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| Title: |
Night BUOI |
| Description: |
BUOI is stopped at the office in Binghamton, adjacent to the old Erie freight house. I took the opportunity to get a shot of a rare unit on the Tier, C32-8 6611. These units were almost exclusive to the River and Boston Lines, as they were based out of Selkirk. This one got to Oak Island and strayed. |
| Photo Date: |
3/13/1990 Upload Date: 12/31/2015 3:58:59 AM |
| Location: |
Binghamton, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Night,Station,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 6611(C32-8) CR 6849(SD60) CR 6768(SD50) |
| Views: |
390 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
West in the gloom |
| Description: |
Another cloudy day, another OIBU. This one is at QD, working west into the rain. Note the different number boards on the power. The DLW station tower and steel frame Marconi tower are visible above the engines. |
| Photo Date: |
3/15/1990 Upload Date: 1/3/2016 1:57:34 AM |
| Location: |
Binghamton, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 3340(GP40-2) CR 8184(GP38-2) |
| Views: |
285 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Rolling for a meet |
| Description: |
TV 203 behind an SD60/SD50 combo rolls through CP Coles, and will momentarily meet NYSW NY 10, which is waiting on track 2, with three B 40s. |
| Photo Date: |
3/17/1990 Upload Date: 1/3/2016 1:59:26 AM |
| Location: |
Kirkwood, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 6852(SD60) CR 6719(SD50) |
| Views: |
367 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Shuffling around |
| Description: |
WABH 11 pushes cars around the Erie yard, working at Liberty St with a B23-7.Note the ex PC covered hopper, and the NYSW's only yellow hopper in the background. An ex Rock box car fills out the classics. |
| Photo Date: |
3/19/1990 Upload Date: 1/3/2016 1:56:38 AM |
| Location: |
Binghamton, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Yard,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 2004(B23-7) |
| Views: |
293 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Getting out of town |
| Description: |
OIBU had left its train east of BD while doing its work at Binghamton. It now has its train in hand and is getting a move on toward Elmira. |
| Photo Date: |
3/24/1990 Upload Date: 12/29/2015 4:35:40 AM |
| Location: |
Binghamton, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Signal,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 6756(SD50) CR 6632(C36-7) CR 6806(SD50) |
| Views: |
341 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Rolling through |
| Description: |
TV 203 rolls past BD as it makes its way downtown to a crew change, and then on to Buffalo. |
| Photo Date: |
3/31/1990 Upload Date: 1/7/2016 3:06:24 AM |
| Location: |
Binghamton, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 5077(B40-8) CR 5082(B40-8) CR 5070(B40-8) |
| Views: |
386 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Gloomy westbound |
| Description: |
OIBU rolls past the equipment cabin at BD on a gloomy Saturday. |
| Photo Date: |
4/6/1990 Upload Date: 1/6/2016 2:31:20 AM |
| Location: |
Binghamton, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 6722(SD50) CR 6865(SD60) |
| Views: |
284 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
B boats |
| Description: |
This would be a common power consists coming out of Oak Point for the transfer to the LIRR. Not so much out of Oak Island on a road train. A trio of B23-7s work at Binghamton with OIBU. This view gives a good overview of the Erie station area. The cars are parked on the site of the Erie passenger station, a large building that was razed shortly after CR took over the Tier. The brick building seen under the Chenango St bridge is the old Erie freight house, which itself would come down in 1999. |
| Photo Date: |
4/22/1990 Upload Date: 1/7/2016 3:03:02 AM |
| Location: |
Binghamton, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 1910(B23-7) CR 1993(B23-7) CR 2814(B23-7) |
| Views: |
417 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Three SDs |
| Description: |
A trio of SDs have OIBU in hand today as does its work at Binghamton. The circus is in town, the train tied up over on the DLW side, seen to the right of the lead unit. |
| Photo Date: |
4/25/1990 Upload Date: 1/7/2016 3:09:43 AM |
| Location: |
Binghamton, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 6857(SD60) CR 6405(SD40-2) CR 6370(SD40-2) |
| Views: |
