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Photo ID: 676469

A westbound rolls past Willow Creek tower on the Michigan Central Porter Branch in 1978.

Railroad: Conrail
Locomotive: interlocking tower
Location: Portage, Indiana, USA
Locomotive #: none
Train ID: unknown
Photo Date: 1978


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By: GEORGE M. STUPAR

Added: Nov 05, 2018

Views: 6,679
Comments: 4

Favorited: 27
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Photo ID: 670271

The engineer of an eastbound Chesapeake & Ohio freight reaches out to snag train orders from the tower as his GP9 trio marches through Griffith, Indiana. A second set of orders on the stand's lowe... (more)

Railroad: Chesapeake & Ohio (C&O)
Locomotive: EMD GP9
Location: Griffith, Indiana, USA
Locomotive #: CO 6007
Train ID: Unknown
Photo Date: August 11, 1969


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By: Tom Nelligan

Added: Sep 12, 2018

Views: 3,142
Comments: 2

Favorited: 22
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Photo ID: 649998

Orders at Porter. The conductor receives his orders as his train rolls west through Porter Junction in 1977.

Railroad: Conrail
Locomotive: caboose
Location: Porter, Indiana, USA
Locomotive #: CR 23307
Train ID: unknown
Photo Date: 1977


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By: GEORGE M. STUPAR

Added: Feb 28, 2018

Views: 7,748
Comments: 1

Favorited: 29
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Photo ID: 647347

In a scene that is only a memory, the engineer on EJ&E 668 is seen grabbing his train orders while moving at track speed across the diamonds in Griffith. Tom Golden photo.

Railroad: Elgin, Joliet & Eastern Railway
Locomotive: EMD SD38-2
Location: Griffith, Indiana, USA
Locomotive #: EJE 668
Train ID: Unknown
Photo Date: May 05, 1979


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By: Sam Beck collection

Added: Feb 06, 2018

Views: 2,499
Comments: 1

Favorited: 10
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Photo ID: 627256

The conductor leans out of the window to grab orders from the tower operator at West Chicago as the train crosses the triple track Union Pacific.

Railroad: Canadian National Railway
Locomotive: EMD SD75I
Location: West Chicago, Illinois, USA
Locomotive #: CN 5739
Train ID: CN M348
Photo Date: August 11, 2017


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By: Erik Rasmussen

Added: Aug 17, 2017

Views: 3,493
Comments: 1

Favorited: 15


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Photo ID: 616049

Hoop 'Em Up!: There are some things in railroading that have been lost to time. Hooping train orders to crews is one. With nothing to date this shot, this could have been the late 70's, a c... (more)

Railroad: Burlington Northern Railroad
Locomotive: Caboose
Location: Dresser, Wisconsin, USA
Locomotive #: MNTX 71
Train ID: MNTX Extra
Photo Date: May 08, 2017


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By: John Witthaus

Added: May 09, 2017

Views: 5,395
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Favorited: 14
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Photo ID: 610045

This vintage shot was taken at Eau Claire Tower, capturing a classic piece of railroad history from the 1950s and 60s. The tower operator hands up orders to the engineer of train 172, powered by a... (more)

Railroad: Chicago & North Western Railroad
Locomotive: EMD F7(A)
Location: Eau Claire, Wisconsin, USA
Locomotive #: CNW 4068C
Train ID: CNW 172
Photo Date: July, 1964


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By: Bill Edgar

Added: Mar 15, 2017

Views: 7,482
Comments: 1

Favorited: 27
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Photo ID: 593322

Eastbound EL train picking up orders Pullman Jct south side of Chicago

Railroad: Erie Lackawanna
Locomotive: EMD GP35
Location: South Chicago Pullman Junction, Illinois, USA
Locomotive #: EL 2570
Train ID: Unknown
Photo Date: August, 1972


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By: Joe Blackwell

Added: Oct 21, 2016

Views: 5,737
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Favorited: 25
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Photo ID: 589780

Order up! Orders are hung and awaiting a freight on a foggy day in October of 1984. How appropriate that Halloween is only a few days away. There is a caboose on the approaching train judging from... (more)

Railroad: Chicago & North Western Railroad
Locomotive: Tower
Location: Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
Locomotive #: Unknown
Train ID: Unknown
Photo Date: October, 1984


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By: Greg Mross

Added: Sep 19, 2016

Views: 3,422
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Photo ID: 577509

An outbound Metro North commuter train receives its orders to use the Danbury Branch from the operator at South Norwalk Tower. The operator has another set of orders to hoop up to the conductor as... (more)

Railroad: Metro-North Railroad
Locomotive: EMD FL9
Location: South Norwalk, Connecticut, USA
Locomotive #: CDOT 2002
Train ID: Unknown
Photo Date: August, 1996


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By: Steve Barry / www.railroadphotographer.com

Added: May 23, 2016

Views: 6,147
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Favorited: 20


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Photo ID: 558764

On September 22, 1997, the ritual of passing up NORAC Form D on Conrail's Harrisburg Line was nearing the end of its necessity as CTC was just a few short years away. The hooping up of orders req... (more)

Railroad: Conrail
Locomotive: EMD SD60M
Location: Sheridan, Pennsylvania, USA
Locomotive #: CR 5522 6745
Train ID: CR HBBE-2
Photo Date: September 22, 1997


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By: Kevin Burkholder

Added: Dec 17, 2015

Views: 7,253
Comments: 2

Favorited: 34
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Photo ID: 534736

The engineer grabs the train orders as the train is about to cross over the N&W former Wabash diamond.

Railroad: Ann Arbor Railroad
Locomotive: EMD GP35
Location: Milan, Michigan, USA
Locomotive #: 390,387
Train ID: OT-2
Photo Date: May 29, 1981


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By: Rod Clark

Added: Jun 14, 2015

Views: 3,861
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Favorited: 21
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Photo ID: 531758

This March 1989 Kodachrome shows a filthy U30B leading this southbound train at Carleton, Michigan with the engineer just about to grab the orders. Today, the tower is closed (but still standing... (more)

Railroad: CSX Transportation (CSXT)
Locomotive: GE U30B
Location: Carleton, Michigan, USA
Locomotive #: CSXT 5329
Train ID: Unknown
Photo Date: March, 1989


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By: Dennis Kennedy

Added: May 22, 2015

Views: 3,569
Comments: 3

Favorited: 14
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Photo ID: 517424

Picking up orders on the fly, a north bound ICG train hits the diamond at Tolona. ICG 199456, Caboose, at Tolona,IL. 8/04/1982

Railroad: Illinois Central Gulf
Locomotive: EMD GP40
Location: Tolono, Illinois, USA
Locomotive #: ICG 199486
Train ID: Unknown
Photo Date: August 04, 1982


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By: Jack D. Kuiphoff

Added: Feb 03, 2015

Views: 9,081
Comments: 6

Favorited: 50
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Photo ID: 498141

CNW 4108's crew picks up train orders as the westbound local passes by Eau Claire tower just having left Altoona yard.

Railroad: Chicago & North Western Railroad
Locomotive: EMD GP7
Location: Eau Claire, Wisconsin, USA
Locomotive #: CNW 4108
Train ID: Unknown
Photo Date: July, 1986


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By: Bill Edgar

Added: Sep 16, 2014

Views: 3,214
Comments: 0

Favorited: 19
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