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| Title: |
New old power |
| Description: |
CP was fond of picking up second hand power, a trait that would follow them into the D&H era, when they would pick up SD40s from the likes of NS, GATX, and KCS. In 1985, it was the Quebec North Shore and Labrador, one of whose recently acquired units is at St Luc |
| Photo Date: |
8/27/1985 Upload Date: 10/10/2014 3:52:14 AM |
| Location: |
Montreal, QC |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Roster,Yard |
| Locomotives: |
QNSL 209(SD40) |
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324 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
IMRL waiting its turn |
| Description: |
A southbound IMRL train waits north of Airline Junction for clearance into Knoche Yard in Kansas City. Leading is a hand me down SD45 from CSX. |
| Photo Date: |
5/24/1997 Upload Date: 4/15/2014 11:25:06 PM |
| Location: |
Kansas City, MO |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
IMRL 8925(SD45) IMRL 223(SD40) |
| Views: |
327 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Very cold day |
| Description: |
I had made a delivery in Humboldt IA and was on my way to the next pick up in Mason City when I caught this guy rolling west. It was around zero, and there had been 15" snow two days earlier |
| Photo Date: |
1/13/1999 Upload Date: 3/8/2014 3:12:40 AM |
| Location: |
Garner, IA |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Winter,Action |
| Locomotives: |
IMRL 230(SD40) IMRL 233(SD40) |
| Views: |
349 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Backing onto their train |
| Description: |
A pair of IMRL units-one an ex NYSW SD45-back into the yard to get their train and head north. I'm standing on the Choteau Trafficway, a great overhead spot to watch the action at the west end of the yard. Note a BNSF coal train in the distance; it will soon be heading south on the KCS. The KCS executive train is also there, top center. |
| Photo Date: |
1/17/1999 Upload Date: 3/8/2014 3:20:57 AM |
| Location: |
Kansas City, MO |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Yard,Action |
| Locomotives: |
IMRL 231(SD40) IMRL 365(SD45) |
| Views: |
488 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
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) |
| Views: |
1261 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) |
| Views: |
463 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Detroit Edison power |
| Description: |
A pair of ex Detroit Edison units lead ABBU past the semaphores at Tioga Center |
| Photo Date: |
12/9/1986 Upload Date: 9/22/2012 2:14:30 AM |
| Location: |
Tioga Center, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Signal,Action |
| Locomotives: |
BM 640(U30C) MEC 600(SD40) |
| Views: |
1010 Comments: 2 |
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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) |
| Views: |
640 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Empty coal |
| Description: |
An empty Bow Coal train from New Hampshire rolls into Bevier St behind a mix of power, including a pair of recently acquired SD 26s. The consist is otherwise notable for the lead and trailing units. The leader was until recently a D&H 7600 series GP 39-2, now in Guilford paint and lettered B&M. It will stay on Guilford when they pull out of the D&H a year from now. The trailing unit is an ex Detroit Edison unit, one of several Guilford acquired. |
| Photo Date: |
5/14/1987 Upload Date: 5/4/2015 1:22:32 AM |
| Location: |
Binghamton, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Yard,Action |
| Locomotives: |
BM 359(GP39-2) ST 644(SD26) ST 642(SD26) MEC 600(SD40) |
| Views: |
657 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Almost in |
| Description: |
A MEEB-Mechanicville to East Binghamton train rolls through BD on its way into the yard with its 64 cars. |
| Photo Date: |
5/14/1987 Upload Date: 4/27/2015 3:59:37 AM |
| Location: |
Binghamton, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Signal,Action |
| Locomotives: |
ST 633(SD26) BM 342(GP40) MEC 601(SD40) ST 636(SD26) |
| Views: |
601 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Big train rolling west |
| Description: |
SEBU9X rolls 130 cars through Little Falls on the Water Level Route, where such trains were not uncommon. The MEC unit west of Selkirk was a surprise, though. |
| Photo Date: |
5/29/1992 Upload Date: 2/7/2015 3:07:19 AM |
| Location: |
Little Falls, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 6596(C30-7A) MEC 601(SD40) |
| Views: |
337 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Westbound with CR and Guilford power |
| Description: |
CR 6596 leads a Guilford SD 40 at Fonda on the fomer NYC |
| Photo Date: |
5/27/1995 Upload Date: 5/22/2011 4:14:02 PM |
| Location: |
Fonda, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Yard,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 6596(C30-7A) MEC 601(SD40) |
| Views: |
471 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Matched set on high |
| Description: |
