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12/24/2024
 
 
 
 
 
By:Tom Beckett
Dates:1/1/1975 - 8/31/2016
Album Info:Lines whose primary function is to handle tourists, mostly on excursions or lunch and dinner trains, as well as other related activity, covering roads not having their own album. Museums with operating trains and displayed equipment are also here.
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ghty effort
Title:  ghty effort
Description:  The little steam engine pushing the single coach up Mt Washington looks like its working hard to get there, which it undoubtedly is. It was quite a show to watch.
Photo Date:  7/5/2004  Upload Date: 10/11/2017 5:49:13 AM
Location:  Jackson, NH
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Steam,Action
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Views:  166   Comments: 0
Good to see
Title:  Good to see
Description:  This B&M F 7 was rescued from a future as a bunch of refrigerators and landed here at Conway. As much as I liked the blue dip paint scheme, I think it looks better in its original paint.
Photo Date:  7/5/2004  Upload Date: 9/19/2017 4:40:41 AM
Location:  North Conway, NH
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  BM 4268(F7A)
Views:  307   Comments: 0
Fs abound
Title:  Fs abound
Description:  Besides the C&M F, there are these two ex CN FP 9s at Conway.
Photo Date:  7/5/2004  Upload Date: 9/19/2017 4:46:50 AM
Location:  North Conway, NH
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  CSRX 6505(FP9A)
Views:  391   Comments: 1
Going for a ride
Title:  Going for a ride
Description:  We went up to North Conway on the way to Mt Washington in July 2004. It was a convenient place to overnight, and we got to ride a few miles on the old Maine Central Mountain Division. Sadly, gone are the days of harvest gold GP 38s lugging real tonnage over the White Mountains to Vermont. The weather, as it always is for me, is dismal.
Photo Date:  7/5/2004  Upload Date: 9/19/2017 4:51:03 AM
Location:  North Conway, NH
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  MEC 573(GP7) BM 4268(F7A)
Views:  506   Comments: 1
Big mountnin, little train
Title:  Big mountnin, little train
Description:  A Mt Washington Cog Railway train, a single engine and one car, huffs and puffs as it slowly tackles the 6288 foot height of the northeasts tallest peak.
Photo Date:  7/5/2004  Upload Date: 10/11/2017 5:43:30 AM
Location:  Jackson, NH
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
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Views:  138   Comments: 1
Getting closer
Title:  Getting closer
Description:  But still a long way off. I wish I had ridden this train while it was still steam. The price tag was a little steep, pardon the pun. There were three of us, and almost $150 for the ride was too much for my budget at the time.
Photo Date:  7/5/2004  Upload Date: 10/12/2017 4:57:54 AM
Location:  Jackson, NH
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Steam,Action
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Views:  137   Comments: 1
B&O wagon top
Title:  B&O wagon top
Description:  There was a collection of cabooses at the station in Jim Thorpe, including this distinctive B&O car.
Photo Date:  9/5/2004  Upload Date: 6/10/2017 5:05:13 AM
Location:  Jim Thorpe, PA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock
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Views:  323   Comments: 0
Toothpaste
Title:  Toothpaste
Description:  An ex CNJ "toothpaste tube" RS 3 is in the yard at Jim Thorpe.
Photo Date:  9/5/2004  Upload Date: 6/10/2017 5:18:23 AM
Location:  Jim Thorpe, PA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  CNJ 1554(RS3)
Views:  377   Comments: 1
CNJ F 3
Title:  CNJ F 3
Description:  The nose of a CNJ F 3 at what would become the Lehigh Gorge Scenic Railway, where, at the time, there were two used as power on their excursions.
Photo Date:  9/5/2004  Upload Date: 5/6/2017 3:58:26 AM
Location:  Jim Thorpe, PA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  CNJ 56(F3A)
Views:  384   Comments: 2
Orange and blue
Title:  Orange and blue
Description:  These F units were repainted into the CNJ orange and blue scheme as a tribute to the heritage of the line here at Jim Thorpe.
Photo Date:  9/5/2004  Upload Date: 5/6/2017 4:02:44 AM
Location:  Jim Thorpe, PA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  CNJ 56(F3A) CNJ 57(F3A)
Views:  594   Comments: 2
Great line up
Title:  Great line up
Description:  Jim Thorpe featured this line up of cabooses, including CNJ, B&O, EL and Pennsy cars.
Photo Date:  9/5/2004  Upload Date: 6/10/2017 5:12:37 AM
Location:  Jim Thorpe, PA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock
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Views:  274   Comments: 0
Interesting find
Title:  Interesting find
Description:  This CP 4-6-0 was in the yard at Jim Thorpe, a really unusual find.
Photo Date:  9/5/2004  Upload Date: 6/10/2017 5:21:43 AM
Location:  Jim Thorpe, PA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  CP 1098(4-6-0)
Views:  535   Comments: 2
Side view
Title:  Side view
Description:  I got a side shot of this EL car built by the Erie at their shop in Dunmore PA. This one was painted close to the end, the stencil under the ACI tag showing it was done at Meadville, where EL had their system car shop, in October of 1975.
