. |
| Photo Date: |
4/9/1993 Upload Date: 1/27/2015 2:33:16 AM |
| Location: |
Barton, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Signal,Action |
| Locomotives: |
SOO 738(SD40) SOO 758(SD40-2) |
| Views: |
377 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Red diesels on a gray day |
| Description: |
Train 391 rolls past the Erie station at Chemung on a gloomy day typical of spring in the Tier. |
| Photo Date: |
4/9/1993 Upload Date: 1/27/2015 2:43:07 AM |
| Location: |
Chemung, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Station,Action |
| Locomotives: |
SOO 738(SD40) SOO 758(SD40-2) |
| Views: |
457 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
Hard to get |
| Description: |
There was a semaphore on track 2, 245-2, that you had to cross a field to reach. As a result, I did not shoot it much. Heres a from the road look as 391 passes, the board seen between the two diesels. |
| Photo Date: |
4/9/1993 Upload Date: 1/27/2015 2:45:40 AM |
| Location: |
Smithboro, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Signal,Action |
| Locomotives: |
SOO 738(SD40) SOO 758(SD40-2) |
| Views: |
318 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
391 and another semaphore |
| Description: |
There were a lot of Erie semaphores still in service at the time. This is the third one I shot this train with that day. The pipe hanging down from the signal was for the hot box detector indicator light, now removed since new radio alarm detectors had been installed a couple years before. |
| Photo Date: |
4/9/1993 Upload Date: 1/27/2015 2:39:57 AM |
| Location: |
Waverly, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Signal,Action |
| Locomotives: |
SOO 738(SD40) SOO 758(SD40-2) |
| Views: |
381 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
255 in the valley |
| Description: |
Train 255 smokes it up as it gets a roll on after leaving the siding at CP Adrian, and is now at approximately MP 320. |
| Photo Date: |
10/8/1994 Upload Date: 8/29/2014 3:04:43 AM |
| Location: |
Adrian, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CP 5427(SD40-2) CP 5448(SD40-2) CP 5420(SD40-2) SOO 758(SD40-2) |
| Views: |
748 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Arriving from Jersey |
| Description: |
Train 255, the Saturday Sea Land train originating at Little Ferry as SLN 5 on the NYSW, rolls through BD as it approaches the NYSW office for a crew change as the faithful observe from trackside. This was a pretty reliable late morniing arrival at Binghamton, and I will spend several hours following this train west. By this time, CP power running through to Jersey was pretty common. Today's power set is an interesting mix of hand me downs. The leader is an ex GATX leaser that came from MP originally; the second unit is an ex Greater Winnipeg Water District unit; the SOO unit is original to the road, the only such on today's train; and the trailing unit is an ex KCS unit. We got lucky today, as two of the used units have been repainted, making for a much more attractive train. The Dicks Sporting Goods store is the original one in the chain and is still open there. |
| Photo Date: |
10/8/1994 Upload Date: 8/28/2014 2:01:21 AM |
| Location: |
Binghamton, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Signal,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CP 5427(SD40-2) CP 5448(SD40-2) SOO 758(SD40-2) CP 5420(SD40-2) |
| Views: |
659 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Big curve |
| Description: |
Train 255 rolls out of the siding at CP Adrian and around the big curve in the Canisteo valley as it picks up speed for Hornell. |
| Photo Date: |
10/8/1994 Upload Date: 8/29/2014 3:08:54 AM |
| Location: |
Browns Crossing, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Signal,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CP 5427(SD40-2) CP 5448(SD40-2) SOO 758(SD40-2) |
| Views: |
475 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Out of the Canisteo |
| Description: |
Train 255 rolls under the bridge at Carson as it exits the Canisteo River valley and approaches the Village of Cansteo two miles farther on, and then Hornell. |
| Photo Date: |
10/8/1994 Upload Date: 8/28/2014 2:04:13 AM |
| Location: |
Canisteo, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CP 5427(SD40-2) CP 5448(SD40-2) CP 5420(SD40-2) SOO 758(SD40-2) |
| Views: |
706 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Crossing the Chemung in a splash of color |
