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DH 701 leads Apollo 3
Title:  DH 701 leads Apollo 3
Description:  With 5 N&W's behind
Photo Date:  6/6/1977  Upload Date: 2/23/2024 11:08:44 PM
Location:  Tioga Center, NY
Author:  Tim Darnell
Categories: 
Locomotives:  DH 701(U30C)
Views:  96   Comments: 2
NW 1717, 1325 on Apollo 3
Title:  NW 1717, 1325 on Apollo 3
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/6/1977  Upload Date: 2/23/2024 11:08:50 PM
Location:  Tioga Center, NY
Author:  Tim Darnell
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NW 1717(SD45) NW 1325(GP35)
Views:  116   Comments: 3
PC 2329
Title:  PC 2329
Description:  PC 2329 splits the semaphores at MP 242.2 in Toiga Center NY on a warm day in August 1977.
Photo Date:  8/1/1977  Upload Date: 9/27/2008 10:45:22 PM
Location:  Tioga Center, NY
Author:  Randy Kotuby
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PC 2329(GP35)
Views:  861   Comments: 2
NW 210
Title:  NW 210
Description:  A lash up of four borrowed N&W units leads a D&H train through Tioga Center NY. Date is approximate.
Photo Date:  9/1/1977  Upload Date: 6/6/2010 8:37:19 AM
Location:  Tioga Center, NY
Author:  Randy Kotuby
Categories:  Signal,Action
Locomotives:  NW 210(GP35)
Views:  666   Comments: 2
CR 6049
Title:  CR 6049
Description: 
Photo Date:  4/28/1980  Upload Date: 2/16/2008 10:58:50 AM
Location:  Tioga Center, NY
Author:  Sam Botts
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CR 6049(C40-8) CR 6402(SD40-2) CR 6395(SD40-2)
Views:  1083   Comments: 0
CR 6644
Title:  CR 6644
Description: 
Photo Date:  4/28/1980  Upload Date: 1/31/2008 10:40:11 AM
Location:  Tioga Center, NY
Author:  Sam Botts
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CR 6644(C36-7)
Views:  503   Comments: 0
DH 456
Title:  DH 456
Description:  GV-2 passes the depot.
Photo Date:  11/22/1980  Upload Date: 3/5/2009 7:56:30 PM
Location:  Tioga Center, NY
Author:  Tim Darnell
Categories: 
Locomotives:  DH 456(C424) DH 461(C424) DH 451(C424)
Views:  1198   Comments: 0
N&W 1322(GP-35)
Title:  N&W 1322(GP-35)
Description:  on NE-2
Photo Date:  4/24/1981  Upload Date: 6/5/2012 4:55:54 PM
Location:  Tioga Center, NY
Author:  Gil Ford
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  NW 1322(GP35)
Views:  458   Comments: 0
BUEB
Title:  BUEB
Description:  7409-7412-7416 between the EL semaphores; running wrong iron
Photo Date:  4/26/1983  Upload Date: 5/29/2012 9:03:13 AM
Location:  Tioga Center, NY
Author:  Gil Ford
Categories:  Signal,Action
Locomotives:  DH 7409(GP39-2)
Views:  400   Comments: 0
EBNW
Title:  EBNW
Description:  B&M 307-309-308
Photo Date:  4/26/1983  Upload Date: 5/29/2012 9:01:47 AM
Location:  Tioga Center, NY
Author:  Gil Ford
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BM 307(GP40-2)
Views:  431   Comments: 0
N&W caboose 555059
Title:  N&W caboose 555059
Description:  on EBNW
Photo Date:  4/26/1983  Upload Date: 5/29/2012 9:03:54 AM
Location:  Tioga Center, NY
Author:  Gil Ford
Categories:  RollingStock,Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  85   Comments: 0
CR 3192
Title:  CR 3192
Description:  TV-202 splits the double semaphores at Tioga Center.
Photo Date:  8/10/1986  Upload Date: 8/7/2011 6:53:30 PM
Location:  Tioga Center, NY
Author:  Mike Stellpflug
Categories:  Scenic,Signal,Action
Locomotives:  CR 3192(GP40)
Views:  344   Comments: 2
Splitting the semaphores
Title:  Splitting the semaphores
Description:  The Tier was known for its many Erie RR era semaphores. There were at least two pairs, one at Arkport, about five miles west of Hornell, rarely seen due to the walk in nature of their location; and this pair at Tioga Center, which were adjacent to NY 17C, and easy to photograph. ABBU, running wrong main, passes between them on its way west.
