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Photo ID: 406689

The quite and peaceful still of the Feather River canyon is broken by the rumble of a pair of spotless SD59MX motors as they make their way for Portola just west of Two Rivers. After these rebuilt... (more)

Railroad: Union Pacific
Locomotive: EMD SD59MX
Location: Two Rivers, California, USA
Locomotive #: UP 9912
Train ID: LRC68-18
Photo Date: August 18, 2012


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By: Ryan S.

Added: Aug 20, 2012

Views: 2,951
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Favorited: 19
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Photo ID: 406671

Two Canadian Pacific GEVO's lead NS 189 out of the twin tunnels at Huger near Welch, WV on a damp August 18th, 2012 morning

Railroad: Canadian Pacific Railway
Locomotive: GE ES44AC
Location: Huger, West Virginia, USA
Locomotive #: CP 8851
Train ID: NS 189
Photo Date: August 18, 2012


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By: Samuel Phillips

Added: Aug 19, 2012

Views: 2,424
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Favorited: 12
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Photo ID: 406666

In full throttle, an SD60/ES44AC duo struggle upgrade with a loaded coal train in tow. They'll soon climb the summit, and will glide downgrade into Lester, Maben, and eventually Elmore.

Railroad: Norfolk Southern
Locomotive: EMD SD60
Location: Harper, West Virginia, USA
Locomotive #: NS 6626
Train ID: NS U91
Photo Date: August 17, 2012


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By: Chase Gunnoe

Added: Aug 19, 2012

Views: 2,512
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Favorited: 19
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Photo ID: 406650

Looking back towards Bena, this BNSF Northbound is leaving the Tehachapi's behind as it races towards Bakersfield. Note the bridge replacement on Bena road to the right of the photo.

Railroad: BNSF Railway
Locomotive: GE C44-9W (Dash 9-44CW)
Location: Bena, California, USA
Locomotive #: BNSF 4502
Train ID: Unknown
Photo Date: August 18, 2012


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By: Mojavesubmp347.0

Added: Aug 19, 2012

Views: 4,863
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Favorited: 25
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Photo ID: 406128

Havent gotten into too much rail photography here in VA yet, but I have been peeking around here and there. For a Westerner, the coal cars intrigue me a bit. This shot was set up perfect since th... (more)

Railroad: CSX Transportation (CSXT)
Locomotive: No loco
Location: Newport News, Virginia, USA
Locomotive #: Unknown
Train ID: Unknown
Photo Date: July 01, 2012


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By: raylewis

Added: Aug 13, 2012

Views: 8,586
Comments: 13

Favorited: 53


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Photo ID: 405588

Last Snow of the Season (2011)....In what turned out to be the last "Snow Storm" for 2011 (Believe me you should have heard all the hype from the weatherman that this was going to be the "Big One"... (more)

Railroad: SMS Railroad
Locomotive: GE B23-7
Location: Duanesburg, New York, USA
Locomotive #: 4211
Train ID: NE-1
Photo Date: April 01, 2011


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By: Dean J. Splittgerber

Added: Aug 07, 2012

Views: 2,812
Comments: 0

Favorited: 17
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Photo ID: 405539

Returning from Rutland

Railroad: Delaware & Hudson
Locomotive: Baldwin RF-16
Location: Whitehall, New York, USA
Locomotive #: DH 1216
Train ID: Unknown
Photo Date: April, 1977


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By: Don Oltmann

Added: Aug 07, 2012

Views: 9,695
Comments: 4

Favorited: 75
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Photo ID: 405497

Westbound empty coal train passing through Kinsley, Kansas, on the Santa Fe's La Junta Subdivision in late fall 1992. The train's two warbonnet C40-8W locomotives are leading empty hoppers back to... (more)

Railroad: Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe (ATSF)
Locomotive: GE C40-8W (Dash 8-40CW)
Location: Kinsley, Kansas, USA
Locomotive #: ATSF 854
Train ID: Unknown
Photo Date: October, 1992


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By: Center for Railroad Photography and Art

