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Photo ID: 448944

This door has been not used by a trainman since the fall of the once mighty Rock Island Lines. The door is located on the South side of the old "Rock Shop" now owned by National Railway Equipment... (more)

Railroad: Rock Island Railroad
Locomotive: 0000
Location: Silvis, Illinois, USA
Locomotive #: 0000
Train ID: Unknown
Photo Date: August 23, 2013


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By: KJ Larson

Added: Aug 26, 2013

People's Choice 4

Views: 9,688
Comments: 1

Favorited: 18
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Photo ID: 448376

Splish Splash
The weight of a passing boxcar creates some interesting water action under a joint on the mainline.

Railroad: Georgia Central Railroad
Locomotive: Wheel
Location: Dublin, Georgia, USA
Locomotive #: FBOX 504173
Train ID: GC L782
Photo Date: August 15, 2013


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By: Frank Orona

Added: Aug 22, 2013

Views: 17,114
Comments: 4

Favorited: 24
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Photo ID: 447003

Northern Plains Railroad's Thief River Falls Turn pulls through the 8th street grade crossing past the series of grain elevators lining the right-of-way switching its cut of empty gravel hoppers a... (more)

Railroad: Mohall Railroad (MRI)
Locomotive: EMD SD40T-2
Location: Thief River Falls, Minnesota, USA
Locomotive #: MRI 2829
Train ID: NPR Thief River Falls Turn
Photo Date: August 12, 2013


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By: Brian Kays

Added: Aug 12, 2013

Views: 2,533
Comments: 1

Favorited: 7
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Photo ID: 445446

Pushing dumpcars with iron ore out of the pit.

Railroad: Private
Locomotive: 2TE10M
Location: Kryvyj Rig, Ukraine
Locomotive #: 0994
Train ID: n/a
Photo Date: May 13, 2013


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By: Serge Neroznaque

Added: Jul 31, 2013

People's Choice 2

Views: 12,911
Comments: 13

Favorited: 71
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Photo ID: 445025

The ex-Metroliner cab cars are regulars on the Keystone Corridor, and the interior has half of the seats facing the opposite direction as these trains run push pull, changing direction at Philly. ... (more)

Railroad: Amtrak
Locomotive: cab car
Location: Philadelphia, Philadelphia, USA
Locomotive #: AMTK 9634
Train ID: Unknown
Photo Date: July, 2013


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By: Matt Donnelly

Added: Jul 28, 2013

Views: 2,420
Comments: 0

Favorited: 7


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Photo ID: 444350

Those familiar with the B&O Magnolia Cut Off will recognize this location as Concrete Wall. When B&O constructed the Cut Off in 1913-1914, they were faced with an obstacle at a bend in the Potoma... (more)

Railroad: Baltimore & Ohio (B&O)
Locomotive: None
Location: Paw Paw, West Virginia, USA
Locomotive #: None
Train ID: None
Photo Date: September 11, 1977


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By: Extra 127 South

Added: Jul 23, 2013

Views: 14,922
Comments: 0

Favorited: 23
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Photo ID: 444259

ICE 6440 leads the Minot switch back to town, passing the beautiful red barn near Logan.

Railroad: Iowa Chicago and Eastern
Locomotive: EMD SD40-2
Location: Logan, North Dakota, USA
Locomotive #: ICE 6440
Train ID: CP H77
Photo Date: July 21, 2013


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By: Steven M. Welch

Added: Jul 22, 2013

Views: 2,808
Comments: 0

Favorited: 7
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Photo ID: 444238

As a pair of workers pulling a Sunday shift poke their heads out of the door to see what all the noise is about, Union Pacific's "J-Yard Switcher" shoves back on track 842 to pick up some cars at ... (more)

Railroad: Union Pacific
Locomotive: EMD GP38-2
Location: Vernon, California, USA
Locomotive #: UP 806
Train ID: YJY68R 21
Photo Date: July 21, 2013


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By: Craig Walker

Added: Jul 21, 2013

Views: 10,700
Comments: 7

Favorited: 49
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Photo ID: 444141

On this mild yet humid evening, UP #844 and UP #6936 race out of Brighton, CO at track speed as they bring back people to Denver from the Daddy of Em' All Cheyenne Frontier Days Rodeo in Cheyenne,... (more)

Railroad: Union Pacific
Locomotive: Steam 4-8-4
Location: Brighton, Colorado, USA
Locomotive #: UP 844
Train ID: SDVDV-20
Photo Date: July 20, 2013


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By: John Crisanti

Added: Jul 21, 2013

People's Choice 3

Views: 13,179
Comments: 14

Favorited: 102
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Photo ID: 443930

The waiting game...

Railroad: Buffalo & Pittsburgh
Locomotive: EMD SD40-3
Location: Sabula, Pennsylvania, USA
Locomotive #: BPRR 458
Train ID: BPRR PSDB-1
Photo Date: July 18, 2013


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By: Mark MacDougall

Added: Jul 19, 2013

Views: 9,915
Comments: 5

Favorited: 57


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Photo ID: 443850

Neither rain, sleet, or snow can stop the mailman but seeing a massive locomotive being taken from the tracks and placed on the highway? That seems to do the trick here as the college in Waycross ... (more)

Railroad: PRLX
Locomotive: EMD SD40
Location: Waycross, Georgia, USA
Locomotive #: PRLX 3066
Train ID: Unknown
Photo Date: July 01, 2013


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By: Allan R. Willams Jr.

Added: Jul 18, 2013

Views: 14,963
Comments: 6

Favorited: 42
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Photo ID: 443813

Railroad: Amtrak
Locomotive: RTL III Turboliner
Location: Bear, Delaware, USA
Locomotive #: 2162
Train ID: Unknown
Photo Date: 2011


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By: Matt Donnelly

Added: Jul 18, 2013

Views: 8,468
Comments: 3

Favorited: 21
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Photo ID: 443796

An empty train is waiting to be loaded at the impressive wooden coal loading facility at Urussanga.

Railroad: EF Dona Teresa Cristina
Locomotive: Steam 2-8-2
Location: Urussanga, Brazil
Locomotive #: 153-1M
Train ID: Steam charter
Photo Date: July 09, 2013


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By: Daniel SIMON

Added: Jul 18, 2013

Views: 2,651
Comments: 1

Favorited: 13
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Photo ID: 443505

The cab of a former Metroliner cab car, taken with proper credentials.

Railroad: Amtrak
Locomotive: cab car
Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Locomotive #: 9635
Train ID: Unknown
Photo Date: July, 2013


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By: Matt Donnelly

Added: Jul 15, 2013

Views: 11,914
Comments: 2

Favorited: 28
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Photo ID: 443197

The Silver Star departs 30th Street

Railroad: Amtrak
Locomotive: Bombardier/Alstom HHP-8
Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Locomotive #: 658
Train ID: 92
Photo Date: July, 2007


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By: Matt Donnelly

Added: Jul 13, 2013

Views: 2,817
Comments: 0

Favorited: 7
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