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LV 256
Title:  LV 256
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/3/1972  Upload Date: 6/17/2018 4:20:00 PM
Location:  Ithaca, NY
Author:  Dean E Arnold
Categories: 
Locomotives:  LV 256(SW8)
Views:  789   Comments: 1
LV 250
Title:  LV 250
Description: 
Photo Date:  11/25/1973  Upload Date: 6/17/2018 4:19:54 PM
Location:  Ithaca, NY
Author:  Unknown
Categories: 
Locomotives:  LV 250(SW8)
Views:  315   Comments: 1
CR 6792
Title:  CR 6792
Description: 
Photo Date:  4/28/1980  Upload Date: 2/1/2008 10:13:52 AM
Location:  Ithaca, NY
Author:  Sam Botts
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CR 6792(SD50) CR 6804(SD50)
Views:  895   Comments: 0
Old warrior
Title:  Old warrior
Description:  There were two cabooses in the Ithaca yard this day. This one appears to be possibly an actual LV car, though not much of that road's rolling stock survived long on Conrail.
Photo Date:  7/5/1988  Upload Date: 8/25/2015 3:21:55 AM
Location:  Ithaca, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock,Yard
Locomotives: 
Views:  312   Comments: 0
Bay window car
Title:  Bay window car
Description:  This N 7 bay window car was at the Ithaca yard.
Photo Date:  7/5/1988  Upload Date: 8/25/2015 3:25:23 AM
Location:  Ithaca, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock,Yard
Locomotives: 
Views:  160   Comments: 0
Cargill cars
Title:  Cargill cars
Description:  There were two customers on the Ithaca Branch north of the city: NYSEG at Milliken, which got three trains of coal every week, and Cargill, which had a salt mine just up the lake from Ithaca. Their freight was seasonal, with a surge from late fall into the winter. They were active all year, though, and the WAIT 2 crew has come back to Ithaca yard with a cut of loaded salt hoppers that will eventually be forwarded on to Gang Mills.
Photo Date:  7/5/1988  Upload Date: 8/25/2015 3:31:05 AM
Location:  Ithaca, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  CR 6389(SD40-2) CR 6391(SD40-2) CR 6365(SD40-2)
Views:  948   Comments: 2
Street running
Title:  Street running
Description:  Almost. The right of way was actually separated by a concrete curb. We see WAIT 2 working through town with one car for Cargill, much to the relief of local drivers, who are used to seeing 90 car coal trains go past at 10 MPH. This train will likely return with several dozen salt cars, a typical move.
Photo Date:  7/19/1988  Upload Date: 8/31/2015 3:02:27 AM
Location:  Ithaca, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CR 3287(GP40-2) CR 3368(GP40-2) CR 6403(SD40-2) CR 6308(SD40)
Views:  1021   Comments: 4
Setting out
Title:  Setting out
Description:  WAIT 2, the Ithaca Branch local, sets out some coal hoppers consigned to the Cornell power plant at Ithaca yard. The rest of the train will go up to Cargill.
Photo Date:  8/13/1988  Upload Date: 9/2/2015 3:59:04 AM
Location:  Ithaca, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  CR 6327(SD40) CR 6640(C36-7) CR 6465(SD40-2)
Views:  734   Comments: 1
Going downtown
Title:  Going downtown
Description:  The ex LV in Ithaca has several blocks of street side running. Its limited to 10 MPH, and caused real havoc with traffic, especially at rush hours. This empty train came through just at dusk, tying up town for 15 minutes. In the late 1990s, a new bridge/interchange for NY 79, 89, and 96 was built, crossing the tracks and largely eliminating the problem.
Photo Date:  3/29/1989  Upload Date: 10/2/2015 2:09:16 AM
Location:  Ithaca, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CR 6794(SD50) CR 6807(SD50) CR 6717(SD50)
Views:  734   Comments: 1
On the cloudy side of the street
Title:  On the cloudy side of the street
Description:  WAIT 2 has a block of empty coal hoppers rolling down the street on a cloudy day in Ithaca. It will take 15 minutes for the traffic to clear. Note the Greyhound at left. It is about to make its Ithaca stop, ironically at the old DLW station(yes, the DLW went to Ithaca), a small portion of which is seen at far right.
