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Classics abound
Title:  Classics abound
Description:  A northbound empty coal train enters the yard at Albion with a pair of first generation classics mid consist, passing another old warrior in the process.
Photo Date:  8/11/1990  Upload Date: 1/24/2016 2:28:45 AM
Location:  Albion, PA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  BLE 862(SD38) BLE 853(SD18) BLE 851(SD18) BLE 827(SD9)
Views:  709   Comments: 0
Over the scales
Title:  Over the scales
Description:  A northbound train of empties rolls over the scale as it enters the Albion yard.
Photo Date:  8/11/1990  Upload Date: 1/24/2016 2:46:43 AM
Location:  Albion, PA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  BLE 872(SD38-2) BLE 851(SD18) BLE 853(SD18) BLE 862(SD38)
Views:  688   Comments: 1
Out in the field
Title:  Out in the field
Description:  A northbound B&LE train holds out of the yard as NW 1218 is turned up in town.
Photo Date:  8/11/1990  Upload Date: 1/24/2016 2:48:05 AM
Location:  Albion, PA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  BLE 872(SD38-2) BLE 851(SD18) BLE 853(SD18) BLE 862(SD38)
Views:  588   Comments: 0
Hump power
Title:  Hump power
Description:  A look at the hump power at Allentown from the MT 6 end. These units were cut down mostly from Alcos and mated with ex PC SD 38s, and used as hump and switching power-some flat yards got them as well, among others, Frontier in Buffalo.
Photo Date:  7/18/1987  Upload Date: 5/17/2015 2:05:52 AM
Location:  Allentown Hump Yard, PA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  CR 1125(MT6) CR 6926(SD38)
Views:  394   Comments: 2
ENSE past the hump
Title:  ENSE past the hump
Description:  ENSE rolls through the Allentown yard, where it will work before heading on to Oak Island and Selkirk.
Photo Date:  7/18/1987  Upload Date: 5/17/2015 2:12:45 AM
Location:  Allentown Hump Yard, PA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  CR 6008(C39-8) CR 6778(SD50) CR 1125(MT6) CR 6926(SD38)
Views:  491   Comments: 1
Push em up
Title:  Push em up
Description:  An SD38/MT 6 hump set pushes the last cars of this cut over the top at the Allentown Yard. CGAL's power is sneaking up on the hump to roll past on its way to the engine facility.
Photo Date:  7/18/1987  Upload Date: 5/17/2015 2:53:08 AM
Location:  Allentown Hump Yard, PA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  CR 6926(SD38) CR 1125(MT6)
Views:  358   Comments: 1
Pushing them in
Title:  Pushing them in
Description:  A six axle hump set works the east end of Frontier Yard. Check out the PH&D boxcars.
Photo Date:  1/3/1988  Upload Date: 6/20/2015 4:40:28 AM
Location:  Buffalo (Frontier Yard), NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Winter,Yard,Action
Locomotives:  CR 6934(SD38) CR 1118(MT6)
Views:  420   Comments: 0
Heavenly shades of night are falling
Title:  Heavenly shades of night are falling
Description:  Its twilight time at Allentown yard. An SD38MT 6 hump set sits under the lights awaiting the next cut to push over the hump.
Photo Date:  4/29/1987  Upload Date: 4/24/2015 1:27:05 AM
Location:  Allentown, PA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Roster,Night,Yard
Locomotives:  CR 1124(MT6) CR 6935(SD38)
Views:  379   Comments: 1
Hump day!!
Title:  Hump day!!
Description:  They were working hard this Saturday afternoon, pushing a cut over the hump, then going back for more. Power is the typical SD38/MT 6 set.
Photo Date:  7/31/1993  Upload Date: 1/19/2015 3:35:23 AM
Location:  Allentown Hump Yard, PA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Roster,Yard,Action
Locomotives:  CR 6935(SD38) CR 1124(MT6)
Views:  372   Comments: 4
Yard set
Title:  Yard set
Description:  An SD38/MT 6 set works at Niagara Falls, seen from the Maple Leaf.
Photo Date:  8/28/1982  Upload Date: 3/24/2013 4:15:52 AM
Location:  Niagara Falls, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  CR 6937(SD38) CR 1103(MT6)
Views:  785   Comments: 0
Slug set
Title:  Slug set
Description:  Conrail had several of these slug sets that were used to switch yard. They were comprised of an SD38 and a slug built from a cut down RSD12. This set is outside the engine shop at Selkirk yard.
