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Viewing Album:  Conrail in the Canisteo valley.
 
By:Tom Beckett
Dates:4/1/1976 - 6/1/1999
Album Info:Conrail trains on the ex EL along the Canisteo River. Covers the line between Erwins and Hornell, a notably scenic region of western NY.
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Rockbound
Title:  Rockbound
Description:  BUOI rolls past the rocks at Browns Crossing as it heads down the valley.
Photo Date:  2/25/1987  Upload Date: 4/18/2015 3:26:55 AM
Location:  Browns Crossing, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  CR 6012(C39-8) CR 6607(C30-7) CR 6258(SD40) CR 6318(SD40)
Views:  580   Comments: 1
Dropping the blade
Title:  Dropping the blade
Description:  BUOI rolls its 100 cars past a pair of semphores between Cameron and Rathbone. The one it is passing has dropped to approach, as the signal on track 1 points upward.
Photo Date:  2/25/1987  Upload Date: 4/18/2015 3:38:23 AM
Location:  Cameron, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Winter,Signal,Action
Locomotives:  CR 6012(C39-8) CR 6607(C30-7) CR 6258(SD40) CR 6318(SD40)
Views:  669   Comments: 1
Flash of sun
Title:  Flash of sun
Description:  BUOI rolls east at Browns Crossing as the late afternoon sun glints off the power.
Photo Date:  6/18/1987  Upload Date: 5/4/2015 2:20:58 AM
Location:  Browns Crossing, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  CR 1925(B23-7) CR 6630(C36-7) CR 6396(SD40-2)
Views:  616   Comments: 2
Out of the valley
Title:  Out of the valley
Description:  TV 303 rolls past the automatic at Carson, MP 325, and will be in Hornell shortly. Two hours to Buffalo.
Photo Date:  6/18/1987  Upload Date: 5/4/2015 2:22:56 AM
Location:  Canisteo, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  CR 6634(C36-7) CR 6629(C36-7) CR 6594(C30-7A)
Views:  773   Comments: 2
Down the middle
Title:  Down the middle
Description:  TV 301 is about to split the signals just east of Adrian, and still has a dozen miles to go in the fall colors of the Canisteo valley.
Photo Date:  10/17/1987  Upload Date: 6/9/2015 4:01:38 AM
Location:  Adrian, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Signal,Action
Locomotives:  CR 6326(SD40) CR 6724(SD50) CR 6341(SD40)
Views:  702   Comments: 4
River and color
Title:  River and color
Description:  TV 301 rolls along the Canisteo River in the full color of an upstate NY fall.
Photo Date:  10/17/1987  Upload Date: 6/9/2015 4:03:08 AM
Location:  Rathbone, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  CR 6326(SD40) CR 6724(SD50) CR 6341(SD40)
Views:  527   Comments: 2
Harvest time
Title:  Harvest time
Description:  The hay is in and the trees are all going gold as TV 301 runs down the Canisteo valley.
Photo Date:  10/17/1987  Upload Date: 6/9/2015 4:12:29 AM
Location:  West Cameron, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  CR 6326(SD40) CR 6724(SD50) CR 6341(SD40)
Views:  510   Comments: 1
Old power
Title:  Old power
Description:  A GP 40 leads OIEL west near Erwins.
Photo Date:  4/1/1989  Upload Date: 10/8/2015 3:14:19 AM
Location:  Erwins, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  CR 3171(GP40) NS 3203(SD40-2) NS 6153(SD40-2) CR 3215(GP40)
Views:  745   Comments: 2
Old style
Title:  Old style
Description:  In todays world of sterile rights of way-pole lines gone, new signals, etc, the Tier was a throwback. As a backwater of a large system, it did not get the attention of the ex Pennsy, or the NYC, and for most of Conrail's existence, except for the power and rolling stock, looked almost exactly like the EL. One such scene is near MP 320 in Adrian, where we see OIEL rolling along the poles-the wires were still active-and theres even a semaphore in the distance.