Photo Date:  9/5/2004  Upload Date: 6/10/2017 5:23:17 AM
Location:  Jim Thorpe, PA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock
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Views:  291   Comments: 1
Classic Pennsy car
Title:  Classic Pennsy car
Description:  This cabin, as PRR called them, looked good in its Pennsy paint at Jim Thorpe.
Photo Date:  9/5/2004  Upload Date: 6/10/2017 5:25:35 AM
Location:  Jim Thorpe, PA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock
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Views:  246   Comments: 0
Going for a ride
Title:  Going for a ride
Description:  Well ride this train on the excursion on the ex CNJ. Unusual power for a tourist train!!
Photo Date:  9/5/2004  Upload Date: 6/10/2017 5:34:05 AM
Location:  Jim Thorpe, PA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Passenger,Action
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Views:  216   Comments: 0
New life
Title:  New life
Description:  Museums and tourist roads often are a second life for cast off road power, and Alcos are popular. In this case, an ex D&H RS 36 has been spared from the torch, working on a line it is familiar with, at North Creek, itself taking on a second, post D&H existence.
Photo Date:  9/5/2005  Upload Date: 11/18/2017 5:33:30 AM
Location:  North Creek, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  UHRR 5019(RS36)
Views:  372   Comments: 0
Good to see an SW
Title:  Good to see an SW
Description:  Also good to see part of the Missouri & North Arkansas still rolling. This SW 1 shoves a car past the station at Eureka Springs, getting ready for the nights dinner train.
Photo Date:  10/12/2005  Upload Date: 9/19/2017 4:48:48 AM
Location:  Eureka Springs, AR
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  ESNA 4742(SW1)
Views:  239   Comments: 0
Crossing the big road
Title:  Crossing the big road
Description:  US 30 bypasses downtown Fremont to the north, and is a fairly busy road. The drivers on it are not thrilled when the 10 MPH Fremont & Elkhorn Valley dinner train crosses, as we see here.
Photo Date:  8/1/2009  Upload Date: 9/1/2016 4:52:23 AM
Location:  Fremont, NE
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  FEVR 1219(SW1200)
Views:  378   Comments: 0
Dinner train power
Title:  Dinner train power
Description:  The power for this dinner train is an ex CNW end cab, not your typical tourist train diesel. But it gets the job done.
Photo Date:  8/1/2009  Upload Date: 9/1/2016 5:05:40 AM
Location:  Fremont, NE
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  FEVR 1219(SW1200)
Views:  336   Comments: 1
Home
Title:  Home
Description:  The Hoosier Valley RR Museum occupies what was once the Erie/EL main line, now just a short remnant of what was once a 1000 mile line from Jersey City to Chicago. This Alco is right where it belongs, on its home turf-or whats left of it. MP 180, to the left of the unit, shows distance from Marion, OH, and was actually at Delong; N Judson was MP 199.4; but good to have one, anywhere it is.
Photo Date:  8/14/2009  Upload Date: 2/1/2017 2:48:46 AM
Location:  North Judson, IN
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  EL 310(S1)
Views:  383   Comments: 1
Unlikely scene
Title:  Unlikely scene
Description:  On my way back from a visit to Jersey, I took a moment to drive into North Judson to see what was left of a one time hot spot. The main line action is now a long ago memory-I rode through here on the Cardinal in 1984-but it is now home to the Hoosier Valley RR Museum, which is well worth the visit. As we pulled up, I saw this LIRR caboose being unloaded from a flatbed. This is about the last place I would have expected to see a LIRR buggy. But there it was!!
Photo Date:  8/14/2009  Upload Date: 9/1/2016 5:10:12 AM
Location:  North Judson, IN
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  RollingStock,Action
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Views:  307   Comments: 0
This is how you do it
Title:  This is how you do it
Description:  The LIRR caboose came in on a low boy trailer. Rather than fire up a diesel, one of the members Jeeps would be pressed into action to pull the buggy from the trailer. By sheer happenstance, I was coming through town that afternoon and was able to witness the event. The Jeep has just pulled the car off the trailer. Once the trailer is back together and off the track, one of their engines will shove the buggy into the yard.
Photo Date:  8/14/2009  Upload Date: 2/1/2017 2:57:51 AM
Location:  North Judson, IN
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  RollingStock,Action
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Views:  345   Comments: 2
Off the trailer, on the track
Title:  Off the trailer, on the track
Description:  The LIRR caboose just pulled off the low boy sits between the various semaphores and color lights on display at the museum.
Photo Date:  8/14/2009  Upload Date: 2/1/2017 2:59:55 AM
Location:  North Judson, IN
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  RollingStock,Signal
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Views:  271   Comments: 1
Give it a pull
Title:  Give it a pull
Description:  The Jeep gives a tug, making the caboose roll oh-so-gently off the trailer, along with a judicious handling of the hand brake. It was a delicate move, but they did it.
