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By:Tom Beckett
Dates:1/1/1982 - 3/27/2013
Album Info:Steamtown trains, first in Vermont, the later in Scranton.
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Rolling across
Title:  Rolling across
Description:  CP 2317 is barely visible crossing the Susquehanna on its way down town. An inbound freight is partly sitting on the bridge.
Photo Date:  9/14/1991  Upload Date: 2/25/2015 4:21:37 AM
Location:  Binghamton, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Bridge,Action
Locomotives:  CP 2317(4-6-2)
Views:  123   Comments: 0
Steam power and another relic
Title:  Steam power and another relic
Description:  CP 2317 and train are at the south end of Bevier St, as a relic of the Lackawanna from time gone by looks on. The signal protected the crossing at BX, where the DLW Syracuse and Utica Branch crossed the D&H.
Photo Date:  9/14/1991  Upload Date: 2/25/2015 4:23:37 AM
Location:  Binghamton, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Signal,Action
Locomotives:  CP 2317(4-6-2)
Views:  157   Comments: 0
Classic
Title:  Classic
Description:  The southbound trip from Binghamton stopped at Hallstead for the locals. During the stop, I was able to get a shot of the engine crew. The engineer is legendary D&H man Bernie OBrien, looking for all the world like its 1948. This is the same man who has his name on the side of D&H 7312.
Photo Date:  9/14/1991  Upload Date: 2/22/2015 2:16:08 AM
Location:  Hallstead, PA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Steam,Action
Locomotives:  CP 2317(4-6-2)
Views:  219   Comments: 1
Looking like the Lackawanna
Title:  Looking like the Lackawanna
Description:  CP 2317 rolls under a distinctive DLW signal bridge as it makes its way downgrade into Scranton.
Photo Date:  9/14/1991  Upload Date: 2/22/2015 2:18:41 AM
Location:  Chinchilla, PA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Steam,Signal,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  CP 2317(4-6-2)
Views:  204   Comments: 0
Headed for home
Title:  Headed for home
Description:  The Steamtown trip to Binghamton has cleared East Binghamton yard and now has the main headed back to Scranton, seen from the bridge connecting Conklin to Kirkwood.
Photo Date:  9/14/1991  Upload Date: 2/22/2015 2:23:14 AM
Location:  Conklin, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Steam,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  CP 2317(4-6-2)
Views:  200   Comments: 1
Outstanding in the field
Title:  Outstanding in the field
Description:  Actually, it was moving right along. The return trip of CP 2317 to Scranton passes a hay field near Summervillw PA. This is the location of CPF 627, the south end of the siding between New Milford and Hallstead.
Photo Date:  9/14/1991  Upload Date: 2/22/2015 2:21:22 AM
Location:  Summerville, PA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Steam,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  CP 2317(4-6-2)
Views:  267   Comments: 0
Turn, turn, turn
Title:  Turn, turn, turn
Description:  There has not been a turntable at Binghamton for many years, so to turn the train, it was run up Southern Tier track 1 from BD to QD, backed up the Buffalo runner past the crossovers at the south end of Bevier St, then run back over the D&H, crossing the Tier at BD, then south. Here it is at the south end of Bevier St. The line to the left is the ex DLW Syracuse and Utica Branch, now the NYSW Northern Division.
Photo Date:  9/14/1991  Upload Date: 2/22/2015 2:26:17 AM
Location:  Binghamton, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Yard,Steam,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  CP 2317(4-6-2)
Views:  185   Comments: 1
Steamtown train on Tunkhannock Viaduct
Title:  Steamtown train on Tunkhannock Viaduct
Description:  A Steamtown train from Scranton to Kingsley rolls across the famous DLW bridge at Nicholson PA
Photo Date:  9/14/1991  Upload Date: 6/30/2011 1:58:35 AM
Location:  Nicholson, PA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Bridge,Steam,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  CP 2317(4-6-2)
Views:  428   Comments: 0
Steamtown excursion on the ex DLW
Title:  Steamtown excursion on the ex DLW
Description:  CN 3254 leads a weekend trip from Scranton to Kingsley past the derelict ex DLW station at Hop Bottom PA
Photo Date:  9/13/1992  Upload Date: 6/10/2012 2:45:44 AM
Location:  Hop Bottom, PA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Steam,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  CN 3254(2-8-2)
Views:  612   Comments: 1
Turning the train
Title:  Turning the train
Description:  No, its not a return of the Albany-Binghamton train....Steamtown ran an excursion coubleheaded with CP 2317 and CN 3254 for the Railphoto Weekend in 1992, to Binghamton and return. The train has dropped the riders off for a barbecue lunch, and is now turning via Bevier St and BD to head south. The D&H station is to the left of the train.
