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Nostalgia & History > View From the Caboose (Delaware and Hudson)Date: 01/25/20 14:08 View From the Caboose (Delaware and Hudson) Author: aehouse It's September 1970, and I'm the flagman on Delaware and Hudson's Binghamton-Mechanicville N.Y. train BM-5. We've just dropped the Belden Hill pusher that gave us an assist up from Bevier Street yard in Binghamton. (My photo).
Art House Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 01/25/20 14:09 by aehouse.  Date: 01/25/20 14:21 Re: View From the Caboose (Delaware and Hudson) Author: gcm Nice shot !
Did the crews you worked with mind the picture taking ? Gary Date: 01/25/20 14:22 Re: View From the Caboose (Delaware and Hudson) Author: John Great photo of a not-often recorded action.
Date: 01/25/20 14:51 Re: View From the Caboose (Delaware and Hudson) Author: 3rdswitch Awesome look back at the way it was.
JB Date: 01/25/20 15:28 Re: View From the Caboose (Delaware and Hudson) Author: perklocal That's Great ! Next stop Oneonta?
Date: 01/25/20 15:45 Re: View From the Caboose (Delaware and Hudson) Author: rbenko Neat shot Art!
Was the cutoff made "on the fly"? Date: 01/25/20 16:09 Re: View From the Caboose (Delaware and Hudson) Author: LarryDoyle rbenko Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > Neat shot Art! > > Was the cutoff made "on the fly"? Why would you want to stop? -LD Date: 01/25/20 21:25 Re: View From the Caboose (Delaware and Hudson) Author: Fredo Looks like the angle cock is closed on the engine.Possibly about to be added to the train for the shove ahead.
Date: 01/25/20 21:58 Re: View From the Caboose (Delaware and Hudson) Author: LarryDoyle Fredo Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > Looks like the angle cock is closed on the > engine.Possibly about to be added to the train for > the shove ahead. Just the opposite. The initial post says the pusher in the picture has just been dropped, presumably without stopping the rest of the train. There's several ways this can be done, with air cut in and not cut in. -LD Date: 01/25/20 21:58 Re: View From the Caboose (Delaware and Hudson) Author: tgcostello Great photo, Art.
Was that just a single RS11 providing the assist? I've seen photos with 3-4 locos pushing up Belden Hill. Yours must have been a well powered train. Tim Costello |