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Q390
Title:  Q390
Description:  A reliable train for UP power was Q 390, seen here passing the old Blue Circle Cement plant at Solvay.
Photo Date:  7/29/2001  Upload Date: 12/13/2013 1:34:38 AM
Location:  SYRACUSE (CP293), NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  UP 6323(SD60M) UP 7551(AC60CW) UP 2241(SD60M)
Views:  910   Comments: 1
Interesting combination
Title:  Interesting combination
Description:  I stopped to get gas at the TA in Ontario, Cal, where, on my last visit 14 years prior, this line had been at grade level. Now it passes high overhead, which is a blessing for road traffic here. While I was filling up, this transfer came by, with a pair of SD 60s fronting a pair of gensets. Til this point, these were the only gensets I had seen. Too bad I was on the dark side.
Photo Date:  3/26/2015  Upload Date: 8/30/2018 5:25:14 AM
Location:  Ontario, CA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  UP 2494(SD60M) UP 2283(SD60M) UPY 2742(3GS21B) UPY 2712(3GS21B)
Views:  535   Comments: 0
Headed to the bridge
Title:  Headed to the bridge
Description:  Q 346 with 117 cars and 9 empty stack platforms heads past the park and to the Tennessee River bridge behind a set of UP power.
Photo Date:  9/18/2018  Upload Date: 10/20/2018 4:17:49 AM
Location:  Bridgeport, AL
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  UP 7443(AC45CCTE) UP 2354(SD60M) UP 4017(SD70M) PRLX 664(CW44-6)
Views:  658   Comments: 1
Ferromex unit leads westbound UP train
Title:  Ferromex unit leads westbound UP train
Description:  A Ferromex GE leads a pair of UP units west along K 32 west of Kansas City
Photo Date:  5/7/2011  Upload Date: 5/19/2011 7:45:11 PM
Location:  Edwardsville, KS
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  FXE 4680(ES44AC) UP 4404(SD70M) UP 2416(SD60M)
Views:  744   Comments: 0
Eastbound on the bridge
Title:  Eastbound on the bridge
Description:  An eastbound Conrail train starts over Rockville Bridge.
Photo Date:  8/30/1994  Upload Date: 6/23/2012 2:10:57 AM
Location:  Marysville, PA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Bridge,Action
Locomotives:  CR 5500(SD60M) CR 6255(C40-8W)
Views:  449   Comments: 0
Westbound mixed freight
Title:  Westbound mixed freight
Description:  A westbound mixed freight with 108 cars approaches Cleveland on the ex PRR
Photo Date:  6/21/1996  Upload Date: 2/27/2012 12:25:39 AM
Location:  Cleveland, OH
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CR 5502(SD60M) CR 3327(GP40-2)
Views:  531   Comments: 0
Racks for Jersey
Title:  Racks for Jersey
Description:  ML 440 rolls toward the NY 17C overpass with 63 auto racks for the unloading facility at Doremus Av in Newark.
Photo Date:  9/6/1994  Upload Date: 8/29/2014 4:14:56 AM
Location:  Endicott, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  CR 6411(SD40-2) CR 5037(B36-7) CR 5505(SD60M)
Views:  604   Comments: 0
Getting out of town
Title:  Getting out of town
Description:  BUOI rolls across the Court St overpass, in the process crossing the diamond where track 5, the connection from track 3 to Bevier St used by the CP to go north.
Photo Date:  4/3/1993  Upload Date: 1/14/2018 5:33:21 AM
Location:  Binghamton, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CR 5507(SD60M)
Views:  462   Comments: 0
Not that far out of town
Title:  Not that far out of town
Description:  BUOI is stopped along Court St, waiting at COLES for a westbound, so he didnt get that far from BD after all.
Photo Date:  4/3/1993  Upload Date: 1/14/2018 5:37:20 AM
Location:  Binghamton, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CR 5507(SD60M)
Views:  452   Comments: 0
Singing in the rain
Title:  Singing in the rain
Description:  Rainy days are so common in Binghamton we dont even slow down. I caught this BUOI at BD in a downpour with a pair of brand new SD60I's leading an SD 40. Just another day in "Gloom County".
Photo Date:  4/17/1993  Upload Date: 1/27/2015 2:25:20 AM
Location:  Binghamton, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CR 5507(SD60M) CR 5521(SD60M) CR 6322(SD40)
Views:  719   Comments: 0
UP leader at the pond
Title:  UP leader at the pond
Description:  ML 440 rolls past the Endwell pond with 67 auto racks behind a UP leader, unusual to see on the Tier.
