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Viewing Album:  Dad's photos-museums and tourist lines
 
By:Tom Beckett
Dates:1/1/1969 - 3/1/2012
Album Info:Dad would occasionally take us to rail museums and the like-usually, but not always, at my instigation. These are some of the shots he took at such places.
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Tunnel train
Title:  Tunnel train
Description:  A work train with a special car to check clearances in the Baltimore tunnel-see the comment below-is at the museum, providing a glimpse into the often unseen but important world of MOW.
Photo Date:  8/27/1977  Upload Date: 3/10/2016 4:50:08 AM
Location:  Baltimore B&O Museum, MD
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock,Yard
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Views:  296   Comments: 3
Shop door
Title:  Shop door
Description:  The entrance to the roundhouse at the museum
Photo Date:  8/27/1977  Upload Date: 3/10/2016 4:54:43 AM
Location:  Baltimore B&O Museum, MD
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Yard,Station
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Views:  44   Comments: 0
Tom Thumb
Title:  Tom Thumb
Description:  A replica of the famous Tom Thumb was on hand at the museum, pulling a single car with bench seats around the complex to give visitors an idea of early days on the railroad.
Photo Date:  8/27/1977  Upload Date: 3/10/2016 5:01:15 AM
Location:  Baltimore B&O Museum, MD
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Yard,Steam,Passenger,Action
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Views:  96   Comments: 0
On board
Title:  On board
Description:  The view from on the train, looking at the Tom Thumb as it makes its way around the yard.
Photo Date:  8/27/1977  Upload Date: 3/10/2016 5:17:41 AM
Location:  Baltimore B&O Museum, MD
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Yard,Steam,Passenger
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Views:  81   Comments: 0
Blow that whistle
Title:  Blow that whistle
Description:  The Tom Thumb blows steam as it sounds off. Mount Clare roundhouse is in the background.
Photo Date:  8/27/1977  Upload Date: 3/10/2016 5:22:03 AM
Location:  Baltimore B&O Museum, MD
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Yard,Steam,Passenger
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Views:  85   Comments: 0
Small C&O power
Title:  Small C&O power
Description:  The big stuff gets the attention-the streamlined pacific, the 4-8-4s, some of the early diesels. Yet it is these smaller engines that are just as important in getting the work done, such as this 4-6-0.
Photo Date:  8/27/1977  Upload Date: 3/10/2016 5:26:47 AM
Location:  Baltimore B&O Museum, MD
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Roster,Yard,Steam
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Views:  111   Comments: 1
Air pumps
Title:  Air pumps
Description:  Some steam engines had so much equipment that the air pumps were mounted in front of the smoke box, as we see here on C&O 1309. This engine is now the focus of a restoration effort.
Photo Date:  8/29/1977  Upload Date: 3/11/2016 4:13:13 AM
Location:  Baltimore B&O Museum, MD
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Roster,Yard,Steam
Locomotives:  CO 1309(2-6-6-2)
Views:  1117   Comments: 0
Rear view
Title:  Rear view
Description:  The view from the tender end of C&O 1309.
Photo Date:  8/29/1977  Upload Date: 3/11/2016 4:19:48 AM
Location:  Baltimore B&O Museum, MD
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Roster,Yard,Steam
Locomotives:  CO 1309(2-6-6-2)
Views:  689   Comments: 0
Streamliner
Title:  Streamliner
Description:  C&O shrouded several of these Hudsons following the War for crack passenger trains. John inspects the running gear. By this time, I was out of high school and had joined the ranks of the employed, and missed this trip.
Photo Date:  8/29/1977  Upload Date: 3/11/2016 4:03:45 AM
Location:  Baltimore B&O Museum, MD
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Roster,Yard,Steam
Locomotives:  CO 490(4-6-4)
Views:  508   Comments: 0
Beauty and the beast
Title:  Beauty and the beast
Description:  The shrouded Hudson lays back while the 611-not THAT 611, but this one is just as interesting-takes center stage while John takes a rest.
Photo Date:  8/29/1977  Upload Date: 3/11/2016 4:08:10 AM
Location:  Baltimore B&O Museum, MD
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Roster,Yard,Steam
Locomotives:  CO 611(4-8-4) CO 490(4-6-4)
Views:  1445   Comments: 0
John and the other 611
Title:  John and the other 611
Description:  My brother John looks over C&O 611 at the B&O Museum. This engine is sister to excursion favorite 614. UPDATE: actually, it IS the 614-see comment below.
Photo Date:  8/29/1977  Upload Date: 3/11/2016 4:10:18 AM
Location:  Baltimore B&O Museum, MD
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Roster,Yard,Steam
Locomotives:  CO 611(4-8-4)
Views:  778   Comments: 1
Speed Graphic
Title:  Speed Graphic
Description:  Dad had a lot of different cameras, as he was something of a collector. We went on this West Shore trip in 1983, and dad took along his 4x5. We stopped for a runby at Iona Island on the way back, and dad made this photo with it.
Photo Date:  5/29/1983  Upload Date: 12/4/2014 3:21:05 PM
Location:  Iona Island, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  NJT 4117(F40PH-2) NJT 4119(F40PH-2)
Views:  534   Comments: 0
Park railroad
Title:  Park railroad
Description:  The lettering says "B&B RR", but there is no such road in real life. This was the small train that ran on Toronto Island. I think dads interest was not so much the engine as it was the engineer.