Photo Date:  12/9/1986  Upload Date: 12/19/2014 1:50:51 AM
Location:  Tioga Center, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Signal,Action
Locomotives:  BM 640(U30C) MEC 600(SD40)
Views:  666   Comments: 1
NYSW 4044
Title:  NYSW 4044
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/20/1988  Upload Date: 1/4/2008 12:08:59 PM
Location:  Tioga Center, NY
Author:  Sam Botts
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NYSW 4044(B40-8) NYSW 4032(B40-8)
Views:  752   Comments: 0
NYSW 4030
Title:  NYSW 4030
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/20/1988  Upload Date: 1/4/2008 12:25:21 PM
Location:  Tioga Center, NY
Author:  Sam Botts
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NYSW 4030(B40-8) NYSW 4034(B40-8)
Views:  946   Comments: 5
NYSW 4040
Title:  NYSW 4040
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/20/1988  Upload Date: 1/22/2008 12:57:23 AM
Location:  Tioga Center, NY
Author:  Sam Botts
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NYSW 4040(B40-8)
Views:  429   Comments: 0
NYSW 3626
Title:  NYSW 3626
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/20/1988  Upload Date: 1/26/2008 12:59:50 PM
Location:  Tioga Center, NY
Author:  Sam Botts
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NYSW 3626(SD45) NYSW 6515(SD45) NYSW 3634(SD45)
Views:  1327   Comments: 0
NKP 765
Title:  NKP 765
Description: 
Photo Date:  8/3/1988  Upload Date: 1/31/2008 9:41:46 AM
Location:  Tioga Center, NY
Author:  Sam Botts
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NKP 765(2-8-4)
Views:  931   Comments: 7
Shady semaphores
Title:  Shady semaphores
Description:  TV 301 rolls through the semaphores at Tioga Center on a foggy morning typical of fall in the Tier. The eastbound board appears to be at stop.
Photo Date:  10/8/1988  Upload Date: 9/5/2015 4:12:42 AM
Location:  Tioga Center, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Signal,Action
Locomotives:  CR 6009(C39-8) CR 6472(SD40-2) CR 6740(SD50)
Views:  687   Comments: 1
Semphores and snow
Title:  Semphores and snow
Description:  MEBU rolls west between the famous Tioga Center pair of semaphore signals. This was a popular spot, due to the ease of access-they were right next to NY 17C.
Photo Date:  12/10/1988  Upload Date: 9/27/2015 4:07:21 AM
Location:  Tioga Center, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Winter,Signal,Action
Locomotives:  NS 8010(C30-7) NYSW 6361(SD45)
Views:  564   Comments: 0
Between the blades
Title:  Between the blades
Description:  SLN 5 rolls through the twin semaphores at Tioga Center. This was a popular spot, one of two on the line-the other was just west of Arkport, and not as easy to reach-due to its ease of access and good photo potential.
Photo Date:  3/11/1989  Upload Date: 9/30/2015 2:43:48 AM
Location:  Tioga Center, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Winter,Signal,Action
Locomotives:  NS 6591(SD60) NYSW 3636(F45) NS 8058(C30-7) DH 224(GP38-2)
Views:  949   Comments: 0
Through the blades
Title:  Through the blades
Description:  SLN 5 rolls through the twin semaphores at MP 243-actually, they are 242-1 and 242-2, they were just east of MP 243-knocking down the signal on track 1. This was probably the most popular shot on the Tier west of Binghamton. Easy to get to, and couldnt beat a pair of blades side by side.
Photo Date:  4/1/1989  Upload Date: 10/8/2015 4:29:19 AM
Location:  Tioga Center, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Signal,Action
Locomotives:  NYSW 4002(B40-8) NS 6596(SD60) NS 6510(SD60) NS 6572(SD60) NS 8010(C30-7) NW 8055(C30-7)
Views:  1077   Comments: 2
CR van on MIL 101
Title:  CR van on MIL 101
Description:  A former NYC van brings up the rear of a MIL 101 passing through the recently installed detector at Tioga Center.