| Description: |
The shrubbery is red as 255 crosses the deck bridge over the Chemung River and approaches downtown Elmira. Today's train is typically long, 127 stack platforms, 1 COFC and 3 autos. |
| Photo Date: |
10/8/1994 Upload Date: 8/28/2014 2:06:06 AM |
| Location: |
Elmira, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Bridge,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CP 5427(SD40-2) CP 5448(SD40-2) SOO 758(SD40-2) CP 5420(SD40-2) |
| Views: |
575 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Lumber Rd |
| Description: |
One of the best locations you cant shoot from anymore is the Lumber Rd overpass in Gang Mills. It was at the east throat of the yard, and offered a great view of westbounds most of the day. You could also watch some of the yard action, and see the engine house. When NY rebuilt US 15/NY 417-the highway to the left-the bridge was removed, making shots like this impossible. The bare spot on the hillside in the distance is where the NY 17 bypass is being built. It will take through traffic off Dennison Highway for the short stretch it still ran downtown in Corning, part of the project that will enable NY 17 to become I 86. It will open in October 1995, to everyones relief-especially the fans, since it will allow the chase to continue with a hope of catching a train before reaching Addison. |
| Photo Date: |
10/8/1994 Upload Date: 8/28/2014 2:13:56 AM |
| Location: |
Gang Mills, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Signal,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CP 5427(SD40-2) CP 5448(SD40-2) SOO 758(SD40-2) CP 5420(SD40-2) |
| Views: |
776 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
255 at Rattlesnake Curve |
| Description: |
Train 255 rolls through the sweeping curve between Cameron and West Cameron as it makes its way down the Canisteo valley. |
| Photo Date: |
10/8/1994 Upload Date: 8/29/2014 3:14:06 AM |
| Location: |
Cameron, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CP 5427(SD40-2) CP 5448(SD40-2) CP 5420(SD40-2) SOO 758(SD40-2) |
| Views: |
633 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
In the valley |
| Description: |
Train 255 rolls toward the CR 119/River Rd crossing at West Cameron. Theres still a lot of green for the middle of October |
| Photo Date: |
10/8/1994 Upload Date: 8/28/2014 2:15:43 AM |
| Location: |
West Cameron, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CP 5427(SD40-2) CP 5448(SD40-2) CP 5420(SD40-2) SOO 758(SD40-2) |
| Views: |
752 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
261X passing the blade |
| Description: |
Train 261X passes the semaphore in Barton. |
| Photo Date: |
10/15/1994 Upload Date: 8/28/2014 2:37:19 AM |
| Location: |
Barton, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Signal,Action |
| Locomotives: |
SOO 758(SD40-2) SOO 769(SD40-2) |
| Views: |
264 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Rolling to BD |
| Description: |
Train 261 typically got SOO SD60s. To balance the trailer pool-the trains carried more eastbound traffic than westbound-some days a 261X would run. This train seemed to get older power, usually SOO SD40s. Todays extra is typical, rolling off the Susquehanna River with a pair of SOO SD40-2s pulling 82 TOFC and 6 COFC cars. As was fairly common, its late morning on a Saturday, and I will spend most of the afternoon chasing this train west. The big building behind the train is the Binghamton Psychiatric Center. |
| Photo Date: |
10/15/1994 Upload Date: 8/28/2014 2:30:52 AM |
| Location: |
Binghamton, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Signal,Action |
| Locomotives: |
SOO 758(SD40-2) SOO 769(SD40-2) |
| Views: |
300 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Last light |
| Description: |
Or maybe a little later. The reflective tape on SOO 758 shows up well in this dusk shot taken from the NY 352 overpass. |
| Photo Date: |
10/15/1994 Upload Date: 8/28/2014 2:40:32 AM |
| Location: |
Big Flats, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Signal,Action |
| Locomotives: |
SOO 758(SD40-2) SOO 769(SD40-2) |
| Views: |
257 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Fall is here |
| Description: |
One of the best locations for fall color was along the Susquehanna between Endicott and Owego. Here 261X rolls west at MP 231 west of Campville surrounded by a blaze of leaves. |
| Photo Date: |
10/15/1994 Upload Date: 8/28/2014 2:39:10 AM |
