A Susquehanna SD45 and two Delaware and Hudson GP39-2’s make their way past the poured concrete tower at the east end of East Binghamton Yard. Note the former Central Vermont RS11 at the far rig... (more)

The Delaware & Hudson engine facility in East Binghamton yard is hosting a cross-section of secondhand locomotives from diverse sources and in varied paint schemes. A Susquehanna F45 and SD45 fro... (more)

Guilford colors dominate one of the Delaware & Hudson service tracks in Conklin, New York. In a little over seven months, GTI would pull out of the D&H, and the Susquehanna will operate the Bridge... (more)

The Delaware and Hudson’s East Binghamton engine facility in Conklin, New York, never disappointed visitors with its wide variety of power and colors. Here an all-EMD lineup represents four mode... (more)

It’s early morning on the day after Christmas, 1985, and five Maine Central U-Boats move out of the Delaware & Hudson East Binghamton Engine Terminal. They have been assigned to helper/runaround... (more)

In March, 1983, the Boston and Maine rebuilt former Union Pacific GP9 134 into a road slug, numbered it 100, and put it to work between GP40-2’s 300 and 301. Less than two years later the trio l... (more)

Other than a few Alco road switchers, the Maine Central's road power was largely EMD until GE sold them ten U18 "baby boats" in 1975. Later, the MEC ended up with two classes of secondhand U-boats... (more)

A pair of Delaware & Hudson Alcos wait on the ready track at East Binghamton yard in Conklin, New York. C420 406 came from the Lehigh Valley in 1976, while RS11 5002 has been on the D&H roster sin... (more)

In 1979, I watched Conrail C420 2077, former Lehigh & Hudson River 29, roll westward dead-in-train through East Penn Junction, Pennsylvania. It was leaving the Allentown area for the last time, an... (more)

The Maine Central purchased two Alco RS11’s in 1956. One went to subsidiary Portland Terminal, and one went to the parent company. Within six months, PTM 1082 became MEC 802, reunited with siste... (more)

With an aging, ailing motive power fleet, Guilford scoured the used locomotive market for bargains. One source was the Detroit Edison fleet of SD40’s and U30C’s. The B&M got one of the GE’s,... (more)

“If It's Sun Day, This Mustn't Be Binghamton”
RARE: Not the Alco, the weather--it was sunny in Binghamton! D&H 5011 and stablemate 5003 assembling a train at Conklin Yard (Eas... (more)

Secondhand Locomotive Lineup

Five locomotives from three builders, all in the care of their second owners, get ready to go out on the road at the Delaware & Hudson’s East Bingham... (more)

The sanding facilities at Delaware & Hudson’s East Binghamton engine terminal are hosting some of the usual suspects, in the form of D&H GP38-2 7320 and D&H C420 410. Also present are some relat... (more)

One of the hostlers at Delaware & Hudson’s East Binghamton yard prepares to throw a switch for another hostler moving a pair of Alcos coming out of the engine house area.