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Starting west |
| Description: |
This ABBU(ALbany-BUffalo) empty grain train is going out Track 3 to West BD to get onto the Southern Tier Line, and will shortly be passing the ex DLW station. Power today is a pair of ex Detroit Edison units. |
| Photo Date: |
12/9/1986 Upload Date: 12/19/2014 1:43:08 AM |
| Location: |
Binghamton, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
BM 640(U30C) MEC 600(SD40) |
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1644 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
Splitting the semaphores |
| Description: |
The Tier was known for its many Erie RR era semaphores. There were at least two pairs, one at Arkport, about five miles west of Hornell, rarely seen due to the walk in nature of their location; and this pair at Tioga Center, which were adjacent to NY 17C, and easy to photograph. ABBU, running wrong main, passes between them on its way west. |
| Photo Date: |
12/9/1986 Upload Date: 12/19/2014 1:50:51 AM |
| Location: |
Tioga Center, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Signal,Action |
| Locomotives: |
BM 640(U30C) MEC 600(SD40) |
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844 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Nose to nose |
| Description: |
ABBU meest Conrail TV 300 on the Tioga River bridge at Gang Mills. |
| Photo Date: |
12/9/1986 Upload Date: 12/19/2014 2:01:12 AM |
| Location: |
Gang Mills, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Bridge,Action |
| Locomotives: |
BM 640(U30C) CR 3325(GP40-2) |
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825 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
ABBU at E Glass |
| Description: |
This photo shows the area on the east side of Corning that was CP E Glass for much of Conrails existence. The relay case can be seen to the left of track 1 at the crossovers. The lead to the Corning Secondary is the track going off to the left at the lower left corner of the frame. The E Glass/N Glass/W Glass complex formed a wye that connected the Corning Secondary and the Southern Tier Line. The Corning Secondary had been the NYC line along Seneca Lake to Geneva and a connection with the Water Level Route, now Conrails Chicago Line. Trains such as SYEN would come down this line, taking the W Glass leg of the wye and roll through Gang Mills Yard, where there was a connection back to the old alignment on the east side of the Tioga River. That line went down the Grand Canyon of PA to a connection with the Pennsy at Jersey Shore PA on the Buffalo Line. This was part of the 1951 realignment that took both the Central and the Erie out of the street in downtown Corning, a route now followed by NY 352, locally Dennison Pkwy. To the left of the existing track is an empty right of way. This was the DLW, which parallelled the Erie here, having returned to its own line just east of here after the 1959 facilities coordination, whereby the DLW abandoned its main as a through route from the west side of Binghamton. Here at Gibson it returned to its own line to reach Bath, Cohocton, and Groveland on its way to Buffalo. That line would be downgraded, and mostly abandoned after the 1960 EL merger. Prior to 1959, the DLW ran next to the Erie from here to Horseheads, where the lines separated to enter Elmira. |
| Photo Date: |
12/9/1986 Upload Date: 12/31/2014 5:02:49 AM |
| Location: |
Corning, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Signal,Action |
| Locomotives: |
BM 640(U30C) MEC 600(SD40) |
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1012 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Rare find |
| Description: |
There is a lot of power here at the shop, but the oddball is C&O 3302, a U30C, one of a very few 6 axle GEs on the C&O. The pair of U30B's is also a nice find. The place was a veritable museum of 1960's motive power. |
| Photo Date: |
1/28/1985 Upload Date: 9/26/2014 1:48:56 AM |
| Location: |
Huntington, WV |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Roster,Winter,Yard |
| Locomotives: |
CO 3302(U30C) CO 8227(U30B) CO 8209(U30B) BO 9520(NW2) |
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1366 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Kyle Railways big power |
| Description: |
Kyle Railways ran the ex Rock from the UP connection at Limon Colo east on the former Rocky Mountain Rocket route. It used a variety of hand me down power, including these ex BN GEs |
| Photo Date: |
6/16/1997 Upload Date: 6/23/2012 1:51:31 AM |
| Location: |
Limon, CO |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Roster,Yard |
| Locomotives: |
KYLE 5820(U30C) KYLE 5322(U30C) KYLE 5925(U30C) |
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1064 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Ft Scott Sub north |
| Description: |
A through train rolls north toward Kansas City. There was not much in the area at the time I took this. You would not recognize it now, and you can hardly get to the tracks. |
| Photo Date: |
2/19/1986 Upload Date: 11/10/2014 1:26:28 AM |
| Location: |
Olathe, KS |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
BN 5329(U30C) BN 7058(SD40-2) BN 6369(SD40-2) BN 4050(B30-7AB) BN 2068(GP20) BN 8174(SD40-2) |
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997 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Power for KC |
| Description: |
