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Whoa! Talk about luck!
A collection of those lucky shots where you just happen to be in the right place at the right time.
Photo Album By: Bob Pickering (BP)
 
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Photo ID: 539864

The longest Empire Builder I've personally seen climbs through the Lake Park curves on a perfect summer morning behind four locomotives.

Railroad: Amtrak
Locomotive: GE P42DC
Location: Lake Park, Minnesota, USA
Locomotive #: AMTK 207
Train ID: AMTK 8
Photo Date: July 25, 2015


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By: Bryant Kaden

Added: Jul 25, 2015

Views: 6,080
Comments: 1

Favorited: 22
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Photo ID: 538600

After a clear signal appears on the north track at Dorval, AMT #12 proceeds on the south track, with AMT 1352 leading.

Railroad: Agence Metropolitaine de Transport
Locomotive: Bombardier ALP-45DP
Location: Dorval, Quebec, Canada
Locomotive #: AMT 1352
Train ID: AMT #12
Photo Date: July 16, 2015


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By: Nicolas Houde

Added: Jul 16, 2015

Views: 2,411
Comments: 1

Favorited: 6
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Photo ID: 536792

BNSF 8262 East meets a westbound stack train at Quinlan on the eastern slope of Curtis Hill.

Railroad: Burlington Northern Santa Fe
Locomotive: GE ES44C4
Location: Quinlan, Oklahoma, USA
Locomotive #: BNSF 8272
Train ID: Unknown
Photo Date: June 06, 2015


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By: Steve Schmollinger

Added: Jun 30, 2015

Views: 1,898
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Favorited: 3
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Photo ID: 536459

IC 1019 departs the ore docks on the CN Bessemer Sub southbound as NS 22K stack train passes over head on the former NKP.

Railroad: Illinois Central
Locomotive: EMD SD70
Location: Conneaut, Ohio, USA
Locomotive #: IC 1019
Train ID: Unknown
Photo Date: June 09, 2015


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By: Jim Johnston

Added: Jun 28, 2015

Views: 6,215
Comments: 3

Favorited: 44
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Photo ID: 536358

I'm lucky man for this shoot ! The high speed trainsets #742 and #743 are crossing at ~270 Kph shoot was taken at right time !

Railroad: SNCF
Locomotive: TGV Dasye 742 + 743
Location: Crisenoy (77), France
Locomotive #: Unknown
Train ID: Unknown
Photo Date: June 27, 2015


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By: Daniel Minaca

Added: Jun 27, 2015

Views: 4,141
Comments: 3

Favorited: 10


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Photo ID: 535822

Its very rare you will ever see two Acela locomotives being pulled by a diesel. Its even more rare when it occurs on Norfolk Southern Territory. But that is the case on this day. KP701 takes two A... (more)

Railroad: Amtrak
Locomotive: EMD GP38-3
Location: Newark, Delaware, USA
Locomotive #: AMTK 721
Train ID: AMTK KP701
Photo Date: June 22, 2015


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By: Evan Schilling

Added: Jun 22, 2015

Views: 7,340
Comments: 3

Favorited: 27
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Photo ID: 535816

CP in Kansas. CP 6043 is the lead motor on the B91 transfer seen crossing Kansas Ave in KCK. The train is a transfer of autoracks heading into UP's Armourdale Yard. On the High Line above, a rerou... (more)

Railroad: Canadian Pacific Railway
Locomotive: EMD SD40-2
Location: Kansas City, Kansas, USA
Locomotive #: CP 6043
Train ID: CP B91
Photo Date: June 22, 2015


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By: Nick Smith

Added: Jun 22, 2015

Views: 3,163
Comments: 0

Favorited: 10
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Photo ID: 522908

Three of the four mainline tracks are occupied in Elizabeth. North and southbound NJ Transit trains are on Tracks 1 and 4, while an Amtrak AEM-7 is pushing an eastbound Keystone Service train. Not... (more)

