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| Title: |
Going downtown |
| Description: |
A westbound CR train has cut off its train at BD, and is taking the power, a pair of SD 40s and a GP 38, down to QD to work the Erie yard. This was my first visit to Binghamton, and I was not familiar with the symbols then; there were several trains that ran the line from Jersey to points west. A few years later, that would be trimmed to two, OIEL and OIBU. I would guess this would be OIBU, or something similar, as it showed in the afternoon, which was its usual time slot. |
| Photo Date: |
7/20/1978 Upload Date: 12/17/2016 3:51:52 AM |
| Location: |
Binghamton, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 6256(SD40) CR 6336(SD40) |
| Views: |
403 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Approaching Binghamton |
| Description: |
An intermodal train, Im guessing TV 78, about to roll into Johnson City on its approach to Binghamton. This area has seen a lot of change over the years. River Plaza to the left of the lead unit, has been mostly empty for years. The GE building above the train is now BAE Systems. To its right is now a Home Depot. The smokestack above the lead unit belongs to NYSEG's Goudy plant, a long time Conrail customer. It closed around 2005. Of course, Conrail itself is now a memory. |
| Photo Date: |
2/2/1984 Upload Date: 6/7/2014 2:21:22 AM |
| Location: |
Johnson City, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 6438(SD40-2) CR 6315(SD40) |
| Views: |
649 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Darkness at the edge of town |
| Description: |
OIBU races into the night just as the light goes at Hayes Av in Endicott. |
| Photo Date: |
2/2/1984 Upload Date: 6/7/2014 2:22:48 AM |
| Location: |
Endicott, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Night,Signal,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 6445(SD40-2) |
| Views: |
531 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Idle power |
| Description: |
An odd couple sits at BD in Binghamton-the second unit is one of only 10 C30-7's on Conrail. Not sure why these two units were sitting here. May have been power off a coal train to Johnson City. |
| Photo Date: |
8/20/1985 Upload Date: 10/8/2014 1:32:10 AM |
| Location: |
Binghamton, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 7519(GP10) CR 6609(C30-7) |
| Views: |
653 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Halfway there |
| Description: |
TV 301 has made its way up the Delaware Division and now approaches Binghamton and a ride along the Tier. |
| Photo Date: |
1/4/1986 Upload Date: 10/16/2014 2:52:09 AM |
| Location: |
Binghamton, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Winter,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 3295(GP40-2) |
| Views: |
416 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Meeting the stack |
| Description: |
BUOI starts to roll at CP Coles as TV 301 clears onto the double track. |
| Photo Date: |
1/4/1986 Upload Date: 10/16/2014 2:54:17 AM |
| Location: |
Binghamton, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Winter,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 6756(SD50) CR 6736(SD50) CR 6701(SD50) |
| Views: |
723 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
End of a long day |
| Description: |
I chased at least six trains this day, this OIBU being the last one, arriving at Binghamton late in the aftenoon behind a set of four axle power. |
| Photo Date: |
1/4/1986 Upload Date: 10/16/2014 2:56:41 AM |
| Location: |
Binghamton, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Winter,Yard,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 8087(GP38-2) CR 3329(GP40-2) CR 8169(GP38-2) CR 3347(GP40-2) |
| Views: |
753 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Back to the mine |
| Description: |
An XCL train get together and ready to head west behind a pair of GEs on one of Binghamtons typically gloomy days. The power is notable for the trailing unit, one of the ten CR only C32-8's. They normally stuck to the River and Boston Lines out of Selkirk, and rarely strayed to the Tier. |
| Photo Date: |
5/15/1987 Upload Date: 4/24/2015 2:22:35 AM |
| Location: |
Binghamton, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Bridge,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 1966(B23-7) CR 6617(C32-8) |
| Views: |
679 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
Drag race |
| Description: |
