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4/25/2024
 
 
 
 
 
Owner: Conrail
Model:GE C30-7ABuilt As:CR 6581 (C30-7A)
Serial Number:44570Order No:1841CR
Frame Number:Built:6/1984
Other locos with this serial:  CR 6581(C30-7A) NS 8127(C30-7A) CSX 7110(C30-7A)
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SEPW
Title:  SEPW
Description:  SEPW has about 3/4 mile to go to the crest of the west slope of Washington hill in Hinsdale.
Photo Date:  1/21/1989  Upload Date: 3/19/2007 10:11:19 AM
Location:  Hinsdale, MA
Author:  Carl Weber
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  CR 6581(C30-7A)
Views:  278   Comments: 0
(1) SEMA
Title:  (1) SEMA
Description:  Eastbound SEMA grinds upgrade near MP 143, crossing the town line from Dalton into Hinsdale.
Photo Date:  12/1/1990  Upload Date: 10/23/2005 8:51:16 AM
Location:  Hinsdale, MA
Author:  Carl Weber
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CR 6581(C30-7A)
Views:  268   Comments: 0
(2) SEMA
Title:  (2) SEMA
Description:  Taken with a 150-500mm zoom, this was one of my favorite spots for shooting eastbounds ascending the grade.
Photo Date:  12/1/1990  Upload Date: 10/23/2005 8:51:50 AM
Location:  Hinsdale, MA
Author:  Carl Weber
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CR 6581(C30-7A)
Views:  242   Comments: 0
(3) SEMA
Title:  (3) SEMA
Description:  Probably the longest sequence I ever shot here, almost like picking frames from a movie strip.
Photo Date:  12/1/1990  Upload Date: 10/23/2005 8:52:21 AM
Location:  Hinsdale, MA
Author:  Carl Weber
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CR 6581(C30-7A)
Views:  265   Comments: 0
(4) SEMA
Title:  (4) SEMA
Description:  Right at MP 143, one mile to the top of the grade, but NOT the summit, which is just east of MP 139.
Photo Date:  12/1/1990  Upload Date: 10/23/2005 8:52:51 AM
Location:  Hinsdale, MA
Author:  Carl Weber
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CR 6581(C30-7A)
Views:  278   Comments: 0
(5) SEMA
Title:  (5) SEMA
Description:  The trains looked good coming through this reverse curve, often crawling along at barely 10 mph.
Photo Date:  12/1/1990  Upload Date: 10/23/2005 8:53:27 AM
Location:  Hinsdale, MA
Author:  Carl Weber
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CR 6581(C30-7A)
Views:  371   Comments: 0
(6) SEMA
Title:  (6) SEMA
Description:  Since eastbounds were predominantly loads, the trains were heavy, and the power was in Run 8, but those C30-7A's were so quiet, you couldn't really hear 'em until they were on top of you!
Photo Date:  12/1/1990  Upload Date: 10/23/2005 8:54:00 AM
Location:  Hinsdale, MA
Author:  Carl Weber
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CR 6581(C30-7A)
Views:  373   Comments: 3
(7) SEMA
Title:  (7) SEMA
Description:  At this point in time, the C30-7A's still "owned" the railroad, with not much else to be seen for variety.
Photo Date:  12/1/1990  Upload Date: 10/23/2005 8:54:37 AM
Location:  Hinsdale, MA
Author:  Carl Weber
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CR 6581(C30-7A)
Views:  264   Comments: 1
(8) SEMA
Title:  (8) SEMA
Description:  Although unique to ConRail, the C30-7A's arrived on the property in Aug., 1984, and wouldn't "thin out" until a year after these photos were taken.
Photo Date:  12/1/1990  Upload Date: 10/23/2005 8:55:21 AM
Location:  Hinsdale, MA
Author:  Carl Weber
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CR 6581(C30-7A)
Views:  264   Comments: 0
(9) SEMA
Title:  (9) SEMA
Description:  Yeah, right about now you could hear 'em pretty well.
Photo Date:  12/1/1990  Upload Date: 10/23/2005 8:55:53 AM
Location:  Hinsdale, MA
Author:  Carl Weber
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CR 6581(C30-7A)
Views:  380   Comments: 1
(10) SEMA
Title:  (10) SEMA
Description:  That's Mass. Rt. 8 at the right, the white sign marks the town line between Dalton and Hinsdale.
Photo Date:  12/1/1990  Upload Date: 10/23/2005 8:56:21 AM
Location:  Hinsdale, MA
Author:  Carl Weber
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CR 6581(C30-7A)
Views:  236   Comments: 0
(11) SEMA
Title:  (11) SEMA
Description:  Rt. 8 follows the RR fairly closely between North Becket and Dalton. If you go south on it, it will become Conn. Rt. 8 at the state line, and continuing further you will eventually be paralleling the Naugatuck RR and pass right by Thomaston station.
Photo Date:  12/1/1990  Upload Date: 10/23/2005 8:56:53 AM
Location:  Hinsdale, MA
Author:  Carl Weber
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CR 6581(C30-7A)
Views:  230   Comments: 0
(12) SEMA
Title:  (12) SEMA
Description:  Onward and upward over the US' FIRST "mountain railroad" (1842)
Photo Date:  12/1/1990  Upload Date: 10/23/2005 8:57:19 AM
Location:  Hinsdale, MA
Author:  Carl Weber
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CR 6581(C30-7A)
Views:  258   Comments: 0
LWSE
Title:  LWSE
Description:  LWSE holding at CP 83.
Photo Date:  9/7/1991  Upload Date: 3/18/2007 1:02:30 PM
Location:  Palmer, MA
Author:  Carl Weber
Categories:  Scenic,Signal,Action
Locomotives:  CR 6581(C30-7A)
Views:  643   Comments: 0
BOEL
Title:  BOEL
Description:  And at 07:07 the westbound shows up in the form of BOEL.
Photo Date:  10/15/1996  Upload Date: 9/29/2005 5:19:51 PM
Location:  Hinsdale, MA
Author:  Carl Weber
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CR 6581(C30-7A)
Views:  249   Comments: 1


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