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Viewing Album:  Conrail in Syracuse
 
By:Tom Beckett
Dates:4/1/1976 - 6/1/1999
Album Info:Conrail trains in and around Syracuse NY, roughly as far east as Kirkville, and as far west as Weedsport, and some on the Montreal Secondary. Most will be near Dewitt or CP 293 in Solvay.
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SV 6
Title:  SV 6
Description:  SV 6 rolls past the station as it has no work here, and will continue on to Boston with its 77 cars.
Photo Date:  9/2/1994  Upload Date: 8/29/2014 4:00:52 AM
Location:  Syracuse (Dewitt), NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Yard,Station,Action
Locomotives:  CR 6854(SD60) CR 6327(SD40) CR 6703(SD50)
Views:  488   Comments: 0
Fulton local
Title:  Fulton local
Description:  WAFU12, a turn job from Fulton, arrives at the yard to swap cars before returning home. The GP 38's were unusual. Most trains and almost all locals got B23-7's in this area.
Photo Date:  9/2/1994  Upload Date: 8/29/2014 4:03:27 AM
Location:  Syracuse (Dewitt), NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  CR 7906(GP38) CR 8193(GP38-2)
Views:  348   Comments: 1
Rerouted
Title:  Rerouted
Description:  TV 201, once a Southern Tier regular, is now running via Syracuse since the clearance and flooding issues with the West Point tunnel have been addressed. Here it is passing the Amtrak station at Dewitt with 104 stack platforms and 2 COFC
Photo Date:  9/2/1994  Upload Date: 8/31/2014 2:35:38 AM
Location:  Syracuse (Dewitt), NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Action
Locomotives:  CR 5082(B40-8) CR 3268(GP40) CR 5028(B36-7)
Views:  570   Comments: 0
TV 79
Title:  TV 79
Description:  One of the hotter van trains to run the Water Level Route was TV 79, which was a djrect connection to the Santa Fe at Chicago, along with TVLA. The two often ran close to each other, one almost on the others blocks. Here, TV 79 passes the old NYC 1957 station at Dewivt with 74 TOFC and 28 stacks. Even at this late date, it was not uncommon to find sets of 4 motor power on van trains.
Photo Date:  3/18/1995  Upload Date: 8/26/2014 2:47:42 AM
Location:  Syracuse (Dewitt), NY
Author:  Tom Becqett
Categories:  Station,Action
Locomotives:  CR 5050(B36-7) CR 5024(B36-7) CR 3283(GP40-2) CR 3336(GP40-2)
Views:  655   Comments: 0
B boats
Title:  B boats
Description:  A westbound merchandise train, probably SETO judging by the auto parts cars head out, passes Syracuse with a B40 and a B36. The Albany Division was GE Central in those days, as Selkirk was a major GE shop, with several hundred units assigned there, including all the C30-7A's. Seeing 4 axle units was common on both road and yard assignments. Amtrak is peeking around the corner, coming in for its stop.
Photo Date:  3/18/1995  Upload Date: 8/17/2014 3:05:13 AM
Location:  Syracuse (Dewitt), NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Action
Locomotives:  CR 5059(B36-7)
Views:  408   Comments: 1
TV 12
Title:  TV 12
Description:  One of the primary van and mail trains to the east coast was TV 12. It had once run via the ex PRR, but by the mid 90s it had been moved to the Chicago Line. Here it is approaching the Dewitt Amtrak station whth 35 stack platforms and 69 TOFC.
Photo Date:  3/18/1995  Upload Date: 8/26/2014 2:52:32 AM
Location:  Syracuse (Dewitt), NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Yard,Station,Action
Locomotives:  CR 5070(B40-8) CR 5012(B36-7) CR 3318(GP40-2) CR 3335(GP40-2)
Views:  513   Comments: 0
TV 13
Title:  TV 13
Description:  TV 13s power has cut off the train and is going into the yard for a pick up.
