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| Title: |
Odd corner |
| Description: |
The oddest corner of the vast B&O system was on a rapid transit system in New Yorks Staten Island. For many years, til the MTA took over the trains, the B&O ran the Staten Island Rapid Transit, which carried riders from the St George ferry terminal down to Tottenville. They also handled whatever freight traffic was on the line. I lucked into a one car local while on a class break one day in 1977. Power was a B&O SW with one car and a caboose. Im guessing this is Port Richmond, on the line from AK draw to St George, which once had rapid transit service, but has not in many years, as can be seen in the stripped down high level platform and single track. Oddly, the stairs from the street are still in place, and if I recall, were not blocked off. |
| Photo Date: |
12/6/1977 Upload Date: 11/13/2016 3:15:17 AM |
| Location: |
Staten Island, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Action |
| Locomotives: |
BO 5076(NW2) |
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659 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Something for everyone |
| Description: |
I was riding into Washington on Amtrak and caught this local power just outside DC. We have a B&O unit in blue, one in Chessie paint, and a Western Maryland geep, still in original paint. Just need a C&O unit, but this is still pretty good. |
| Photo Date: |
8/4/1980 Upload Date: 11/13/2016 3:39:58 AM |
| Location: |
Washington, DC |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Roster,Yard |
| Locomotives: |
BO 6425(GP9) BO 6468(GP9) WM 6409(GP9) |
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752 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
The one and only |
| Description: |
The one and only WM road power I was ever able to get a shot of was rolling past one of the parking lots at Niagara Falls when I was there for a more tourist oriented visit. The traffic was impossible, as it usually is in the summer, and I didn't know the roads or the railroads well enough to chase. This grab shot is the best I'll ever have of one of the more enigmatic eastern roads. |
| Photo Date: |
8/15/1980 Upload Date: 11/13/2016 4:00:53 AM |
| Location: |
Niagara Falls, ON |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
WM 3799(GP40) |
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518 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
WM 3799 |
| Description: |
There's a rail line thar runs past the parking lot on the Canadian side of the falls. As I was walking back to the car, I heard a train, looked up and to my surprise there was a WM unit leading. I was not able to chase-congestion getting out of the parking area was just impossible, but did get this grab shot of the one and only WM road unit I was ever able to shoot. |
| Photo Date: |
8/15/1980 Upload Date: 12/29/2013 11:04:32 PM |
| Location: |
Niagara Falls, ON |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
WM 3799(GP40) CO 3873(GP38) |
| Views: |
775 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Headed for Charlottesville |
| Description: |
A westbuond C&O train on Southern trackage rights passes Alexandria. The train will run on the SOU to Orange, where it will gain its own rails to head for a crossing of this line at Charlottesville. |
| Photo Date: |
7/15/1983 Upload Date: 11/17/2013 3:19:34 AM |
| Location: |
Alexandria, VA |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CO 4268(GP40-2) CO 4412(GP40-2) CO 8235(B30-7) |
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963 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
C&O train passes the platforms |
| Description: |
While sitting at the Alexandria Amtrak station, I egcountered this C&O train in full Chessie paint just as the light faded. |
| Photo Date: |
7/16/1983 Upload Date: 8/20/2011 2:12:30 AM |
| Location: |
Alexandria, VA |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CO 4268(GP40-2) CO 4412(GP40-2) CO 8235(B30-7) |
| Views: |
744 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Yard power at Gentilly |
| Description: |
This was the yard switcher at the L&N yard in New Orleans in March 1984 |
| Photo Date: |
3/9/1984 Upload Date: 8/20/2011 2:13:52 AM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Roster,Yard,Action |
| Locomotives: |
SBD 5007(SW1500) |
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831 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
C&O SD40 |
| Description: |
Chessie lettered its units for all of their components, with a uniform paint scheme. This C&O lettered unit passed State Line tower on the B&O on its way into Chicago. |
| Photo Date: |
3/21/1984 Upload Date: 6/4/2014 3:25:52 AM |
| Location: |
State Line Crossing, IN |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
CO 7501(SD40) |
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525 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Seaboard in Chicago |
| Description: |
