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By:Tom Beckett
Dates:7/1/1988 - 12/31/1990
Album Info:Operations on the D&H during the directed service period from 1988-1990, when NYSW was running the railroad. Covers from Bevier St north on the D&H.
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Pushers in paradise
Title:  Pushers in paradise
Description:  I have always felt upstate NY is one of the most beautiful places anywhere. Its easy to see why in this scene of PLMTs pushers, a set of 45s, roll across the stone arch over NY 7, seen though the expanse of farmland.
Photo Date:  4/2/1989  Upload Date: 10/11/2015 4:40:47 AM
Location:  Sanitaria Springs, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Bridge,Action
Locomotives:  NYSW 3636(F45) NRL 6642(F45) NHL 6695(SD45)
Views:  562   Comments: 1
Now thats a pusher set!!
Title:  Now thats a pusher set!!
Description:  A pair of F45s and an SD45 give PLMT an assist up to Belden tunnel, starting right here at Bevier St.
Photo Date:  4/2/1989  Upload Date: 10/8/2015 3:39:14 AM
Location:  Binghamton, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  NYSW 3638(F45) NRL 6642(F45) NHL 6695(SD45)
Views:  420   Comments: 3
Wish I had that house
Title:  Wish I had that house
Description:  PLMT, a Mt Tom coal train, rolls north as the pushers work hard to keep it moving uphill. The folks in the house up there on the hill are getting a great show as the train snakes past Nowlan Rd and through town.
Photo Date:  4/2/1989  Upload Date: 10/14/2015 3:38:25 AM
Location:  Sanitaria Springs, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  NYSW 3638(F45) NRL 6642(F45) NHL 6695(SD45)
Views:  386   Comments: 2
Last push
Title:  Last push
Description:  The helper set is about to cut off at the tunnel, having pushed the train over the top of the grade. This is the cleanest I ever saw the 3638.
Photo Date:  4/2/1989  Upload Date: 10/14/2015 3:40:38 AM
Location:  Tunnel, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Tunnel,Signal,Action
Locomotives:  NYSW 3638(F45) NRL 6642(F45) NHL 6695(SD45)
Views:  369   Comments: 1
PYRP
Title:  PYRP
Description:  A mix of power starts up the hill with PYRP at Bevier St.
Photo Date:  4/27/1989  Upload Date: 10/8/2015 3:51:40 AM
Location:  Binghamton, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  NYSW 4006(B40-8) DH 7408(GP39-2) BAR 96(GP38)
Views:  503   Comments: 1
Pushing PYRP
Title:  Pushing PYRP
Description:  A pair of lease units get PYRP moving uphill at Bevier St
Photo Date:  4/28/1989  Upload Date: 10/8/2015 3:29:41 AM
Location:  Binghamton, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  NRL 6536(SD45) GATX 3705(GP38)
Views:  441   Comments: 1
Dropping the helper
Title:  Dropping the helper
Description:  BUME has kept its pusher all the way to Afton, and is now dropping it on the controlled siding there. The two B 40s will continue to Mohawk with their train.
Photo Date:  4/29/1989  Upload Date: 10/4/2015 3:22:55 AM
Location:  Afton, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  NYSW 4014(B40-8) NRL 6635(F45)
Views:  332   Comments: 1
Northbound once more
Title:  Northbound once more
Description:  BUME has dropped its helper at GR and is now underway, its spanking new lead unit passing beneath the classic D&H signal as it smokes off toward Oneonta.
Photo Date:  4/29/1989  Upload Date: 10/4/2015 3:29:56 AM
Location:  Afton, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Signal,Action
Locomotives:  NYSW 4034(B40-8) NYSW 4014(B40-8)
Views:  468   Comments: 1
Bridge view
Title:  Bridge view
Description:  A "climb up" shot taken from below the high bridge shows NYSW 4034 leading BUME toward Nineveh.
Photo Date:  4/29/1989  Upload Date: 10/4/2015 3:32:09 AM
Location:  Harpursville, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Bridge,Action
Locomotives:  NYSW 4034(B40-8) NYSW 4014(B40-8) NRL 6635(F45)
Views:  529   Comments: 1
Working hard
Title:  Working hard
Description:  BUME, now with the NRL F 45 assisting, is going full tilt at Belden Hill, passing the Nowlan Rd crossing in Port Dickinson as it digs in.
