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Viewing Album:  Short lines, regionals, and industrial units.
 
By:Tom Beckett
Dates:1/1/2011 - 1/1/2011
Album Info:Photos of short lines, regional roads, and industrial power, including grain elevators and other power not included elsewhere
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Same set
Title:  Same set
Description:  The north end of the power sitting at the yard office. The middle unit, GATX 3735, is a familiar sight, having spent some time on the NYSW during the past year.
Photo Date:  3/24/1990  Upload Date: 12/28/2015 5:18:02 AM
Location:  Salamanca, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  KYLE 3111(GP40) GATX 3717(GP40) GATX 3735(GP40) KYLE 3102(GP40) KYLE 3107(GP40)
Views:  658   Comments: 0
Switching out a SEPTA car
Title:  Switching out a SEPTA car
Description:  Morrison Knudsen had a rebuild facility at the former Erie shops that did contract work on transit and commuter cars. To move the cars around, they had a variety of units, among them this rebuilt GP 7, seen moving a car out for CR to pick up.
Photo Date:  3/24/1990  Upload Date: 12/28/2015 5:00:08 AM
Location:  Hornell, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  MKCO 5001(TE-47-4E)
Views:  324   Comments: 0
In the family
Title:  In the family
Description:  R&S power at the Salamanca yard. Rochester & Southern and Buffalo & Pittsburgh were both in the G&W family, and operated as a unit, despite the separate names and properties.
Photo Date:  3/24/1990  Upload Date: 12/28/2015 5:23:18 AM
Location:  Salamanca, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  RSR 101(GP40) RSR 105(GP40) BPRR 922(GP18)
Views:  590   Comments: 1
Short line SW
Title:  Short line SW
Description:  On a trip to Enola, we found this ex CR SW 8 at, appropriately, Shamokin Dam PA.
Photo Date:  6/16/1990  Upload Date: 1/13/2016 3:49:05 AM
Location:  Shamokin Dam, PA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  SHVR 86(SW8)
Views:  159   Comments: 2
Short line SW 1
Title:  Short line SW 1
Description:  This Reading Blue Mountain & Northern SW 1 was at the Kutztown station the day I went to the fair. This is a former Reading branch.
Photo Date:  7/8/1990  Upload Date: 1/15/2016 1:39:06 AM
Location:  Kutztown, PA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Roster,Station
Locomotives:  RBMN 600(SW1)
Views:  535   Comments: 1
Nicely displayed
Title:  Nicely displayed
Description:  This small train was at the Bethlehem Steel plant in Lackawanna. Looks serviceable.
Photo Date:  8/11/1990  Upload Date: 1/22/2016 2:22:54 AM
Location:  Lackawanna, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  SBRY 37(SW9)
Views:  301   Comments: 0
Rochester & Southern power
Title:  Rochester & Southern power
Description:  Often my train chases would take me as far as Silver Springs, about 135 miles from my house. It was a good location, and mostly an easy chase to that point. West of there, it was slow going, so I usually quit there. Sometimes R&S would have a unit or two there, such as this day when I caught a pair of hand me downs while waiting for a train on the Soutnern Tier Line.
Photo Date:  9/2/1992  Upload Date: 2/4/2015 1:38:28 AM
Location:  Silver Springs, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  BPRR 879(GP9) GNWR 50(GP38)
Views:  475   Comments: 0
Rochester & Southern local
Title:  Rochester & Southern local
Description:  Rochester & Southern local takes interchange to Conrail at Silver Springs
Photo Date:  9/14/1992  Upload Date: 5/19/2011 11:50:30 PM
Location:  Silver Springs, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Action
Locomotives:  NRE 3884(GP9) BPRR 879(GP9)
Views:  709   Comments: 0
Headed back to Rochester
Title:  Headed back to Rochester
Description:  The one and only R&S train I ever saw has completed its work at Silver Springs and is now headed back to Rochester. It is passing the signals at CP Silver Springs, and will shortly diverge from the Southern Tier Line. The hand me down power was typical of R&S in that era, and the ex NW unit is giving away its heritage beneath the B&P stenciling.