Photo Date:  9/13/1992  Upload Date: 1/31/2015 2:45:14 AM
Location:  Binghamton, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Yard,Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  CP 2317(4-6-2) CN 3254(2-8-2)
Views:  382   Comments: 0
Baldwin and CP RS 23
Title:  Baldwin and CP RS 23
Description:  Steamtowns Baldwin shop switcher works in the yard, seen passing CP 8023
Photo Date:  9/19/1992  Upload Date: 1/31/2015 2:26:10 AM
Location:  Scranton, PA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Yard,Steam,Action
Locomotives:  BLW 26(0-6-0) CAR 8023(RS23)
Views:  855   Comments: 0
Baldwin and a D&H unit
Title:  Baldwin and a D&H unit
Description:  BLW 26 works in the yard, in the company of D&H 7309
Photo Date:  9/19/1992  Upload Date: 1/31/2015 2:27:59 AM
Location:  Scranton, PA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Yard,Steam,Action
Locomotives:  BLW 26(0-6-0) DH 7309(GP38-2)
Views:  596   Comments: 0
Moving things around
Title:  Moving things around
Description:  BLW 26 is coupled to Erie 835, which will be featured in the night photo session that evening.
Photo Date:  9/19/1992  Upload Date: 1/31/2015 2:32:18 AM
Location:  Scranton, PA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Yard,Steam,Action
Locomotives:  BLW 26(0-6-0) ERIE 835(E8A)
Views:  680   Comments: 0
Shop tour returns
Title:  Shop tour returns
Description:  Most of the time the Baldwin 0-6-0 was used for shuttling people from the main part of the site to the shop for yours. Here it is bringing a group back.
Photo Date:  9/19/1992  Upload Date: 1/31/2015 2:34:41 AM
Location:  Scranton, PA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Steam,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  BLW 26(0-6-0)
Views:  343   Comments: 0
Rolling out for photos
Title:  Rolling out for photos
Description:  CN 3254 moves from the roundhouse to the night photo site, past CP 8023.
Photo Date:  9/19/1992  Upload Date: 1/31/2015 2:37:04 AM
Location:  Scranton, PA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Yard,Steam,Action
Locomotives:  CN 3254(2-8-2) CAR 8023(RS23)
Views:  304   Comments: 0
Old and new
Title:  Old and new
Description:  Tow engines that run on CP, 7309 in the foreground, and 2317 back in the yard.
Photo Date:  9/19/1992  Upload Date: 1/31/2015 2:48:31 AM
Location:  Scranton, PA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  CP 2317(4-6-2) DH 7309(GP38-2)
Views:  326   Comments: 0
Alco display
Title:  Alco display
Description:  The Railphoto Weekend featured diesels as well as steam. This M630 was one of them. It probably hadnt been this clean since it left the erecting floor.
Photo Date:  9/19/1992  Upload Date: 1/31/2015 2:52:13 AM
Location:  Scranton, PA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  CP 4561(M630)
Views:  504   Comments: 0
Conrail display
Title:  Conrail display
Description:  Despite not really being a Scranton RR anymore, Conrail sent this clean GP 38 and a Mercury trailer for display at Railphoto
Photo Date:  9/19/1992  Upload Date: 1/31/2015 3:01:04 AM
Location:  Scranton, PA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  CR 7895(GP38)
Views:  276   Comments: 0
Steamtown??
Title:  Steamtown??
Description:  Two diesels and an EL caboose, not a steamer in the photo. Or it could be Scranton in 1963...
Photo Date:  9/19/1992  Upload Date: 1/31/2015 2:54:59 AM
Location:  Scranton, PA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock,Yard
Locomotives:  DH 7309(GP38-2) ERIE 835(E8A)
Views:  525   Comments: 0
D&H 7309
Title:  D&H 7309
Description:  CP was an active participant in the Railphoto event, sending a number of diesels to Steamtown, and allowing the trains to run on their line to Binghamton. Heres freshly cleaned 7309 on display.