Not quite. Though it is good to see trains on the Erie and DLW sides at the same time. WABH 11 is on the Erie, heading to Kirkwood, while Guilfords BFOA heads for East Binghamton yard on the ex DLW. |
| Photo Date: |
5/15/1987 Upload Date: 4/24/2015 2:30:33 AM |
| Location: |
Binghamton, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 8211(GP38-2) NS 3268(SD40-2) NS 1609(SD40) |
| Views: |
615 Comments: 3 |
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| Title: |
Odd fellows |
| Description: |
WABH 11 with the usual GP 38 works at Binghamton as an NYOW switcher looks on. Spoiler-it's actually an NYSW unit, repainted in a heritage scheme. Speaking of heritage, how about that Rock box car?? |
| Photo Date: |
5/15/1987 Upload Date: 4/24/2015 2:47:46 AM |
| Location: |
Binghamton, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Yard,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 8211(GP38-2) NYOW 116(NW2) |
| Views: |
861 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
Coal meets cars |
| Description: |
Conrails empty coal train meets BFOA on the Chenango River bridges. The CR train is on the former Erie, while BFOA is rolling toward E Binghamton yard on the ex DLW. |
| Photo Date: |
5/15/1987 Upload Date: 4/24/2015 2:50:56 AM |
| Location: |
Binghamton, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Bridge,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 1966(B23-7) CR 6617(C32-8) NS 3268(SD40-2) NS 1609(SD40) |
| Views: |
738 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Blasting though |
| Description: |
TV 303 rolls triumphally down Court St past BD as it heads west into the Susquehanna valley, having overcome Gulf Summit and the Delaware division. It will be in Buffalo this evening. That "Dicks" sign to the left of the lead unit marks the location of the first Dicks Sporting Goods store, opened in 1947. |
| Photo Date: |
6/18/1987 Upload Date: 5/4/2015 2:17:33 AM |
| Location: |
Binghamton, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Signal,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 6634(C36-7) CR 6629(C36-7) CR 6594(C30-7A) |
| Views: |
765 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Eastbound in the snow |
| Description: |
Anywhere else, March would be a time of anticipation, as the world throws off the burdens of winter. Not so in upstate NY, where its just another month of snow and cold. BUOI is used to it, and is getting a good start on a trip down the Delaware Division to Jersey, here passing BD on the way out of town. It will be an easy trip, as the 44 cars in the train won't tax the power of the three units doing the work. |
| Photo Date: |
3/5/1988 Upload Date: 6/30/2015 4:28:24 AM |
| Location: |
Binghamton, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Winter,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 6306(SD40) CR 6379(SD40-2) CR 6456(SD40-2) |
| Views: |
595 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Rolling along Court St |
| Description: |
OIBU approaches BD along Court St as it makes its way into town to work the yard, then head on to Elmira. |
| Photo Date: |
3/14/1988 Upload Date: 7/3/2015 4:50:25 AM |
| Location: |
Binghamton, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 6015(C39-8) CR 6360(SD40-2) CR 6739(SD50) |
| Views: |
565 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Picking them up and putting them down |
| Description: |
OIBU works the middle yard at Binghamton with a pair of SDs, as is typical for the train. Note the NYSW RS 1 in the dead line at left. |
| Photo Date: |
3/14/1988 Upload Date: 6/30/2015 4:41:19 AM |
| Location: |
Binghamton, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Yard,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 6319(SD40) CR 6402(SD40-2) NYSW 252(RS1) |
| Views: |
619 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Heading uptown |
| Description: |
OIBUs power has dropped its train east of BD and is heading toward the yard. Dont know why they did it this way today; usually they just pull up to QD and do their work. |
| Photo Date: |
3/19/1988 Upload Date: 7/5/2015 4:42:01 AM |
| Location: |
Binghamton, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 2802(B23-7) CR 6764(SD50) CR 6301(SD40) |
| Views: |
477 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
West side |
| Description: |
OIBU rolls past West BD on the west side of Binghamton. This is the place where the DLW swung over to the Erie for the trip to Corning after 1959. |
| Photo Date: |
7/19/1988 Upload Date: 9/2/2015 4:33:09 AM |
| Location: |
