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| Title: |
Ex Rock unit |
| Description: |
The "class" unit iof the ex Rock Island U25s got Guilford paint early on, and may have been the only unit to get it. |
| Photo Date: |
5/17/1983 Upload Date: 11/1/2013 1:49:22 AM |
| Location: |
Springfield, MA |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Roster,Yard |
| Locomotives: |
MEC 225(U25B) |
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506 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Long way home |
| Description: |
A Binghamton bound train rolls past Susquehanna as it runs the Belden tunnel detour, which took trains from Nineveh Jct to Lanesboro, then to Binghamton on CRs ex Erie main. The heritage of the leader is obvious. |
| Photo Date: |
8/20/1985 Upload Date: 10/8/2014 1:52:26 AM |
| Location: |
Susquehanna, PA |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
DH 409(C420) BM 1564(GP7) BM 314(GP40-2) MEC 225(U25B) |
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664 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
A ghost from the past |
| Description: |
A D&H Belden Hill detour train pulls up the connector from the D&H Penn Division to Conrails Southern Tier Line at Jefferson Jct behind a mix of power that looks deceptively like a vision from the past. The reality is that the patch paint over the former road name has worn off, allowing the prior owners name to bleed through. Nobody was complaining!! |
| Photo Date: |
8/20/1985 Upload Date: 10/29/2011 3:23:14 AM |
| Location: |
Lanesboro, PA |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
DH 409(C420) BM 1564(GP7) BM 314(GP40-2) MEC 225(U25B) |
| Views: |
1272 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Ex Rock unit |
| Description: |
Guilford acquired Rocks U25Bs after that road went under in 1980. Heres one at East Binghamton in its new Harvest Gold colors, and surprisingly clean. |
| Photo Date: |
4/22/1986 Upload Date: 11/19/2014 2:22:22 PM |
| Location: |
Binghamton, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Roster,Yard |
| Locomotives: |
MEC 230(U25B) |
| Views: |
589 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Bow power |
| Description: |
A pair of Maine Central, ex Rock Island U25Bs are part of the power set that brought a Bow coal train to Concord, seen here laying over til the train is empty. |
| Photo Date: |
10/22/1983 Upload Date: 12/1/2013 1:53:49 AM |
| Location: |
Concord, NH |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Roster,Yard |
| Locomotives: |
MEC 231(U25B) MEC 232(U25B) BM 316(GP40-2) CR 2747(U23B) CR 8071(GP38-2) |
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703 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Ex Rock unit |
| Description: |
An ex Rock Island U25, one a group picked up by Maine Central, sits at Concord NH waiting on a coal train to unload. |
| Photo Date: |
10/22/1983 Upload Date: 12/1/2013 1:55:21 AM |
| Location: |
Concord, NH |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Roster,Yard |
| Locomotives: |
MEC 232(U25B) |
| Views: |
564 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Through the snow |
| Description: |
BUEB rolls 78 cars east toward Binghamton in the snowy fields of western NY, seen from a local road bridge near Dalton. The power was common in those days. The SD26 is a recent acquisiton of Guilford, and will ultimately be painted Springfield Terminal. As if that wasn't enough heritage, the third unit is an ex Rock Island U25B. |
| Photo Date: |
2/25/1987 Upload Date: 4/18/2015 2:37:52 AM |
| Location: |
Dalton, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Winter,Action |
| Locomotives: |
BM 304(GP40-2) ST 4676(SD26) MEC 236(U25B) BM 308(GP40-2) |
| Views: |
722 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Not exactly dashing through the snow |
| Description: |
But making decent enough time. A telephoto view of BUEB rolling east at Dalton behind the kind of power mix only Guilford could concoct. At least the B&M unit is leading. |
| Photo Date: |
2/25/1987 Upload Date: 4/21/2015 1:28:46 AM |
| Location: |
Dalton, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Winter,Action |
| Locomotives: |
BM 304(GP40-2) ST 4676(SD26) MEC 236(U25B) BM 308(GP40-2) |
| Views: |
467 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
BUEB |
| Description: |
A mix of Guilford power leads Buffalo-Binghamton train BUEB near the ski area at Swains. Included in the power consist are two B&M GP 40-2's, a former ATSF SD 26, and a former Rock Island U 25B. |
