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CSX CG-41 Seneca St Buffalo NY0 viewsA pair of GP40-2s lead CSX CG-41 as it heads west on Conrail tracks, passing the former site of FW Tower, as seen from the Seneca St bridge in Buffalo NY. The late afternoon sun intensifies the colorful consist.
Photo Copyright 2008 Tim BaldwinBLW 1946
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U.P. main - west of Denver2 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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Amtrak F40PH #345 Niagara Falls NY0 viewsAmtrak #345, leading the Niagara Rainbow, awaits departure at Niagara Falls NY after a typical Western NY lake effect snowstorm.
Photo Copyright 2008 Tim BaldwinBLW 1946
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Coal Dust in the wind3 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, 2008geepster
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CP Run Thru #20 viewsTaken in Durand, Mi in the 90's, a CP train heads east towards Port Huron MIgtw5812
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High-Wide1 viewsTaken while heading north with two special 'High-Wides', heading for Saginaw, MIgtw5812
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the Starlate3 viewsAmtrak trainACe
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CNW SD-45 snowbound - 70's - Image 11 viewsHere some nice shots of CNW SD-45 #956 snowbound in the 70'sLegend69
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Mixed Bag10 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 NY7 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 Dale3 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 wind3 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&H3 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 Maples4 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 NY2 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 NY3 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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