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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.
No shortage of Dash 8s in the Denver deadline! Some engine numbers:
GE C40-8 UP 9295, 9146, 9116, 9178, 9329, 9092, 9311, 9102, 9268, 9207
GE C41-8W UP 9413, 9529, 9517
GE B40-8 UP 1861 (ex-SP) with a slug
An old CN unit, former GTW 6417 leads a colorful lash-up. I caught his twin GTW 6425 along with a slug coming off the HBR in Winnipeg back in 2004: http://www.railroadforums.com/photos/showphoto.php?photo=16215
The 15s aren't bad either.
None of these engines are UP originals. From top to...
The Quebec Gatineau Railway operates three ex-SP GP35's, one more was wrecked in 2001. Sister operation Huron Central used to operate six former Southern Pacific SD45s.
The Denver Rock Island Railroad is the only terminal railway located in Denver, CO a sharp contrast to the four in the San Francisco Bay area (San Francisco Belt, Oakland Terminal, Alameda Belt Line & Richmond Pacific).
The shortline began with Rock Islands bankruptcy in 1980 when the...
SP 4449 rolls through east Vancouver on its way to Michigan. Hopefully, it will do as well there as the Ducks did in 2007. I took an extended coffee break at work and snuck away to shoot this image.
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