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  1. Unknown railcar at Blosberg

    Unknown railcar at Blosberg

    While waiting for a train at Blossberg, I happened to catch sight of this unusual tank-trailer-on-rails thing. My best guess is it is related to MoW in someway, but I'm not totaly sure.if you know otherwise, go ahead & tell me so I can make a more accurate description.
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    • 2008 blosberg july link montana mow mullan pass rail railcar rails side tank trailer unknown west
    • Comments: 3
    • Category: Maintenance of Way and Non-Revenue Cars
  2. NEW WEST Local at Custer,WA

    NEW WEST Local at Custer,WA

    Four Geeps lead the "NEW WEST" northbound thru Custer,WA headed for the INTALCO yard on the Cherry Point Sub where it has a big switching job to build a train to bring into the ARCO Cherry Point refinery.
    • Joe O
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    • arco cherry custer geeps local new point sub wa west
    • Comments: 0
    • Category: Western United States
  3. CN 548 West

    CN 548 West

    The Craik sub train ran on Roman's Davidson Turn theory, and came back to town as the 548 this time. It shows.
    • zartok-35
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    • 548 cn craik davidson gp40-2l sd70m-2 short west
    • Comments: 0
    • Category: Canada
  4. Westbound at CP West Amarillo

    Westbound at CP West Amarillo

    EMD SD60 #9024 leads the SCHIOIG121A through Amarillo. Kinda nice to see a stacker on the transcon with no orange in it.
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    • 9024 amarillo at emd leads schioig121a the west
    • Comments: 5
    • Category: Central and Midwestern United States
  5. Heading for Home rails

    Heading for Home rails

    UP 5304 leads a rerouted stack train down the BNSF La Junta Subdivision. They will reenter home rails just about 2 miles ahead at Morton Jct. Where the La Junta Sub meets the UP Herington Subdivision.
    • crazyace777
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    • 5304 up west
    • Comments: 3
    • Category: Central and Midwestern United States
  6. Westbound past Union Station

    Westbound past Union Station

    BNSF 7689 leads a long stack train by Union Station in Kansas City.
    • crazyace777
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    • 7689 at bnsf station union west
    • Comments: 1
    • Category: Central and Midwestern United States
  7. Westbound for Lincoln

    Westbound for Lincoln

    BNSF 5649 leads an empty coal train through Parkville, MO on the St. Joseph Subdivision.
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    • 5649 at bnsf parkville west
    • Comments: 0
    • Category: Central and Midwestern United States
  8. UP #4843 East near Arlington, Ore.

    UP #4843 East near Arlington, Ore.

    UP #4843 leads the Z-PDCS (Expedited Trailers - Portland, Ore. to Canal St. [Chicago, IL]) just west of Arlington, Ore. Power was the UP #4843 and 3 other SD70M's for power.. After leaving CP Biggs Jct., 4843 was running about 70-ish mph. At Arlington, we were finally ahead of this train.
    • SP&SFan
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    • #4843 arlington chicago east il oregon up west z-pdcs
    • Comments: 0
    • Category: Western United States
  9. BNSF General Manifest west through North Dalles, Washington.

    BNSF General Manifest west through North Dalles, Washington.

    BNSF #3002 leads two other 4-axle power through the curve east of the East switch North Dalles to points westward in Washington state. The grain cars right behind the power were probably added to the train in Pasco to move to the Vancouver/Portland area.
    • SP&SFan
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    • #3002 bnsf curve dalles general grain manifest north oregon portland switch vancouver washington west
    • Comments: 0
    • Category: Western United States
  10. UP #4926 West.

    UP #4926 West.