396 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
OIBU around the curve |
| Description: |
After a long more or less straight run along the George F Highway from JC, the railroad took a hard turn to the right as it entered Endwell. This was a 45 MPH curve in EL days, when the speed here was 50. A pair of new C40-8Ws roll into it as they head for Elmira and Buffalo. |
| Photo Date: |
6/17/1990 Upload Date: 1/11/2016 3:19:01 AM |
| Location: |
Endwell, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 6065(C40-8W) CR 6064(C40-8W) CR 6654(SD45-2) |
| Views: |
492 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Downtown doings |
| Description: |
OIBU works at Binghamton with a pair of new C40-8Ws. We also get a good look at remaining facilities on the DLW side: the station, and the Marconi tower, a historical landmark. |
| Photo Date: |
6/17/1990 Upload Date: 1/11/2016 3:29:45 AM |
| Location: |
Binghamton, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Yard,Station,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 6065(C40-8W) CR 6064(C40-8W) CR 6654(SD45-2) |
| Views: |
428 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Backing down |
| Description: |
OIBU has made its set off at QD yard, and is now backing onto his train under the conductors watchful eye. He'll take 50 cars out of town today. Off to the far right, the power for WABH 11 is hiding over on the DLW side. |
| Photo Date: |
7/5/1990 Upload Date: 1/16/2016 2:23:33 AM |
| Location: |
Binghamton, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Yard,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 6043(C40-8) CR 6042(C40-8) CR 6783(SD50) |
| Views: |
435 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Pulling |
| Description: |
OIBU has gotten back on his train and is now starting to pull its 50 cars west. We have here a good view of the station area. The concrete pad behind the lead unit is the location of the Erie station. Under the middle of the overpass is the Erie freight house, the red brick building. It will be torn down in 1999. In the right background, we see the station tower on the DLW station, as well as the steel frame of the Marconi tower, which was used to mount an antenna for an early radio application. To the left of the radio tower, we see the smokestack for the station powerhouse, which not only provided heat for the station, but also for the steam lines that heated the set out cars that were dropped or picked up here. |
| Photo Date: |
7/5/1990 Upload Date: 1/16/2016 4:39:41 AM |
| Location: |
Binghamton, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 6043(C40-8) CR 6042(C40-8) CR 6783(SD50) |
| Views: |
289 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Starting over the bridge |
| Description: |
The steelwork for the Chenango River bridge actually starts before the tracks are at the river bank, as the structure also vaults over Water St before reaching the water. OIBU is on this part of the bridge as we look up, about to cross the Chenango, and head out the west side. |
| Photo Date: |
7/5/1990 Upload Date: 1/16/2016 4:42:03 AM |
| Location: |
Binghamton, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Bridge,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 6043(C40-8) CR 6042(C40-8) CR 6783(SD50) |
| Views: |
346 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Working Goudy |
| Description: |
The main activity on the Vestal Spur, the remaining piece of the DLW west of Binghamton, was the NYSEG Goudy Generating Station, which got 90 or so cars twice weekly. The coal would come in on UNG trains, which dropped the loads at Binghamton. WABH 11 would get the task of switching out the plant. Since CR assigned a single 4 motor unit to that job-they didnt allow 6 axle units on the spur, it would take the cars down in 45 car cuts, and work the plant solo. It could be an all day affair for the local, since the plant yard was oddly configured, and there was a lot of see sawing to get loads in, and empties out. Thats the NY 201 overpass above the train. |
| Photo Date: |
7/9/1990 Upload Date: 1/11/2016 3:13:59 AM |
| Location: |
Johnson City, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 1982(B23-7) |
| Views: |
295 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Going west in the gloom |
| Description: |
OIBU has done its work and is now ready to head west into the rain. |
| Photo Date: |
7/9/1990 Upload Date: 1/16/2016 2:24:54 AM |
| Location: |
Binghamton, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Yard,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 6772(SD50) CR 6720(SD50) CR 6329(SD40) |
