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Title: |
Antiques |
Description: |
The Southwestern RR operates several lines in New Mexico that were S`nta Fe cast offs. The line that connected to the SP at Deming NM has some real classic power, as seen on this train at Hurley. |
Photo Date: |
3/23/2015 Upload Date: 9/3/2018 6:01:41 AM |
Location: |
Hurley, NM |
Author: |
Tom Beckett |
Categories: |
Action |
Locomotives: |
SW 29(GP30) SW 9710(GP40) SW 2414(GP30u) |
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806 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
All kinds of stuff |
Description: |
A view of the SWRC yard in Hurley reveals some interesting power, among them several GP 30's, what looks like an ex CNW GP 7, and a GP 40. It's a pretty cool roster. |
Photo Date: |
3/23/2015 Upload Date: 9/3/2018 6:04:08 AM |
Location: |
Hurley, NM |
Author: |
Tom Beckett |
Categories: |
Roster,Yard |
Locomotives: |
SW 2468(GP30) SW 30(GP30) SW 4291(GP7) |
Views: |
631 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
Big yard power |
Description: |
Some of the cuts handled at Lamberts Point were quite large, so NS teamed up a trio of units to keep them rolling to the dumpers. This was quite a set: a high hood GP 30 and a pair of GP 9s. What a sound they made when revving up!! |
Photo Date: |
5/9/1985 Upload Date: 10/1/2014 2:00:20 AM |
Location: |
Lamberts Point, VA |
Author: |
Tom Beckett |
Categories: |
Yard,Action |
Locomotives: |
NW 523(GP30) NW 905(GP9) NW 948(GP18) |
Views: |
753 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Old scheme |
Description: |
This C 30-7 in NW paint rolls through town with 54 cars. |
Photo Date: |
6/26/1987 Upload Date: 5/15/2015 4:29:08 AM |
Location: |
Fostoria, OH |
Author: |
Tom Beckett |
Categories: |
Action |
Locomotives: |
NW 8034(C30-7) NS 4132(GP38AC) NW 525(GP30) NW 1300(GP35) |
Views: |
1166 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
Second generation rules |
Description: |
A pair of second generation units, now demoted to transfer runs, passes Forest Hill |
Photo Date: |
3/22/1984 Upload Date: 6/4/2014 4:39:12 AM |
Location: |
FOREST HILL, IL |
Author: |
Tom Beckett |
Categories: |
Action |
Locomotives: |
NW 1310(GP35) NW 526(GP30) |
Views: |
933 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Hi hood GP 30 |
Description: |
Only two roads got high hood GP30. Not suprisingly, NW was one of them. Heres on of theirs at Forest Hill headed for Clearing yard. |
Photo Date: |
3/22/1984 Upload Date: 6/4/2014 4:33:17 AM |
Location: |
FOREST HILL, IL |
Author: |
Tom Beckett |
Categories: |
Action |
Locomotives: |
NW 526(GP30) |
Views: |
894 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Yard engine |
Description: |
An NW hi hood GP 30 and caboose work the Lamberts Plint yard |
Photo Date: |
5/9/1985 Upload Date: 9/29/2014 12:44:13 AM |
Location: |
Lamberts Point, VA |
Author: |
Tom Beckett |
Categories: |
Yard,Action |
Locomotives: |
NW 547(GP30) |
Views: |
1067 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
Vanishing breed |
Description: |
A UP GP30 sits in the yard in Columbus Neb in October 1984. It was good to see one. Notice all the CNW power passing by in the background. |
Photo Date: |
10/11/1984 Upload Date: 8/20/2011 3:25:36 AM |
Location: |
Columbus, NE |
Author: |
Tom Beckett |
Categories: |
Roster,Yard |
Locomotives: |
UP 702(GP30) |
Views: |
987 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
Second life |
Description: |
This ex SOO GP 30 was living a second career in retirement at an elevator in Mankato. The MJRX reporting mark is for Railway Service Contractors |
