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12/28/2024
 
 
 
 
 
By:Tom Beckett
Dates:1/1/1978 - 3/31/2011
Album Info:Trains of NS on the former CR-ex EL lines in New York, Pennsyvania and Jersey.
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Grinstein comes east
Title:  Grinstein comes east
Description:  A western visitor leads 12T across the Chenango River early on a cold Binghamton morning.
Photo Date:  12/23/2005  Upload Date: 10/17/2012 12:42:44 AM
Location:  Binghamton, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Bridge,Winter,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 9402(SD70MAC) NS 6685(SD60) NS 9430(C40-9W)
Views:  700   Comments: 0
Nanticoke Creek
Title:  Nanticoke Creek
Description:  There is a small bridge over Nanticoke Creek just west of the NY 17C bridge in Endicott. It can be a pretty shot, as we see here with BNSF 9402 leading 12T
Photo Date:  12/23/2005  Upload Date: 10/17/2012 12:50:37 AM
Location:  Endicott, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Bridge,Winter,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 9402(SD70MAC) NS 6685(SD60) NS 9430(C40-9W)
Views:  787   Comments: 0
Snowy field
Title:  Snowy field
Description:  12T with Grinstein BNSF unit and a pair of NS units crosses Goodrich Settlement Rd west of Owego en route to Buffalo.
Photo Date:  12/23/2005  Upload Date: 10/17/2012 12:52:05 AM
Location:  Owego, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Winter,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 9402(SD70MAC) NS 6685(SD60) NS 9430(C40-9W)
Views:  636   Comments: 0
H 88 with UP power
Title:  H 88 with UP power
Description:  H 88, the Gang Mills-Binghamton turn, arrives at QD behind a pair of UP units.
Photo Date:  12/23/2005  Upload Date: 11/12/2012 12:16:35 AM
Location:  Binghamton, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Winter,Action
Locomotives:  UP 5642(AC44CWCTE) UP 5879(AC44CWCTE)
Views:  433   Comments: 0
H 88 winter scene
Title:  H 88 winter scene
Description:  H 88 rolls west under the new bridge connecting NY 17 at Apalachin and Campville.
Photo Date:  12/23/2005  Upload Date: 11/12/2012 12:20:15 AM
Location:  Campville, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Winter,Action
Locomotives:  UP 5879(AC44CWCTE) UP 5642(AC44CWCTE)
Views:  481   Comments: 0
Wintry scene
Title:  Wintry scene
Description:  12T rolls through Endwell as seen from Watson Blvd across the pond. NS was taking delivery of new GEs from Erie in primer at the time, and painting them at Altoona or Chattanooga as they reached those shops. The result was many of them ran "undecorated" for a while til they got to a paint booth. One trails on this train.
Photo Date:  12/28/2005  Upload Date: 11/11/2012 11:58:06 PM
Location:  Endwell, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Winter,Action
Locomotives:  NS 2580(SD70) NS 9940(C40-9W)
Views:  585   Comments: 0
Ithaca coal train
Title:  Ithaca coal train
Description:  A coal train for the Ithaca Branch has arrived at the old LV yard in Sayre where the power will run around and head up the branch to Milliken power plant.
Photo Date:  1/27/2006  Upload Date: 11/4/2012 2:56:52 AM
Location:  Sayre, PA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Winter,Yard,Action
Locomotives:  NS 8787(C40-9) NS 8309(C40-8) NS 6113(SD40-2)
Views:  835   Comments: 0
Headed west with western power
Title:  Headed west with western power
Description:  12T rolls over the Chenango River behind an early C40 and a BNSF H 1 painted GE, taking 52 cars to Buffalo.
Photo Date:  3/3/2006  Upload Date: 11/26/2017 4:22:59 AM
Location:  Binghamton, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Bridge,Winter,Action
Locomotives:  NS 8696(C40-8) BNSF 974(C44-9W)
Views:  333   Comments: 0
Changed and rolling
Title:  Changed and rolling
Description:  Train 12T has changed crews at Binghamton and is now rolling west across the Chenango River as it gets started toward Buffalo with 68 cars.
Photo Date:  3/6/2006  Upload Date: 9/16/2016 1:27:24 AM
Location:  Binghamton, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Bridge,Winter,Action
Locomotives:  NS 9518(C40-9W)
Views:  385   Comments: 3
Scenic 12T
Title:  Scenic 12T
Description:  NS 6649 leads 12T over Nanticoke Creek just west of Endicott. Note the "GSF" sublettering on the cab. This is a Southern practice carried over on by NS, where the power was lettered for subidiaries. GSF is for Southern subsidiary Georgia Southern & Florida.