Photo Date:  3/18/1995  Upload Date: 8/26/2014 2:55:30 AM
Location:  Syracuse (Dewitt), NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  CR 5583(SD60I) CR 6226(C40-8W) CR 6834(SD50)
Views:  496   Comments: 0
TV 204 set off
Title:  TV 204 set off
Description:  TV 204 rolls into Dewitt yard to set off New England stacks. It's arriving with 95 stack platforms and 3 COFC.
Photo Date:  3/18/1995  Upload Date: 8/26/2014 3:00:05 AM
Location:  Syracuse (Dewitt), NY
Author: 
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  CR 6031(C40-8) CR 5508(SD60M)
Views:  308   Comments: 0
Westbound vans
Title:  Westbound vans
Description:  For a change of pace, I went out to Kirkville to see what the shot looked like. Heres a westbound van train approaching Syracuse.
Photo Date:  3/18/1995  Upload Date: 8/26/2014 3:13:52 AM
Location:  Kirkville, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  UP 4037(SD70M)
Views:  365   Comments: 0
TOSE
Title:  TOSE
Description:  One of the few mevchandise trains I saw that day, TOSE from Toledo, rolls past the Amtrak station with 76 cars.
Photo Date:  3/18/1995  Upload Date: 8/26/2014 3:03:49 AM
Location:  Syracuse (Dewitt), NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Action
Locomotives:  CR 6493(SD40-2) CR 6514(SD40-2)
Views:  339   Comments: 0
Canada bound
Title:  Canada bound
Description:  SYMS heads for Massena and the Canadian border with 81 cars on the Montreal Secondary shortly after leaving the Chicago Line.
Photo Date:  3/18/1995  Upload Date: 8/26/2014 3:20:21 AM
Location:  Clay, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CR 6561(C30-7A) CR 3398(GP40-2)
Views:  342   Comments: 0
Coming...
Title:  Coming...
Description:  TV 203K arrives at Dewitt, where it will cut off its train `nd go in for a pick up.
Photo Date:  3/18/1995  Upload Date: 8/26/2014 3:06:38 AM
Location:  Tultitlan, Me
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Yard,Station,Action
Locomotives:  CR 6745(SD50) CR 5579(SD60I)
Views:  371   Comments: 0
Yard job
Title:  Yard job
Description:  One'of the Dewitt yard jobs works behind the every day power on the Albany Division, a B23-7
Photo Date:  10/18/1995  Upload Date: 8/10/2014 3:03:30 AM
Location:  Syracuse (Dewitt), NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  CR 1942(B23-7)
Views:  149   Comments: 0
Auburn train
Title:  Auburn train
Description:  A WASY-XX local headed out to Auburn with 18 cars leaves the west end of Dewitt yard behind the standard power on the Albany division, a pair of GEs
Photo Date:  10/18/1995  Upload Date: 8/7/2014 2:37:44 PM
Location:  Syracuse (Dewitt), NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  CR 1944(B23-7) CR 1949(B23-7)
Views:  295   Comments: 0
Rolling through the rushes
Title:  Rolling through the rushes
Description:  An eastbound merchandise train passes the reeds along the line near Kirkville.
