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Viewing Album:  Conrail on the ex New York Central and New Haven
 
By:Tom Beckett
Dates:4/1/1976 - 6/1/1999
Album Info:Conrail trains on ex NYC lines, primarily the Chicago, West Shore, and Boston Lines, but other places as well. Also included are trains on ex New Haven lines in New England and the NY City area.
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Rack train
Title:  Rack train
Description:  DNDA, running from Detroit to Doremus Av auto facility in Newark, rolls 83 cars past the station in Utica. Interesting power set today, not the usual six axle power.
Photo Date:  5/31/1992  Upload Date: 2/9/2015 3:00:54 AM
Location:  Utica, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Action
Locomotives:  CR 1931(B23-7) CR 1665(GP15-1) CR 3297(GP40-2)
Views:  549   Comments: 1
DNSE
Title:  DNSE
Description:  DNSE rolls under the NY 5/8/12 overpass and through Utica station with 115 cars on a rainy Sunday
Photo Date:  5/31/1992  Upload Date: 2/9/2015 3:19:58 AM
Location:  Utica, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Action
Locomotives:  CR 6737(SD50) CR 6855(SD60) CR 6006(C39-8)
Views:  533   Comments: 0
Fenced off
Title:  Fenced off
Description:  The railroad museum at North East PA is fenced off from the Conrail and NS mains for good reason-up to 100 trains a day. One of them, a Conrail stack train, passes the old NYC station.
Photo Date:  7/18/1992  Upload Date: 2/5/2015 2:34:37 AM
Location:  North East, PA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Action
Locomotives:  CR 3345(GP40-2) CR 3278(GP40-2) CR 6626(C36-7)
Views:  507   Comments: 2
A pair of B 40s.
Title:  A pair of B 40s.
Description:  A pair of B 40s, Conrails last 4 axle road power, roll an 118 car ELBU toward Frontier Yard in Buffalo.
Photo Date:  7/18/1992  Upload Date: 2/1/2015 4:06:57 AM
Location:  Brocton, NY
Author:  Tom Beceett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CR 5088(B40-8) CR 5067(B40-8)
Views:  420   Comments: 0
Big power for TV 7
Title:  Big power for TV 7
Description:  A C30-7A and three SD50s roll TV 7l 51 trailer flats west on the ex NYC.
Photo Date:  7/18/1992  Upload Date: 2/1/2015 4:09:29 AM
Location:  Brocton, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CR 6563(C30-7A) CR 6718(SD50) CR 6831(SD50) CR 6822(SD50)
Views:  523   Comments: 0
Westbound
Title:  Westbound
Description:  An unidentified westbound rolls through Brocton with a big cut of coal up front.
Photo Date:  7/18/1992  Upload Date: 2/1/2015 4:11:52 AM
Location:  Brocton, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CR 6756(SD50) CR 6789(SD50)
Views:  353   Comments: 1
Westbound with a former demonstrator
Title:  Westbound with a former demonstrator
Description:  An 86 car westbound rolls through Silver Creek on the ex NYC behind former SD 60 demonstrator 6840.
Photo Date:  7/18/1992  Upload Date: 2/27/2012 12:48:07 AM
Location:  Silver Creek, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CR 6840(SD60) CR 6745(SD50)
Views:  469   Comments: 0
SETO
Title:  SETO
Description:  I caught what appears to be a SETO at a crossing in Guilderland Center. It had 22 COFC and 66 freight, mostly hi cube cars.
Photo Date:  9/11/1992  Upload Date: 2/4/2015 12:53:18 AM
Location:  Guilderland Center, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CR 3355(GP40-2) CR 3276(GP40-2)
Views:  435   Comments: 0
Thats what we came for
Title:  Thats what we came for
Description:  A westbound 101 car Conrail train passes a sign for one of the many local wineries in far western NY.
Photo Date:  9/1/1993  Upload Date: 1/13/2015 11:32:15 PM
Location:  Ripley, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  CR 5070(B40-8) CR 5073(B40-8)
Views:  409   Comments: 0
Westbound freight
Title:  Westbound freight
Description:  A pair of Conrail GEs roll west with 94 cars at Brocton down along Lake Erie.