Photo Date:  3/6/2006  Upload Date: 11/4/2012 1:51:30 AM
Location:  Endicott, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Winter,Action
Locomotives:  NS 9518(C40-9W)
Views:  491   Comments: 0
Big power for a local
Title:  Big power for a local
Description:  NS was not shy about putting top of the line power on locals and switch jobs. Where CR was using GP 38s and B23s on their locals, and later GP 40s, NS almost always had C40-8s assigned. It was fun watching a six axle GE working the Agway mill on somewhat shaky rail, or down the Vestal Spur, though they did ultimately do some serious track rehab on it around 2003. Here we have a pair of six axles on H 88, a turn job from Gang Mills to Binghamton, with mostly NYSW interchange. The leader is one of the thousand C40's on NS, but the trailing unit is an almost new SD70M-2, a unit youd more typically expect on 206.
Photo Date:  3/6/2006  Upload Date: 9/16/2016 1:33:31 AM
Location:  Endicott, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Winter,Action
Locomotives:  NS 9759(C40-9W) NS 2701(SD70M-2)
Views:  389   Comments: 0
H 88
Title:  H 88
Description:  H 88 was the turn job that ran Gang Mills to Binghamton. Though like most NS trains, it usually got a pair of GE widecabs, anything could and did show up. Here it is at Hiawatha Rd in Owego behind a pair of widecabs, this day they belong to BNSF. This set ran on H 88 for several weeks.
Photo Date:  3/17/2006  Upload Date: 11/4/2012 1:20:30 AM
Location:  Owego, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 5223(C44-9W) BNSF 4535(C44-9W)
Views:  469   Comments: 0
13T with a veteran
Title:  13T with a veteran
Description:  13T approaches the NY 17C bridge with a widecab and an ex NS SD40-2.
Photo Date:  3/17/2006  Upload Date: 11/4/2012 1:12:12 AM
Location:  Endicott, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  NS 9668(C40-9W) NS 6186(SD40-2)
Views:  503   Comments: 0
Winter gloom
Title:  Winter gloom
Description:  The Southern Tier is known for its cloudy days, especially in winter. Here's 12T approaching Goodrich Settlement Rd west of Owego on one of them. You could still see C39-8's then, this train has two of them.
Photo Date:  3/17/2006  Upload Date: 11/4/2012 1:14:26 AM
Location:  Owego, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  NS 9735(C40-9W) NS 8617(C39-8) NS 8685(C39-8E)
Views:  629   Comments: 0
H 88
Title:  H 88
Description:  H 88 works at Binghamton with a pair of BNSF GEs. 13T will shortly turn up with a warbonnet leading.
Photo Date:  3/24/2006  Upload Date: 11/4/2012 2:50:27 AM
Location:  Binghamton, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 4535(C44-9W) BNSF 5223(C44-9W)
Views:  466   Comments: 0
What railroad is this??
Title:  What railroad is this??
Description:  13T meets H 88 on the Chenango River bridge. Not an NS unit in sight.
Photo Date:  3/24/2006  Upload Date: 11/4/2012 2:52:54 AM
Location:  Binghamton, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Bridge,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 794(C44-9W) CSX 7592(C40-8) BNSF 4535(C44-9W) BNSF 5223(C44-9W)
Views:  748   Comments: 0
Warbonnet on the river
Title:  Warbonnet on the river
Description:  13T arrives at Binghamton behind the unlikely combination of a BNSF warbonnet GE, and a CSX standard cab GE, with 34 cars in tow for Allentown. Binghamton was one of those places where anything could show up, and usually did. The NS era is proving to be no different in that regard than any previous era.
Photo Date:  3/24/2006  Upload Date: 5/24/2018 3:33:50 AM
Location:  Binghamton, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Bridge,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 794(C44-9W) CSX 7592(C40-8)
Views:  388   Comments: 1
13T with western power.
Title:  13T with western power.
Description:  As I have noted elsewhere in this album, 13T could sometimes show up with some surprises. Here its going through Endicott behind a pair of GEs. Not a big deal, except on is a BNSF unit still in red and silver, the other is a standard cab CSX unit. The train will meet H 88 at Binghamton in about 20 minutes. H 88 has a pair of BNSF AC4400s. The Tier was never boring!!
