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| Title: |
Northbound with CNW |
| Description: |
A northbound train with a CNW leader passes the Pilot truck stop in Laredo |
| Photo Date: |
4/11/1997 Upload Date: 4/15/2014 11:53:46 PM |
| Location: |
Laredo, TX |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
CNW 6835(SD40-2) UP 978(GP50) UP 902(GP40-2) |
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426 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Local power |
| Description: |
I saw a headlight in the distance, and pulled into the lot of an elevator to catch this pair of four motor units. |
| Photo Date: |
12/12/2023 Upload Date: 1/15/2024 6:36:35 AM |
| Location: |
White Deer, TX |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
BNSF 3102(GP50) BNSF 3027(GP40E) |
| Views: |
55 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Good to see a GP 30 |
| Description: |
Even if its rebuilt as a GP39. Gotta love that brow over the cab. This one has 59 cars in tow rolling west. |
| Photo Date: |
5/29/1996 Upload Date: 5/8/2014 2:33:44 AM |
| Location: |
Ottumwa, IA |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
BN 2805(GP39M) BN 3113(GP50) |
| Views: |
632 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Fuel tender |
| Description: |
BN, and subsequently, BNSF, have tried fuel tenders at various times. BNs effort in the 80s was to extend the distances between fueling stops, and modified several tanks so they could fuel while en route. One of the tender sets is pulling this 66 car eastbound through Hoffman Av as it starts down the river toward La Crosse. As an added bonus, the leader is one of the BN tiger stripe units. The power is otherwise notable in that the two GP 50's and cabless B30-7A represent common road power in the era before 6 axle units took over everything. |
| Photo Date: |
6/24/1987 Upload Date: 5/9/2015 4:05:12 AM |
| Location: |
Saint Paul, MN |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
BN 3116(GP50) BN 4096(B30-7AB) BN 3148(GP50) |
| Views: |
749 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Pigs in the snow |
| Description: |
This westbound was rolling through miserable weather behind a pair of 4 axle units, with a tiger stripe GP 50 leading. Common then, unusual today. |
| Photo Date: |
2/16/1986 Upload Date: 11/10/2014 1:40:00 AM |
| Location: |
Galesburg, IL |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Winter,Action |
| Locomotives: |
BN 3119(GP50) BN 3029(GP40) |
| Views: |
346 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
By the hour |
| Description: |
The big new thing at this time was "power by the hour", where railroads would lease diesels, with payment based on horsepower hours. Since technology now allowed for a real time record of actual usage, it was possible for this type of billing, more accurate than a HP times how long the engine was gone billing. BN leased a group of B39-8s on this basis, and we see two of them at Cicero, under the mercury vapor lamps, making the colors a little off. |
| Photo Date: |
3/11/1990 Upload Date: 12/23/2015 4:18:47 AM |
| Location: |
Cicero, IL |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Roster,Yard |
| Locomotives: |
LMX 8546(B39-8E) LMX 8526(B39-8E) BN 3133(GP50) |
| Views: |
621 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Warbonnets west |
| Description: |
A pair of warbonnets leads a BN unit and an old scheme Santa Fe unit west. The merger was only a few months old at this point, and the power had largely not mixed yet, so the BN unit was unusual. |
| Photo Date: |
2/11/1996 Upload Date: 5/16/2014 3:08:04 AM |
| Location: |
Rio Puerco, NM |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Signal,Action |
| Locomotives: |
ATSF 938(C41-8W) ATSF 215(SD75M) BN 3148(GP50) ATSF 3822(GP50) |
| Views: |
865 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
Pigs west |
| Description: |
After shooting an impressive number of Es on the racetrack. I went down below to see what was doing on the IHB, which crosses under the BN here. I saw a number of commuter trains, of course, but also some freights, including this 60 car pig train, which was smack in the middle of the rush. |
| Photo Date: |
6/25/1987 Upload Date: 5/14/2015 1:35:29 AM |
| Location: |
La Grange, IL |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Bridge,Action |
| Locomotives: |
BN 3153(GP50) BN 8087(SD40-2) |
| Views: |
263 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
BNSF 3154 |
| Description: |
Eastbound with BNSF 3154, a former BN GP 50, passes the scrapyard west of Argentine. Always good to see the older power. |
| Photo Date: |
5/7/2011 Upload Date: 5/15/2011 1:46:53 AM |
| Location: |
Lake Quivira, KS |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
BNSF 3154(GP50) BNSF 2115(GP38AC) |
| Views: |
469 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Across the desert |
| Description: |