Photo Date:  1/6/1990  Upload Date: 12/19/2015 4:41:56 AM
Location:  Tioga Center, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,RollingStock,Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  111   Comments: 1
Eastbound coal
Title:  Eastbound coal
Description:  An eastbound coal train for NYSEGs Goudy station in Johnson City splits the semaphores at Tioga Center behind a single unit. Note the bottom light on the westbound signal is lit. A westbound is in the block, so well get two here. The crossing gate and relay case sit on the former LV Auburn Branch right of way.
Photo Date:  1/13/1990  Upload Date: 3/4/2012 3:43:46 AM
Location:  Tioga Center, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Winter,Signal,Action
Locomotives:  CR 6027(C40-8)
Views:  487   Comments: 2
NYSW 4026
Title:  NYSW 4026
Description: 
Photo Date:  2/10/1990  Upload Date: 1/26/2008 1:00:30 PM
Location:  Tioga Center, NY
Author:  Sam Botts
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NYSW 4026(B40-8) NYSW 3612(SD45)
Views:  792   Comments: 0
Dropping the blade
Title:  Dropping the blade
Description:  I wanted to get the shot of BUOI splitting the semaphores, but a Conrail crew was working on the installation of new crossing protection. I backed off a few hundred feet, and got the blades, and the crew. The crossing here, Ayers Rd, previously had only crossbucks, and now would have gates and flashers. The semaphores would last another year. The roadway to the right of the tracks, and where the relay case is for the crossing protection, was once the LV Auburn Branch, which ran parallel to the EL from Owego to Waverly.
Photo Date:  2/25/1990  Upload Date: 12/26/2015 4:43:24 AM
Location:  Tioga Center, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Signal,Action
Locomotives:  CR 6866(SD60) CR 3291(GP40-2)
Views:  492   Comments: 1
Meet next to a cornfield
Title:  Meet next to a cornfield
Description:  This was not a cornfield meet in the traditional sense-the trains passed without incident, but there was surely a cornfield in the distance as MTPL met BUOI just west of Tioga Center.
Photo Date:  2/25/1990  Upload Date: 12/26/2015 4:50:19 AM
Location:  Tioga Center, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  NYSW 4016(B40-8) NYSW 3634(SD45) NYSW 4004(B40-8) NYSW 4010(B40-8) CR 6866(SD60) CR 3291(GP40-2)
Views:  958   Comments: 1
Semaphore silhouette
Title:  Semaphore silhouette
Description:  MEBU rolls between the semaphores at Tioga Center. The train is in shadow, the hillside behind me cuts the sun off early, but the signals stand tall against the sky.
Photo Date:  3/1/1990  Upload Date: 12/26/2015 5:08:34 AM
Location:  Tioga Center, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Signal,Action
Locomotives:  NYSW 4028(B40-8) NYSW 3636(F45) NYSW 4030(B40-8)
Views:  323   Comments: 0
Knocked down
Title:  Knocked down
Description:  OIBU rolls west at the twin semaphores in Tioga Center, having knocked down 242-1 to stop.
Photo Date:  3/6/1990  Upload Date: 12/31/2015 4:03:24 AM
Location:  Tioga Center, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Signal,Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  183   Comments: 1
OIBU through the blades
Title:  OIBU through the blades
Description:  OIBU passes between the twin semaphores at Tioga Center.
Photo Date:  3/6/1990  Upload Date: 12/31/2015 4:20:40 AM
Location:  Tioga Center, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Signal,Action
Locomotives:  CR 6814(SD50) CR 6357(SD40)
Views:  406   Comments: 1
Local through the blades
Title:  Local through the blades
Description:  WEEL39 rolls east past the twin semaphores. The eastbound blade is slow to drop, two cars already are past it.
Photo Date:  3/6/1990  Upload Date: 12/31/2015 4:21:37 AM
Location:  Tioga Center, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Signal,Action
Locomotives:  CR 7698(GP38)
Views:  270   Comments: 1
All clear
Title:  All clear
Description:  One great thing about semaphores was you always knew what the signal indication was. The twin blades at Tioga Center, 242-1 and 242-2, show clear. If a train was imminent, there was a light on the base of the blade that lit, matching the indication on the blade.