Photo Date:  3/24/2006  Upload Date: 11/4/2012 2:48:12 AM
Location:  Endicott, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Signal,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 794(C44-9W) CSX 7592(C40-8)
Views:  587   Comments: 0
Clean UP unit
Title:  Clean UP unit
Description:  Im not sure what this unit was doing here. It appears to be on 12T, judging by the ex CR unit behind it. It was the cleanest UP paing job Ive ever seen on power that was not factory fresh.
Photo Date:  3/24/2006  Upload Date: 11/4/2012 3:01:09 AM
Location:  Binghamton, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  UP 9201(C40-8) NS 8449(C40-8W)
Views:  556   Comments: 0
12T on a snowy day
Title:  12T on a snowy day
Description:  A western visitor assists 12T west over the Chenango River.
Photo Date:  3/26/2006  Upload Date: 8/1/2012 12:06:46 AM
Location:  Binghamton, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Bridge,Winter,Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  442   Comments: 0
12T on the bridge
Title:  12T on the bridge
Description:  12T crosses the Chenango River behind a typical NS power set
Photo Date:  3/30/2006  Upload Date: 11/4/2012 1:00:36 AM
Location:  Binghamton, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Bridge,Action
Locomotives:  NS 8982(C40-9W) NS 8862(C40-9)
Views:  568   Comments: 0
Mixed widecabs
Title:  Mixed widecabs
Description:  H 88, ever changing motive power, this day has a pair of widecabs, merging east and west en route to Binghamton. Note the new signal on track 2. It replaced the last semphore on the Southern Tier, which was about 1/4 mile to the west.
Photo Date:  3/30/2006  Upload Date: 11/4/2012 1:03:52 AM
Location:  Endicott, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Signal,Action
Locomotives:  NS 9528(C40-9W) BNSF 4535(C44-9W)
Views:  462   Comments: 0
Across the pond
Title:  Across the pond
Description:  This dark side view of 13T from across the pond adjacent to Watson Blvd shows the variety that often turned up on this train. Not only a western visitor from UP, but also an older model, an SD 60. Today is a modest effort, only 24 cars heading for Allentown.
Photo Date:  4/2/2006  Upload Date: 5/24/2018 4:00:58 AM
Location:  Endwell, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  NS 9460(C40-9W) UP 4477(SD70M) NS 6606(SD60)
Views:  433   Comments: 0
H 2 on H 88
Title:  H 2 on H 88
Description:  NS would keep power sets on some trains for a long time. In this case, it was a pair of BNSF units that ran on H 88 for over a month. They were painted in the then current "Heritage II" scheme, as this predated the "swoosh" by several years. This day I chased them out to Chemung, catching them and all of nine cars from my usual perch on NY 427 as they round the curve past the now privately owned Erie station, which can be seen in the crook of the curve.
Photo Date:  4/6/2006  Upload Date: 5/24/2018 3:42:26 AM
Location:  Chemung, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 4535(C44-9W) BNSF 5223(C44-9W)
Views:  283   Comments: 1
H 88 crosses the Chemung
Title:  H 88 crosses the Chemung
Description:  Led by a pair of western visitors, Gang Mills based local H 88 crosses the Chemung River at Elmira. For several months, H 88 had at least one BNSF GE, often running with a pair of them.
Photo Date:  4/6/2006  Upload Date: 10/6/2011 12:04:49 AM
Location:  Elmira, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Bridge,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 4535(C44-9W) BNSF 5223(C44-9W)
Views:  605   Comments: 0
205 on the Chenango River
Title:  205 on the Chenango River
Description:  NS 205 has picked up his Taylors from Candian Pacific at Binghamton and is ready to head west late on an April afternoon. JB Hunt is a major shipper in this lane, as can be noted by the JB Hunt boxes right behind the power.
Photo Date:  4/8/2006  Upload Date: 10/6/2011 12:01:47 AM
Location:  Binghamton, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Bridge,Action
Locomotives:  NS 9311(C40-9W) NS 9486(C40-9W)
Views:  1030   Comments: 0
Pass the salt
Title:  Pass the salt
Description:  Train 675 was one of a pair of trains that ran salt from a mine north of Ithaca on the ex LV to the Vermont Railway at Whitehall on the D&H. The NS power ran through. This is the empty move, 675, passing Hiawatha Rd in Owego. It will go to Waverly, back down the connection to the ex LV at Sayre, then head north to the mine.