A matched set of Guilford power rolls over the Harpursville bridge with BUME. |
| Photo Date: |
6/18/1988 Upload Date: 7/19/2015 2:26:20 AM |
| Location: |
Harpursville, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Bridge,Action |
| Locomotives: |
ST 619(SD26) MEC 602(SD40) BM 690(SD39) |
| Views: |
783 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Guilford looking good |
| Description: |
Much as I hate to say it, the power in a complete set, fresh paint, and clean actually looks decent. Here we see BUME rolling slowly north against the grade as it passes Phelps St |
| Photo Date: |
6/18/1988 Upload Date: 7/19/2015 2:28:08 AM |
| Location: |
Port Dickinson, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
ST 619(SD26) MEC 602(SD40) BM 690(SD39) |
| Views: |
721 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
One that got away |
| Description: |
South of Binghamton, it was not unusual to see Chessie or NS power on RPPY and PYRP. North of Binghamton, not so much. This Chessie unit, now working for CSX, but still lettered WM, was borrowed for a trip north, and is now returning to its usual haunts from its short adventure, leading as the train arrives at Binghamton. |
| Photo Date: |
10/10/1987 Upload Date: 5/30/2015 4:18:29 AM |
| Location: |
Binghamton, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Yard,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CSX 6252(GP40-2) DH 7317(GP38-2) ST 639(SD26) MEC 603(SD40) BM 1825(GP9) DH 7323(GP38-2) |
| Views: |
735 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Big power |
| Description: |
Combined trains 553 and 270 roll north at Bainbridge behind six units, including a pair of six axle MLWs. This view is from the NY 7 overpass. The NYSEG Jennison generating station is in the background. |
| Photo Date: |
6/12/1993 Upload Date: 1/20/2015 10:08:17 PM |
| Location: |
Bainbridge, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CP 5690(SD40-2) CP 4703(M636) CP 4711(M636) CP 8248(GP9u) MEC 603(SD40) GATX 2004(SD40-2) |
| Views: |
754 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Blue Parkway arches |
| Description: |
KCS 691 leads four other SD40-2s over Blue Parkway on the famous concrete arch bridge. This is old US 50. |
| Photo Date: |
2/19/1986 Upload Date: 2/26/2011 2:49:32 AM |
| Location: |
Kansas City, MO |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Bridge,Action |
| Locomotives: |
KCS 691(SD40-2) KCS 620(SD40) KCS 654(SD40-2) |
| Views: |
1250 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
KCS coal |
| Description: |
KCS coal train ready to head south with a mix of KCS and BN power |
| Photo Date: |
2/18/1986 Upload Date: 5/22/2011 2:37:59 AM |
| Location: |
Kansas City, MO |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Yard,Action |
| Locomotives: |
KCS 636(SD40) BN 5514(C30-7) BN 5916(U30C) |
| Views: |
774 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Along the bluff |
| Description: |
This SOO 113 car westbound was rolling along Daytons Bluff as it passed the Hoffman Av interlocking. |
| Photo Date: |
6/24/1987 Upload Date: 5/10/2015 3:11:34 AM |
| Location: |
Saint Paul, MN |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Signal,Action |
| Locomotives: |
MILW 2019(GP40) SOO 2058(GP40) SOO 4440(GP38-2) SOO 6303(SD40-2) SOO 738(SD40) |
| Views: |
558 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
MP 250 |
| Description: |
CP trai 391 rolls past Erie milepost 250 as it approaches Waverly. There must have been a slow order, as this is only 2 1/2 miles west of the semaphore shot at Barton. Id catch him again twice before Waverly, and again at Chemung. |
| Photo Date: |
4/9/1993 Upload Date: 1/27/2015 2:35:46 AM |
| Location: |
Barton, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
SOO 738(SD40) SOO 758(SD40-2) |
| Views: |
395 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
New scheme, old signal |
| Description: |
Train 391 rolls west past the aging sentinel on the opposite track as it makes its way to Buffalo with 63 cars behind a pair of original SOO SD40s in the candy apple red scheme. |
| Photo Date: |
4/9/1993 Upload Date: 1/27/2015 2:33:16 AM |
| Location: |
Barton, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Signal,Action |
| Locomotives: |
SOO 738(SD40) SOO 758(SD40-2) |
| Views: |
376 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Red diesels on a gray day |
| Description: |
Train 391 rolls past the Erie station at Chemung on a gloomy day typical of spring in the Tier. |
| Photo Date: |
4/9/1993 Upload Date: 1/27/2015 2:43:07 AM |
| Location: |
Chemung, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Station,Action |
| Locomotives: |
SOO 738(SD40) SOO 758(SD40-2) |
| Views: |
455 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
Hard to get |
| Description: |
There was a semaphore on track 2, 245-2, that you had to cross a field to reach. As a result, I did not shoot it much. Heres a from the road look as 391 passes, the board seen between the two diesels. |
| Photo Date: |
4/9/1993 Upload Date: 1/27/2015 2:45:40 AM |
| Location: |
Smithboro, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Signal,Action |
