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Turning the corner
Title:  Turning the corner
Description:  PYRP has crossed Conrail at BD and has turned the corner to come up through the D&H Bevier St yard as it starts up Belden Hill with a monster 138 car train. Thats an NYSW eastbound waiting on a crew at right. it will go later tonight.
Photo Date:  9/26/1987  Upload Date: 5/27/2015 3:25:35 AM
Location:  Binghamton, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  BM 351(GP39-2) ST 49(GP9) BM 333(GP40) ST 633(SD26) NYSW 6361(SD45) BM 1567(GP7)
Views:  732   Comments: 0
Getting started
Title:  Getting started
Description:  PYRP has just been given permission out to BD. For all of Guilfords faults, they could put together an eclectic power consist, as we can see on this train.
Photo Date:  9/26/1987  Upload Date: 5/27/2015 3:27:14 AM
Location:  Binghamton, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Yard,Signal,Action
Locomotives:  BM 351(GP39-2) ST 49(GP9) BM 1567(GP7) BM 333(GP40) ST 633(SD26)
Views:  721   Comments: 0
High on the bridge
Title:  High on the bridge
Description:  PYRP crossed the high bridge over Wylie Creek, seen from the north side of the bridge on NY 235.
Photo Date:  9/26/1987  Upload Date: 5/27/2015 3:29:31 AM
Location:  Binghamton, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Bridge,Action
Locomotives:  BM 351(GP39-2) ST 49(GP9) BM 1567(GP7) BM 333(GP40) ST 633(SD26)
Views:  720   Comments: 0
Rolling in from Buffalo
Title:  Rolling in from Buffalo
Description:  BUEB rolls in past the DLW yard tower as it makes its way slowly into the yard, its 70 cars to be worked and put on trains for New England and the south. It was unusual to see a solid set of Guilford power, so this was something of an anomaly.
Photo Date:  3/14/1988  Upload Date: 7/1/2015 3:03:41 AM
Location:  Binghamton, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  DH 7418(GP39-2) ST 676(SD45) ST 620(SD26) ST 49(GP9)
Views:  551   Comments: 0
North Star arrives
Title:  North Star arrives
Description:  The layover point for the North Star trip was Madawaska. We see the train arriving at the BAR station after doing its move out onto the bridge from Van Buren to St Leonard.
Photo Date:  5/28/1988  Upload Date: 3/8/2015 3:40:36 AM
Location:  Madawaska, ME
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  BAR 70(GP7) BAR 76(GP9)
Views:  539   Comments: 1
Rolling down the valley
Title:  Rolling down the valley
Description:  The North Star trip rolls down the St John River valley in a brief thunderstorm, the only weather that marred an othewise stunning day. It will shortly tie up in Madawaska.
Photo Date:  5/28/1988  Upload Date: 3/10/2015 4:05:41 AM
Location:  Van Buren, ME
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  BAR 70(GP7) BAR 76(GP9)
Views:  423   Comments: 0
Drumhead
Title:  Drumhead
Description:  The drumhead for the 470 club trip on the BAR over Memorial Day weekend 1988 at the end of the line for Saturdays ride to Madawaska
Photo Date:  5/28/1988  Upload Date: 9/9/2013 1:22:08 AM
Location:  Madawaska, ME
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  BAR 70(GP7) BAR 76(GP9)
Views:  437   Comments: 1
On the international bridge
Title:  On the international bridge
Description:  The North Star trip got every inch of mileage it could on the trip to Madawaska. We see it here backing out onto the bridge over the St John River, which divides Maine from New Brunswick. Thats US 1, and beyond is the line that once went down to Easton.
Photo Date:  5/28/1988  Upload Date: 3/7/2015 2:12:45 AM
Location:  Van Buren, ME
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Bridge,Action
Locomotives:  BAR 70(GP7) BAR 76(GP9)
Views:  564   Comments: 1
Backing out
Title:  Backing out
Description:  The North Star trip backs out onto the line to the international bridge.
