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CR 6641
Title:  CR 6641
Description: 
Photo Date:  4/28/1980  Upload Date: 2/1/2008 10:14:24 AM
Location:  Smithboro, NY
Author:  Sam Botts
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CR 6641(C36-7) CR 6026(C40-8)
Views:  1634   Comments: 0
P&LE 2025
Title:  P&LE 2025
Description:  Bow mty's westbound on the TIER. The abondoned Lehigh Valley ROW can be seen in the far left.
Photo Date:  2/26/1985  Upload Date: 4/30/2006 10:40:41 PM
Location:  Smithboro, NY
Author:  John C Durant
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PLE 2025(GP38) PLE 2027(GP38) PLE 2029(GP38)
Views:  2698   Comments: 0
MEC 404 near Smithboro
Title:  MEC 404 near Smithboro
Description:  Walter Schopp photo
Photo Date:  5/7/1988  Upload Date: 7/19/2021 2:53:02 PM
Location:  Smithboro, NY
Author:  Walter Schopp
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  DH 7412(GP39-2) MEC 404(U18B)
Views:  700   Comments: 3
NYSW 4046
Title:  NYSW 4046
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/20/1988  Upload Date: 1/27/2008 1:05:41 AM
Location:  Smithboro, NY
Author:  Sam Botts
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NYSW 4046(B40-8) NYSW 4032(B40-8)
Views:  1134   Comments: 0
NYSW 4012
Title:  NYSW 4012
Description: 
Photo Date:  1/21/1989  Upload Date: 6/18/2012 4:21:43 AM
Location:  Smithboro, NY
Author:  Sam Botts
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NYSW 4012(B40-8) NYSW 3636(F45)
Views:  1608   Comments: 0
CR 6734
Title:  CR 6734
Description: 
Photo Date:  2/25/1989  Upload Date: 9/29/2010 6:53:33 PM
Location:  Smithboro, NY
Author:  Sam Botts
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CR 6734(SD50)
Views:  820   Comments: 0
Westbound to gloom
Title:  Westbound to gloom
Description:  OIBU rolls west at Smithboro, about MP 246 where the tracks come up to the road after going through town.
Photo Date:  4/6/1990  Upload Date: 1/6/2016 3:14:37 AM
Location:  Smithboro, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  CR 6859(SD60) NS 6108(SD40-2) CR 3288(GP40-2)
Views:  1120   Comments: 1
Coming round
Title:  Coming round
Description:  OIEL rolls through Smithboro, around the curve at MP 246.
Photo Date:  8/21/1990  Upload Date: 1/19/2016 5:10:27 AM
Location:  Smithboro, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  CR 6777(SD50) UP 4267(SD40-2)
Views:  819   Comments: 2
By in a blur
Title:  By in a blur
Description:  OIBU rolls 57 cars west on a gloomy day. I always went out no matter what the weather, but today was a little too dark to get a good shutter speed, blurring the lead unit.
Photo Date:  11/17/1990  Upload Date: 2/5/2016 4:24:53 AM
Location:  Smithboro, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  CR 3295(GP40-2) CR 2814(B23-7) CR 6018(C39-8)
Views:  1171   Comments: 1
NYS&W 4006
Title:  NYS&W 4006
Description:  The semaphore blade has started to drop as an eastbound D&H freight powered by a NYS&W and a PLM passes.
Photo Date:  12/14/1990  Upload Date: 2/17/2006 8:25:32 PM
Location:  Smithboro, NY
Author:  John C Durant
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NYSW 4006(B40-8) PLMX 3002(SD40)
Views:  1482   Comments: 1
CP 5774
Title:  CP 5774
Description: 
Photo Date:  1/1/1991  Upload Date: 12/13/2007 1:12:08 AM
Location:  Smithboro, NY
Author:  Sam Botts
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CP 5774(SD40-2)
Views:  1158   Comments: 1
River view
Title:  River view
Description:  OIBU rolls under the NY 282 overpass at Smithboro. The tracks are right next to the river here, but not often seen since the trees hide the view except in winter. Today, we can see the water, a nice complement to the train.
Photo Date:  1/4/1991  Upload Date: 4/14/2015 3:01:41 AM
Location:  Smithboro, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  CR 6771(SD50) CR 6784(SD50)
Views:  1313   Comments: 2
Going under
Title:  Going under
Description:  Under NY 282. We see OIBU and its 116 cars about to roll under me at Smithboro in a shot that was harder to do than it looked. The NY 282 overpass here had no shoulder, and no sidewalk, so you took your life in your hands to get the shot.