A westbound rack train behind a warbonnet and a pair of yellowbonnets rolls through the scrub at Los Lunas |
| Photo Date: |
2/11/1996 Upload Date: 5/16/2014 3:00:22 AM |
| Location: |
Los Lunas, NM |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
ATSF 503(B40-8W) ATSF 8155(C30-7) ATSF 3818(GP50) |
| Views: |
404 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Mid train helpers |
| Description: |
In the 1980s before DPUs were invented, it was unusual to see mid train units. Santa Fe was using these on a westbound coal train passing the station at Barstow. Theyd be put to good use on the upcoming ride through Cajon. |
| Photo Date: |
8/21/1982 Upload Date: 3/17/2013 3:41:19 AM |
| Location: |
Barstow, CA |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
ATSF 3821(GP50) ATSF 7487(B36-7) ATSF 5058(SD40-2) |
| Views: |
674 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Long view |
| Description: |
A GP 60 leads an eastbound showing just how vast thew west can be. |
| Photo Date: |
2/11/1996 Upload Date: 8/4/2014 2:19:06 AM |
| Location: |
Los Lunas, NM |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
ATSF 132(GP60M) ATSF 3837(GP50) ATSF 4022(GP60) ATSF 4007(GP60) |
| Views: |
561 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
GP 60 east |
| Description: |
A warbonnet GP 60 leads 81 cars of an eastbound intermodal train at Los Lunas |
| Photo Date: |
2/11/1996 Upload Date: 5/16/2014 2:54:45 AM |
| Location: |
Los Lunas, NM |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
ATSF 132(GP60M) ATSF 3837(GP50) ATSF 4022(GP60) ATSF 4007(GP60) |
| Views: |
505 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Waiting out the weekend |
| Description: |
A train led by three WAMX units waits out a Sunday at Reform Ala. |
| Photo Date: |
8/12/2012 Upload Date: 9/8/2012 11:10:11 PM |
| Location: |
Reform, AL |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
WAMX 5004(GP50) WAMX 3903(GP39V) WAMX 4120(SD40-2) |
| Views: |
361 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
CNW 5056 |
| Description: |
Westbound pigs at Wheatland Iowa |
| Photo Date: |
10/10/1984 Upload Date: 2/26/2011 3:18:00 AM |
| Location: |
Wheatland, IA |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
CNW 5056(GP50) CNW 929(SD40) UP 3083(SD40) |
| Views: |
1086 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Light power past the yard |
| Description: |
A power set off a run through train passed the yard while we were there. Its typical of the era. The GP50s were new at the time. |
| Photo Date: |
8/15/1982 Upload Date: 3/3/2013 3:07:45 AM |
| Location: |
Chicago, IL |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Yard,Action |
| Locomotives: |
UP 2501(C30-7) CNW 5058(GP50) CNW 5076(GP50) |
| Views: |
359 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Away from home |
| Description: |
For years before UP merged CNW, they pooled power, dating back to streamliner days. In the modern era, the pool was on freights, most often pig trains. Sometimes UP would commandeer a unit for something else. Im not sure if thats what happened here, or this was a bad order unit that got set out-GP50s were high priority power in those days. Either way, this one looks lost and forlorn on a rainy siding in Central City. |
| Photo Date: |
10/9/1984 Upload Date: 7/10/2014 1:54:32 AM |
| Location: |
Central City, NE |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Roster,Yard |
| Locomotives: |
CNW 5061(GP50) |
| Views: |
314 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
This is different |
| Description: |
CNW power was not common on the Tier. On the Chicago Line, youd see it fairly often on PXSE or NPSE, both connections off Union Pacific that used the Northwestern to bridge the gap from Fremont Neb to Chicago, with the power running through. These guys got lost somehow, and wound up on OIBU, stopped here at Owego to check for a hot journal on one of its 119 cars, the train having tripped the detector at MP 230.45 near Campville. Too bad it wasnt an hour earlier-the light would have been ideal!! |
| Photo Date: |
10/6/1990 Upload Date: 1/29/2016 4:39:32 AM |
| Location: |
Owego, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Signal,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CNW 5063(GP50) CNW 6840(SD40-2) CR 6006(C39-8) UP 3795(SD40-2) |
| Views: |
391 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
Bridging the gap |
| Description: |
Conrail, CNW, and UP participated in a run through train from Elkhart Ind to North Platte on the UP, symbolled ELNP. To get through Chicago, it used the Indiana Harbor Belt to get over the gap from CR to CNW. Here it is with all three component roads power having just rolled under the BN. This type of consist was typical. |
| Photo Date: |
6/25/1987 Upload Date: 5/13/2015 3:50:17 AM |
| Location: |
La Grange, IL |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