Photo Date:  5/28/1988  Upload Date: 3/7/2015 2:15:38 AM
Location:  Van Buren, ME
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  BAR 70(GP7) BAR 76(GP9)
Views:  359   Comments: 1
Past the tower
Title:  Past the tower
Description:  The North Star trip passes the tower that once controlled the junction to the international bridge as it sets up to back up toward the bridge and the Canadian border.
Photo Date:  5/28/1988  Upload Date: 3/7/2015 2:18:00 AM
Location:  Van Buren, ME
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  BAR 70(GP7) BAR 76(GP9)
Views:  366   Comments: 1
Fields of gold
Title:  Fields of gold
Description:  The BAR North Star trip rolls past a field of dandelions as it makes its way back to Madawaska after running up the international bridge at St Leonard.
Photo Date:  5/28/1988  Upload Date: 7/12/2015 4:35:27 AM
Location:  Van Buren, ME
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  BAR 70(GP7) BAR 76(GP9)
Views:  427   Comments: 0
Old tower
Title:  Old tower
Description:  The 470 Club North Star trip rolls past the tower at Brownville Jct on the BAR.
Photo Date:  5/28/1988  Upload Date: 3/6/2015 1:38:55 AM
Location:  Van Buren, ME
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  BAR 70(GP7) BAR 76(GP9)
Views:  546   Comments: 2
Day is done
Title:  Day is done
Description:  The North Star trip, having completed its move on the bridge at Van Buren, now reaches the end of its day at Madawaska, which has a substantial office building in the yard.
Photo Date:  5/28/1988  Upload Date: 3/7/2015 2:30:34 AM
Location:  Madawaska, ME
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  BAR 70(GP7) BAR 76(GP9)
Views:  381   Comments: 1
Off the bridge, headed for tie up
Title:  Off the bridge, headed for tie up
Description:  The North Star excursion is off the bridge at Van Buren and headed to Madawaska to tie up.
Photo Date:  5/28/1988  Upload Date: 7/12/2015 4:38:56 AM
Location:  Van Buren, ME
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  BAR 70(GP7) BAR 76(GP9)
Views:  335   Comments: 0
Meeting freight power
Title:  Meeting freight power
Description:  The North Star trip passes the yard at Squa Pan, passing a pair of GP 38s that will power the train based here after the holiday.
Photo Date:  5/28/1988  Upload Date: 7/12/2015 4:40:15 AM
Location:  Squa Pan, ME
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Yard,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  BAR 76(GP9) BAR 70(GP7) BAR 94(GP38) BAR 91(GP38)
Views:  569   Comments: 0
At the station
Title:  At the station
Description:  The BAR had a few good looking stations for a road that had not run a passenger train in years. The North Star trip pauses at one of them, in Fort Kent.
Photo Date:  5/28/1988  Upload Date: 7/12/2015 4:42:00 AM
Location:  Fort Kent, ME
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  BAR 76(GP9) BAR 70(GP7)
Views:  348   Comments: 0
On the lake
Title:  On the lake
Description:  The North Star trip roll along the Eagle Lake.
Photo Date:  5/28/1988  Upload Date: 7/12/2015 4:46:04 AM
Location:  Eagle Lake, ME
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  BAR 76(GP9) BAR 70(GP7)
Views:  661   Comments: 0
Scenic ride
Title:  Scenic ride
Description:  The North Star trip rolls along in Maine scenery near Masardis.
Photo Date:  5/28/1988  Upload Date: 7/12/2015 4:47:40 AM
Location:  Masardis, ME
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  BAR 76(GP9) BAR 70(GP7)
Views:  402   Comments: 0
Loading up
Title:  Loading up
Description:  To save time and allow for a couple of photo stops, the North Star trip originated at Oakfield, about an hour north of Bangor. Here we see the train loading up, its riders getting off the bus that carried them from Bangor.