Photo Date:  4/11/1989  Upload Date: 10/5/2015 4:19:30 AM
Location:  Ithaca, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  RollingStock,Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  324   Comments: 1
Tying up town
Title:  Tying up town
Description:  The primary reason for the existence of Conrails Ithaca Branch was the NYSEG plant at Milliken, and Cargill Salt, both of which were north of town along Cayuga Lake. When they went to either of these customers, they had some streetside running to get through town. The coal trains would run about 90 cars, and often there would be a pick up at Cargill that added another 30 cars or so. It really tied things up when a train came. An overpass has been built since this photo, really improving the access when a train is in town.
Photo Date:  4/11/1989  Upload Date: 9/27/2012 3:49:16 PM
Location:  Ithaca, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CR 6798(SD50) CR 6833(SD50) CR 6739(SD50)
Views:  856   Comments: 1
Streetside
Title:  Streetside
Description:  The Ithaca Branch runs along a city street to get through town from the yard to the line up to Ludlowville, where the Cargill salt mine and NYSEG plant are located. It makes for some interesting traffic. Not too bad here, though this guy wanted to get across pretty badly-a close call, even at 10 MPH-but the main streets get really tied up. WAIT 2 rolls south in the late afternoon, and a traffic mess is a sure thing.
Photo Date:  4/11/1989  Upload Date: 10/5/2015 4:36:22 AM
Location:  Ithaca, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CR 6833(SD50) CR 6739(SD50) CR 6798(SD50)
Views:  796   Comments: 2
Lite power
Title:  Lite power
Description:  WAIT 2s power rolls south to the Ithaca yard after dropping cars at the salt mine.
Photo Date:  6/6/1989  Upload Date: 10/30/2015 3:11:21 AM
Location:  Ithaca, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CR 6736(SD50) CR 6782(SD50) CR 6338(SD40)
Views:  636   Comments: 1
Slowly through town
Title:  Slowly through town
Description:  WAIT 2 rolls south past the Food King parking lot, adhering to the 10 MPH speed limit through downtown, pulling a line of salt cars from the Cargill mine up on Cayuga Lake. Of note is the trailing unit, one of CR's ten C32-8's. These were a Conrail only model, and spent most of their time on the Boston and River Lines, and rarely strayed. Finding this one in Ithaca was a real catch.
Photo Date:  6/20/1989  Upload Date: 10/27/2015 2:46:57 AM
Location:  Ithaca, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CR 6617(C32-8) CR 6779(SD50) CR 6630(C36-7)
Views:  698   Comments: 3
Bet he makes the light
Title:  Bet he makes the light
Description:  The ex LV line in Ithaca has a stretch of street side running through town. As in most places where this occurs, the traffic lights are set so that when crossing protection is activated, they set up to prevent vehicles from turning onto or crossing the tracks. The trains, however, make all the lights, no matter what color.
Photo Date:  3/31/1990  Upload Date: 1/5/2016 3:08:27 AM
Location:  Ithaca, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CR 6623(C36-7) CR 6808(SD50) CR 6792(SD50) CR 6804(SD50)
Views:  889   Comments: 2
Got it together
Title:  Got it together
Description:  WACG01, a Gang Mills based crew that handled the coal from there to Ithaca, has combined with a train that was left in Ithaca yard by a previous crew. The whole train, now with four units, will head up through town to the NYSEG Milliken Station north of Ithaca. Note the hoppers and conveyor at far left. The other coal customer on this line was Cornell University, high above Cayuga's waters. Conrail would spot loaded hoppers here, which would be emptied into a pit, with the conveyor carrying the coal up to be loaded into trucks for the ride up the hill to the college. There were 17 cars spotted here this day.