Photo Date:  12/9/1989  Upload Date: 12/14/2015 3:12:15 AM
Location:  Adrian, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Signal,Action
Locomotives:  CR 3332(GP40-2) CR 3197(GP40) CR 3280(GP40-2)
Views:  499   Comments: 1
Cold water
Title:  Cold water
Description:  OIEL rolls along the frozen Canisteo River.
Photo Date:  12/9/1989  Upload Date: 12/15/2015 2:38:47 AM
Location:  Cameron Mills, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Winter,Action
Locomotives:  CR 3332(GP40-2) CR 3197(GP40) CR 3280(GP40-2)
Views:  479   Comments: 2
Down the valley
Title:  Down the valley
Description:  OIEL approaches the signal at MP 325, one of a variety of styles on the Erie, which seemed to be schizophrenic when it came to signal specs. There were these "traffic light" types, targets, and semaphores. The train is leaving the Canisteo valley behind, and will shortly be in Hornell, where it will go west on the ex Erie main to Olean and Jamestown. Still kicking myself for not chasing it there, instead of following the more mundane BUOI east.
Photo Date:  12/9/1989  Upload Date: 12/14/2015 3:15:06 AM
Location:  Canisteo, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Signal,Action
Locomotives:  CR 3332(GP40-2) CR 3197(GP40) CR 3280(GP40-2)
Views:  504   Comments: 2
Tight space
Title:  Tight space
Description:  OIEL rolls along the narrow right of way between the cliff, road, and river. The tight proximity of all these features made the Canisteo a photographic dream.
Photo Date:  12/9/1989  Upload Date: 12/15/2015 2:41:09 AM
Location:  Rathbone, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Winter,Action
Locomotives:  CR 3332(GP40-2) CR 3197(GP40) CR 3280(GP40-2)
Views:  470   Comments: 1
Blasting past the station
Title:  Blasting past the station
Description:  OIEL met BUOI at Canisteo, and I opted for following the eastbound, which we see here passing the old Erie station. Still think I should have stayed with OIEL. Getting it running west of Hornell was a real find.
Photo Date:  12/9/1989  Upload Date: 12/15/2015 2:43:19 AM
Location:  Canisteo, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Winter,Station,Action
Locomotives:  CR 6585(C30-7A) CR 6327(SD40) CR 6310(SD40) CR 6765(SD50)
Views:  594   Comments: 1
On the river
Title:  On the river
Description:  BUOI rolls along the Canisteo near Rathbone, so close to the river that you could troll for trout.
Photo Date:  12/9/1989  Upload Date: 12/15/2015 2:45:03 AM
Location:  Rathbone, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Winter,Action
Locomotives:  CR 6585(C30-7A) CR 6327(SD40) CR 6310(SD40) CR 6765(SD50)
Views:  489   Comments: 2
Long tangent
Title:  Long tangent
Description:  Long for the Canisteo valley, which was not exactly Kansas. There was perhaps a mile or so of straight railroad near MP 320. We see TV 203 on it on a Saturday afternoon.
Photo Date:  7/7/1990  Upload Date: 1/15/2016 1:58:37 AM
Location:  Adrian, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  CR 6088(C40-8W) CR 6055(C40-8W) CR 6021(C39-8)
Views:  515   Comments: 2
Deep canyon, shallow river
Title:  Deep canyon, shallow river
Description:  The Canisteo, most of the time, is shallow enough you can walk across it. The gorge, however, is almost 1000 feet deep in spots. We see TV 203 along the river, deep in the gorge.
Photo Date:  7/7/1990  Upload Date: 1/15/2016 2:04:30 AM
Location:  Cameron Mills, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  CR 6088(C40-8W) CR 6055(C40-8W) CR 6021(C39-8)
Views:  433   Comments: 2
One of many
Title:  One of many
Description:  The Southern Tier was full of semaphore signals, though they were concentrated in several places. One of those places was in the Canisteo valley, between MP 306 and 320, where there were a number of them on both tracks 1 and 2. TV 203 passes an eastbound signal as it heads west near Cameron Mills.