Railroad: Amtrak
Locomotive: ASEA AEM-7
Location: Elizabeth, New Jersey, USA
Locomotive #: Amtrak 919
Train ID:
Photo Date: March 12, 2015


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By: Carl Perelman

Added: Mar 13, 2015

Views: 4,680
Comments: 2

Favorited: 24
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Photo ID: 522825

The somewhat elusive Conrail OI-8 makes an early afternoon run from Oak Island Yard to Metuchen Yard via Amtrak's Northeast Corridor. Hearing this train on the radio was a nice surprise, but an e... (more)

Railroad: CSX Transportation (CSXT)
Locomotive: EMD SD45-2
Location: Elizabeth, New Jersey, USA
Locomotive #: CSXT 8886
Train ID: CR OI-8
Photo Date: March 12, 2015


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By: Robert Pisani

Added: Mar 12, 2015

Views: 4,085
Comments: 7

Favorited: 17
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Photo ID: 519634

After the day has come to a end for me on CSX. I was getting reports of a NS 939 with P&W units, as the rumors came true as the NS 939 hammers the Interlocking switch at CPF-499 with P&W 4005 a lo... (more)

Railroad: Providence and Worcester Railroad
Locomotive: GE C40-8W (Dash 8-40CW)
Location: Delanson, New York, USA
Locomotive #: P&W 4005
Train ID: NS 939
Photo Date: February 18, 2015


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By: Anthony Giminiani

Added: Feb 18, 2015

Views: 3,974
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Favorited: 21


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Photo ID: 518808

An eastbound meets the westbound K line stack train at Erie.

Railroad: Union Pacific
Locomotive: GE ES44AC
Location: Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Locomotive #: UP 7348
Train ID: UP 7348 West
Photo Date: February 12, 2015


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By: Bob Pickering (BP)

Added: Feb 13, 2015

Views: 2,046
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Favorited: 1
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Photo ID: 518100

The first meet of the afternoon was between this Z9 (I think the old 199) and an stack train. We watched this unfold both of us not believing it would be timed just right...it was.

Railroad: BNSF Railway
Locomotive: GE ES44DC
Location: Kingman, Arizona, USA
Locomotive #: BNSF 7896
Train ID: BNSF 7896 West
Photo Date: February 07, 2015


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By: Bob Pickering (BP)

Added: Feb 07, 2015

Views: 3,301
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Favorited: 14
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Photo ID: 518095

The 2nd meet inside of an hour, two almost identical Z trains meet in the middle of Kingman Canyon. What luck!

Railroad: BNSF Railway
Locomotive: GE ES44C4
Location: Kingman, Arizona, USA
Locomotive #: BNSF 6534
Train ID: BNSF 6534 West
Photo Date: February 07, 2015


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By: Bob Pickering (BP)

Added: Feb 07, 2015

Views: 2,933
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Favorited: 6
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Photo ID: 514734

Northwestern RR and Northwest Airlines: CNW SD45 #964 leads an eastbound train through Bryn Mawr interlocking toward Proviso Yard, while a Northwest Airlines 747 freighter passes overhead on fina... (more)

Railroad: Chicago & North Western Railroad
Locomotive: EMD SD45
Location: Bryn Mawr, Illinois, USA
Locomotive #: CNW 964
Train ID: Unknown
Photo Date: April 17, 1988


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By: Run8diesel

Added: Jan 16, 2015

Views: 9,811
Comments: 4

Favorited: 70
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Photo ID: 513999

A meet at sunset. Northbound Acela Express, led by #2011, meets its southbound counterpart, AMTK #2035, just south of Claymont, DE.

Railroad: Amtrak
Locomotive: Bombardier/Alstom Acela Express Trainset
Location: Claymont, Delaware, USA
Locomotive #: AMTK 2011
Train ID: Unknown
Photo Date: November 10, 2014


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By: Mitch Goldman

Added: Jan 10, 2015

Views: 3,456
Comments: 2

Favorited: 13
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