An unlikely prospect, but they got there on their L&N lines, via the Monon. In another year or so, they would combine with Chessie to make CSX, and all manner of southern units would show up in Chicago. An ex Mopac transfer hack adds to the variety. |
| Photo Date: |
3/21/1984 Upload Date: 6/4/2014 3:35:59 AM |
| Location: |
Clearing, IL |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Roster,RollingStock,Yard |
| Locomotives: |
SBD 6680(GP40) |
| Views: |
548 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
North on the B&OCT |
| Description: |
A train rolls past Forest Hill on the B&OCT. Some trains would pass the tower, then back down the connecting track to access C&Os Rockwell St yard. Ya can't beat a pair of geeps!! |
| Photo Date: |
3/22/1984 Upload Date: 6/4/2014 3:23:36 AM |
| Location: |
FOREST HILL, IL |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
CO 5826(GP7) BO 6454(GP9) |
| Views: |
784 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Going away |
| Description: |
An eastbound off the line to Elkins rolls onto the B&O main in a going away shot of its Chessie power. Note the CPL dwarf signal next to the train. |
| Photo Date: |
9/28/1984 Upload Date: 7/3/2014 3:43:30 AM |
| Location: |
Cumberland - Viaduct, MD |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
CO 7558(SD40) CO 3568(GP35) CO 3569(GP35) BO 4164(GP40-2) |
| Views: |
1159 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
Westbound pigs |
| Description: |
A westbound trailer train heads for Sand Patch with trailers for Chicago behind a set of Chessie power. The building whose corner is visible at the right of the photo, partly hidden behind the tree, is the Holiday Inn, which on floors higher than the 4th, offers a great view of the action-or at least it did in 1984. Don't know how tall those trees are now, 30 years later. |
| Photo Date: |
9/28/1984 Upload Date: 7/3/2014 3:45:37 AM |
| Location: |
Cumberland - Viaduct, MD |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
BO 4253(GP40-2) CO 4404(GP40-2) CO 4067(GP40) |
| Views: |
707 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
C&O blue |
| Description: |
An eastbound passes the tower at Viaduct Jct behind a pair of untouched, consecutively numbered C&O units. |
| Photo Date: |
9/28/1984 Upload Date: 7/3/2014 3:47:48 AM |
| Location: |
Cumberland - Viaduct, MD |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
CO 3569(GP35) CO 3568(GP35) |
| Views: |
654 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Roadside shot |
| Description: |
The train with the C&O power snuck up on me, so I ran down the road to get a better shot. Sometimes you have to make the best out of what you have. |
| Photo Date: |
9/28/1984 Upload Date: 7/3/2014 3:50:23 AM |
| Location: |
Cumberland - Viaduct, MD |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
CO 3569(GP35) CO 3568(GP35) CO 7558(SD40) BO 4164(GP40-2) |
| Views: |
857 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Chessie power |
| Description: |
A westbound passes Viaduct Jct behind a set of Chessie power, and a blue B&O unit. Note the CPL signal to the left of the train. |
| Photo Date: |
9/28/1984 Upload Date: 7/3/2014 3:52:39 AM |
| Location: |
Cumberland - Viaduct, MD |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Signal,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CO 3888(GP38) BO 8582(SD50) BO 4038(GP40) |
| Views: |
762 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
U25 |
| Description: |
By 1984, U25Bs were getting hard to find. There were still some in service on the L&N. I was able to find on in Lexington, in the rain of course. |
| Photo Date: |
9/30/1984 Upload Date: 7/8/2014 3:32:05 AM |
| Location: |
Lexington, KY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Yard,Action |
| Locomotives: |
SBD 1606(U25B) |
| Views: |
717 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Almost dark |
| Description: |
In late September of 1984, I rode a NW 611 trip from Lexington KY to Chattanooga and return. On Saturday, the trip reached Chattanooga just about dark, but not dark enough to stop me from shooting this Seaboard System northbound that met us as we backed into the station. |
| Photo Date: |
9/30/1984 Upload Date: 1/30/2012 12:36:25 AM |
| Location: |
Chattanooga, TN |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Signal,Action |
| Locomotives: |
SBD 8028(SD40-2) SBD 7039(C30-7) |
| Views: |
525 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Local |
| Description: |
A B&O unit rolls past the shop complex on the main after dropping a cut of cars. Hey, wait, whats that over on the far track?? |
| Photo Date: |
1/28/1985 Upload Date: 9/26/2014 1:15:20 AM |
| Location: |
Huntington, WV |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Winter,Yard,Steam,Action |
| Locomotives: |
BO 4295(GP40-2) CO 614(4-8-4) |
| Views: |
673 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
Pulling it in |
| Description: |
B&O 4338 and caboose work the rear of C&O 614s support cars as they pull them and the steamer into the shop. |
| Photo Date: |
1/28/1985 Upload Date: 9/26/2014 1:23:46 AM |
| Location: |
Huntington, WV |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Winter,Yard,Action |