Photo Date:  5/8/1991  Upload Date: 3/13/2015 3:48:42 AM
Location:  Smithboro, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  CR 6849(SD60) CR 6847(SD60)
Views:  1032   Comments: 1
Into the curve
Title:  Into the curve
Description:  OIBU rolls into the curve west of Smithboro with 61 cars of OIBU.
Photo Date:  8/9/1991  Upload Date: 3/1/2015 3:04:32 AM
Location:  Smithboro, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  CR 6065(C40-8W) CR 6120(C40-8W)
Views:  1005   Comments: 0
Seldom seen signal
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:  1300   Comments: 0
Two 4700s on 557
Title:  Two 4700s on 557
Description:  You could count on 557 going west in daylight most days back then.
Photo Date:  4/21/1992  Upload Date: 2/7/2008 8:37:42 AM
Location:  Smithboro, NY
Author:  Jerry Albertie
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  CP 4743(M636) CP 4711(M636)
Views:  2101   Comments: 0
Leaning to the curve
Title:  Leaning to the curve
Description:  The line through Smithboro had a long tangent, then a curve as it came out of town and the tracks came back up to the road. It was an fasy shot of a westbound leaning into the curve giving an impression of high speed.
Photo Date:  5/21/1992  Upload Date: 2/7/2015 3:57:39 AM
Location:  Smithboro, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  CP 8245(GP9u) CP 5528(SD40)
Views:  1037   Comments: 0
Getting a move on
Title:  Getting a move on
Description:  OIBU pours it on as it rolls into a curve west of Smithboro in the late afternoon.
Photo Date:  7/2/1992  Upload Date: 2/5/2015 3:38:21 AM
Location:  Smithboro, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  CR 6801(SD50) CR 6584(C30-7A)
Views:  912   Comments: 2
OIBU
Title:  OIBU
Description:  OIBU rolls west as it comes up along NY 17C west of Smithboro . It will shortly be working the yard at Elmira.
Photo Date:  8/21/1992  Upload Date: 1/31/2015 1:46:55 AM
Location:  Smithboro, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  CR 6062(C40-8W) CR 6074(C40-8W)
Views:  966   Comments: 0
Straight on
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:  1304   Comments: 0
Blue hour
Title:  Blue hour
Description:  That magic time around dusk when the world takes on a blueish hue. What better for that time than a blte train?? This day its OIBU with 37 cars rolling west as the light fades.
Photo Date:  3/18/1993  Upload Date: 1/28/2015 2:04:45 AM
Location:  Smithboro, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Winter,Action
Locomotives:  CR 6137(C40-8W) CR 6324(SD40) CR 5052(B36-7)
Views:  1189   Comments: 0
Hard to get
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:  1069   Comments: 0
Running hard
Title:  Running hard
Description:  ML 401 pours it on as it rolls through Smithboro.
Photo Date:  9/10/1993  Upload Date: 1/14/2015 1:39:15 AM
Location:  Smithboro, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Signal,Action
Locomotives:  CR 5558(SD60M) CR 6038(C40-8) CR 3346(GP40-2)
Views:  1210   Comments: 1
Straight at you
Title:  Straight at you
Description:  Train 261 rolls 91 trailer flats west past the automatic at Smithboro as it races to Buffalo and an NS connection.
Photo Date:  9/25/1993  Upload Date: 1/12/2015 4:15:44 AM
Location:  Smithboro, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Signal,Action
Locomotives:  GATX 7362(SD40-2) GATX 7371(SD40-2) GATX 7361(SD40-2)
Views:  1399   Comments: 0
Signs, signs, everywhere theres signs
Title:  Signs, signs, everywhere theres signs
Description:  Or how things have changed. After the Feds bought out the assets of Penn Central, they morphed into a real estate company. Note who is selling this property. The empty space to the right of the sign is the right of way of the LV Auburn Branch, the line that hosted, among other things, the D&H Sharks for a time on the Sayre turns. Once Conrail took over, that line was abandoned, as was most of the LV west of Sayre. A fair amount of the right of way between Owego and Barton was still there, back in the trees, where it had not been plowed under by the farmers who had the easement revert to them when the line was pulled up. I dont know how much CR actually owned, or if PC was able to sell any of it. Photo is taken from NY 282 in Smithboro, just south of where it intersects with NY 17C.
Photo Date:  2/5/1994  Upload Date: 1/6/2015 5:05:24 AM
Location:  Smithboro, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Winter
Locomotives: 
Views:  423   Comments: 0
CR 4020
Title:  CR 4020
Description: 
Photo Date:  3/17/1994  Upload Date: 12/14/2009 1:12:01 PM
Location:  Smithboro, NY
Author:  Sam Botts
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CR 4020(E8A) CR 4021(E8A)
Views:  1477   Comments: 1
Snowy day
Title:  Snowy day
Description:  ML 401 rolls 111 auto racks through Smithboro on a gloomy snowy day typical of Tier winters. The trailing unit is notable as it was one of the three SD60 demonstrators.
