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OIBU has gotten back on his train and is now starting to pull its 50 cars west. We have here a good view of the station area. The concrete pad behind the lead unit is the location of thg Erie station. Under the middle of the overpass is the Erie freight house, the red brick building. It will be torn down in 1999. In the right background, we see the station tower on the DLW station, as well as the hteel frame of the Marconi tower, which was used to mount an antenna for an early radio application. To the left of the radio tower, we see the smokestack for the station powerhouse, which not only provided heat for the station, but also for the steam lUnes that heated the set out cars that were dropped or picked up here.
Date: 7/5/1990 Location: Binghamton, NY Views: 321 Collection Of:   Tom Beckett
Locomotives: CR 6043(C40-8) CR 6042(C40-8) CR 6783(SD50)    Author:  Tom Beckett
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