Added: Aug 06, 2012

Views: 8,442
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Favorited: 48
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Photo ID: 405483

Running on the former Tennessee Central Railway, new operator on a portion of the line -- Nashville & Eastern -- 2517 was westbound near Boma, Tenn. on Nov. 30, 1988, 79 miles east of Nashville. ... (more)

Railroad: Nashville & Eastern Railroad
Locomotive: EMD CF7
Location: Boma, Tennessee, USA
Locomotive #: NERR 2517
Train ID: Unknown
Photo Date: November 30, 1988


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By: Steve Patterson

Added: Aug 06, 2012

Views: 3,641
Comments: 2

Favorited: 15
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Photo ID: 405257

One of the best years for colorful fall leaves in Spanish Fork Canyon was in 1994. On Sept. 22nd, saturation is at its peak as Southern Pacific's MNGVC (Minntac, MN - Geneva, UT) ore train glides ... (more)

Railroad: Southern Pacific Railroad
Locomotive: GE C44-9W (Dash 9-44CW)
Location: Spanish Fork Canyon, Utah, USA
Locomotive #: SP 8115
Train ID: MNGVC
Photo Date: September 22, 1994


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By: James Belmont

Added: Aug 04, 2012

Views: 6,597
Comments: 7

Favorited: 64


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Photo ID: 404605

Colorado & Southern GE U30C's 891 and 893 team up with four SD-9's leading a southbound freight over Colorado's Joint Line near Buttes on Feb. 3, 1969. The train is running on AT&SF track and the... (more)

Railroad: Chicago Burlington & Quincy Railroad
Locomotive: GE U30C
Location: Buttes, Colorado, USA
Locomotive #: CBQ 891
Train ID: Unknown
Photo Date: February 03, 1969


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By: Steve Patterson

Added: Jul 27, 2012

Views: 7,060
Comments: 2

Favorited: 44
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Photo ID: 404603

Southbound WP&Y Train 2 with three specially-built GE units (Nos. 98, 97, 92) is now in Alaska and USA territory and exits the only tunnel on the 110-mile line twenty-one miles after leaving the 2... (more)

Railroad: White Pass & Yukon Route
Locomotive: GEX 3341
Location: White Pass, Alaska, USA
Locomotive #: WPYR 98
Train ID: Unknown
Photo Date: September 02, 1978


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By: Steve Patterson

Added: Jul 27, 2012

Views: 5,306
Comments: 1

Favorited: 11
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Photo ID: 404600

Westbound NS Gulf Turn passing through Willow Springs, NC in this Summer 1972 scene behind a single GP18.

Railroad: Norfolk Southern
Locomotive: EMD GP18
Location: Willow Springs, North Carolina, USA
Locomotive #: NS 9
Train ID: Unknown
Photo Date: June, 1972


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By: Tom Sink

Added: Jul 27, 2012

Views: 4,253
Comments: 5

Favorited: 42
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Photo ID: 404572

On a beautiful springtime morning in the Wasatch Mountains, the Rio Grande Zephyr train #18 climbs through the spectacular upper Gilluly horseshoe curve. What I wouldn't give to take a ride in one... (more)

Railroad: Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad
Locomotive: EMD F9(A)
Location: Soldier Summit, Utah, USA
Locomotive #: DRGW 5771
Train ID: DRGW #18
Photo Date: April 08, 1979


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By: James Belmont

Added: Jul 27, 2012

Views: 3,793
Comments: 1

Favorited: 36
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Photo ID: 404563

One of the most luxourious trains worldwide is the "Venice Simplon-Orient-Express" (VSOE), founded by James Sherwood of Kentucky, USA, in 1982, and part of the Orient-Express Hotels Ltd today. The... (more)

Railroad: SBB
Locomotive: Re 4/4 II
Location: Oberrüti, Switzerland
Locomotive #: 11194, 11140
Train ID: 13469
Photo Date: July 27, 2012


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By: Georg Trüb

Added: Jul 27, 2012

Views: 6,402
Comments: 1

Favorited: 13
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