CNW 5073(GP50) UP 3257(SD40-2) CR 6625(C36-7) CR 6375(SD40-2) |
| Views: |
684 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Close up |
| Description: |
Close up of the herald Nebraska-Kansas-Colorado unit waiting out the weekend |
| Photo Date: |
9/18/2011 Upload Date: 1/30/2014 3:08:38 AM |
| Location: |
Wallace, NE |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Roster,Yard |
| Locomotives: |
NKCR 5102(GP50) |
| Views: |
667 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
NKCR units wait out the weekend |
| Description: |
NKCR power sits at Wallace Neb waiting for Mondays activity |
| Photo Date: |
9/18/2011 Upload Date: 1/20/2012 2:09:09 AM |
| Location: |
Wallace, NE |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Roster,Yard |
| Locomotives: |
NKCR 5102(GP50) NKCR 5005(SD40) |
| Views: |
1191 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
NKCR herald |
| Description: |
A close up of the hood on NKCR 5102-very attractive paint scheme |
| Photo Date: |
9/18/2011 Upload Date: 1/20/2012 2:10:54 AM |
| Location: |
Wallace, NE |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Roster,Yard |
| Locomotives: |
NKCR 5102(GP50) |
| Views: |
512 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Roadrailers |
| Description: |
The Roadrailer was scheduled to arrive in Buffalo mid morning, so it was an easy catch while we waited for NW 1218 to come west. Todays train has 26 trailers running behind solo GP 50 7003, an ex Southern unit, rolling by at high speed as we get a friendly wave. |
| Photo Date: |
8/11/1990 Upload Date: 1/22/2016 2:46:25 AM |
| Location: |
Wanakah, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
NS 7003(GP50) |
| Views: |
295 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Southern Railway 7004 |
| Description: |
Southern 7004 leads two other GP50s on a southbound near Charlottesville VA |
| Photo Date: |
6/13/1985 Upload Date: 3/22/2011 1:50:17 AM |
| Location: |
Charlottesville, VA |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
SOU 7004(GP50) |
| Views: |
695 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
Unusual unit at BD |
| Description: |
SLN 5 arrives at BD with an unusual leader, one that stood out even among all the other odd power that was running around during this time. GP40X 7005 leads the train past BD as the faithful record the event. |
| Photo Date: |
12/10/1988 Upload Date: 9/23/2015 4:13:49 AM |
| Location: |
Binghamton, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
NS 7005(GP50) NRL 6642(F45) NRL 3144(SD45) |
| Views: |
498 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Over the river |
| Description: |
And off to Buffalo. SLN 5 rolls west behind an NS GP40X and a pair of leased 45s. |
| Photo Date: |
12/10/1988 Upload Date: 9/24/2015 3:38:53 AM |
| Location: |
Binghamton, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Bridge,Action |
| Locomotives: |
NS 7005(GP50) NRL 6642(F45) NRL 3144(SD45) |
| Views: |
429 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
All Southern consist |
| Description: |
A northbound rolls past the Charlottesville station with a former Southern GP 50 leading a set of SDs still in their tuxedoes. Classic Southern signals abound. |
| Photo Date: |
6/13/1985 Upload Date: 10/4/2014 1:46:05 AM |
| Location: |
Charlottesville, VA |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Signal,Action |
| Locomotives: |
NS 7008(GP50) SOU 3157(SD45) SOU 3199(SD40) SOU 3048(SD35) |
| Views: |
597 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
New scheme northbound |
| Description: |
Well, it wasnt that new, but there were still a lot of units in their predecessor paint-note the second unit. I saw quite a few of those on that trip. This train is a monster, six cars of TOFC. |
| Photo Date: |
7/26/1987 Upload Date: 5/21/2015 4:05:50 AM |
| Location: |
Alexandria, VA |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
NS 7057(GP50) SOU 7010(GP50) NS 7052(GP50) |
| Views: |
469 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
252 on the high bridge |
| Description: |
CP 252 rolls south over Wylie Creek on the famous high bridge |
| Photo Date: |
2/11/2001 Upload Date: 12/26/2013 1:10:29 AM |
| Location: |
Harpursville, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Winter,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CP 5415(SD40-2) NS 7010(GP50) CP 3072(GP38-2) CP 5550(SD40) |
| Views: |
810 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
252 |
| Description: |
CP 252 rolls out of Belden tunnel and is on the approach to Binghamton. The leader is an ex KCS unit, trailed by an NS GP50, getting rare by then. |
| Photo Date: |
2/11/2001 Upload Date: 12/7/2013 3:12:04 AM |
| Location: |
Tunnel, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Tunnel,Winter,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CP 5415(SD40-2) NS 7010(GP50) CP 5550(SD40) CP 3072(GP38-2) |
