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Railroad Pole Lines
Photos showing the railroad pole lines. The pole line used four basic electrical circuits - telegraph, telephone, signaling, and power. Modern technologies of fiber optics, microwave, radio, satellite, and computers have been replacing the pole lines.
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Photo ID: 301068

Anyone want to take a stab at what train this might have been? Figure mid morning and westbound, pulling NH baggage/express and heavyweight PRR/Pullmans in the 1100-series, this pair of EMDs pau... (more)

Railroad: Pennsylvania Railroad
Locomotive: EMD E7(A)
Location: Crestline, Ohio, USA
Locomotive #: PRR 5873
Train ID: passenger/express
Photo Date: May 29, 1954


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By: John Dziobko www.godfatherrails.com

Added: Oct 20, 2009

Views: 10,771
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Favorited: 37
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Photo ID: 300453

Loosely inspired by Richard Steinheimer, A Passion For Trains, Plate 97. If you compare the two, of course, you realize instantly why Steinheimer is Steinheimer and Mrozek is Mrozek. I hope to f... (more)

Railroad: CSX Transportation (CSXT)
Locomotive: GE AC4400CW
Location: Brunswick, Maryland, USA
Locomotive #: CSXT 496
Train ID: Unknown
Photo Date: April 04, 2009


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By: Janusz Mrozek

Added: Oct 14, 2009

Views: 3,225
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Photo ID: 299702

On the day of Winterail, a Southbound San Joaquin from Sacramento rolls into the morning sunrise with one of the State of California's finest EMD F59PHI's doing the dirty work with a clear signal ... (more)

Railroad: Amtrak California
Locomotive: EMD F59PHI
Location: Escalon, California, USA
Locomotive #: CDTX 2001
Train ID: AMTK 702
Photo Date: March 14, 2009


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By: Steven M. Welch

Added: Oct 08, 2009

Views: 3,893
Comments: 2

Favorited: 12
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Photo ID: 298566

Early morning sun glints off the code line and a westbound grain train between McComb and Shawtown on the former Nickel Plate.

Railroad: Norfolk Southern
Locomotive: GE C40-8W (Dash 8-40CW)
Location: McComb, Ohio, USA
Locomotive #: NS 8403
Train ID: NS 51R
Photo Date: July 13, 2009


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By: Aaron J. Border

Added: Sep 27, 2009

Views: 4,119
Comments: 7

Favorited: 20
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Photo ID: 281895

Many aesthetic elements of the railroad earth are fast disappearing as wayside detail is being relegated to generic signal systems and plowed ballast. For now, the SP line over Tehachapi still inc... (more)

Railroad: Union Pacific
Locomotive: EMD SD70ACe
Location: Walong, California, USA
Locomotive #: UP 8322
Train ID: Unknown
Photo Date: April 18, 2009


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By: Rick Erben

Added: Apr 28, 2009

Views: 2,846
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Photo ID: 281620

Lightning races across the sky as the sound of thunder fills the air. The rain is coming down in sheets as I get soaked to the bone. A westbound has just rolled into Altoona and the EOTD can still... (more)

Railroad: Chicago & North Western Railroad
Locomotive: GE C44-9W (Dash 9-44CW)
Location: Altoona, Wisconsin, USA
Locomotive #: CNW 8701
Train ID: UP MSSPR
Photo Date: April 24, 2009


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By: Travis Dewitz

Added: Apr 27, 2009

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Views: 23,262
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Photo ID: 281351

BNSF 797 South begins its climb up the Tehachapi Mountains, as it passes under one of two remaining cantilever signal bridges still in service between Bakersfield and Mojave.

