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| Title: |
In the chips |
| Description: |
TV 26 rolls 4 COFC and 39 autos past the Frito Lay plant in Kirkwood. The 84 lumber yard is now a memory. Theyve been gone for 20 years as I write this. |
| Photo Date: |
8/13/1992 Upload Date: 2/7/2018 5:02:14 AM |
| Location: |
Kirkwood, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 8043(GP38-2) CR 5050(B36-7) CR 7708(GP38) |
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475 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
TV 26 |
| Description: |
TV 26 with 7 COFC and 40 racks rolls through Owego behind a trio of four motor units, two of them ex NYC GP 40's. Sometimes, old soldiers don't even fade away. |
| Photo Date: |
8/21/1992 Upload Date: 2/7/2018 4:53:59 AM |
| Location: |
Owego, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 3212(GP40) CR 3193(GP40) CR 5080(B40-8) |
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463 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Last of the breed |
| Description: |
D&H 5017, the last of the RS 36s, works the south end of East Binghamton. This unit would hang on a couple more years before finally being retired. It was the last D&H Alco in service. |
| Photo Date: |
8/21/1992 Upload Date: 2/8/2018 4:48:40 AM |
| Location: |
Conklin, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Yard,Action |
| Locomotives: |
DH 5017(RS36) |
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294 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Dimensional and an old signal |
| Description: |
Conrail DIM 301, consisting of two units and two cars, passes the old Erie signal at East Hornell, ZY on the EL, as it approaches Hornell. |
| Photo Date: |
8/22/1992 Upload Date: 2/6/2018 5:26:49 AM |
| Location: |
Hornell, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Signal,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 1924(B23-7) CR 3386(GP40-2) |
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366 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Under the rocks |
| Description: |
DIM 301 rolls a couple of wide cars beneath the cliffs at West Cameron in the Canisteo valley. Its almost 1000 feet to the top of the rocks here. |
| Photo Date: |
8/22/1992 Upload Date: 2/6/2018 5:33:28 AM |
| Location: |
West Cameron, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 1924(B23-7) CR 3386(GP40-2) |
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397 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Wide and long |
| Description: |
DIM 301 rolls west at East Hornell, its wide cars meeting the 105 cars of a combined CP 270 and 558, here waiting for the oversize train to pass before continuing east. |
| Photo Date: |
8/22/1992 Upload Date: 2/6/2018 5:39:16 AM |
| Location: |
Hornell, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 1924(B23-7) NYSW 4008(B40-8) GATX 7366(SD40-2) CP 5414(SD40) CP 8234(GP9u) |
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648 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Combined effort |
| Description: |
Sometimes if there were not enough cars for two trains, 558 and 270 would be combined out of Buffalo. Such is the case here, as the 105 car train has power for both of its components, 270s power ahead, with 558s two CP units trailing. We see it at East Hornell, where it is about to meet a hi-wide Conrail extra. |
| Photo Date: |
8/22/1992 Upload Date: 2/8/2018 5:08:56 AM |
| Location: |
Hornell, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Signal,Action |
| Locomotives: |
NYSW 4008(B40-8) GATX 7366(SD40-2) CP 5414(SD40) CP 8234(GP9u) |
| Views: |
627 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Chevy on the levee |
| Description: |
Not exactly, but close enough. DABU behind a pair of non automotive GM products rolls along the levee next to the Tioga River approaching Gang Mills. |
| Photo Date: |
9/2/1992 Upload Date: 2/7/2018 5:46:17 AM |
| Location: |
Gang Mills, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 6790(SD50) NS 6608(SD60) |
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401 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Interesting yard power |
| Description: |
A GP 40-2 and a GP 10 work at the east end of Gang Mills yard, cleared onto the eastbound main from the yard lead as DABU rolls in from the west. The GP 40 was not unusual here. We saw lots of them in all kinds of service, from locals to stack trains. The GP 10, on the other hand, was something of a novelty, as they tended to stay down toward Enola and eastern PA. We rarely saw them on the Tier. |
| Photo Date: |
9/2/1992 Upload Date: 2/8/2018 4:44:43 AM |
| Location: |
Gang Mills, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Yard,Signal,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 3326(GP40-2) |
| Views: |
388 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Laying over |
| Description: |
The coaches from the south end picnic train are spotted in the yard at Oneonta, in company of one of CPs diminutive RS 23s. The power is on display down by the park. |
| Photo Date: |
9/13/1992 Upload Date: 1/27/2018 5:03:41 AM |
| Location: |
Oneonta, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Yard,Passenger |
| Locomotives: |
