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5/17/2024
 
 
 
 
 
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Detroit bound
Title:  Detroit bound
Description:  This eastbound was setting out at Ft Wayne before taking the ex Wabash to Detroit.
Photo Date:  6/26/1987  Upload Date: 5/14/2015 12:51:21 AM
Location:  Fort Wayne, IN
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  NS 8569(C39-8) NS 8648(C39-8)
Views:  305   Comments: 1
Parked at Bevier St
Title:  Parked at Bevier St
Description:  An eastbound NS train, possible 13T, is parked on the Buffalo Runner
Photo Date:  1/8/2002  Upload Date: 10/27/2013 2:06:27 AM
Location:  Binghamton, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  NS 9044(C40-9W) NS 8574(C39-8)
Views:  308   Comments: 0
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:  458   Comments: 0
Coal train south
Title:  Coal train south
Description:  Most coal trains to and from New England would arrive via the Tier. Every now and then one would run via Enola and CP. Heres an empty train symbolled 88T returning via that route arriving at the north end of Binghamton yard.
Photo Date:  11/25/2001  Upload Date: 10/26/2013 3:12:41 AM
Location:  Binghamton, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  NS 8428(C40-8W) NS 8577(C39-8) NS 8651(C39-8)
Views:  591   Comments: 1
Big 555 at Hop
Title:  Big 555 at Hop
Description:  A big 555 rolls north at Hop Bottom, today with 108 cars behind its four up front, and two more behind.
Photo Date:  7/7/1991  Upload Date: 2/22/2015 4:50:32 AM
Location:  Hop Bottom, PA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  NS 8579(C39-8) GATX 2007(SD40-2) CP 5677(SD40-2) NS 4154(GP38AC)
Views:  810   Comments: 0
Empty coal
Title:  Empty coal
Description:  An empty coal train heads back to southwestern PA for another load of black diamonds. The stark white of the trailing unit makes me think it's an ex KCS unit that must have come off lease, and gone into Helm's fleet.
Photo Date:  10/2/1999  Upload Date: 2/28/2014 1:25:43 AM
Location:  Owego, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  NS 8590(C39-8) NS 9324(C40-9W) HLCX 631(SD40-2)
Views:  819   Comments: 0
Miller Beach Rd
Title:  Miller Beach Rd
Description:  Train 257 passes Miller Beach Rd in Owego with 53 stack platforms as it heads for Buffalo and an NS connection west.
Photo Date:  6/16/1995  Upload Date: 8/14/2014 3:21:53 AM
Location:  Owego, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  NS 8506(C36-7) NS 8594(C39-8)
Views:  386   Comments: 0
Approaching BD
Title:  Approaching BD
Description:  Train 930, 30T on NS and now on a D&H routing north of Binghamton, rolls down track 5, the track that crosses the Southern Tier at BD, and connects to track 3 to East Binghamton. It will change crews and head for Enola. Im in the Maines Food Service lot off Oliver St. Lead unit 8598, a C39-8, is getting to be long in the tooth for a GE.
Photo Date:  3/3/2006  Upload Date: 11/26/2017 3:40:15 AM
Location:  Binghamton, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Winter,Action
Locomotives:  NS 8598(C39-8) CN 5403(SD50F)
Views:  229   Comments: 0
Odd arrangement
Title:  Odd arrangement
Description:  This is 12T, which apparently was picked up by Taylor-Binghamton train 513, and tacked onto the rear. My guess is 12Ts crew outlawed, and this was how the train got to Binghamton for a Tier crew.
Photo Date:  11/4/2005  Upload Date: 9/5/2017 4:42:07 AM
Location:  Conklin, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  NS 8603(C39-8) NS 8466(C40-8W)
Views:  334   Comments: 0
Recrewed and ready
Title:  Recrewed and ready
Description:  The 12T that was the subject of a dogcatch is now recrewed and heading past the DLW station downtown as it heads for Buffalo.
Photo Date:  11/4/2005  Upload Date: 9/5/2017 4:54:53 AM
Location:  Binghamton, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Action
Locomotives:  NS 8603(C39-8) NS 8466(C40-8W)
Views:  272   Comments: 0
Meet western visitors
Title:  Meet western visitors
Description:  12T gets underway west as a New England bound coal train behind a trio of UP SD70s waits to cross over to the Buffalo Runner.