Photo Date: |
9/30/2018 Upload Date: 4/25/2025 5:16:54 AM |
Location: |
Mankato, MN |
Author: |
Tom Beckett |
Categories: |
Roster,Yard |
Locomotives: |
MJRX 711(GP30) |
Views: |
103 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
GP 30 |
Description: |
I caught this guy twice in Bonner Springs, both directions, long hood forward both times. Go figure. But Ill take a GP 30, which were still fairly common on the UP then. |
Photo Date: |
2/19/1986 Upload Date: 11/10/2014 2:51:13 AM |
Location: |
Bonner Springs, KS |
Author: |
Tom Beckett |
Categories: |
Action |
Locomotives: |
UP 726(GP30) |
Views: |
811 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
Returning west |
Description: |
GP 30 powered local rolls west toward Lawrence. |
Photo Date: |
2/19/1986 Upload Date: 11/10/2014 2:53:09 AM |
Location: |
Bonner Springs, KS |
Author: |
Tom Beckett |
Categories: |
Action |
Locomotives: |
UP 726(GP30) |
Views: |
729 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
From the L |
Description: |
I spent some time riding L trains while I was in Chicago, and saw some trains in the process. One was this CNW transfer I caught on the B&OCT while riding the Congress-Milwaukee train. Ill take a pair of GP 30s any time. |
Photo Date: |
8/16/1978 Upload Date: 11/16/2016 4:25:43 AM |
Location: |
Chicago, IL |
Author: |
Tom Beckett |
Categories: |
Action |
Locomotives: |
CNW 823(GP30) CNW 812(GP30) |
Views: |
731 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Old classic |
Description: |
There were still quite a few GP 30s working in local and yard service on UP in the 1980s. This one is seen at Green River from the Cal Zephyr. |
Photo Date: |
3/17/1984 Upload Date: 5/24/2014 2:17:23 AM |
Location: |
Green River, WY |
Author: |
Tom Beckett |
Categories: |
Roster,Yard |
Locomotives: |
UP 832(GP30) |
Views: |
861 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
The way it was |
Description: |
The freight on the model layout on the Holiday Express is powered by a GP 30 in the red scheme, seen meeting the passenger train on the viaduct above. Id love to see one of these in real life again. |
Photo Date: |
12/7/2015 Upload Date: 12/17/2015 3:21:34 AM |
Location: |
Stilwell, OK |
Author: |
Tom Beckett |
Categories: |
Model,Passenger,Action |
Locomotives: |
KCS 902(GP30) |
Views: |
584 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Freight through town |
Description: |
The GP 30 led freight rolls through the model town. |
Photo Date: |
12/7/2015 Upload Date: 12/17/2015 3:26:56 AM |
Location: |
Stilwell, OK |
Author: |
Tom Beckett |
Categories: |
Model,Action |
Locomotives: |
KCS 902(GP30) |
Views: |
346 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Dead line |
Description: |
There will be a bunch of these. The Enola dead line abounded with all kinds of diesels in the mid 80s. I took several photos from points along US 11/15 hoping to capture some of the power that would soon be going to its final rest. Some nuits still wore their pre Conrail garb-note the ex EL GP 35 to the right rear. |
Photo Date: |
8/6/1985 Upload Date: 10/4/2014 2:16:54 AM |
Location: |
Enola, PA |
Author: |
Tom Beckett |
Categories: |
Roster,Yard |
Locomotives: |
CR 2172(GP30) CR 6690(SDP45) CR 6081(SD45) CR 3691(GP35) CR 9214(NW2) CR 7463(GP9) |
Views: |
1213 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Dead Line |
Description: |
Retired units awaiting the end. That EL hopper in the foreground must be counting its blessings, as two of its former locomotive colleagues, a U36C and SDP45, are headed for the gallows. |
