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  1. Circus Train

    Circus Train

    After an hour of waiting around, I had given up on the Ringling Brothers Barnum & Bailey Blue train and was headed for the barn. As I approached the grade crossing at Rosemont Garden, the flashers lit up and the gates lowered. I looked to my right and there was the Blue train with a...
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    • Category: Circus Trains
  2. TTI and a Tree

    TTI and a Tree

    Blue sky and bright sunshine light up the scene as TTI #5902, on the point of a coal drag, rolls into this scene
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    • Category: Eastern United States
  3. Red, White and Geeps

    Red, White and Geeps

    During a February 2010 snowstorm, a sweet pair of RJ Corman GP9's bring the Beltline Job toward Rupp Yard. This angle shows the difference between the old red/silver Corman livery and the newer all-red paint scheme.
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    • Category: Regionals and Shortlines
  4. Ice Train

    Ice Train

    The 2011 edition of Steamtown's Ice Harvest Excursion train powers through East Scranton, PA on its way to Tobyhanna in the Pocono Mountains. Many thanks to the owner of that Model A for leaving it sitting out in the snow near the railroad tracks!
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    • Category: Mainline Excursions
  5. Electric!

    Electric!

    If it's summer in Iowa, there must be thunderstorms! Iowa Traction, one of the last remaining U.S. electric freight railroads in regular service, works in the Mason City, IA area...so scenes like this one are not unusual. Still, this tremendous thunderhead was impressive enough that even...
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    • Category: Central and Midwestern United States
  6. Mile Marker

    Mile Marker

    Rolling through typical Indiana farmland, NKP #765 passes a classic concrete mile marker on her way to Lacrosse, IN.
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    • Category: Tourist Railways - Steam Locomotives
  7. Railroad Street

    Railroad Street

    Heading out of North Judson, IN along Railroad Street; NKP #765 begins another excursion run to Lacrosse, IN.
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    • Category: Tourist Railways - Steam Locomotives
  8. NKP Coaling Tower

    NKP Coaling Tower

    This impressive coaling tower still stands in Frankfort, Indiana...a former division point on the Nickel Plate. I'm no civil engineer, but the tower appears to be about the tallest structure in town...perhaps only the courthouse dome is taller. (The old N&W "No Tresspassing" sign...
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    • Category: Buildings and Structures
  9. Sunrise Special

    Sunrise Special

    The sun is trying to break through the clouds as CSX's business car special rolls past horse farms enroute to Midway, KY where invited guests will board for a VIP trip to the Kentucky Derby. This would be the last appearance by the sun as clouds and showers rule the rest of the day.
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    • Category: Special Trains, Charters and PV's
  10. Car Wash

    Car Wash

    What better way to spend the day before the Kentucky Derby than scrubbing one of the Derby special trains. Workers at RJ Corman's Rupp Yard clean the CSX OCS coaches which will carry invited guests to Louisville for the festivities at Churchill Downs.
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    • Category: Special Trains, Charters and PV's
  11. Train, Bo

    Train, Bo

    Looks like the pot 'o gold at the end of the "train-bow" is an NS SD40-2; seen here working the yard in Lexington, KY.
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    • Category: Eastern United States
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    Comment by 'bogray' in media 'Pingdingshan Coal Collector'

    Terrific shot and amazing atmosphere...well done!
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    Comment by 'bogray' in media 'Haulin' Hoods'

    Interestingly enough, just last weekend (3/7/09) I spotted another NB truckload of hoods at almost exactly the same spot on I-65 in Nashville at nearly the same time of day. This time, however, I was headed SB and had no chance to get a photo.
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    Comment by 'bogray' in media '"It won't lock up"'

    Amazing shot...well done!
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    Comment by 'bogray' in media 'CP 9630 North'

    cool shot...the b/w treatment works well!
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