Photo Date:  10/18/1995  Upload Date: 8/7/2014 3:16:21 PM
Location:  Kirkville, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  CR 3326(GP40-2) CR 6436(SD40-2)
Views:  245   Comments: 0
TV 261
Title:  TV 261
Description:  Conrail was an intermodal leader in the east, and ran quite a few Trailvan trains, such as this TV 261 passing the 1957 Syracuse station in Dewitt with 145 stack platforms and 10 COFC
Photo Date:  10/18/1995  Upload Date: 8/7/2014 2:46:18 PM
Location:  Syracuse (Dewitt), NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Yard,Station,Action
Locomotives:  CR 5594(SD60I) CR 6745(SD50)
Views:  312   Comments: 0
CR 5594 broadside
Title:  CR 5594 broadside
Description:  Heres one for the modelers, a broadside view of a Conrail SD60I, seen at Dewitt yard leading TV 261
Photo Date:  10/18/1995  Upload Date: 8/7/2014 2:50:14 PM
Location:  Syracuse (Dewitt), NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  CR 5594(SD60I)
Views:  248   Comments: 0
TV 261 meets TV 204
Title:  TV 261 meets TV 204
Description:  Sometimes trains working Dewitt took a while to get out on the road, as Conrail had a lot of traffic. Here TV 261 waits as TV 204 rolls east. It will also hold for TVLA and ML 403
Photo Date:  10/18/1995  Upload Date: 8/10/2014 3:05:57 AM
Location:  Syracuse (Dewitt), NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Action
Locomotives:  CR 5594(SD60I) CR 6745(SD50)
Views:  324   Comments: 0
TV 204
Title:  TV 204
Description:  TV 204 was an eastbound APL train, once a regular on the Southern Tier, now shifted to the Chicago and River Lines since the tunnel under West Point was enlarged. Here it is passing Dewitt with 105 platforms
Photo Date:  10/18/1995  Upload Date: 8/7/2014 2:54:15 PM
Location:  Syracuse (Dewitt), NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Yard,Station,Action
Locomotives:  CR 5606(SD60I) CR 3395(GP40-2) CR 5645(SD60I)
Views:  468   Comments: 1
Westbound
Title:  Westbound
Description:  Another westbound Trailvan passes the Dewitt station with 62 trailer flats.
Photo Date:  10/18/1995  Upload Date: 8/7/2014 2:56:42 PM
Location:  Syracuse (Dewitt), NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Action
Locomotives:  CR 5618(SD60I) CR 6083(C40-8W)
Views:  263   Comments: 1
Autos
Title:  Autos
Description:  Conrail, in addition to the extensive Trailvan network, also ran a comprehensive set of automotive trains. This is one of the empties, ML 403, is heading from New Jersey to the Detroit area with 96 empty racks.
Photo Date:  10/18/1995  Upload Date: 8/7/2014 2:59:25 PM
Location:  Syracuse (Dewitt), NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Action
Locomotives:  CR 5624(SD60I) CR 6799(SD50)
Views:  271   Comments: 1
ML 403 passes
Title:  ML 403 passes
Description:  TV 261 is still waiting to get aack on the main with his 145 stack platforms and 10 COFC as ML 403 passes the station with 96 auto racks
Photo Date:  10/18/1995  Upload Date: 8/10/2014 3:10:33 AM
Location:  Syracuse (Dewitt), NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Action
Locomotives:  CR 5624(SD60I) CR 6799(SD50) CR 6745(SD50) CR 5594(SD60I)
Views:  493   Comments: 3
Hot train
Title:  Hot train
Description:  One of the hottest trains on the system was TVLA, a through connection to Santa Fe that became their 198 train to Los Angeles. Together, CR and ATSF combined for a transit of apporximately 76 hours coast to coast. This one is a big train, 91 trailer flats for the Santa Fe. Check out the Saab in the parking lot.
Photo Date:  10/18/1995  Upload Date: 8/7/2014 3:05:47 PM
Location:  Syracuse (Dewitt), NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Action
Locomotives:  CR 6777(SD50) CR 5641(SD60I) CR 5628(SD60I)
Views:  440   Comments: 0
TVLA passes
Title:  TVLA passes
Description:  TV 261 cant get a break, now TVLA is passing.
Photo Date:  10/18/1995  Upload Date: 8/10/2014 3:13:32 AM
Location:  Syracuse (Dewitt), NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Action
Locomotives:  CR 6777(SD50) CR 5641(SD60I) CR 6745(SD50) CR 5594(SD60I) CR 5628(SD60I)
Views:  587   Comments: 1
BRSE7X
Title:  BRSE7X
Description:  A merchandise train that originated off the Belt Railway of Chicago passes Dewitt and TV 261 on its way to Selkirk. This was one of the few freights in the parade of intermodal trains that day.
Photo Date:  10/18/1995  Upload Date: 8/7/2014 3:13:18 PM
Location:  Syracuse (Dewitt), NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Action
Locomotives:  CR 6828(SD50) CR 5594(SD60I)
Views:  345   Comments: 0
Returning to Fulton
Title:  Returning to Fulton
Description:  WAFU12 departs Dewitt yard on its way back to its base in Fulton NY as the sun heads for the horizon.
