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| 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: |
390 Comments: 3 |
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| Title: |
Used to be busier |
| Description: |
DABU rolls 87 racks through the interlocking at CP Attica. The home signals on the double mast at left control the Groveland Industrial Track, which used a combination of the ex EL Attica Branch and the DLW main to reach Groveland, and the Dansville & Mt Morris. The EL line was not set up the same, as this line ran 52.5 miles to Rochester, with the line to Groveland diverging at North Alexander. Some of the EL went to Livonia Avon & Lakeville, and a lot of it is now completely gone. This is also the west end of the siding that extends east five miles to Linden. |
| Photo Date: |
5/8/1993 Upload Date: 1/21/2018 5:42:48 AM |
| Location: |
Attica, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Signal,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 6159(C40-8W) CR 6086(C40-8W) |
| Views: |
352 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Not long for the world |
| Description: |
DABU rolls past an eastbound track semaphore as it makes its way along the old Erie in the Canisteo valley. Track 1, which the train is on, will be taken up the following year when the line is single tracked from Hornell to Waverly, leaving sidings at Cameron, Gang Mills yard, and Elmira. The numerous semaphores here will be eliminated, removing a historic part of the eastern rail scene. |
| Photo Date: |
5/8/1993 Upload Date: 1/22/2018 5:31:13 AM |
| Location: |
Cameron, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Signal,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 6159(C40-8W) CR 6086(C40-8W) |
| Views: |
275 Comments: 1 |
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| 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: |
390 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
The D&H main is gone |
| Description: |
Conrail was engaged in a program to single track the Tier from CP River, approximately where old NT tower was on the EL-the junction of the Buffalo Sub and the River Line to Cuba Jct-east to Waverly. At the date of this photo, they had removed track 2 from River to Cass St in Hornell, unaffectionately known by crews as the "D&H Main" due to the Conrail dispatchers tendency to route those trains on the 10 MPH track, rather than on the faster track 1. DABU heads west on now the only track, seen from the NY 70 overpass east of Canaseraga, where the line had a grade separated profile. |
| Photo Date: |
5/8/1993 Upload Date: 1/22/2018 5:40:35 AM |
| Location: |
Canaseraga, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 6159(C40-8W) CR 6086(C40-8W) |
| Views: |
263 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Out of the Canisteo |
| Description: |
DABU rolls past the automatic at Carson, leaving the Canisteo valley behind as it makes its way to Buffalo. |
| Photo Date: |
5/8/1993 Upload Date: 1/26/2015 2:46:42 AM |
| Location: |
Canisteo, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Signal,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 6159(C40-8W) CR 6086(C40-8W) |
| Views: |
289 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
Out of the valley |
| Description: |
DABU rolls west under the county road overpass at Carson, MP 325. The view here is dramatic, as the tracks appear to be coming right out of a mountain. This will be a single track railroad the following year. |
| Photo Date: |
5/8/1993 Upload Date: 1/22/2018 5:45:05 AM |
| Location: |
carson, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 6159(C40-8W) CR 6086(C40-8W) |
| Views: |
295 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Erie signals |
| Description: |
DABU rolls past the home signal at CP HORN, which prior to Conrail was ZY on the EL. The Erie signals are still in place guarding the interlocking, which was the east entrance to the massive Hornell yard, and now largely a ghost town. |
| Photo Date: |
5/8/1993 Upload Date: 1/22/2018 5:48:32 AM |
| Location: |
Hornell, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Signal,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 6159(C40-8W) CR 6086(C40-8W) |
| Views: |
289 Comments: 0 |
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| 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: |
303 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
On high |
| Description: |
DABU starts across the 1875 built Portage Bridge over the Genesee River in Letchworth State Park. The view is from the entrance road leading from NY 19 down to the bottom of the falls. This bridge was replaced by a new structure in 2017. |
| Photo Date: |
5/8/1993 Upload Date: 1/22/2018 5:52:29 AM |
| Location: |
Portageville, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Bridge,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 6159(C40-8W) CR 6086(C40-8W) |
| Views: |
283 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Good looking station |
| Description: |
The Erie station at Silver Springs was used by the MOW department, and they kept it in good condition, as evidenced by its appearance as DABU rolls past. |
| Photo Date: |
5/8/1993 Upload Date: 1/22/2018 5:55:28 AM |
| Location: |
Silver Springs, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 6159(C40-8W) CR 6086(C40-8W) |
| Views: |
259 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Loon line |
| Description: |
DABU rolls west at West Cameron. There were a pair of semaphores there, but not directly across from each other. I was out with some friends that day. They elected to set up by the eastbound signal for the shot. Typical for the time-always fans out on the Tier. |
| Photo Date: |
5/8/1993 Upload Date: 1/25/2015 4:04:07 AM |
| Location: |
West Cameron, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Signal,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 6159(C40-8W) CR 6084(SD45) |
| Views: |
367 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Out in the open |
| Description: |
DABU rolls 87 auto racks out from behind the rocks that form the cliff supporting NY 427 at Wellsburg |
| Photo Date: |
5/8/1993 Upload Date: 1/25/2015 4:10:55 AM |
| Location: |
Wellsburg, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 6159(C40-8W) CR 6084(SD45) |
| Views: |
342 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Another semaphore |
| Description: |
We all knew the Erie semaphores were on borrowed time, as Conrail had announced they planned to single track the Tier west of Binghamton. These signals had been installed in the 1920s, and were nearing 75 years in service. The segment from River Jct to Hornell had been single tracked the previous year, and now this section from Hornell to Gang Mills was on the chopping block. We made an effort to shoot them all, as here with DABU rolling past one of the blades near MP 316. |
| Photo Date: |
5/8/1993 Upload Date: 1/22/2018 6:02:26 AM |
| Location: |
West Cameron, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Signal,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 6159(C40-8W) CR 6086(C40-8W) |
| Views: |
268 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
DABU |
| Description: |
DABU ran from Doremus Av auto terminal in Newark to Buffalo, carrying mostly empty racks, but some loaded cars as well. We see DABU8 rolling 87 racks west near MP 235 in Owego behind a pair of wide cab GEs. |
| Photo Date: |
5/8/1993 Upload Date: 2/7/2018 5:08:07 AM |
| Location: |
Owego, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 6159(C40-8W) CR 6086(C40-8W) |
| Views: |
242 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
CR 6166 & 6159 |
| Description: |
6166 & 6159 lead a southbound freight into Toledo, OH. |
| Photo Date: |
3/23/1996 Upload Date: 9/5/2011 9:19:37 PM |
| Location: |
Toledo, OH |
| Author: |
Rev. Jeremy Heilman |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 6166(C40-8W) CR 6159(C40-8W) |
| Views: |
306 Comments: 0 |
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