Photo Date:  3/6/1990  Upload Date: 12/31/2015 4:26:53 AM
Location:  Tioga Center, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Signal
Locomotives: 
Views:  205   Comments: 1
Framed
Title:  Framed
Description:  KL 2, an eastbound stack train run for Japanese steamship line K Line, is framed by the semaphores at Tioga Center.
Photo Date:  3/6/1990  Upload Date: 12/31/2015 5:04:01 AM
Location:  Tioga Center, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Signal,Action
Locomotives:  NYSW 4032(B40-8)
Views:  222   Comments: 0
Clear westbound
Title:  Clear westbound
Description:  Signal 242-1 at Tioga Center, ready for the next westbound.
Photo Date:  3/6/1990  Upload Date: 12/31/2015 4:30:28 AM
Location:  Tioga Center, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Signal
Locomotives: 
Views:  133   Comments: 1
Approach
Title:  Approach
Description:  Signal 242-2 is at approach, a K Line container train having recently passed behind a solo NYSW B 40-8.
Photo Date:  3/6/1990  Upload Date: 12/31/2015 4:32:20 AM
Location:  Tioga Center, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Signal
Locomotives: 
Views:  132   Comments: 1
Stop and proceed
Title:  Stop and proceed
Description:  A K Line train has just passed, setting this signal to stop and proceed. Its also possible to see that train is still in the block ahead by the red light showing in the base of the blade.
Photo Date:  3/6/1990  Upload Date: 12/31/2015 4:35:53 AM
Location:  Tioga Center, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Signal
Locomotives: 
Views:  140   Comments: 1
Train coming
Title:  Train coming
Description:  The signal shows clear at 242-2 for an eastbound, with one in the block, as we can see from the green light in the base of the blade. It will be a K Line stack train behind NYSW 4032.
Photo Date:  3/6/1990  Upload Date: 12/31/2015 4:38:12 AM
Location:  Tioga Center, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Signal
Locomotives: 
Views:  140   Comments: 1
One fast, one slow
Title:  One fast, one slow
Description:  The signal on track 1 shows clear, while the signal on track 2 shows approach. This pair was not the only such arrangement on the Tier. There was also a side by side pair at Arkport, MP 337, but they were not close to the road, and it was either a walk in, or go across a cornfield to get to them. There were several that were not quite across from each other, but close enough, in the Canisteo valley, that were reasonably accessible. There was one double head set at Southport, but it was replaced in late 1988 before I knew about it, so I never got a photo.
Photo Date:  3/6/1990  Upload Date: 12/31/2015 4:43:27 AM
Location:  Tioga Center, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Signal
Locomotives: 
Views:  158   Comments: 1
NYSW4044
Title:  NYSW4044
Description:  NYSW 4144 leads three more B40-8s westbound on SLN5 through the semaphores at Tioga Center NY. Date approximate
Photo Date:  3/10/1990  Upload Date: 3/6/2011 2:14:47 AM
Location:  Tioga Center, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  NYSW 4044(B40-8) NYSW 4032(B40-8) NYSW 4036(B40-8) NYSW 4040(B40-8)
Views:  775   Comments: 1
Blowing by the blades
Title:  Blowing by the blades
Description:  MEBU splits the semaphores at Tioga Center. These signals were in their last year.
Photo Date:  3/17/1990  Upload Date: 1/3/2016 2:07:29 AM
Location:  Tioga Center, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Signal,Action
Locomotives:  NYSW 4026(B40-8) NYSW 4002(B40-8)
Views:  274   Comments: 0
Between the blades
Title:  Between the blades
Description:  SLN 5 rolls west through the twin semaphores at Tioga Center.
Photo Date:  3/24/1990  Upload Date: 12/31/2015 5:18:58 AM
Location:  Tioga Center, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Signal,Action
Locomotives:  NYSW 4044(B40-8) NYSW 4032(B40-8) NYSW 4036(B40-8) NYSW 4046(B40-8)
Views:  546   Comments: 0
Still up
Title:  Still up
Description:  TV 203 blasts through the semaphores at Tioga Center. One thing about them was that they did not always fall right away. This one hs two units past it, and has not moved.