Binghamton, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Signal,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 6501(SD40-2) CR 6358(SD40-2) |
| Views: |
621 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Busy |
| Description: |
WABH 11 is working Frito Lay with a GP 38, typical for that job at the time, as BUOI rolls east, having just worked at Binghamton. |
| Photo Date: |
8/15/1988 Upload Date: 8/28/2015 3:36:14 AM |
| Location: |
Kirkwood, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 6400(SD40-2) CR 6463(SD40-2) CR 6020(C39-8) |
| Views: |
695 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Passing by |
| Description: |
OIBU, on the left, has done its Binghamton work, and is now holding on track 1 as a late running TV 303 rolls past on track 2. It will cross over here, and run ahead of OIBU for a crew change and go at Gang Mills. The signal at right controls track 3(ex DLW) where it joins the ex Erie track 2 for the trip west. This was part of the West BD interlocking, installed in 1959 when the Erie and DLW consolidated facilities on the Tier. |
| Photo Date: |
9/8/1988 Upload Date: 8/30/2015 2:25:22 AM |
| Location: |
Binghamton, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Signal,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 6640(C36-7) CR 6512(SD40-2) CR 6457(SD40-2) CR 6628(C36-7) CR 6341(SD40) |
| Views: |
849 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Wait for it... |
| Description: |
OIBU sits at the signal on track 1, waiting for TV 303 to pass, cross over from track 2, and clear. Then it will head west. The signal at right governs moves off track 3-the former DLW-to the Erie side here at West BD, installed in 1959 as part of the consolidation of Erie and DLW rights of way on the Tier. |
| Photo Date: |
9/8/1988 Upload Date: 8/30/2015 2:29:01 AM |
| Location: |
Binghamton, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Signal,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 6640(C36-7) CR 6809(SD50) |
| Views: |
524 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Work extra |
| Description: |
Summer time was track work time, and the Tier was not exempt. This work extra rolls through West BD on its way east to another work site. On the left, we see the Vestal Spur, the remaining portion of the ex DLW still in service in the Binghamton area. At the time, there were still a few customers in Johnson City, as well as the NYSEG Goudy Station, and National Pipe & Plastic in Vestal. There is now(2015) nothing left on that line, and NS is looking to abandon it. Thats St Michaels Orthodox Church on the right with the gold dome. |
| Photo Date: |
9/8/1988 Upload Date: 8/30/2015 2:31:11 AM |
| Location: |
Binghamton, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 7911(GP38) CR 1962(B23-7) |
| Views: |
439 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
DLW side |
| Description: |
WABH 11, the local that works the Binghamton area, is on the ex Lackawanna side today, and will head down the old DLW on the Vestal Spur to National Pipe and Plastic, the small remnant of the line west of Binghamton. The area Im standing in once serviced mail and express cars. The GP 38-2 was typical power for this job, though sometimes it got a B 23-7. By the early 90s, GP 40-2s were common. NS is presently(2015) using a pair of ex CR SD 40-2s. |
| Photo Date: |
9/22/1988 Upload Date: 8/31/2015 3:17:11 AM |
| Location: |
Binghamton, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Yard,Station,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 8125(GP38-2) |
| Views: |
404 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
On the way |
| Description: |
OIBU rolls west across the Chenango River, having just completed its Binghamton work. Note the two styles of CNW box cars. |
| Photo Date: |
9/29/1988 Upload Date: 9/5/2015 4:34:01 AM |
| Location: |
Binghamton, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Bridge,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 6625(C36-7) CR 6801(SD50) |
| Views: |
481 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Out in the high grass |
| Description: |
Like many rail facilities that became underused, the ex DLW YO yard became overgrown. The were only a couple of tracks left which served the Agway feed mill, seen at right. WABH 11 had the task of servicing the customer, which we see here. The boxcars were filled with grain, also a relic of the past. It would continue a few more years, and sometimes some real classics would show up. On at least one occasion I saw Erie cars here. |
| Photo Date: |
9/29/1988 Upload Date: 9/5/2015 4:45:44 AM |