Photo Date:  11/4/2005  Upload Date: 9/5/2017 4:56:48 AM
Location:  Binghamton, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  NS 8603(C39-8) UP 4411(SD70M) UP 4264(SD70M)
Views:  382   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:  558   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:  432   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:  428   Comments: 0
Light day
Title:  Light day
Description:  This eastbound loaded coal train is about to head out with 175 or so cars. Ive seen these trains roll out with over 200 on this line, so today will be easy.
Photo Date:  5/14/1988  Upload Date: 7/12/2015 3:51:45 AM
Location:  Crewe, VA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  NS 6598(SD60) NS 8617(C39-8)
Views:  379   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:  544   Comments: 0
Eastbound in the snow
Title:  Eastbound in the snow
Description:  A coal train bound for New England rolls through Endicott
Photo Date:  2/3/1999  Upload Date: 2/28/2014 1:34:59 AM
Location:  Endicott, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Winter,Action
Locomotives:  NS 9148(C40-9W) NS 8618(C39-8)
Views:  547   Comments: 0
NS GEs roll coal east
Title:  NS GEs roll coal east
Description:  An eastbound coal train rolls under the Seaboard on the belt line around Petersburg VA. Two GEs have 225 cars for the pier at Norfolk
Photo Date:  9/14/1986  Upload Date: 11/6/2011 2:47:39 AM
Location:  Petersburg, VA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Signal,Action
Locomotives:  NS 8621(C39-8) NS 8511(C36-7)
Views:  731   Comments: 2
Coal train running
Title:  Coal train running
Description:  A 225 car coal train approaches the overpasses for the local road and SBD behind a pair of GEs running long hood forward and God and NS intended.
Photo Date:  9/14/1986  Upload Date: 12/14/2014 1:51:46 AM
Location:  Petersburg, VA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Signal,Action
Locomotives:  NS 8621(C39-8) NW 8511(C36-7)
Views:  530   Comments: 0
HAN 2 in the yard
Title:  HAN 2 in the yard
Description:  IF the NYSW did not have a crew ready, Conrail would not let the train stay on the Tier, and NYSW had to stow it in a yard. This was done either on the Utica Branch, or at East Binghamton, depending on operational needs. Today, the choice is East Binghamton, and we see a HAN 2 pulling down to Terrace Drive behind a pair of NS units. When the NYSW crew is on, they will back out through BD and head east.
Photo Date:  5/22/1989  Upload Date: 10/10/2015 2:53:03 AM
Location:  Binghamton, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Yard,Signal,Action
Locomotives:  NS 8623(C39-8) NW 8038(C30-7)
Views:  220   Comments: 0
Eastbound through the trusses
Title:  Eastbound through the trusses
Description:  SLN 4 rolls east behind a mix of power as it heads for Little Ferry.
Photo Date:  4/22/1989  Upload Date: 10/6/2015 2:54:29 AM
Location:  Deposit, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Bridge,Action
Locomotives:  NS 8629(C39-8) NHL 6695(SD45) NYSW 3622(SD45)
Views:  496   Comments: 0
Over the top
Title:  Over the top
Description:  HAN 2 crests the grade at Gulf Summit behind an NS C39 and a pair of SD 45s.
Photo Date:  4/22/1989  Upload Date: 10/22/2015 4:27:29 AM
Location:  Gulf Summit, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Signal,Action
Locomotives:  NS 8629(C39-8)
Views:  164   Comments: 0
Roadside running
Title:  Roadside running
Description:  HAN 2 rolls east near MP 169. NY 17 is just out of view to the right. It runs next to the tracks between Deposit and Hancock, making for an easy chase.
Photo Date:  4/22/1989  Upload Date: 10/22/2015 4:31:59 AM
Location:  Hancock, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  NS 8629(C39-8)
Views:  167   Comments: 0
Backwards elephants
Title:  Backwards elephants
Description:  In a pose only NS could do, a four unit set of power runs reverse elephant-all units long hood forward. Bet the engineer loved this.
Photo Date:  7/1/1999  Upload Date: 3/4/2014 1:16:38 AM
Location:  Owego, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  NS 8629(C39-8) CR 6611(C32-8)
Views:  707   Comments: 1
Taylor Turn goes under
Title:  Taylor Turn goes under
Description:  TB 4, the turn from Binghamton to Taylor yard in Scranton, rolls under the NY 7 overpass south of Conklin. At the time, this line was single track down to Stillwater, just north of the PA line. It is now single here.