Photo Date:  3/31/1990  Upload Date: 1/5/2016 3:10:55 AM
Location:  Ithaca, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  CR 6623(C36-7) CR 6808(SD50) CR 6792(SD50) CR 6804(SD50)
Views:  952   Comments: 1
Outstanding in the field
Title:  Outstanding in the field
Description:  WACG01, a local called to move coal to Ithaca, rolls past a stubble corn field south of Ithaca behind a pair of SD 50s. Note the PC hopper in full markings third head car.
Photo Date:  3/31/1990  Upload Date: 1/5/2016 3:13:22 AM
Location:  Ithaca, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  CR 6792(SD50) CR 6804(SD50)
Views:  628   Comments: 1
NS Coal train moving through Ithaca NY
Title:  NS Coal train moving through Ithaca NY
Description:  NS 9596, 9538 and 6788 (exCR) move coal train north through Stewart Park in Ithaca NY
Photo Date:  6/24/2006  Upload Date: 6/24/2006 3:18:39 PM
Location:  Ithaca, NY
Author:  Martin Goller
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 6788(SD60M)
Views:  700   Comments: 0
NS Coal train moving through Ithaca NY
Title:  NS Coal train moving through Ithaca NY
Description:  NS 9596, 9538 and 6788 (exCR) move coal train north through Stewart Park in Ithaca NY
Photo Date:  6/24/2006  Upload Date: 6/24/2006 3:18:42 PM
Location:  Ithaca, NY
Author:  Martin Goller
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 9538(C40-9W)
Views:  573   Comments: 0
NS Coal train moving through Ithaca NY
Title:  NS Coal train moving through Ithaca NY
Description:  NS 9596, 9538 and 6788 (exCR) move coal train north through Stewart Park in Ithaca NY
Photo Date:  6/24/2006  Upload Date: 6/24/2006 3:18:40 PM
Location:  Ithaca, NY
Author:  Martin Goller
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 9596(C40-9W)
Views:  594   Comments: 0
NS Coal train moving through Ithaca NY
Title:  NS Coal train moving through Ithaca NY
Description:  NS 9596, 9538 and 6788 (exCR) move coal train north through Stewart Park in Ithaca NY
Photo Date:  6/24/2006  Upload Date: 6/24/2006 3:18:41 PM
Location:  Ithaca, NY
Author:  Martin Goller
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 9596(C40-9W) NS 9538(C40-9W) NS 6788(SD60M)
Views:  1039   Comments: 0
NS Coal train moving through Ithaca NY
Title:  NS Coal train moving through Ithaca NY
Description:  NS 9596, 9538 and 6788 (exCR) move coal train north through Stewart Park in Ithaca NY
Photo Date:  6/24/2006  Upload Date: 6/24/2006 3:18:41 PM
Location:  Ithaca, NY
Author:  Martin Goller
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 9596(C40-9W) NS 9538(C40-9W) NS 6788(SD60M)
Views:  1971   Comments: 0
A Fake Sunny Day
Title:  A Fake Sunny Day
Description:  I was shooting into sun. The results were fairly overexposed. The picture you see is the end result of my taking the original to Photoshop.
Photo Date:  5/7/2007  Upload Date: 7/18/2009 10:02:56 AM
Location:  Ithaca, NY
Author:  David Sommer
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 9084(C40-9W)
Views:  588   Comments: 0
A Fake Sunny Day
Title:  A Fake Sunny Day
Description:  I was shooting into sun. The results were fairly overexposed. The picture you see is the end result of my taking the original to Photoshop.
Photo Date:  5/7/2007  Upload Date: 7/18/2009 10:03:49 AM
Location:  Ithaca, NY
Author:  David Sommer
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 9084(C40-9W)
Views:  652   Comments: 0
Triple Lash-Up
Title:  Triple Lash-Up
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/8/2007  Upload Date: 5/29/2007 12:53:01 PM
Location:  Ithaca, NY
Author:  David Sommer
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 8979(C40-9W) NS 8735(C40-8) BNSF 6044(ES44AC)
Views:  1267   Comments: 0
NS 9518
Title:  NS 9518
Description:  NS salt train passing ex-DL&W station at Fulton and State Street at 7:27p.m.