| Photo Date: |
2/25/1987 Upload Date: 10/22/2011 2:41:08 AM |
| Location: |
Garwoods, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Winter,Action |
| Locomotives: |
BM 304(GP40-2) ST 4676(SD26) MEC 236(U25B) BM 308(GP40-2) |
| Views: |
1036 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
U25 |
| Description: |
By 1984, U25Bs were getting hard to find. There were still some in service on the L&N. I was able to find on in Lexington, in the rain of course. |
| Photo Date: |
9/30/1984 Upload Date: 7/8/2014 3:32:05 AM |
| Location: |
Lexington, KY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Yard,Action |
| Locomotives: |
SBD 1606(U25B) |
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659 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
U 25B's and a U 33B |
| Description: |
In May of 1983, Tri State Chapter NRHS ran a trip on the West Shore to Selkirk. On arrival at Selkirk, we passed the dead line, which had a lot of interesting items. These were all taken from the train through those wonderful Lexan windows, so the quality may not be so hot, but the subjects are worth a little grubbiness. |
| Photo Date: |
5/28/1983 Upload Date: 11/9/2013 12:55:09 AM |
| Location: |
Selkirk, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Roster,Yard |
| Locomotives: |
CR 2528(U25B) CR 2557(U25B) CR 2963(U33B) |
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554 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
U25B at Croxton |
| Description: |
One model they were used to seeing on the EL was the U25B, so this one was right at home. The SW to its right WAS right at home!! |
| Photo Date: |
5/8/1979 Upload Date: 9/10/2012 1:23:56 AM |
| Location: |
Secaucus, NJ |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Roster,Yard |
| Locomotives: |
CR 2554(U25B) CR 9324(SW1200) CR 2958(U33B) CR 2300(GP35) |
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779 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Ex EL unit at home |
| Description: |
This CR unit gives away its heritage; for that matter, it has not strayed at all: same paint, same yard. The other units?? From all over. |
| Photo Date: |
5/8/1979 Upload Date: 9/10/2012 1:25:21 AM |
| Location: |
Secaucus, NJ |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Roster,Yard |
| Locomotives: |
CR 9324(SW1200) CR 2554(U25B) CR 2958(U33B) CR 2758(U23B) |
| Views: |
696 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
All at home |
| Description: |
An eastbound blasts through Utica station with two ex PC units and one CR picked up after Auto Train couldnt pay for it. |
| Photo Date: |
7/20/1978 Upload Date: 12/17/2016 4:54:17 AM |
| Location: |
Utica, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 2313(GP35) CR 2612(U25B) CR 2974(U36B) |
| Views: |
398 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Mixed bag |
| Description: |
The dead line at Selkirk had all kinds of goodies in it. Heres a mix of GE, slug cut down from an Alco, and as built GP 9 |
| Photo Date: |
5/28/1983 Upload Date: 11/9/2013 1:11:55 AM |
| Location: |
Selkirk, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Roster,Yard |
| Locomotives: |
CR 7308(GP9) CR 1102(MT6) CR 2626(U25B) |
| Views: |
612 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Not much difference |
| Description: |
At this point in Conrails history, there was still a lot of equipment in predecessor paint schemes, and it was not uncommon to see solid sets of un repainted power, though most non PC units had at least been renumbered if not patch painted. Since the PC people largely ran the show, their numbering plan held sway. As such, most PC power did not need to be renumbered, so you were more likely to see untouched PC power than anything else. An example is here at Poughkeepsie, where we have not only this U25B, but a transfer caboose still in PC garb. There's also something in NYC lettering in the yard, though I can't see enough of it to identify. All this is in the shadow of the former New Haven Poughkeepsie Bridge, out of service since a fire in May 1974, and now a pedestrian walkway over the river. |
| Photo Date: |
12/26/1977 Upload Date: 12/9/2016 5:19:19 AM |
| Location: |
Poughkeepsie, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Roster,RollingStock,Station |
| Locomotives: |
PC 2638(U25B) |
| Views: |
715 Comments: 3 |
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