| Locomotives: |
SOO 738(SD40) SOO 758(SD40-2) |
| Views: |
316 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
391 and another semaphore |
| Description: |
There were a lot of Erie semaphores still in service at the time. This is the third one I shot this train with that day. The pipe hanging down from the signal was for the hot box detector indicator light, now removed since new radio alarm detectors had been installed a couple years before. |
| Photo Date: |
4/9/1993 Upload Date: 1/27/2015 2:39:57 AM |
| Location: |
Waverly, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Signal,Action |
| Locomotives: |
SOO 738(SD40) SOO 758(SD40-2) |
| Views: |
377 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Seldom seen signal |
| Description: |
The signal at MP 245 was hard to get, since you had to either walk down the tracks, or cross a farm. A long lens could get you this shot from the crossing in town. Actually, not too bad. Train 391 passes as the fall color wanes. |
| Photo Date: |
10/18/1991 Upload Date: 2/20/2015 1:26:50 AM |
| Location: |
Smithboro, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Signal,Action |
| Locomotives: |
SOO 740(SD40) SOO 785(SD40-2) SOO 6402(SD40) |
| Views: |
429 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
SOO power westbound |
| Description: |
SOO power leads a 391 through the curve at Chemung as seen from the NY 427 bridge |
| Photo Date: |
10/18/1991 Upload Date: 7/1/2011 12:20:48 AM |
| Location: |
Chemung, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
SOO 740(SD40) SOO 785(SD40-2) SOO 6402(SD40) |
| Views: |
541 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Empty grain |
| Description: |
A 391 train rolls west with 102 cars at Chemung just as the light is about gone. |
| Photo Date: |
10/18/1991 Upload Date: 2/19/2015 3:13:09 AM |
| Location: |
Chemung, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
SOO 740(SD40) SOO 785(SD40-2) SOO 6402(SD40) |
| Views: |
374 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
CP 391 |
| Description: |
CP 391, grain empties to Minneapolis, heads west on Conrail's Southern Tier Line. Note the semaphore signal just above the second unit. |
| Photo Date: |
10/18/1991 Upload Date: 2/27/2011 3:50:11 AM |
| Location: |
Waverly, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Signal,Action |
| Locomotives: |
SOO 740(SD40) SOO 785(SD40-2) SOO 6402(SD40) |
| Views: |
605 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
390 starts north |
| Description: |
A 78 car 390 behind a CP unit and the now common set of SOO power rolls off Conrail and onto the Buffalo Runner at QD in the usual gloom that pervaded Binghamton that spring. |
| Photo Date: |
5/6/1991 Upload Date: 3/15/2015 4:31:26 AM |
| Location: |
Binghamton, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
CP 5678(SD40-2) SOO 750(SD40) SOO 781(SD40-2) SOO 741(SD40) |
| Views: |
652 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Dark of winter |
| Description: |
A long 255 rolls through Gang Mills with 168 platforms and 3 COFC during the dark days of winter. Its only about 1630 and the light is largely gone. The typically gray skies of the Southern Tier are doing their best to compound the light situation |
| Photo Date: |
1/15/1994 Upload Date: 1/7/2015 3:24:22 AM |
| Location: |
Gang Mills, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Winter,Signal,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CP 741(SD40) SOO 775(SD40-2) NYSW 4008(B40-8) SOO 6613(SD40-2) CP 5522(SD40) |
| Views: |
726 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
390 with an oldie |
| Description: |
A SOO non dynamic SD40 leads a GATX leaser past the pond at Endwell with a 270; todays train is a mix of 57 freight, 6 autos, and 9 TOFC |
| Photo Date: |
4/21/1994 Upload Date: 9/21/2014 1:34:33 AM |
| Location: |
Endwell, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CP 741(SD40) GATX 7371(SD40-2) |
| Views: |
432 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
SOO and ice |
| Description: |
No, not the Iowa Chicago & Eastern, it had not been invented then. We see train 261 along the ice choked Chemung River at Wellsburg during a thaw that caused a lot of runoff and resulting ice backups on local rivers. |
| Photo Date: |
2/23/1991 Upload Date: 9/23/2012 2:55:05 AM |
| Location: |
Wellsburg, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
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| Locomotives: |
SOO 742(SD40) SOO 768(SD40-2) |
| Views: |
413 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Out of the mist |
| Description: |
Train 261 rolls past the signals in downtown Waverly behind and unusual pair of SD 40s-the train usually got SD 60s-on a foggy day during a February thaw. |
| Photo Date: |
2/21/1994 Upload Date: 1/5/2015 1:43:00 AM |
| Location: |
Waverly, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Winter,Signal,Action |
| Locomotives: |
SOO 742(SD40) SOO 768(SD40-2) |
| Views: |
254 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Flooded |
| Description: |