| Location: |
Binghamton, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 8125(GP38-2) |
| Views: |
389 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Old U boat on the job |
| Description: |
There were still a number of U boats on the roster in the late 80s-I think the last U23B I saw was about 1992-and occasionally one would get the local job here. WABH 11 working the yard with one heads toward QD. |
| Photo Date: |
10/3/1988 Upload Date: 9/7/2015 3:37:53 AM |
| Location: |
Binghamton, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Yard,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 2711(U23B) |
| Views: |
358 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Dark of night |
| Description: |
A B 23-7 on the local sits out the evening in the Binghamton yard. |
| Photo Date: |
10/4/1988 Upload Date: 9/11/2015 2:50:37 AM |
| Location: |
Binghamton, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Roster,Night,Yard |
| Locomotives: |
CR 1990(B23-7) |
| Views: |
348 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
GEs for the local |
| Description: |
Most of the time in this period, the power for WABH 11 was a GP 38. Occasionally, a B23-7 would get the task, as on this day. We see it working in front of the classic buildings as it takes the switch for the Buffalo Runner at QD. It's headed up to switch Agway. |
| Photo Date: |
10/8/1988 Upload Date: 9/5/2015 3:58:42 AM |
| Location: |
Binghamton, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 1943(B23-7) |
| Views: |
384 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Eat all you want |
| Description: |
Well make more....Binghamton local WABH 11 has its train back together after working Frito Lay, which mostly meant switching in tanks of vegetable oil-and is now heading back to Binghamton behind a U23B. While not the most common unit on this job, they did show up fairly frequently. |
| Photo Date: |
10/10/1988 Upload Date: 9/11/2015 2:55:53 AM |
| Location: |
Kirkwood, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 2711(U23B) |
| Views: |
393 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
OIBU and a little October snow |
| Description: |
The remains of a 6" snowfall are still in the grass as OIBU rolls past the Frito Lay plant in Kirkwood. Welcome to upstate NY!! |
| Photo Date: |
10/24/1988 Upload Date: 9/12/2015 4:16:06 AM |
| Location: |
Kirkwood, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 3329(GP40-2) CR 6423(SD40-2) |
| Views: |
477 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Pumping air |
| Description: |
OIBU has pulled down to West BD after doing its Binghamton work, and is now pumping air and waiting for the conductor to reach the head end. Once everything is complete, it will head for its next stop in Elmira. The track going off to the right is the ex DLW main. This is where it ties in to the ex Erie, now CRs Southern Tier Line. |
| Photo Date: |
11/3/1988 Upload Date: 9/12/2015 4:24:29 AM |
| Location: |
Binghamton, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Signal,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 6741(SD50) CR 6587(C30-7A) |
| Views: |
506 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Classic power |
| Description: |
Conrail must have had a traffic surge in late 1988, as several of these units showed up in Binghamton. This GP 35 was the power for local job WABH 11. I got lucky and caught it on a sunny day. SLN 3 is at left, waiting to get out on the Tier. Check the EL gon at right. They didn't have too much longer by this date. |
| Photo Date: |
11/10/1988 Upload Date: 9/14/2015 4:25:45 AM |
| Location: |
Binghamton, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Roster,Yard |
| Locomotives: |
CR 2305(GP35) |
| Views: |
571 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Consecutive units |
| Description: |
Borrowing from ELs playbook-they ran consecutively numbered units routinely-TV 201 rolls west at QD. |
| Photo Date: |
11/12/1988 Upload Date: 9/14/2015 5:01:42 AM |
| Location: |
Binghamton, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 6794(SD50) CR 6795(SD50) |
| Views: |
392 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Out over the water |
| Description: |
WABH 11 is working on the DLW side today, and has pulled out onto the Chenango River bridge for headroom on a cut of cars being worked in front of the old station. Today's power is a GP 40, a step up from the GP 38's and B 23's that were common on this job. The Derby Knitting Mill, at right, burned to the ground in a spectacular fire in June 2011. |