Photo Date:  4/9/2006  Upload Date: 9/28/2016 4:07:21 AM
Location:  Owego, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Signal,Action
Locomotives:  NS 9870(C40-9W) UP 4173(SD70M) NS 9969(C40-9W)
Views:  489   Comments: 1
Ready to go north
Title:  Ready to go north
Description:  Train 675 is now at Sayre, and is about to head up the Ithaca Branch to Ludlowville with its 61 cars, where it will load at Cargill with rock salt for Vermont.
Photo Date:  4/9/2006  Upload Date: 9/28/2016 4:09:48 AM
Location:  Sayre, PA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  NS 9870(C40-9W) UP 4173(SD70M) NS 9969(C40-9W)
Views:  499   Comments: 1
Big power from two roads
Title:  Big power from two roads
Description:  Top of the line power leads H 88 toward Binghamton. The BNSF unit was not the typical power on this train, though there were several units that stayed on this job for several months that year.
Photo Date:  4/17/2006  Upload Date: 9/28/2016 3:51:21 AM
Location:  Endicott, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Signal,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 5117(C44-9W) NS 2740(SD70M-2)
Views:  373   Comments: 1
13T at Liberty St
Title:  13T at Liberty St
Description:  13T works at Liberty St with a standard cab C40 and an interesting looking lease unit. It appears to be ex L&N.
Photo Date:  4/19/2006  Upload Date: 10/17/2012 12:58:00 AM
Location:  Binghamton, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  NS 8854(C40-9) FURX 1179(GP40M-3)
Views:  502   Comments: 0
Almost there
Title:  Almost there
Description:  H 88 behind top of the line power arrives at Binghamton, crossing the Chenango River as it approaches QD.
Photo Date:  4/26/2006  Upload Date: 5/24/2018 4:07:51 AM
Location:  Binghamton, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Bridge,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 5117(C44-9W) NS 2740(SD70M-2)
Views:  381   Comments: 1
By the detector
Title:  By the detector
Description:  H 88 with a BNSF leader passes the detector at MP 223.2 on track 2. In the background at right is one of the many Endicott Johnson buildings that were once part of an extensive shoe making operation, that is now only a memory.
Photo Date:  4/26/2006  Upload Date: 5/24/2018 4:04:32 AM
Location:  Endicott, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 5117(C44-9W) NS 2740(SD70M-2)
Views:  417   Comments: 1
Into the yard
Title:  Into the yard
Description:  H 88 has opened up at QD, and is now going up into the yard to drop its 22 cars.
Photo Date:  4/26/2006  Upload Date: 5/24/2018 4:09:03 AM
Location:  Binghamton, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 5117(C44-9W) NS 2740(SD70M-2)
Views:  397   Comments: 0
H 88 splits the signals
Title:  H 88 splits the signals
Description:  H 88 behind a BNSF/NS duo passes between the signals at MP 224 in Endicott. The signal on track 2 had been recently replaced, taking the place of the last semaphore on the Tier, signal 224-2, which was about 1/4 mile to the west.
Photo Date:  4/26/2006  Upload Date: 10/6/2011 12:08:30 AM
Location:  Endicott, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Signal,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 5117(C44-9W) NS 2748(SD70M-2)
Views:  687   Comments: 2
Who would believe it??
Title:  Who would believe it??
Description:  H 88 arrives at Binghamton behind a BNSF unit, passing a six axle Alco on the NYSW. Only in Binghamton.
Photo Date:  4/28/2006  Upload Date: 9/28/2016 3:44:26 AM
Location:  Binghamton, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 5117(C44-9W) NS 9108(C40-9W) NYSW 3670(M636)
Views:  482   Comments: 1
Peeking through the weeds
Title:  Peeking through the weeds
Description:  13T approaches Endicott, seen through the overgrowth near the NY 17C overpass. Todays leader is a BNSF GE, with four NS units, to make sure they make Allentown with their 31 cars. This train was usually a good bet for something unusual.