Photo Date:  4/3/1994  Upload Date: 9/22/2014 3:35:48 AM
Location:  Endwell, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  UP 3497(SD40-2) CR 5018(B36-7) CR 5507(SD60M)
Views:  483   Comments: 0
BUAL meets 261
Title:  BUAL meets 261
Description:  BUAL approaches the switch to the Lehigh Line, which will take it to the former Lehigh Valley and Allentown, CP 261 passes westbound. Conrail switched the western end of this run several times in its history, though mostly it terminated at Gang Mills.
Photo Date:  2/5/1994  Upload Date: 3/4/2012 3:52:27 AM
Location:  Waverly, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CR 5508(SD60M) CP 5523(SD40) GATX 7362(SD40-2)
Views:  914   Comments: 1
Old guard
Title:  Old guard
Description:  No not the SD60I, which was almost new then. The semaphore, which has been in place there since the 20s. It will soon fall, as Conrail will single track the line from Elmira to Waverly later in the year. The train is BUAL, a road freight originating at Frontier Yard in Buffalo, terminating in Allentown after a trip down the ex LV via Towanda and Wilkes Barre, and the Lehigh Gorge. Conrail alternated their approach on this train, as it changed its western origin several times over the years, most often running out of Gang Mills. Today's effort takes 128 cars east, and is about to take the connecting track to reach the ex LV at Sayre.
Photo Date:  2/5/1994  Upload Date: 9/27/2012 2:15:16 PM
Location:  Waverly, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Winter,Signal,Action
Locomotives:  CR 5508(SD60M) CR 6194(C40-8W) CR 6428(SD40-2) CR 6521(SD40-2)
Views:  1174   Comments: 2
TV 204 set off
Title:  TV 204 set off
Description:  TV 204 rolls into Dewitt yard to set off New England stacks. It's arriving with 95 stack platforms and 3 COFC.
Photo Date:  3/18/1995  Upload Date: 8/26/2014 3:00:05 AM
Location:  Syracuse (Dewitt), NY
Author: 
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  CR 6031(C40-8) CR 5508(SD60M)
Views:  493   Comments: 0
OIBU in the snow
Title:  OIBU in the snow
Description:  OIBU starts west toward Gang Mills and Buffalo past the iconic buildings in the station area at Binghamton on a snowy day in January
Photo Date:  1/15/1994  Upload Date: 9/21/2012 5:35:20 PM
Location:  Binghamton, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Winter,Action
Locomotives:  CR 5509(SD60M) CR 6468(SD40-2)
Views:  1246   Comments: 2
Wild mix arriving
Title:  Wild mix arriving
Description:  During the early years of CP operation of the D&H, you never knew what you would see. Heres a 271 rolling into Conklin with 82 cars behind a SOO unit, ex NS/SOU SD 40-2 that has been changed to a B unit, and a straight CP SD 40 coming off the Susquehanna River.
Photo Date:  1/15/1994  Upload Date: 1/5/2015 2:11:21 AM
Location:  Binghamton, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Bridge,Winter,Action
Locomotives:  SOO 6609(SD40-2) CP 3254(SD40-2) CR 5510(SD60M)
Views:  1004   Comments: 0
First section
Title:  First section
Description:  The first section of BUSE rolls 148 cars past CP 285 and by Dewitt as it heads for Selkirk under the watchful eye of my 3 1/2 year old son.
Photo Date:  4/24/1993  Upload Date: 1/27/2015 3:47:43 AM
Location:  Syracuse (Dewitt), NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  CR 5516(SD60M) CR 6749(SD50)
Views:  633   Comments: 2
Racks for Toledo
Title:  Racks for Toledo
Description:  SETO rolls a long train west under I 481 behind a pair of EMDs
Photo Date:  4/24/1993  Upload Date: 2/7/2018 5:31:06 AM
Location:  Syracuse, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CR 6780(SD50) CR 5518(SD60M)
Views:  493   Comments: 1
Racks for Toledo
Title:  Racks for Toledo
Description:  SETO rolls past the Amtrak station at Dewitt with a train of auto racks and parts boxes for Toledo, a major area for automotive builders and suppliers.