Photo Date:  5/28/1988  Upload Date: 7/12/2015 4:49:32 AM
Location:  Oakfield, ME
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  BAR 76(GP9) BAR 70(GP7)
Views:  380   Comments: 1
Over the river
Title:  Over the river
Description:  The North Star trip has just left Oakfield and crosses an unnamed river as it starts its long trip to Madawaska
Photo Date:  5/28/1988  Upload Date: 7/13/2015 4:34:11 AM
Location:  Smyrna Mills, ME
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Bridge,Action
Locomotives:  BAR 76(GP9) BAR 70(GP7)
Views:  321   Comments: 0
Passing the office
Title:  Passing the office
Description:  The North Star trip passes the yard office at Squa Pan as it heads north. A local is based here on weekdays.
Photo Date:  5/28/1988  Upload Date: 7/12/2015 4:50:44 AM
Location:  Squa Pan, ME
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Yard,Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  BAR 76(GP9) BAR 70(GP7)
Views:  390   Comments: 0
Snaking through the curve
Title:  Snaking through the curve
Description:  The North Star trip rolls through a reverse curve as it heads to Madawaska to tie up for the night.
Photo Date:  5/28/1988  Upload Date: 3/10/2015 4:09:24 AM
Location:  Van Buren, ME
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  BAR 76(GP9) BAR 70(GP7)
Views:  347   Comments: 0
Returning south
Title:  Returning south
Description:  The North Star trip, now into its return to Bangor, rolls past St Froid Lake.
Photo Date:  5/29/1988  Upload Date: 3/7/2015 2:19:47 AM
Location:  Quimby, ME
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  BAR 70(GP7) BAR 76(GP9)
Views:  368   Comments: 1
Slow bridge
Title:  Slow bridge
Description:  The North Star trip crosses a bridge with a 15 MPH slow order. That helped the chase!!
Photo Date:  5/29/1988  Upload Date: 3/7/2015 2:23:02 AM
Location:  Ashland, ME
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Bridge,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  BAR 70(GP7) BAR 76(GP9)
Views:  491   Comments: 0
Past the station
Title:  Past the station
Description:  Bangor & Aroostook didnt have many stations still standing, but the ones that were seemed to be in good shape. This one at Fort Kent looked pretty good for a road that had not had passenger service in several decades.
Photo Date:  5/29/1988  Upload Date: 3/7/2015 2:24:43 AM
Location:  Fort Kent, ME
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  BAR 70(GP7) BAR 76(GP9)
Views:  442   Comments: 0
Ready for planting
Title:  Ready for planting
Description:  A potato field is plowed and ready for planting as the North Star trip gets rolling out of Madawaska.
Photo Date:  5/29/1988  Upload Date: 3/7/2015 2:27:32 AM
Location:  Madawaska, ME
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  BAR 70(GP7) BAR 76(GP9)
Views:  360   Comments: 0
Rolling south
Title:  Rolling south
Description:  The 470 Club trip rolls past a flowery scene as it makes its way back to Northern Maine Jct
Photo Date:  5/29/1988  Upload Date: 3/6/2015 1:40:42 AM
Location:  Squa Pan, ME
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  BAR 70(GP7) BAR 76(GP9)
Views:  444   Comments: 1
Pine trees
Title:  Pine trees
Description:  What better photo prop in Maine than pine trees?? The train passes a row of them near Portage.
Photo Date:  5/29/1988  Upload Date: 3/7/2015 2:32:32 AM
Location:  Portage, ME
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  BAR 70(GP7) BAR 76(GP9)
Views:  335   Comments: 0
By the pond
Title:  By the pond
Description:  One of the first scenic locations coming out of Madawaska is Soldier Pond. Here we see the North Star on the bank.