| Location: |
Campville, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
SOO 758(SD40-2) SOO 769(SD40-2) |
| Views: |
325 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Wide view |
| Description: |
In this wide angle view, we see 261X rolling around the curve at MP 231 between Campville and Owego, showing a panoramic view of the Susquehanna valley in fall color. |
| Photo Date: |
10/15/1994 Upload Date: 8/29/2014 3:22:09 AM |
| Location: |
Campville, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
SOO 758(SD40-2) SOO 769(SD40-2) |
| Views: |
267 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Fields of gold |
| Description: |
Train 261X rolls past the fields of golden corn ready to be harvested as it approaches Elmira. |
| Photo Date: |
10/15/1994 Upload Date: 8/29/2014 3:25:58 AM |
| Location: |
Wellsburg, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
SOO 758(SD40-2) SOO 769(SD40-2) |
| Views: |
217 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Into the sun |
| Description: |
261X rolls into the late day sun passing the signal at Wellsburg |
| Photo Date: |
10/15/1994 Upload Date: 8/29/2014 3:27:08 AM |
| Location: |
Wellsburg, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Signal,Action |
| Locomotives: |
SOO 758(SD40-2) SOO 769(SD40-2) |
| Views: |
281 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Auto frames at Forest Hill |
| Description: |
A CP train of auto frames approaches Forest Hill tower as it head east from Clearing Yard |
| Photo Date: |
1/14/1996 Upload Date: 7/29/2012 4:16:26 AM |
| Location: |
Chicago, IL |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Signal,Action |
| Locomotives: |
SOO 758(SD40-2) HLCX 6211(SD40-2) |
| Views: |
443 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
SOO on the Belt |
| Description: |
An eastbound CP train with SOO and ex DME power approaches Forest Hill. The SOO unit is in its own back yard, as this was one of SOO's original SD40-2's |
| Photo Date: |
4/28/1996 Upload Date: 5/10/2014 2:45:22 AM |
| Location: |
Chicago, IL |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Signal,Action |
| Locomotives: |
SOO 758(SD40-2) HLCX 6211(SD40-2) |
| Views: |
367 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Grain train on the hill |
| Description: |
Up til the trees grew too high, it was possible to shoot a train heading for the tunnel from Tunnel Rd between NY 7 and Moottown. I was able to take advantage of this to get a shot of this 390 clawing its way uphill at Dyes siding with a PLM unit leading three SOO SDs. |
| Photo Date: |
5/11/1991 Upload Date: 3/12/2015 2:45:56 AM |
| Location: |
Tunnel, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
PLMX 3019(SD40) SOO 772(SD40-2) SOO 756(SD40) SOO 759(SD40-2) |
| Views: |
730 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Pulling the hill |
| Description: |
A PLM unit leads three SOO SDs as 390 makes a run for Belden tunnel, seen at Nowlan Rd in Hillcrest. |
| Photo Date: |
5/11/1991 Upload Date: 3/13/2015 3:13:09 AM |
| Location: |
Port Dickinson, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
PLMX 3019(SD40) SOO 772(SD40-2) SOO 756(SD40) SOO 759(SD40-2) |
| Views: |
885 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Lite power to Pigs Eye |
| Description: |
A set of light power roll through Hoffman Av making its way to Pigs Eye Yard for its next assignment. |
| Photo Date: |
6/24/1987 Upload Date: 5/11/2015 2:58:32 AM |
| Location: |
Saint Paul, MN |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Signal,Action |
| Locomotives: |
SOO 760(SD40-2) SOO 6305(SD40-2) |
| Views: |
496 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Old power, new signals |
| Description: |
The new signals for CP HORN, which will replace the old Erie signals slightly to the west are passed by CP train 261, led by an original SOO SD 40. |
| Photo Date: |
7/17/1993 Upload Date: 2/1/2018 5:25:55 AM |
| Location: |
Hornell, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Signal,Action |
| Locomotives: |
SOO 760(SD40-2) GATX 7361(SD40-2) |
| Views: |
185 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Across the field |
| Description: |
After following NY 70 for about 12 miles from Canaseraga, the tracks veer away as they approach the Portage Bridge in Letchworth State Park, taking a more direct path than the road. We see 261 just east of Dalton as it starts this approach behind SOO and GATX units with 62 TOFC. |
