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  1. As rare as the Eagle comes

    As rare as the Eagle comes

    For the first time in years a matching set of engines and cars were placed on the front of the Texas Eagle, even more rare then the heritage Genesis was the Dash 8 led unit.
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    • Category: Amtrak and other US Passenger Trains
  2. Matching Phase IV Texas Eagle

    Matching Phase IV Texas Eagle

    For the first time in years a matching set of engines and cars were placed on the front of the Texas Eagle, even more rare then the heritage Genesis was the Dash 8 led unit.
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    • 8 dash eagle genesis longview texas
    • Comments: 3
    • Category: Amtrak and other US Passenger Trains
  3. UP 2010 BSA

    UP 2010 BSA

    UP 2010 chugs through the now quiet zoned downtown Longview on December 30th, 2010 as the DPU on the ITIMN.
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    • Category: Western United States
  4. 844 coming to life

    844 coming to life

    844 is steaming to life in Longview Texas on April 21, 2010 awaiting departure to North Little Rock. This will be the beginning of my 90 mile ride to Texarkana aboard the train.
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    • 844 eagle longview texas valley
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    • Category: Mainline Excursions
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    Comment by 'LansingJct' in media 'DSP2483_03'

    I keep looking at it trying to figure out if model railroad equipment is mixed in there!
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    Comment by 'LansingJct' in media 'A Goldbar Nugget'

    It takes just the right angle to make a straight line down the nose and on top of the cab on all 3 engines!
  7. UP 844 steaming up in the morning

    UP 844 steaming up in the morning

    Starting off its journey in Longview, Texas on the SLWNL-21, the steam crew starts her up in preparation for its journey north to North Little Rock, Arkansas. I rode the train 90 miles into Texarkana and had the best seat in the house....the half door where i was sticking my head out of the top...
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    • Category: Tourist Railways - Steam Locomotives
  8. UP 2010 First Revenue Run

    UP 2010 First Revenue Run

    UP 2010 passing thru Jefferson, Texas on its first revenue run through some fairly dense fog after being revealed in houston 3 days prior.
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    • Category: Union Pacific
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    Comment by 'LansingJct' in media 'UP 1988 through Marshall's Ginocchio Historic District & Hotel'

    Jeff, actually no, the old hotel is the building above the unit i imagine, either way it was either where they slept, ate, or did both back in the days. And where i was standing is a road bridge over the tracks.
  10. UP 1988 through Marshall's Ginocchio Historic District & Hotel

    UP 1988 through Marshall's Ginocchio Historic District & Hotel

    With the length of the train extending throughout the picture, UP 1988 on the point of MFWLI passing between Marshall T&P depot and the old Ginocchio hotel where crews slept and ate between shifts back in the steam era.
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    • Comments: 3
    • Category: Central and Midwestern United States
  11. From the same era

    From the same era

    From about the same era of railroading, the old F40PH still in this phase of paint stops at Ardmore, OK for over an hour due to a sun kink up ahead beside an old BN caboose sitting in the yard ahead of a BN and BNSF SD40-2.
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    • Category: Amtrak and other US Passenger Trains
  12. Looking into the distance

    Looking into the distance

    At the Longview, TX depot, a passenger is looking on at the incoming Texas Eagle 21 on a foggy day
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  13. 3 generations of GE and railroads

    3 generations of GE and railroads

    From lead to back, it just dates older, the first in the consist of GE's creation is the ES44DC, then the C40-9W, and last the Warbonnet Dash 9, all all for different railroads too as the Warbonnet has Santa Fe on the side and front
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    • Category: Central and Midwestern United States
  14. Racing through the sunset

    Racing through the sunset

    A fast moving Texas Eagle 22 straight out of Longview, TX races by MP 82.45 before their crew change in Marshall
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    • Category: Amtrak and other US Passenger Trains
  15. Just another rock train

    Just another rock train

    A unit rock train with the usual 5 GP60's and surprisingly not a patched SP in there head north into Longview, TX before a crew change
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    • Comments: 2
    • Category: Western United States
  16. Friendly waves

    Friendly waves

    A passenger on the ground gives a friendly wave to engineer Dave as the Texas Eagle train 21 pulls into Longview, TX.
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    • Category: Amtrak and other US Passenger Trains


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