Photo Date: |
8/6/1985 Upload Date: 10/4/2014 2:26:59 AM |
Location: |
Enola, PA |
Author: |
Tom Beckett |
Categories: |
Roster,Yard |
Locomotives: |
CR 2255(GP35) CR 6892(U36C) CR 6690(SDP45) CR 2960(U33B) CR 2172(GP30) CR 9214(NW2) |
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1713 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Power in places youd never expect it. |
Description: |
One of the things about Conrail was that units would turn up in unusual places. While its not far from home, prior to CR, who would have expected a Reading GP 30 working on the PRR in Delaware?? As the combined like units in a certain area, power moved around some, and here we find the result. How about that Pennsy hopper!! |
Photo Date: |
8/4/1980 Upload Date: 12/16/2016 5:18:44 AM |
Location: |
Wilmington, DE |
Author: |
Tom Beckett |
Categories: |
Action |
Locomotives: |
CR 2174(GP30) |
Views: |
589 Comments: 2 |
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Title: |
Going, gone... |
Description: |
A quartet of trade ins are dead in tow behind the road power on this westbound. Three GP 30's and a 35 are headed to the boneyard. |
Photo Date: |
5/18/1987 Upload Date: 4/25/2015 4:21:32 AM |
Location: |
Enola, PA |
Author: |
Tom Beckett |
Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
Locomotives: |
CR 2182(GP30) CR 2208(GP30) CR 2216(GP30) CR 3645(GP35) CR 6764(SD50) CR 6627(C36-7) |
Views: |
1267 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
GP 30 at Croxton |
Description: |
After CR took over, power started to show up everywhere on lines that did not previously see it. Here we see a GP 30 at Croxton on the ex EL, a line that never owned the model. |
Photo Date: |
5/8/1979 Upload Date: 9/10/2012 1:22:41 AM |
Location: |
Secaucus, NJ |
Author: |
Tom Beckett |
Categories: |
Roster,Yard |
Locomotives: |
CR 2195(GP30) CR 9228(NW2) CR 3022(GP40) |
Views: |
1085 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Dead Line |
Description: |
Enola engine facility is filled with diesels awaiting their final moments. There were many SW types present, marking the end of the end cab switcher era on Conrail. New GP 15's and B23's, as well as demoted U23's and GP 38's of various types took over much of the local and yard work. |
Photo Date: |
8/6/1985 Upload Date: 10/4/2014 2:22:09 AM |
Location: |
Enola, PA |
Author: |
Tom Beckett |
Categories: |
Roster,Yard |
Locomotives: |
CR 8983(SW9) CR 3657(GP35) CR 2209(GP30) CR 8973(SW9) |
Views: |
930 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Kyle Railway 4 axle power |
Description: |
Kyle Railways 4 axle units at Limon. Quite a mixed bag!! |
Photo Date: |
6/16/1997 Upload Date: 6/23/2012 1:47:40 AM |
Location: |
Limon, CO |
Author: |
Tom Beckett |
Categories: |
Roster,Yard |
Locomotives: |
KYLE 2500(GP35) KYLE 2210(GP30) KYLE 5796(U30B) |
Views: |
1573 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
Dead Line |
Description: |
More death row units. |
Photo Date: |
8/6/1985 Upload Date: 10/4/2014 2:24:01 AM |
Location: |
Enola, PA |
Author: |
Tom Beckett |
Categories: |
Roster,Yard |
Locomotives: |
CR 2218(GP30) CR 7383(GP9) CR 2228(GP30) |
Views: |
766 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Big U boat |
Description: |
A U36C is front and center in this shot of the retirees at Enola. "Four Deuces" GP30 2222 is peeking out from behind the U boat. |
Photo Date: |
8/6/1985 Upload Date: 10/4/2014 2:36:54 AM |
Location: |
Enola, PA |
Author: |
Tom Beckett |
Categories: |
Roster,Yard |
Locomotives: |
CR 6885(U36C) CR 7042(GP9) CR 2222(GP30) CR 8694(SW8) CR 8973(SW9) |
Views: |
