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3/28/2024
 
 
 
 
 
By:Tom Beckett
Dates:4/1/1976 - 6/1/1999
Album Info:Photos of trains on the Southern Tier between Hornell and Buffalo, the former EL Susquehanna Division Buffalo Sub.
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Unit of the year
Title:  Unit of the year
Description:  I was somewhat tickled to find CR 1987 working at Garwoods on this tie train. Probably should have used the shot for a Christmas card.
Photo Date:  2/25/1987  Upload Date: 4/18/2015 2:58:28 AM
Location:  Garwoods, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Winter,Action
Locomotives:  CR 1987(B23-7)
Views:  480   Comments: 2
Snowy scene
Title:  Snowy scene
Description:  BUOI passes the Erie station at Hornell, as seen from what was once the Allegany Division yard. Its now a shopping center, with a P&C and Family Dollar, among other things, and this view is no longer possible.
Photo Date:  2/25/1987  Upload Date: 3/4/2012 4:18:02 AM
Location:  Hornell, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Winter,Station,Action
Locomotives:  CR 6012(C39-8) CR 6607(C30-7) CR 6318(SD40) CR 6258(SD40)
Views:  793   Comments: 2
BUOI in the corn
Title:  BUOI in the corn
Description:  BUOI rolls east past a stubble cornfield near Arkport as it heads for Hornell, Upstate NY can be beautiful in the winter as the low light and golden colors warm the scene-if you can stand the cold temperatures. It was in the mid 20s this day.
Photo Date:  2/25/1987  Upload Date: 4/18/2015 3:06:41 AM
Location:  Arkport, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Winter,Action
Locomotives:  CR 6012(C39-8) CR 6607(C30-7) CR 6318(SD40) CR 6258(SD40)
Views:  670   Comments: 4
Broad valley
Title:  Broad valley
Description:  One of the things I enjoy about the west end of the Tier is some of the wider vistas between Hornell and Letchworth Park, such as this scene from the NY 70 overpass near Canaeraga.BUOI rolls east with 100 cars.
Photo Date:  2/25/1987  Upload Date: 4/18/2015 3:12:00 AM
Location:  Canaseraga, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Winter,Action
Locomotives:  CR 6012(C39-8) CR 6607(C30-7) CR 6318(SD40) CR 6258(SD40)
Views:  687   Comments: 3
BUOI winter scene
Title:  BUOI winter scene
Description:  BUOI approaches one of the local road bridges built by the Erie as it heads for Hornell and Newark.
Photo Date:  2/25/1987  Upload Date: 5/29/2011 3:22:14 AM
Location:  Dalton, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Winter,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  CR 6012(C39-8) CR 6607(C30-7) CR 6318(SD40) CR 6258(SD40)
Views:  833   Comments: 2
Gloomy day at the station
Title:  Gloomy day at the station
Description:  TV 301 rolls 100 APL platforms past the nicely kept station at Silver Springs on a supremely cloudy day.
Photo Date:  4/2/1988  Upload Date: 7/9/2015 3:55:45 AM
Location:  Silver Springs, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Action
Locomotives:  CR 6765(SD50) CR 6798(SD50) CR 6727(SD50)
Views:  432   Comments: 1
Taking a medium clear
Title:  Taking a medium clear
Description:  An XWB empty coal train rolls slowly past the EL Hornell station as it prepares to cross over from 1 to 2, then onto the Meadville Line, which it will take to Youngstown.
Photo Date:  3/24/1990  Upload Date: 12/29/2015 4:29:49 AM
Location:  Hornell, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Action
Locomotives:  CR 6032(C40-8) CR 6749(SD50)
Views:  310   Comments: 2
ELOI surprise
Title:  ELOI surprise
Description:  ELOI has made a pick up at M-K Hornell, which was rebuilding a fleet of R 32 and R 46 subway cars for NYCTA at the time. Usually BUOI got this task, but it must have been running late, or heavy, and ELOI, which was usually a light train, made the pick up. Too bad we didnt know it was out there-it would have been three trains on the EL Main Line west of Hornell that day, an unheard of occurrence for us.
Photo Date:  3/24/1990  Upload Date: 12/29/2015 4:26:30 AM
Location:  Hornell, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CR 6042(C40-8)
Views:  245   Comments: 3
Down the hill
Title:  Down the hill
Description:  TV 203 rolls gently downhill into Attica with 170 platforms of double stacks. Despite its notoriety as the location of one of New Yorks more violent correctional facilities, it is a pretty area, and a pleasant town.