Photo Date:  4/29/1989  Upload Date: 10/4/2015 3:35:04 AM
Location:  Port Dickinson, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  NYSW 4034(B40-8) NYSW 4014(B40-8) NRL 6635(F45)
Views:  526   Comments: 1
College town
Title:  College town
Description:  BUME rolls through Oneonta, home to a SUNY four year school, and where the former station-the large building at right-is now a bar called The Third Rail. Most of the students will be oblivious to the new NYSW B 40s that are now plying the line as they play beer pong.
Photo Date:  4/29/1989  Upload Date: 10/10/2015 1:56:49 AM
Location:  Oneonta, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Action
Locomotives:  NYSW 4034(B40-8) NYSW 4014(B40-8)
Views:  401   Comments: 1
Rolling north
Title:  Rolling north
Description:  An east shot to get was at Otego where NY 7 ran side by side with the tracks. The new GEs are looking good as they lean into the curve.
Photo Date:  4/29/1989  Upload Date: 10/10/2015 2:08:36 AM
Location:  Oneonta, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  NYSW 4034(B40-8) NYSW 4014(B40-8)
Views:  393   Comments: 2
Fields of green
Title:  Fields of green
Description:  BUME rolls north between Wells Bridge and Otego, seen across a field going green from the spring rains, contrasting the NYSW yellow.
Photo Date:  4/29/1989  Upload Date: 10/10/2015 2:19:00 AM
Location:  Wells Bridge, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  NYSW 4034(B40-8) NYSW 4014(B40-8)
Views:  394   Comments: 1
Coming down too
Title:  Coming down too
Description:  The new B 40s seemed to be on every train once they went into service. Heres 4042 rolling south at Nowlan Rd on the last lap into Binghamton with MEBU.
Photo Date:  4/29/1989  Upload Date: 10/4/2015 3:42:25 AM
Location:  Port Dickinson, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  NYSW 4042(B40-8) DH 225(GP38-2) NYSW 6361(SD45)
Views:  566   Comments: 1
Coming around the corner
Title:  Coming around the corner
Description:  BUME roll around the curve from QD and the ex Erie yard, pulling into D&H Bevier St. The power will cut off and pick up NRL 6635 for the trip up to Afton.
Photo Date:  4/29/1989  Upload Date: 10/4/2015 3:49:29 AM
Location:  Binghamton, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  NYSW 4034(B40-8) NYSW 4014(B40-8)
Views:  403   Comments: 1
Greens of spring
Title:  Greens of spring
Description:  BUME rolls north in a spray of new green leaves, about to pass under the NY 7 bridge, behind a pair of new NYSW B 40s. Thats the NYSEG Jennison Station in the background.
Photo Date:  5/13/1989  Upload Date: 10/22/2015 4:20:36 AM
Location:  Bainbridge, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  NYSW 4034(B40-8) NYSW 4014(B40-8)
Views:  410   Comments: 2
Hold em back
Title:  Hold em back
Description:  This D&H unit was trailing RPPY at Crocker Hill Rd in Port Crane, presumably for dynamic braking, but it may also just be a pusher being returned to Binghamton. Sometimes a northbound would drop a helper at Afton if there was a southbound coming fairly soon, with that train taking it back down the hill.
Photo Date:  5/21/1989  Upload Date: 10/10/2015 1:46:02 AM
Location:  Port Crane, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  DH 221(GP38-2)
Views:  269   Comments: 1
Yellow in the greenery
Title:  Yellow in the greenery
Description:  Early spring can be just as beautiful as the fall with all the different greens in the budding trees. New NYSW GE 4042 rolls south at Port Crane in the greens of spring.
Photo Date:  5/21/1989  Upload Date: 10/10/2015 2:23:58 AM
Location:  Port Crane, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  NYSW 4042(B40-8) NS 8059(C30-7) NYSW 4022(B40-8)
Views:  504   Comments: 1
Down a dirt road
Title:  Down a dirt road
Description:  RPPY rolls south at Hancock Rd in Santiaria Springs. A car has just come over the crossing ahead of the train, and its dust cloud is getting the new power dirty.