Photo Date:  1/22/1995  Upload Date: 8/17/2014 3:21:56 AM
Location:  Smithboro, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Winter,Action
Locomotives:  CR 6111(C40-8W) CR 6793(SD50) CR 6840(SD60)
Views:  1244   Comments: 1
Last color
Title:  Last color
Description:  The last of the fall color highlights the red leader as 261 rolls under the NY 282 overpass at Smithboro.
Photo Date:  10/28/1995  Upload Date: 8/4/2014 3:17:55 AM
Location:  Smithboro, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  CP 6403(SD40) SOO 6051(SD60) SOO 6000(SD60) SOO 6029(SD60)
Views:  1810   Comments: 0
An empty hopper train rolls west over the Southern Tier main line
Title:  An empty hopper train rolls west over the Southern Tier main line
Description: 
Photo Date:  3/12/1996  Upload Date: 2/12/2008 12:19:06 PM
Location:  Smithboro, NY
Author:  Ralph Bonanno
Categories: 
Locomotives: 
Views:  370   Comments: 0
Rolling into the sun
Title:  Rolling into the sun
Description:  OIBU rolls west through Smithboro into the late day sun
Photo Date:  11/13/1996  Upload Date: 4/26/2014 2:32:34 AM
Location:  Smithboro, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Signal,Action
Locomotives:  CR 6499(SD40-2) NS 8034(C30-7) CR 7723(GP38) CR 6620(C36-7) CR 6980(SD40-2R)
Views:  1474   Comments: 0
CR 4020
Title:  CR 4020
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/14/1998  Upload Date: 2/16/2008 11:10:07 AM
Location:  Smithboro, NY
Author:  Sam Botts
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CR 4020(E8A) CR 4022(E8A) CR 4021(E8A)
Views:  1972   Comments: 5
CP 8572
Title:  CP 8572
Description: 
Photo Date:  4/7/2000  Upload Date: 2/23/2009 3:40:56 AM
Location:  Smithboro, NY
Author:  Sam Botts
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CP 8572(AC44CW) SOO 6004(SD60)
Views:  1177   Comments: 0
STLH 5615
Title:  STLH 5615
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/11/2001  Upload Date: 12/12/2007 2:29:43 PM
Location:  Smithboro, NY
Author:  Sam Botts
Categories: 
Locomotives:  STLH 5615(SD40-2) SOO 6037(SD60)
Views:  1565   Comments: 1
NS 9693
Title:  NS 9693
Description: 
Photo Date:  3/21/2002  Upload Date: 2/20/2008 11:49:27 PM
Location:  Smithboro, NY
Author:  Sam Botts
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 9693(C40-9W)
Views:  1044   Comments: 0
41T
Title:  41T
Description:  41T is led by a CN SD75I, not unusual, as it passes signal 245-1 just west of Smithboro with 51 cars
Photo Date:  10/31/2002  Upload Date: 9/29/2013 3:14:39 AM
Location:  Smithboro, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Signal,Action
Locomotives:  CN 5799(SD75I) CN 5400(SD50F) CN 2509(C44-9WL)
Views:  1673   Comments: 0
Dashing through the snow
Title:  Dashing through the snow
Description:  41T gets a good roll on as it passes a cornfield in deep snow. We got around 100" here most years.
Photo Date:  1/7/2003  Upload Date: 2/12/2017 4:30:13 AM
Location:  Smithboro, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Winter,Action
Locomotives:  CN 5728(SD75I) CN 5797(SD75I)
Views:  1388   Comments: 1
In the corn
Title:  In the corn
Description:  41T rolls past a cornfield near Smithboro, the golden stubble rising through the snow making an attractive contrast.
Photo Date:  2/9/2003  Upload Date: 2/12/2017 4:06:44 AM
Location:  Smithboro, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Winter,Action
Locomotives:  CN 2625(C44-9W) CN 2616(C44-9W) CN 5755(SD75I)
Views:  1523   Comments: 1
Different angle
Title:  Different angle
Description:  There were not too many shots at Smithboro on the south side of the tracks, but there was an angle you could get if you took the short underpass just off NY 17C between Smithboro and Barton, if the corn wasnt too high in this field. In early May, it had not yet been planted, leaving the angle open. We see 205 rolling west.
Photo Date:  5/6/2003  Upload Date: 3/9/2017 3:57:36 AM
Location:  Smithboro, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  NS 9785(C40-9W) NS 9189(C40-9W)
Views:  931   Comments: 2
Long jump
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
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  SOO 6615(SD40-2) CP 5647(SD40-2) CP 5948(SD40-2) SOO 745(SD40)
Views:  1321   Comments: 2
Red streak
Title:  Red streak
Description:  167s six units make a long red streak as the train approaches the curve down the long tangent west of Smithboro.