Photo Date:  9/8/1989  Upload Date: 11/27/2015 3:56:26 AM
Location:  Conklin, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  NS 6600(SD60) NS 8630(C39-8) DH 385(GP39-2) DH 382(GP39-2)
Views:  650   Comments: 2
Interesting
Title:  Interesting
Description:  A pair of short line boxcars are head out on the Taylor Turn as it rolls under the NY 7 bridge. TOE is Texas, Oklahoma & Eastern, a lumber hauler in the DeQueen Ark area; the lead car is from Apalachicola Northern, which also handles lumber products in the Florida panhandle and southwest Georgia.
Photo Date:  9/8/1989  Upload Date: 11/27/2015 3:36:46 AM
Location:  Conklin, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,RollingStock,Action
Locomotives:  NS 6600(SD60) NS 8630(C39-8) DH 382(GP39-2) DH 385(GP39-2) NS 6600(SD60) NS 8630(C39-8) DH 385(GP39-2) DH 382(GP39-2)
Views:  908   Comments: 1
Taylor turn
Title:  Taylor turn
Description:  One of the trains NYSW ran was a turn from Binghamton to Taylor yard near Scranton. We see it rolling through Conklin on its way south.
Photo Date:  9/9/1989  Upload Date: 11/25/2015 3:10:50 AM
Location:  Conklin, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  NS 6600(SD60) NS 8630(C39-8) DH 385(GP39-2) DH 382(GP39-2)
Views:  603   Comments: 1
269 behind a vanishing breed
Title:  269 behind a vanishing breed
Description:  269 rolls through Unadilla behind a type that will shortly disappear from the rosters of class 1 railroads, a C39-8. NS once had 100 of these.
Photo Date:  3/5/2002  Upload Date: 10/6/2013 11:08:41 PM
Location:  Unadilla, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Action
Locomotives:  NS 8631(C39-8)
Views:  192   Comments: 0
Southbound
Title:  Southbound
Description:  A southbound train is holed up short of the farm crossing at Afton waiting on a recrew. Quite the power mix. One oddity of the CR split was the chance to see Conrail power on the D&H, almost unheard of prior to that time.
Photo Date:  7/1/1999  Upload Date: 3/3/2014 1:37:13 AM
Location:  Afton, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  NS 2569(SD70) NS 8634(C39-8) SOO 6037(SD60) CP 5633(SD40-2)
Views:  652   Comments: 1
Making the grade
Title:  Making the grade
Description:  An eastbound is about to reach the sunnit of the Blue Ridge near Montvale Va behind a pair of GEs. The NW presence is very much apparent with the signature signal masts and CPL signals.
Photo Date:  9/13/1986  Upload Date: 12/14/2014 1:57:42 AM
Location:  Montvale, VA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Signal,Action
Locomotives:  NW 8517(C36-7) NS 8638(C39-8)
Views:  520   Comments: 2
Westbound cresting Blue Ridge
Title:  Westbound cresting Blue Ridge
Description:  A eastbound merchandise train reaches the top of Blue Ridge as it approaches Roanoke. In steam days, NW used Y class engines to assist trains over the grade.
Photo Date:  9/13/1986  Upload Date: 11/6/2011 3:03:58 AM
Location:  Montvale, VA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Signal,Action
Locomotives:  NW 8517(C36-7) NS 8638(C39-8)
Views:  652   Comments: 0
390 with a mix
Title:  390 with a mix
Description:  Starting in October of 1990, most 390 trains got a set of SOO power, sometimes with other units added in. Not all 390s got SOO power, some got a mix of whatever was handy. This is one such train with an ex SOO, now CP unit, a second hand Southern unit, and a legit NS unit, seen about to cross Page Av in Endicott with 58 cars
Photo Date:  4/21/1994  Upload Date: 9/21/2014 2:17:24 AM
Location:  Endicott, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CP 6404(SD40) CP 3254(SD40-2) NS 8647(C39-8)
Views:  574   Comments: 0
Eastbound with NS power
Title:  Eastbound with NS power
Description:  A harbinger of things to come, this eastbound rolled through Endicott behind NS power.
Photo Date:  3/31/1997  Upload Date: 4/26/2014 2:45:46 AM
Location:  Endicott, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Winter,Action
Locomotives:  NS 6631(SD60) NS 8663(C39-8)
Views:  347   Comments: 0


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