| Views: |
697 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Old Southern |
| Description: |
NS had a lot of Southern power on the roster, though it was starting to get repainted. One such unit was this GP 50, early in its career a hot shot powering intermodal trains from DC to Atlanta. Now its fighting the grades going to Binghamton. |
| Photo Date: |
12/28/1989 Upload Date: 12/15/2015 1:17:19 AM |
| Location: |
Binghamton, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Roster,Winter,Yard |
| Locomotives: |
NS 7014(GP50) SOU 3520(B30-7A) NYSW 4010(B40-8) |
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347 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Southbound behind Southern units |
| Description: |
A southbound intermodal train-I believe it was 155-passes through Manassas behind a typical power set for that time. |
| Photo Date: |
7/22/1986 Upload Date: 8/20/2011 2:04:50 AM |
| Location: |
Manassas, VA |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
SOU 3519(B30-7A) SOU 7017(GP50) SOU 7090(GP50) |
| Views: |
544 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
13T |
| Description: |
13T rolls east over the Chemung River behind a pair of ex Southern GP 50's, seen from the Main St bridge. |
| Photo Date: |
8/12/2001 Upload Date: 10/27/2013 2:59:31 AM |
| Location: |
Elmira, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Bridge,Action |
| Locomotives: |
NS 7054(GP50) NS 7018(GP50) |
| Views: |
544 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Southern station |
| Description: |
The Southern Raiway station at Manassas as train 355 approaches behind a set of ex Southern GP 50s now painted for the new owners. |
| Photo Date: |
4/30/1988 Upload Date: 7/5/2015 3:11:09 AM |
| Location: |
Manassas, VA |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Action |
| Locomotives: |
NS 7021(GP50) NS 7020(GP50) NS 7079(GP50) |
| Views: |
819 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
By in a blur |
| Description: |
Amtrak 19, the Crescent, flashes past a waiting NS 355 at Bristow as it rushes south to Atlanta and New Orleans in the fading light. |
| Photo Date: |
4/30/1988 Upload Date: 7/5/2015 3:04:23 AM |
| Location: |
Bristow, VA |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
AMTK 337(F40PH) AMTK 399(F40PHR) NS 7021(GP50) NS 7020(GP50) NS 7079(GP50) |
| Views: |
706 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
GP 50s on 355 |
| Description: |
A trio of GP 50s, all repainted into NS colors, roll 69 cars of train 355 past the station at Manassas. Not long ago, it was common to see the same power set on this train, all SOU. |
| Photo Date: |
4/30/1988 Upload Date: 7/5/2015 5:02:30 AM |
| Location: |
Manassas, VA |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Action |
| Locomotives: |
NS 7021(GP50) NS 7020(GP50) NS 7079(GP50) |
| Views: |
492 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Working the yard |
| Description: |
Train 355 behind three GP 50s works the yard at Manassas |
| Photo Date: |
4/30/1988 Upload Date: 7/14/2015 1:35:12 AM |
| Location: |
Manassas, VA |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Yard,Action |
| Locomotives: |
NS 7021(GP50) NS 7020(GP50) NS 7079(GP50) |
| Views: |
564 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Typical power for 555 |
| Description: |
Train 555 rolls by Terrace Drive as it makes its way into the yard behind a trio of NS units, common for this train at the time. The D&H unit was most likely picked up at Taylor to come up for inspection or maintenance. Today there are 60 cars in tow. |
| Photo Date: |
2/2/1991 Upload Date: 4/14/2015 3:22:12 AM |
| Location: |
Binghamton, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Yard,Action |
| Locomotives: |
NS 7086(GP50) NS 7020(GP50) NS 3510(B30-7A) DH 7314(GP38-2) |
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788 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Out of the sun |
| Description: |
And headed for Buffalo and the CP, HAN 2 rolls east about to pass under I 90 behind a single ex Southern GP 50. NS ran quite a few trains with only a single unit on the ex NKP. |
| Photo Date: |
9/1/1993 Upload Date: 1/13/2015 11:28:00 PM |
| Location: |
North East, PA |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
NS 7027(GP50) |
| Views: |
224 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Yellow jackets in a sea of green |
| Description: |
An NYSW B40 leads PYRP into Hop Bottom, in the midst of the late June greenery that is so prevalent in Pennsylvania, one of the worlds largest hardwood forests. |
| Photo Date: |
6/17/1990 Upload Date: 1/11/2016 4:05:59 AM |
| Location: |
Hop Bottom, PA |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
NYSW 4016(B40-8) NS 7031(GP50) NYSW 4030(B40-8) CSX 6077(GP40-2) DH 7324(GP38-2) |
| Views: |
484 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Whats old is new |