Photo Date:  5/21/1989  Upload Date: 10/10/2015 2:30:51 AM
Location:  Sanitaria Springs, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  NYSW 4042(B40-8) NS 8059(C30-7) NYSW 4022(B40-8)
Views:  465   Comments: 1
Out of the tunnel
Title:  Out of the tunnel
Description:  RPPY bursts out of Belden Tunnel and across Tunnel Rd as it snakes its way downhill into Binghamton. The pair of B 40's bracketing an NS C30 would become a common power arrangement for road trains over the next couple of years.
Photo Date:  5/21/1989  Upload Date: 10/10/2015 2:33:15 AM
Location:  Tunnel, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Tunnel,Signal,Action
Locomotives:  NYSW 4042(B40-8) NS 8059(C30-7) NYSW 4022(B40-8)
Views:  531   Comments: 1
45 pushers
Title:  45 pushers
Description:  An SD 45 and F 45 give this BUME a shove toward the tunnel, seen at Nowlan Rd in Hillcrest.
Photo Date:  6/10/1989  Upload Date: 10/11/2015 4:35:34 AM
Location:  Port Dickinson, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  NYSW 3630(SD45) NRL 6642(F45)
Views:  324   Comments: 1
High above
Title:  High above
Description:  BUME rolls north across the Harpursville bridge over Wylie Creek, seen from the north(geographically) side of the bridge. This is not the usual angle, which is from NY 7. This view is lit only in the long days of summer. I took advantage of the late afternoon sun to catch two B40s and an Alco from the NY 235 shoulder.
Photo Date:  6/10/1989  Upload Date: 11/1/2015 3:14:40 AM
Location:  Harpursville, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Bridge,Action
Locomotives:  NYSW 4044(B40-8) NYSW 4026(B40-8) DH 74(C424)
Views:  516   Comments: 1
New units and an old friend
Title:  New units and an old friend
Description:  A pair of new B 40s along with one of the C 424s roll BUME north at Nowlan Rd.
Photo Date:  6/10/1989  Upload Date: 10/11/2015 4:43:00 AM
Location:  Port Dickinson, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  NYSW 4044(B40-8) NYSW 4026(B40-8) DH 74(C424)
Views:  488   Comments: 1
Pair of 45s and something odd
Title:  Pair of 45s and something odd
Description:  The pusher set on this PYRP has a pair of SD 45s, not uncommon for the time. The odd unit is against the train, NYSWs remaining C 420, which did not typically work in this type service.
Photo Date:  8/17/1989  Upload Date: 11/19/2015 4:07:55 AM
Location:  Port Dickinson, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  NYSW 3630(SD45) NYSW 3614(SD45) NYSW 2010(C420)
Views:  564   Comments: 1
Yellow pushing
Title:  Yellow pushing
Description:  A pair of B 40s gives BUME a hand up the hill, tacked on the rear for a little extra oomph.
Photo Date:  8/24/1989  Upload Date: 11/17/2015 3:24:12 AM
Location:  Port Dickinson, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  NYSW 4008(B40-8) NYSW 4032(B40-8)
Views:  321   Comments: 2
New power leading
Title:  New power leading
Description:  BUME rolls north at Phelps St with one of the new B 40s leading a pair of SD 45s.
Photo Date:  8/24/1989  Upload Date: 11/17/2015 3:22:45 AM
Location:  Port Dickinson, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  NYSW 4018(B40-8) NYSW 3632(SD45)
Views:  518   Comments: 2
Waiting for the pushers to tie on
Title:  Waiting for the pushers to tie on
Description:  PYRP is stopped at Phelps St waiting for the pushers. It will be digging in shortly for a run to Belden tunnel.
Photo Date:  8/27/1989  Upload Date: 11/19/2015 4:12:17 AM
Location:  Port Dickinson, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  NYSW 4046(B40-8) NYSW 4020(B40-8)
Views:  330   Comments: 1
Pushers at the tunnel
Title:  Pushers at the tunnel
Description:  PYRP has reached Belden tunnel, and the pushers that have assisted from Bevier St, one each from Reading and LV, will cut off and head back home.
Photo Date:  9/7/1989  Upload Date: 11/22/2015 4:13:08 AM
Location:  Tunnel, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Tunnel,Signal,Action
Locomotives:  DH 7419(GP39-2) DH 7324(GP38-2)
Views:  233   Comments: 1
Far side
Title:  Far side
Description:  PYRP rolls north over Wylie Creek on the side of the bridge not usually seen, from NY 235. Late in the day, this shot is possible.