Photo Date:  9/19/1992  Upload Date: 1/31/2015 3:03:28 AM
Location:  Scranton, PA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  DH 7309(GP38-2)
Views:  318   Comments: 0
EL caboose
Title:  EL caboose
Description:  There was some rolling stock at Railphoto as well, including this EL caboose, the LV caboose to the right, and some passenger equipment elsewhere.
Photo Date:  9/19/1992  Upload Date: 1/31/2015 3:10:26 AM
Location:  Scranton, PA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock,Yard
Locomotives: 
Views:  373   Comments: 0
M&E 17
Title:  M&E 17
Description:  Morristown & Erie sent their 17 to Railphoto, here back in the shop area.
Photo Date:  9/19/1992  Upload Date: 1/31/2015 3:13:21 AM
Location:  Scranton, PA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  ME 17(C430)
Views:  570   Comments: 0
What a face
Title:  What a face
Description:  NKP 759 pokes its face into the late day sun from its display position at Steamtown.
Photo Date:  9/19/1992  Upload Date: 2/4/2015 12:39:28 AM
Location:  Scranton, PA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Roster,Yard,Steam
Locomotives:  NKP 759(2-8-4)
Views:  382   Comments: 2
CP 8000
Title:  CP 8000
Description:  For the Steamtown Railfan Weekend in 1992, CP sent several units for display, including this Baldwin. SOO SD 60M 6059 sits in the background.
Photo Date:  9/19/1992  Upload Date: 2/5/2012 2:40:39 AM
Location:  Scranton, PA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  CP 8000(DRS4-4-1000) SOO 6059(SD60M)
Views:  1623   Comments: 3
CAR 8023
Title:  CAR 8023
Description:  CP sent several diesels to display at the Steamtown Railfan Weekend in 1992, including this RS 23 from Canadian Atlantic Railway, a subsidiary consisting of all the lines east of Montreal.
Photo Date:  9/19/1992  Upload Date: 2/5/2012 2:42:49 AM
Location:  Scranton, PA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  CAR 8023(RS23)
Views:  421   Comments: 1
Mt Stephen
Title:  Mt Stephen
Description:  Among other equipment displayed by CP at Steamtown was this daytime office car.
Photo Date:  9/19/1992  Upload Date: 2/5/2012 2:44:15 AM
Location:  Scranton, PA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock,Yard
Locomotives: 
Views:  797   Comments: 0
Right at home
Title:  Right at home
Description:  Erie and Lackawanna units sit at the Steamtown shops. Both units are restored from other railroads, but they look right at home in Scranton.
Photo Date:  9/19/1992  Upload Date: 2/5/2012 2:47:12 AM
Location:  Scranton, PA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  ERIE 835(E8A) DLW 637(FP7A)
Views:  913   Comments: 0
1948??
Title:  1948??
Description:  A Steamtown excursion to Binghamton is on its return at Hallstead PA, with engineer Bernie O'Brien looking for all the world like it's regular service steam days.
Photo Date:  9/20/1992  Upload Date: 6/10/2012 2:47:43 AM
Location:  Hallstead, PA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Steam,Passenger
Locomotives:  CP 2317(4-6-2)
Views:  476   Comments: 1
Tour finished
Title:  Tour finished
Description:  CN 3254 was working with a single coach giving tours of the Steamtown facility in the summer of 1993. It has just arrived back from the shop with its coach of tourists.
Photo Date:  7/10/1993  Upload Date: 1/20/2015 6:37:31 PM
Location:  Scranton, PA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Steam,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  CN 3254(2-8-2)
Views:  165   Comments: 0
Clear view
Title:  Clear view
Description:  An unobstructed view of CN 3254 as it arrives back at the station after ferrying riders to the shop for a tour. My daughter Courtney looks on.
Photo Date:  7/10/1993  Upload Date: 1/20/2015 6:39:19 PM
Location:  Scranton, PA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Steam,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  CN 3254(2-8-2)
Views:  212   Comments: 0
DL 2461
Title:  DL 2461
Description:  MILW 261 ran excursions from Steamtown during the summer of 1995. The big one was a two day round trip to Syracuse over CP and NYSW. The morning of departure, DL 2461 was assisting in train make up, here seen at the Bridge 60 wye with some passenger cars.