| Photo Date: |
7/17/1993 Upload Date: 1/20/2015 9:32:25 PM |
| Location: |
Dalton, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
SOO 760(SD40-2) GATX 7361(SD40-2) |
| Views: |
271 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Out of the valley |
| Description: |
CP 261 rolls past the new, but not yet active, signals at CP HORN, replacing the old Erie lights there as part of the single tracking project. This marks what was the east end of Hornell yard, ZY on the EL. This was once a major yard and shop on the EL, now only a few tracks, and the shop an ABB complex that rehabs transit and commuter cars. |
| Photo Date: |
7/17/1993 Upload Date: 1/20/2015 9:34:49 PM |
| Location: |
Hornell, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Signal,Action |
| Locomotives: |
SOO 760(SD40-2) GATX 7361(SD40-2) |
| Views: |
359 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Made the grade |
| Description: |
CP 261 has climbed out of the dip it took crossing the Genessee River, and is now passing the ex Erie station at Silver Springs. It still has one more good climb, over Attica hilll, before reaching Buffalo. |
| Photo Date: |
7/17/1993 Upload Date: 1/20/2015 9:37:52 PM |
| Location: |
Silver Springs, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Station,Action |
| Locomotives: |
SOO 760(SD40-2) GATX 7361(SD40-2) |
| Views: |
281 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Bearing down |
| Description: |
Trains coming off the Portage Bridge, about ten miles to the east and a 10 MPH speed restriction, had climbed out of the valley and were usually making a pretty good clip by the time they got to Silver Springs, as this 261 is doing behind a SOO SD 40 and GATX leaser with 54 cars of C/TOFC. |
| Photo Date: |
7/17/1993 Upload Date: 2/1/2018 5:29:18 AM |
| Location: |
Silver Springs, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
SOO 760(SD40-2) GATX 7361(SD40-2) |
| Views: |
215 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
SOO and NYSW power head west |
| Description: |
One of the great things for a railfan about the transition from directed service by the NYSW to the CP was the unlikely power mixes. Who ever figured a small regional like NYSW would have its power in the same consists with SOO units?? Yet, here it is.... |
| Photo Date: |
8/4/1993 Upload Date: 1/22/2012 2:57:06 AM |
| Location: |
Chemung, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
SOO 6409(SD40A) SOO 6623(SD40-2) NYSW 4004(B40-8) NYSW 4002(B40-8) SOO 760(SD40-2) |
| Views: |
998 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
Power to the house |
| Description: |
A power set has just come off an inbound train and is being moved to the engine tracks. The lead unit a C30-7, was soon to be retired. |
| Photo Date: |
8/1/1992 Upload Date: 2/9/2015 3:32:19 AM |
| Location: |
Binghamton, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Yard,Action |
| Locomotives: |
NS 8044(C30-7) SOO 783(SD40-2) SOO 761(SD40-2) |
| Views: |
757 Comments: 3 |
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| Title: |
261 comes in |
| Description: |
Train 261 comes in from the B&M behind an unusual power set. |
| Photo Date: |
3/26/1994 Upload Date: 9/22/2014 2:47:57 AM |
| Location: |
Binghamton, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
SOO 763(SD40-2) BM 328(GP40) |
| Views: |
617 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
First SOO power |
| Description: |
Since the first grain train ran to the Port of Albany, we had been waiting for this day. The grain trains originated in Minneapolis, so we knew it was a matter of time before power from CP owned SOO Line came east. It finally happened on a Thursday night, the train going to Albany after darkness had fallen. The return trip, however was a home run. We could not have asked for a better situation. Clear sky, and the train called for 1330, setting up a westbound chase in perfect light. We followed him to Hornell. It was great. ABBU sits at the south end of Bevier St with two SOO units trailing CP 5674. |
| Photo Date: |
10/20/1990 Upload Date: 1/29/2016 4:52:36 AM |
| Location: |
Binghamton, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Yard,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CP 5674(SD40-2) SOO 6622(SD40-2) SOO 764(SD40-2) |
| Views: |
771 Comments: 3 |
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| Title: |
SOO power and the cows |
| Description: |
