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Photo ID: 343311

If ever there was a great spot for train watching it was South Amboy and its engine change. The NJDOT GG1 that brought train #3359 from New York City moves out of the way as a neat lashup of an NJ... (more)

Railroad: New Jersey Department of Transportation
Locomotive: EMD E8(A)
Location: South Amboy, New Jersey, USA
Locomotive #: CR 4257
Train ID: CR 3359
Photo Date: July 28, 1978


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By: Charles J Freericks

Added: Oct 29, 2010

Views: 9,800
Comments: 7

Favorited: 60
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Photo ID: 341924

The last day of my week in Chicago was a beautiful Wednesday. Illinois Central's CITY OF NEW ORLEANS passes the coach yards behind A-B E8 units.

Railroad: Illinois Central Railroad
Locomotive: EMD E8(A)
Location: Chicago, Illinois, USA
Locomotive #: IC 4024
Train ID: IC 1
Photo Date: June 13, 1962


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By: Bob Krone

Added: Oct 18, 2010

Views: 16,502
Comments: 7

Favorited: 88
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Photo ID: 341921

The eastbound GRAND CANYON rolls into Joliet behind an A-B-B-B-A set of F units. Lead unit F7 306L is a dual-service F7 that was delivered in 1952.

Railroad: Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe (ATSF)
Locomotive: EMD F7(A)
Location: Joliet, Illinois, USA
Locomotive #: ATSF 306L
Train ID: ATSF 124
Photo Date: June 12, 1962


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By: Bob Krone

Added: Oct 18, 2010

Views: 9,276
Comments: 3

Favorited: 51
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Photo ID: 336515

The most photogenic spot on the very photogenic Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad has to be the place you see here. Just before the northbound trains reach Rockwood, they climb th... (more)

Railroad: Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad
Locomotive: Steam 2-8-2
Location: Rockwood, Colorado, USA
Locomotive #: DSNG 480
Train ID: 461
Photo Date: August 23, 2010


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By: Kevin Madore

Added: Sep 01, 2010

Views: 8,817
Comments: 5

Favorited: 64
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Photo ID: 334144

Railroad: Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe (ATSF)
Locomotive: EMD F7(A)
Location: Joliet, Illinois, USA
Locomotive #: ATSF 40L
Train ID: Unknown
Photo Date: August 23, 1964


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By: Marty Bernard

Added: Aug 09, 2010

Views: 9,523
Comments: 3

Favorited: 55


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Photo ID: 333466

An E8, E7B and FP7A are teamed up on the Rock Island / Southern Pacific GOLDEN STATE departing LaSalle St. station.

Railroad: Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific (Rock Island)
Locomotive: EMD E8(A)
Location: Chicago, Illinois, USA
Locomotive #: CRI&P 656
Train ID: CRI&P 3
Photo Date: June 06, 1962


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By: Bob Krone

Added: Aug 02, 2010

Views: 20,112
Comments: 4

Favorited: 113
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Photo ID: 333464

Two Burlington E8 units power the Northern Pacific's NORTH COAST LIMITED from Union Station. There is a Budd Slumbercoach several cars back. This was the summer of the Seattle World's Fair.

Railroad: Chicago, Burlington & Quincy
Locomotive: EMD E8(A)
Location: Chicago, Illinois, USA
Locomotive #: CB&Q 9976
Train ID: CB&Q 25
Photo Date: June 06, 1962


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By: Bob Krone

Added: Aug 02, 2010

Views: 18,391
Comments: 1

Favorited: 91
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Photo ID: 333382

EMD A-B-B-B-A F units are ready to lead the GRAND CANYON west from Chicago. The unit number indicates that 30C is an F3 despite the F7 style dynamic brake fan. The unit is also displaying green fl... (more)

Railroad: Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe (ATSF)
Locomotive: EMD F3(A)
Location: Chicago, Illinois, USA
Locomotive #: ATSF 30C
Train ID: ATSF 123
Photo Date: June 06, 1962


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By: Bob Krone

Added: Aug 01, 2010

Views: 26,524
Comments: 11

Favorited: 177
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Photo ID: 330643

Don't remember a whole lot about this picture. The building on the left is the iconic former headquarters of the D&H. The train is probably the westbound Empire State Express. I was enroute bet... (more)

Railroad: New York Central
Locomotive: EMD E8(A)
Location: Albany, New York, USA
Locomotive #: NYC 4038
Train ID: Unknown
Photo Date: March, 1967


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By: John West

Added: Jul 06, 2010

People's Choice 1

Views: 28,152
Comments: 17

Favorited: 169
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Photo ID: 322790

As the safety-vested crew attend to her needs, 1927-built Santa Fe 3751 and her train seems a bit out out place among the modern high-rises that now dot the area around the former Santa Fe passeng... (more)

Railroad: Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe (ATSF)
Locomotive: Steam 4-8-4
Location: San Diego, California, USA
Locomotive #: ATSF 3751
Train ID: Unknown
Photo Date: May 01, 2010


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By: Craig Walker

Added: May 02, 2010

Views: 9,362
Comments: 5

Favorited: 33


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Photo ID: 314600

ATSF F3A #35C rests in the Albuquerque station at the head end of a four-unit set in charge of eastbound train #18, The Super Chief/El Capitan. She will get a new crew, fuel, and any other attenti... (more)

Railroad: Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe (ATSF)
Locomotive: EMD F3(A)
Location: Cedar Crest, United States
Locomotive #: 87008
Train ID: 18
Photo Date: September, 1969


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By: Martin Matlack

Added: Feb 17, 2010

Views: 7,236
Comments: 2

Favorited: 35
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Photo ID: 314497

ATSF F7A #37C leads a five-unit lashup into the steel plate truss bridge over Galisteo Creek and towards Lamy with the combined Super Chief/El Capitan in tow. US Highway 285, soon to be Interstate... (more)

Railroad: Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe (ATSF)
Locomotive: EMD F7(A)
Location: Glorieta, New Mexico, USA
Locomotive #: ATSF 37C
Train ID: 17
Photo Date: June, 1969


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By: Martin Matlack

Added: Feb 16, 2010

Views: 10,451
Comments: 1

Favorited: 42
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Photo ID: 312644

ATSF train #17, the westbound Super Chief/El Capitan, basks in the afternoon sun as it gets washed during it's service stop in Albuquerque. This is a piece of equipment that is long gone but was v... (more)

Railroad: Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe (ATSF)
Locomotive: EMD F7(A)
Location: Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA
Locomotive #: Unknown
Train ID: 17
Photo Date: September, 1969


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By: Martin Matlack

Added: Feb 01, 2010

Views: 8,133
Comments: 2

Favorited: 31
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Photo ID: 304087

A westbound passes through Woodford on a relatively rare snowy day on Tehachapi.

Railroad: Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe (ATSF)
Locomotive: EMD SD45-2
Location: Tehachapi, California, USA
Locomotive #: ATSF 5832
Train ID: Unknown
Photo Date: December 22, 1990


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By: Eric Blasko

Added: Nov 15, 2009

Photo of the Week
People's Choice 3

Views: 25,271
Comments: 9

Favorited: 131
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Photo ID: 299485

Railroad: Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe (ATSF)
Locomotive: EMD F7(A)
Location: Joliet, Illinois, USA
Locomotive #: ATSF 306
Train ID: Unknown
Photo Date: February, 1973


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By: Dan Tracy

Added: Oct 06, 2009

Views: 9,365
Comments: 6

Favorited: 53
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