Photo Date:  7/7/1990  Upload Date: 1/15/2016 2:07:41 AM
Location:  Cameron Mills, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Signal,Action
Locomotives:  CR 6088(C40-8W) CR 6055(C40-8W) CR 6021(C39-8)
Views:  385   Comments: 1
Now its an Agway
Title:  Now its an Agway
Description:  TV 203 throttles up as it passes the old Erie station at Canisteo, now an Agway store. In a few years, it will be a concrete pad. Shoot those stations while theyre still around!!
Photo Date:  7/7/1990  Upload Date: 1/15/2016 2:12:54 AM
Location:  Canisteo, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Station,Action
Locomotives:  CR 6088(C40-8W) CR 6055(C40-8W) CR 6021(C39-8)
Views:  482   Comments: 3
Tele view
Title:  Tele view
Description:  A telephoto view of TV 203 along the Canisteo River near Cameron.
Photo Date:  7/7/1990  Upload Date: 1/16/2016 2:31:59 AM
Location:  Cameron, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  CR 6088(C40-8W) CR 6055(C40-8W) CR 6021(C39-8)
Views:  434   Comments: 2
Long view
Title:  Long view
Description:  A 135mm lens%accentuates the bends in railroad and river at Rattlesnake Curve.
Photo Date:  7/7/1990  Upload Date: 1/16/2016 2:35:15 AM
Location:  West Cameron, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  CR 6088(C40-8W) CR 6055(C40-8W) CR 6021(C39-8)
Views:  460   Comments: 2
Rolling around rattlesnake
Title:  Rolling around rattlesnake
Description:  Rattlesnake curve is one of the more scenic spots in a supremely scenic piece of railroad, a double S curve along the Canisteo near West Cameron. TV 203 rolls 170 stack platforms through the curve.
Photo Date:  7/7/1990  Upload Date: 1/15/2016 2:17:50 AM
Location:  West Cameron, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  CR 6088(C40-8W) CR 6055(C40-8W) CR 6021(C39-8)
Views:  438   Comments: 2
Coming at us
Title:  Coming at us
Description:  The focus for this day of railfanning was TV 203, which I and a couple of friends had picked up in Owego. We chased to Attica(about 165 miles), a little longer than usual-we typically turned back at Silver Springs, since chasing west of there was problematic due to back roads, a few inconveniently placed crossings, and a long 30 MPH speed limit and a No Turn On Red in Warsaw. We encountered several other trains along the way, among them this ELOI rolling 60 cars east past the semaphore on track 1 in Rathbone.
Photo Date:  7/7/1990  Upload Date: 1/15/2016 2:21:32 AM
Location:  Rathbone, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Signal,Action
Locomotives:  CR 6329(SD40) CR 6820(SD50)
Views:  348   Comments: 2
Empty coal
Title:  Empty coal
Description:  Empty coal train behind a pair of SD60s, the leader a former EMD demonstrator, passes the station at Addison
Photo Date:  10/20/1990  Upload Date: 11/11/2011 7:59:42 PM
Location:  Addison, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Station,Action
Locomotives:  CR 6841(SD60) CR 6854(SD60)
Views:  571   Comments: 2
Late afternoon in the valley
Title:  Late afternoon in the valley
Description:  A 96 car XCL empty coal train rolls past the former Agway mill between Erwins and Addison. This part of the railroad has not seen a lot of upgrades, as can be seen by the pole line and jointed rail. Put an EL SDP45 here, it would be right at home.
Photo Date:  10/20/1990  Upload Date: 1/27/2016 5:12:13 AM
Location:  Erwins, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  CR 6841(SD60) CR 6854(SD60)
Views:  339   Comments: 2
We can go now
Title:  We can go now
Description:  The XCL train that has been waiting at CP Horn can roll west now that the eastbound it was waiting for, DHT 6, an eastbound NYK stack train with NYSW power, has cleared. The stack came down track 1 from River Jct, the fast track, and crorsed over to track 2 here. The XCL train will roll through Hornell anf go west on the Erie main at Cass St.