The Chemung River was almost over its banks at Wellsburg-and there was a big ice dam just beyond the bridge Im standing on-as 261 rolls west. NY 427 runs along the ice covered cliff just above the train. Good chase road coming in from Chemung, but you gotta hustle!! |
| Photo Date: |
2/21/1994 Upload Date: 1/5/2015 1:44:52 AM |
| Location: |
Wellsburg, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Winter,Action |
| Locomotives: |
SOO 742(SD40) SOO 768(SD40-2) |
| Views: |
276 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Grain east |
| Description: |
Once CP started to integrate operation of the D&H systemwide, a 390 was established that ran from Minneapolis to Port of Albany. This train often got SOO power a lot of the time in solid sets. Todays effort is a mix of power, including one of CP's ex NS SD40-2's that was made into a B unit-note the 4th unit with blanked windows-as we see it passing signal 223-1 wrong main on the last lap into Binghamton with a typical train of 91 cars. |
| Photo Date: |
5/1/1995 Upload Date: 8/17/2014 2:37:01 AM |
| Location: |
Endicott, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Signal,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CP 5523(SD40) GATX 7359(SD40-2) SOO 6604(SD40-2) CP 5476(SD40-2) SOO 743(SD40) |
| Views: |
747 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
SOO power and some color |
| Description: |
Train 270 rolls through Campville in the colorful shadow of the hillside that marks the Susquehanna valley, only a short ride remaining into Binghamton |
| Photo Date: |
10/18/1993 Upload Date: 1/12/2015 4:23:55 AM |
| Location: |
Campville, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
SOO 747(SD40) SOO 744(SD40) |
| Views: |
288 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Bright red |
| Description: |
SOO power leads a monster 167-todays train had 99 freight and 56 stack platforms-into the sun as seen from the shoulder of NY 417 just east of Addison. This shot can only be done late in the day. Usually the sun is on the other side of the train. |
| Photo Date: |
9/23/2003 Upload Date: 6/14/2016 4:12:25 AM |
| Location: |
Addison, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
SOO 6615(SD40-2) CP 5647(SD40-2) CP 5948(SD40-2) SOO 745(SD40) |
| Views: |
357 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
On the rocks |
| Description: |
CP 167 rolls along the rocks in the Canisteo valley near Cameron Mills. |
| Photo Date: |
9/23/2003 Upload Date: 6/14/2016 4:14:21 AM |
| Location: |
Cameron Mills, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
SOO 6615(SD40-2) CP 5647(SD40-2) CP 5948(SD40-2) SOO 745(SD40) |
| Views: |
333 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Getting started |
| Description: |
I dont recall now if I was on a day off, or this was just after work. I had regular hours, but they differed every day. This was taken on a Tuesday, so its likely it was my day off. We start close to home, on the tangent near MP 232 between Campville and Owego, with the red face of a SOO SD leading 167 west into the sun. |
| Photo Date: |
9/23/2003 Upload Date: 10/13/2017 4:06:59 AM |
| Location: |
Campville, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
SOO 6615(SD40-2) CP 5647(SD40-2) SOO 745(SD40) CP 5948(SD40-2) |
| Views: |
352 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
Long jump |
| Description: |
After getting the 167 at Campville, I jumped down to Smithboro, about 13 miles, taking NY 17 to exit 62, since there was no way I was beating him through Owego. I didnt want to risk getting scooped at Tioga Center, so I ran down to the west end of Smithboro, where the tracks come up to the road. |
| Photo Date: |
9/23/2003 Upload Date: 10/13/2017 4:10:04 AM |
| Location: |
Smithboro, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
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Action |
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SOO 6615(SD40-2) CP 5647(SD40-2) CP 5948(SD40-2) SOO 745(SD40) |
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| Title: |
Wide view |
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The next jump was an easy one. I just had to step on it. This is the view from NY 17C near the Tioga transfer station at MP 249 between Barton and Waverly. It was a good "grab and go" spot. The third unit is a classic, one of SOO's original SD 40's. |
| Photo Date: |
9/23/2003 Upload Date: 10/13/2017 4:16:23 AM |
| Location: |
Barton, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
SOO 6615(SD40-2) CP 5647(SD40-2) CP 5948(SD40-2) SOO 745(SD40) |
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462 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
East side |
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If a train was going fast enough, or I got stuck behind some slowpoke-its amazing the number of people who drive like they just dont care if they ever get where theyre going-I usually could not beat a train to downtown Waverly with its model railroad like buildings. So I had to go with other options. In this case, I grabbed the shot from about where the Tier crossed over the Ithaca Secondary, the former LV main. A SOO unit heading into the sun with a big train(99 freight, and 56 stack platforms) looks good in the late afternoon |
