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  1. Thunderclouds at Yuba Pass

    Thunderclouds at Yuba Pass

    A BNSF trackage rights train rolls down the west slope of the Sierra Nevada at Yuba Pass, California in June of 2000. Thunderclouds are looming over the 7000 foot level of Donner Pass, and will cover the west slope soon.
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    • bnsf burlington dash-9 donner fe northern pacific pass roseville santa sub union yuba
    • Comments: 2
    • Category: Western United States
  2. Night Photo Session Train Festival 2009

    Night Photo Session Train Festival 2009

    The SP #4449 has a slight problem enroute to the night photo session at Train Festival. A split switch caused the front axle of the pilot truck to derail. 3 hours later everything was OK
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    • 4449 daylight pacific southern trainfestival
    • Comments: 0
    • Category: Tourist Railways - Steam Locomotives
  3. Steam Trains in the Midwest

    Steam Trains in the Midwest

    SP #4449 exits the west portal at Tunnel City. This is the only tunnel on an active railroad in Wisconsin. This is on the Canadian Pacific, former Milwaukee Road tracks, west of Tomah
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    • 4449 city pacific southern tunnel wisconsin
    • Comments: 2
    • Category: Mainline Excursions
  4. Steam Trains in the Midwest

    Steam Trains in the Midwest

    SP #4449 departs Milwaukee, WI on August 3, 2009 crossing the Menonomee River with Miller Park in the background
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    • 4449 daylight milwaukee pacific southern wisconsin
    • Comments: 1
    • Category: Mainline Excursions
  5. SP #4449 at Train Festival 2009

    SP #4449 at Train Festival 2009

    SP #4449 pulls an excursion southbound on July 23, 2009 for Train Festival 2009
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    • 4449 daylight pacific southern trainfestival
    • Comments: 1
    • Category: Mainline Excursions
  6. Down by the bay

    Down by the bay

    Union Pacific run-through power on a 'US PNW Empties' Grain train.
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    • bay by canadian coleman crowsnest down lake pacific pass the union
    • Comments: 4
    • Category: Canada
  7. Don't often see this!

    Don't often see this!

    With A GP20 in the lead,the Puget Sound and Pacific manifest Elma-Hoquiam and return has completed its work at Hoquiam and is shown eastbound coming off Swingbridge 68 at Aberdeen,WA headed towards the Sierra Pacific Mill to pickup more loads.
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    • aberdeen gp20 hoquiam pacific psap sierra
    • Comments: 5
    • Category: Western United States
  8. Cotton Belt at San Ardo

    Cotton Belt at San Ardo

    Cotton Belt 9666 leads the Union Pacific "Santa Margarita Turn" near San Ardo, California in February of 2002. Rain clouds are not far off in the distance on this day.
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    • ardo belt california coast cotton freight line pacific san southern sp ssw union up
    • Comments: 5
    • Category: Western United States
  9. Waterfowl and tunnel motors

    Waterfowl and tunnel motors

    The UP Roseville to San Jose manifest creeps around the curve at Alviso, California in May of 2001. Two ducks fly overhead as this is the bottom of San Francisco Bay.
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    • alviso bay california coast ducks francisco line motors pacific san sd40t-2 southern sub tunnel union
    • Comments: 2
    • Category: Western United States
  10. BNSF at Gold Run

    BNSF at Gold Run

    A BNSF trackage rights train rolls off the west slope of the Sierra Nevada at Gold Run, California in June of 2000. BNSF gets to run two trains daily over Donner Pass as per the merger agreements.
    • SamReeves
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    • bnsf burlington c44-9w california dash-9 donner fe gold northern pacific pass roseville run santa sub union
    • Comments: 1
    • Category: Western United States
  11. Moose Jaw Geeps

    Moose Jaw Geeps

    1686 and 1501 are the current residents of the west Moose Jaw yard.
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    • 1501 1686 canadian geeps gp7u jaw job moose pacific switcher work yard
    • Comments: 2
    • Category: Canadian Pacific
  12. OMLX 3108 SD35E

    OMLX 3108 SD35E

    Ex-Southern Pacific SD35E rusts away on one of the many dead lines up in The Pas this summer. While I don't know an actual retire date, I know that at around 2004 it was no longer in service, meaning that it would have only had a service life of 3 years on HBRY. This engine arrived to replace...
    • KermitC
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    • cn hbry pacific pas southern
    • Comments: 1
    • Category: Regionals and Shortlines
  13. ES44C UP 7708

    ES44C UP 7708

    UP 7708 empty rock train tied down at TRAPROCK waiting to be loaded.
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    • 7708 pacific union
    • Comments: 1
    • Category: Union Pacific
  14. Golden West Bound Stacker

    Golden West Bound Stacker

    A westbound stacker paused on the side of old US Highway 80 in Midland, Texas gets lit up by the golden rays of the setting sun. Union Pacific 7730 and 7737 are both ES44ACs (or C45ACCTEs as UP calls them).
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    • c45accte colorful es44ac pacific parked stacker sunset union
    • Comments: 3
    • Category: Central and Midwestern United States
  15. Starlight with "rocketship"

    Starlight with "rocketship"

    Amtrak's "Coast Starlight" heads southbound between Soledad and King City, California on the Coast Line in April of 2002. The train has drawn an Amtrak-California F59PHI or "rocketship" as named by the train crews for its styling.
    • SamReeves
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    • amtrak california coast f59phi line metz pacific starlight union
    • Comments: 4
    • Category: Transit, Light Rail and Commuter
  16. UP mainfest at San Lucas

    UP mainfest at San Lucas

    A Union Pacific manifest heads northbound on the Coast Line at San Lucas, California in April of 2002. The fleet of UP SD70M's have just supplanted the last of the SP power. Gone are the days of SP locomotives.
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    • california coast line lucas pacific salinas san sd70m union up valley
    • Comments: 1
    • Category: Western United States
  17. 1233 at the floodgates

    1233 at the floodgates

    Former Southern Pacific 0-6-0 number 1233 crosses the floodgates for the Sacramento River near West Sacramento, California in October of 1996. Should the river become swollen, these gates will open into the flat floodplain and onto part of the Yolo Shortline's main.
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    • 0-6-0 1233 california locomotive pacific sacramento shortline southern steam west yolo
    • Comments: 1
    • Category: Tourist Railways - Steam Locomotives
  18. Rolling to Hollister

    Rolling to Hollister

    The Southern Pacific "Hollister Local" rolls towards its namesake city in September of 1996. The local has drawn a single GP40-2 for the flat and slow run on the Hollister Branch.
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    • benito branch california county farms gp40-2 hollister pacific san southern
    • Comments: 0
    • Category: Western United States
  19. SP Caboose to Permanente

    SP Caboose to Permanente

    Southern Pacific caboose 4754 trails on the "Permanente Local" near Los Gatos, California in September of 1995. These were my first B&W negs, and were bullet proof after some extra development in D-76!
    • SamReeves
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    • branch caboose california gatos los pacific permanente southern vasona
    • Comments: 2
    • Category: Western United States
  20. Working A Customer at Aberdeen,WA

    Working A Customer at Aberdeen,WA

    PSAP 3875 makes a reverse move into the Sierra Pacific Mill at Aberdeen,WA to pick up a string of loaded wood product cars. Puget Sound and Pacific is one of the RAIL AMERICA short lines.
    • Joe O
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    • aberdeen america and pacific puget rail sound wa
    • Comments: 5
    • Category: Western United States


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