Photo Date:  7/17/1993  Upload Date: 1/20/2015 6:42:57 PM
Location:  Silver Springs, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Signal,Action
Locomotives:  BPRR 879(GP9) NRE 3884(GP9)
Views:  273   Comments: 0
Grubby R&S power
Title:  Grubby R&S power
Description:  In their early days, Rochester & Southern sometimes ran some really ugly hand me down power. Here, units of SP and NW heritage work at Silver Springs NY on Conrails Southern Tier.
Photo Date:  7/17/1993  Upload Date: 10/20/2011 1:25:20 AM
Location:  Silver Springs, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Action
Locomotives:  NRE 3884(GP9) BPRR 879(GP9)
Views:  609   Comments: 1
Snowy ex New Haven
Title:  Snowy ex New Haven
Description:  The Housatonic RR runs the freight on the ex NH Berkshire line from Danbury up to Pittsfiled Mass. Sam Botts and I caught NX 12 running lite power to Pittsfield to pick up from Conrail. It was quite a ride for them, as there had been a foot of snow the day earlier.
Photo Date:  1/23/1994  Upload Date: 1/7/2015 4:13:19 AM
Location:  Stockbridge, MA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Winter,Action
Locomotives:  HRRC 3602(GP35) HRRC 7324(GP9)
Views:  637   Comments: 1
New Haven station
Title:  New Haven station
Description:  NX 12 rolls past a snowy New Haven station at Lenox
Photo Date:  1/23/1994  Upload Date: 1/7/2015 4:18:02 AM
Location:  Lenox, MA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Winter,Station,Action
Locomotives:  HRRC 3602(GP35) HRRC 7324(GP9)
Views:  453   Comments: 0
Looks like Christmas
Title:  Looks like Christmas
Description:  With a green and yellow sleight for Santa. NX 12 rolls north near Stockbridge
Photo Date:  1/23/1994  Upload Date: 1/7/2015 4:19:57 AM
Location:  Stockbridge, MA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Winter,Action
Locomotives:  HRRC 3602(GP35) HRRC 7324(GP9)
Views:  381   Comments: 0
Cold water
Title:  Cold water
Description:  NX 12 rolls over an almost frozen creek near Lee
Photo Date:  1/23/1994  Upload Date: 1/7/2015 4:21:09 AM
Location:  Lee, MA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Winter,Action
Locomotives:  HRRC 3602(GP35) HRRC 7324(GP9)
Views:  680   Comments: 0
Museum tracks
Title:  Museum tracks
Description:  NX 12 rolls past the Berkshire Scenic base at Lee, passing the ex NH station. The Berkshire Scenic's train sits covered in snow, awaiting the warmth of another tourist season.
Photo Date:  1/23/1994  Upload Date: 1/7/2015 4:22:19 AM
Location:  Lee, MA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Winter,Station,Action
Locomotives:  HRRC 3602(GP35) HRRC 7324(GP9) BRMX 8619(SW8)
Views:  488   Comments: 0
Just a half a mile from the railroad track....
Title:  Just a half a mile from the railroad track....
Description:  You can get anything you want....NX 12 passes the Stockbridge station, kicking up snow as it goes. Let me tell you about the town of Stockbridge Mass.....
Photo Date:  1/23/1994  Upload Date: 1/7/2015 4:23:49 AM
Location:  Stockbridge, MA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Winter,Station,Action
Locomotives:  HRRC 3602(GP35) HRRC 7324(GP9)
Views:  480   Comments: 1
Headed for the yard
Title:  Headed for the yard
Description:  Housatonics HX 12 has come off their line at Berkshire Jct and is rolling past the Amtrak station to pick up its interchange at Conrails yard on the east side of town.
Photo Date:  1/23/1994  Upload Date: 1/12/2015 3:21:27 AM
Location:  Pittsfield, MA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Winter,Station,Action
Locomotives:  HRRC 3602(GP35) HRRC 7324(GP9)
Views:  514   Comments: 1
Going away
Title:  Going away
Description:  A trailing view of HX 12 as it approaches North St in Pittsfiled, an ex CR GP 9 still in blue taking up the rear.
Photo Date:  1/23/1994  Upload Date: 1/12/2015 3:22:52 AM
Location:  Pittsfield, MA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Winter,Station,Action
Locomotives:  HRRC 7324(GP9) HRRC 3602(GP35)
Views:  673   Comments: 0
Patch power
Title:  Patch power
Description:  In its early days of running larger systems than its traditional lines, the Genesee & Wyoming used a lot of hand me down power in patched paint. Here is the train that interchanged with Conrail at Silver Springs with a pair of ex CR units and an ex NW geep, all in original colors. The unified colors would come later. The snow would eventually melt, too!!