Photo Date:  5/30/1983  Upload Date: 11/14/2013 1:32:31 AM
Location:  Selkirk, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  CR 6939(SD38) CR 1118(MT6)
Views:  547   Comments: 0
Yard power
Title:  Yard power
Description:  A yard set pulled out from Conway and was working back toward the yard in one of those "close but no cigar" shots, where I cut off the nose of the lead unit.
Photo Date:  6/19/1997  Upload Date: 3/30/2014 5:06:10 AM
Location:  Conway, PA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CR 6943(SD38) CR 1123(MT6)
Views:  305   Comments: 0
Hump set
Title:  Hump set
Description:  A hump set seen from Amtrak's Lake Shore works at Elkhart. This was a typical combination at the time, an SD38 and a GP9B.
Photo Date:  8/18/1978  Upload Date: 12/29/2013 5:07:25 AM
Location:  Elkhart, IN
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  CR 6946(SD38) CR 3805(GP9B)
Views:  1030   Comments: 0
On Broadway
Title:  On Broadway
Description:  Broadway-NY 130-in cheektowaga gave the viewer a front row seat for action at the east end of Frontier Yard. Here, TOSE waits as a yard job with and SD 38 and MT 6 works the lead.
Photo Date:  8/16/1991  Upload Date: 2/27/2015 3:24:56 AM
Location:  Cheektowaga, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  CR 6791(SD50) CR 6831(SD50) CR 6948(SD38) CR 1101(MT6)
Views:  499   Comments: 0
Swinging off the bridge
Title:  Swinging off the bridge
Description:  ALEN rolls off Rockville Bridge and heads for Enola, with a hump set as its trailing two units.
Photo Date:  5/21/1986  Upload Date: 11/19/2014 1:53:34 PM
Location:  Enola, PA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  CR 6598(C30-7A) CR 6313(SD40) CR 9541(SW1500) CR 6957(SD38)
Views:  677   Comments: 1
Hump set
Title:  Hump set
Description:  This SD38/SW 1500 hump set was in transit on ALEN, seen coming off Rockville Bridge.
Photo Date:  5/21/1986  Upload Date: 11/19/2014 1:55:32 PM
Location:  Enola, PA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  CR 9541(SW1500) CR 6957(SD38)
Views:  357   Comments: 1
Hump set at Frontier Yard
Title:  Hump set at Frontier Yard
Description:  An SD 38/MT 6 set works at the former NYC yard in Buffalo
Photo Date:  12/28/1986  Upload Date: 11/13/2011 3:11:10 AM
Location:  Buffalo, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Yard,Signal,Action
Locomotives:  CR 6957(SD38) CR 1106(MT6)
Views:  565   Comments: 0
Hump set
Title:  Hump set
Description:  Conrail used its SD38s mated with six axle slugs cut down from Alcos to work its active himps, such as this set at Allentown.
Photo Date:  8/6/1985  Upload Date: 10/4/2014 2:14:41 AM
Location:  Allentown Hump Yard, PA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  CR 6958(SD38) CR 1107(MT6)
Views:  554   Comments: 2
Hump power
Title:  Hump power
Description:  There was still a working hump at Dewitt in 1988. This freshly painted SD 38/MT 6 set had the task of pushing the cars over the top.
Photo Date:  5/31/1988  Upload Date: 7/19/2015 3:01:26 AM
Location:  Syracuse (Dewitt), NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  CR 1128(MT6) CR 6958(SD38)
Views:  491   Comments: 0
Oil
Title:  Oil
Description:  An eastbound 84 car GATX oil train rolls past the east end of Dewitt yard, seen from the pedestrial overpass in Minoa. The hump set sits at right, waiting for another cut of cars to shove over the hump.
Photo Date:  5/31/1988  Upload Date: 7/19/2015 3:05:59 AM
Location:  Syracuse (Dewitt), NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  CR 6486(SD40-2) CR 6587(C30-7A) CR 3378(GP40-2) CR 6254(SD40) CR 6958(SD38) CR 1128(MT6)
Views:  695   Comments: 0


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