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219 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Lightning from the tunnel |
| Description: |
Lightning stripe 7309 leads the south end picnic train out of Belden tunnel, now about 20 minutes from Binghamton. It will drop riders there, then continue on to Taylor to drop the last group. |
| Photo Date: |
9/13/1992 Upload Date: 1/27/2018 5:28:47 AM |
| Location: |
Tunnel, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Tunnel,Action |
| Locomotives: |
DH 7309(GP38-2) |
| Views: |
333 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Moving right along |
| Description: |
The picnic train has left Oneonta and is now making its way south to Binghamton, at a good rate of speed. |
| Photo Date: |
9/13/1992 Upload Date: 1/27/2018 5:32:01 AM |
| Location: |
Otego, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
DH 7309(GP38-2) |
| Views: |
304 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Straight on |
| Description: |
OIBU rolls 58 cars west down one of the uncommon tangents on the Southern Tier, just reaching the curve where the tracks come up to the road. |
| Photo Date: |
9/16/1992 Upload Date: 1/27/2018 5:13:36 AM |
| Location: |
Smithboro, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 6781(SD50) CR 6599(C30-7A) CR 6006(C39-8) |
| Views: |
473 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Yellow Gators |
| Description: |
A trio of yellow GATX units-there were also blue ones-rolls train 558 toward Binghamton, about to pass under the NY 17C overpass. |
| Photo Date: |
9/16/1992 Upload Date: 1/27/2018 5:35:43 AM |
| Location: |
Endicott, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
GATX 2007(SD40-2) GATX 2001(SD40-2) GATX 2000(SD40-2) |
| Views: |
495 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Motley mix |
| Description: |
Conrail, as a rule in its later days, generally ran a fairly unified power consist-a set of six axle units, sometimes four, depending on what was available, and what standard practice was. Occasionally, something would get out of kilter, and it became anything goes. Here we see an OIBU rolling west with a GP 38 leading an SD 50, and a pair of NS units, one GE, one EMD. They have their 99 cars well in hand, and will get over the road promptly. |
| Photo Date: |
9/18/1992 Upload Date: 1/27/2018 5:21:54 AM |
| Location: |
Endwell, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 7690(GP38) CR 6705(SD50) NS 6082(SD40-2) NS 8032(C30-7) |
| Views: |
654 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Coming right at you |
| Description: |
Train 557, this time behind a GP 9u and a pair of SD 40s, rolls under the US 220 overpass with a motley assortment of traffic: 20 stack platforms, 13 TOFC, 9 COFC, and 21 freight. All of it is going to Toronto. |
| Photo Date: |
9/23/1992 Upload Date: 1/26/2018 5:49:45 AM |
| Location: |
Waverly, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CP 8208(GP9u) |
| Views: |
332 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Big power for a little job |
| Description: |
The power on BH 1 today is a blue Gator, borrowed from CP. Its working in the QD yard with 9 cars, and will go north at some point later today. Six axle power was quite unusual for locals and yard jobs at that time. Now NS uses C40s on the yard job here every day. |
| Photo Date: |
1/4/1993 Upload Date: 1/27/2018 5:43:11 AM |
| Location: |
Binghamton, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Yard,Action |
| Locomotives: |
GATX 7362(SD40-2) |
| Views: |
350 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
The Tier, a semaphore and an empty path |
| Description: |
CP train 557 rolls west on the Tier, taking its 21 cars past one of the classic Erie semaphores at MP 247. The empty path to the left of the tracks is the roadbed of the Lehigh Valley Auburn Branch, which ran next to the Erie most of the way from Sayre to Owego. It was pulled up after CR startup in 1976. |
| Photo Date: |
1/9/1993 Upload Date: 1/26/2018 5:38:25 AM |
| Location: |
Barton, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Signal,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CP 5645(SD40-2) |
| Views: |
313 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Drab day |
| Description: |
Id go out in pretty much anything, on the theory that trains ran no matter what, so it would be a good idea to record the action. Besides, the Tier weather being what it is, if I only went out on good days, Id see ten trains a year. Still, January could be especially bleak, sometimes with only 30% of the possible sun coming through. On one of those days, 557 rolls around the big curve at MP 231. I was the only one to witness the event. |
| Photo Date: |
1/9/1993 Upload Date: 1/26/2018 5:45:14 AM |
| Location: |
Campville, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CP 5645(SD40-2) CP 5584(SD40-2) |
| Views: |
374 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
SU 2 power |
| Description: |
The power from SU 2!returns from Bevier St. It was not uncommon to have a pair of lightning stripe GPs assigned. |
| Photo Date: |
3/27/1993 Upload Date: 1/17/2018 3:30:39 AM |
| Location: |
Binghamton, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
