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To the Top |
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A day after Lee, the waters along the Chenango begin to recede, notice the Erie railroad bridge in the background, earlier it was to the bottom of the bridge and almost flooded Binghamton |
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9/9/2011 Upload Date: 12/3/2011 1:02:31 PM |
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Binghamton, NY |
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Follow the poles |
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A day after the rains from Hurricane Lee, the only sign of the tracks is the pole line and a short section of rails above the water |
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9/9/2011 Upload Date: 12/3/2011 12:39:17 PM |
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Endwell, NY |
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| Title: |
Up and over |
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The Construction supervisor rolls the cherry picker over track one to continue east to remove the old telagraph poles on the Tier, here they are at CP Johnson, while 13T sets parked on the Vestal Spur. |
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11/1/2011 Upload Date: 12/4/2011 12:41:27 PM |
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Binghamton, NY |
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Busy day at Johnson |
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Track, signal and a construction crew continue to finish up CP Johnson (MP 215) |
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11/1/2011 Upload Date: 12/4/2011 12:53:25 PM |
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Binghamton, NY |
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| Title: |
Tight fit (1) |
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The operator eases the cherry picker around the old erie Mile post at Crandell Street |
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11/1/2011 Upload Date: 12/4/2011 12:58:37 PM |
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Binghamton, NY |
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A little this way... |
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Track supervisor and the crewman from the gang removing poles watch as the operator eases closer to the mile post |
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11/1/2011 Upload Date: 12/4/2011 1:02:06 PM |
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Binghamton, NY |
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| Title: |
Just a few remain |
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Looking east towards QD, the last of the poles on the Tier stand, but only for two more days. |
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11/1/2011 Upload Date: 12/4/2011 1:05:05 PM |
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Binghamton, NY |
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| Title: |
between the poles |
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The operator rocks the picker over the tracks and into place to begin wire removal and then the poles |
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11/1/2011 Upload Date: 12/4/2011 1:07:50 PM |
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Binghamton, NY |
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| Title: |
Slow by workers |
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Out bound 205 ease3s through the switch at Prospect headed west towards Johnson as the man on the picker cuts away the old wires from the pole |
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11/1/2011 Upload Date: 12/4/2011 1:11:12 PM |
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Binghamton, NY |
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| Title: |
pull harder |
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as 205 eases west, the grunts on the ground pull wires from the poles as the operator moves onto the next poles |
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11/1/2011 Upload Date: 12/4/2011 4:12:58 PM |
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Binghamton, NY |
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| Title: |
Next |
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The operator readies to lift into the wires on the next pole as 205 rounds the curve into MP 215 at Crandell St |
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11/1/2011 Upload Date: 12/4/2011 4:16:45 PM |
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Binghamton, NY |
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| Title: |
Hammer down |
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205 roars west as the crew continues to dismantle the remnance of history along the Tier |
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11/1/2011 Upload Date: 12/4/2011 4:18:52 PM |
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Binghamton, NY |
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| Title: |
In Line |
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The old wheel sets stand in a row as the crane awaits an operator to begin the next car, as 2302 idles next to the engine house |
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11/8/2011 Upload Date: 11/19/2011 5:57:15 PM |
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Owego, NY |
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JJ Young III |
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| Title: |
Look what I accidentally found |
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Driving to our Vet's to pick up meds for our puppy, I saw a crane in the Owego Yards. They were replacing the wheel sets damaged from the flood of 2011 |
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11/8/2011 Upload Date: 11/19/2011 6:01:26 PM |
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Owego, NY |
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| Title: |
completed |
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This string running on the Owego and Hartford tracks are totally rebuilt from the flood waters of 2011, thats 35 out of 40 |
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11/8/2011 Upload Date: 11/19/2011 6:05:37 PM |
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Owego, NY |
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JJ Young III |
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| Title: |
Dusty job |
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Jerry looks down, as dust from the car falls off as he bangs on a part on the hopper |
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11/8/2011 Upload Date: 11/19/2011 6:15:45 PM |
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Owego, NY |
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JJ Young III |
