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B&O freight Ashford Junction NY257 viewsB&O GP40 #3776 leads a long northbound freight past the classic B&O tower at Ashford Junction NY. In a few years' time, this would become the junction of the Rochester & Southern and the Buffalo and Pittsburgh lines from their respective home cities.
Photo Copyright 2008 Tim BaldwinBLW 1946
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Niagara Yard Niagara Falls NY223 viewsA telephoto view of Niagara Yard, as B&O blue GP40-2 #4032 and a sister unit wearing Chessie colors pick up a cut of cars for CG-41's trip across Southern Ontario Province on former Pere Marquette trackage. A Conrail switcher works at right. This yard served the Niagara Falls chemical industry as well as GM's Harrison Radiator plant in Lockport.
Photo Copyright 2008 Tim BaldwinBLW 1946
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Chessie coal empties - Springville NY242 viewsA southbound empty Chessie coal train passes a still pond on now-abandoned B&O trackage through Springville NY.
In a time-honored tradition, the engineer exchanges waves with a young fisherman.
Photo Copyright 2008 Tim BaldwinBLW 1946
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SD70M sunrise250 viewsSD70M sunriseACe
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SB block signal on BNSF/UP joint line272 viewsThis block signal stands guard for SB BNSF/UP joint line trainssignalman
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A hill to climb241 viewsEastbound D&H Sea-Land doublestack train SLN-8 struggles up Attica Hill with two B&M bluebird GP38-2s bracketing an ex-D&H (nee-RDG) GP39-2 in fresh Guilford paint. SLN-8's circuitous CSX-B&P-D&H-NYS&W routing and varied motive power assignments were a joy to Western NY railfans. The train carried the symbol DTV8 while utilizing trackage rights over Conrail's Southern tier Line between Buffalo and Binghamton.
Photo Copyright 2008 Tim BaldwinBLW 1946
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U.P. main - west of Denver246 viewsThis picture is looking south(Denver is to the left). This is one of the many challenging grades for loaded coal trains to climb, as they grind their way up through Coal Creek Canyonsignalman
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Train 2342748 viewsArriving from Toronto with a crew change then onto Montreal. Power CP 5736,5912(SD40-2's),9668,9663(AC4400CW's) the two GE's where on idle.
Taken at Smiths Falls August 04,2008Tim
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Mixed Bag284 viewsAn Eastbound, carrying coal loads that originated on the P&LE, winds its way through the scenic Canisteo River valley behind a mixed consist of locomotives in five different paint schemes. Leading the pack is ex-RDG GP39-2 #7410 in D&H patched Reading green, followed by a leased BAR GP38-2, a leased ex-Chessie GP40-2, another ex-RDG GP39-2 in a modified blue D&H scheme, and an ex-BN SD45 now owned by designated operator NYS&W. The train is bound for a generating plant in Bow NH.
Copyright © 2008 Tim BaldwinBLW 1946Jun 25, 2024
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CP Rail SD40-2 #5678 Adrian NY201 viewsThe skies have brightened considerably as an Eastbound Buffalo to Binghamton freight rounds Rattlesnake Curve in Adrian NY. The hillside is ablaze with fall colors as CP Rail SD40-2 #5678 leads a pair of PLM SD40s and well-kept MLW RS18u #1811 at the head of a long merchandise freight.
Photo Copyright © 2008 Tim BaldwinBLW 1946Jun 25, 2024
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Hill and Dale9258 viewsA loaded Conrail coal train bound for Johnson City NY passes through scenic Dale NY behind a pair of CW40-8s and a single SD50. With Attica Hill behind them, the three big locomotives will have no trouble maintaining track speed as they make their way east on the ex-EL Southern Tier Line.
Photo Copyright © 2008 Tim BaldwinBLW 1946Jun 25, 2024
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Coal Dust in the wind217 views...even 100 miles from the coal mines the coal dust still billows from the hoppers... the wind howling and the train moving makes for quite a show (cough, cough) April, 2008geepsterMay 09, 2024
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A new lease on life for the D&H271 viewsAfter being wed and then divorced by Guilford Transportation Inustries, D&H was operated successfully by NYS&W before being purchased by Canadian rail giant CP Rail. Six axle SD40s and SD40-2s became the norm on rails that had hosted second generation U-Boats, Geeps, and Alcos a decade earlier. Here, leased PLM SD40 #3004 leads leased GATX SD40 #2002 and a CP Rail SD40-2 under the highway overpass at Canaseraga NY, as BUEB makes its way down the 10 MPH jointed rail of track #2 between Portage and Hornell.
Photo Copyright © 2008 Tim BaldwinBLW 1946Apr 21, 2024
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Sumac and Sugar Maples207 viewsAn overcast day accentuates the changing fall foliage in rural Hunt Hollow NY as D&H BUEB, led by CP Rail SD40-2 #5678, works its way east. In the locomotive consist are a pair of leased PLM International SD40's and CP Rail RS18 #1811.
Photo Copyright 2008 Tim BaldwinBLW 1946Apr 21, 2024
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D&H HAN-1 Canaseraga NY214 viewsA trio of even-numbered B40-8s, led by NYS&W #4002, passes beneath the highway overpass in the small town of Canaseraga NY. Westbound HAN-1 was a joint CSX, B&P, D&H and NYS&W venture, and the B40-7 fleet had been financed by major player CSX.
Photo Copyright 2008 Tim BaldwinBLW 1946Apr 21, 2024
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Rattlesnake Curve Adrian NY236 viewsA favorite railfan destination, the sweeping curve on Conrail's ex-EL Southern Tier Line along the Canisteo River offered many excellent vistas.
Photo Copyright 2008 Tim BaldwinBLW 1946Apr 21, 2024
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