Photo Date:  7/14/1985  Upload Date: 3/1/2016 4:23:59 AM
Location:  Toronto, ON
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Passenger,Action
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Views:  76   Comments: 2
Smithsonian exhibit
Title:  Smithsonian exhibit
Description:  Dad got a shot of this engine #3 at the Smithsonian. He did OK for a train that was inside a building, in ambient light.
Photo Date:  6/15/1986  Upload Date: 5/13/2016 5:12:57 AM
Location:  Washington, DC
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Roster,Steam
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Views:  49   Comments: 0
Southern model
Title:  Southern model
Description:  This brass model of a Southern Ps 4 was on display. They really like that engine there, the 1401.
Photo Date:  6/15/1986  Upload Date: 5/13/2016 5:16:45 AM
Location:  Washington, DC
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Roster,Model,Steam
Locomotives:  SOU 1401(4-6-2)
Views:  308   Comments: 0
Just a blur
Title:  Just a blur
Description:  As noted in a previous caption, they like the Ps 4s at the Smithsonian. This one is an HO model, running on a layout at the museum. The blur is partly a train too fast for the shutter speed in low light, partly because its moving.
Photo Date:  6/15/1986  Upload Date: 5/13/2016 5:23:10 AM
Location:  Washington, DC
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Model,Steam,Passenger
Locomotives:  SOU 1401(4-6-2)
Views:  304   Comments: 0
Rolling hard
Title:  Rolling hard
Description:  This Smithsonian model of a Southern pacific rolls toward the camera in a blur.
Photo Date:  6/15/1986  Upload Date: 5/19/2016 5:05:35 AM
Location:  Washington, DC
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Model,Steam,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  SOU 1401(4-6-2)
Views:  261   Comments: 0
Southern glory
Title:  Southern glory
Description:  Southern 1401 rests in stately repose at the Smithsonian.
Photo Date:  9/14/1986  Upload Date: 4/1/2016 4:06:59 AM
Location:  Washington, DC
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Roster,Steam
Locomotives:  SOU 1401(4-6-2)
Views:  289   Comments: 0
Trolley
Title:  Trolley
Description:  This trolley car was also on display at the Smithsonian
Photo Date:  9/14/1986  Upload Date: 4/1/2016 4:09:10 AM
Location:  Washington, DC
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Roster,Transit
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Views:  26   Comments: 0
CN MLW
Title:  CN MLW
Description:  Dad took a couple of this display unit, on Prince Edward Island.
Photo Date:  7/15/1997  Upload Date: 5/6/2013 1:19:32 AM
Location:  kensington, NS
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  CN 1762(RS18u)
Views:  536   Comments: 1
CN unit on display
Title:  CN unit on display
Description:  Dad got a couple of shots of this MLW stuffed and mounted on Prince Edward Island.
Photo Date:  7/17/1997  Upload Date: 5/6/2013 1:14:08 AM
Location:  kensington, NS
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  CN 1762(RS18u)
Views:  524   Comments: 2
CN station
Title:  CN station
Description:  The station is at Kensington PEI, but there is no option for that.
Photo Date:  7/17/1997  Upload Date: 10/5/2014 4:28:56 AM
Location:  kensington, NS
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Passenger
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Views:  53   Comments: 0
Covered with dandelions
Title:  Covered with dandelions
Description:  With apologies to the Talking Heads....this was once a CN line here on Prince Edward Island, now its covered with flowers. Track outside the station museum at Elmira PEI.
Photo Date:  6/19/1998  Upload Date: 5/19/2016 3:42:13 AM
Location:  elmira, NS
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Track
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Views:  41   Comments: 0
Agents desk
Title:  Agents desk
Description:  A visitor occupies the agents chair at the Elmira PEI station. No need to worry about the agent wanting his chair back. CN quit running here years ago.
Photo Date:  6/19/1998  Upload Date: 5/19/2016 3:46:35 AM
Location:  elmira, NS
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Passenger
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Views:  56   Comments: 0
Inside the museum
Title:  Inside the museum
Description:  A look at the displays inside the museum at the former CN station in Elmira PEI
Photo Date:  6/19/1998  Upload Date: 5/19/2016 3:50:59 AM
Location:  elmira, NS
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station
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Views:  59   Comments: 0
Section tools
Title:  Section tools
Description:  The museum has a good display of sectionmens tools. Much of that work is now automated.
Photo Date:  6/19/1998  Upload Date: 5/19/2016 3:55:17 AM
Location:  elmira, NS
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station
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Views:  34   Comments: 0
Ticket to ride
Title:  Ticket to ride
Description:  The ticket case at the agents desk in the Elmira statoin.
Photo Date:  6/19/1998  Upload Date: 5/19/2016 4:03:55 AM
Location:  elmira, NS
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Passenger
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Views:  51   Comments: 0
The station
Title:  The station
Description:  The exterior of the Elmira PEI station, formerly CN, now a museum.
Photo Date:  6/19/1998  Upload Date: 5/19/2016 4:05:57 AM
Location:  elmira, NS
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Passenger
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Views:  63   Comments: 1
Section gang tools
Title:  Section gang tools
Description:  More tools used by track gangs in the rear part of the museum.
Photo Date:  6/19/1998  Upload Date: 5/19/2016 4:07:00 AM
Location:  elmira, NS
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station
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Views:  56   Comments: 0

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