Photo Date:  7/7/1990  Upload Date: 1/15/2016 2:34:10 AM
Location:  Attica, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  CR 6088(C40-8W) CR 6055(C40-8W) CR 6021(C39-8)
Views:  352   Comments: 1
Single soon
Title:  Single soon
Description:  Conrail had a plan to single track the Tier as far east as Binghamton. The plan was to start at CP River, roughly where the old NT tower was, and work east. This was the first section to be done-the segment from NT to Buffalo had been done by EL. We see TV 203 on the section to be single tracked from an old Erie steel bridge, now closed to traffic. There is a semaphore here on track 1, partly obscured by the diesel exhaust, which will be removed during the single track project. For now, it looks good as the train rolls down the Canaseraga Creek valley into Livingston County on the line as Erie built it. In a couple of years, track 2, on the right, will be gone.
Photo Date:  7/7/1990  Upload Date: 1/15/2016 2:42:15 AM
Location:  Dalton, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  CR 6088(C40-8W) CR 6055(C40-8W) CR 6021(C39-8)
Views:  347   Comments: 3
Looking good at the station
Title:  Looking good at the station
Description:  TV 203 passes the Erie station at Silver Springs, itself looking good due to good care by the MOW crews who use it as a base of operations.
Photo Date:  7/7/1990  Upload Date: 1/15/2016 2:54:30 AM
Location:  Silver Springs, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Station,Action
Locomotives:  CR 6088(C40-8W) CR 6055(C40-8W) CR 6021(C39-8)
Views:  374   Comments: 2
Coal on the high bridge
Title:  Coal on the high bridge
Description:  An eastbound coal train crosses the Portage bridge as seen from the falls below in Letchworth State Park. This is the highest bridge on the Conrail system at 240 feet above the Genesee River. It was built by the Erie in 1875 after a previous wooden bridge burned. As I write this in February 2015, its still in service at 140 years old. NS plans to replace it with a new bridge just to the south of the present structure. At one time, the Pennsys Rochester Branch ran up through the gorge. Some of the right of way can still be seen if you know where to look, and bridge piers can be seen in the river from the NY 436 bridge at Portageville. That line was abandoned in 1962.
Photo Date:  8/9/1991  Upload Date: 2/27/2015 3:43:53 PM
Location:  Portageville, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Bridge,Action
Locomotives:  CR 6061(C40-8W) CR 6440(SD40-2) CR 6480(SD40-2)
Views:  461   Comments: 3
MP 337
Title:  MP 337
Description:  The milepost to the right of BUOI gives away the location as the train approaches Hornell and a pick up at Morrison Knudsen. To the left of the train, next to the pole line, you can see a semaphore in the approach position. There were a pair of semaphores there, across from each other. It was not an easy location to access, hence there are few photos of that set, unlike the Tioga Center blades, which you could shoot from the shoulder of NY 17C. The train is on track 1, the "fast" track, with a 40 MPH speed limit. Track 2, the "D&H main", so called becaise some Conrail dispatchers would put D&H trackage rights trains on it, had a section of 25 MPH and a section of 10 MPH speed restrictions, making for a very slow trip to River Jct.
Photo Date:  8/24/1991  Upload Date: 2/27/2015 3:51:01 PM
Location:  Arkport, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Signal,Action
Locomotives:  CR 6254(SD40) CR 6011(C39-8) CR 6633(C36-7) CR 8093(GP38-2)
Views:  475   Comments: 2
Pushing them out
Title:  Pushing them out
Description:  The Morrison Knudsen plant switcher pushes four cars loaded with NYCTA subway cars onto the main as BUOIs power waits. When the MK unit clears, the road power will couple up, then shove back to its train, waiting west of Cass St.
Photo Date:  8/24/1991  Upload Date: 2/25/2015 2:28:57 AM
Location:  Hornell, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  MKCX 319(S6) CR 6633(C36-7)
Views:  429   Comments: 1
Local switching
Title:  Local switching
Description:  BUOI and OIBU, though they were through trains, did switch customers at locations not served by locals, mostly on the Delaware Division. This BUOI is working at a feed mill in Arkport in the snow, which must have been a delight for the ground man. I can't help picturing a set of EL GP 7's handling this task.