Photo Date:  9/1/1993  Upload Date: 1/13/2015 11:33:38 PM
Location:  Brocton, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CR 6185(C40-8W) CR 6182(C40-8W)
Views:  345   Comments: 0
TV 201
Title:  TV 201
Description:  TV 201 rolls west at the NY/PA state line, having just crossed under I 90, seen in the background.
Photo Date:  9/1/1993  Upload Date: 1/13/2015 11:35:09 PM
Location:  North East, PA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  CR 6809(SD50) CR 6561(C30-7A) CR 6211(C40-8W)
Views:  499   Comments: 1
Something for everyone
Title:  Something for everyone
Description:  The line up at Selkirk engine facility was pretty well rounded this day. There were UP units also. Of tha major roads, only the CP and KCS were not represented there that day. Note the CSX Operation Redblock unit at right
Photo Date:  1/23/1994  Upload Date: 1/7/2015 2:37:33 AM
Location:  Selkirk, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  ATSF 5954(SDF45) CR 6196(C40-8W)
Views:  521   Comments: 0
Everyone is here
Title:  Everyone is here
Description:  Even a couple of Conrail units. Selkirk is looking like North Platte when it comes to run through power. Here we have a full view of the Santa Fe cowl unit, as well as power from NS, UP and CSX, as well as a partly hidden GP 30 rebuild from BN. Oh, there are some Conrail units here too.
Photo Date:  1/23/1994  Upload Date: 1/7/2015 2:39:44 AM
Location:  Selkirk, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  ATSF 8151(C30-7) ATSF 5954(SDF45) NS 3931(U23B) CR 1646(GP15-1) CR 5086(B40-8) CSX 7581(C40-8)
Views:  1101   Comments: 2
Good sign
Title:  Good sign
Description:  SEFR rolls 98 cars past a picturesque building in Chatham NY as it heads for the snowbound Berkshires.
Photo Date:  1/23/1994  Upload Date: 1/7/2015 2:42:55 AM
Location:  Chatham, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  CR 5553(SD60M) CR 6049(C40-8) CR 6637(C36-7) CR 6644(C36-7)
Views:  781   Comments: 1
Slogging through the snow
Title:  Slogging through the snow
Description:  SEFR rolls its 98 cars toward Massachusetts as it approaches state line tunnel.
Photo Date:  1/23/1994  Upload Date: 1/7/2015 2:47:01 AM
Location:  Canaan, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Winter,Action
Locomotives:  CR 5553(SD60M) CR 6049(C40-8) CR 6637(C36-7) CR 6644(C36-7)
Views:  757   Comments: 3
TV 6
Title:  TV 6
Description:  TV 6 rolls east past the Pittsfield station.
Photo Date:  1/23/1994  Upload Date: 1/7/2015 2:55:17 AM
Location:  Pittsfield, MA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Winter,Station,Signal,Action
Locomotives:  CR 6108(C40-8W) CR 6705(SD50) CR 6591(C30-7A)
Views:  707   Comments: 0
SPSE
Title:  SPSE
Description:  SPSE rolls past the clock tower in downtown Chatham.
Photo Date:  1/23/1994  Upload Date: 1/7/2015 2:50:41 AM
Location:  Chatham, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Winter,Action
Locomotives:  CR 6749(SD50) CR 6558(C30-7A) CR 6562(C30-7A)
Views:  487   Comments: 0
Meet at the station
Title:  Meet at the station
Description:  SPSE behind CR 6749 waits as TV 6 blasts through the Pittsfield Amtrak station and under downtown
Photo Date:  1/23/1994  Upload Date: 1/7/2015 3:01:32 AM
Location:  Pittsfield, MA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Winter,Station,Action
Locomotives:  CR 6749(SD50) CR 6558(C30-7A) CR 6562(C30-7A) CR 6591(C30-7A)
Views:  561   Comments: 0
Waiting
Title:  Waiting
Description:  SPSE waits for TV 6 at the Amtrak station with its train stretched out under North St.
Photo Date:  1/23/1994  Upload Date: 1/7/2015 3:03:23 AM
Location:  Pittsfield, MA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Winter,Station,Action
Locomotives:  CR 6749(SD50) CR 6558(C30-7A) CR 6562(C30-7A)
Views:  421   Comments: 0
Even ex MP units are here
Title:  Even ex MP units are here
Description:  An ex MP SD 50, now lettered for UP, sits at the Selkirk engine terminal.