Photo Date:  8/19/1995  Upload Date: 8/12/2014 3:19:00 AM
Location:  Scranton, PA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Yard,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  DL 2461(C425)
Views:  900   Comments: 0
Blowing off steam
Title:  Blowing off steam
Description:  MILW 261 releases steam as it gets ready to take its train to Syracuse. Seen at Bridge 60 tower as the faithful witness the operation.
Photo Date:  8/19/1995  Upload Date: 8/12/2014 3:20:55 AM
Location:  Scranton, PA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Yard,Steam,Signal,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  MILW 261(4-8-4)
Views:  228   Comments: 2
By the tower
Title:  By the tower
Description:  MILW 261 pulls by Bridge 60 tower at Steamtown prior to the Syracuse trip.
Photo Date:  8/19/1995  Upload Date: 8/12/2014 3:30:11 AM
Location:  Scranton, PA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Yard,Steam,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  MILW 261(4-8-4)
Views:  163   Comments: 0
Portrait of the dispatcher as a young man
Title:  Portrait of the dispatcher as a young man
Description:  NPS dispatcher and RRPA contributor Sam Botts oversees his kingdom as the MILW 261 excursion gets itself together on the morning of Aug 19 1995.Seems that was a long time ago....
Photo Date:  8/19/1995  Upload Date: 8/12/2014 3:33:14 AM
Location:  Scranton, PA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  131   Comments: 0
Looking good
Title:  Looking good
Description:  If anything can improve on the appearance of an Alco, its a pretty blonde. Diane, now my wife, strikes a pose reminiscent of the old Railroad Magazine with the train from Scranton, power nov changed for the trip back.
Photo Date:  7/27/2003  Upload Date: 10/15/2017 4:09:39 AM
Location:  Tobyhanna, PA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  DL 2461(C425)
Views:  348   Comments: 0
Watching ahead
Title:  Watching ahead
Description:  The crew on CP 2317, seen heHe on a Steamtown NHS trip at Tobyhanna, lioks ahead to see whats in store.
Photo Date:  7/27/2003  Upload Date: 10/15/2017 4:04:39 AM
Location:  Tobyhanna, PA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Steam,Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  120   Comments: 0
Classic pose
Title:  Classic pose
Description:  The engineer at fireman on the Stcamtown trip to Tobyhanna strjke a classic pose in their cab as the power is moved around.
Photo Date:  7/27/2003  Upload Date: 10/15/2017 4:06:25 AM
Location:  Tobyhanna, PA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Steam,Action
Locomotives:  CP 2317(4-6-2)
Views:  150   Comments: 0
Engine and crew
Title:  Engine and crew
Description:  The crew of 2317 stands in the gangway as it waits for DL 2461 to pull the train by so it can couple to the rear for the return trip to Scranton.
Photo Date:  7/27/2003  Upload Date: 5/7/2013 1:03:10 AM
Location:  Tobyhanna, PA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Steam,Action
Locomotives:  CP 2317(4-6-2)
Views:  163   Comments: 0
Through the yard
Title:  Through the yard
Description:  CP 2317 moves through the yard as it heads to pick up its train for a trip to Tobyhanna. Bridge 60 tower is in the background.
Photo Date:  7/27/2003  Upload Date: 2/18/2017 4:23:33 AM
Location:  Scranton, PA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Yard,Steam,Action
Locomotives:  CP 2317(4-6-2)
Views:  97   Comments: 1
On the DLW
Title:  On the DLW
Description:  CP 2317 has pulled past the former Tobyhanna tower as it makes its run around move to return to Scranton. The tower was typical of the DLW Cut Off, one of many concrete stquctures on that line. Some are still intact 100 years `fter their construction.
Photo Date:  7/27/2003  Upload Date: 8/4/2013 2:31:39 AM
Location:  Tobyhanna, PA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Steam,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  CP 2317(4-6-2)
Views:  150   Comments: 0
"Thatll do"
Title:  "Thatll do"
Description:  The conductor on todays Steamtown excursion guides the engine back to a hitch as the power runs around at Tobyhanna.