1152 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
SD 45 |
Description: |
An ex PC SD45 sits in among eh condemned at Enola |
Photo Date: |
8/6/1985 Upload Date: 10/4/2014 2:32:24 AM |
Location: |
Enola, PA |
Author: |
Tom Beckett |
Categories: |
Roster,Yard |
Locomotives: |
CR 6132(SD45) CR 2228(GP30) CR 8694(SW8) |
Views: |
750 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
Still Southern, mostly |
Description: |
Two years after the NS merger, there was still a lot of predecessor power around. This set was on a train at Danville KY on the Rathole. There's more to it than meets the eye. The leader is obvious, one of the unusual high short hood GP 30's only NW and Southern got; the third unit is ex Central of Georgia and carries its C of G number. The trailing unit is actually at home; it's sublettered for the CNO&TP. |
Photo Date: |
9/30/1984 Upload Date: 7/3/2014 4:12:30 AM |
Location: |
Danville, KY |
Author: |
Tom Beckett |
Categories: |
Yard,Action |
Locomotives: |
SOU 2549(GP30) SOU 5080(GP38-2) SOU 244(GP35) NS 5032(GP38-2) |
Views: |
1401 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
All Southern power |
Description: |
This was the last shot on the roll, hence the short frame. An all Southern power set seen at DeButts Yard from an NS 611 fan trip to Chattanooga as the light fades. |
Photo Date: |
9/30/1984 Upload Date: 1/29/2012 3:05:59 AM |
Location: |
Chattanooga, TN |
Author: |
Tom Beckett |
Categories: |
Yard,Action |
Locomotives: |
SOU 5149(GP38-2) SOU 2593(GP30) |
Views: |
949 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
New paint for an old classic |
Description: |
One of Southern's hi hood GP 30s is in the yard at Manassas, part of the consist for the Strasburg Turn. NS did not repaint a lot of the older power that was likely to be retired, so it was something of a surprise to find this. I never saw another NS painted GP 30, either SOU or NW. |
Photo Date: |
4/30/1988 Upload Date: 7/5/2015 4:56:27 AM |
Location: |
Manassas, VA |
Author: |
Tom Beckett |
Categories: |
Roster,Yard |
Locomotives: |
NS 2598(GP30) SOU 4017(B23-7) NS 2797(GP38) SOU 242(GP35) SOU 2655(GP35) |
Views: |
1388 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Still Southern |
Description: |
A Southern peculiarity, a GP 35 on Alco trucks, is one of three Southern units on the power for the Strasburg Turn. The third unit in this set still carries its C of G number too. |
Photo Date: |
4/30/1988 Upload Date: 7/5/2015 5:07:37 AM |
Location: |
Manassas, VA |
Author: |
Tom Beckett |
Categories: |
Roster,Yard |
Locomotives: |
SOU 2655(GP35) NS 2797(GP38) SOU 242(GP35) SOU 4017(B23-7) NS 2598(GP30) |
Views: |
1270 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Hi hood GP 30 |
Description: |
A former Southern unit, this GP 30 got repainted into the NS scheme. Its the only such unit I ever saw. |
Photo Date: |
5/15/1988 Upload Date: 11/6/2011 2:57:50 AM |
Location: |
Manassas, VA |
Author: |
Tom Beckett |
Categories: |
Roster,Yard |
Locomotives: |
NS 2598(GP30) SOU 4017(B23-7) |
Views: |
923 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
Only two |
Description: |
Only two roads got hi hood GP 30s, exactly the ones youd think. Here is one of Southerns units, still in its tuxedo paint scheme. Its the trailing unit on this short local at AF, but good to see one of these anywhere. |
Photo Date: |
4/30/1988 Upload Date: 7/7/2015 5:01:56 AM |
Location: |
Alexandria, VA |
Author: |
Tom Beckett |
Categories: |
Action |
Locomotives: |
SOU 2620(GP30) |
Views: |
273 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Classic look |
