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Out of the shadows |
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A northbound H train rolls 82 cars around the curve, past MP 239 and out of the shadow cast by the trees along US 59 as it makes for Watts behind a mix of older power. This location is now opened up, US 59 now having been widened to four lanes here in 2016. |
| Photo Date: |
5/31/2007 Upload Date: 7/5/2016 5:23:50 AM |
| Location: |
Watts, OK |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
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KCS 3222(SD40-2) NREX 8534(B39-8E) KCS 702(SD40X) |
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| Title: |
Not long |
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With the new Belle units coming on line, the SD 60s will not be in regular service for much longer, and will soon find themselves stored, or used on ballast extras and such like. This one is leading the pack on a southbound M train, trailing 57 freight and 24 stack platforms. |
| Photo Date: |
9/14/2007 Upload Date: 7/11/2016 3:32:29 AM |
| Location: |
Watts, OK |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
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KCS 702(SD40X) TFM 1657(SD70MAC) HLCX 6221(SD40-2) |
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736 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Lease power galore |
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And a few NYSW units, including both F45s. There are a few other odds and ends in this shot taken from the trailer park next to the yard, including EMD test bed PLM 3041, and RS 36 5009, both partly visible. I was not able to get the numbers, but there is also a D&H GP 38 and a C424 back in the line. |
| Photo Date: |
5/5/1991 Upload Date: 3/15/2015 4:38:00 AM |
| Location: |
Binghamton, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Roster,Yard |
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PLMX 3058(SD40) PLMX 3018(SD40) PLMX 3029(SD40) NYSW 3626(SD45) NYSW 3636(F45) NYSW 3638(F45) PLMX 3041(SD40X) DH 5009(RS11) |
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1489 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
309 looks a lot like 556 |
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Except for the NYSW unit leading. Even a year into the CP operation of the D&H, NYSW power still showed up on a variety of trains that were not the normal stack train run throughs from Jersey to Buffalo. Here we have one of the B 40s leading 309 with three more units and 42 cars, coming through BX into East Binghamton from Mechanicville. There are two notable units in the consist. PLM 3041 is one of the EMD 645 engine test bed units, and trailing is one of the few RS 36's left on the roster, 5023. |
| Photo Date: |
5/25/1991 Upload Date: 3/12/2015 2:42:21 AM |
| Location: |
Binghamton, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Yard,Action |
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NYSW 4004(B40-8) GATX 2009(SD40-2) PLMX 3041(SD40X) DH 5023(RS36) |
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821 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Growing up |
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Earlier this year, I shot BUOI here in a spring scene with the forsythia in bloom, and the green trees still short. Theyre getting bigger, now starting to obscure the train. In a couple of years, theyll make a photo here impossible. A GATX leader has what looks like is an 892 coal train. Note the PLM unit. It is in an SD45 carbody, and was one of the EMD test bed units for the 645 engine in the 1960's. |
| Photo Date: |
5/30/1991 Upload Date: 3/11/2015 1:43:59 PM |
| Location: |
Campville, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
GATX 2009(SD40-2) PLMX 3041(SD40X) CP 5690(SD40-2) GATX 2007(SD40-2) |
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746 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Coal north |
| Description: |
Train 890 with a trio of PLM lease units and one CP SD starts through Bevier St on its way to the B&M. Note the P&LE cars. They were common on these trains, which originated on the P&LE near West Brownsville PA. |
| Photo Date: |
12/16/1991 Upload Date: 2/18/2015 2:22:54 AM |
| Location: |
Binghamton, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Yard,Action |
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PLMX 3041(SD40X) PLMX 3052(SD40) CP 5670(SD40-2) PLMX 3018(SD40) |
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541 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Old power rules |
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One of the remaining D&H RS 36s rolls a 556 south across the diamond at BD as it heads into East Binghamton. The RS 36s did not see the road often at this point, and it would have been a very unlikely leader, though CP was not shy about running Alcos in regular service. My guess is the crew on this train came down with the PLM unit leading, and was on short time. If there was no room at the inn, the East Binghamton yardmaster likely had him tie up at Bevier St and taxied the crew to the yard. Then 5022 was sent over to get the train once there was space. |
| Photo Date: |
12/28/1991 Upload Date: 2/16/2015 4:03:04 AM |
| Location: |
Binghamton, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
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DH 5022(RS36) PLMX 3021(SD40) PLMX 3041(SD40X) CP 5672(SD40-2) PLMX 3104(SD40) |
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773 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Waiting on a crew |
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an 891 train waits on the Buffalo Runner for a new crew to take it west to Buffalo on the Tier. Appropriately, the train sits next to the old D&H station. The second unit is noteworthy: it was one of the EMD 645 test beds back in the 60's, from the program that developed the prime mover that eventually was used in several thousand EMD locomotives over the next 15 years. |
| Photo Date: |
5/9/1992 Upload Date: 2/10/2015 3:07:30 AM |
| Location: |
Binghamton, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Action |
| Locomotives: |
GATX 2009(SD40-2) PLMX 3041(SD40X) CP 5677(SD40-2) GATX 2004(SD40-2) |
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661 Comments: 0 |
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