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Mixed Bag48 viewsAn Eastbound, carrying coal loads that originated on the P&LE, winds its way through the scenic Canisteo River valley behind a mixed consist of locomotives in five different paint schemes. Leading the pack is ex-RDG GP39-2 #7410 in D&H patched Reading green, followed by a leased BAR GP38-2, a leased ex-Chessie GP40-2, another ex-RDG GP39-2 in a modified blue D&H scheme, and an ex-BN SD45 now owned by designated operator NYS&W. The train is bound for a generating plant in Bow NH.
Copyright © 2008 Tim BaldwinBLW 1946
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Cruel Fate47 viewsAfter spending an afternoon in Napa with my family we began to head back, and found this off SR-12. The story of the NWP is one of conflict, irony and despair. In its modern times the NWP has been treated a stepchild in the communities that it once proudly served. The unit I'm standing on was one of many SD9s that are permanently stuck on this railroad. The NWP last run in the late 1990s at its full capacity and trailed off til 2000 when it was killed permanently. It's said to been reopened for a project called SMART, which has plans similar to NCTD's SPRINTER in southern California - that has yet to bear any fruit - http://nwprrhs.org/history.htm PNWTransitFreak
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D&H Sea-Land stack train at Dale NY45 viewsAn ex-D&H GP39-2 in fresh Guilford paint is sandwiched by a pair of blue B&M GP40-2s on a sunny October day as they hustle east through bucolic Dale NY after climbing the torturous hill at Attica. The arrival of double-stack container trains to both D&H and host Conrail's operating scheme more than doubled the number of daily trains on the ex-EL Southern Tier Line for a period of several years while Conrail tackled clearance problems on the Water Level Route.
Photo Copyright 2008 Tim BaldwinBLW 1946
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Dark at 4.53pm45 viewsThis photo was taken just seconds before the downpour...CEFX106(SD9043AC) & CP9502(AC4400CW)
Aug 18,2008 at 4.53pm Smiths Falls OntarioTim
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CP Rail SD40-2 #5678 Adrian NY43 viewsThe skies have brightened considerably as an Eastbound Buffalo to Binghamton freight rounds Rattlesnake Curve in Adrian NY. The hillside is ablaze with fall colors as CP Rail SD40-2 #5678 leads a pair of PLM SD40s and well-kept MLW RS18u #1811 at the head of a long merchandise freight.
Photo Copyright © 2008 Tim BaldwinBLW 1946
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N&W C30-7 #8021 entering Buffalo Junction Yard42 viewsFollowing the closing of Bison Yard, N&W moved their operations to the smaller Buffalo Junction Yard, located west of D&H's SK Yard and east of Conrail's CP Draw. The Seneca Street bridge was an excellent spot to view the action as C30-7 8021 leads the way into the yard with cars picked up from the D&H. Buffalo's Central Terminal can be seen in the upper right corner.
Photo Copyright 2008 Tim BaldwinBLW 1946
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Chessie coal empties - Springville NY41 viewsA southbound empty Chessie coal train passes a still pond on now-abandoned B&O trackage through Springville NY.
In a time-honored tradition, the engineer exchanges waves with a young fisherman.
Photo Copyright 2008 Tim BaldwinBLW 1946
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harsh grade - Coal Creek41 viewsThis photo illustrates the effects of heavy WB trains clawing their way up the steep grade, just outside of Denver. By the time the power for a westbound coal train reaches this crossing, the engines are at full throttle and the pressure on the railhead is making it look like the top of a heavily hammered chisel.signalman
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the Starlate39 viewsAmtrak trainACe
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CR SW1500 #9582 Ohio Street Buffalo NY38 viewsIn better days for the Great Lakes shipping industry, Conrail SW1500 #9582 works the grain elevators along Ohio Street in Buffalo's First Ward.
Photo Copyright 2008 Tim BaldwinBLW 1946
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CNW SD-45 snowbound - 70's - image 538 viewsHere some nice shots of CNW SD-45 #956 snowbound in the 70'sLegend69
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CN(BCR) 57138 viewsSB nearing Tatton just north of Exeter, BC on the Lillooet Sub - BCR 4642(C40-8M)BCR4601
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Chasin' the Katy38 viewsI've been wanting to get any train at this spot for a number of years now, and getting the 'Commemorative' Katy here is perhaps the best there could be...made me quite a happy camperACe
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D&H HAN-1 Canaseraga NY38 viewsA trio of even-numbered B40-8s, led by NYS&W #4002, passes beneath the highway overpass in the small town of Canaseraga NY. Westbound HAN-1 was a joint CSX, B&P, D&H and NYS&W venture, and the B40-7 fleet had been financed by major player CSX.
Photo Copyright 2008 Tim BaldwinBLW 1946
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Cold night37 viewsStanding on the right flank of a SD70ACe as we sit in the yard awaiting a patch crew/ride to the hotelACe
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Two trains passing in the light37 viewsBy a fortunate coincidence, an eastbound VIA LRC set headed into Toronto's Union Station passes behind Ontario Northland's outbound Northlander, led by FP7 #1987. The warm late afternoon light brings out the richness of the Northlander's ex-TEE trainset's colours.
Photo Copyright 2008 Tim BaldwinBLW 1946
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