Photo Date:  3/5/1994  Upload Date: 9/24/2014 2:09:28 AM
Location:  Silver Springs, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Roster,Winter,Yard
Locomotives:  BPRR 7803(GP38) BPRR 7822(GP38) BPRR 922(GP18)
Views:  690   Comments: 0
Wisconsin & Southern at Clearing
Title:  Wisconsin & Southern at Clearing
Description:  A Wisconsin & Southern train with a motley mix of power leaves the west end of Clearing Yard in Chicago
Photo Date:  1/14/1996  Upload Date: 7/29/2012 3:52:52 AM
Location:  Chicago, IL
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  WSOR 6585(GP35) NREX 2012(SD20-2) NREX 2004(SD20-2)
Views:  1034   Comments: 0
Unit in transit
Title:  Unit in transit
Description:  Dont know where this was going or whose it was. Seemed odd to have a DIT unit on an intermodal train.
Photo Date:  1/31/1996  Upload Date: 5/15/2014 4:07:28 AM
Location:  Binghamton, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Winter,Action
Locomotives:  MLRC 44(MP15AC) SOO 755(SD40)
Views:  557   Comments: 1
Paper mill switcher
Title:  Paper mill switcher
Description:  I made a pick up at a paper mill in Sumter SC in March 1996. They were using this unit in the plant.
Photo Date:  3/16/1996  Upload Date: 5/13/2014 1:35:40 AM
Location:  Sumter, SC
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives: 
Views:  449   Comments: 4
Eastern Idaho
Title:  Eastern Idaho
Description:  I caught this Eastern Idaho train rolling west at Wendell alongside I 84.
Photo Date:  4/18/1996  Upload Date: 5/9/2014 1:14:14 AM
Location:  Wendell, ID
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  EIRR 2186(GP7u) EIRR 3506(GP35)
Views:  288   Comments: 0
AT&L
Title:  AT&L
Description:  A small piece of the ex Rock Island is run by the AT&L out of Watonga Okla. Heres their power at their yard.
Photo Date:  4/21/1996  Upload Date: 5/9/2014 1:20:36 AM
Location:  Watonga, OK
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  ATLT 2165(GP7u) ATLT 2491(CF7)
Views:  299   Comments: 0
No idea where or why
Title:  No idea where or why
Description:  I came across this unit, to the best of my recollection, somewhere in Mississippi. The date is approximately correct, based on other slides and my log books from the time. If anyone has any clues, please comment. Photographer's note-see comment below.
Photo Date:  10/1/1996  Upload Date: 5/8/2014 2:07:54 AM
Location:  Monticello, MS
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives: 
Views:  347   Comments: 1
Overhead train
Title:  Overhead train
Description:  A BN train using overhead rights on the MRL rolls through Billings. I was stuck there for a day while my truck was being serviced.
Photo Date:  10/30/1996  Upload Date: 5/6/2014 2:34:19 AM
Location:  Billings, MT
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BN 7076(SD40-2) BN 4059(B30-7AB) BN 3132(GP50) BN 7271(SD40-2) BN 7084(SD40-2) ATSF 864(C40-8W) ATSF 3698(GP39-2)
Views:  792   Comments: 0
Odd sight
Title:  Odd sight
Description:  An eastbound with power that is misnamed for the conditions rolls through Laurel Mont on the MRL.
Photo Date:  10/30/1996  Upload Date: 5/6/2014 3:18:40 AM
Location:  Laurel, MT
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Winter,Action
Locomotives:  SP 7124(GP40M-2) SSW 7245(GP40-2)
Views:  528   Comments: 0
Classic power
Title:  Classic power
Description:  A pair of diesels, now dinosaurs, leads at Billings
Photo Date:  11/1/1996  Upload Date: 7/15/2012 2:41:07 AM
Location:  Billings, MT
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  MRL 651(SD19-1) MRL 703(SD35)
Views:  733   Comments: 0
Riceland critter
Title:  Riceland critter
Description:  I made a pick up at Riceland in Jonesboro Ark. They were using this to switch their plant.