Photo Date:  6/9/2006  Upload Date: 6/22/2016 4:46:26 AM
Location:  Endicott, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Signal,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 4765(C44-9W) NS 2519(SD70) NS 9074(C40-9W) NS 8564(C39-8) NS 2510(SD70)
Views:  669   Comments: 1
Sunlit
Title:  Sunlit
Description:  205 rolls around the sweeping curve and into the afternoon sun at MP 231 with train 205s 34 stack platforms. The JB Hunt box behind he power in this photo is in a way prophetic. Within a year, I'd be working for them in dispatch in Lowell Ark, giving up the wilds of upstate NY for one of the more up and coming parts of the country. I've been out of NY ten years, and I'm not looking back.
Photo Date:  6/19/2006  Upload Date: 6/22/2016 4:51:33 AM
Location:  Campville, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  NS 9610(C40-9W) NS 9644(C40-9W)
Views:  391   Comments: 0
Blasting for Buffalo
Title:  Blasting for Buffalo
Description:  NS 205 rolls into the afternoon sun at Miller Beach Rd in Owego, getting all of the 50 MPH speed limit as it heads for Buffalo and a change for a Nickel Plate crew.
Photo Date:  6/19/2006  Upload Date: 6/22/2016 5:01:40 AM
Location:  Owego, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  NS 9610(C40-9W) NS 9644(C40-9W)
Views:  313   Comments: 0
Into the twilight
Title:  Into the twilight
Description:  NS 205 catches the last rays of sun on one of the longest days of the year as it makes its way to Buffalo with a sizeable block of JB Hunt containers.
Photo Date:  6/19/2006  Upload Date: 10/21/2012 2:49:15 AM
Location:  Owego, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Signal,Track,Action
Locomotives:  NS 9610(C40-9W) NS 9644(C40-9W)
Views:  507   Comments: 0
No speed suns here
Title:  No speed suns here
Description:  H 01 is seen in the distance, ambling along with some cars for National Pipe and Plastic across the river in Vestal. This was once a mighty main line, the likes of Phoebe Snlw sprinting along at a cool 70. Her ghost will be haunting the house at a leisurely ten today, allowing her memory to linger as the afternoon gloom fades to night.
Photo Date:  6/20/2006  Upload Date: 2/14/2018 4:42:35 AM
Location:  Johnson City, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  101   Comments: 0
12T with a mix
Title:  12T with a mix
Description:  Of the NS trains that run the Tier, 12T seems to have the greatest power variety. I have seen BNSF, UP Wisconsin Central, MRL, IC , SOO and various lease units on the train. Today ranks right up there, with a UP unit leading, and a FURX ex BNSF unit trailing. We see the train at Chemung, where it is interesting to note how the foliage has grown over the years. Look at some of the shots in my albums taken in the early 90s, when there was hardly a tree here. Now you cant see around the curve to the old Erie station.
Photo Date:  8/17/2006  Upload Date: 10/21/2012 2:54:38 AM
Location:  Chemung, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  UP 8393(SD70ACe) NS 9695(C40-9W) FURX 7291(SD40-2)
Views:  517   Comments: 0
New CN power
Title:  New CN power
Description:  A then new CN ES44 rolls 12T west at Tioga Center. By this time, the Canadian train had been resymbolled 30T bnd 31T, were rerouted onto the D&H from Binghamton. But 12T tended to get all kinds of foreign power, so even though CN units had been off the line for a couple of years on the regujar trains, they could occasionally show up here.
Photo Date:  8/25/2006  Upload Date: 10/21/2012 2:43:36 AM
Location:  Westminster Park, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  CN 2249(ES44DC) NS 7512(ES40DC) NS 8892(C40-9W)
Views:  556   Comments: 0
Coal empties
Title:  Coal empties
Description:  NS 531, an empty coal train, rolls 79 cars into the sunset at Miller Beach Rd in Owego behind a typical set of power.
Photo Date:  9/8/2006  Upload Date: 10/21/2012 2:47:16 AM
Location:  Owego, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  NS 9120(C40-9W) NS 9083(C40-9W) NS 8734(C40-8)
Views:  576   Comments: 0
H88 unusual leader
Title:  H88 unusual leader
Description:  H 88 usually got the standard set of widecabs, but sometimes would run a spell where it got an interesting mix of power. On one of those days, we see a GP 59 an ex NW GP 38AC, and an ex Southern GP 38-2 leading 65 cars at Endicott.
Photo Date:  10/11/2006  Upload Date: 10/13/2012 11:49:55 PM
Location:  Endicott, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Signal,Action
Locomotives:  NS 4620(GP59) NS 4150(GP38AC) NS 5174(GP38-2)
Views:  593   Comments: 0


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