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| Title: |
Sky of gray, sea of green |
| Description: |
With apologies to the Beatles. Sky of blue was a some time thing in this region, but the green was everywhere, even on the diesels. MEBU and 68 cars in the green of summer corn. |
| Photo Date: |
7/6/1990 Upload Date: 1/16/2016 2:09:54 AM |
| Location: |
Barton, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
NYSW 6515(SD45) NYSW 6366(SD45) NYSW 3622(SD45) |
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107 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Used to be three here |
| Description: |
MEBU rolls west at Waverly, where there is a lot of space between tracks 1 and 2. Up til the end of EL days, there was a siding between the two, one of two places on the Tier where this existed, the other being on the Buffalo Sub at Canaseraga. |
| Photo Date: |
7/6/1990 Upload Date: 1/16/2016 4:28:16 AM |
| Location: |
Waverly, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
NYSW 6515(SD45) NYSW 6366(SD45) NYSW 3622(SD45) |
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100 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Flying meet |
| Description: |
Catching a meet on a double track railroad is a chancy prospect: you have to be in exactly the right place at exactly the right time. I was on this day, as BUME behind a set of NYSW power, meets TV 203 at speed. Shot from the car window. |
| Photo Date: |
7/7/1990 Upload Date: 1/15/2016 1:52:05 AM |
| Location: |
Rathbone, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
NYSW 4006(B40-8) NYSW 3622(SD45) CR 6088(C40-8W) CR 6055(C40-8W) CR 6021(C39-8) |
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351 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Susprised |
| Description: |
I was heading east on NY 17C when I ran across this guy. Wish I had known, could have gotten a better shot. Even so, hard to resist a grab shot of an ex Reading unit still in green and one of the rebuilt lightning stripe units on this ABBU. |
| Photo Date: |
7/7/1990 Upload Date: 1/12/2016 3:45:20 AM |
| Location: |
Tioga Center, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
DH 7410(GP39-2) DH 7307(GP38-2) |
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361 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Leaving town |
| Description: |
BUME rolls out the east end of Owego, which is welcoming folks heading west along NY 17C. Theyre probably glad to see the train go, as its 60 cars have the crossings tied up. |
| Photo Date: |
7/7/1990 Upload Date: 1/12/2016 4:07:13 AM |
| Location: |
Owego, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
NYSW 4028(B40-8) NYSW 4024(B40-8) NYSW 3634(SD45) |
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337 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Waiting |
| Description: |
BUMEs power has passed between the blades at Tioga Center. The eastbound signal has yet to fall. |
| Photo Date: |
7/7/1990 Upload Date: 1/12/2016 4:13:00 AM |
| Location: |
Tioga Center, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Signal,Action |
| Locomotives: |
NYSW 4028(B40-8) NYSW 4024(B40-8) NYSW 3634(SD45) |
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332 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Coming around |
| Description: |
BUME rolls around the big curve a mile west of Smithboro. |
| Photo Date: |
7/7/1990 Upload Date: 1/12/2016 4:17:37 AM |
| Location: |
Smithboro, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
NYSW 4028(B40-8) NYSW 4024(B40-8) NYSW 3634(SD45) |
| Views: |
355 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Bright yellow |
| Description: |
MEBUs lead unit really brightens up in the late day sun as it passes under the signal bridge on the main at Silver Springs. |
| Photo Date: |
7/7/1990 Upload Date: 1/16/2016 2:07:05 AM |
| Location: |
Silver Springs, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Signal,Action |
| Locomotives: |
NYSW 4028(B40-8) |
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118 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Empty grain |
| Description: |
ABBU, grain empties from the Port of Albany, get a move on passing QD at the old Erie station site behind a set of yellowjackets. |
| Photo Date: |
7/9/1990 Upload Date: 1/16/2016 1:45:07 AM |
| Location: |
Binghamton, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Action |
| Locomotives: |
NYSW 3632(SD45) NYSW 3612(SD45) |
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296 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Shaky HAN |
| Description: |
HAN 1 rolls west along the Susquehanna on a day gloomy enough to make the power blur as it goes past. The NS unit was a surprise. NYSW had enough power most of the time that they did not need to run NS or CSX power through to Jersey any more, and it had become unusual to see it in Bingamton by this time. It would have a resurgence later in the 90s as stack traffic increased, and the 20 CSX financed B 40s went back to them after the CP purchase of the D&H. |
| Photo Date: |
7/11/1990 Upload Date: 1/16/2016 1:50:27 AM |
| Location: |
Campville, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
NYSW 4036(B40-8) NS 8561(C39-8) |
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314 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Foggy morning for NY 9 |
| Description: |
NY 9 rolls out of the fog at Campville. I had just come off the hill where I lived then as the train was going west. Too bad its a work day. It would be fun to chase the three B40's and F45 that have the train in hand. |
| Photo Date: |
7/24/1990 Upload Date: 1/14/2016 5:01:20 AM |
| Location: |
Campville, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
NYSW 4036(B40-8) |
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135 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Looks like KL 1 |
| Description: |
Six NYSW units lead what looks like a KL 1, but was called MEBU on the radio. There were probably not enough cars to run the trains separately-the car count was 73 on this train-so they were combined, saving a crew start. We see the train near the Tioga County transfer station, about where the LV Auburn Branch ducked under the EL. Two of the original four B40's are on this train. |
| Photo Date: |
7/27/1990 Upload Date: 1/14/2016 4:56:22 AM |
| Location: |
Barton, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
NYSW 4008(B40-8) NYSW 4032(B40-8) NYSW 3632(SD45) NYSW 3626(SD45) NYSW 4004(B40-8) NYSW 4024(B40-8) |
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402 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Beauty and the beast |
| Description: |
Ex LV unit 7314, looking worse for wear as its paint peels, leads freshly painted 7312 around the curve at Chemung. |
| Photo Date: |
8/17/1990 Upload Date: 1/18/2016 4:44:44 AM |
| Location: |
Chemung, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
DH 7314(GP38-2) DH 7312(GP38-2) |
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423 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
Battered and beat |
| Description: |
But looking good. D&H 7314, ex LV 314, is showing its heritage as it blasts through Waverly with MEBU, a big block of K Line stacks up front. |
| Photo Date: |
8/17/1990 Upload Date: 1/18/2016 4:38:01 AM |
| Location: |
Waverly, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
DH 7314(GP38-2) DH 7312(GP38-2) |
| Views: |
389 Comments: 1 |
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