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Fireworks - Lightning - Sparks
Sparks fly over the railroads from celebration fireworks, maintenance and repair "sparks", locomotive exhaust fireworks, and nature's light show.
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Photo ID: 420584

Meeting the Torch... A scraping outfit from Ft. Scott, KS is underway in cutting up an OGEX bethgon that derailed at Santa Fe Jct. back in August.

Railroad: Untitled
Locomotive: N/A
Location: Kansas City, Kansas, USA
Locomotive #: Unknown
Train ID: Unknown
Photo Date: January 05, 2013


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By: Nick Smith

Added: Jan 07, 2013

Views: 4,889
Comments: 2

Favorited: 19
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Photo ID: 412356

Loram crew member watches the grinding as railgrinder grinds Norfolk Southern mainline

Railroad: Loram
Locomotive: RGI 401
Location: Hagerstown, Maryland, USA
Locomotive #: LMIX 401
Train ID: Unknown
Photo Date: October 18, 2012


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By: Joe Goodrich

Added: Oct 19, 2012

Views: 4,156
Comments: 0

Favorited: 13
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Photo ID: 411513

As the ‘blue hour’ settles in at dusk on the cold winter day of February 15, 1992, a Loram rail grinder slowly works its way west through Pewaukee, Wisconsin, on Soo Line’s former Milwaukee ... (more)

Railroad: Loram
Locomotive: Rail Grinder
Location: Pewaukee, Wisconsin, USA
Locomotive #: Unknown
Train ID: Unknown
Photo Date: February 15, 1992


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By: Mike Danneman

Added: Oct 09, 2012

Views: 3,213
Comments: 1

Favorited: 16
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Photo ID: 408621

After a large gang of Union Pacific maintenance-of-way workers replaced the frog at the west switch of Mounds, Utah, on the morning of May 11, 2006, a welder finishes up one of the joints with a g... (more)

Railroad: Union Pacific
Locomotive: none
Location: Mounds, Utah, USA
Locomotive #: n/a
Train ID: n/a
Photo Date: May 11, 2006


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By: Mike Danneman

Added: Sep 09, 2012

Views: 8,205
Comments: 1

Favorited: 17
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Photo ID: 408446

Photographers get their shots of fireworks over the assembled locos outside Marley Hill engine shed during the photographic evening at Tanfield Railway.

Railroad: Tanfield Railway
Locomotive: Steam 0-6-0
Location: Gateshead, United Kingdom
Locomotive #: Unknown
Train ID: Unknown
Photo Date: September 07, 2012


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By: Craig Allan

Added: Sep 07, 2012

Views: 2,541
Comments: 1

Favorited: 8


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Photo ID: 408142

With an average of over 2,900 lightning strikes per 30 minutes, severe thunderstorms light up the sky over the Florida East Coast.

Railroad: Florida East Coast Railroad (FEC)
Locomotive: NA
Location: Melbourne, Florida, USA
Locomotive #: Unknown
Train ID: FEC 222
Photo Date: June, 2012


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By: John Doughty

Added: Sep 04, 2012

Views: 2,726
Comments: 0

Favorited: 18
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Photo ID: 407855

Mother nature puts on a show making a great backdrop for the old C&O signal.

Railroad: CSX Transportation (CSXT)
Locomotive: N/A
Location: Sandstone, West Virginia, USA
Locomotive #: Unknown
Train ID: Unknown
Photo Date: March 29, 2012


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By: Travis Giles

Added: Sep 02, 2012

Views: 2,671
Comments: 0

Favorited: 22
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Photo ID: 407764

A track worked cuts rail in preparation for spot welding the joint.

Railroad: BNSF Railway
Locomotive: N/A
Location: Downers Grove, Illinois, USA
Locomotive #: N/A
Train ID: Unknown
Photo Date: August 18, 2012


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By: Paul Hoffmann

Added: Aug 31, 2012

Views: 2,730
Comments: 1

Favorited: 10
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Photo ID: 406913

Fireworks in Hungary and the new Metros - August 20th 20th, you can witness such an event and see how Hungarians celebrate one of their most important public holidays, Constitution Day. Howeve... (more)

Railroad: Budapest Transport Limited (BKV.Zrt)
Locomotive: Alstom Metro
Location: Budapest, Hungary
Locomotive #: New Alstommetro
Train ID: 1-6
Photo Date: August 20, 2012


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By: MVGY-RT

Added: Aug 22, 2012

Views: 3,947
Comments: 3

Favorited: 26
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Photo ID: 406400

Changing of the Guard.. A Cranemasters employee has just began cutting on the C&O signal heads protecting eastbound movements on main two at Mt. Carbon.. Within an hour, the entire cantilever wil... (more)

Railroad: CSX Transportation (CSXT)
Locomotive: N/A
Location: Mt. Carbon, West Virginia, USA
Locomotive #: Unknown
Train ID: Unknown
Photo Date: August 15, 2012


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By: Chase Gunnoe

Added: Aug 16, 2012

Views: 4,087
Comments: 2

Favorited: 15


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Photo ID: 405563

What a perfect day for grinding rail --- snowy, cold and overcast ten miles west of Denver with little chance of causing grass or brush fires. Loram RG8 is westbound at walking speed.

Railroad: Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad
Locomotive: Loram
Location: Arvada, Colorado, USA
Locomotive #: RG8
Train ID: work extra
Photo Date: December 14, 1988


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By: Steve Patterson

Added: Aug 07, 2012

Views: 4,278
Comments: 0

Favorited: 27
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Photo ID: 404643

With record high temperatures set during the day, and a cold front pushing thru towards evening, the storms sure packed a punch over Iowa by late evening. Here a storm reaches serve level East of ... (more)

Railroad: Canadian National Railway
Locomotive: n/a
Location: East of Raymond, Iowa, USA
Locomotive #: n/a
Train ID: n/a
Photo Date: July 24, 2012


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By: Craig Williams

Added: Jul 28, 2012

Views: 6,746
Comments: 6

Favorited: 61
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Photo ID: 404318

An evening thunderstorm is passing east over northern Illinois putting on quite the lighting show. The lighting spend over hour spreading out across the night sky making for easy photography. The ... (more)

Railroad: Canadian Pacific Railway
Locomotive: n/a
Location: Pleasant Prairie, Wisconsin, USA
Locomotive #: n/a
Train ID: n/a
Photo Date: July 18, 2012


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By: Craig Williams

Added: Jul 24, 2012

Views: 4,817
Comments: 1

Favorited: 42
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Photo ID: 403725

Standing guard at the E.E. Coal River Siding, the soon to be replaced C&O mast signal displays two red signals, just minutes before blacking out as a result of a power outage. The winds and lightn... (more)

Railroad: CSX Transportation (CSXT)
Locomotive: N/A
Location: Upper Falls, West Virginia, USA
Locomotive #: Unknown
Train ID: Unknown
Photo Date: May 05, 2012


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By: Chase Gunnoe

Added: Jul 17, 2012

Views: 3,773
Comments: 3

Favorited: 19
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Photo ID: 402939

Norfolk Southern's Illinois Terminal heritage unit is celebrated with fireworks as she backs onto the turntable.

Railroad: Norfolk Southern
Locomotive: EMD SD70ACe
Location: Spencer, North Carolina, USA
Locomotive #: NS 1072
Train ID: Unknown
Photo Date: July 03, 2012


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By: Jonathan Guy

Added: Jul 09, 2012

Views: 5,539
Comments: 1

Favorited: 23
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