Photo Date:  9/7/1989  Upload Date: 11/22/2015 4:17:49 AM
Location:  Harpursville, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Bridge,Action
Locomotives:  GATX 3735(GP40) NRL 6642(F45)
Views:  314   Comments: 1
Smoking it up
Title:  Smoking it up
Description:  PYRPs lease power lays down a pall of smoke as it blasts uphill at Nowlan Rd.
Photo Date:  9/7/1989  Upload Date: 11/22/2015 4:21:26 AM
Location:  Port Dickinson, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  GATX 3735(GP40) NRL 6642(F45)
Views:  370   Comments: 1
Through Dyes
Title:  Through Dyes
Description:  MEBU crosses Moottown Rd and the north end of Dyes siding as it rolls downhill toward Binghamton.
Photo Date:  9/7/1989  Upload Date: 11/22/2015 4:24:10 AM
Location:  Tunnel, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Signal,Action
Locomotives:  NYSW 4004(B40-8) NYSW 3632(SD45) NYSW 3638(F45) NYSW 3614(SD45)
Views:  507   Comments: 1
MEBU on high
Title:  MEBU on high
Description:  MEBU with five NYSW yellowjackets crosses Wylie Creek as seen from NY 235.
Photo Date:  9/7/1989  Upload Date: 11/22/2015 4:26:58 AM
Location:  Harpursville, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Bridge,Action
Locomotives:  NYSW 4004(B40-8) NYSW 3632(SD45) NYSW 3638(F45) NYSW 3614(SD45)
Views:  509   Comments: 1
Snaking through
Title:  Snaking through
Description:  MEBU rolls through the S curve at Sanitaria Springs, showing off its five yellowjackets. As good as this was, the real prize was in Binghamton on BUOI-an MKT SD40-2.
Photo Date:  9/7/1989  Upload Date: 11/22/2015 4:30:30 AM
Location:  Sanitaria Springs, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  NYSW 4004(B40-8) NYSW 3632(SD45) NYSW 3638(F45) NYSW 3614(SD45)
Views:  505   Comments: 1
Done for now
Title:  Done for now
Description:  This pusher set is about to cut off a northbound coal train now that it has reached the tunnel. It will drift back to Binghamton to await another climb up the hill.
Photo Date:  10/7/1989  Upload Date: 12/14/2015 2:28:54 AM
Location:  Tunnel, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Tunnel,Action
Locomotives:  DH 7314(GP38-2) NYSW 3630(SD45)
Views:  265   Comments: 1
Fall splendor
Title:  Fall splendor
Description:  The house at GR, the north end of the siding that started at Nineveh Jct, was always a pretty place to take a train photo. The homeowners have not disappointed today, with an array of pumpkins and a colorful stand of maples to highlight the passing of a set of yellowjackets on this northbound coal train.
Photo Date:  10/7/1989  Upload Date: 12/14/2015 2:31:49 AM
Location:  Afton, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Signal,Action
Locomotives:  NYSW 4030(B40-8) NYSW 3612(SD45) NYSW 4028(B40-8) NYSW 4038(B40-8) NRL 6642(F45)
Views:  678   Comments: 1
Panorama
Title:  Panorama
Description:  A PLMT rolls north approaching the NY 7 overpass as it makes its way north in stunning fall color.
Photo Date:  10/7/1989  Upload Date: 12/14/2015 2:34:07 AM
Location:  Bainbridge, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  NYSW 4030(B40-8) NYSW 3612(SD45) NYSW 4028(B40-8) NYSW 4038(B40-8) NRL 6642(F45)
Views:  713   Comments: 1
High above
Title:  High above
Description:  PLMT crosses Wylie Creek on the famous Harpursville bridge, having now cleared the tunnel and heading north in this view taken from the now abandoned Penn Division bridge over NY 7 and the creek.