DH 7312(GP38-2) DH 7307(GP38-2) |
| Views: |
446 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Waiting on time |
| Description: |
The NYSW ran excursions for the annual Mapathon Maple Festival, starting with a run down from Cortland. Mikado 142 was the star of the train for several years. In 1993, it was brutally cold and snowy-there had been a!20 plus inch snowfall a week earlier-even for the festival, which was notorious for its awful weather. While it made for a challenging chase, steam in the snow made for a great show. |
| Photo Date: |
3/27/1993 Upload Date: 1/17/2018 4:17:29 AM |
| Location: |
Cortland, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Winter,Steam,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
NYSW 142(2-8-2) |
| Views: |
267 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Along the Tioghnioga |
| Description: |
The NYSW is running on the former DLW Syracuse Branch, which for a good part of its length south of Cortland follows the Tioghnioga River. We see the train a couple of miles out of its arrival at the festival in Marathon. |
| Photo Date: |
3/27/1993 Upload Date: 1/17/2018 4:20:28 AM |
| Location: |
Marathon, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Winter,Steam,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
NYSW 142(2-8-2) |
| Views: |
199 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Looking down |
| Description: |
Several places along I 81 provide good views of the tracks, though I dont recommend sitting on the side of the interstate to do this. Its a volation of the Vehicle and Traffic Law for one thing, and not terribly safe for another. Nevertheless, a shot of a steam train was too much to resist, so we have this shot of the Maple Festival train near Messengervilie, seen from the shoulder of I 81. |
| Photo Date: |
3/27/1993 Upload Date: 1/17/2018 4:26:09 AM |
| Location: |
Messengerville, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Winter,Steam,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
NYSW 142(2-8-2) |
| Views: |
222 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Steaming south |
| Description: |
Looking for all the world like an early 1950s secondary train, the Maple Festival train pulls out of Cortland, the engine sending a large plume of smoke skyward. |
| Photo Date: |
3/27/1993 Upload Date: 1/17/2018 4:30:22 AM |
| Location: |
Cortland, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Winter,Station,Steam,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
NYSW 142(2-8-2) |
| Views: |
244 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Like the 40s |
| Description: |
NYSW 142 is ready to go on its move from Cortland to the Maple Festival in Marathon. The steamer next to the DLW stbtion and crossing guard tower evokes the feel of a much earlier era. |
| Photo Date: |
3/27/1993 Upload Date: 1/17/2018 4:57:12 AM |
| Location: |
Cortland, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Winter,Station,Steam,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
NYSW 142(2-8-2) |
| Views: |
220 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
View from the interstate |
| Description: |
One of the more scenic views along I 81 is near a place called Hoxie Gorge, between MP 46 and 47 on the highway. Im at the north end of the bridge to catch the train down in the valley. |
| Photo Date: |
3/27/1993 Upload Date: 1/17/2018 5:00:56 AM |
| Location: |
Messengerville, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Winter,Steam,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
NYSW 142(2-8-2) |
| Views: |
217 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Making a show of it |
| Description: |
NYSW 142 was the power on the south end of the Maple Festival train, and it made a good show of getting out of town on a very cold Saturday morning. |
| Photo Date: |
3/27/1993 Upload Date: 1/17/2018 5:24:26 AM |
| Location: |
Cortland, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Winter,Station,Steam,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
NYSW 142(2-8-2) |
| Views: |
292 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
No, its not a push-pull |
| Description: |
Despite the appearance3 the RDC on the end of the train will not be acting as a cab car on todays Maple Festival train. The honor of leading will fall to 2-8-2 142, which will couple on shortly. |
| Photo Date: |
3/27/1993 Upload Date: 1/17/2018 5:04:50 AM |
| Location: |
Cortland, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Winter,Station,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
NYSW M1(RDC1) |
| Views: |
483 Comments: 0 |
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| 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: |
317 Comments: 0 |
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| 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: |
305 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
GEs leading |
| Description: |
Conrail had a good sized stable of GEs, even before the B- and C40s came out in the late 80s and into the 90s. One of them, a C36-7, a model they had 25 of, leads three EMD's with DABU through Campville in an after work grab shot. |
| Photo Date: |
4/15/1993 Upload Date: 1/23/2018 6:31:20 AM |
| Location: |