Photo Date:  1/11/1992  Upload Date: 2/16/2015 4:20:07 AM
Location:  Arkport, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Winter,Station,Action
Locomotives:  CR 6096(C40-8W) CR 6748(SD50)
Views:  395   Comments: 1
Treading lightly
Title:  Treading lightly
Description:  BUOIs power rolls gently on the siding past the Arkport lumber yard after spotting a car at the feed mill on the other side of the crossing, whose flashers are at left. For some reason, the crossing protection was placed between the main track and siding. Ive never seen this anywhere else.
Photo Date:  1/11/1992  Upload Date: 2/16/2015 4:27:29 AM
Location:  Arkport, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Winter,Action
Locomotives:  CR 6096(C40-8W) CR 6848(SD60) CR 6144(C40-8W) CR 6493(SD40-2)
Views:  616   Comments: 2
Back on and ready to go east
Title:  Back on and ready to go east
Description:  BUOI has completed its switching move and is now ready to head east once more.
Photo Date:  1/11/1992  Upload Date: 2/16/2015 4:29:30 AM
Location:  Arkport, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Winter,Action
Locomotives:  CR 6144(C40-8W) CR 6493(SD40-2) CR 6848(SD60) CR 6096(C40-8W)
Views:  516   Comments: 2
Subway car pick up
Title:  Subway car pick up
Description:  BUOI couples to the flats loaded with NYCTA subway cars just shoved out of the MK plant, and will now back to the rest of its train, which it dropped west of Cass St. Once theyre back together, its off to Gang Mills and Jersey. There are two notable units in the consist. The second unit, 6840, is a former EMD SD 60 demonstrator. The third unit is one of the only ten C32-8's built. They usually were seen only on the River and Boston Lines, so this one is a stray.
Photo Date:  6/13/1992  Upload Date: 2/9/2015 1:13:33 AM
Location:  Hornell, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Action
Locomotives:  CR 6127(C40-8W) CR 6840(SD60) CR 6613(C32-8) CR 6140(C40-8W)
Views:  679   Comments: 2
Plant switcher
Title:  Plant switcher
Description:  The Morrison Knudsen plant switcher shoves a group of NYCTA subway cars fresh from rebuild onto the main for BUOIs power to pick up and back down to their train.
Photo Date:  6/13/1992  Upload Date: 2/9/2015 1:27:50 AM
Location:  Hornell, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  CR 6140(C40-8W) MKCX 5001(TE-47-4E)
Views:  791   Comments: 1
Rolling past Cass St
Title:  Rolling past Cass St
Description:  BUOI rolls into Hornell past Cass St tower, now a relay case for CP Cass, as it enters Hornell. The tower is partly seen at far right. To the far left, coming out from under the first car, the track leading to the left is the Erie main to Jamestown and Youngstown OH. It was cut the year before, when Conrail essentially abandoned it as a through route, with what little traffic remained served by Olean based locals, with cars forwarded over the ex PRR Buffalo Line. It would be another ten years til WNY&P resored the connectino after NS took over the line. For now, we have only the ghosts of ELOI and 2NY 100 to take the switch and climb toward Tip Top.
Photo Date:  7/1/1992  Upload Date: 2/5/2015 3:23:10 AM
Location:  Hornell, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CR 5040(B36-7) CR 5086(B40-8) CR 6256(SD40) CR 6706(SD50)
Views:  459   Comments: 2
Fields of gold
Title:  Fields of gold
Description:  TV 26 rolls east past the cornfields of Arkport.
Photo Date:  9/2/1992  Upload Date: 2/4/2015 2:45:42 AM
Location:  Arkport, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  CR 6098(C40-8W) CR 6440(SD40-2)
Views:  305   Comments: 1
Just off the bridge
Title:  Just off the bridge
Description:  TV 26 has just climbed up out of the Genesee valley with its 5 COFC and 40 auto racks, where it crossed Portage Bridge, and is now approximately at the location of the ELs NT tower, where the River Line went west to join the main at Cuba Jct. That line is lone gone by now, but the traffic on the former Buffalo Sub is pretty good today.