Photo Date:  10/7/2003  Upload Date: 10/30/2017 4:07:59 AM
Location:  Smithboro, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  CP 6041(SD40-2) CP 6077(SD40-2) CP 5730(SD40-2) CP 5970(SD40-2) CP 5668(SD40-2) CP 5642(SD40-2)
Views:  1636   Comments: 2
Leaning into the curve
Title:  Leaning into the curve
Description:  A good spot, though treed in during the summer, was off the NY 282 bridge at Smithboro. It was here I caught 12T rolling west in snowy splendor.
Photo Date:  1/29/2004  Upload Date: 6/22/2016 4:30:02 AM
Location:  Smithboro, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Winter,Action
Locomotives:  WC 7530(SD45) WC 6622(SD45) NS 5337(GP38-2) HLCX 9047(SD40M-2)
Views:  1395   Comments: 1
Snowy Tier
Title:  Snowy Tier
Description:  Train 167 rolls west with 72 cars just west of Smithboro in a typically snow covered landscape.
Photo Date:  2/24/2004  Upload Date: 6/2/2017 5:04:41 AM
Location:  Smithboro, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Winter,Action
Locomotives:  CP 5821(SD40-2) CP 5566(SD40-2) CP 5674(SD40-2) CP 5701(SD40-2)
Views:  1549   Comments: 1
Almost spring
Title:  Almost spring
Description:  The calendar said spring started 6 weeks ago, but the Tier is slow to get on board. The only thing providing color in an otherwise bleak landscape is train 167, rolling west between Smithboro and Barton.
Photo Date:  5/4/2004  Upload Date: 5/7/2017 4:19:43 AM
Location:  Smithboro, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  CP 5816(SD40-2) CP 5863(SD40-2) CP 5904(SD40-2) SOO 6052(SD60) CP 5699(SD40-2) CP 6607(SD40-2)
Views:  1706   Comments: 1
Head on
Title:  Head on
Description:  Theres a long tangent coming out of Smithboro, ending in a curve as the tracks come up to the road. Its an easy shot to get, right from the shoulder of NY 17C, which is what Ive done here as the train comes straight at me.
Photo Date:  2/1/2005  Upload Date: 10/6/2017 5:03:37 AM
Location:  Smithboro, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  CP 9682(AC44CW) CP 8578(AC44CW) CP 9804(AC44CW)
Views:  1228   Comments: 1
UP 4814 on train 933 (NS 13T)
Title:  UP 4814 on train 933 (NS 13T)
Description:  Wide angle lense accentuates the superelevated trackage.
Photo Date:  7/28/2005  Upload Date: 7/19/2008 12:47:01 PM
Location:  Smithboro, NY
Author:  Jerry Albertie
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  UP 4814(SD70M)
Views:  1091   Comments: 0
NS 39T
Title:  NS 39T
Description:  westbound on the NS portion of the Tier
Photo Date:  7/28/2005  Upload Date: 8/3/2005 6:41:34 PM
Location:  Smithboro, NY
Author:  Jerry Albertie
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CP 5912(SD40-2)
Views:  1299   Comments: 1
NS 9419 lead} two sister GEs east on 13T
Title:  NS 9419 lead} two sister GEs east on 13T
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/18/2007  Upload Date: 7/29/2007 12:05:25 PM
Location:  Smithboro, NY
Author:  Jerry Albertie
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 9419(C40-9W) NS 8421(C40-8W)
Views:  1375   Comments: 1
245E/W
Title:  245E/W
Description:  This is the signal that will replace both 2451 and 2452 in the near future.
Photo Date:  10/11/2010  Upload Date: 10/13/2010 1:38:51 AM
Location:  Smithboro, NY
Author:  Andy Bohkan
Categories: 
Locomotives: 
Views:  494   Comments: 0
2452
Title:  2452
Description:  2452 is currently dark as theres no tsaffic yet. 39T will be coming through in about an hour, followed by the 533 and H88.
Photo Date:  10/11/2010  Upload Date: 10/13/2010 1:40:13 AM
Location:  Smithboro, NY
Author:  Andy Bohman
Categories: 
Locomotives: 
Views:  442   Comments: 0
2451
Title:  2451
Description:  2451 is the only D type signal that Ive found so far. Glad I got a picture when I did!
Photo Date:  10/11/2010  Upload Date: 10/13/2010 1:42:52 AM
Location:  Smithboro, NY
Author:  Andy Bohman
Categories: 
Locomotives: 
Views:  443   Comments: 3

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