Photo Date:  3/31/1990  Upload Date: 1/7/2016 3:17:22 AM
Location:  Tioga Center, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Signal,Action
Locomotives:  CR 5077(B40-8) CR 5082(B40-8) CR 5070(B40-8)
Views:  613   Comments: 1
Rounding the curve
Title:  Rounding the curve
Description:  This spot was a good place for photo, though most fans paid more attention to the semaphores a mile to the east. Ayres Rd, which crossed the tracks at the signals, came back around and went over them on a bridge. By this time, the bridge was closed and the deck removed, but the end of it was still a good spot. We see OIBU rolling west approaching it, at the same spot where Bob Wilt caught the LV Sayre Turn, which ran on the now abandoned LV Auburn Branch, being overtaken by an EL westbound, seen on page 79 of EL in Color, Vol 2.
Photo Date:  3/31/1990  Upload Date: 1/7/2016 3:24:19 AM
Location:  Tioga Center, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  CR 6641(C36-7) CR 6028(C40-8)
Views:  639   Comments: 3
Going on through
Title:  Going on through
Description:  SLN5 rolls through the twin semaphores at MP 243.
Photo Date:  3/31/1990  Upload Date: 1/8/2016 4:01:41 AM
Location:  Tioga Center, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Signal,Action
Locomotives:  NYSW 4046(B40-8) NYSW 4032(B40-8) NYSW 4040(B40-8)
Views:  426   Comments: 0
D&H leading at the blades
Title:  D&H leading at the blades
Description:  An ex LV unit, now D&H, looks on at the remains of its old home as it passes between the semaphores at Tioga Center with a 53 car BUME. Standing orders were to run NYSW power head out when practicable. Sometimes it just wasn't.
Photo Date:  4/6/1990  Upload Date: 1/6/2016 3:34:03 AM
Location:  Tioga Center, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Signal,Action
Locomotives:  DH 7324(GP38-2) NYSW 3630(SD45) NYSW 3626(SD45)
Views:  526   Comments: 0
Ayres Rd
Title:  Ayres Rd
Description:  The other end, not the one youre familiar with. The Tioga Center semaphores were at the east end of Ayres Rd. The west end once crossed the tracks on the bridge seen here, but the bridge was closed in the late 80s when it needed significant repair. The Erie had build a number of these bridges over local roads, but never really did much to maintain them. Once they became deficient, there was a lot of finger pointing with the county or town over whose responsibility it was to fix it. Since no one wanted to spend the money-and Conrail surely wasnt-most of them were closed. It would have made a good place to shoot pictures from had the deck not been removed.
Photo Date:  4/6/1990  Upload Date: 1/6/2016 4:07:19 AM
Location:  Tioga Center, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Bridge,Action
Locomotives:  NYSW 4014(B40-8) NYSW 6366(SD45) NYSW 3612(SD45)
Views:  487   Comments: 0
BUME splits the semphores
Title:  BUME splits the semphores
Description:  BUME behind a Guilford painted GP 38 and NYSW power splits the ex Erie semaphores at Tioga Center.
Photo Date:  4/10/1990  Upload Date: 12/31/2011 1:08:43 AM
Location:  Tioga Center, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Signal,Action
Locomotives:  DH 7324(GP38-2) NYSW 3630(SD45)
Views:  365   Comments: 0
Westbound past the blades
Title:  Westbound past the blades
Description:  MEBU hammers through the semaphores at Tioga Center running for Buffalo.
Photo Date:  6/13/1990  Upload Date: 1/14/2016 2:46:48 AM
Location:  Tioga Center, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Signal,Action
Locomotives:  NYSW 4026(B40-8) NYSW 3618(SD45) NYSW 6515(SD45)
Views:  808   Comments: 0
New power, old blades
Title:  New power, old blades
Description:  A pair of new wide cab C40-8s pass the 1920 era semaphores at Tioga Center with a 40 car BUOI.
Photo Date:  6/14/1990  Upload Date: 1/14/2016 3:09:14 AM
Location:  Tioga Center, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Signal,Action
Locomotives:  CR 6086(C40-8W) CR 6085(C40-8W)
Views:  507   Comments: 1
Stacks and semaphores
Title:  Stacks and semaphores
Description:  TV 201X rolls west through the blades at Tioga Center with a long 196 platform train.
Photo Date:  6/14/1990  Upload Date: 1/14/2016 3:21:22 AM
Location:  Tioga Center, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Signal,Action
Locomotives:  CR 6363(SD40-2) CR 6035(C40-8) CR 6040(C40-8)
Views:  580   Comments: 0


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