| Views: |
407 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Into the shadows |
| Description: |
OIBU rolls west at Endicott, late enough in the day so that the sun is casting a shadow from the trees. The lead unit has just made it into the shade, but the trailing power is still lit. |
| Photo Date: |
7/27/1990 Upload Date: 1/24/2016 3:21:42 AM |
| Location: |
Endicott, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 6850(SD60) CR 6582(C30-7A) CR 6766(SD50) |
| Views: |
307 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Close up |
| Description: |
A close up shot of WABH 11, its B23-7 smoking as it shoves its train into the yard. Note the yellow on the pilot-this unit is set up to work in Metro North territory, the pilot cut on the edges to accommodate the third rail. |
| Photo Date: |
7/30/1990 Upload Date: 1/24/2016 3:12:53 AM |
| Location: |
Binghamton, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 1937(B23-7) |
| Views: |
281 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Pushing them in |
| Description: |
WABH 11 works its cars at the west end of the yard. |
| Photo Date: |
7/30/1990 Upload Date: 1/24/2016 3:16:37 AM |
| Location: |
Binghamton, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Yard,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 1937(B23-7) |
| Views: |
187 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Late afternoon stacks |
| Description: |
TV 200 approaches the NY 17C overpass in Endicott as it rolls its 140 APL platforms to a crew change in Binghamton. |
| Photo Date: |
8/1/1990 Upload Date: 1/18/2016 5:12:16 AM |
| Location: |
Endicott, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 6458(SD40-2) CR 6436(SD40-2) CR 6728(SD50) CR 6714(SD50) |
| Views: |
412 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Rolling away |
| Description: |
TV200X rolls through Kirkwood and away from Binghamton behind a trio of Santa Fe units. |
| Photo Date: |
8/8/1990 Upload Date: 1/21/2016 1:37:06 AM |
| Location: |
Kirkwood, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
ATSF 8092(C30-7) ATSF 5335(SD45u) ATSF 8041(C30-7) |
| Views: |
340 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Yellowbonnets roll east |
| Description: |
TV200S rolls 140 APL platforms east about to pass under the NY 17C overpass at west Endicott. |
| Photo Date: |
8/8/1990 Upload Date: 1/21/2016 1:38:33 AM |
| Location: |
Endicott, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
ATSF 8092(C30-7) ATSF 5335(SD45u) ATSF 8041(C30-7) |
| Views: |
334 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Gas station grab |
| Description: |
BUOI rolls its 48 cars out of the curve at Endwell, starting along the George F Highway. I was getting gas at the Hess station there. Hearing the train blow for Avenue B, just to the west, I was able to grab my camera and get the shot. That gas station is a used car lot now. It was a great place to stop for gas if you needed to keep an eye on the tracks. |
| Photo Date: |
8/13/1990 Upload Date: 1/24/2016 3:19:41 AM |
| Location: |
Endwell, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 6074(C40-8W) CR 6078(C40-8W) |
| Views: |
242 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Soft light |
| Description: |
OIBU departs Binghamton as the soft late afternoon light hits the power. |
| Photo Date: |
8/23/1990 Upload Date: 1/18/2016 5:08:47 AM |
| Location: |
Binghamton, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Yard,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 6451(SD40-2) CR 6441(SD40-2) CR 1990(B23-7) |
| Views: |
466 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Rail train |
| Description: |
A rail train is at Binghamton, showing the two types of 2300 HP units on the Conrail roster, a newer B23-7 and a U23B. The U boats still had a couple of years left a this time, and could be found on various MOW trains, as well as some locals. |
| Photo Date: |
8/28/1990 Upload Date: 1/26/2016 4:35:48 AM |
| Location: |
Binghamton, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Yard,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 1965(B23-7) CR 2765(U23B) |
| Views: |
285 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
On the double track |
| Description: |
OIBU rolls onto the double track at Coles behind one of the three SD 60 demonstrators it picked up from EMD as it approaches Binghamton with 93 cars. It will be downtown in another five minutes. |
| Photo Date: |