Photo Date:  4/24/1993  Upload Date: 1/27/2015 4:06:59 AM
Location:  Syracuse (Dewitt), NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Yard,Station,Action
Locomotives:  CR 6780(SD50) CR 5518(SD60M)
Views:  544   Comments: 1
Racks east
Title:  Racks east
Description:  ML 440, a daily auto rack train, passes the pond along Watson Blve in Endwell in late afternoon sun with 16 COFC and 63 racks.
Photo Date:  8/23/1995  Upload Date: 8/14/2014 3:50:57 AM
Location:  Endwell, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  CR 6432(SD40-2) CR 6197(C40-8W) CR 5519(SD60M)
Views:  507   Comments: 0
BUOI with new power
Title:  BUOI with new power
Description:  The SD 60Ms were new when I caught this one working on BUOI at BD.
Photo Date:  10/16/1993  Upload Date: 2/7/2018 5:03:38 AM
Location:  Binghamton, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CR 5522(SD60M) CR 6206(C40-8W)
Views:  431   Comments: 1
Semphore dropping
Title:  Semphore dropping
Description:  A 109 car UNG coal train for NYSEG in Johnson City passes the semaphore at Waverly, which has dropped to approach, then stop. This signal action was one of the things that made them so cool to see.
Photo Date:  7/16/1994  Upload Date: 9/1/2014 3:31:30 AM
Location:  Waverly, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Signal,Action
Locomotives:  CR 5522(SD60M) CR 6821(SD50) CR 6268(SD40)
Views:  707   Comments: 3
Splitting the signals
Title:  Splitting the signals
Description:  A 159 car DABU rolls between the signals at Tioga Center. This was once the setting for the best known pair of semaphores on the Tier.
Photo Date:  8/21/1993  Upload Date: 1/16/2015 3:06:03 AM
Location:  Tioga Center, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Signal,Action
Locomotives:  CR 6624(C36-7) CR 5524(SD60M) CR 5556(SD60M)
Views:  723   Comments: 0
DABU downtown
Title:  DABU downtown
Description:  DABU rolls past the downtown buildings of Waverly.
Photo Date:  8/21/1993  Upload Date: 1/16/2015 3:11:52 AM
Location:  Waverly, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CR 6624(C36-7) CR 5524(SD60M) CR 5556(SD60M)
Views:  689   Comments: 0
Super vans
Title:  Super vans
Description:  Conrail, perhaps in a marketing move, decided to call some of its intermodal trains "Super Vans." They looked a lot like stack, TOFC and COFC trains. This one is SV 14 arriving at Dewitt with 115 stack platforms, heading for the pig terminal.
Photo Date:  9/2/1994  Upload Date: 8/29/2014 3:54:47 AM
Location:  Syracuse (Dewitt), NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  CR 6100(C40-8W) CR 5525(SD60M) CR 6122(C40-8W)
Views:  598   Comments: 0
Rolling down the Erie
Title:  Rolling down the Erie
Description:  OIBU rolls past MP 235 on the ex Erie into Owego with 86 cars. This was a good mid day to afternoon train on the Tier, and usually a good bet for a chase in the afternoon.
Photo Date:  7/16/1994  Upload Date: 9/1/2014 3:41:39 AM
Location:  Waverly, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  CR 5528(SD60M) CR 6734(SD50) CR 3315(GP40-2)
Views:  665   Comments: 1
MSSE with a big train
Title:  MSSE with a big train
Description:  MSSE, Massena to Selkirk, passes Dewitt with a whopping 165 cars in tow.
Photo Date:  9/2/1994  Upload Date: 8/29/2014 3:52:40 AM
Location:  Syracuse (Dewitt), NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Action
Locomotives:  CR 5530(SD60M) CR 5534(SD60M) CR 6150(C40-8W)
Views:  774   Comments: 1
Two builders
Title:  Two builders
Description:  A Conrail SD60I leads a GE west with a stack train at Willis Av
Photo Date:  4/6/1997  Upload Date: 3/4/2014 12:56:46 AM
Location:  SYRACUSE (CP293), NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Signal,Action
Locomotives:  CR 5530(SD60M) CR 6253(C40-8W)
Views:  549   Comments: 1
Long shadows
Title:  Long shadows
Description:  DABU rolls its 103 auto racks west at Barton as the long shadows from the hillside along the road get closer to the tracks. Theres just enough time left for a good shot.
Photo Date:  5/11/1993  Upload Date: 1/26/2015 2:21:28 AM
Location:  Barton, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  CR 5537(SD60M) CR 5531(SD60M) CR 6166(C40-8W) CR 6082(C40-8W)
Views:  670   Comments: 0
Broad valley
Title:  Broad valley
Description:  DABU rolls below NY 17C approaching Waverly in a panoramic view across the Susquehanna valley.