Photo Date:  10/20/1990  Upload Date: 2/1/2016 5:10:45 AM
Location:  Hornell, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  CR 6841(SD60)
Views:  990   Comments: 1
BUOI in the Canisteo valley
Title:  BUOI in the Canisteo valley
Description:  BUOI rolls through some of New Yorks most scenic terrain behind an old warrior.
Photo Date:  8/9/1991  Upload Date: 2/27/2012 1:45:25 AM
Location:  Cameron Mills, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  CR 6254(SD40) CR 6011(C39-8)
Views:  592   Comments: 3
BUOI and a blade
Title:  BUOI and a blade
Description:  The signal at Rathbone was easy to get-it was right next to the road, as were several in the Canisteo valley.
Photo Date:  8/9/1991  Upload Date: 2/27/2015 3:58:56 PM
Location:  Rathbone, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Signal,Action
Locomotives:  CR 6818(SD50) CR 6724(SD50) CR 6254(SD40)
Views:  651   Comments: 2
Going for Gang Mills
Title:  Going for Gang Mills
Description:  BUOI rolls toward its next stop at Gang Mills, and is about to knock down the automatic at MP 300 as it passes through this pastoral setting at the east end of the Canisteo valley.
Photo Date:  8/24/1991  Upload Date: 2/27/2015 4:16:50 PM
Location:  Addison, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Signal,Action
Locomotives:  CR 6254(SD40) CR 6011(C39-8) CR 8093(GP38-2) CR 6633(C36-7)
Views:  530   Comments: 0
By the blade
Title:  By the blade
Description:  BUOI rolls past an ex Erie semaphore just west of Rathbone.
Photo Date:  8/24/1991  Upload Date: 2/27/2015 3:57:04 PM
Location:  Rathbone, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Signal,Action
Locomotives:  CR 6254(SD40) CR 6011(C39-8) CR 8093(GP38-2) CR 6633(C36-7)
Views:  510   Comments: 0
Headed back to the plant
Title:  Headed back to the plant
Description:  THe MK switcher rolls past BUOIs power as it goes back into the plant, its work done.
Photo Date:  8/24/1991  Upload Date: 2/25/2015 2:31:10 AM
Location:  Hornell, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CR 6633(C36-7) MKCX 319(S6)
Views:  617   Comments: 0
Reflections
Title:  Reflections
Description:  BUOI rolls along the Canisteo River at Browns Crossing with 136 cars after making a pick up at Hornell.
Photo Date:  6/13/1992  Upload Date: 2/9/2015 2:50:38 AM
Location:  Browns Crossing, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  CR 6127(C40-8W) CR 6840(SD60) CR 6613(C32-8) CR 6140(C40-8W)
Views:  707   Comments: 1
CR meet
Title:  CR meet
Description:  A westbound CR dimensional train meets BUOI in the pastoral splendor of the Canisteo valley
Photo Date:  8/22/1992  Upload Date: 12/3/2011 3:06:35 AM
Location:  Rathbone, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  CR 1924(B23-7) CR 3386(GP40-2) CR 6632(C36-7) CR 6470(SD40-2)
Views:  626   Comments: 0
Crossing over
Title:  Crossing over
Description:  DABU crosses from track 1 to track 2 at CP Horn to run the slow track to River, as TV 26 is working east.
Photo Date:  9/2/1992  Upload Date: 2/4/2015 3:31:16 AM
Location:  Hornell, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CR 6790(SD50) NS 6608(SD60)
Views:  431   Comments: 1
Out of the Canisteo
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:  299   Comments: 2
Loon line
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:  379   Comments: 0
DABU
Title:  DABU
Description:  DABU with 49 auto racks passes the wildflowers that surround the old Erie station at Canisteo
Photo Date:  6/20/1993  Upload Date: 3/4/2012 4:38:46 AM
Location:  Canisteo, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Station,Action
Locomotives:  CR 6129(C40-8W)
Views:  345   Comments: 0
Dresden coal
Title:  Dresden coal
Description:  A 91 car UND54A coal train for the NYSEG plant at Dresden NY on Seneca Lake rolls through Cameron in the Canisteo valley behind a trio of 6 axle units. It will run the Tier to CP Corning, east of Gang Mills yard, then take the Corning Secondary north to the plant.