8/28/1990 Upload Date: 1/26/2016 4:46:09 AM |
| Location: |
Kirkwood, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Signal,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 6841(SD60) CR 6798(SD50) |
| Views: |
363 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
Hustling home |
| Description: |
WABH 11 rolls through BD on its way back to the yard after switching in Kirkwood. In the background, CP power on MEBU is hiding in the shrubbery. It will go west on track 3, avoiding WABH 11 working at QD. It will join the Tier at Johnson, out on the west side. |
| Photo Date: |
9/5/1990 Upload Date: 1/28/2016 2:37:55 AM |
| Location: |
Binghamton, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 1965(B23-7) CP 5684(SD40-2) |
| Views: |
516 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Putting it away |
| Description: |
WABH 11 puts its train away, spotting cars to be picked up by the road trains to be taken to far away places. Note the signal mast: it is now bereft of signals. This mast once carried the distant signal for CP Johnson(formerly West BD), where the old DLW tied into the Tier, an arrangement completed by the Erie and Lackawanna in 1959. Now there is one long block between BD and Johnson. In a few more years, the mast itself will come down, and one of the more recognizable parts of the EL in Binghamton will be gone. The Erie freight house, at right, will last til 1999 before it, too, becomes a memory. |
| Photo Date: |
9/5/1990 Upload Date: 1/28/2016 2:42:41 AM |
| Location: |
Binghamton, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Yard,Signal,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 1965(B23-7) |
| Views: |
298 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Birthday unit |
| Description: |
BUOIs 37 cars are under the care of CR 1959, numbered for the year I was born. The light aint great, but you see why I had to get the shot. |
| Photo Date: |
9/14/1990 Upload Date: 1/28/2016 2:23:47 AM |
| Location: |
Endicott, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 1959(B23-7) CR 3343(GP40-2) |
| Views: |
269 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
DLW bridge |
| Description: |
WABH 11 with a U23B rolls across the ex DLW Chenango River bridge with cars from the Vestal Spur. |
| Photo Date: |
9/18/1990 Upload Date: 1/29/2016 4:21:42 AM |
| Location: |
Binghamton, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Bridge,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 2792(U23B) |
| Views: |
257 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
SD 60s |
| Description: |
A pair of new SD 60s has OIBU working at Binghamton. |
| Photo Date: |
10/8/1990 Upload Date: 1/29/2016 4:06:30 AM |
| Location: |
Binghamton, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 6854(SD60) CR 6852(SD60) |
| Views: |
313 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Storm light |
| Description: |
Low sun lights the power on OIBU with dark gray clouds as a backdrop as it works at QD. |
| Photo Date: |
10/13/1990 Upload Date: 1/29/2016 4:02:23 AM |
| Location: |
Binghamton, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 6379(SD40-2) CR 6261(SD40) |
| Views: |
315 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Making him wait |
| Description: |
Conrail was not shy about making the D&H wait on the Tier, but occasionally practicality and common sense won out. Today is one of those days, as BUME rolls 49 cars through West BD on track 2, headed for East Binghamton, while an XCL empty coal train cools its heels on the former DLW, having come out track 3 from downtown with 35 hoppers for Clearfield PA. That's the Vestal Spur in the lower right corner, the remaining portion of what was the DLW's 70 MPH main line. It now runs a few miles out to Vestal to serve the few remaining local customers. |
| Photo Date: |
11/12/1990 Upload Date: 1/31/2016 2:44:36 AM |
| Location: |
Binghamton, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Signal,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 6027(C40-8) CR 6638(C36-7) CP 5670(SD40-2) PLM 3019(SD40-2) CP 5682(SD40-2) |
| Views: |
915 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Underway |
| Description: |
