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| Title: |
RF&P 125 south |
| Description: |
A southbound rolls past Alexandria early in the morning. RF&P is notable for several things, among others that their odd numbered units faced south, even numbered units faced north. |
| Photo Date: |
7/16/1983 Upload Date: 11/17/2013 3:23:16 AM |
| Location: |
Alexandria, VA |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Action |
| Locomotives: |
RFP 125(GP40) RFP 123(GP40) RFP 81(SW1200) RFP 138(GP35) |
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490 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Yard power |
| Description: |
The NRHS ferry trip was just about to Richmone when we passed this yard engine waiting on the northbound main. |
| Photo Date: |
7/17/1983 Upload Date: 11/17/2013 3:40:44 AM |
| Location: |
Richmond, VA |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
RFP 84(SW1200) |
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292 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Station switcher |
| Description: |
RF&P assigned this SW to the Amtrak station |
| Photo Date: |
7/17/1983 Upload Date: 11/18/2013 1:16:05 AM |
| Location: |
Richmond, VA |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Roster,Station |
| Locomotives: |
RFP 84(SW1200) |
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272 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Belt line runner |
| Description: |
Just by chance I caught this Norfolk & Portsmouth Belt switcher with a single gon at a crossing in Norfolk. |
| Photo Date: |
5/9/1985 Upload Date: 10/1/2014 12:10:24 AM |
| Location: |
Norfolk, VA |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
NPBL 105(SW1200) |
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514 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Switchers too |
| Description: |
Even switchers got the new scheme. I am not aware of any other end cab units on the roster, but this one, an ex SP unit judging by the lights, looks good in the G&W family colors, seen at Brooks Av. |
| Photo Date: |
10/11/1987 Upload Date: 6/9/2015 2:44:14 AM |
| Location: |
Rochester, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Roster,Yard |
| Locomotives: |
RSR 107(SW1200) RSR 103(GP40) RSR 104(GP40) |
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689 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Wagon top |
| Description: |
This ex B&O wagon top caboose was a hand me down to the Rochester & Southern, which hastily renumbered with a can of spray paint. Still, at this point in history, it was good to see such a car still in service. |
| Photo Date: |
10/11/1987 Upload Date: 6/9/2015 2:58:47 AM |
| Location: |
Rochester, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Roster,RollingStock,Yard |
| Locomotives: |
RSR 107(SW1200) |
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560 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Steel mill power |
| Description: |
A switcher and slug working the Inland Steel plant, seen from the Lake Cities. |
| Photo Date: |
3/10/1990 Upload Date: 12/23/2015 4:37:21 AM |
| Location: |
Gary, IN |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
INS 112(SW1200) INS 55(Yard Slug) |
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120 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Eastbound with a pup |
| Description: |
This eastbound, also in the rush hour mix had a switcher tagging along, most likely headed to Clyde for work or servicing. |
| Photo Date: |
6/25/1987 Upload Date: 5/14/2015 1:39:19 AM |
| Location: |
La Grange, IL |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Bridge,Action |
| Locomotives: |
BN 8081(SD40-2) BN 7172(SD40-2) BN 210(SW1200) |
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305 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Local with a switcher |
| Description: |
End cab switchers were becoming hard to find by the mid 90s, but BN still used them on locals in certain places. This one is out of the racetrack at Berwyn, hustling back to Clyde Yard with 9 cars |
| Photo Date: |
1/6/1996 Upload Date: 5/16/2014 2:04:54 AM |
| Location: |
Berwyn, IL |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Winter,Station,Signal,Action |
| Locomotives: |
BN 234(SW1200) |
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232 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
BN 2058 |
| Description: |
A GP 20 2058 sits at the Denver roundhouse. Note the "GP 20" plate on the cab side. Many years and a merger later, its still on the unit. To look at this scene, you would not know BN owned a second generation diesel. |
| Photo Date: |
8/23/1982 Upload Date: 6/27/2014 2:32:11 AM |
| Location: |
Denver, CO |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Roster,Yard |
| Locomotives: |
BN 2058(GP20) BN 6149(SD9) BN 246(SW1200) BN 113(SW7) BN 6144(SD9) |
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821 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Transfer run |
| Description: |
A transfer comes across the South Platte River with a transfer. BN had a lot of these end cab switchers, and they could be seen everywhere. All a memory now.... |
| Photo Date: |
8/23/1982 Upload Date: 3/17/2013 4:25:21 AM |
| Location: |
Denver, CO |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Yard,Action |
| Locomotives: |
BN 255(SW1200) |
