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CNW SD-45 snowbound - 70's - image 53 viewsHere some nice shots of CNW SD-45 #956 snowbound in the 70'sLegend69Mar 19, 2024
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CNW SD-45 snowbound - 70's - Image 21 viewsHere some nice shots of CNW SD-45 #956 snowbound in the 70'sLegend69Mar 19, 2024
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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'sLegend69Mar 19, 2024
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The last set of Alco's headed by C424 #42103 viewsThis was taken June 1998 AT 02.00 St. Luc Yard. It was the last all ALCO set train#923 CP 4210,1838,1837,4216,4230TimMar 19, 2024
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A hill to climb1 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 1946Mar 18, 2024
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CR Ashtabula OH coal dock yard2 viewsA trio of P&LE U28Bs and a lone SW1500 are seen leaving Ashtabula with a southbound empty coal movement. The yard is awash with color, as freshly painted Conrail hoppers mingle with those of various predecessor roads alongside P&LE hoppers in two different schemes.
Photo Copyright 2008 Tim BaldwinBLW 1946Mar 18, 2024
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Conrail eastbound in winter1 viewsA trio of ubiquitous SD40-2s leads an eastbound Conrail merchandise freight under a rural bridge midway between Dunkirk and Silver Creek, NY.
Photo Copyright 2008 Tim BaldwinBLW 1946Mar 18, 2024
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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 1946Mar 18, 2024
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B&O GP40-2 #4032 Tuscarora Wye Niagara Falls NY4 viewsWestbound Chessie freight CG-41, led by GP40-2 #4032 in B&O blue, travels the west leg of Tuscarora Wye en route to Niagara Yard. After making its pickup, NI-42 will continue west across Suspension Bridge to the former Pere Marquette line across Southern Ontario.
Photo Copyright 2008 Tim BaldwinBLW 1946Mar 18, 2024
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B&M GP40-2 #313 William St. Buffalo NY0 viewsIn the months preceding the Guilford purchase of the D&H, a pooled power arrangement saw B&M geeps and MEC power visiting the North Yard in Buffalo. Here, a trio of pooled geeps idles at the William Street end of the yard. The ex-DL&W bridge in the background was torn down not long after this photo was taken.
Photo Copyright 2008 Tim BaldwinBLW 1946Mar 18, 2024
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CR SW1500 #9582 Ohio Street Buffalo NY3 viewsIn better days for the Great Lakes shipping industry, Conrail SW1500 #9582 works the grain elevators along Ohio Street in Buffalo's First Ward.
Photo Copyright 2008 Tim BaldwinBLW 1946Mar 18, 2024
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Niagara Yard Niagara Falls NY3 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 1946Mar 17, 2024
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C&O GP7 #4557 Niagara Yard Niagara Falls NY1 viewsC&O GP7 #4557, a product of GMD Canada, leads Chessie train CG-41 west out of Niagara Yard in Niagara Falls NY en route to Suspension Bridge and the former Pere Marquette line across southern Ontario province. The opening of Casino Niagara in Niagara Falls, Ontario sounded the death knell for this historic line.
Photo Copyright 2008 Tim BaldwinBLW 1946Mar 17, 2024
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D&H Sea-Land stack train at Dale NY10 viewsAn ex-D&H GP39-2 in fresh Guilford paint is sandwiched by a pair of blue B&M GP40-2s on a sunny October day as they hustle east through bucolic Dale NY after climbing the torturous hill at Attica. The arrival of double-stack container trains to both D&H and host Conrail's operating scheme more than doubled the number of daily trains on the ex-EL Southern Tier Line for a period of several years while Conrail tackled clearance problems on the Water Level Route.
Photo Copyright 2008 Tim BaldwinBLW 1946Mar 17, 2024
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B&O freight Ashford Junction NY2 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 1946Mar 17, 2024
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Amtrak #351 The Maple Leaf1 viewsThe eastbound Maple Leaf, led by Amtrak #351,F40PH, paints an imposing picture as it passes through North Tonawanda NY.
Photo Copyright 2008 Tim BaldwinBLW 1946Mar 17, 2024
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