Photo Date:  5/21/2007  Upload Date: 5/29/2007 12:55:53 PM
Location:  Ithaca, NY
Author:  David Sommer
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 9518(C40-9W) NS 9331(C40-9W)
Views:  1196   Comments: 1
NS 9518
Title:  NS 9518
Description:  Southbound train of Cargill salt ambles along Fulton Street next to Greenstar Organic Supermarket in downtown Ithaca.
Photo Date:  5/21/2007  Upload Date: 5/29/2007 12:54:32 PM
Location:  Ithaca, NY
Author:  David Sommer
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 9518(C40-9W) NS 9331(C40-9W)
Views:  1037   Comments: 0
NS / BNSF Power
Title:  NS / BNSF Power
Description:  Three units at Ithaca, NY's small yard off Clinton St
Photo Date:  5/27/2007  Upload Date: 5/29/2007 12:52:41 PM
Location:  Ithaca, NY
Author:  David Sommer
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 8979(C40-9W) NS 8735(C40-8) BNSF 6044(ES44AC)
Views:  1057   Comments: 0
UP 4409 Departing The Yard
Title:  UP 4409 Departing The Yard
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/27/2007  Upload Date: 7/5/2007 12:00:39 PM
Location:  Ithaca, NY
Author:  David Sommer
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 4409(SD70M)
Views:  726   Comments: 0
NS 9755
Title:  NS 9755
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/31/2007  Upload Date: 6/1/2007 3:16:39 PM
Location:  Ithaca, NY
Author:  David Sommer
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 9755(C40-9W)
Views:  699   Comments: 0
NS 6755
Title:  NS 6755
Description:  What's interesting about this shot is that I removed towers and wires which appeared in the original to be "growing" from the roofs of the locos.
Photo Date:  6/12/2007  Upload Date: 11/3/2007 12:43:48 PM
Location:  Ithaca, NY
Author:  David Sommer
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 6755(SD60I) NS 9632(C40-9W)
Views:  1013   Comments: 0
Road Shoulder Running
Title:  Road Shoulder Running
Description:  A loaded salt train makes its way south along with afternoon rush hour traffic on Fulton Street in Ithaca, N.Y.
Photo Date:  7/3/2007  Upload Date: 11/3/2007 12:44:08 PM
Location:  Ithaca, NY
Author:  David Sommer
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 9606(C40-9W)
Views:  553   Comments: 0
UP 4409
Title:  UP 4409
Description:  Crossing Six Mile Creek behind Agway on the ex-LV Cayuga Lake Line.
Photo Date:  7/3/2007  Upload Date: 7/5/2007 12:06:04 PM
Location:  Ithaca, NY
Author:  David Sommer
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 4409(SD70M)
Views:  692   Comments: 0
Walking The Line
Title:  Walking The Line
Description:  UP 4409 and two NS units were assembling a train of empty hoppers at the small yard at Clinton Street in Ithaca, NY as three women made their way along the shady former LV Cayuga Lake Line on July 3, 2007.
Photo Date:  7/3/2007  Upload Date: 7/5/2007 12:02:43 PM
Location:  Ithaca, NY
Author:  David Sommer
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 4409(SD70M)
Views:  855   Comments: 0
UP 4409
Title:  UP 4409
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/3/2007  Upload Date: 7/5/2007 11:57:21 AM
Location:  Ithaca, NY
Author:  David Sommer
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 4409(SD70M)
Views:  380   Comments: 0
Cecil A. Malone Drive
Title:  Cecil A. Malone Drive
Description:  UP 4409 leads a triple lash up and a long string of empty hopper cars at Cecil A. Malone Drive (formely West Clinton Street) in Ithaca, NY on July 3, 2007.
