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  1. SP&S #700

    SP&S #700

    Spokane Portland & Seattle #700 heading back to Brooklyn Yard from an afternoon at BNSF's Vancouver Yard delivering Santa Claus to the families from the Vancouver Terminal pool of employees. #700 is just south of the Vancouver Center crossovers and about to enter the BNSF Columbia...
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    • #700 amtrak bnsf brooklyn burlington depot engine fe northern oregon portland railroad santa seattle sp&s steam subdivis vancouver washington yard
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    • Category: Tourist Railways - Steam Locomotives
  2. UP 8584 SD70ACe Fort Worth 17 Aug 2007

    UP 8584 SD70ACe Fort Worth 17 Aug 2007

    UP 8584 SD70ACe turning southbound at the UP/BNSF diamond in Fort Worth on August 17, 2007.
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    • 8584 engine fort sd70ace train up worth
    • Comments: 1
    • Category: Union Pacific
  3. UP Davidson Yard Fort Worth TX

    UP Davidson Yard Fort Worth TX

    UP Davidson Yard as seen from the Hulen Street overpass on a warm Summer afternoon. August 17, 2007.
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    • engine locomotive texas train up yard
    • Comments: 1
    • Category: Yards
  4. Bird Chaser

    Bird Chaser

    The telephoto lens makes it look like the engineer in UP 9361 GE C40-8W is about to hit some birds as he passes under IH30 near Tower 55 in Fort Worth, TX.
    • David Thorn
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    • 55 9361 bird c40-8w engine ge locomotive tower train tx up
    • Comments: 0
    • Category: Human Interest Photos
  5. BNSF 4863 GE C44-9W Tower 55 Fort Worth

    BNSF 4863 GE C44-9W Tower 55 Fort Worth

    BNSF 4863 GE C44-9W southbound past Tower 55 in Fort Worth, TX. August 18, 2007. Photo edited 16 Feb 2008.
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    • 4863 55 bnsf c44-9w engine ge locomotive tower train
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    • Category: Burlington Northern Santa Fe
  6. Raising the Next Generation of Railfans

    Raising the Next Generation of Railfans

    Young railfan exchanging greetings with the conductor of FWWR 2015 SD40-2 on a warm summer's evening.
    • David Thorn
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    • 2015 emd engine fwwr locomotive sd40-2 texas train
    • Comments: 1
    • Category: Human Interest Photos
  7. Northern Pacific 2-8-0 #25

    Northern Pacific 2-8-0 #25

    Northern Pacific 2-8-0 #25 on display outside the Butte civic center
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    • #25 2-8-0 25 butte center civic engine montana mt northern np pacific steam
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    • Category: Tourist Railways - Steam Locomotives
  8. GVRR 2199 GP7 West Fork Trinity River Bridge

    GVRR 2199 GP7 West Fork Trinity River Bridge

    GVRR 2199 pulls the Tarantula southbound across the West Fork Trinity River bridge on a lazy May afternoon while some folks resting on rocks in the river watch.
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    • 2199 bridge engine gp7 gvrr locomotive texas train
    • Comments: 2
    • Category: Tourist Railways - Diesels
  9. Chinese QJ Photo Freight June 2007

    Chinese QJ Photo Freight June 2007

    On June 9-10, 2007 the Chinese QJ locomotive ran a doubleheader and pulled a revenue freight on the Iowa Interstate from Des Moines to Council Bluffs. The trip was run in cooperation with Steamspecials.com and the Iowa Interstate RR
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    • chinese doubleheader engine qj steam
    • Comments: 1
    • Category: Mainline Excursions
  10. CP 8831

    CP 8831

    My first 8800, CP 8831 is the third unit, behind two AC4400CW, getting fueled after coming home as a light power move from a potash mine. Sure don't look like your typical gas station! The green John Deer tractor/golf cart you see on the side is used to move around the shops. As well, note...
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    • 8831 back cp engine eot es44ac fuel light move potash power saskatoon shop shops sutherland
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    • Category: Canadian Pacific
  11. Valley Falls Engine House

    Valley Falls Engine House

    last Susquehanna B40 to get paint - showing off its new paint, the extra's taking the house track switch
    • ron chouinard
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    • engine falls house valley
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    • Category: Regionals and Shortlines
  12. Metra 419 east passing the MoPac heritage engine

    Metra 419 east passing the MoPac heritage engine

    Metra 419 east approaches its stop at Franklin Park as it passes the MoPac heritage engine, which was the star attraction of this year's Franklin Park Railroad Daze.
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    • 419 east engine heritage metra mopac
    • Comments: 3
    • Category: Central and Midwestern United States
  13. Close up of the Swoosh engine

    Close up of the Swoosh engine

    A close up of this nicely painted BNSF SD40-2 with MRL equipment in the background.
    • Empire Builder
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    • bnsf close engine livingston locomotive montana sd40-2 swoosh up
    • Comments: 8
    • Category: Burlington Northern Santa Fe
  14. The Western Pacific heritage engine heads though Elmhurst

    The Western Pacific heritage engine heads though Elmhurst

    UP SD70ACe #1983, the one of the kind Western Pacific heritage engine, helps out on a eastbound stacker at Elmhurst.
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    • 1983 at elmhurst engine heritage pacific the up western
    • Comments: 1
    • Category: Central and Midwestern United States
  15. Oliver "Ollie" Tibbles

    Oliver "Ollie" Tibbles

    Metra MP36 #401, the Oliver "Ollie" Tibbles engine, and also the first MP36 built, pulls into Downers Grove for a stop.
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    • 401 engine metra mp36ph-3s oliver ollie the tibbles
    • Comments: 0
    • Category: Transit, Light Rail and Commuter
  16. The Katy heritage engine sits at Momence

    The Katy heritage engine sits at Momence

    UP 1988, the one of a kind Katy heritage engine, holds northbound in Momence second out on a manifest.
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    • engine heritage in katy momence sits the
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    • Category: Union Pacific
  17. NS 3395 - SD40-2 - M.J. Scanlon

    NS 3395 - SD40-2 - M.J. Scanlon

    NS 213, led by this ex-CR unit (NS 3395), pushes its intermodal train back into the west side of NS Forrest Yard in Memphis.
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    • 3395 baseball blue conrail cr engine intermodal memphis norfolk ns say southern tennessee train what yard
    • Comments: 1
    • Category: Eastern United States
  18. Engine #60

    Engine #60

    Engine is on display in Idaho Springs, CO. It was built in 1890 by Rock Island Locomotive Works for Union Pacific owned by Narrow Gauge Utah Northern Railroad/
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    • #60 engine
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    • Category: Tourist Railways - Steam Locomotives
  19. Vulcan in Connecticut

    Vulcan in Connecticut

    Recently repainted in a historically correct scheme, this 3 foot gauge former American Steel and Wire (Worcester, Mass) Vulcan 0-4-0T is on display at the Connecticut Antique Machinery Association in Kent, Ct.
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    • 0-4-0t engine mill steel tank vulcan
    • Comments: 1
    • Category: Tourist Railways - Steam Locomotives
  20. Steaming it up!

    Steaming it up!

    C&O #614 heads west on the Southern Tier for Port Jervis, NY.
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    • c&o engine steam
    • Comments: 2
    • Category: Eastern United States


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