| Photo Date: |
12/5/1988 Upload Date: 9/17/2015 3:37:57 AM |
| Location: |
Binghamton, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Bridge,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 3209(GP40) |
| Views: |
331 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
OIBU at the freight house |
| Description: |
OIBU behind one of the last GP 40-2s passes the old Erie freight house, on the right and long out of use, as it pulls up to work the yard. |
| Photo Date: |
12/6/1988 Upload Date: 9/27/2015 2:21:30 AM |
| Location: |
Binghamton, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 3401(GP40-2) CR 6626(C36-7) |
| Views: |
424 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Kilmer Building |
| Description: |
The former DLW station at Binghamton gets a lot of attention(as it should), as do the buildings on the opposite side. One other building is notable for its turn of the century architecture, the Kilmer Building. At one time, the DLW had sidings serving it, now all abandoned. We see WABH 11 working on the DLW side in front of the Kilmer Building, today with a GP 40. |
| Photo Date: |
12/15/1988 Upload Date: 9/27/2015 2:17:30 AM |
| Location: |
Binghamton, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Yard,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 3283(GP40-2) |
| Views: |
416 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Rainy day |
| Description: |
OIBU arrives at Binghamton on a rainy mid December day. In a few more days, there will be a blanket of snow. Ill take the rain. |
| Photo Date: |
12/15/1988 Upload Date: 9/27/2015 2:40:59 AM |
| Location: |
Binghamton, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Yard,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 6728(C628) CR 6606(C30-7) CR 2780(U23B) |
| Views: |
756 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
OIBU in the gloom |
| Description: |
Heavy overcast is not unusual in the Tier, but the trains run anyway, so I was out shooting pictures. Today OIBU has a pair of NS units trailing its GP 40, showing that NYSW doesnt have a monopoly on the Thoroughbreds. The ex Erie freighthouse is peeking out from under the Chenango St overpass. |
| Photo Date: |
12/18/1988 Upload Date: 9/14/2015 4:45:42 AM |
| Location: |
Binghamton, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Yard,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 3263(GP40) NS 1647(SD40-2) NW 8073(C30-7) |
| Views: |
565 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Headed for Jersey |
| Description: |
BUOI has done its work at Binghamton and is now headed toward Oak Island, where it will arrive some time in the early morning tomorrow. |
| Photo Date: |
1/7/1989 Upload Date: 9/26/2015 1:51:14 AM |
| Location: |
Binghamton, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 6804(SD50) CR 3191(GP40) |
| Views: |
471 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
CR goes, D&H waits |
| Description: |
That was the way it always happened, even if it stabbed the D&H. In this case, CR is doing it right, as the northbound coming out of the yard will take a while to clear BD and the speed restricted curve going up to Bevier St. OIBU passes BD and will quickly be working the yard while PYRP takes its time. |
| Photo Date: |
1/22/1989 Upload Date: 9/27/2015 2:43:25 AM |
| Location: |
Binghamton, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Winter,Signal,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 6828(SD50) CR 6416(SD40-2) CR 7704(GP38) |
| Views: |
670 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Upgrade |
| Description: |
When I first moved to the Binghamton area, and for a number of years before that, I usually saw GP 38s or B23-7s on WABH 11. Late in 1988, there were GP 40s assigned, though they did not stay permanently til a few years later. Heres one working on the ex DLW, bringing some cars back from National Pipe in Vestal. The abandoned tracks in the ground served the Kilmer Building, out of view on the left. |
| Photo Date: |
1/26/1989 Upload Date: 9/27/2015 2:09:02 AM |
| Location: |
Binghamton, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
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Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 3372(GP40-2) |
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| Title: |
Competition |
| Description: |
As a former truck driver, I could not resist this shot. OIBU makes its way along Court St, passing BD on its way into town. Look at that classic Freightliner. |