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343 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Switching cars into position |
| Description: |
CNW assigned a switcher to Northwestern Station to position equipment. By 1982 it was an EMD; in previous years an S 12 did the honors. |
| Photo Date: |
8/26/1982 Upload Date: 3/18/2013 12:58:24 AM |
| Location: |
Chicago, IL |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CNW 1219(SW1200) |
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438 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Crossing the big road |
| Description: |
US 30 bypasses downtown Fremont to the north, and is a fairly busy road. The drivers on it are not thrilled when the 10 MPH Fremont & Elkhorn Valley dinner train crosses, as we see here. |
| Photo Date: |
8/1/2009 Upload Date: 9/1/2016 4:52:23 AM |
| Location: |
Fremont, NE |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
FEVR 1219(SW1200) |
| Views: |
334 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Dinner train power |
| Description: |
The power for this dinner train is an ex CNW end cab, not your typical tourist train diesel. But it gets the job done. |
| Photo Date: |
8/1/2009 Upload Date: 9/1/2016 5:05:40 AM |
| Location: |
Fremont, NE |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
FEVR 1219(SW1200) |
| Views: |
301 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Switching power |
| Description: |
End cabs were on the way out in the 80s, so it was a treat to catch some working, something I appreciate more now than I did then. |
| Photo Date: |
10/12/1984 Upload Date: 7/24/2014 2:50:53 AM |
| Location: |
Port Huron, MI |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Roster,Yard |
| Locomotives: |
GTW 7018(SW1200) |
| Views: |
282 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Working the yard |
| Description: |
A GT SW type works at Port Huron MUd to another SW |
| Photo Date: |
10/12/1984 Upload Date: 7/24/2014 2:52:19 AM |
| Location: |
Port Huron, MI |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Roster,Yard |
| Locomotives: |
GTW 7019(SW1200) |
| Views: |
296 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Bringing them back |
| Description: |
This SW had brought that cut of cars out of Aldershot Yard, behind me in Burlington, taken them through the wye formed by Bayview and Bayview West, and was now returning the turned equipment, once more rolling through the junction. |
| Photo Date: |
8/15/1980 Upload Date: 11/13/2016 4:44:23 AM |
| Location: |
Bayview Junction, ON |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Signal,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CN 7029(SW1200) |
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583 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Anyone can play |
| Description: |
In 1984, some of the smaller and older units had not been repainted, especially if they were not going to be around long. Here we see a GP 9 in LV paint, its heritage showing through the paint over, and a pair of switchers, one in the Raritan Valley scheme, one Reading. It was quite the rainbow. |
| Photo Date: |
4/23/1984 Upload Date: 6/22/2014 4:45:10 AM |
| Location: |
Newark, NJ |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Roster,Yard |
| Locomotives: |
CR 7476(GP9) CR 8660(SW900) CR 9319(SW1200) |
| Views: |
657 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
U25B at Croxton |
| Description: |
One model they were used to seeing on the EL was the U25B, so this one was right at home. The SW to its right WAS right at home!! |
| Photo Date: |
5/8/1979 Upload Date: 9/10/2012 1:23:56 AM |
| Location: |
Secaucus, NJ |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Roster,Yard |
| Locomotives: |
CR 2554(U25B) CR 9324(SW1200) CR 2958(U33B) CR 2300(GP35) |
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779 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Ex EL unit at home |
| Description: |
This CR unit gives away its heritage; for that matter, it has not strayed at all: same paint, same yard. The other units?? From all over. |
| Photo Date: |
5/8/1979 Upload Date: 9/10/2012 1:25:21 AM |
| Location: |
Secaucus, NJ |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Roster,Yard |
| Locomotives: |
CR 9324(SW1200) CR 2554(U25B) CR 2958(U33B) CR 2758(U23B) |
| Views: |
696 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Transfer |
| Description: |
A transfer from Harrisburg to Enola approaches the west end of the bridge with 99 cars behind power not often seen by this date. The GP 10s were fairly common on locals and yard jobs, but the end cab switchers were a vanishing breed by this time. |
| Photo Date: |
6/16/1990 Upload Date: 1/14/2016 1:48:19 AM |
| Location: |
Marysville, PA |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Bridge,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 7580(GP10) CR 9370(SW1200) CR 9378(SW1200) |
| Views: |
331 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Switcher |
| Description: |
One of Conrails diminishing number of end cab switchers sits at the Selkirk shop |
| Photo Date: |
8/11/1985 Upload Date: 10/6/2014 2:33:15 AM |
| Location: |
Selkirk, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Roster,Yard |
| Locomotives: |
CR 9378(SW1200) |
| Views: |
290 Comments: 0 |
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