Photo Date:  2/13/1997  Upload Date: 4/26/2014 1:56:44 AM
Location:  Jonesboro, AR
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  156   Comments: 1
Indiana Southern
Title:  Indiana Southern
Description:  Caught this shot of the Indiana Southern while waiting at a customer.
Photo Date:  3/22/1997  Upload Date: 4/26/2014 1:51:45 AM
Location:  Indianapolis, IN
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  117   Comments: 0
Mid train units
Title:  Mid train units
Description:  On one of my rare trips to the west coast, I ran from Portland down to LA. The first night of the trip I overnighted at Rice Hill Ore. As I was doing my safety check, I heard what sounded like diesels up on the hill. This northbound worked past with a set of mid train helpers.
Photo Date:  4/18/1997  Upload Date: 4/15/2014 11:27:50 PM
Location:  Rice Hill, OR
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  CORP 3807(GP38-3) CORP 3817(GP38)
Views:  365   Comments: 0
IMRL waiting its turn
Title:  IMRL waiting its turn
Description:  A southbound IMRL train waits north of Airline Junction for clearance into Knoche Yard in Kansas City. Leading is a hand me down SD45 from CSX.
Photo Date:  5/24/1997  Upload Date: 4/15/2014 11:25:06 PM
Location:  Kansas City, MO
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  IMRL 8925(SD45) IMRL 223(SD40)
Views:  331   Comments: 0
Kyle Railway 4 axle power
Title:  Kyle Railway 4 axle power
Description:  Kyle Railways 4 axle units at Limon. Quite a mixed bag!!
Photo Date:  6/16/1997  Upload Date: 6/23/2012 1:47:40 AM
Location:  Limon, CO
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  KYLE 2500(GP35) KYLE 2210(GP30) KYLE 5796(U30B)
Views:  1184   Comments: 1
Kyle Railways big power
Title:  Kyle Railways big power
Description:  Kyle Railways ran the ex Rock from the UP connection at Limon Colo east on the former Rocky Mountain Rocket route. It used a variety of hand me down power, including these ex BN GEs
Photo Date:  6/16/1997  Upload Date: 6/23/2012 1:51:31 AM
Location:  Limon, CO
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  KYLE 5820(U30C) KYLE 5322(U30C) KYLE 5925(U30C)
Views:  862   Comments: 0
Auto ramp switcher
Title:  Auto ramp switcher
Description:  Occasionally I would run an intermodal load out of BNSF Alliance Yard. There was an auto ramp there that had a contract switcher I caught it one day on the way into the pig yard.
Photo Date:  7/25/1997  Upload Date: 3/25/2014 1:32:39 AM
Location:  Alliance Yard, TX
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  NISX 201(SW1)
Views:  248   Comments: 0
Wiregrass Central
Title:  Wiregrass Central
Description:  I made a stop in Enterprise AL, found this.
Photo Date:  7/28/1997  Upload Date: 3/25/2014 1:13:13 AM
Location:  Enterprise, AL
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  WGCR 7913(GP8)
Views:  297   Comments: 0
Short line power
Title:  Short line power
Description:  A smattering of hand me down units at the Wiregrass Central
Photo Date:  7/28/1997  Upload Date: 3/25/2014 1:15:42 AM
Location:  Enterprise, AL
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  WGCR 3872(GP9E) WGCR 2876(GP9)
Views:  312   Comments: 0
Pickens Alco
Title:  Pickens Alco
Description:  I was making a pick up in Duncan SC, heard a train, looked over and saw this. Wish I could have gotten closer.
Photo Date:  8/28/1997  Upload Date: 3/17/2014 1:17:42 AM
Location:  Duncan, SC
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  122   Comments: 0
Pushing up the pass
Title:  Pushing up the pass
Description:  A helper set assists a westbound on the MRL
Photo Date:  9/21/1997  Upload Date: 3/25/2014 1:24:03 AM
Location:  Livingston, MT
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  MRL 310(SD45-2) EMDX 6427(SD40) MRL 7540(SD45R) MRL 253(SD40-2XR)
Views:  864   Comments: 2
Heading up the pass
Title:  Heading up the pass
Description:  A westbound MRL train rolls up Bozeman Pass seen from a chain up area on I 90.
