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Familiar Territory37 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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A new lease on life for the D&H37 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 1946
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Hill and Dale37 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 1946
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Conrail eastbound in winter36 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 1946
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CNW SD-45 snowbound - 70's - Image 236 viewsHere some nice shots of CNW SD-45 #956 snowbound in the 70'sLegend69
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CNW SD-45 snowbound - 70's - Image 336 viewsHere some nice shots of CNW SD-45 #956 snowbound in the 70'sLegend69
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CNW SD-45 snowbound - 70's - Image 436 viewsHere some nice shots of CNW SD-45 #956 snowbound in the 70'sLegend69
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Norfolk Southern'street running' 36 viewsNorfolk Southern freight
Street running into 'City Port'littlemax
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Sumac and Sugar Maples36 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 1946
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Coal Dust in the wind36 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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B&M 315 at West Susquehanna PA35 viewsAn eastbound D&H train led by Boston & Maine #315 passes under the Erie coal tower at West Susquehanna PA, a relic of a much earlier era. The train will proceed east to a connecting track at Lanesboro PA where it will return to home rails via a complicate switchback maneuver at Jefferson Junction, necessitated by the construction work being done at the Belden Hill tunnel site to accommodate double-stack container traffic. This would be the last hurrah for the old D&H line across Ararat Summit.
Photo Copyright 2008 Tim BaldwinBLW 1946
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B&O GP40-2 #4032 Tuscarora Wye Niagara Falls NY35 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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High Green on Sandpatch35 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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The view from Hunts Hollow Road34 viewsA quartet of NYS&W yellowjackets race west with Sea-Land doublestacks in tow through rural Hunt NY on a clear fall day.
A few miles west lies the landmark bridge over the Genesee River Gorge at Portage NY.
©Photo Copyright 2008 Tim BaldwinBLW 1946
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Amtrak #351 The Maple Leaf34 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 1946
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B&O freight Ashford Junction NY34 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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