Photo Date:  10/23/1995  Upload Date: 8/1/2014 2:37:09 AM
Location:  DeWitt Yard (West En, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  CR 1960(B23-7)
Views:  165   Comments: 0
Dimensional load
Title:  Dimensional load
Description:  A solo SD40-2 rolls west past CP 285 with a high and wide.
Photo Date:  10/23/1995  Upload Date: 8/10/2014 3:15:53 AM
Location:  Shocks Mill, PA
Author:  Tom Beckeqt
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CR 6469(SD40-2)
Views:  206   Comments: 0
TV train
Title:  TV train
Description:  A Trailvan train with a mix of power works at Dewitt. It left with 112 cars of intermodal
Photo Date:  11/7/1995  Upload Date: 8/4/2014 2:44:27 AM
Location:  Syracuse (Dewitt), NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  CR 6142(C40-8W) UP 3572(SD40-2)
Views:  266   Comments: 0
TV 14
Title:  TV 14
Description:  TV 14 rolls east on a snowy November day.
Photo Date:  11/13/1995  Upload Date: 8/4/2014 2:46:26 AM
Location:  Syracuse (Dewitt), NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Winter,Action
Locomotives:  CR 6148(C40-8W) CR 6168(C40-8W) CR 6847(SD60)
Views:  325   Comments: 0
Waiting under the lights
Title:  Waiting under the lights
Description:  A pair of BN units waits at CP 291 in Syracuse, just outside the Carousel Mall fence. They should be right at home in the weather.
Photo Date:  11/14/1995  Upload Date: 8/4/2014 2:23:59 AM
Location:  Syracuse (Carousel M, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Roster,Night
Locomotives:  BN 8036(SD40-2) BN 7091(SD40-2)
Views:  250   Comments: 0
TV with SD40s
Title:  TV with SD40s
Description:  A westbound TV train is ready to depart Dewitt behind a trio of SD40-2s, a once common sight that was becoming unusual for high priority trains by this time.
Photo Date:  11/14/1995  Upload Date: 8/4/2014 2:49:59 AM
Location:  Syracuse (Dewitt), NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Winter,Yard,Action
Locomotives:  UP 3572(SD40-2) UP 6462(AC44CW)
Views:  477   Comments: 0
Western power
Title:  Western power
Description:  UP run through trains often had CNW power, as they were the middle leg on the trip. By this time the writing was on the wall for the UP-CNW merger, so CNW units were becoming more common. I was glad I could get them while they were still around.
Photo Date:  11/19/1995  Upload Date: 8/4/2014 2:42:44 AM
Location:  Syracuse (Dewitt), NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Roster,Winter,Yard
Locomotives:  CNW 8552(C41-8) UP 9011(C36-7)
Views:  550   Comments: 1
Rack train heads for Selkirk
Title:  Rack train heads for Selkirk
Description:  An eastbound auto rack train has cleared Syracuse and rolls for Selkirk yard
Photo Date:  3/6/1996  Upload Date: 5/15/2014 3:14:58 PM
Location:  Kirkville, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CR 5642(SD60I) CR 6073(C40-8W)
Views:  431   Comments: 0
Visitors from afar
Title:  Visitors from afar
Description:  I was dispatched to drop a trailer at the CR Trailvan yard in Syracuse. On my way out, these units were crossing into the engine facility.
Photo Date:  8/27/1996  Upload Date: 5/5/2014 4:15:32 AM
Location:  Syracuse (Dewitt), NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  BN 7001(SD40-2) BN 8077(SD40-2)
Views:  368   Comments: 0
Local to Solvay Paper
Title:  Local to Solvay Paper
Description:  One of the Dewitt based locals heads down the lead to the industrial park that has several customers, one of them Solvay Paper, just as the light fades. Power is a pair of the GE's that were the backbone of the Albany Division.
