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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: 287451

Loram Rail Grinder in action at Alliance Ohio, close up. 80-200 f2.8 lens.

Railroad: Loram
Locomotive: Loram Rail Grinder
Location: Alliance, Ohio, USA
Locomotive #: RG 306
Train ID: Unknown
Photo Date: October 01, 2007


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By: Dave Hyman

Added: Jun 15, 2009

Views: 6,495
Comments: 2

Favorited: 12
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Photo ID: 286274

A shot of the now removed semaphores at Bargo in stormy weather.

Railroad: CityRail
Locomotive: N/A
Location: Sydney NSW, Australia
Locomotive #: Unknown
Train ID: Unknown
Photo Date: March 20, 2008


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By: Lee Baxter

Added: Jun 04, 2009

Views: 3,082
Comments: 4

Favorited: 13
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Photo ID: 286198

North Carolina Transportation Museums Southern E8 6900 puts on a fireworks display during a night photo session put on in conjunction with the SRHA convention held there that year.

Railroad: Southern Railway
Locomotive: EMD E8(A)
Location: Spencer, North Carolina, USA
Locomotive #: SOU 6900
Train ID: Unknown
Photo Date: May 10, 1996


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By: Joe Vittitoe

Added: Jun 03, 2009

Views: 9,876
Comments: 3

Favorited: 50
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Photo ID: 284560

A maintainers job is never over, here we see one just after sunset griding away where a bond was broken off by the southbound GLC train and a new one will be put on shortley after this. Taken fro... (more)

Railroad: Great Lakes Central
Locomotive: none
Location: Owosso, Michigan, USA
Locomotive #: Unknown
Train ID: Unknown
Photo Date: May 10, 2009


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By: Steven Mckay

Added: May 21, 2009

Views: 2,188
Comments: 0

Favorited: 3
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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: 23,296
Comments: 41

Favorited: 224


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Photo ID: 274121

Grinding a Thermite weld

Railroad: Canadian National
Locomotive: None
Location: Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Locomotive #: N/A
Train ID: N/A
Photo Date: October 23, 2008


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By: Tom Hewitt

Added: Mar 02, 2009

Views: 3,523
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Favorited: 4
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Photo ID: 273673

Restoration work is well underway as welding and grinding work on a vintage rail car lights up the inside of Jackson Street Roundhouse.

Railroad: Great Northern
Locomotive: Business Car
Location: Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA
Locomotive #: GN A11
Train ID: Unknown
Photo Date: February 21, 2009


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By: Jason Rathbun

Added: Feb 27, 2009

Views: 5,676
Comments: 3

Favorited: 12
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Photo ID: 271616

Matthew Murray at the end of the day dropping its fire in the Oldest railway shed in the world.

Railroad: Tanfield Railway
Locomotive: Steam 0-4-0
Location: Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
Locomotive #: Unknown
Train ID: Unknown
Photo Date: September 13, 2006


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By: davehewitt

Added: Feb 13, 2009

Views: 5,337
Comments: 3

Favorited: 14
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Photo ID: 269028

Running a railroad depends on many types of workers to make it run. Here a crew from the Derby Shops are called upon in sub zero weather to put an air hose bracket on a boxcar that was pulled off... (more)

Railroad: Montreal, Maine & Atlantic
Locomotive: GE B39-8 (Dash 8-39B)
Location: Brownville Junction, Maine, USA
Locomotive #: MMA 8592
Train ID: Job 2
Photo Date: January 25, 2009


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By: Rod Bushway

Added: Jan 27, 2009

Views: 5,088
Comments: 2

Favorited: 10
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Photo ID: 267488

A brilliant bolt of purple lightning makes an awesome backdrop for the interlocking signals at CP-431 in Depew, NY

Railroad: CSX Transportation (CSXT)
Locomotive: None
Location: Depew, New York, USA
Locomotive #: Unknown
Train ID: Unknown
Photo Date: August 08, 2008


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By: adam_vester

Added: Jan 16, 2009

Views: 6,635
Comments: 4

Favorited: 55


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Photo ID: 266439

Gulf & Ohio Railways steam crew worker Stacey Smith works to remove some of the 248 old boiler tubes from the 1890-built Southern Railway 2-8-0 #154 which is currently being restored by the G&O fo... (more)

Railroad: Southern Railway
Locomotive: Steam 2-8-0
Location: Knoxville, Tennessee, USA
Locomotive #: KXHR 154
Train ID: Unknown
Photo Date: November, 2008


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By: Chris Starnes

Added: Jan 08, 2009

Views: 3,010
Comments: 0

Favorited: 5
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Photo ID: 263748

3534 undergoes some serious modification inside the Loki Shop at the Henderson Mill site in mid-1981. The photographer had to help put it all back together again!

Railroad: Henderson Mine Railroad
Locomotive: AMAX GEC
Location: Silverthorne, Colorado, USA
Locomotive #: GEC 3534
Train ID: Unknown
Photo Date: July, 1981


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By: Chris Nuthall

Added: Dec 17, 2008

Views: 2,891
Comments: 0

Favorited: 3
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Photo ID: 262162

While hundreds of people were gathered around CP's Holiday Train just across the river, these two Susquehanna EMDs sat idling near the Frito Lay plant alongside Route 11 mostly unnoticed. Note the... (more)

Railroad: New York, Susquehanna & Western (NYS&W)
Locomotive: EMD SD45
Location: Binghamton, New York, USA
Locomotive #: NYSW 3634
Train ID: Unknown
Photo Date: November 28, 2008


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By: Christopher Blaszczyk

Added: Dec 02, 2008

Views: 6,546
Comments: 5

Favorited: 24
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Photo ID: 262015

Viewed from above off the Tin Bridge, Wellington. Engineers are seen cutting rails while track relaying is being undertaken.

Railroad: Untitled
Locomotive: none
Location: Wellington, United Kingdom
Locomotive #: Unknown
Train ID: Unknown
Photo Date: November 30, 2008


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By: Mike Hemming

Added: Nov 30, 2008

Views: 4,897
Comments: 3

Favorited: 10
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Photo ID: 259306

This crew finishes up a fresh weld by grinding it into it's final shape. They will have to hurry as the Heartland Corridor Tunnel project curfew is being lifted/

Railroad: Norfolk Southern
Locomotive: Hi-Rail Bonders truck.
Location: War Eagle, West Virginia, USA
Locomotive #: Unknown
Train ID: Unknown
Photo Date: November 04, 2008


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By: J.B. Lockard

Added: Nov 08, 2008

Views: 3,383
Comments: 2

Favorited: 9
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