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HAN 2 rolling east
Title:  HAN 2 rolling east
Description:  HAN 2 behind an eclectic mix of power rolls under I 81 as it heads for Gulf Summit and Jersey. The Howard Johnson(billboard) won't be getting their trade tonight!!
Photo Date:  11/13/1988  Upload Date: 9/9/2015 3:11:20 AM
Location:  Great Bend, PA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  NS 8665(C39-8E) HLCX 3074(GP40) DH 373(GP39-2)
Views:  952   Comments: 0
268
Title:  268
Description:  268 approaches old OG cabin en route north
Photo Date:  1/20/2002  Upload Date: 10/17/2013 2:10:47 AM
Location:  Oneonta, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Winter,Action
Locomotives:  NS 8665(C39-8E) NS 8390(C40-8W)
Views:  938   Comments: 0
Taking turns
Title:  Taking turns
Description:  413 goes first, with a red barn leading, then 268 behind a C39-8 at the south end of Bevier St
Photo Date:  1/20/2002  Upload Date: 10/22/2013 12:09:47 AM
Location:  Binghamton, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Winter,Action
Locomotives:  CP 9014(SD40-2F) CP 5421(SD40-2) CP 5415(SD40-2) NS 8665(C39-8E) NS 8390(C40-8W)
Views:  1391   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:  1408   Comments: 1
Coal for the port
Title:  Coal for the port
Description:  A coal train rolls through Wilson VA with a short train-178 cars-for export.
Photo Date:  9/13/1986  Upload Date: 11/6/2011 3:05:32 AM
Location:  Wilson, VA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  NS 8672(C39-8E) NS 8688(C39-8E)
Views:  1173   Comments: 0
Starting east
Title:  Starting east
Description:  An eastbound 178 car loaded coal train gets started from Crewe. This was the point where coal trains were consolidated after getting over the Blue Ridge. Some prodigious consists went east from here to tidewater, as the gradient was quite easy. I often saw trains in the 225 car range on this line.
Photo Date:  5/14/1988  Upload Date: 7/14/2015 1:38:59 AM
Location:  Crewe, VA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  NS 8672(C39-8E) NS 8688(C39-8E)
Views:  846   Comments: 0
Grab shot
Title:  Grab shot
Description:  The same eastbound I shot at Crewe I got at Wilson. They move better than youd expect for a heavy train, and all I was able to get was this grab shot off US 460.
Photo Date:  5/14/1988  Upload Date: 7/14/2015 1:40:26 AM
Location:  Wilson, VA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  NS 8672(C39-8E) NS 8688(C39-8E)
Views:  823   Comments: 0
Clear of the yard
Title:  Clear of the yard
Description:  RPPY has reached Shaws, the block limit station near Shaw Rd, about a mile or so south of Terrace Dr. Now clear of the East Binghamton yard, it still had a long slow ride before it could start to run, as there was a 10 MPH speed restriction almost all the way to the state line. It made for an easy chase, but not so good for the crews.
Photo Date:  12/3/1989  Upload Date: 12/14/2015 4:49:50 AM
Location:  Conklin, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Winter,Action
Locomotives:  NS 8678(C39-8E) NS 8610(C39-8) DH 7314(GP38-2) DH 7412(GP39-2) DH 74(C424)
Views:  1018   Comments: 1
Moving now
Title:  Moving now
Description:  RPPY has cleared the slow trackage in NY, and is now getting a roll on as it runs next to the road coming into Hallstead. The long hood forward practice on NS extended to the modern GEs, which must have been a real pain for the crews.
Photo Date:  12/3/1989  Upload Date: 12/15/2015 1:39:55 AM
Location:  Hallstead, PA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  NS 8678(C39-8E) NS 8610(C39-8) DH 7412(GP39-2) DH 7314(GP38-2) DH 74(C424)
Views:  889   Comments: 0
Taking it slow
Title:  Taking it slow
Description:  RPPY is now at Stillwater Rd in Conklin, getting close to the end of the slow order. Soon the engineer will open up to head south.
Photo Date:  12/3/1989  Upload Date: 12/14/2015 4:51:31 AM
Location:  Conklin, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Signal,Action
Locomotives:  NS 8678(C39-8E) NS 8610(C39-8) DH 7314(GP38-2) DH 7412(GP39-2) DH 74(C424)
Views:  887   Comments: 0
12T in the corn
Title:  12T in the corn
Description:  12T rolls west at Hiawatha Road past a field of stubble corn. The power is notable in that one of the original NS C39's is represented, as is an ex Southern SD40-2.
Photo Date:  2/11/2005  Upload Date: 11/19/2012 1:39:20 AM
Location:  Owego, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Winter,Action
Locomotives:  NS 8678(C39-8E) NS 3220(SD40-2) NS 8834(C40-9)
Views:  1054   Comments: 0
Flower power
Title:  Flower power
Description:  205 rolls past a bed of flowers along he right of way as it approaches Owego near MP 231
Photo Date:  7/17/2001  Upload Date: 12/15/2013 2:29:21 AM
Location:  Campville, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  NS 8680(C39-8E) NS 8960(C40-9W)
Views:  951   Comments: 0
Familiar scene
Title:  Familiar scene
Description:  A 31T rolls north approaching East Binghamton through the snow it is accustomed to. It will change crews at the yard, then off to Toronto.
Photo Date:  1/16/2005  Upload Date: 7/17/2017 4:35:40 AM
Location:  Summerville, PA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Winter,Action
Locomotives:  CN 2535(C44-9W) NS 8680(C39-8E) CN 5612(SD70I)
Views:  804   Comments: 1
Lotsa power
Title:  Lotsa power
Description:  Five units lead this 13T in the gloom of a December afternoon, approaching Hiawatha Rd. It's an interesting power set: four older GE's, including a C36-7, and a GP 50. Ten years prior, this would be first string power.
Photo Date:  12/16/2003  Upload Date: 5/30/2017 4:23:42 AM
Location:  Owego, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Winter,Action
Locomotives:  NS 8841(C40-9) NS 8576(C39-8) NS 8682(C39-8E) NS 7047(GP50) NS 8734(C40-8)
Views:  928   Comments: 0
Winter gloom
Title:  Winter gloom
Description:  The Southern Tier is known for its cloudy days, especially in winter. Here's 12T approaching Goodrich Settlement Rd west of Owego on one of them. You could still see C39-8's then, this train has two of them.
Photo Date:  3/17/2006  Upload Date: 11/4/2012 1:14:26 AM
Location:  Owego, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  NS 9735(C40-9W) NS 8617(C39-8) NS 8685(C39-8E)
Views:  992   Comments: 0
Old GEs
Title:  Old GEs
Description:  205 is ready to roll west from Binghamton behind a pair of standard cab GEs, one a soon to be retired C39-8. The former D&H station is hiding in the bushes to the left.
Photo Date:  5/6/2001  Upload Date: 12/3/2013 1:31:22 AM
Location:  Binghamton, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Yard,Station,Action
Locomotives:  NS 8686(C39-8E) NS 8819(C40-9)
Views:  930   Comments: 1

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