Photo Date:  9/2/1992  Upload Date: 2/4/2015 2:50:14 AM
Location:  Hunt, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  CR 6098(C40-8W) CR 6440(SD40-2)
Views:  334   Comments: 1
DABU in the corn
Title:  DABU in the corn
Description:  DABU rolls past a golden cornfield just north of Arkport
Photo Date:  9/2/1992  Upload Date: 2/4/2015 3:16:45 AM
Location:  Arkport, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  CR 6790(SD50) NS 6608(SD60)
Views:  289   Comments: 2
Past the station
Title:  Past the station
Description:  DABU rolls past the now boarded up Erie station at Hornell on track 2. There's a TV 26 working east, and DABU, mostly empties, will take the slow track to CP River. The area in the foreground was once a yard for the Allegany Division. There's now a strip mall there-note the loading dock at right.
Photo Date:  9/2/1992  Upload Date: 2/4/2015 3:21:11 AM
Location:  Hornell, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Action
Locomotives:  CR 6790(SD50) NS 6608(SD60)
Views:  343   Comments: 4
BUOI on Portage Bridge
Title:  BUOI on Portage Bridge
Description:  BUOI crosses the Genesee River on the Portage Bridge, built in 1875 by the Erie. It is slated to be replaced by NS in the next several years.
Photo Date:  5/8/1993  Upload Date: 2/27/2012 1:17:27 AM
Location:  Portageville, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Bridge,Action
Locomotives:  CR 6102(C40-8W) CR 8271(GP38-2) CR 6718(SD50)
Views:  659   Comments: 3
BUOI and bare poles
Title:  BUOI and bare poles
Description:  BUOI-8 approaches Hunt Hollow Rd with 130 cars as it makes its way east past a pair of signal poles that until recently sported semaphores. Track 2 at left is now out of service and will be removed over the summer.
Photo Date:  5/8/1993  Upload Date: 1/26/2015 2:31:09 AM
Location:  Hunt, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  CR 6102(C40-8W) CR 8271(GP38-2) CR 6718(SD50) CR 6281(SD40)
Views:  537   Comments: 3
Attica hotel
Title:  Attica hotel
Description:  No, not the one youre thinking about, which is about a mile or so to the east and a group of low buildings, unlike Elmira or Auburn. DABU rolls past downtown Attica and the home signal for the double track that goes east to Linden. Attica was also the junction for the Alexander Branch that was a western entrance to Rochester.
Photo Date:  5/8/1993  Upload Date: 1/26/2015 2:36:09 AM
Location:  Attica, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Signal,Action
Locomotives:  CR 6159(C40-8W) CR 6086(C40-8W)
Views:  328   Comments: 3
Panorama
Title:  Panorama
Description:  The NY 70 overpass east of Canaseraga gives a wonderful view of the valleys of western NY as a westbound coming around the curve with a DABU. Track 2 has recently been lifted here as part of Conrails project to single track the Tier west of Waverly.
Photo Date:  5/8/1993  Upload Date: 1/26/2015 2:39:04 AM
Location:  Canaseraga, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  CR 6159(C40-8W) CR 6086(C40-8W)
Views:  322   Comments: 2
1875 bridge
Title:  1875 bridge
Description:  DABU crosses the 1875 built steel bridge over the Genessee River in Letchworth State Park at 10 MPH. Ths bridge is slated to be replaced with a new structure, construction to start in 2015.
Photo Date:  5/8/1993  Upload Date: 1/26/2015 2:49:12 AM
Location:  Portageville, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Bridge,Action
Locomotives:  CR 6159(C40-8W) CR 6086(C40-8W)
Views:  239   Comments: 1
Anticipation
Title:  Anticipation
Description:  A restricting signal is up for CP 262, which will take the siding through Silver Springs as 49 cars of DABU behind a pair of CR units waits on the main.
Photo Date:  6/20/1993  Upload Date: 1/20/2015 6:59:22 PM
Location:  Rock Glen, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Signal,Action
Locomotives:  CR 6129(C40-8W) CR 6488(SD40-2)
Views:  293   Comments: 2
TV 26
Title:  TV 26
Description:  TV 26 rolls east on what was track one, but is now single track since Conrail removed track 2 west of Hornell as part of the single track project. Today's train has 21 COFC and 62 racks for Doremus Av
Photo Date:  6/20/1993  Upload Date: 1/25/2015 4:14:12 AM
Location:  Swain, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CR 6413(SD40-2) CR 5038(B36-7) CR 5085(B40-8)
Views:  355   Comments: 1
Original C 40
Title:  Original C 40
Description:  One of Conrails original C40-8s rolls east with 127 cars of BUOI at Hornell.