Photo Date:  8/27/1996  Upload Date: 5/5/2014 4:19:51 AM
Location:  SYRACUSE (CP293), NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CR 1943(B23-7) CR 1926(B23-7)
Views:  391   Comments: 0
Stacks east
Title:  Stacks east
Description:  An eastbound stack train rolls through CP 293 behind an SD60I and an ex LMS unit now owned by Conrail
Photo Date:  8/27/1996  Upload Date: 5/5/2014 4:23:06 AM
Location:  SYRACUSE (CP293), NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CR 5601(SD60I) CR 745(C40-8W)
Views:  470   Comments: 0
Westbound stacks
Title:  Westbound stacks
Description:  A westbound stack train rolls through CP 293 and on to Buffalo and west.
Photo Date:  8/27/1996  Upload Date: 5/5/2014 4:27:13 AM
Location:  SYRACUSE (CP293), NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Signal,Action
Locomotives:  CR 6727(SD50)
Views:  357   Comments: 0
B 23s
Title:  B 23s
Description:  An eatbound behind a trio of B23-7s rolls through Kirkville NY. Conrail had well over 100 of these units, most based at Selkirk. They could be seen on locals and secondary trains all over the area.
Photo Date:  4/6/1997  Upload Date: 3/30/2014 12:06:56 PM
Location:  Kirkville, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CR 1916(B23-7) CR 1921(B23-7) CR 1941(B23-7)
Views:  415   Comments: 0
Two builders
Title:  Two builders
Description:  A Conrail SD60I leads a GE west with a stack train at Willis Av
Photo Date:  4/6/1997  Upload Date: 3/4/2014 12:56:46 AM
Location:  SYRACUSE (CP293), NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Signal,Action
Locomotives:  CR 5530(SD60M) CR 6253(C40-8W)
Views:  376   Comments: 1
SECN
Title:  SECN
Description:  Conrail handled Montreal traffic on SECN, which ran the Montreal Secondary north of Syracuse. Here we see it passing through Liverpool just out of Syracuse.
Photo Date:  4/6/1997  Upload Date: 3/30/2014 12:10:26 PM
Location:  Liverpool, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CR 6069(C40-8W) CR 6158(C40-8W)
Views:  310   Comments: 1
Mixed freight and cement
Title:  Mixed freight and cement
Description:  An eastbound merchandise train approaches Syracuse, passing the Blue Circle plant. The two traling units are C30-7A's, a Conrail only unit that developed 3000 HP from a 12 cylinder power plant. The 50 units in the group were based in Syracuse and seen systemwide, but were a staple on the B&A.
Photo Date:  4/6/1997  Upload Date: 3/30/2014 12:15:50 PM
Location:  SYRACUSE (CP293), NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CR 6467(SD40-2) CR 6560(C30-7A) CR 6571(C30-7A)
Views:  419   Comments: 0
Western visitors
Title:  Western visitors
Description:  An eastbound behind a trio of western units passes the NYSW Ontrack station at Carousel Mall
Photo Date:  4/18/1997  Upload Date: 3/30/2014 12:18:21 PM
Location:  Syracuse (Carousel M, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Action
Locomotives:  UP 601(C36-7) SP 7407(SD45R) SP 8032(B39-8E)
Views:  539   Comments: 0
Stacks by Blue Circle
Title:  Stacks by Blue Circle
Description:  An eastbound stack train rolls past the Blue Circle cement plant and under Willis Av as it approaches Syracuse.
Photo Date:  5/5/1997  Upload Date: 3/30/2014 12:13:18 PM
Location:  SYRACUSE (CP293), NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CR 5545(SD60M) CR 5550(SD60M)
Views:  305   Comments: 0
...and going
Title:  ...and going
Description:  TV 203K has made its pick up and is now ready to head west.
Photo Date:  3/18/1995  Upload Date: 8/26/2014 3:11:15 AM
Location:  Syracuse (Dewitt), NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Yard,Station,Action
Locomotives:  CR 6745(SD50) CR 5579(SD60I)
Views:  334   Comments: 0

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