Nostalgia & History > Guilford BFOA on Belden Hill June,1987

After following NYSW`s NTV-9 to Binghamton, N.Y. we arrived at "BD" and watched Guilford`s BFOA (Bellvue Fords to Ayer, MA.) pull out of East Binghamtom and cross the diamonds. Then it was off to Belden Hill for another look. The BFOA was powered by an all EMD lashup of SD39 (ex Illinois Terminal), SD26 (ex ATSF), GP39-2 (ex RDG-D&H) and GP40 (ex CR). On the rear was NS SD40-2 #6138 and Southern SD40 #3180. Video from VHS and Corel Videostudio Pro.

Tom Luckey,
Emmaus, Pa.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 01/20/19 15:38 by globalethanol.

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Nice job Thomas!  Just another crazy consist of the Guilford era on the D&H. You just never knew what they might MU together for the head end or hind end for that matter!

BFOA was Bellevue-Ford-Ayre, not Buffalo....

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Well, I thought NYSW NTV-9 on Starucca would be tough to beat, but you've managed to do just that, Tom. This is one awesome video!
-Ted

thanks for the correction. i edited my post


biff Wrote:
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> BFOA was Bellevue-Ford-Ayre, not Buffalo....
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> Posted from iPhone



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Wonderful horn!

Regards, Jim Evans

I can't believe that tilting searchlight cantilver tower!

globalethanol Wrote:
> On the rear was NS SD40-2 #6138 and Southern SD40 #3180.
> Tom Luckey,

My Norfolk Southern roster, dated January 1, 1987, IDs the helpers as
the SD40-2 6138 (in NS paint), as NW-owned (and you can readily verify that reporting mark in the video),
the SD40 3180 (in SOU paint), as AGS (Alabama Great Southern)-owned (although I can't quite make that out with absolute certainty in the video).
Again, Tom, this thing is pure gold. Thank you for sharing it.
-Ted

Yeah, that double masted signal at BL Cabin had a bad lean for a long time. I tried to frame a few shots with it and it always made them look crooked !



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