Photo Date:  5/29/1988  Upload Date: 3/7/2015 2:34:51 AM
Location:  Soldier Pond, ME
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  BAR 70(GP7) BAR 76(GP9)
Views:  292   Comments: 0
Past the station
Title:  Past the station
Description:  The 470 Club trip passes the BAR station at Oakfield
Photo Date:  5/29/1988  Upload Date: 3/6/2015 1:42:40 AM
Location:  Oakfield, ME
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  BAR 70(GP7) BAR 76(GP9)
Views:  416   Comments: 1
Proud organizers
Title:  Proud organizers
Description:  A group from the 470 Club, who organized the North Star trip, poses in front of the train at Oakfield.
Photo Date:  5/29/1988  Upload Date: 3/6/2015 1:46:05 AM
Location:  Oakfield, ME
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Roster,Station,Passenger
Locomotives:  BAR 70(GP7) BAR 76(GP9)
Views:  428   Comments: 0
Crossing the river
Title:  Crossing the river
Description:  The North Star trip crosses the Aroostook River at Sheridan on its southbound trip.
Photo Date:  5/29/1988  Upload Date: 3/6/2015 1:49:58 AM
Location:  Sheridan, ME
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Bridge,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  BAR 70(GP7) BAR 76(GP9)
Views:  375   Comments: 0
Heading up the pass
Title:  Heading up the pass
Description:  A westbound MRL train rolls up Bozeman Pass seen from a chain up area on I 90.
Photo Date:  9/21/1997  Upload Date: 3/25/2014 1:26:02 AM
Location:  Livingston, MT
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  MRL 308(SD45-2) MRL 682(SD45) MRL 1701(SD45) MRL 391(F45) MRL 107(GP9) MRL 309(SD45-2)
Views:  1283   Comments: 2
Elwood Belknap
Title:  Elwood Belknap
Description:  Engineer on the Owego & Harford for several years was a gent by the name of Elwood Belknap. He was well known for his collection and knowledge of air horns.
Photo Date:  9/5/1992  Upload Date: 2/5/2012 3:25:30 AM
Location:  Owego, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  InCab,Yard
Locomotives:  OHRY 151(GP9)
Views:  394   Comments: 0
Owego & Harford 151
Title:  Owego & Harford 151
Description:  OHRY 151 returns from a trip to Newark Valley, seen at the former LV station in Owego
Photo Date:  9/4/1993  Upload Date: 11/6/2011 12:04:21 AM
Location:  Owego, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  OHRY 151(GP9)
Views:  214   Comments: 0
Owego & Harford 151
Title:  Owego & Harford 151
Description:  OHRY 151 sits at the former LV station in Owego NY
Photo Date:  9/4/1993  Upload Date: 2/5/2012 12:01:27 AM
Location:  Owego, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Passenger
Locomotives:  OHRY 151(GP9)
Views:  214   Comments: 0
Old caboose
Title:  Old caboose
Description:  The Southern Tier Div RRE dinner trip passes Newark Valley, where an ex LV caboose is on display, along with a Model A.
Photo Date:  4/23/1994  Upload Date: 9/20/2014 2:43:45 AM
Location:  Newark Valley, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  RollingStock,Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  OHRY 151(GP9)
Views:  141   Comments: 0
Crossing run by
Title:  Crossing run by
Description:  Owego & Harford 151 leads a runby over a crossing near Berkshire on the former LV Auburn Branch
Photo Date:  4/23/1994  Upload Date: 9/20/2014 2:44:58 AM
Location:  Newark Valley, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  OHRY 151(GP9)
Views:  172   Comments: 0
Past the station
Title:  Past the station
Description:  The northbound segment of the RRE trip rolls past Newark Valley as the faithful record the event to the left of the station
Photo Date:  4/23/1994  Upload Date: 9/20/2014 2:47:07 AM
Location:  Newark Valley, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  OHRY 151(GP9)
Views:  114   Comments: 0
Gordy
Title:  Gordy
Description:  Engine 151 was stenciled "Gordy" under the cab window. I dont recall the specifics, but it was probably to honor an engineer.