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| Title: |
over there |
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The flood from Hurricane Lee dessimated the tier, here DiMec Superintendent Gary Kelley moves the hook into place to lift the hopper and prepare to remove the truck assembly |
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11/8/2011 Upload Date: 11/19/2011 6:18:43 PM |
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Owego, NY |
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JJ Young III |
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| Title: |
readying the car for a lift |
| Description: |
Father and son Team from DiMec (Diversified Mechanical Services Inc.), a mobile rail car repair company out of the South, goes after the sling to raise the car and remove the trucks to do repair from Lee |
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11/8/2011 Upload Date: 11/19/2011 6:25:34 PM |
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Owego, NY |
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JJ Young III |
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| Title: |
secured |
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Jerry looks back to tell his dad Gary, the sling is in place and get ready to lift |
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11/8/2011 Upload Date: 11/19/2011 6:27:47 PM |
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Owego, NY |
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| Title: |
Lift |
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Jerry Kelley watches as his father signals him to raise the car a little higher so they can cut the truck loose from the hopper |
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11/8/2011 Upload Date: 11/19/2011 6:30:20 PM |
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Owego, NY |
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| Title: |
A little higher |
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As Jerry watches from the ground as the car rises to clear the center plate pin |
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11/8/2011 Upload Date: 11/19/2011 6:35:23 PM |
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Owego, NY |
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| Title: |
Its loose |
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A member of DiMec, Jerry Kelley pulls on the trucks of a victim from the flooding left by Hurricane Lee |
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11/8/2011 Upload Date: 11/19/2011 6:38:37 PM |
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Owego, NY |
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| Title: |
loose |
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The air lines dangle down, as Jerry eases the truck from beneath the car, ever watchful of possible dangers |
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11/8/2011 Upload Date: 11/19/2011 6:50:23 PM |
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Owego, NY |
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| Title: |
backing out |
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As young Jerry eases the truck from beneath the hopper, the car is suspended on the crane by a sling and intertwined cables |
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11/8/2011 Upload Date: 11/19/2011 6:53:27 PM |
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Owego, NY |
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| Title: |
pulling |
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rolling the trucks from beneath the car, jerry eyes where the safest place to stop them and be able to work on them |
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11/8/2011 Upload Date: 11/19/2011 7:30:19 PM |
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Owego, NY |
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| Title: |
Come along |
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Gary pulls the contaminated trucks from under neath the car after removing all of the lines and brackets |
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11/8/2011 Upload Date: 11/19/2011 7:37:01 PM |
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Owego, NY |
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| Title: |
Tilt it back |
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Jerry stepped out of the forklift to see what he needed to do to place the support brace under the hopper car |
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11/8/2011 Upload Date: 11/19/2011 7:49:04 PM |
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Owego, NY |
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| Title: |
On hold |
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Gary sets in the crane and watches, as his son Jerry looks to position the brace properly under the car from the forklift |
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11/8/2011 Upload Date: 11/19/2011 7:55:03 PM |
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Owego, NY |
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| Title: |
I will not surrender |
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Jerry gets off the forklift and is about to manhandle the brace over the gauge to place it under the hopper |
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11/8/2011 Upload Date: 11/19/2011 8:09:59 PM |
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Owego, NY |
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| Title: |
Double teamed |
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The team placed the frame inside the gauge and under the car where they plan to lower it for safety reasons |
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11/8/2011 Upload Date: 11/19/2011 8:19:11 PM |
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Owego, NY |
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| Title: |
Easy... down |
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Jerry watches, as his dad Gary lowers the hopper onto a steel brace |
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11/8/2011 Upload Date: 11/20/2011 10:00:32 AM |
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Owego, NY |
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| Title: |
aligning the brace |
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After removing the trucks from the car, a steel brace is set under the edge of the car for safety, Jerryensures it is securely resting on the brace befor leaving the car to work on the truck |
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11/8/2011 Upload Date: 12/2/2011 5:12:23 PM |
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Owego, NY |
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This is the way we hang the lines |