| Locomotives: |
BO 4338(GP40-2) |
| Views: |
404 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Portrait |
| Description: |
B&O 4338 gets its portrait taken as it passes the yard. The unit is surprisingly clean considering the snow and slop it had to work in. |
| Photo Date: |
1/28/1985 Upload Date: 9/26/2014 1:38:51 AM |
| Location: |
Huntington, WV |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Winter,Yard,Action |
| Locomotives: |
BO 4338(GP40-2) |
| Views: |
343 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Classic scheme |
| Description: |
The only thing better on this blue B&O unit passing with a local is if it had the sunburst. Still, by 1985, seeing a unit in blue was a treat. |
| Photo Date: |
1/28/1985 Upload Date: 9/26/2014 1:45:03 AM |
| Location: |
Huntington, WV |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Winter,Yard,Action |
| Locomotives: |
BO 4808(GP38) |
| Views: |
335 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Shop power |
| Description: |
A pair of classic units sit at the Huntington shop. Check out the B&O trailers!! If I recall, the train they had in the logo was led by a GP 30. |
| Photo Date: |
1/28/1985 Upload Date: 9/26/2014 1:46:59 AM |
| Location: |
Huntington, WV |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Roster,Winter,Yard |
| Locomotives: |
BO 6933(GP30) CO 2317(U23B) |
| Views: |
559 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Power in the yard |
| Description: |
Not sure if this is Montgomery-I chased the 614 from Gauley Bridge to Huntington, so it has to be west of Gauley Bridge, but dont think its as far as Charleston. Wherever it is, good to see all that Chessie power 30 years later. The pair of units in the foreground had just come in with a westbound coal train. |
| Photo Date: |
1/28/1985 Upload Date: 9/24/2014 2:58:51 AM |
| Location: |
Montgomery, WV |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Roster,Yard |
| Locomotives: |
CO 4390(GP40-2) CO 8560(SD50) CO 8575(SD50) BO 8590(SD50) |
| Views: |
1001 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Rare find |
| Description: |
There is a lot of power here at the shop, but the oddball is C&O 3302, a U30C, one of a very few 6 axle GEs on the C&O. The pair of U30B's is also a nice find. The place was a veritable museum of 1960's motive power. |
| Photo Date: |
1/28/1985 Upload Date: 9/26/2014 1:48:56 AM |
| Location: |
Huntington, WV |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Roster,Winter,Yard |
| Locomotives: |
CO 3302(U30C) CO 8227(U30B) CO 8209(U30B) BO 9520(NW2) |
| Views: |
1072 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
GEs |
| Description: |
C&O had a fair number of GEs, but they were still a distinct minority on the roster. I caught them whenever I could, such as these. Who knew, 20 years later, they would be everywhere on the system. |
| Photo Date: |
1/28/1985 Upload Date: 9/24/2014 3:02:10 AM |
| Location: |
Montgomery, WV |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Roster,Yard |
| Locomotives: |
CO 8291(B30-7) CO 8245(B30-7) |
| Views: |
596 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Westbound and rolling |
| Description: |
A westbound with a pair of then new SD50s rolls out of town toward Cincy. Note the facilities: a snd tower to the left of the train, signals, and a train order board at the station. Classic railroading. |
| Photo Date: |
1/28/1985 Upload Date: 9/26/2014 1:51:25 AM |
| Location: |
Huntington, WV |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Winter,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CO 8554(SD50) CO 8564(SD50) CO 4399(GP40-2) |
| Views: |
793 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Down in the gorge |
| Description: |
In January 1985 I went to West Virginia to shoot C&O 614 while it was running engineering tests for Ross Rowland. While waiting at Gauley Bridge, C&O contributed a coal train to the trip. |
| Photo Date: |
1/28/1985 Upload Date: 9/24/2014 3:11:08 AM |
| Location: |
Gauley Bridge, WV |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Winter,Signal,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CO 8560(SD50) CO 4390(GP40-2) |
| Views: |
709 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Big new power |
| Description: |
SD50s were still a big thing in 1985, and C&O got a lot of them. Here's one in the yard, paint still fresh. |
| Photo Date: |
1/28/1985 Upload Date: 9/24/2014 3:06:30 AM |
| Location: |
Montgomery, WV |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Roster,Yard |
| Locomotives: |
CO 8567(SD50) |
| Views: |
469 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Clinchfield in Florida |
| Description: |
This GP 38 has been repainted for the Seaboard System, but is lettered for the Clinchfield, a world away both geographically and philosophically from south Florida. |
| Photo Date: |
5/5/1985 Upload Date: 9/30/2014 2:38:31 AM |
| Location: |
Miami, FL |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Roster,Yard |
| Locomotives: |
CRR 6045(GP38-2) |
| Views: |
873 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Shop power |