Railroad: BNSF Railway
Locomotive: GE C44-9W (Dash 9-44CW)
Location: Sandcut, California, USA
Locomotive #: BNSF 797
Train ID: M-STOBAR
Photo Date: April 24, 2009


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By: Darren Megowan

Added: Apr 25, 2009

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Views: 23,507
Comments: 31

Favorited: 210
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Photo ID: 276846

12T heads West through Attica with two relics taking the limelight in this shot - the quickly disappearing Conrail leader, and the old code line that used to be used for signal communications with... (more)

Railroad: Norfolk Southern
Locomotive: EMD SD70
Location: Attica, New York, USA
Locomotive #: NS 2577
Train ID: NS 12T
Photo Date: March 17, 2009


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By: Nick Wilson

Added: Mar 22, 2009

Views: 3,261
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Favorited: 9
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Photo ID: 273751

Commuters wait as PA-1 859 arrives with a long commuter train at Ridgewood.

Railroad: Erie Railroad
Locomotive: Alco PA-1
Location: Ridgewood, New Jersey, USA
Locomotive #: 859
Train ID: Unknown
Photo Date: November 17, 1955


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By: Bob Krone

Added: Feb 28, 2009

Views: 8,254
Comments: 5

Favorited: 45
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Photo ID: 266437

The last rays of sunlight on a Friday afternoon in the Mojave Desert glint off of the side of this eastbound manifest climbing out of Cadiz.

Railroad: BNSF Railway
Locomotive: GE C44-9W (Dash 9-44CW)
Location: Cadiz, California, USA
Locomotive #: BNSF 4913
Train ID: Unknown
Photo Date: January, 2009


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By: Chris Starnes

Added: Jan 08, 2009

Views: 5,641
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Favorited: 53


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Photo ID: 264748

CSX's Avon, Ind./Big Four Yard to Lafayette, Ind., turn J726 charges southbound through the intermediate semaphores just north of Linden, Ind. The semaphores and pole line are scheduled to come do... (more)

Railroad: CSX Transportation (CSXT)
Locomotive: GE C40-8W (Dash 8-40CW)
Location: Linden, Indiana, USA
Locomotive #: CSXT 7795
Train ID: CSX J726
Photo Date: November 05, 2008


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By: Eric Powell

Added: Dec 25, 2008

Views: 2,389
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Favorited: 5
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Photo ID: 262063

The orange glow of the setting sun fills the evening sky, as the combined effort of GE and EMD power lift the M-STOBAR up the 1% grade at Sandcut.

Railroad: BNSF Railway
Locomotive: GE C44-9W (Dash 9-44CW)
Location: Sandcut, California, USA
Locomotive #: BNSF 4604
Train ID: M-STOBAR
Photo Date: September 05, 2008


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By: Darren Megowan

Added: Dec 01, 2008

Views: 4,199
Comments: 5

Favorited: 15
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Photo ID: 254170

A northbound blasts past the old code line and signals on former L&N trackage.

Railroad: CSX Transportation (CSXT)
Locomotive: GE ES44DC
Location: Elizabethtown, Kentucky, USA
Locomotive #: CSXT 5411
Train ID: Unknown
Photo Date: May 26, 2008


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By: Nick McLean

Added: Oct 08, 2008

Views: 2,913
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Favorited: 3
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Photo ID: 241866

Eastbound NS 218 passes an ex NKP bracket mast at the west end Payne siding. Today the bracket mast is replaced with modern signals and all of the railroad pole line has been taken down.

Railroad: BNSF Railway
Locomotive: GE C44-9W (Dash 9-44CW)
Location: Payne, Ohio, USA
Locomotive #: BNSF 4566
Train ID: NS 218
Photo Date: August 26, 2007


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By: Matt Weldon

Added: Jul 07, 2008

Views: 2,563
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Photo ID: 231499

A trio of EMDs lead a long Grand Forks - Northtown H-train south into Gardner, paralleling the old Great Northern pole line running the distance between The Forks and Fargo.

Railroad: BNSF Railway
Locomotive: EMD SD40-2
Location: Gardner, North Dakota, USA
Locomotive #: BNSF 8073
Train ID: H-GFDNTW
Photo Date: April 12, 2008


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By: Chris Paulhamus

Added: Apr 14, 2008

Views: 3,018
Comments: 1

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