Photo Date:  7/17/1993  Upload Date: 1/20/2015 6:51:47 PM
Location:  Cameron, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  CR 5560(SD60M) CR 6051(C40-8W) CR 6055(C40-8W)
Views:  525   Comments: 1
BUAL
Title:  BUAL
Description:  Conrail changed the symbol on its train running the Lehigh Line several wimes over the years. For a while in the early 90s it was BUAL, originating at Frontier Yard in Buffalo, running the Tier to Waverly, down the connection to Sayre, then east on the ex LV to Allentown. Here it is rolling 69 cars into Gang Mills, seen from the overpass at the west end of the yard. Thats NY 417/US 15 in the distance, an expressway that connected with NY 17 at Gang Mills, and ended just south of the exit for Addison. Now it is part of I 99, running on the alignment of US 15 all the way to Williamsport.
Photo Date:  1/15/1994  Upload Date: 1/4/2015 4:18:09 AM
Location:  Erwins, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Winter,Action
Locomotives:  CR 6703(SD50) CR 6995(SD40-2R) CR 6496(SD40-2)
Views:  696   Comments: 0
Snowy day
Title:  Snowy day
Description:  Conrails stack business had grown rapidly since it started running trains for APL nine years earlier. This TV 207X was a reflection of that growth, an extra section of a train that normally ran via the West Shore. Today there were 146 stack platforms, a typical length for these trains.
Photo Date:  3/7/1994  Upload Date: 9/22/2014 3:13:10 AM
Location:  Adrian, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Winter,Action
Locomotives:  CR 6130(C40-8W) CR 6862(SD60) CR 6171(C40-8W) CR 6206(C40-8W)
Views:  538   Comments: 0
Down the Canisteo
Title:  Down the Canisteo
Description:  TV 207X rolls west on the most scenic part of the Tier, the Canisteo River valley. It was a great place to chase, as the road was next to the tracks almost the whole length of the valley.
Photo Date:  3/7/1994  Upload Date: 9/22/2014 3:15:12 AM
Location:  Rathbone, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Winter,Action
Locomotives:  CR 6130(C40-8W) CR 6862(SD60) CR 6171(C40-8W) CR 6206(C40-8W)
Views:  559   Comments: 0
Snow is no object
Title:  Snow is no object
Description:  BUOI rolls east past CP CAM as the snow falls. We didnt let weather stop us as a rule, and I chased many days where I used several gallons of windshield wash to combat the salt. Today wasnt too bad, only about 4" snow.
Photo Date:  3/7/1994  Upload Date: 9/22/2014 3:18:20 AM
Location:  West Cameron, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Signal,Action
Locomotives:  CR 6577(C30-7A) CR 5002(B36-7) SSW 9058(SD45)
Views:  606   Comments: 0
Surprise unit
Title:  Surprise unit
Description:  OIBU rolls east with a surprise-a Cotton Belt SD45. The unit was actially dead in tow-note the air filter behind the cab is missing-but was still something out of the ordinary.
Photo Date:  3/7/1994  Upload Date: 9/22/2014 3:24:33 AM
Location:  West Cameron, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Winter,Action
Locomotives:  CR 6577(C30-7A) CR 5002(B36-7) SSW 9058(SD45)
Views:  598   Comments: 0
Muddy waters
Title:  Muddy waters
Description:  The runoff has iit the Canisteo and it is now full of the sediment that has carried down. Still a good shot, even without the reflection. BUOItoday has 98 cars.
Photo Date:  4/9/1994  Upload Date: 9/21/2014 3:08:55 AM
Location:  Browns Crossing, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  CR 6158(C40-8W) CR 6969(SD40-2R) CR 1972(B23-7) CR 6990(SD40-2R)
Views:  627   Comments: 0

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