| Description: |
We passed this yard while riding into Miami on the Silver Star, and we see a few units there. |
| Photo Date: |
5/5/1985 Upload Date: 9/30/2014 2:42:18 AM |
| Location: |
Miami, FL |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Roster,Yard |
| Locomotives: |
SBD 6269(GP38AC) SBD 4769(GP16) |
| Views: |
429 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
SCL power |
| Description: |
There was still quite a bit of SCL power running around on the Seaboard System in the mid 80s; we saw several SCL SD45s at Rocky Mount a few nights later. Here are a couple of GEs at Miami, a U18B and U23B |
| Photo Date: |
5/5/1985 Upload Date: 9/30/2014 2:44:01 AM |
| Location: |
Miami, FL |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Yard,Action |
| Locomotives: |
SCL 251(U18B) SBD 2757(U23B) SBD 6053(GP38-2) SCL 521(GP38-2) |
| Views: |
796 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Rail train |
| Description: |
Former Family Lines GE and an ex L&N GE lead a rail train at Sanford Amtrak station |
| Photo Date: |
5/6/1985 Upload Date: 7/20/2011 1:40:20 AM |
| Location: |
Sanford, FL |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Yard,Station |
| Locomotives: |
SCL 5150(B23-7) LN 2728(U23B) |
| Views: |
583 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
L&N power |
| Description: |
An ex L&N U boat drifts past the rail train it just dropped at Sanford. I was alway glad to see L&N power, as it was one of those roads I could never get. |
| Photo Date: |
5/6/1985 Upload Date: 10/1/2014 1:48:43 AM |
| Location: |
Sanford, FL |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Action |
| Locomotives: |
SBD 2728(U23B) SBD 5150(B23-7) |
| Views: |
551 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
Rolling downtown |
| Description: |
The CSX former ACL line through Rocky Mount NC runs right down the main drag in Rocky Mount NC on a dedicated right of way. While keeping vehicles and pedestrians off the tracks, it does tie up the town, especially for a southbound entering the yard. Here a four unit set of B36-7s leads a pig train north. It did not block traffic for long!! |
| Photo Date: |
5/9/1985 Upload Date: 1/30/2012 12:30:03 AM |
| Location: |
Rocky Mount, NC |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
SBD 5822(B36-7) SBD 5827(B36-7) SBD 5846(B36-7) |
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872 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Tying up town |
| Description: |
A southbound behind a pair of GEs and an SD 40 approaches the yard at Rocky Mount. Southbounds entering the yard did so at less than 15 MPH, and would tie up downtown for 20 minutes. SBD was flying their colors during the day here. I had rolled into town the night before and spend some time at the Amtrak station. I saw three trains, all had SCL power, including one with a solid set of SCL SD45s. |
| Photo Date: |
5/9/1985 Upload Date: 1/30/2012 12:33:33 AM |
| Location: |
Rocky Mount, NC |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
SBD 7003(C30-7) SBD 7018(C30-7) |
| Views: |
652 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Norfolk area local |
| Description: |
A local works in the Hampton Roads area of Virginia |
| Photo Date: |
5/10/1985 Upload Date: 9/29/2014 1:32:41 AM |
| Location: |
Norfolk, VA |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
SBD 4712(GP16) SBD 551(GP38-2) |
| Views: |
390 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Local job |
| Description: |
The trailing unit on ttis local job in the Norfolk area is a clean GP 38-2 |
| Photo Date: |
5/10/1985 Upload Date: 9/29/2014 1:25:04 AM |
| Location: |
Norfolk, VA |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
SBD 551(GP38-2) |
| Views: |
436 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Chessie on the C&O |
| Description: |
B&O and WM lettered units, with a C&O caboose, lead this coal train at Charlottesville, on the C&O. Guess we have everyone covered. Seeing 6 axle power on the C&O, a road most known for its overwhelmingly 4 axle fleet, always seemed odd to me. |
| Photo Date: |
6/13/1985 Upload Date: 10/1/2014 12:17:43 AM |
| Location: |
Charlottesville, VA |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
BO 7615(SD40-2) WM 7548(SD40) |
| Views: |
933 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Dark of winter |
| Description: |
A wothbound train on the ex B&O approaches the NS diamond on a dreary day. |
| Photo Date: |
2/15/1986 Upload Date: 11/9/2014 4:23:40 AM |
| Location: |
Leipsic, OH |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Winter,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CO 4278(GP40-2) CO 4169(GP40-2) |
| Views: |
442 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Cab hop |
| Description: |
A B&O painted GP 35 rolls past the Point of Rocks station on the line to Baltimore |
| Photo Date: |
6/24/1986 Upload Date: 11/30/2014 3:00:37 AM |
| Location: |
Point of Rocks, MD |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Signal,Action |
| Locomotives: |
BO 3540(GP35) |
| Views: |
394 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Local east |