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hooking up the air lines to prevent any further contamination, Jerry inspects them and ensures they are not damaged, nor able to get that way as they continue to work on the car |
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11/8/2011 Upload Date: 12/2/2011 5:13:55 PM |
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Campville, NY |
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| Title: |
Come here... |
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twisting the prybar in a tight place to pull the strip of steel holding the hanger in place, Jerry is stead fast in watching the band come loose |
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11/8/2011 Upload Date: 12/2/2011 5:15:52 PM |
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Owego, NY |
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| Title: |
Come here... |
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Using a pry bar, gary yanks out the strip of steel holding the brake hanger in place |
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11/8/2011 Upload Date: 12/2/2011 5:19:12 PM |
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Owego, NY |
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| Title: |
pulling the hanger |
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Jerry Kelley is seen removing the locking strip on the brake hanger |
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11/8/2011 Upload Date: 12/2/2011 5:20:25 PM |
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Owego, NY |
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Tedious work, but someone has to |
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Jerry is seen here loosening the top bolts to gain access to the wheel cylinder on the truck set |
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11/8/2011 Upload Date: 12/2/2011 5:22:53 PM |
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Owego, NY |
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| Title: |
Nuts... |
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Jerry Kelley loosens the bolts covering the brake assembly on this wheel set |
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11/8/2011 Upload Date: 12/2/2011 5:24:08 PM |
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Owego, NY |
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| Title: |
Double teamed |
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Gary cuts away at the bolts below the Journal box, as Jerry cleans out the crake cylinder from mud, dirt and water |
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11/8/2011 Upload Date: 12/2/2011 5:42:39 PM |
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Owego, NY |
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| Title: |
Sparks fly |
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As Gary adds air, the tourch cuts deep into the old bolts under the Journal Box |
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11/8/2011 Upload Date: 12/2/2011 5:43:59 PM |
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Owego, NY |
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| Title: |
Now were cooking |
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Molten metal blasts into the wheel as Gary removes the old bolts underneath the car |
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11/8/2011 Upload Date: 12/2/2011 5:45:16 PM |
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Campville, NY |
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| Title: |
First cut is the deepest |
| Description: |
Remnance of the bolt fly from the tourch |
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11/8/2011 Upload Date: 12/2/2011 5:47:32 PM |
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Owego, NY |
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Finally |
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The remains of the bold drom onto the ground... just think, thats one |
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11/8/2011 Upload Date: 12/2/2011 5:49:30 PM |
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Owego, NY |
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Next... |
| Description: |
...and the process begins again |
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11/8/2011 Upload Date: 12/2/2011 5:52:00 PM |
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Owego, NY |
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Burn... baby burn |
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As the tourch cuts the next bolt, a small bit of flame appears on the bottom of the Journal bow plate |
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11/8/2011 Upload Date: 12/2/2011 5:53:10 PM |
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Owego, NY |
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New switch is in |
| Description: |
Rushing to complete before the parade of traffic, the NS track department works to complete the work on a new track from 1 to 2 at Johnson |
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11/19/2011 Upload Date: 10/3/2012 2:30:54 PM |
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Binghamton, NY |
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| Title: |
The lone survivors |
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Two of a few lone survivors from pole removal along the Tier as the Track gang replaces bad sections of rail west of Owego NY |
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11/30/2011 Upload Date: 12/2/2011 4:37:33 PM |
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Campville, NY |
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Grind that rail |
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As one cleans up, the other tranggang person grinds the new weld on the roadside rail along the 17C highway |
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11/30/2011 Upload Date: 12/2/2011 4:41:13 PM |
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Campville, NY |
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| Title: |
Flame On... |
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Sparks roar off the grind wheel as the the operator grabs on hard to round out the weld |
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11/30/2011 Upload Date: 12/2/2011 4:43:39 PM |
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Campville, NY |
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Cutting edge |
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As one hits the weld to break off the slag, the other stands by with another sledge hammer to remove the spacers from the plates |
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11/30/2011 Upload Date: 12/2/2011 4:45:50 PM |
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Campville, NY |
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