Photo Date:  1/23/1994  Upload Date: 1/7/2015 3:07:37 AM
Location:  Selkirk, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Roster,Winter,Yard
Locomotives:  UP 5015(SD50) UP 2498(C30-7) CR 6916(U23C) CSX 7786(C40-8W)
Views:  596   Comments: 1
Under the signals
Title:  Under the signals
Description:  A westbound CR train rolls under the ex NYC signal bridge at CP 433, just east of Buffalo's'Frontier Yard.
Photo Date:  3/12/1994  Upload Date: 9/24/2014 4:05:59 AM
Location:  Arkwright, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Winter,Signal,Action
Locomotives:  CR 6134(C40-8W) CR 6032(C40-8) CR 6610(C32-8) CR 6414(SD40-2)
Views:  671   Comments: 0
Meet at CP 433
Title:  Meet at CP 433
Description:  TV 6 behind C30-7A 6593 rolls past a waiting westbound at CP 433, just east of Frontier
Photo Date:  3/12/1994  Upload Date: 12/3/2014 3:57:35 AM
Location:  Cheektowaga, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Winter,Signal,Action
Locomotives:  CR 6593(C30-7A) CR 6134(C40-8W) CR 6610(C32-8) CR 6032(C40-8) CR 6414(SD40-2)
Views:  849   Comments: 0
Returning to their train
Title:  Returning to their train
Description:  The power for ELBU returns to its train after setting off 11 cars at Seneca. Today was a bonus-a solid set of Santa Fe units.
Photo Date:  5/27/1994  Upload Date: 9/16/2014 2:54:19 AM
Location:  Blasdell, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  ATSF 2783(GP30u) ATSF 2957(GP35u) ATSF 2899(GP35u)
Views:  537   Comments: 0
Arriving at the yard
Title:  Arriving at the yard
Description:  ELBU with Santa Fe power arrives at Seneca with 92 cars. It will set off 11 here.
Photo Date:  5/27/1994  Upload Date: 9/16/2014 2:58:55 AM
Location:  Blasdell, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  ATSF 2899(GP35u) ATSF 2957(GP35u) ATSF 2783(GP30u)
Views:  579   Comments: 1
Dont see this any more
Title:  Dont see this any more
Description:  A CR GP40-2 leads typical power of the era past Seneca Yard with a pair of classic UP units in the mix. TV 79 went to Santa Fe at Chicago, so seeing UP power on it was unusual.
Photo Date:  5/27/1994  Upload Date: 9/16/2014 3:01:14 AM
Location:  Blasdell, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  CR 3329(GP40-2) UP 2528(C30-7) UP 3746(SD40-2)
Views:  480   Comments: 0
Last one
Title:  Last one
Description:  The last CR GP40-2 leads TV 6 past the Santa Fe led ELBU as it makes its way east.
Photo Date:  5/27/1994  Upload Date: 9/16/2014 3:04:05 AM
Location:  Blasdell, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  CR 3403(GP40-2) CR 6480(SD40-2) ATSF 2783(GP30u) ATSF 2899(GP35u) CR 5020(B36-7) ATSF 2957(GP35u)
Views:  910   Comments: 0
BV
Title:  BV
Description:  Eastbound TV 10 rolls past the old BV tower with a pair of standard cab C40-8's as it heads east.
Photo Date:  5/27/1994  Upload Date: 9/16/2014 3:07:01 AM
Location:  Blasdell, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Action
Locomotives:  CR 6032(C40-8) CR 6035(C40-8)
Views:  436   Comments: 0
TV10C
Title:  TV10C
Description:  TV10C rolls past the old BV tower west of Buffalo. This was the west end of the Buffalo Division.
Photo Date:  5/27/1994  Upload Date: 9/16/2014 3:09:19 AM
Location:  Blasdell, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Action
Locomotives:  CR 6094(C40-8W) CR 5543(SD60M)
Views:  446   Comments: 0
Getting started
Title:  Getting started
Description:  TV 10C smokes it up as it rolls east from CP 5
Photo Date:  5/27/1994  Upload Date: 9/16/2014 3:11:53 AM
Location:  Blasdell, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CR 6094(C40-8W) CR 5543(SD60M)
Views:  429   Comments: 0
D&H connection
Title:  D&H connection
Description:  After the departure of CSX from the Buffalo market via the ex B&O, the Sea Land trains went via a CR route to Chicago. This was a big time saver over the B&O via Pittsburgh. This 46 platform eastbound will go onto the D&H at Buffalo and become their 254, going to NYSW at Binghamton.