| Photo Date: |
9/23/2003 Upload Date: 10/13/2017 4:23:48 AM |
| Location: |
Waverly, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
SOO 6615(SD40-2) CP 5647(SD40-2) CP 5978(SD40-2) SOO 745(SD40) |
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470 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
Night moves |
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A set of SOO power waits at the south end of East Binghamton yard while the ground man throws a switch. SOO 6411 would get repainted in the dual flags scheme within the next few months. |
| Photo Date: |
3/1/1995 Upload Date: 8/26/2014 2:03:54 AM |
| Location: |
Binghamton, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Night,Yard,Action |
| Locomotives: |
SOO 6411(SD40) SOO 748(SD40) |
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685 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
SOO in the Canisteo valley |
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A 390 heads east at W Cameron NY in the Canisteo River valley as the last sun hits the deepest part of the gorge. |
| Photo Date: |
1/13/1991 Upload Date: 7/20/2011 7:38:50 PM |
| Location: |
West Cameron, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Winter,Action |
| Locomotives: |
SOO 786(SD40-2) SOO 775(SD40-2) SOO 749(SD40) PLM 3018(SD40-2) |
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788 Comments: 5 |
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| Title: |
Grain east at River |
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A BUAB rolls 82 cars of grain toward Albany at Hunt, not far from the location of the old NT tower, where the EL River Line diverged toward Cuba. |
| Photo Date: |
1/13/1991 Upload Date: 4/14/2015 4:01:44 AM |
| Location: |
Hunt, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Winter,Action |
| Locomotives: |
SOO 786(SD40-2) SOO 775(SD40-2) SOO 749(SD40) PLMX 3018(SD40) |
| Views: |
606 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Grain train |
| Description: |
One of the first grain trains to run with SOO power seen at Silver Springs. The fans are scrambling for the shot!! |
| Photo Date: |
1/13/1991 Upload Date: 1/13/2012 2:51:50 AM |
| Location: |
Silver Springs, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Winter,Action |
| Locomotives: |
SOO 786(SD40-2) SOO 775(SD40-2) SOO 749(SD40) PLM 3018(SD40-2) |
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910 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
270 with an odd mix |
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During the mid 90s, Conrail leased out some of its power, including some SD40s, such as this one trailing an ex SOO unit on 270 rolling past Endwell Rug along the George F Highway. |
| Photo Date: |
7/3/1995 Upload Date: 8/14/2014 2:32:44 AM |
| Location: |
Endwell, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
CP 751(SD40) CR 801(SD40) |
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682 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Colorful pushers |
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The second daytime move of a BUAB with SOO power was Dec 9, this time northbound, leaving Binghamton late morning. The head end was an unexpected treat, but the pushers were also not to be ignored. An EMD lease unit in an attractive paint job reminiscent of the last Rock scheme was teamed with a candy apple red SOO unit. Here they are pushing at Fuller Rd. |
| Photo Date: |
12/9/1990 Upload Date: 2/3/2016 3:20:42 AM |
| Location: |
Sanitaria Springs, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
EMDX 6049(SD40-2) SOO 752(SD40) |
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759 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Lots of changes |
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Everything. As we look at BUABs pushers, and EMD lease unit and a red SOO SD 40, note also the rest of this view. I am standing on what was the DLW Utica Branch, now abandoned. The track in the foreground is the new connection from the D&H to the NYSWs ex DLW line; you can see the Old State Rd crossing at far left. This was done as part of a project to eliminate the three overpasses at Bevier St, one ex DLW, two D&H, none of which was high enough to clear a standard 13'6" trailer, making access to businesses on Broad Av a challenge. As part of that project, the NYSW gained access to its line via a new connection north of Bevier St, requiring its trains to go through that yard. The D&H was largely unaffected, except for realigning its tracks onto the new overpass. The train looks like its climbing to the sky due to the downgrade on the NYSW connector; its not as bad as it looks. |
| Photo Date: |
12/9/1990 Upload Date: 2/3/2016 3:35:45 AM |
| Location: |
Binghamton, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
EMDX 6049(SD40-2) SOO 752(SD40) |
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541 Comments: 0 |
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