The first grain train to run on the D&H rolls west at Big Flats, an event the fans had been foaming for ever since CP started running the D&H. JJ Young even brought out his inflatable cows for the occasion. |
| Photo Date: |
10/20/1990 Upload Date: 1/28/2016 3:47:04 AM |
| Location: |
Big Flats, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CP 5674(SD40-2) SOO 6622(SD40-2) SOO 764(SD40-2) |
| Views: |
610 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Country crossing |
| Description: |
ABBU rolls past one of the side roads off River Road, momentarily holding up the one car thats going somewhere. |
| Photo Date: |
10/20/1990 Upload Date: 1/31/2016 3:38:18 AM |
| Location: |
Cameron, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CP 5674(SD40-2) SOO 6622(SD40-2) SOO 764(SD40-2) |
| Views: |
537 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Pulling past the signal |
| Description: |
ABBU rolls past the Erie signal at MP 325 in Carson, the Canisteo valley now behind it. |
| Photo Date: |
10/20/1990 Upload Date: 1/31/2016 3:40:59 AM |
| Location: |
Canisteo, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Signal,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CP 5674(SD40-2) SOO 6622(SD40-2) SOO 764(SD40-2) |
| Views: |
474 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
Hay!! |
| Description: |
ABBU rolls along the Canisteo River, seen from the south side across a row of baled hay. Such scenes are common here in one of the more remote and rural parts of the state. |
| Photo Date: |
10/20/1990 Upload Date: 1/31/2016 3:46:47 AM |
| Location: |
West Cameron, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CP 5674(SD40-2) SOO 6622(SD40-2) SOO 764(SD40-2) |
| Views: |
507 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
By the station |
| Description: |
The sun is a some time thing in the Tier. We had chased this ABBU from Binghamton, with hardly a cloud in the sky, then got dinked at Hornell. Even on the good days, clouds!! I'm standing on the site of the one time Allegany Division yard, now becoming a strip mall. |
| Photo Date: |
10/20/1990 Upload Date: 2/3/2016 4:30:03 AM |
| Location: |
Hornell, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CP 5674(SD40-2) SOO 6622(SD40-2) SOO 764(SD40-2) |
| Views: |
662 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Open the gate |
| Description: |
The new crew is on, and ABBU is ready to open up at QD and get out on the Tier. Its 2 PM on a sunny Saturday. The railfan gods were smiling on us this day. If we could have asked for the perfect moment, this was it. |
| Photo Date: |
10/20/1990 Upload Date: 1/31/2016 4:33:47 AM |
| Location: |
Binghamton, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Yard,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CP 5674(SD40-2) SOO 6622(SD40-2) SOO 764(SD40-2) |
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| Title: |
Along a lazy river |
| Description: |
ABBU rolls west along the Canisteo near Rathbone. |
| Photo Date: |
10/20/1990 Upload Date: 1/31/2016 3:54:33 AM |
| Location: |
Rathbone, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CP 5674(SD40-2) SOO 6622(SD40-2) SOO 764(SD40-2) |
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463 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
Stretched out |
| Description: |
ABBU stretches around Rattlesnake Curve along the Canisteo. |
| Photo Date: |
10/20/1990 Upload Date: 1/31/2016 4:02:07 AM |
| Location: |
Cameron Mills, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CP 5674(SD40-2) SOO 6622(SD40-2) SOO 764(SD40-2) |
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464 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
SOO and semaphores |
| Description: |
ABBU rolls its SOO units through the twin semaphores at Tioga Center. Well get surprised in a couple of minutes when BUME passes just as the rear of ABBU clears. |
| Photo Date: |
10/20/1990 Upload Date: 1/31/2016 4:44:37 AM |
| Location: |
Tioga Center, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Signal,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CP 5674(SD40-2) SOO 6622(SD40-2) SOO 764(SD40-2) |
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630 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Wide open |
| Description: |
The telephoto view from this vantage point homes in on the train and livestock. In this wider view we see how open the valley is here, and why it got to be called Big Flats. The train is on the ex Erie. The DLW here is gone without a trace, 31 years after the line went out of service. |
