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harsh grade - Coal Creek232 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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U.P. main - west of Denver125 viewsThis picture is looking south(Denver is to the left). This is one of the many challenging grades for loaded coal trains to climb, as they grind their way up through Coal Creek Canyonsignalman
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The last set of Alco's headed by C424 #4210119 viewsThis was taken June 1998 AT 02.00 St. Luc Yard. It was the last all ALCO set train#923 CP 4210,1838,1837,4216,4230Tim
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Block signal - Coal Creek Canyon, CO119 viewsA block signal in Coal Creek Canyon, Colorado shows a westbound is about to liven up Pine Cliff - 2007signalman
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CR TV-501 Seneca St Buffalo NY105 viewsConrail's APL doublestack TV-501, behind a pair of GP40-2s sandwiching a B36-7, swings off the Bison runner onto the westbound main at the former site of FW tower, as viewed from the Seneca St overpass in Buffalo NY.
Photo Copyright 2008 Tim BaldwinBLW 1946
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B&O freight Ashford Junction NY101 viewsB&O GP40 #3776 leads a long northbound freight past the classic B&O tower at Ashford Junction NY. In a few years' time, this would become the junction of the Rochester & Southern and the Buffalo and Pittsburgh lines from their respective home cities.
Photo Copyright 2008 Tim BaldwinBLW 1946
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Conrail eastbound in winter98 viewsA trio of ubiquitous SD40-2s leads an eastbound Conrail merchandise freight under a rural bridge midway between Dunkirk and Silver Creek, NY.
Photo Copyright 2008 Tim BaldwinBLW 1946
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A new lease on life for the D&H97 viewsAfter being wed and then divorced by Guilford Transportation Inustries, D&H was operated successfully by NYS&W before being purchased by Canadian rail giant CP Rail. Six axle SD40s and SD40-2s became the norm on rails that had hosted second generation U-Boats, Geeps, and Alcos a decade earlier. Here, leased PLM SD40 #3004 leads leased GATX SD40 #2002 and a CP Rail SD40-2 under the highway overpass at Canaseraga NY, as BUEB makes its way down the 10 MPH jointed rail of track #2 between Portage and Hornell.
Photo Copyright © 2008 Tim BaldwinBLW 1946
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Two trains passing in the light95 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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SB block signal on BNSF/UP joint line94 viewsThis block signal stands guard for SB BNSF/UP joint line trainssignalman
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Mixed Bag94 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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Familiar Territory92 viewsThe corn is high, and the smell of diesel exhaust is heavy as Western Maryland GP40-2 #4318 leads a sister B&O unit and two GP30s in the assault upon Sandpatch Grade. All three Chessie component roads are represented here, as the trailing GP30s carry B&O and C&O markings. Could #4318 once have traveled across Salisbury Viaduct, seen in the upper right corner? A lady never tells her age.
Photo Copyright 2008 Tim BaldwinBLW 1946
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UP 6562 AC4400CW Rollinsville, Colorado91 viewsUnion Pacific coal train prepares to take the main, as an eastbound of empties clears the signal - October 2007signalman
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Chessie coal empties - Springville NY89 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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CNW SD-45 snowbound - 70's - Image 489 viewsHere some nice shots of CNW SD-45 #956 snowbound in the 70'sLegend69
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LSRC 1169 on the Z12786 viewsI took this on my day off, during a heavy snow this past spring, coming through Clio, MI, on the southbound Z127gtw5812
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