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4/27/2024
 
 
 
 
 
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Waiting at the plant
Title:  Waiting at the plant
Description:  A set of Chicago & Illinois Midland power waits at the Commonwealth Edison plant in Havana for empties
Photo Date:  2/15/1986  Upload Date: 11/9/2014 4:36:16 AM
Location:  Havana, IL
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Roster,Winter
Locomotives:  CIM 74(SD38-2) CIM 60(SD18) CIM 72(SD38-2)
Views:  911   Comments: 0
J power in fresh paint
Title:  J power in fresh paint
Description:  The EJ&E is a hard road to catch. I found these two units sitting on the main in Dyer Indiana, just by luck. The leader is in clean paint. The J herald is yet to be applied, so they must have sent it out in a hurry.
Photo Date:  6/20/1987  Upload Date: 5/6/2015 4:53:15 AM
Location:  Dyer, IN
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  EJE 665(SD38-2) EJE 657(SD38-2)
Views:  953   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:  686   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:  587   Comments: 0
Typical motley power
Title:  Typical motley power
Description:  A leased SD 38, one of two on the railroad-the other is the last unit in this consist-a couple of patch painted SP units, and a black ex NS SD lead a 76 car train north past the ex DLW station, partly visible behind the train, at Whitney Point. This is most likely an SU 403, a train run as a detour move for CSX. This was common at the time, as CSX was doing a lot of work on their ex NYC lines from Jersey to Buffalo, so getting a low priority train off their main eased the congestion.
Photo Date:  8/21/2003  Upload Date: 4/10/2017 3:26:21 AM
Location:  Whitney Point, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  LLPX 2805(SD38-2) NYSW 3014(SD40T-2) NYSW 3016(SD40T-2) BDLX 1603(SD40) LLPX 2807(SD38-2)
Views:  1470   Comments: 1
Northbound with lease power
Title:  Northbound with lease power
Description:  A northbound with 76 cars rolls through Whitney Point behind as motley a mix of power as NYSW can muster, led by Locomotive Leasing Partners 2805.
Photo Date:  8/21/2003  Upload Date: 5/7/2013 12:53:52 AM
Location:  Whitney Point, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Action
Locomotives:  LLPX 2805(SD38-2) NYSW 3014(SD40T-2) LLPX 2807(SD38-2) NYSW 3016(SD40T-2) BDLX 1603(SD40)
Views:  1951   Comments: 1
SU 100 with lease power
Title:  SU 100 with lease power
Description:  For a couple of years in the early part of the 2000s decade, NYSW leased a pair of SD38s from Locomotive Leasing Partners. Here one of them leads SU 100 at Kirkwood NY en route to Jersey.
Photo Date:  9/22/2003  Upload Date: 2/24/2013 2:12:56 AM
Location:  Kirkwood, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  LLPX 2805(SD38-2) BDLX 1605(SD40) NYSW 3012(SD40T-2) CEFX 3127(SD40M-2)
Views:  1133   Comments: 1
Mixed up set
Title:  Mixed up set
Description:  For a while in the 1990s, NYSW could put together a pretty good looking set of power. After Walter Rich passed, and most of the SD 45s were sold or scrapped, they picked up used diesels from a number of sources. The result was, it became harder and harder to find a matched set of power. This SU 100 is a case in point, rolling a 63 car train east past the Kirkwood water plant, though it does have one of the two SD 40T-2's that they had painted at the time.
Photo Date:  9/22/2003  Upload Date: 10/12/2017 5:41:54 AM
Location:  Kirkwood, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  LLPX 2805(SD38-2) BDLX 1605(SD40) NYSW 3012(SD40T-2) CEFX 3147(SD40M-2)
Views:  842   Comments: 1
Leasers and a homer
Title:  Leasers and a homer
Description:  NYSW ran some interesting lease power over the years. For a couple of years, they had these two attractive SD 38s from LLPX, which were a common sight on SU 99 and 100. Both of them are on this SU 99, seen at QD putting its train away.
Photo Date:  1/6/2004  Upload Date: 6/20/2016 4:21:18 AM
Location:  Binghamton, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  LLPX 2807(SD38-2) NYSW 3016(SD40T-2) LLPX 2805(SD38-2)
Views:  624   Comments: 0
12T on the DLW side
Title:  12T on the DLW side
Description:  While SU 99 puts its train away in the foreground, 12T gets 52 cars out of town behind an all too common set of GEs on the Lackawanna side of the station area. The station tower can be seen in the center of the photo.
Photo Date:  1/6/2004  Upload Date: 6/22/2016 3:56:27 AM
Location:  Binghamton, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Yard,Station,Action
Locomotives:  LLPX 2807(SD38-2) NYSW 3016(SD40T-2) NS 9267(C40-9W) NS 9567(C40-9W) NS 8668(C39-8E)
Views:  773   Comments: 1
CSX detour
Title:  CSX detour
Description:  During summer track work season, CSX would send detour trains over NYSW on a daily basis. Mostly these were low priority trains, usually Q 403 and 404. Q 156 was a higher priority train that often made the trip via Binghamton. We see it here passing Kirkwood Industrial Park along US 11 with a UP leader, with 46 freight and 79 stacks for Jersey.
Photo Date:  7/16/2004  Upload Date: 6/11/2017 4:03:04 AM
Location:  Kirkwood, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  UP 9324(C40-8) CSX 8576(SD50-2) HATX 504(GP40-2) LLPX 2807(SD38-2)
Views:  577   Comments: 1
All dressed up
Title:  All dressed up
Description:  And ready to go. This CSX detour Q 156 sits behind Rocket Plaza on Upper Court St waiting for a crew. It wont wait much longer, and Ill shoot him going through Kirkwood in a short while.
Photo Date:  7/16/2004  Upload Date: 6/11/2017 4:04:59 AM
Location:  Kirkwood, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  UP 9324(C40-8) CSX 8576(SD50-2) LLPX 2807(SD38-2) HATX 504(GP40-2)
Views:  560   Comments: 1


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