Campville, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 6627(C36-7) |
| Views: |
311 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Racks away |
| Description: |
DABU rolls its racks away from me, passing the automatic at MP 231 in the process. |
| Photo Date: |
4/15/1993 Upload Date: 1/24/2018 4:15:02 AM |
| Location: |
Campville, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,RollingStock,Signal,Action |
| Locomotives: |
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186 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Alcos north |
| Description: |
CP was still actively using their Alco/MLW fleet at this time, mostly on the old D&H, though occasionally, one would get through on the Tier. Train 553 heads for St Luc, just out of Binghamton with a pair of them, one six, one four axle, rolling through the south end of Bevier St with 33 cars. |
| Photo Date: |
4/17/1993 Upload Date: 1/21/2018 4:24:10 AM |
| Location: |
Binghamton, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Yard,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CP 4569(M630) |
| Views: |
406 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Coming around |
| Description: |
Theres a sharp curve at MP 230, just as the train enters Campville, and it makes for a dramatic entrance to a nothing town. BUOI rolls 60 cars through at 40 MPH as it makes its way east to its next call at Binghamton. |
| Photo Date: |
4/20/1993 Upload Date: 1/23/2018 6:38:00 AM |
| Location: |
Campville, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 6703(SD50) CR 6768(SD50) |
| Views: |
459 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
On my way home |
| Description: |
One of the pluses of living and working within earshot of the Tier was that I often would catch a train going somewhere when I got out of work. Today it was BUOI, about to pass under NY 17C. I had chased from my workplace in Owego, shot him in Campville and here, and now had a five minute trip home. Note the semaphore behind the covered hopper, 7th head car. |
| Photo Date: |
4/20/1993 Upload Date: 1/24/2018 4:06:50 AM |
| Location: |
Endicott, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 6703(SD50) CR 6768(SD50) |
| Views: |
427 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Yes, its really April |
| Description: |
A not all that freak snowstorm left a few inches of snow on the Tier on a late April day. I caught an 87 car 558 rolling through Campville on this glorious spring day. |
| Photo Date: |
4/22/1993 Upload Date: 1/21/2018 5:19:39 AM |
| Location: |
Campville, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Winter,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CP 5745(SD40-2) CP 5563(SD40) GATX 7362(SD40-2) |
| Views: |
563 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
By a semaphore |
| Description: |
Train 557 rolls west past one of the then plentiful semaphores on the Southern Tier. Today's train has 8 freight ahead of 43 TOFC. |
| Photo Date: |
4/23/1993 Upload Date: 1/21/2018 4:31:18 AM |
| Location: |
Barton, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Signal,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CP 5407(SD40) CP 5548(SD40) |
| Views: |
374 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Erie station |
| Description: |
Train 557 rolls its 43 COFC and 8 freight around the curve and past the old Erie station. |
| Photo Date: |
4/23/1993 Upload Date: 1/31/2018 4:56:18 AM |
| Location: |
Chemung, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Station,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CP 5407(SD40) CP 5548(SD40) |
| Views: |
357 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Anoher semaphore |
| Description: |
Train 557 rolls past the next signal west from Barton, this on also a semaphore. There were two here, but not directly across from each other, and getting that shot from the road was not possible, since the westbound signal was behind a building. The pre Dash 2 SD 40's were common on these trains. |
| Photo Date: |
4/23/1993 Upload Date: 1/21/2018 5:10:46 AM |
| Location: |
Waverly, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Signal,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CP 5407(SD40) CP 5548(SD40) |
| Views: |
391 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
On the rocks |
| Description: |
CP 557 rolls west along the rock wall at the east end of Wellsburg, at the crossing of the connector to Lowman. |
| Photo Date: |
4/23/1993 Upload Date: 1/31/2018 4:47:20 AM |
| Location: |
Waverly, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CP 5407(SD40) CP 5548(SD40) |
| Views: |
317 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Turbo |
| Description: |
At the time of this visit to Syracuse, Amtrak was still using Turbos for many of its Empire Service trains. One of them is making its stop at the old station at Dewitt Yard, and will shortly be on its way to Utica. |
| Photo Date: |
4/24/1993 Upload Date: 2/6/2018 4:39:59 AM |
| Location: |
Syracuse, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
AMTK 150(Turboliner) |
| Views: |
367 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
GO, gone |
| Description: |
An ex GO Transit unit leads this westbound Empire Service train leaving Syracuse. |
