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Amtrak's Capitol Limited Fairhope PA129 viewsThe eastbound Capitol Limited, led by Amtrak F40PH #377, winds its way around the 'S' curve at Fairhope PA as it eases its way down Sandpatch Grade on a hazy summer morning.
Photo Copyright 2008 Tim BaldwinBLW 1946
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SB block signal on BNSF/UP joint line128 viewsThis block signal stands guard for SB BNSF/UP joint line trainssignalman
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Rio Grande Southern Galloping Goose 5128 viewsThe Goose emerging from Rock Tunnel in Toltec Gorge and out of frame to my right a 600 foot drop!', 'Galloping Goose Rio Grande Southern Cumbres ToltecSamurai
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CSX CG-41 Seneca St Buffalo NY126 viewsA pair of GP40-2s lead CSX CG-41 as it heads west on Conrail tracks, passing the former site of FW Tower, as seen from the Seneca St bridge in Buffalo NY. The late afternoon sun intensifies the colorful consist.
Photo Copyright 2008 Tim BaldwinBLW 1946
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CNW SD-45 snowbound - 70's - Image 3124 viewsHere some nice shots of CNW SD-45 #956 snowbound in the 70'sLegend69
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B&M 315 at West Susquehanna PA122 viewsAn eastbound D&H train led by Boston & Maine #315 passes under the Erie coal tower at West Susquehanna PA, a relic of a much earlier era. The train will proceed east to a connecting track at Lanesboro PA where it will return to home rails via a complicate switchback maneuver at Jefferson Junction, necessitated by the construction work being done at the Belden Hill tunnel site to accommodate double-stack container traffic. This would be the last hurrah for the old D&H line across Ararat Summit.
Photo Copyright 2008 Tim BaldwinBLW 1946
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Niagara Yard Niagara Falls NY122 viewsA telephoto view of Niagara Yard, as B&O blue GP40-2 #4032 and a sister unit wearing Chessie colors pick up a cut of cars for CG-41's trip across Southern Ontario Province on former Pere Marquette trackage. A Conrail switcher works at right. This yard served the Niagara Falls chemical industry as well as GM's Harrison Radiator plant in Lockport.
Photo Copyright 2008 Tim BaldwinBLW 1946
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Amtrak #351 The Maple Leaf121 viewsThe eastbound Maple Leaf, led by Amtrak #351,F40PH, paints an imposing picture as it passes through North Tonawanda NY.
Photo Copyright 2008 Tim BaldwinBLW 1946
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B&O GP40-2 #4032 Tuscarora Wye Niagara Falls NY120 viewsWestbound Chessie freight CG-41, led by GP40-2 #4032 in B&O blue, travels the west leg of Tuscarora Wye en route to Niagara Yard. After making its pickup, NI-42 will continue west across Suspension Bridge to the former Pere Marquette line across Southern Ontario.
Photo Copyright 2008 Tim BaldwinBLW 1946
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CNW SD-45 snowbound - 70's - Image 7120 viewsHere some nice shots of CNW SD-45 #956 snowbound in the 70'sLegend69
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Cruel Fate120 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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CN(BCR) 571120 viewsSB nearing Tatton just north of Exeter, BC on the Lillooet Sub - BCR 4642(C40-8M)BCR4601
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Coal Dust in the wind120 views...even 100 miles from the coal mines the coal dust still billows from the hoppers... the wind howling and the train moving makes for quite a show (cough, cough) April, 2008geepster
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CP Rail SD40-2 #5678 Adrian NY120 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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UP 6562 AC4400CW Rollinsville, Colorado119 viewsUnion Pacific coal train prepares to take the main, as an eastbound of empties clears the signal - October 2007signalman
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Familiar Territory119 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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