Description: |
Almost 6 years into the NS merger, there were still a lot of diesels that had not been repainted. A pair in the classic Southern tuxedo scheme work this local headed for Potomac Yard at AF. |
Photo Date: |
4/30/1988 Upload Date: 7/7/2015 5:06:11 AM |
Location: |
Alexandria, VA |
Author: |
Tom Beckett |
Categories: |
Action |
Locomotives: |
SOU 5185(GP38-2) SOU 2620(GP30) |
Views: |
393 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Hi hood GP 30 |
Description: |
One feature both N&W and Southern shared was ordering their second generation power with short high hoods. On most units, it made for a brick like appearance; on the GP 30's, which both roads rostered, it was really different. Here's a short hood view of one of Southern's units on one of two trains working Greensboro. |
Photo Date: |
8/2/1980 Upload Date: 1/5/2014 4:16:55 AM |
Location: |
Greensboro, NC |
Author: |
Tom Beckett |
Categories: |
Yard,Action |
Locomotives: |
SOU 2625(GP30) SOU 3901(U23B) SOU 3328(SD40-2) |
Views: |
1447 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Four axle power |
Description: |
Most of the through freights I saw this day had six axle power. One that didn't was this one, which came south with four 4 axle units. Interestingly for you numbercrunchers, the two units to the right had opposing numbers. Note GP 30, number 2625, and ahead of it, GP 35 2526. A GE rounds out the shot. |
Photo Date: |
8/2/1980 Upload Date: 1/5/2014 4:16:59 AM |
Location: |
Greensboro, NC |
Author: |
Tom Beckett |
Categories: |
Yard,Action |
Locomotives: |
SOU 3901(U23B) SOU 2625(GP30) SOU 2526(GP35) |
Views: |
1309 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Strasburg train with classic power |
Description: |
A four unit set of Southern units, all hi hood, rolls off the Shenandoah River bridge at Front Roya with 17 cars of the Strasburg Local, now on the return trip to Manassas. |
Photo Date: |
7/25/1987 Upload Date: 5/18/2015 2:19:41 AM |
Location: |
Front Royal, VA |
Author: |
Tom Beckett |
Categories: |
Scenic,Bridge,Action |
Locomotives: |
SOU 2682(GP35) SOU 2633(GP30) SOU 2674(GP35) SOU 5055(GP38-2) |
Views: |
808 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Strasburg power |
Description: |
The power that was on the Strasburg Local that day is now back in Manassas, tied up for tomorrows activity. Note the type B trucks under the GP 35's, the result of being used from trade in Alcos. For those of you who remember when MTV used to actually run music videos, youll recall Steve Winwood had a song out in the early 80s called "Back In the High Life Again" that featured a Southern Railway train switching. This was the train, the rail sequences shot here in Manassas. |
Photo Date: |
7/25/1987 Upload Date: 5/18/2015 2:25:32 AM |
Location: |
Manassas, VA |
Author: |
Tom Beckett |
Categories: |
Roster,Yard |
Locomotives: |
SOU 2682(GP35) SOU 2633(GP30) SOU 2674(GP35) SOU 5055(GP38-2) |
Views: |
767 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Right at home |
Description: |
This NW GP 30 is right where it should be-its an fx NKP unit. It is living out its last days in yard service, and has just kicked the Southern box toward the yard. |
Photo Date: |
6/26/1987 Upload Date: 5/14/2015 1:03:39 AM |
Location: |
Fort Wayne, IN |
Author: |
Tom Beckett |
Categories: |
Yard,Action |
Locomotives: |
NW 2903(GP30) |
Views: |
350 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
DRGW 3015 |
Description: |
DRGW 3015 switches at C‘morado Springs. View is outside the Depot Restauarant, whicn occupies(or it did in 1984) the former passenger station. |