Photo Date:  4/23/1994  Upload Date: 9/20/2014 2:50:59 AM
Location:  Owego, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  OHRY 151(GP9)
Views:  105   Comments: 0
North end
Title:  North end
Description:  The train turned at North Harfod, site of a siding and an LPG storage facility, the reason for the lines continued existence. The engine has run around and is now ready to head south at the end of track in Cortland County.
Photo Date:  4/23/1994  Upload Date: 9/20/2014 2:59:50 AM
Location:  Harford, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  OHRY 151(GP9)
Views:  152   Comments: 0
Running around
Title:  Running around
Description:  Owego & Harford 151 runs around its train at the LV Newark Valley station and will head back to Owego shortly.
Photo Date:  4/23/1994  Upload Date: 2/5/2012 3:30:12 AM
Location:  Newark Valley, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  OHRY 151(GP9)
Views:  434   Comments: 1
End of the line
Title:  End of the line
Description:  The south end of the Owego & Harford ran out to Goodrich Settlement, where the ex LV ran next to the EL most of the way to Waverly. This is the remaining segment and end of track where the train is posed for the fans.
Photo Date:  4/23/1994  Upload Date: 9/20/2014 2:56:32 AM
Location:  Owego, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  OHRY 151(GP9)
Views:  182   Comments: 0
Ready to roll
Title:  Ready to roll
Description:  The Southern Tier Div RRE diner train is ready to go at Owego
Photo Date:  4/23/1994  Upload Date: 9/20/2014 2:53:12 AM
Location:  Owego, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Passenger
Locomotives:  OHRY 151(GP9)
Views:  143   Comments: 0
Return leg
Title:  Return leg
Description:  The southbound portion of the RRE trip passes Newark Valley station.
Photo Date:  4/23/1994  Upload Date: 9/20/2014 2:49:30 AM
Location:  Newark Valley, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  OHRY 151(GP9)
Views:  129   Comments: 0
Photo line
Title:  Photo line
Description:  An Owego & Harford excursion rolls by a photo line near Berkshire
Photo Date:  6/18/1994  Upload Date: 9/1/2014 4:11:33 AM
Location:  Berkshire, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  OHRY 151(GP9)
Views:  210   Comments: 1
Ready at the station
Title:  Ready at the station
Description:  An Owego & Harford train is ready to depart Owego. Note the Conrail train passing in the background with the JB Hunt box.
Photo Date:  6/18/1994  Upload Date: 9/1/2014 4:15:51 AM
Location:  Owego, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  OHRY 151(GP9)
Views:  243   Comments: 1
Belt unit at the mill
Title:  Belt unit at the mill
Description:  An ex Belt Railway of Chicago geep sits at a grain elevator far from its original home in a second life.
Photo Date:  10/17/2016  Upload Date: 10/26/2016 4:03:23 AM
Location:  Kearney, NE
Author:  Diane Beckett
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  BRC 471(GP9)
Views:  372   Comments: 2
Elevator jockey
Title:  Elevator jockey
Description:  This ex BRC unit was at an elevator in Kearny Neb. Grain elevators have meant new, and often long, life for retired road power.
Photo Date:  10/17/2016  Upload Date: 6/20/2018 5:51:08 AM
Location:  Kearney, NE
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  BRC 471(GP9)
Views:  341   Comments: 1
Ex Belt Railway unit
Title:  Ex Belt Railway unit
Description:  The Belt Railway of Chicago got a lot of attention for its C424s, but it also had some EMDs. This one is now far from the Windy City, serving as a grain elevator switcher in Kearney.
Photo Date:  10/17/2016  Upload Date: 10/27/2016 4:24:37 AM
Location:  Kearney, NE
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  BRC 471(GP9)
Views:  273   Comments: 1

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