Photo Date:  5/11/1993  Upload Date: 1/26/2015 2:28:24 AM
Location:  Waverly, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  CR 5537(SD60M) CR 5531(SD60M) CR 6166(C40-8W) CR 6082(C40-8W)
Views:  701   Comments: 1
DABU and a signal
Title:  DABU and a signal
Description:  One of the easier views along NY 17C was this shot from the shoulder looking across a field. It was an open shot, good for a westbound, and had the added bonus of signa 251-1, one of the many semaphores still in service on the line then. DABU ahs four units and 103 cars today.
Photo Date:  5/13/1993  Upload Date: 1/14/2018 5:40:13 AM
Location:  Waverly, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Signal,Action
Locomotives:  CR 5537(SD60M) CR 5531(SD60M) CR 6166(C40-8W) CR 6082(C40-8W)
Views:  613   Comments: 0
TV meets coal
Title:  TV meets coal
Description:  An eastbound stack train behind CR 3326 meets a UBO59X at the west end of Dewitt
Photo Date:  4/24/1993  Upload Date: 1/26/2015 1:43:46 AM
Location:  DeWitt Yard (West En, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  CR 3326(GP40-2) CR 6179(C40-8W) CR 5534(SD60M)
Views:  681   Comments: 0
Looking east
Title:  Looking east
Description:  This TV train has worked Dewitt and now has the power back on the train to head east as it looks at UBO59X approaching.
Photo Date:  4/24/1993  Upload Date: 1/26/2015 1:45:16 AM
Location:  DeWitt Yard (West En, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  CR 3326(GP40-2) CR 6179(C40-8W) CR 5534(SD60M)
Views:  643   Comments: 0
Empty coal
Title:  Empty coal
Description:  Despite being a raceway for intermodal and carload freight, there was still some coal on the Chicago Line, such as this westbound empty train from Bow, NH, UBO59X rolling its 156 cars west behind the then new power of a C40-8 and an SD60M. That's Amtrak's former ex NYC station at right. It will be replaced in a few years by a new station near Carousel Mall.
Photo Date:  4/24/1993  Upload Date: 2/1/2018 4:52:02 AM
Location:  Syracuse (Dewitt), NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  CR 6179(C40-8W) CR 5534(SD60M)
Views:  496   Comments: 0
Empty coal heads west behind CRs newest power
Title:  Empty coal heads west behind CRs newest power
Description:  Almost a demonstrator set, a new C60-8W and SD60I lead 156 cars of train UBO59X west at Dewitt yard. The units were paired for crew familiarization on the new equipment. Note the Shawmut hoppers.
Photo Date:  4/24/1993  Upload Date: 7/20/2011 10:30:42 PM
Location:  Syracuse, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CR 6179(C40-8W) CR 5534(SD60M)
Views:  895   Comments: 1
TV 202 on a gloomy day
Title:  TV 202 on a gloomy day
Description:  Gray skies were far too common in the Tier. We went out to shoot trains anyway. Heres TV 202 rolling east wrong main-he's on the near track, note the semaphore on track 2 at far right is still showing clear-into Endicott with 175 platforms-thats almost 9300 feet of train, not unusual, sometimes those trains were longer than two miles-of containers
Photo Date:  5/21/1995  Upload Date: 8/16/2014 2:09:20 AM
Location:  Endicott, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  CR 5535(SD60M) CR 6710(SD50)
Views:  615   Comments: 1
Rolling into the sun
Title:  Rolling into the sun
Description:  And on to Buffalo. OIBU approaches one of the private crossings along NY 17C between Campville and Owego. Some fall color still lingers on the hills in this late October view.
Photo Date:  10/23/1993  Upload Date: 1/12/2015 3:55:32 AM
Location:  Campville, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  CR 6018(C39-8) CR 5536(SD60M)
Views:  685   Comments: 1
TV 9
Title:  TV 9
Description:  TV 9 rolls past the old NYC signal bridge as it makes its way to Chicago. The ex B&O, now Buffalo % Pittsburgh, bridge is in the distance at left.