Photo Date: |
10/8/1984 Upload Date: 10/8/1984 12:00:00 AM |
Location: |
Colorado Springs, CO |
Author: |
Tom Beckett |
Categories: |
Station,Action |
Locomotives: |
DRGW 3015(GP30) |
Views: |
797 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Northbound on the IHB |
Description: |
The Indiana Harbor Belt was a great road to watch. On my way through Chicago, I stopped while en route west, catching this northbound transfer heading for Franklin Park behind a couple of Chessie classics. |
Photo Date: |
6/21/1987 Upload Date: 5/6/2015 4:50:40 AM |
Location: |
La Grange Park, IL |
Author: |
Tom Beckett |
Categories: |
Action |
Locomotives: |
CO 3561(GP35) CO 3034(GP30) |
Views: |
785 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
CSX old warriors |
Description: |
A pair of CSX GP 30s in heritage schemes have just dropped their train at William Street in Buffalo, where it will be picked up by D&H power(a U33C and GP 39-2 combo) and taken on to Binghamton and New Jersey. |
Photo Date: |
12/28/1986 Upload Date: 10/20/2011 1:32:37 AM |
Location: |
Buffalo, NY |
Author: |
Tom Beckett |
Categories: |
Action |
Locomotives: |
BO 6910(GP30) CO 3043(GP30) |
Views: |
817 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
GP 30 |
Description: |
Georgia Midland GP 30 at Midville GA |
Photo Date: |
3/31/2011 Upload Date: 5/13/2011 11:13:40 PM |
Location: |
Midville, GA |
Author: |
Tom Beckett |
Categories: |
Roster |
Locomotives: |
GMR 4215(GP30) |
Views: |
689 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
Big Alco |
Description: |
Reading 5308 leads GP 30 5513 on a photo freight approaching Tamaqua. |
Photo Date: |
6/1/1991 Upload Date: 3/5/2015 2:07:30 AM |
Location: |
Tamaqua, PA |
Author: |
Tom Beckett |
Categories: |
Action |
Locomotives: |
RDG 5308(C630) RDG 5513(GP30) |
Views: |
842 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
From high up |
Description: |
I was a lot younger when this Reading T&HS trip ran, and was able to climb up the tailing pile to get this shot of the C630 and GP 30 rolling the trip near New Ringgold. |
Photo Date: |
6/1/1991 Upload Date: 3/5/2015 2:12:26 AM |
Location: |
Ashland, PA |
Author: |
Tom Beckett |
Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
Locomotives: |
RDG 5308(C630) RDG 5513(GP30) |
Views: |
909 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
Bedded down in the flowers |
Description: |
Reading 5308 is tied up for the night, a patch of flowers to decorate its resting place. |
Photo Date: |
6/1/1991 Upload Date: 3/5/2015 2:27:45 AM |
Location: |
Port Clinton, PA |
Author: |
Tom Beckett |
Categories: |
Roster,Scenic,Yard |
Locomotives: |
RDG 5308(C630) RDG 5513(GP30) |
Views: |
764 Comments: 2 |
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Title: |
Looking good |
Description: |
The fantrip power runs around its train to head back to Port Clinton, giving a good look at a memorably diesel. |
Photo Date: |
6/1/1991 Upload Date: 3/5/2015 2:16:29 AM |
Location: |
Tamaqua, PA |
Author: |
Tom Beckett |
Categories: |
Action |
Locomotives: |
RDG 5308(C630) RDG 5513(GP30) |
Views: |
814 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
Rolling from a photo session |
Description: |
The fantrip rolls out of Port Clinton after a meet with the photo freight and Reading 2102 |
Photo Date: |
6/1/1991 Upload Date: 3/5/2015 2:24:41 AM |
Location: |
Port Clinton, PA |
Author: |
Tom Beckett |
Categories: |
Action |
Locomotives: |
RDG 5513(GP30) RDG 5308(C630) RBMN 3301(U33B) RBMN 3300(U33B) |
Views: |
1109 Comments: 0 |
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