| Description: |
PYRP rolls past the ex DLW station at Kingsley. Built during the construction of the famed Cut Off around 1912, the building was recently updated to serve as the northern end point of Steamtown excursions, which would start running here the following month. |
| Photo Date: |
6/17/1990 Upload Date: 1/11/2016 4:08:55 AM |
| Location: |
Kingsley, PA |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Station,Action |
| Locomotives: |
NYSW 4016(B40-8) NS 7031(GP50) NYSW 4030(B40-8) CSX 6077(GP40-2) DH 7324(GP38-2) |
| Views: |
388 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
View from the bridge |
| Description: |
One of the good things about the Cut Off was the grade separation. There were no crossings from Clarks Summit to Halstead. There were a number of overhead bridges, such as this one on PA 706 just south of New Milford, which provided good vantage points for photos. PYRP rolls under behind a we-ain't-mad-at-nobody consist on a gloomy Sunday. |
| Photo Date: |
6/17/1990 Upload Date: 1/11/2016 4:12:26 AM |
| Location: |
New Milford, PA |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
NYSW 4016(B40-8) NS 7031(GP50) NYSW 4030(B40-8) CSX 6077(GP40-2) DH 7324(GP38-2) |
| Views: |
454 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Pulling from the yard |
| Description: |
A westbound behind an ex NW low hood SD 40-2, followed by an ex Southern high hood unit, and a GP 50 still in Southern colors slowly pull out of the Ft Wayne yard and onto the westbound NKP for a run to Chicago. |
| Photo Date: |
6/26/1987 Upload Date: 5/13/2015 11:51:19 PM |
| Location: |
Fort Wayne, IN |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
NS 6080(SD40-2) NS 3311(SD40-2) SOU 7032(GP50) |
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456 Comments: 0 |
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Gaining speed |
| Description: |
This westbound has left the Fort Wayne yard and is now rolling west on the ex NKP, picking up speed as it gets its 102 cars up to the allowed 60 MPH. |
| Photo Date: |
6/26/1987 Upload Date: 5/14/2015 1:10:28 AM |
| Location: |
Fort Wayne, IN |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
NS 6080(SD40-2) NS 3311(SD40-2) SOU 7032(GP50) |
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389 Comments: 0 |
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All dressed up |
| Description: |
And going out shortly. This Southern GP 50 looks sharp still in its "tuxedo" scheme, and is earning its keep. It will shortly be rolling out to Chicago with the two units behind it. |
| Photo Date: |
6/26/1987 Upload Date: 5/14/2015 1:12:24 AM |
| Location: |
Fort Wayne, IN |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Roster,Yard |
| Locomotives: |
SOU 7032(GP50) NS 3311(SD40-2) NS 6080(SD40-2) |
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398 Comments: 0 |
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Southern connection |
| Description: |
Train 555, the former PYRP, rolls north at Nicholson. Three NS units trail the GATX leaser, typical for this train south of Binghamton, with 101 cars. The train will be worked at Binghamton, and CP power will take it to St Luc. |
| Photo Date: |
9/14/1991 Upload Date: 2/21/2015 3:52:53 AM |
| Location: |
Nicholson, PA |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
GATX 2004(SD40-2) NS 1589(SD40) NS 7035(GP50) NS 6105(SD40-2) |
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711 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Still Alcos |
| Description: |
The C424s would stay in service for a few more years on the D&H, as CP had then quite a stable of them, and they fit right in with CP's power. One is at the fuel pad with a group of NS units, up from Potomac Yard. |
| Photo Date: |
7/30/1990 Upload Date: 1/24/2016 3:44:24 AM |
| Location: |
Binghamton, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Roster,Yard |
| Locomotives: |
DH 70(C424) NS 7038(GP50) NS 3562(B32-8) NS 4606(GP59) |
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1073 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Interesting power |
| Description: |
Despite the dwindling variety of diesels offered by the two remaining builders by 1990, there was still a remarkable variety on NS, and they seemed to run systemwide, and onto connections. The line up at the East Binghamton fuel pad this day bears this out, as we see a GP 59, B32-8, and GP 50, models that were not huge sellers compared to the SD40 types and C30-7s that pervaded most of the big roads rosters at that time. |
| Photo Date: |
7/30/1990 Upload Date: 1/24/2016 3:49:04 AM |
| Location: |
Binghamton, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Roster,Yard |
| Locomotives: |
NS 4606(GP59) NS 3562(B32-8) NS 7038(GP50) DH 70(C424) |
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888 Comments: 2 |
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