Photo Date:  7/27/2003  Upload Date: 6/9/2016 4:27:08 AM
Location:  Tobyhanna, PA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Steam,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  CP 2317(4-6-2)
Views:  110   Comments: 0
Dont lose that number
Title:  Dont lose that number
Description:  The number plate on CP 2317, seen"through an ex CNJ coach on the Steamtown Tobyhanna trip.
Photo Date:  7/27/2003  Upload Date: 10/15/2017 4:07:38 AM
Location:  Athelone Heights, SC
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Roster,Steam
Locomotives:  CP 2317(4-6-2)
Views:  103   Comments: 0
Run around
Title:  Run around
Description:  There are no turning facilities in most places, even some that once had them. As a result, sometimes power has to run backwards, as is the case here. CP 2317, which ran forward up from Scranton, now runs around its train, and will roll backward down the hill. It still makes a good looking scene under one of the many old DLW signal bridges still in place on this line, once the Route of Phoebe Snow.
Photo Date:  7/27/2003  Upload Date: 6/9/2016 4:34:11 AM
Location:  Tobyhanna, PA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Steam,Signal,Action
Locomotives:  CP 2317(4-6-2)
Views:  85   Comments: 0
CP 2317 at the Lackawanna station
Title:  CP 2317 at the Lackawanna station
Description:  CP 2317 pauses while the crew gets ready to cut off the train for the 2317 to run around at the former Lackawanna suation
Photo Date:  7/27/2003  Upload Date: 8/4/2013 2:35:56 AM
Location:  Tobyhanna, PA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Steam,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  CP 2317(4-6-2)
Views:  180   Comments: 0
Pull by
Title:  Pull by
Description:  DL 2461, a C 425 reminiscent of the EL units that used to be common here, pulls past CP 2317 and its crew so the steamer can couple to the rear for its return trip.
Photo Date:  7/27/2003  Upload Date: 5/7/2013 1:06:34 AM
Location:  Tobyhanna, PA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Steam,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  DL 2461(C425) CP 2317(4-6-2)
Views:  366   Comments: 0
Birthday girl
Title:  Birthday girl
Description:  My wife(she wasnt yet in this photo) was adventurous, so when I suggested we take a ride behind a steam engine, she was all for it. She posed with one of the drivers on UP 4012 here, four days after her birthday, showing how big they are. She had a good time that day, and would do it again.
Photo Date:  7/27/2003  Upload Date: 6/9/2016 4:39:52 AM
Location:  Scranton, PA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  UP 4012(4-8-8-4)
Views:  352   Comments: 0
Ready to head back
Title:  Ready to head back
Description:  To facilitate a more efficient move, the power was changed from CP 2317 to DL 2461 at Tobyhanna, eliminating the need for the Pacific to run backsards with the train on return to Scranton. The unit is right at home here, as it was once an"EL unit, and trod this path routinely.
Photo Date:  7/27/2003  Upload Date: 10/15/2017 4:11:40 AM
Location:  Tobyhanna, PA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  DL 2461(C425)
Views:  254   Comments: 1
Almost there
Title:  Almost there
Description:  DL 2461 now past CP 2317, which will shortly couple to the rear of the train.
Photo Date:  7/27/2003  Upload Date: 5/7/2013 1:09:47 AM
Location:  Tobyhanna, PA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Steam,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  DL 2461(C425) CP 2317(4-6-2)
Views:  367   Comments: 0
Working
Title:  Working
Description:  Steamtowns NKP GP 9 514 has a photo freight in tow, working the Scranton yard for the assembled visitors. That's Bridge 60 Tower at left. At this time, NPS was dispatching steam trains, as well as DL freights from the tower.
Photo Date:  7/27/2003  Upload Date: 6/9/2016 4:42:33 AM
Location:  Scranton, PA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  NKP 514(GP9)
Views:  377   Comments: 0
NKP and Alcos too
Title:  NKP and Alcos too
Description:  The NKP unit is part of the Steamtown collection. Sometimes the historic look of the site is broken by interlopers, in this case an M 420 and C 425 of the road that does the freight work between here and Portland PA, the Delaware Lackawanna.
Photo Date:  7/27/2003  Upload Date: 6/9/2016 4:44:44 AM
Location:  Scranton, PA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  NKP 514(GP9) DL 804(C425) DL 645(M420W)
Views:  877   Comments: 0


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