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  1. Berkshire helpers

    Berkshire helpers

    SD40-2 6432 heads west through Bancroft, MA. as a light engine move at 19:37 on the evening of July 1, 1982. This is the last photo of a Washington hill helper I got, as ConRail terminated regular helper service within days of this photo. The six stall roundhouse and concrete coaling tower of...
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  2. Berkshire helpers

    Berkshire helpers

    SD40-2 6432 pushing SPSE through Bancroft, MA. on July 1, 1982.
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  3. Berkshire helpers

    Berkshire helpers

    Helper SD40-2 6488's work is finished on westbound BOEL as the train has topped the grade about a third of a mile back, just out of view around the curve. This photo was taken from the, now extinct, signal bridge at milepost 138 in Washington, MA. on May 8, 1982.
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  4. Berkshire helpers

    Berkshire helpers

    In this going away view of BOEL, Muddy Pond, the headwater of the Housatonic River is visible in the upper right as the train snakes it's way through the curves leading to the summit of the Berkshires, just out of sight to the left.
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  5. Berkshire helpers

    Berkshire helpers

    Still in PC black, SD40 6355 aids westbound TV-9 through Bancroft, MA. on Feb. 20, 1982.
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  6. Berkshire helpers

    Berkshire helpers

    Westbound BOEL working upgrade by the "art colony" at mile 128.45 on Nov. 14, 1981. The train has just crossed the town line from Chester into Middlefield, MA.
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  7. Berkshire helpers

    Berkshire helpers

    Helper SD40-2 6377 shoving hard on the ex Pennsy van on the rear of BOEL at the "art colony" on Nov. 14, 1981.
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  8. Berkshire helpers

    Berkshire helpers

    Going away view of RISE as he heads into the easternmost cut of the "new location" near milepost 129 in Becket, MA. on Nov. 14, 1981.
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  9. Berkshire helpers

    Berkshire helpers

    SD40-2 6377 lends a hand on the rear of TV-9 through Bancroft, MA. on Oct. 31, 1981.
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  10. Berkshire helpers

    Berkshire helpers

    Oncoming view of the rear of westbound RISE passing milepost 129 in Becket, MA. on the afternoon of Oct. 31, 1981.
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  11. Berkshire helpers

    Berkshire helpers

    Going away view of SD40-2 6421 shoving on the rear of RISE past MP 129. I always felt backlit shots portray the drama of hard-working locomotives better than front-lit photos. An exhaust cloud which may be all but invisible in front light becomes quite prominent in this situation.
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  12. Berkshire helpers

    Berkshire helpers

    SD45 6152 adds it's tractive effort to a westbound at a location known as the "art colony" at mile 128.45 in the middle of a horseshoe curve west of Chester, MA. on March 3, 1981. The Westfield River, which the train is crossing, is also the town line between Chester and Middlfield, MA.
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  13. Berkshire helpers

    Berkshire helpers

    The hard work is over for this SD45 on the rear of westbound tonnage passing the signal bridge at MP 138 in Washington, MA. on March 7, 1981. The train cleared the top of the grade about 1/3 mile back and the head end has just passed the summit, about a mile ahead. Beneath the signal bridge a...
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  14. Berkshire helpers

    Berkshire helpers

    On Nov. 8, 1980, SD40-2 6378 shoves a westbound across the origional construction (1840-1841) double stone arch at mile 128.25 in Chester, MA. on the old Boston & Albany. Coincidentally, the lead unit on this train was sister unit 6379.
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  15. Berkshire helpers

    Berkshire helpers

    Still showing it's Penn Central heritage almost 4 years into ConRail, SD40 6242 aids westbound tonnage through Bancroft, MA. on Nov. 8, 1980.
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  16. Montana Rail Link ACe's

    Montana Rail Link ACe's

    four MRL SD70ACe's make up a helper set on the back of a westbound loaded coal train as it descends the west side of Bozeman Pass through Jackson Creek Canyon
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