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CSX freight Keystone PA1 viewsAn Eastbound CSX freight led by B&O GP40-2 #4134 climbs Sandpatch grade at Keystone PA. The 'elephant style' locomotive consist also includes SBD SD40-2 #8134 in Family Lines livery as well as GP40 #6662 in Seaboard System paint.
Photo Copyright 2008 Tim BaldwinBLW 1946
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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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Class of '517 viewsC&O GP7 #5773, a graduate of the EMD class of 1951, leads Chessie System's CG-41 beneath the massive concrete counterweight of the ex-NYC lift bridge across the Erie Canal separating the small Western NY cities of Tonawanda and North Tonawanda, midway between Buffalo and Niagara Falls. The bridge on the parallel ex-EL Niagara Falls branch can be seen at left. On the far (Tonawanda) side of the bridge was Conrail CP EL-3, where Lehigh Valley trains, prior to April 1. 1976, would access trackage rights on Penn Central's ex-NYC Niagara Branch to reach Niagara Falls and Canadian connections.
Photo Copyright 2008 Tim BaldwinBLW 1946
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B&O GP40-2 #4032 Tuscarora Wye Niagara Falls NY1 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 1946
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C&O GP7 #4557 Niagara Yard Niagara Falls NY0 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 1946
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NYSW SD45 #3622 Alden NY1 viewsWestbound D&H EBBU is a rainbow of color with five different attractive paint schemes on a beautiful late summer day. The train is led by freshly repainted ex-BN SD45 #3622, followed by ex-Frisco SD45 #6695, still in Cascade Green, a D&H Alco C424M, and two CSX units, one still attired in Chessie System colors. NYS&W's aggressive marketing, coupled with friendly connections with CSX, NS, and the newly formed B&P would breath new life into the Guilford castoff.
Photo Copyright © 2008 Tim BaldwinBLW 1946
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Salisbury Stakeout1 viewsA quartet of Chessie System second generation geeps leads an eastbound merchandise freight up the west slope of Sandpatch Grade and under the former Western Maryland's Salisbury Viaduct.
Photo Copyright 2008 Tim BaldwinBLW 1946
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Familiar Territory1 viewsThe corn is high, and the smell of diesel exhaust is heavy as Western Maryland GP40-2 #4318 leads a sister B&O unit and two GP30s in the assault upon Sandpatch Grade. All three Chessie component roads are represented here, as the trailing GP30s carry B&O and C&O markings. Could #4318 once have traveled across Salisbury Viaduct, seen in the upper right corner? A lady never tells her age.
Photo Copyright 2008 Tim BaldwinBLW 1946
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High Green on Sandpatch1 viewsClouds of blue diesel exhaust testify to the effort involved in moving tonnage up Sandpatch grade. A mixed quartet of second generation geeps, representing all three Chessie System component roads, shatters the morning stillness of nearby Meyersdale PA as they struggle relentlessly toward the summit. The Clear signal indication is certainly a welcome sight to the crew.
Photo Copyright 2008 Tim BaldwinBLW 1946
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B&O (Chessie) GP40-2 #4151 Bison Runner0 viewsB&O (Chessie) GP40-2 #4151 waits on the Bison Runner near D&H's SK yard in Buffalo NY with a Sea-Land intermodal train.
Photo Copyright 2008 Tim BaldwinBLW 1946
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Chessie coal empties - Springville NY2 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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Suspension Bridge Niagara Falls NY6 viewsWestbound Chessie System (C&O) CG-41 crosses the Lower Niagara Gorge into Canada after making its pickup at Niagara Yard. Just behind Suspension Bridge is the Whirlpool Bridge, which carries Amtrak's daily Maple Leaf in addition to vehicular traffic.
Photo Copyright 2008 Tim BaldwinBLW 1946
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