Photo Date:  8/14/2009  Upload Date: 2/1/2017 3:01:19 AM
Location:  North Judson, IN
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  RollingStock,Action
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Views:  321   Comments: 2
F at the station
Title:  F at the station
Description:  I was finally talked into going to Branson. We stayed in the Hilton at the Convention Center, which was adjacent to the Branson Scenic. It was an easy walk to get some shots of the train in the morning. My luck was typical: it rained.
Photo Date:  8/20/2016  Upload Date: 8/31/2016 4:06:53 AM
Location:  Branson, MO
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Roster,Station,Passenger
Locomotives:  BSRX 98(F9PHA)
Views:  400   Comments: 3
Silver Lake
Title:  Silver Lake
Description:  The Branson Scenic has a handful of ex California Zephyr cars. Nice to see them still in service.
Photo Date:  8/20/2016  Upload Date: 8/31/2016 4:10:45 AM
Location:  Branson, MO
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock,Yard,Passenger
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Views:  683   Comments: 1
Silver Terrace
Title:  Silver Terrace
Description:  Ex CZ car Silver Terrace on that days trip.
Photo Date:  8/20/2016  Upload Date: 8/31/2016 4:12:44 AM
Location:  Branson, MO
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock,Yard,Passenger
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Views:  826   Comments: 0
Silver Island
Title:  Silver Island
Description:  Another CZ car on the Branson Scenic.
Photo Date:  8/20/2016  Upload Date: 8/31/2016 4:14:24 AM
Location:  Branson, MO
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  RollingStock,Yard,Passenger
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Views:  705   Comments: 0
Getting ready
Title:  Getting ready
Description:  The aroma of food is wafting from the train as it prepares to roll out with a lunch crowd.
Photo Date:  8/20/2016  Upload Date: 8/31/2016 4:17:15 AM
Location:  Branson, MO
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Roster,Station,Passenger
Locomotives:  BSRX 98(F9PHA)
Views:  347   Comments: 1
At the station
Title:  At the station
Description:  Platform view of the Branson Scenic train at the Branson station. The other end has a GP 30, not as photogenic as this F unit, but just as interesting.
Photo Date:  8/20/2016  Upload Date: 8/31/2016 4:19:25 AM
Location:  Branson, MO
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Roster,Station,Passenger
Locomotives:  BSRX 98(F9PHA)
Views:  399   Comments: 1
South end power
Title:  South end power
Description:  The train operates pull-pull, making it much easier to change direction at the end of the run. Since they run on the M&NA at the discretion of their dispatcher, the train can go either way from Branson, depending on traffic, making this arrangement especially helpful. The power on the south end is a GP 30, probably the only place in America you can ride behind one.
Photo Date:  8/20/2016  Upload Date: 8/31/2016 4:46:42 AM
Location:  Branson, MO
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  BSRX 99(GP30M)
Views:  290   Comments: 1
Passenger GP 30
Title:  Passenger GP 30
Description:  The other power for the Branson Scenic is this GP 30, not in the role it was accustomed to in its regular service life.
Photo Date:  8/20/2016  Upload Date: 8/31/2016 5:01:37 AM
Location:  Branson, MO
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Yard,Passenger
Locomotives:  BSRX 99(GP30M)
Views:  363   Comments: 1
More CZ
Title:  More CZ
Description:  Another CZ car is up against the south end power. I was not able to get close enough to get a name. Next trip.
Photo Date:  8/31/2016  Upload Date: 8/31/2016 4:51:35 AM
Location:  Branson, MO
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  RollingStock,Yard,Passenger
Locomotives:  BSRX 99(GP30M)
Views:  297   Comments: 1
KCS switch engine
Title:  KCS switch engine
Description:  This 0-8-0 is preserved at the museum at Carona. This area once had numerous lines to handle the coal (this is about 5 miles from Big Brutus, the worlds largest power shovel), lead, and zinc that was mined in the area. Now there's little left, just the BNSF's ex Frisco lines, and the South Kansas & Oklahoma, a WATCO line that is ex MP.
Photo Date:  10/8/2016  Upload Date: 10/10/2016 5:06:12 AM
Location:  Carona, KS
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Roster,Steam
Locomotives:  KCS 1023(0-8-0)
Views:  440   Comments: 1
CF 7 and a critter
Title:  CF 7 and a critter
Description:  The display train is on the siding, a critter in the foreground. Looks like the smaller engine is getting a paint job.
Photo Date:  10/8/2016  Upload Date: 10/10/2016 5:12:19 AM
Location:  Carona, KS
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  SEK 1000(CF7)
Views:  344   Comments: 1
Classics
Title:  Classics
Description:  There is a short freight on display at Carona, inclusing this CF 7 and some vintage cars. There are also MKT and MoPac cabooses here.
Photo Date:  10/8/2016  Upload Date: 10/10/2016 5:10:13 AM
Location:  Carona, KS
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  SEK 1000(CF7)
Views:  330   Comments: 1


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