Photo Date:  5/27/1994  Upload Date: 9/16/2014 3:18:23 AM
Location:  Blasdell, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CR 6706(SD50) CR 6401(SD40-2) CR 5538(SD60M)
Views:  788   Comments: 0
TV 5 waits
Title:  TV 5 waits
Description:  TV 5 waits to get its 98 platforms out of Dewitt after working there as empty coal train UBO59X approaches.
Photo Date:  4/24/1993  Upload Date: 1/26/2015 1:53:52 AM
Location:  DeWitt Yard (West En, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  CR 5543(SD60M) CR 3342(GP40-2) CR 3297(GP40-2)
Views:  768   Comments: 1
TV 5 and a dwarf
Title:  TV 5 and a dwarf
Description:  TV 5 waits at a dwarf signal at the west end of Dewitt yard to roll on west.
Photo Date:  4/24/1993  Upload Date: 1/26/2015 2:00:00 AM
Location:  DeWitt Yard (West En, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Yard,Signal,Action
Locomotives:  CR 5543(SD60M) CR 3342(GP40-2) CR 3297(GP40-2)
Views:  745   Comments: 1
TV10C
Title:  TV10C
Description:  TV10C rolls past the old BV tower west of Buffalo. This was the west end of the Buffalo Division.
Photo Date:  5/27/1994  Upload Date: 9/16/2014 3:09:19 AM
Location:  Blasdell, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Action
Locomotives:  CR 6094(C40-8W) CR 5543(SD60M)
Views:  574   Comments: 0
Getting started
Title:  Getting started
Description:  TV 10C smokes it up as it rolls east from CP 5
Photo Date:  5/27/1994  Upload Date: 9/16/2014 3:11:53 AM
Location:  Blasdell, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CR 6094(C40-8W) CR 5543(SD60M)
Views:  562   Comments: 0
Stacks by Blue Circle
Title:  Stacks by Blue Circle
Description:  An eastbound stack train rolls past the Blue Circle cement plant and under Willis Av as it approaches Syracuse.
Photo Date:  5/5/1997  Upload Date: 3/30/2014 12:13:18 PM
Location:  SYRACUSE (CP293), NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CR 5545(SD60M) CR 5550(SD60M)
Views:  536   Comments: 0
Big train, lots of power
Title:  Big train, lots of power
Description:  ALEN1 sits on the Lehigh Canal bridge waiting to head west with six units to roll its 148 cars and 10328 tons to Enola. CR 3276 is in fresh CR Quality paint.
Photo Date:  7/31/1993  Upload Date: 1/19/2015 3:26:25 AM
Location:  Allentown, PA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Bridge,Signal,Action
Locomotives:  CR 3276(GP40-2) CR 5548(SD60M) CR 3376(GP40-2) CR 3333(GP40-2) CR 6597(C30-7A) CR 1963(B23-7)
Views:  1305   Comments: 2
Medium Clear
Title:  Medium Clear
Description:  SV 20 has a medium clear indication at CP Coles as it heads east toward Starricca Viaduct and New Jersey.
Photo Date:  9/24/1994  Upload Date: 8/31/2014 3:16:11 AM
Location:  Kirkwood, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Signal,Action
Locomotives:  CR 6119(C40-8W) CR 5549(SD60M) CR 6747(SD50)
Views:  672   Comments: 0
Rolling to a crew change
Title:  Rolling to a crew change
Description:  TV 202 with three units and 76 platforms rolls through west Endicott and toward a crew change at Binghamton
Photo Date:  9/24/1994  Upload Date: 8/28/2014 3:38:49 AM
Location:  Endicott, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CR 6119(C40-8W) CR 5549(SD60M) CR 6747(SD50)
Views:  656   Comments: 1
Eastbound
Title:  Eastbound
Description:  I made a pick up at Valvoline in Rochester PA. As luck would have it, the loading dock faced out onto Conrail just east of the junction of the Cleveland and Youngstown Lines. Good action, here what appears to be TV 12 rolls past.
Photo Date:  6/19/1997  Upload Date: 3/30/2014 4:59:45 AM
Location:  Rochester, PA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CR 6075(C40-8W) CR 5550(SD60M)
Views:  572   Comments: 0
ML 440
Title:  ML 440
Description:  Shortly after TV 202 passed, we see why it was on track 1: ML 440 rolls in with 79 auto racks, dropping the semaphore to horizontal.
Photo Date:  5/21/1995  Upload Date: 8/16/2014 2:11:14 AM
Location:  Endicott, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  CR 5608(SD60I) CR 5552(SD60M) CR 6852(SD60)
Views:  661   Comments: 1


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