| Description: |
A B&O unit with a local consisting entirely of Chessie cars rolls up on the line to Baltimore. |
| Photo Date: |
6/24/1986 Upload Date: 11/30/2014 3:03:22 AM |
| Location: |
Point of Rocks, MD |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Action |
| Locomotives: |
BO 3540(GP35) |
| Views: |
495 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Trains rep |
| Description: |
In the late 70s, Trains magazine, during one of its motive power surveys, looked for a diesel that typified the power on American railroads. Their conclusion was that the unit that did so was B&O 3802. Here it is, some years later, trailing on an eastbound. Perhaps typically, it is the last unit of three on an othewise unremarkable train on an unremarkable day. |
| Photo Date: |
6/24/1986 Upload Date: 11/26/2014 2:41:12 AM |
| Location: |
Point of Rocks, MD |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
CO 7579(SD40) CO 3537(GP35) BO 3802(GP38) |
| Views: |
1157 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Capitol dome |
| Description: |
There were still a few of these units riding around in the mid 80s, even as Chessie was about to disappear into the Bright Future of CSX. This one is trailing on a B&O train passing Conrails Anacostia tower in DC. . |
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6/24/1986 Upload Date: 11/28/2014 2:00:36 AM |
| Location: |
Washington D.C., DC |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
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Action |
| Locomotives: |
BO 4031(GP40) BO 4061(GP40) RFP 124(GP40) |
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Helpers |
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There was a helper district going west out of Point of Rocks, and I saw a couple of sets that day. This is one of them, returning east. |
| Photo Date: |
6/24/1986 Upload Date: 11/26/2014 2:46:19 AM |
| Location: |
Point of Rocks, MD |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
BO 4152(GP40-2) CO 7532(SD40) CO 7552(SD40) |
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443 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Helpers at the station |
| Description: |
A set of helpers backs past the Point of Rocks station |
| Photo Date: |
6/24/1986 Upload Date: 11/26/2014 2:49:05 AM |
| Location: |
Point of Rocks, MD |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Action |
| Locomotives: |
BO 4152(GP40-2) CO 7532(SD40) CO 7552(SD40) |
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375 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Out of pot Yard |
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A westbound that came from Potomac Yard passes the station, and will cross over to take the westbound main. An eastbound waits beyond the next signal west, and will go to Pot Yard as soon as this train clears. |
| Photo Date: |
6/24/1986 Upload Date: 11/30/2014 3:05:22 AM |
| Location: |
Point of Rocks, MD |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Action |
| Locomotives: |
BO 7592(SD40) CO 4399(GP40-2) |
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441 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Helpers at work |
| Description: |
A helper set trailed by an ever rarer blue units works west. |
| Photo Date: |
6/24/1986 Upload Date: 11/26/2014 2:53:53 AM |
| Location: |
Point of Rocks, MD |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
CO 3781(GP40) CO 4183(GP40-2) BO 4330(GP40-2) CO 4267(GP40-2) |
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455 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Backing past |
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The helper units were either hitching a ride on this eastbound, or perhaps aiding with dynamic braking. The train was going past when I arrived, so dont know how heavy it was. |
| Photo Date: |
6/24/1986 Upload Date: 11/26/2014 2:58:05 AM |
| Location: |
Point of Rocks, MD |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CO 3781(GP40) CO 4183(GP40-2) |
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357 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Pigs for Philly |
| Description: |
A pig train rolls over the Anacostia River and will shortly be on the B&O for a trip to Philadelphia. |
| Photo Date: |
6/24/1986 Upload Date: 11/28/2014 2:04:27 AM |
| Location: |
Washington D.C., DC |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Bridge,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CO 3876(GP38) BO 3813(GP38) |
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252 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Closer look |
| Description: |
A closer look at the pair of GP 38s leading a northbound pig train. That's the Anacostia River moveable bridge the train is crossing. |
| Photo Date: |
6/24/1986 Upload Date: 11/28/2014 2:17:32 AM |
| Location: |
Washington D.C., DC |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
CO 3876(GP38) BO 3813(GP38) |
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330 Comments: 0 |
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