| Photo Date: |
4/24/1993 Upload Date: 2/6/2018 4:50:47 AM |
| Location: |
Syracuse, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
AMTK 199(GP40TC) |
| Views: |
300 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Peek a boo |
| Description: |
WAFU 12 is pulling down to the west end of the yard for its return trip to Fulton, seen under the trailer of an eastbound Trailvan. |
| Photo Date: |
4/24/1993 Upload Date: 2/7/2018 4:24:32 AM |
| Location: |
Syracuse, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
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Yard,Action |
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CR 1925(B23-7) CR 3003(GP40) CR 1929(B23-7) CR 1947(B23-7) |
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| Title: |
B Boats galore |
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Upstate NY was overrun with GEs, largely because Selkirk was the maintenance base for many of them, among them the 50 C30-7As, a unit unique to Conrail. There were also hordes of B 23-7s, which mostly worked in yard and local assignments. One of those was Fulton based local WAFU 12, seen here arriving at Dewitt with 78 cars behind its four GEs. |
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4/24/1993 Upload Date: 2/7/2018 4:41:30 AM |
| Location: |
Syracuse, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Yard,Action |
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CR 1929(B23-7) CR 1947(B23-7) CR 1962(B23-7) CR 2808(B23-7) |
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Another GE |
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One more B 23 works with some intermodal cars over near the old produce terminal. |
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4/24/1993 Upload Date: 2/7/2018 4:43:37 AM |
| Location: |
Syracuse, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Yard,Action |
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CR 1966(B23-7) |
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| Title: |
Stacks close up |
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An eastbound unidentified stack train rolls toward the Amtrak station on the near track, as it has no work here, and will go right by with 88 platforms and 2 COFC. |
| Photo Date: |
4/24/1993 Upload Date: 1/31/2018 5:07:24 AM |
| Location: |
Syracuse, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
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Action |
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CR 3326(GP40-2) CR 3315(GP40-2) CR 3348(GP40-2) CR 3367(GP40-2) |
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Pulling it out |
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An unidentified westbound with a set of four motor power pulls 59 cars of mixed freight from the west end of Dewitt. |
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4/24/1993 Upload Date: 1/31/2018 5:09:14 AM |
| Location: |
Syracuse, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Yard,Action |
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CR 3329(GP40-2) CR 3396(GP40-2) CR 8147(GP38-2) |
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415 Comments: 0 |
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TV 79 |
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TV 79 was one of the hottest trains on the railroad, only a little cooler than TVLA, which was a direct run through to the Santa Fe. TV 79 also handled Santa Fe traffic, but did not run through, and had to transfer across Chicago. I think it may have also handled cars for Chicago delivery at 51st St. Here we see it blasting through the station behind a four unit set of GP 40-2s, a common power set for this type train. |
| Photo Date: |
4/24/1993 Upload Date: 2/7/2018 4:47:59 AM |
| Location: |
Syracuse, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
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Yard,Action |
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CR 3380(GP40-2) CR 3334(GP40-2) CR 3332(GP40-2) CR 3389(GP40-2) |
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All GEs |
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This was a pretty common power set on Conrail in those days. They had gone big for GEs, and had many 4 axle units, which did exactly what the did on the NYC-handle fast intermodal trains. The descendants of the U25B have 106 platforms and 3 COFC in hand as they head west. |
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4/24/1993 Upload Date: 1/31/2018 5:16:17 AM |
| Location: |
Syracuse, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Yard,Signal,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 5018(B36-7) CR 5057(B36-7) CR 5085(B40-8) CR 5042(B36-7) |
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| Title: |
GEs all over |
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TV 13 rolls west behind a GE leader while TV 263 with a full set of GEs makes a pick up. |
| Photo Date: |
4/24/1993 Upload Date: 1/31/2018 5:20:20 AM |
| Location: |
Syracuse (Dewitt), NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Yard,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 5047(B36-7) CR 5018(B36-7) |
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