    UP #4926 leads another EMD and a UP GE west on a double stack train a few miles west of Biggs, Ore.
    • SP&SFan
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    • #4926 double pacific portland stack subdivision train union west
    • Comments: 0
    • Category: Western United States
  11. Curves

    Curves

    An eastbound NS train gets the green light to head east as a westbound train enters the yard at Bluefield.
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    • bluefield norfolk southern virginia west
    • Comments: 5
    • Category: Editors Choice Gallery
  12. Grayscale

    Grayscale

    The last day of autumn looks more like winter at Bluefield.
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    • 8790 bluefield c40-9 ns virginia west
    • Comments: 2
    • Category: Eastern United States
  13. Bare Tables

    Bare Tables

    Empty TOFC cars at Bluefield, West Virginia
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    • bluefield virginia west
    • Comments: 0
    • Category: Eastern United States
  14. Westbound at Bluefield

    Westbound at Bluefield

    A westbound Norfolk Southern train prepares to leave the yard in Bluefield after refueling.
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    • 8741 bluefield c40-8 ns virginia west
    • Comments: 0
    • Category: Eastern United States
  15. Coaling Tower

    Coaling Tower

    The old coaling tower still stands at the yard in Bluefield.
    • rico27513
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    • bluefield norfolk southern virginia west
    • Comments: 3
    • Category: Editors Choice Gallery
  16. CSX 1 - My first rail photo of the year!

    CSX 1 - My first rail photo of the year!

    CSX 1, the Spirit of West Virginia, southbound at Walbridge, Ohio north of the yard Jan 6 2008. Cruddy lighting aside, it was my first photo of the year, first CSX sighting of the year, so why not complete the trifecta and make it my first online photo?
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    • 1 csx of spirit the virginia walbridge west
    • Comments: 1
    • Category: CSX
  17. MRL GP35's headed west on the PASTAC at St. Cloud Rd.

    MRL GP35's headed west on the PASTAC at St. Cloud Rd.

    MRL #404 is the 3rd of the 3 GP35's on the M-PASTAC-1-11A. The PASTAC had an EMD SD60 #9029 along with FURX #7249 as the second unit. The MRL GP35's were dead in tow.
    • SP&SFan
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    • #7249 #9029 cloud emd furx gp35's link m-pastac montana pasco rail road sd40-2 sd60 skamania st. tacoma to washington west
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    • Category: Regionals and Shortlines
  18. MRL GP35's headed west on the PASTAC at St. Cloud Rd.

    MRL GP35's headed west on the PASTAC at St. Cloud Rd.

    MRL #405 is the 2nd of the 3 GP35's on the M-PASTAC-1-11A. The PASTAC had an EMD SD60 #9029 along with FURX #7249 as the second unit. The MRL GP35's were dead in tow.
    • SP&SFan
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    • #7249 #9029 cloud emd furx gp35's link m-pastac montana pasco rail road sd40-2 sd60 skamania st. tacoma to washington west
    • Comments: 0
    • Category: Regionals and Shortlines
  19. MRL GP35's headed west on the PASTAC at St. Cloud Road

    MRL GP35's headed west on the PASTAC at St. Cloud Road

    MRL #403 is the 1st of 3 GP35's on the M-PASTAC-1-11A. The PASTAC had an EMD SD60 #9029 along with FURX #7249 as the second unit. The MRL GP35's were dead in tow.
    • SP&SFan
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    • #7249 #9029 cloud emd furx gp35's link m-pastac montana pasco rail road sd40-2 sd60 skamania st. tacoma to washington west
    • Comments: 0
    • Category: Regionals and Shortlines
  20. MRL #4308 West on the Night Gas Local

    MRL #4308 West on the Night Gas Local

    MRL #4308 West is on the point of the Night Gas Local that left Missoula, MT at 1730 hrs. on it's way to Thompson Falls to deliver approx. 25 white CONX tank cars.. The cloud over the #4308 is the leftover of a major thunderstorm that was to the SW of Missoula about 3-4 hours earlier than when...
    • SP&SFan
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    • #4308 evaro gas local missoula mont. montana mrl night sd45-2 sd70ace thunderstorm west
    • Comments: 1
    • Category: Western United States


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