Photo Date:  5/27/1994  Upload Date: 9/16/2014 3:14:52 AM
Location:  Blasdell, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CR 6176(C40-8W) CR 5086(B40-8)
Views:  370   Comments: 0
Racks west
Title:  Racks west
Description:  ML 421 with 78 cars gets a roll on behind an ex CNJ SD40.
Photo Date:  5/27/1994  Upload Date: 9/16/2014 3:16:08 AM
Location:  Blasdell, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CR 6291(SD40) CR 6504(SD40-2)
Views:  410   Comments: 0
View from the shed
Title:  View from the shed
Description:  PIBU and 156 cars rolls past Buffalo Central Terminal as seen from the long abandoned platforms.
Photo Date:  5/27/1994  Upload Date: 9/16/2014 3:22:08 AM
Location:  Buffalo, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Action
Locomotives:  CR 6329(SD40) CR 6338(SD40)
Views:  378   Comments: 0
ELSE past the station
Title:  ELSE past the station
Description:  ELSE passes the Amtrak station at Depew with 80 cars as it heads out of Frontier and on to Selkirk
Photo Date:  5/27/1994  Upload Date: 9/20/2014 2:33:34 AM
Location:  Depew, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Action
Locomotives:  CR 6553(C30-7A) CR 6038(C40-8)
Views:  360   Comments: 0
TV 9
Title:  TV 9
Description:  TV 9 rolls past the old NYC signal bridge as it makes its way to Chicago. The ex B&O, now Buffalo % Pittsburgh, bridge is in the distance at left.
Photo Date:  5/27/1994  Upload Date: 9/16/2014 3:18:23 AM
Location:  Blasdell, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CR 6706(SD50) CR 6401(SD40-2) CR 5538(SD60M)
Views:  621   Comments: 0
Westbound with CR and Guilford power
Title:  Westbound with CR and Guilford power
Description:  CR 6596 leads a Guilford SD 40 at Fonda on the fomer NYC
Photo Date:  5/27/1995  Upload Date: 5/22/2011 4:14:02 PM
Location:  Fonda, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  CR 6596(C30-7A) MEC 601(SD40)
Views:  576   Comments: 0
Eastbound auto racks
Title:  Eastbound auto racks
Description:  A mix of 4 axle power leads autoracks past the Amtrak station at Utica
Photo Date:  6/4/1995  Upload Date: 5/22/2011 4:16:32 PM
Location:  Utica, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Yard,Station,Action
Locomotives:  CR 1931(B23-7) CR 1665(GP15-1) CR 3297(GP40-2)
Views:  973   Comments: 0
Past the lock
Title:  Past the lock
Description:  An eastbound CR train rolls 119 cars along the Mohawk passing Lock 10 on the Erie Canal
Photo Date:  6/18/1995  Upload Date: 8/14/2014 3:42:13 AM
Location:  Cranesville, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  CR 6119(C40-8W) CR 6830(SD50)
Views:  421   Comments: 0
TV 12
Title:  TV 12
Description:  One of the great places to watch trains on the Chicago Line was the NY Barge Canal Lock 10 at Cranseville. Lots of room to picnic, and the action was almost constant. Here TV 12 rolls east with a standard set of power for the time. Trailing are 36 stack platforms and 66 TOFC. Theres a JB Hunt container at far left of the frame. I didnt know it then, but four months later I would be pulling those all over the eastern half of the country.
Photo Date:  6/18/1995  Upload Date: 8/16/2014 1:52:00 AM
Location:  Cranesville, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  CR 6467(SD40-2) CR 6431(SD40-2) CR 6146(C40-8W)
Views:  464   Comments: 0
Gotta maintain all that track
Title:  Gotta maintain all that track
Description:  A LORAM train rolls west at Cranesville. Looks like this one does ballast cleaning.