Photo Date:  7/3/2007  Upload Date: 7/5/2007 12:04:16 PM
Location:  Ithaca, NY
Author:  David Sommer
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 4409(SD70M)
Views:  660   Comments: 0
NS 9606
Title:  NS 9606
Description:  Fulton Street at West State Street
Photo Date:  7/3/2007  Upload Date: 7/5/2007 11:58:09 AM
Location:  Ithaca, NY
Author:  David Sommer
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 9606(C40-9W)
Views:  240   Comments: 0
NS 9606
Title:  NS 9606
Description:  NS 9606 is southbound beside Fulton Street in Ithaca, NY. The former DL&W Ithaca station is partially seen at left, although this right-of-way is the Lehigh Valley's ex-Cayuga lake line
Photo Date:  7/3/2007  Upload Date: 7/5/2007 11:59:12 AM
Location:  Ithaca, NY
Author:  David Sommer
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 9606(C40-9W)
Views:  479   Comments: 1
Hand Throwing A Switch
Title:  Hand Throwing A Switch
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/3/2007  Upload Date: 7/5/2007 11:59:48 AM
Location:  Ithaca, NY
Author:  David Sommer
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 4409(SD70M)
Views:  665   Comments: 0
Yard Work
Title:  Yard Work
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/3/2007  Upload Date: 7/5/2007 12:01:40 PM
Location:  Ithaca, NY
Author:  David Sommer
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 4409(SD70M)
Views:  646   Comments: 0
NS 9129
Title:  NS 9129
Description:  NS 9129 with a salt train on the shore of Cayuga Lake in Ithaca, NY
Photo Date:  7/10/2007  Upload Date: 8/4/2007 2:54:55 PM
Location:  Ithaca, NY
Author:  David Sommer
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 9129(C40-9W)
Views:  814   Comments: 0
Stewart Park
Title:  Stewart Park
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/10/2007  Upload Date: 8/4/2007 2:53:46 PM
Location:  Ithaca, NY
Author:  David Sommer
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 9129(C40-9W)
Views:  732   Comments: 0
NS 8676
Title:  NS 8676
Description:  8676 was the trailing unit on this Cayuga Lake line salt train at Stewart Park in Ithaca. NY.
Photo Date:  7/10/2007  Upload Date: 8/4/2007 2:59:12 PM
Location:  Ithaca, NY
Author:  David Sommer
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 8676(C39-8E)
Views:  681   Comments: 0
Engineer Taking My Picture
Title:  Engineer Taking My Picture
Description:  Photo taken at the Cornell Railroad Historical Society's annual Summer Picnic at Stewart Park in Ithaca, NY.
Photo Date:  7/10/2007  Upload Date: 8/4/2007 2:55:11 PM
Location:  Ithaca, NY
Author:  David Sommer
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 8676(C39-8E)
Views:  849   Comments: 1
NS 2741
Title:  NS 2741
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/13/2007  Upload Date: 8/4/2007 2:56:30 PM
Location:  Ithaca, NY
Author:  David Sommer
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 2741(SD70M-2)
Views:  766   Comments: 0
NS 9514
Title:  NS 9514
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/14/2007  Upload Date: 8/4/2007 2:53:27 PM
Location:  Ithaca, NY
Author:  David Sommer
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 9514(C40-9W)
Views:  569   Comments: 0
Downtown Crossing
Title:  Downtown Crossing
Description:  Note road signs for Ithaca College and Cornell University.
Photo Date:  7/14/2007  Upload Date: 8/4/2007 2:58:18 PM
Location:  Ithaca, NY
Author:  David Sommer
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 8613(C39-8)
Views:  762   Comments: 1
NS 9960
Title:  NS 9960
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/30/2007  Upload Date: 8/4/2007 2:58:41 PM
Location:  Ithaca, NY
Author:  David Sommer
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 9960(C40-9W)
Views:  623   Comments: 0
Route of The Black Diamond, circa 2007
Title:  Route of The Black Diamond, circa 2007
Description:  This rusted bridge is about .10 south of the the former LVRR passenger station at Ithaca, NY.
Photo Date:  7/30/2007  Upload Date: 8/4/2007 2:54:31 PM
Location:  Ithaca, NY
Author:  David Sommer
Categories: 
Locomotives: 
Views:  477   Comments: 1
NS 2741
Title:  NS 2741
Description: 
Photo Date:  8/3/2007  Upload Date: 8/4/2007 2:52:01 PM
Location:  Ithaca, NY
Author:  David Sommer
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 2741(SD70M-2)
Views:  792   Comments: 0


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