| Photo Date: |
10/20/1990 Upload Date: 1/31/2016 4:52:52 AM |
| Location: |
Big Flats, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CP 5674(SD40-2) SOO 6622(SD40-2) SOO 764(SD40-2) |
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622 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Taken by surprise |
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ABBU had passed signal 325-1 and was slowly working toward downtown Hornell. The crowd on the bridge-look at the shadows-was focused on the approaching SOO units, and not paying attention to what was coming up behind. Suddenly BUOI popped out from under the bridge, making this meet shot. |
| Photo Date: |
10/20/1990 Upload Date: 1/31/2016 4:04:42 AM |
| Location: |
Canisteo, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CP 5674(SD40-2) SOO 6622(SD40-2) SOO 764(SD40-2) CR 6334(SD40) |
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544 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Black water, keep on rolling |
| Description: |
ABBU along the Canisteo, seen from a local road bridge over the river. |
| Photo Date: |
10/20/1990 Upload Date: 1/31/2016 4:11:58 AM |
| Location: |
Cameron, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CP 5674(SD40-2) SOO 6622(SD40-2) SOO 764(SD40-2) |
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461 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
On State St |
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BUAB behind as strange a power consist as youll ever see, it sitting on the State St overpass, having just arrived from Buffalo. It will shortly get a new crew and head up the Buffalo Runner to Bevier St, then up the hill and on to Port of Albany. |
| Photo Date: |
12/9/1990 Upload Date: 2/3/2016 4:32:45 AM |
| Location: |
Binghamton, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Bridge,Action |
| Locomotives: |
NYSW 4018(B40-8) SOO 764(SD40-2) SOO 6403(SD40) EMDX 6310(SD40-2) |
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558 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Just got here |
| Description: |
I had just arrived at St Paul and got out of the car at Hoffman Av as this untouched MILW unit rolled up leading a westbound. |
| Photo Date: |
6/23/1987 Upload Date: 5/10/2015 2:42:54 AM |
| Location: |
Saint Paul, MN |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Signal,Action |
| Locomotives: |
MILW 172(SD40-2) SOO 765(SD40-2) |
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| Title: |
Meet at BD |
| Description: |
Eastbound 270 behind SOO power is about to meet the NYSW Sea Land train that is about to change crews and head for Buffalo. The 270 will head into East Binghamton across the river, get switched, and then roll north to Mohawk. This photos shows part of the layout at BD. The tracks to the left are the former DLW main, with the line going across to the Court St overpass and under SLN5 is the former DLW Syracuse and Utica line, now used by CP to get to the D&H. Conrail ownership of what had been tracks 3(farthest) and 4(closest to the camera) started here. They were, respectivelt, the 2 and 1 running tracks on the CP, leading over the Susquehanna River to their East Binghamton yard, a former DLW facility. Conrail had redisgnated tracks 3 and 4 to the Johnson Runnng Track and DL 4 respectively bhy this time. |
| Photo Date: |
10/7/1995 Upload Date: 8/7/2014 3:05:59 AM |
| Location: |
Binghamton, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Signal,Action |
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SOO 765(SD40-2) CP 5580(SD40-2) CP 5448(SD40-2) CP 5429(SD40-2) NYSW 4002(B40-8) NYSW 3614(SD45) NYSW 3636(F45) NYSW 4008(B40-8) |
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| Title: |
SOO and ice |
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No, not the Iowa Chicago & Eastern, it had not been invented then. We see train 261 along the ice choked Chemung River at Wellsburg during a thaw that caused a lot of runoff and resulting ice backups on local rivers. |
| Photo Date: |
2/23/1991 Upload Date: 9/23/2012 2:55:05 AM |
| Location: |
Wellsburg, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
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| Locomotives: |
SOO 742(SD40) SOO 768(SD40-2) |
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