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Coal empty with UP power
Title:  Coal empty with UP power
Description:  An empty train-all except for one loaded salt car on the rear-heads toward Gang Mills behind a new C40-8W and a pair of UP SD 40-2s. The second unit is a former MP unit that has had the controls removed, and is used only in trailing positions.
Photo Date:  2/19/1994  Upload Date: 7/20/2011 8:15:07 PM
Location:  Chemung, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Winter,Action
Locomotives:  CR 6151(C40-8W) UP 4247(SD40-2B) UP 3291(SD40-2)
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Four 40s with a surprise
Title:  Four 40s with a surprise
Description:  A set of 4 SD40-2s, not uncommon at the time, has a surprise. The second unit is one of the NS ex Southern units they made into a cabless locomotive by removing the controls and blanking the windows. This is train 418 arriving from Buffalo with 48 cars.
Photo Date:  9/13/2004  Upload Date: 12/9/2012 5:29:49 AM
Location:  Binghamton, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CP 5629(SD40-2) CP 5477(SD40-2B) CP 5578(SD40-2) SOO 6601(SD40-2)
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