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2/4/2025
 
 
 
 
 
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BAR pushers
Title:  BAR pushers
Description:  After the first two BAR units arrived in late October, two more came in November. One from both pairs is assisting this BUAB as it gets started up the hill at Bevier St
Photo Date:  12/1/1988  Upload Date: 9/17/2015 4:45:17 AM
Location:  Binghamton, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  BAR 98(GP38-3) BAR 97(GP38)
Views:  902   Comments: 1
BUME and stacks
Title:  BUME and stacks
Description:  BUME rolls north through Bevier St with the first set of stack cars to roll through Belden Tunnel. This will soon become a common occurrence.
Photo Date:  1/22/1989  Upload Date: 9/27/2015 4:14:45 AM
Location:  Binghamton, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Winter,Yard,Action
Locomotives:  NYSW 3636(F45) BAR 98(GP38-3) BAR 97(GP38) DH 75(C424)
Views:  1051   Comments: 1
Going in
Title:  Going in
Description:  The first stacks to go through Belden Tunnel are about to make their entrance into the darkness as the head end approaches the portal.
Photo Date:  1/22/1989  Upload Date: 9/27/2015 4:17:58 AM
Location:  Binghamton, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Tunnel,Winter,Action
Locomotives:  NYSW 3636(F45) BAR 98(GP38-3) BAR 97(GP38) DH 75(C424)
Views:  987   Comments: 1
Rolling up
Title:  Rolling up
Description:  PYRP rolls up to BD to cross Conrail and head for Belden Hill. The Sea Land stacks head out are the first double stacks to run through the tunnel.
Photo Date:  1/22/1989  Upload Date: 9/27/2015 4:21:35 AM
Location:  Binghamton, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Winter,Signal,Action
Locomotives:  NYSW 3636(F45) BAR 98(GP38-3) BAR 97(GP38) DH 75(C424)
Views:  985   Comments: 1
Rolling along Rt 11
Title:  Rolling along Rt 11
Description:  SLN4 behind a motley mix of power roll east along US 11 past Willow Run Foods as it heads for Starrucca Viaduct and New Jersey.
Photo Date:  3/11/1989  Upload Date: 9/28/2015 4:32:31 AM
Location:  Kirkwood, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  NYSW 4006(B40-8) DH 383(GP39-2) BAR 98(GP38-3) DH 7409(GP39-2)
Views:  801   Comments: 0
High above
Title:  High above
Description:  SLN 4 rolls high above the small borough of Lanesboro, as trains have done for 140 years.
Photo Date:  3/11/1989  Upload Date: 9/28/2015 4:36:23 AM
Location:  Lanesboro, PA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Bridge,Action
Locomotives:  NYSW 4006(B40-8) DH 383(GP39-2) BAR 98(GP38-3) DH 7409(GP39-2)
Views:  905   Comments: 1
Louisville & Indiana
Title:  Louisville & Indiana
Description:  LIRC runs the former PRR line between the two towns. Here we see power at their engine facility.
Photo Date:  10/8/2005  Upload Date: 10/15/2012 2:02:33 AM
Location:  Jeffersonville, IN
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  LIRC 221(GP38-3) LIRC 2376(GP39-2) LIRC 1610(GP16)
Views:  721   Comments: 0
Utica side northbound
Title:  Utica side northbound
Description:  One of the last trains I saw on the NYSW Utica branch had a good set of power, seen as it runs along Chenango County route 32 behind an interesting mix of power. The trailing GE's are former LMX units dead in tow.
Photo Date:  12/9/2002  Upload Date: 1/29/2012 1:39:41 AM
Location:  Greene, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Winter,Action
Locomotives:  NYSW 2064(GP20u) BAR 360(GP38-3) GECX 8535(B39-8) GECX 8557(B39-8)
Views:  1513   Comments: 0
Northbound for Utica
Title:  Northbound for Utica
Description:  Across the valley scene of a northbound NYSW train near Greene. The two trailing GE's are former LMX units, and are dead in tow.
Photo Date:  12/9/2002  Upload Date: 1/29/2012 1:41:08 AM
Location:  Greene, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Winter,Action
Locomotives:  NYSW 2064(GP20u) BAR 360(GP38-3) GECX 8535(B39-8) GECX 8557(B39-8)
Views:  1328   Comments: 0
Leased power
Title:  Leased power
Description:  BH 2 rolls north at Kattelville Rd with two lease units bracketing one of NYSWs own and 67 cars for Syracuse.
Photo Date:  6/24/2003  Upload Date: 8/4/2013 2:55:47 AM
Location:  Chenango Bridge, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BDLX 1603(SD40) NYSW 3016(SD40T-2) BAR 360(GP38-3)
Views:  1229   Comments: 0
Mid train units
Title:  Mid train units
Description:  On one of my rare trips to the west coast, I ran from Portland down to LA. The first night of the trip I overnighted at Rice Hill Ore. As I was doing my safety check, I heard what sounded like diesels up on the hill. This northbound worked past with a set of mid train helpers.
Photo Date:  4/18/1997  Upload Date: 4/15/2014 11:27:50 PM
Location:  Rice Hill, OR
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  CORP 3807(GP38-3) CORP 3817(GP38)
Views:  476   Comments: 0
Gorilla meets goliath
Title:  Gorilla meets goliath
Description:  The Watco unit painted for Pittburg State meets a much larger colleague at Pittsburg yard.
Photo Date:  5/11/2013  Upload Date: 1/30/2014 3:16:51 AM
Location:  Pittsburg, KS
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  WAMX 3834(GP38-3) KCS 4057(SD70ACe)
Views:  466   Comments: 2
Colorful meet
Title:  Colorful meet
Description:  A southbound grain train behind two Belles meets the Watco local, working at the KCS Pittsburg yard with one of the units specially painted for Pittsburg State U.
Photo Date:  5/11/2013  Upload Date: 2/28/2018 4:18:34 AM
Location:  Pittsburg, KS
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  KCS 4057(SD70ACe) KCS 4796(ES44AC) WAMX 3834(GP38-3)
Views:  379   Comments: 4
Gorilla my dreams
Title:  Gorilla my dreams
Description:  Watco honors on line schools by painting one of their units in the colors of a local college. Here in Kansas, its Pittsburg State, which has a gorilla for a mascot. We see the school colors on this unit interchanging with KCS.
Photo Date:  5/11/2013  Upload Date: 8/16/2018 5:27:02 AM
Location:  Pittsburg, KS
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  WAMX 3834(GP38-3)
Views:  293   Comments: 2


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