DH 4-6-6-4 #1502 - Delaware & Hudson

Name	Type	Comments	Date

Mike Maskel	General	NICE SHOT	2/22/2019 9:40:51 AM

Tom Beckett	General	Looks like Bevier St yard in Binghamton(note: NO "P"!!). The passenger train at left, partially in view, is on the DLW Syracuse & Utica Branch-the lines split at Chenango Forks-and is in the DLW YO yard. Bevier St is active, though mostly for block swapping and overflow from East Binghamton, which was also a DLW yard that the D&H got in 1980 when they acquired the ex DLW main to Scranton. Bevier St went on to be owned by Guilford, then CP, and now NS. The DLW YO yard was taken up shortly after Conrail startup in 1976, though the S&U main track remained until 1990 when the bridge over Bevier St was removed, and the NYSW, which acquired the line in 1982, was rerouted onto the D&H to a ramp back to the DLW alignment north of Bevier St as part of a project to raise the railroad overpasses there so they would clear a 13'6" truck. More than you wanted to know, I'm sure.....	2/23/2019 4:14:24 AM

DH 4-6-6-4 #1502 - Delaware & Hudson
The Union Pacific designed 4-6-6-4 Challenger was embraced by the Delaware & Hudson after the delivery of the first group from Also-Schenectady in 1940. Unfortunately, this was near the end of the steam era. These beautiful and powerful articulated locos barely served the DH before heading to the scrapper's torch. The entire J-95 class of 40 locos was scrapped in ten months between October of 1952 to August of 1953, barely after 7 to 13 years of service for the class members. None survived. This photo appears to be a railman trip possibly signaling the loco's eminent demise. Tom Beckett (see comment below) has added a lot of interesting details about this locaiton. Loco specs - serial #69299, class J-95, four 20.5x32" cylinders, 69" drivers, and an impressive boiler pressure of 285 psi. It could generate a tractive effort of 94,000 lb. George Hamcke photo
Date: 10/9/1949	Location: Binghampton, NY	Views: 850	Collection Of: Gary Everhart
			Author: Gary Everhart

Picture Categories: Roster,Steam		This picture is part of album: Restored Album

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