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Switchstand Shots
Both shots of switchstands (swithstand "portraits") and shots featuring swithstands, or derails, in the foreground.
Photo Album By: Janusz Mrozek
 
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Photo ID: 466320

Tools of the Trade Snow brooms stand at the ready while in the background 4132 brings a cut of cars down the ramp from the Panolam plant. Looks like CN has splurged and bought a new one! :D

Railroad: Canadian National Railway
Locomotive: GMD GP9Rm
Location: Martins, Ontario, Canada
Locomotive #: CN 4132
Train ID: CN 595
Photo Date: January 14, 2014


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By: W. D. Shaw

Added: Jan 15, 2014

Views: 7,042
Comments: 3

Favorited: 6
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Photo ID: 465452

New England Railroading With former CN #7470 simmering in the background, ready to begin operations on the 2014 "Steam in the Snow" excursion; Conway Scenic Railroad's yard could easily be... (more)

Railroad: Conway Scenic Railroad
Locomotive: Steam 0-6-0
Location: North Conway, New Hampshire, USA
Locomotive #: CN 7470
Train ID: Unknown
Photo Date: January 04, 2014


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By: Bo Gray

Added: Jan 07, 2014

Views: 2,906
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Photo ID: 463560

Caught up behind train 254 in last nights ice storm fiasco, CP 242 is seen blasting off with a nice lash up to Toronto after cleaning out a switch at Guelph Jct.

Railroad: Canadian Pacific Railway
Locomotive: GMD/PR SD30C-ECO
Location: Campbellville, Ontario, Canada
Locomotive #: CP 5017
Train ID: CP 242
Photo Date: December 23, 2013


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By: Michael Da Costa

Added: Dec 24, 2013

Views: 2,473
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Favorited: 2
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Photo ID: 457651

Blue signal protection is in place to allow the test crew to perform daily maintenance on the test consist.

Railroad: EMDX
Locomotive: EMD SD70ACe
Location: Timpas, Colorado, USA
Locomotive #: 1212
Train ID: D LAJLAJ
Photo Date: October 24, 2013


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By: Darrell Krueger

Added: Nov 05, 2013

Views: 6,254
Comments: 2

Favorited: 8
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Photo ID: 450916

Respondek Railroad Corporation's IT inspired SD40-2 switches cars bound for on line industry Abengoa Bioenergy.

Railroad: Respondek Railroad Corp.
Locomotive: EMD SD40-2
Location: Granite City, Illinois, USA
Locomotive #: PHRR 3086
Train ID: Unknown
Photo Date: September 09, 2013


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By: Jake Branson

Added: Sep 11, 2013

Views: 2,147
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Photo ID: 439596

The loaded tank cars full of Phenol show off their rail bending abilities as they move along the jointed rail of the State Do... (more)

Railroad: GATX
Locomotive: Tank Car
Location: Phenix City, Alabama, USA
Locomotive #: GATX 32958
Train ID: Brickyard Job
Photo Date: March 15, 2013


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By: Frank Orona

Added: Jun 11, 2013

Views: 8,057
Comments: 5

Favorited: 23
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Photo ID: 438930

Foggy East Broad Top. A member of the EBT Shop Crew opens the underground valve that feeds the water plug, as Locomotive 15's Fireman prepares to top off his engine's water supply. The cre... (more)

Railroad: East Broad Top
Locomotive: Steam 2-8-2
Location: Orbisonia, Pennsylvania, USA
Locomotive #: EBT 15
Train ID: None
Photo Date: October 07, 2011


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By: Kevin Madore

Added: Jun 05, 2013

Views: 4,003
Comments: 3

Favorited: 19
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Photo ID: 426791

CN 4132 works the south end of Huntsville Yard, preparing to make one of 595's twice-weekly return trips to Longford Mills.

Railroad: Canadian National Railway
Locomotive: GMD GP9Rm
Location: Huntsville, Ontario, Canada
Locomotive #: CN 4132
Train ID: CN 595
Photo Date: February 28, 2013


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By: W. D. Shaw

Added: Feb 28, 2013

Views: 3,636
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Photo ID: 425936

With CN 595 with the GP9 4132 working in the background the snow fighter does its stuff in the foreground as the Foreman in charge of the snow clearing operations seemingly floats above the main ... (more)

Railroad: Canadian National Railway
Locomotive: Snow fighter
Location: Martins, Ontario, Canada
Locomotive #: CN 62587
Train ID: Unknown
Photo Date: February 20, 2013


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By: W. D. Shaw

Added: Feb 21, 2013

Views: 6,507
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Favorited: 14
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Photo ID: 425024

The tall and short of it. The Army bought them and the Army doesn't want them. Numbers 6000, 6001 & 6002 are now sitting on the ground, they have been stripped of all useful parts and what is left... (more)

Railroad: United States Army
Locomotive: GG20B
Location: Hill AFB, Utah, USA
Locomotive #: 6002
Train ID: Unknown
Photo Date: February 14, 2013


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By: Alex R. Lloyd

Added: Feb 14, 2013

Views: 11,655
Comments: 8

Favorited: 26


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Photo ID: 424832

Vermont Railway's newest addition to the locomotive fleet, GP38-3 207, a former North Carolina Virgina (NCVA) unit that arrived in grey and red paint via CEFX, is now on the road and in service. ... (more)

Railroad: Vermont Rail System
Locomotive: EMD GP38-3
Location: Florence, Vermont, USA
Locomotive #: VTR 207
Train ID: VRS VTR BDRD
Photo Date: February 11, 2013


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By: Kevin Burkholder

Added: Feb 12, 2013

Views: 3,389
Comments: 3

Favorited: 11
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Photo ID: 423933

The eastbound Capitol Limited passes through the modest yard at Hancock with its many switchstands, this morning decorated with snow, with a bit more falling.

Railroad: Amtrak
Locomotive: GE P42DC
Location: Hancock, West Virginia, USA
Locomotive #: AMTK 122
Train ID: CSX P030
Photo Date: January 26, 2013


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By: Janusz Mrozek

Added: Feb 05, 2013

Views: 2,527
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Favorited: 5
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Photo ID: 423158

MHWA 2454 pulls a boxcar off the Climax Paper siding.

Railroad: Mohawk, Adirondack & Northern Railroad
Locomotive: Alco C425
Location: West Carthage, New York, USA
Locomotive #: MHWA 2454
Train ID: Unknown
Photo Date: October 25, 2011


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By: Joe Hance

Added: Jan 30, 2013

Views: 7,739
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Photo ID: 422334

This is the last switch stand mainline crews would see from the cab before departing (or the first switch returning) and running the 72.2 mile mainline through the forests of northern Minnesota to... (more)

Railroad: Cliffs Erie Railroad
Locomotive: N/A
Location: Hoyt Lakes, Minnesota, USA
Locomotive #: N/A
Train ID: N/A
Photo Date: 2012


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By: Todd M.

Added: Jan 23, 2013

Views: 3,397
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Photo ID: 418631

Happy Holidays to All RPers! Nothing like seeing a manifest in the snow passing through a yard.

For all the images from my morning at Hancock, go Railroad: CSX Transportation (CSXT)
Locomotive: GE ES40DC
Location: Hancock, West Virginia, USA
Locomotive #: CSXT 5288
Train ID: Unknown
Photo Date: January 22, 2012



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By: Janusz Mrozek

Added: Dec 23, 2012

Views: 2,427
Comments: 1

Favorited: 1
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