A Kansas City Power & Light train has arrived at Knoche yard, and will shortly head to the power plant, which is adjacent to the yard. U30C's were still fairly common then-I saw quite a few on BN coal trains. |
| Photo Date: |
2/18/1986 Upload Date: 11/14/2014 2:23:34 AM |
| Location: |
Kansas City, MO |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Yard,Action |
| Locomotives: |
BN 5344(U30C) BN 7063(SD40-2) |
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622 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
All kinds of power |
| Description: |
The Denver engine facility had all kinds of interesting stuff in it. One unit unique to the BN was the B30-7A(B), a 12 cylinder cabless unit putting out 3000 HP. |
| Photo Date: |
8/23/1982 Upload Date: 1/8/2012 4:03:42 AM |
| Location: |
Denver, CO |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Roster,Yard |
| Locomotives: |
BN 4019(B30-7AB) BN 8014(SD40-2) BN 6218(SD9) BN 5381(U30C) BN 6205(SD9) ATSF 8142(C30-7) |
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1549 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Coal down the river |
| Description: |
An eastbound coal train rolls through Hoffman Av just as an auto rack train clears. Look at those GE's smoke!!This is one of the busiest spots in the area, located where CPs ex MILW line and BNSFs ex CB&Q line head east down the Mississippi River. Theyll shortly end up on opposite sides, but here they are together. Its a show. |
| Photo Date: |
6/23/1987 Upload Date: 5/9/2015 4:09:25 AM |
| Location: |
Saint Paul, MN |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Signal,Action |
| Locomotives: |
BN 5054(C30-7) BN 5006(C30-7) BN 5084(C30-7) BN 5386(U30C) |
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622 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Empties to Wyoming |
| Description: |
A train of empty KCPX cars rolls back to the mine. This same power arrived at Kansas City the day before-I saw it over at Knoche. |
| Photo Date: |
2/16/1986 Upload Date: 11/10/2014 1:43:11 AM |
| Location: |
Platte City, MO |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
BN 5551(C30-7) BN 5393(U30C) BN 7193(SD40-2) |
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558 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Kansas City Power & Light |
| Description: |
A KCPL train arrives at Knoche. The lead to the power plant is from the yard, and the train will shortly head in to unload. |
| Photo Date: |
2/18/1986 Upload Date: 11/12/2014 3:34:50 AM |
| Location: |
Kansas City, MO |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Yard,Action |
| Locomotives: |
BN 5551(C30-7) BN 5393(U30C) BN 7193(SD40-2) |
| Views: |
737 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Dead line U boat |
| Description: |
This U30C was in thb Rutherford dead line, along with, among other things, an ex PRR GP 9 |
| Photo Date: |
8/6/1985 Upload Date: 10/6/2014 2:20:19 AM |
| Location: |
Rutherford, PA |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Roster,Yard |
| Locomotives: |
CR 6837(U30C) CR 7235(GP9) |
| Views: |
671 Comments: 3 |
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| Title: |
Classic power |
| Description: |
This helper set has a unit that was becoming rare at this time-a U30C. It is an ex L&N unit, now working on the B&O, today on the rear of a 99 car eastbound headed down the Metropolitan Sub. |
| Photo Date: |
10/24/1987 Upload Date: 6/16/2015 2:55:12 AM |
| Location: |
Point of Rocks, MD |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CSX 7221(U30C) BO 7617(SD40-2) |
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797 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Still around |
| Description: |
U30Cs were getting hard to find by the late 80s. UP had retired most of theirs, as had Santa Fe, though BNs soldiered on in coal service. D&Hs own were long gone by this time. This CSX unit strayed up from the south, finding its way to East Binghamton on PYRP. I can count on the fingers of one hand the U30Cs I saw here, so this was a good catch. |
| Photo Date: |
11/4/1989 Upload Date: 12/4/2015 4:33:38 AM |
| Location: |
Binghamton, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Roster,Yard |
| Locomotives: |
CSX 7267(U30C) |
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527 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Stuck in the middle |
| Description: |
A set of NYSW power has an unusual visitor in the midst of its B 40s, a GE sister that is now a rare find. Interestingly, all these B 40's would soon wind up on CSX, which had financed them. |
| Photo Date: |
11/4/1989 Upload Date: 12/4/2015 4:50:17 AM |
| Location: |
Binghamton, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Roster,Yard |
| Locomotives: |
NYSW 4034(B40-8) NYSW 4028(B40-8) CSX 7267(U30C) NYSW 4036(B40-8) NYSW 4014(B40-8) |
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1103 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Unusual power |
| Description: |
Even with all the odd and obscure power coming through Binghamton, this was a surprise. Big GE's were almost unknown on these trains, so to catch not only a C30-7, but a U30C, which were becoming rare by then, on a stack was really a treat. SLN 3(DHT 9 on Conrail) takes to the Tier for its run to Buffalo. |
| Photo Date: |
10/6/1988 Upload Date: 9/11/2015 3:43:18 AM |
| Location: |
Binghamton, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
CSX 7029(C30-7) CSX 7274(U30C) |
| Views: |
940 Comments: 0 |
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