| Photo Date: |
1/26/1989 Upload Date: 9/27/2015 2:28:13 AM |
| Location: |
Binghamton, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 6017(C39-8) CR 6808(SD50) |
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524 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Downtown |
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The Freightliner and OIBU have gone their separate ways, with the train showing up at the yard as predicted, though it seems to have startled the birds that make a living off the grain shaken from the cars going to Agway. It strikes a classic Binghamton pose as it works the yard. |
| Photo Date: |
1/26/1989 Upload Date: 9/27/2015 2:31:46 AM |
| Location: |
Binghamton, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 6017(C39-8) CR 6808(SD50) |
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603 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Setting off |
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On one of those rare days when ELOI runs east of Gang Mills, it sets off its Binghamton cars at Liberty St. It will pull back out and couple to the rest of its train and head east. The home signal is the eastbound signal on track 2 at BD. |
| Photo Date: |
2/11/1989 Upload Date: 9/21/2015 3:53:45 AM |
| Location: |
Binghamton, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Winter,Signal,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 6798(SD50) CR 6794(SD50) |
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433 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Down the main |
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WABH 11 rolls down the DLW main, now reaching west BD-see the signal above the engine-where it will get onto the remaining part of the DLW main to get back to downtown Binghamton. The empties will either be picked up by OIBU or OIEL, or if there is a whole train(90 cars) and a UNG coming, that power will turn with them. |
| Photo Date: |
2/21/1989 Upload Date: 10/2/2015 1:44:35 AM |
| Location: |
Binghamton, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 3281(GP40-2) |
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313 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
On the water |
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OIBU pulls out from Binghamton, crossing the Chenango River on the ex Erie bridge, adjacent to my vantage point on the ex Lackawanna bridge. Both are still in use in 2015. That's the old Erie freight house(red brick front) beyond the overpass. |
| Photo Date: |
3/4/1989 Upload Date: 9/29/2015 1:47:24 AM |
| Location: |
Binghamton, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Bridge,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 6745(SD50) CR 6792(SD50) |
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437 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
TV 300 |
| Description: |
TV 300 rolls east past Willow Run Foods and the Kirkwood water plant, passing MP 209. The B36-7s are a common sight on this train, as are the GP 40s. Todays train has the class unit trailing. |
| Photo Date: |
3/5/1989 Upload Date: 9/30/2015 4:35:59 AM |
| Location: |
Kirkwood, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 5059(B36-7) CR 5037(B36-7) CR 3000(GP40) |
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684 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
On the diamond |
| Description: |
BUOI rolls across Court St and the D&H former DLW diamond as it heads east. |
| Photo Date: |
3/12/1989 Upload Date: 9/30/2015 4:39:28 AM |
| Location: |
Binghamton, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Bridge,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 6341(SD40) CR 6806(SD50) |
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422 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Rolling for Jersey |
| Description: |
BUOI rolls past BD as it starts out for Oak Island with a new C40-8 leading. |
| Photo Date: |
3/13/1989 Upload Date: 10/2/2015 1:58:09 AM |
| Location: |
Binghamton, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 6045(C40-8) CR 6832(SD50) CR 6341(SD40) |
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572 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Pumping air |
| Description: |
OIBU pumps air as it gets ready to depart west. |
| Photo Date: |
3/13/1989 Upload Date: 10/2/2015 2:00:10 AM |
| Location: |
Binghamton, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 6322(SD40) CR 6352(SD40) |
| Views: |
309 Comments: 0 |
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