Photo Date:  6/18/1995  Upload Date: 8/16/2014 1:54:07 AM
Location:  Cranesville, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  LMIX DC1(GP7R)
Views:  362   Comments: 0
LORAM
Title:  LORAM
Description:  Close up of the power on a LORAM train as it passes between the dam and lock building across from Lock 10
Photo Date:  6/18/1995  Upload Date: 8/16/2014 1:55:23 AM
Location:  Cranesville, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  LMIX DC1(GP7R)
Views:  364   Comments: 0
Military train on the Montreal Secondary
Title:  Military train on the Montreal Secondary
Description:  A MIL train rolls south behind a trio of GEs. The Conrail police officer has stepped out to see what kind of goofball is taking a photo of his train.
Photo Date:  10/18/1995  Upload Date: 8/1/2014 2:34:12 AM
Location:  Woodard, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  CR 1948(B23-7) CR 1922(B23-7) CR 1947(B23-7)
Views:  614   Comments: 1
Northbound coal
Title:  Northbound coal
Description:  The line through Woodard saw a variety of traffic. Heres one of the more unusual moves, coal headed north behind a pair of big GEs. For you maintenance fans, here's a shot of a CR MOW vehicle.
Photo Date:  10/19/1995  Upload Date: 8/7/2014 2:34:09 PM
Location:  Woodard, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Action
Locomotives:  CR 6153(C40-8W) CR 6117(C40-8W)
Views:  276   Comments: 0
Sitting on the secondary
Title:  Sitting on the secondary
Description:  The power for the Woodard based local sits on the Fulton Secondary, opposite the ex NYC station used as the base of operations.
Photo Date:  10/23/1995  Upload Date: 8/10/2014 2:59:07 AM
Location:  Woodard, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Yard,Station
Locomotives:  CR 1923(B23-7)
Views:  230   Comments: 0
Early in the morning
Title:  Early in the morning
Description:  CR 1923 sits outside the Woodard station waiting to get started on its work on the Fulton Secondary.
Photo Date:  10/23/1995  Upload Date: 8/7/2014 2:26:43 PM
Location:  Woodard, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Yard,Station,Action
Locomotives:  CR 1923(B23-7)
Views:  209   Comments: 0
Road train meets local
Title:  Road train meets local
Description:  Conrail kept an engine at Woodard on the Montreal Secondary to work locals on the line to Oswego. Here we see MSBU with a pair of C40-8s and 12 cars passing the B23 holding down the local job there.
Photo Date:  10/23/1995  Upload Date: 8/1/2014 2:41:23 AM
Location:  Woodard, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Action
Locomotives:  CR 1923(B23-7) CR 6073(C40-8W) CR 6062(C40-8W)
Views:  528   Comments: 0
CNSE
Title:  CNSE
Description:  CNSE behind a CN SD40 rebuild and a CR unit pass the Woodard station on the Montreal Secondary.
Photo Date:  11/10/1995  Upload Date: 8/4/2014 2:34:14 AM
Location:  Woodard, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Winter,Station,Action
Locomotives:  CN 6002(SD40-2Q) CR 6755(SD50)
Views:  837   Comments: 0
Strays
Title:  Strays
Description:  A pair of western units leads this 40 car eastbound farther from home territory as it approaches Syracuse
Photo Date:  11/10/1995  Upload Date: 5/15/2014 3:11:23 PM
Location:  Memphis, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Winter,Action
Locomotives:  CNW 6832(SD40-2) UP 4157(SD40-2)
Views:  419   Comments: 0
Local power
Title:  Local power
Description:  As is usual, a B23-7 is todays power for the local at Woodard. The ex NYC station is used as a base of operations there.
Photo Date:  11/10/1995  Upload Date: 8/4/2014 2:37:33 AM
Location:  Woodard, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Yard,Station
Locomotives:  CR 1925(B23-7)
Views:  239   Comments: 0
Splitting the signals
Title:  Splitting the signals
Description:  A westbound intermodal train hammers past the signals at Memphis.
Photo Date:  6/22/1997  Upload Date: 3/30/2014 5:19:17 AM
Location:  Memphis, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Signal,Action
Locomotives:  CR 5604(SD60I)
Views:  256   Comments: 0
New power
Title:  New power
Description:  A pair of new UP GEs probably on their first trip, roll east through Memphis NY just before sunset.
Photo Date:  6/22/1997  Upload Date: 3/30/2014 5:14:00 AM
Location:  Memphis, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  UP 6659(AC44CW) UP 6628(AC44CW)
Views:  558   Comments: 0

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