Photo Date:  10/7/1989  Upload Date: 12/14/2015 2:36:09 AM
Location:  Harpursville, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Bridge,Action
Locomotives:  NYSW 4030(B40-8) NYSW 3612(SD45) NYSW 4028(B40-8) NYSW 4038(B40-8) NRL 6642(F45)
Views:  602   Comments: 1
Sun at his back
Title:  Sun at his back
Description:  This PLMT rolls north in the backlit color of early October, seen from the NY 8 overpass.
Photo Date:  10/7/1989  Upload Date: 12/14/2015 2:37:20 AM
Location:  Sidney, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  NYSW 4030(B40-8) NYSW 3612(SD45) NYSW 4028(B40-8) NYSW 4038(B40-8) NRL 6642(F45)
Views:  568   Comments: 2
Almost there
Title:  Almost there
Description:  A northbound PLMT works hard as it approaches Belden Tunnel behind a quartet of yellowjackets and an ex BN F45..
Photo Date:  10/19/1989  Upload Date: 12/3/2015 3:36:23 AM
Location:  Tunnel, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  NYSW 4030(B40-8) NYSW 3612(SD45) NYSW 4028(B40-8) NYSW 4038(B40-8) NRL 6642(F45)
Views:  593   Comments: 1
Sweeping north
Title:  Sweeping north
Description:  A PLMT coal train behind a yellowjacket set of three B 40s and an SD 45 rolls past the NYSEG Jennison plant, and around a sweeping curve as it approaches the NY 7 overpass.
Photo Date:  10/28/1989  Upload Date: 12/3/2015 3:31:28 AM
Location:  Sanitaria Springs, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  NYSW 4024(B40-8) NYSW 4026(B40-8) NYSW 4042(B40-8)
Views:  517   Comments: 2
Something old, something new
Title:  Something old, something new
Description:  A set of NYSW units, including a pair of new B 40s, has just pushed a northbound coal train up from Binghamton and is now getting set to roll back down the hill. NYSW used whatever was handy for pushers, and new high power road units were not exempt from this grueling service.
Photo Date:  11/4/1989  Upload Date: 12/14/2015 2:47:32 AM
Location:  Tunnel, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Tunnel,Action
Locomotives:  NYSW 3630(SD45) NYSW 4014(B40-8) NYSW 4038(B40-8)
Views:  411   Comments: 1
Quiet reflection
Title:  Quiet reflection
Description:  Northbound PLMT rolls along the quiet waters of the Susquehannna near Cooperstown Jct.
Photo Date:  11/4/1989  Upload Date: 12/14/2015 2:49:33 AM
Location:  Cooperstown Junction, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  NYSW 4024(B40-8) NYSW 4026(B40-8) NYSW 4042(B40-8)
Views:  411   Comments: 1
Charging north
Title:  Charging north
Description:  PLMT behind a set of NYSW yellowjackets pounds north through Wells Bridge with 105 cars.
Photo Date:  11/4/1989  Upload Date: 12/14/2015 2:50:35 AM
Location:  Wells Bridge, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  NYSW 4024(B40-8) NYSW 4026(B40-8) NYSW 4042(B40-8)
Views:  371   Comments: 1
Ex Reading leader at Nowlan Rd
Title:  Ex Reading leader at Nowlan Rd
Description:  Ex Reading GP39-2 7410, one of the two still in green, leads PYRP north at Nowlan-Rd, passing the Broome Precast yard with its concrete steps.
Photo Date:  6/17/1990  Upload Date: 1/11/2016 4:21:44 AM
Location:  Port Dickinson, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  DH 7410(GP39-2) DH 7323(GP38-2) DH 384(GP39-2)
Views:  345   Comments: 1
Now thats more like it!!
Title:  Now thats more like it!!
Description:  The M-K rebuild program has borne fruit, and the new diesels are back and in service. Showing the flag on this BUME at Phelps St in Port Dickinson are four lightning stripes, two each GP 38 and GP39-2s. My job allowed me some leeway in train watching-I ran a commercial laundry route-but not enough to give chase. Id have loved to see these on the bridge at Harpursville. GP 38-2 7307, the "Competition" leads the 73 cars of today's train.
Photo Date:  7/26/1990  Upload Date: 1/14/2016 5:07:26 AM
Location:  Port Dickinson, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  DH 7307(GP38-2) DH 7407(GP39-2) DH 7403(GP39-2) DH 7408(GP39-2) DH 7312(GP38-2)
Views:  1095   Comments: 1


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