Photo Date:  9/21/1997  Upload Date: 3/25/2014 1:26:02 AM
Location:  Livingston, MT
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  MRL 308(SD45-2) MRL 682(SD45) MRL 1701(SD45) MRL 391(F45) MRL 107(GP9) MRL 309(SD45-2)
Views:  1297   Comments: 2
BNSF on the MRL
Title:  BNSF on the MRL
Description:  A trackage rights train from BNSF rolls along the Montana Rail Link at Billings
Photo Date:  9/27/1997  Upload Date: 7/15/2012 2:37:51 AM
Location:  Billings, MT
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 989(C44-9W) BNSF 1001(C44-9W)
Views:  551   Comments: 0
Eastern visitor
Title:  Eastern visitor
Description:  A BNSF train rolls east at Billings with an eastern unit a long way from home in the mix.
Photo Date:  9/27/1997  Upload Date: 7/15/2012 2:39:12 AM
Location:  Billings, MT
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  MKM 5167(SD40-2) NS 8078(C30-7)
Views:  470   Comments: 1
Wheeling ex Southern unit
Title:  Wheeling ex Southern unit
Description:  Wheeling & Lake Erie had several ex Southern GP 35s. This one was at Mogadore. I caught it working while I was waiting for Rubbermaid to load me. They took forever, but it was not a total loss.
Photo Date:  8/31/1998  Upload Date: 3/15/2014 1:16:24 AM
Location:  Mogadore, OH
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  WLE 2699(GP35)
Views:  262   Comments: 0
Elevator switcher
Title:  Elevator switcher
Description:  This switcher was at an elevator somewhere in Nebraska. The location is approximate. If anyone has details, please comment.
Photo Date:  9/20/1998  Upload Date: 3/15/2014 1:12:01 AM
Location:  Lexington, NE
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives: 
Views:  132   Comments: 0
Very cold day
Title:  Very cold day
Description:  I had made a delivery in Humboldt IA and was on my way to the next pick up in Mason City when I caught this guy rolling west. It was around zero, and there had been 15" snow two days earlier
Photo Date:  1/13/1999  Upload Date: 3/8/2014 3:12:40 AM
Location:  Garner, IA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Winter,Action
Locomotives:  IMRL 230(SD40) IMRL 233(SD40)
Views:  350   Comments: 0
Backing onto their train
Title:  Backing onto their train
Description:  A pair of IMRL units-one an ex NYSW SD45-back into the yard to get their train and head north. I'm standing on the Choteau Trafficway, a great overhead spot to watch the action at the west end of the yard. Note a BNSF coal train in the distance; it will soon be heading south on the KCS. The KCS executive train is also there, top center.
Photo Date:  1/17/1999  Upload Date: 3/8/2014 3:20:57 AM
Location:  Kansas City, MO
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  IMRL 231(SD40) IMRL 365(SD45)
Views:  492   Comments: 0
Kiamichi matched power
Title:  Kiamichi matched power
Description:  In January 1999 I took a load of Campbells Soup from Toledo to Paris Texas. While waiting to get unloaded there, I found this train.
Photo Date:  1/27/1999  Upload Date: 1/14/2012 11:35:24 PM
Location:  Paris, TX
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  KRR 903(GP9) KRR 1001(GP10)
Views:  471   Comments: 0
Old Augusta MP 15
Title:  Old Augusta MP 15
Description:  It was not common that I got to shoot industrial units. Even if I saw them, a lot of plants had rules about photography, and some places even having a camera on the premises could get me in trouble. I made a pick up in New Augusta Miss in April 1999 and this was sitting right near the loading dock.
Photo Date:  4/26/1999  Upload Date: 3/3/2014 12:58:14 AM
Location:  New Augusta, MS
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  OAR 200(MP15DC)
Views:  376   Comments: 1
Industrial S2
Title:  Industrial S2
Description:  Danville Potash was using this Alco for a plant switched when I went past one day in 1999
Photo Date:  9/13/1999  Upload Date: 2/23/2014 4:21:20 AM
Location:  Danville, IL
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  207   Comments: 0
SW 1
Title:  SW 1
Description:  An SW 1 switches at a grain elevator. Location approximate, but its in Nebraska along the UP
Photo Date:  9/18/1999  Upload Date: 3/3/2014 12:43:47 AM
Location:  Lexington, NE
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  76   Comments: 0

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