Photo Date:  7/17/1993  Upload Date: 1/20/2015 6:53:13 PM
Location:  Hornell, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  CR 6026(C40-8) CR 6102(C40-8W) CR 6842(SD60)
Views:  609   Comments: 1
Local power
Title:  Local power
Description:  CR GP10 7524 and caboose sit outside Morton Salt in Silver Springs NY. This is one of the most prolific salt mining areas in the world. Morton has a huge mine here, and provides much of the road salt for upstate NY and New England.
Photo Date:  7/17/1993  Upload Date: 10/20/2011 1:02:11 AM
Location:  Silver Springs, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock
Locomotives:  CR 7524(GP10)
Views:  574   Comments: 4
DABU into the sun
Title:  DABU into the sun
Description:  DABU rolls toward Portage Bridge in bright sun as the line swings west on its approach.
Photo Date:  7/24/1993  Upload Date: 1/15/2015 3:35:36 AM
Location:  Dalton, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  CR 6142(C40-8W) CR 6077(C40-8W)
Views:  260   Comments: 2
Nice station
Title:  Nice station
Description:  The Erie station at Silver Springs was used by Conrail MOW forces, and was kept in pretty good shape. DABU rolls past the attractive building on its way to Buffalo with 75 auto racks.
Photo Date:  7/24/1993  Upload Date: 1/15/2015 3:38:39 AM
Location:  Silver Springs, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Action
Locomotives:  CR 6142(C40-8W) CR 6077(C40-8W)
Views:  385   Comments: 4
Good day for a run under the sprinkler
Title:  Good day for a run under the sprinkler
Description:  The eastbound coal train looks like its taking a dip as it passes a cornfield just north of Arkport.
Photo Date:  7/24/1993  Upload Date: 1/15/2015 3:43:20 AM
Location:  Arkport, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  CR 6268(SD40) CR 6308(SD40) CR 6513(SD40-2)
Views:  352   Comments: 1
Goudy coal
Title:  Goudy coal
Description:  An eastbound coal train, probably for NYSEG in Johnson City to judge by the Shawmut hoppers, passes the station at Silver Springs with 50 hoppers in tow.
Photo Date:  7/24/1993  Upload Date: 1/15/2015 3:40:37 AM
Location:  Silver Springs, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Action
Locomotives:  CR 6268(SD40) CR 6308(SD40) CR 6513(SD40-2)
Views:  458   Comments: 1
Local waits for OIBU
Title:  Local waits for OIBU
Description:  CR 1926 with a couple of cars is working at Morton Salt as OIBU makes a pick up, its power running alongside the local.
Photo Date:  5/27/1994  Upload Date: 9/20/2014 1:40:25 AM
Location:  Silver Springs, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CR 1926(B23-7) CR 6444(SD40-2) CR 6215(C40-8W)
Views:  401   Comments: 1
Stacks east
Title:  Stacks east
Description:  TV 20 rolls 45 stack platforms and 33 COFC/TOFC east at the new siding at Swain
Photo Date:  5/27/1994  Upload Date: 9/20/2014 1:58:44 AM
Location:  Swain, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Signal,Action
Locomotives:  CR 6223(C40-8W) CR 6825(SD50) CR 6475(SD40-2)
Views:  411   Comments: 2
OIBU
Title:  OIBU
Description:  OIBU rolls 99 cars west at Swain. It will pick up more at Silver Springs from Morton Salt.
Photo Date:  5/27/1994  Upload Date: 9/20/2014 2:00:26 AM
Location:  Swain, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Signal,Action
Locomotives:  CR 6444(SD40-2) CR 6216(C40-8W)
Views:  281   Comments: 1
Buy US Savings Bonds
Title:  Buy US Savings Bonds
Description:  Conrail had a couple of units painted to encourage purchase of US Savings Bonds. One of them leads ML 440 as seen from the overpass at Hunt, just east of the Portage Bridge. The signal alongside the train was a semaphore til a couple of years earlier; up til then there were a pair of them here. When track 2 was lifted, the signal was replaced with a Type G cluster signal. The roadbed of former track 2 has been graded and ballasted to make a maintenance road.
Photo Date:  10/8/1994  Upload Date: 8/28/2014 3:42:39 AM
Location:  Hunt, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Signal,Action
Locomotives:  CR 6726(SD50) CR 5069(B40-8) NS 6189(SD40-2)
Views:  551   Comments: 2


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