The XCL train starts west, having gotten the board now that CP has cleared. It will be a gloomy trip to Gang Mills, as the typical Southern Tier gloom is hanging low. That lumpy track at right is the Vestal Spur. When NS got the line in the 1999 split, it started running C40-9's on that line-like it did everywhere else. By 2002, it bit the bullet and spent a bunch of money on ties and resurfacing, which it sorely needed after years of Conrail running heavy coal trains on it to the NYSEG power plant several times a week, but doing virtually no maintenance. The light building at far right is the NY State office building, affectionately known as the "SOB". It had a fire in the basement in 1981, and was unoccupied for 15 years while the PCB's released from electrical equipment were cleaned up. It was the poster child for government efficiency in NY. |
| Photo Date: |
11/12/1990 Upload Date: 1/31/2016 2:47:27 AM |
| Location: |
Binghamton, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Signal,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 6027(C40-8) CR 6638(C36-7) |
| Views: |
366 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
GE local |
| Description: |
A B23-7 has WABH 11 today as it sits behind the Rocket Plaza on Upper Court St in the Town of Kirkwood. Power for this job was typically an EMD, often a GP 40 by this time, but GEs occasionally showed up. |
| Photo Date: |
1/4/1991 Upload Date: 4/14/2015 2:44:37 AM |
| Location: |
Kirkwood, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 1936(B23-7) |
| Views: |
199 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Onto the double track |
| Description: |
OIBU rolls past CP Coles-note the signal at right-and onto the double track as it heads downtown to do its work before moving on to Elmira. |
| Photo Date: |
1/4/1991 Upload Date: 4/14/2015 3:03:52 AM |
| Location: |
Kirkwood, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Signal,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 6811(SD50) CR 6640(C36-7) CR 6811(SD50) CR 6640(C36-7) |
| Views: |
297 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Dreary westbound |
| Description: |
OIBU rolls toward Binghamton on a cloudy day with 71 cars in tow. |
| Photo Date: |
2/24/1991 Upload Date: 4/11/2015 3:46:06 AM |
| Location: |
Kirkwood, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 6748(SD50) CR 6785(SD50) |
| Views: |
322 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Rolling east |
| Description: |
BUOI rolls past the Kirkwood water plant and Willow Run Foods on its way out of Binghamton. |
| Photo Date: |
3/10/1991 Upload Date: 4/11/2015 3:40:28 AM |
| Location: |
Kirkwood, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 6701(SD50) CR 6718(SD50) CR 6480(SD40-2) |
| Views: |
443 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Not quite gone |
| Description: |
OIBU rolls into Coles with a bay window caboose behind the power. Every once in a while one would show up. |
| Photo Date: |
3/23/1991 Upload Date: 4/9/2015 3:02:33 AM |
| Location: |
Kirkwood, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 6717(SD50) CR 6700(SD50) |
| Views: |
380 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
New units at night |
| Description: |
Within a week of their delivery, a pair of CR Quality units appeared on a coal train. We were able to get a couple of night shots at Johnson while they were waiting for OIBU(with a pair of C32-8s!!) to pick them up and go west. |
| Photo Date: |
3/28/1991 Upload Date: 9/21/2012 5:51:29 PM |
| Location: |
Binghamton, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Night,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 6106(C40-8W) CR 6107(C40-8W) CR 6755(SD50) |
| Views: |
667 Comments: 3 |
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| Title: |
Concrete rules |
| Description: |
One of the things that the DLW was noted for, and in some places, the Erie as well, was concrete structures. Here we see and XCL empty coal train sitting on the Jarvis St overpass on Binghamtons west side, a couple of spanking new Quality C 40s in the lead over a 60 year old bridge. |
| Photo Date: |
3/28/1991 Upload Date: 4/11/2015 3:00:51 AM |
| Location: |
Binghamton, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Bridge,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 6106(C40-8W) CR 6107(C40-8W) CR 6755(SD50) |
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476 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
New power |
| Description: |
A brand new pair of CR Quality C40-8Ws lead an XCL empty coal train on the west side of Binghamton. It will leave after dark, giving a bunch of us a chance to get some night photos. |
| Photo Date: |
3/28/1991 Upload Date: 4/11/2015 3:04:57 AM |
| Location: |
Binghamton, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 6106(C40-8W) CR 6107(C40-8W) CR 6755(SD50) |
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513 Comments: 0 |
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Odd power at night |
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OIBU behind a pair of Conrail only C32-8s waits at Johnson. The second two units are a pair of new C40-8's in the CR Quality scheme that were just lifted off an XCL coal train |
| Photo Date: |
3/28/1991 Upload Date: 4/11/2015 3:18:17 AM |
| Location: |
Binghamton, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Night,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 6615(C32-8) CR 6618(C32-8) CR 6106(C40-8W) CR 6107(C40-8W) |
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496 Comments: 0 |
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Tie a yellow ribbon |
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During the first Iraq war, Conrail decorated SD 50 6707 with a yellow ribbon in support of the troops who had gone to Kuwait and Iraq to serve in that conflict. Here we see the unit second in consist on a monster 144 car OIBU at CP Johnson. |
| Photo Date: |
3/28/1991 Upload Date: 9/21/2012 6:11:50 PM |
| Location: |
Binghamton, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 6634(C36-7) CR 6707(SD50) CR 6825(SD50) |
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703 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Medium Clear |
| Description: |
OIBU has the signal to come off the Johnson Runner at CP Johnson on the west side of Binghamton |
| Photo Date: |
3/28/1991 Upload Date: 10/8/2011 2:38:47 AM |
| Location: |
Binghamton, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Night,Signal,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 6615(C32-8) CR 6618(C32-8) |
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412 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
C40 in the gloom |
| Description: |
A C40-8 leads OIBU past the home signal at BD on one of the many cloudy days that spring. |
| Photo Date: |
4/24/1991 Upload Date: 3/17/2015 4:39:29 AM |
| Location: |
Binghamton, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Signal,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 6035(C40-8) |
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186 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Getting into town |
| Description: |
OIBU approaches the home signal at BD as it gets into Binghamton with 94 cars under an almost full moon. |
| Photo Date: |
4/25/1991 Upload Date: 4/9/2015 3:06:42 AM |
| Location: |
Binghamton, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 6787(SD50) CR 6005(C39-8) |
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266 Comments: 0 |
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Headed west |
| Description: |
OIBU has done its Binghamton work and is now rolling through Endicott, seen at Hayes Av. |
| Photo Date: |
4/25/1991 Upload Date: 4/9/2015 3:10:33 AM |
| Location: |
Endicott, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 6787(SD50) CR 6005(C39-8) |
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331 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Late day BUOI |
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The late afternoon finds BUOI rolling into Endicott behind a pair of new C40-8s in the CR Quality scheme. Todays train is 43 cars under a big sky. |
| Photo Date: |
4/30/1991 Upload Date: 4/9/2015 2:43:15 AM |
| Location: |
Endicott, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Signal,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 6131(C40-8W) CR 6129(C40-8W) |
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256 Comments: 0 |
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By the station |
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Or where it used to be. OIBU and today's 51 cars pull up to the place where the Erie station once stood, and where I am standing now. It was a large structure, similar to most of the larger town Erie stations, such as Kent OH, or Port Jervis. It was razed shortly after CR was formed in 1976. The freight house still stands, seen beyond the Chenango St bridge. At this time in 1991, there were still offices in the building, but it too would meet the wrecking ball in the late 90s. |
| Photo Date: |
5/5/1991 Upload Date: 3/15/2015 4:55:04 AM |
| Location: |
Binghamton, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 6004(C39-8) CR 6460(SD40-2) |
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335 Comments: 1 |
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