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Meeting the D910 at McGrew, View 2118 viewsWhile I was waiting for signal at McGrew, the D910 pulls up to a redboard, waiting to get into the yard. This BNSF power was the same power that I used on a coal train the previous daygtw5812
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Crossing the old Milwaukee118 viewsICE 6052 slows to crossover the Illinois Railway trackage which runs from Flagg Center on the BNSF to Rockford. Once the Milwaukee pulled out of town the line in the foreground was run by BN and eventually BNSF up to the ICE tracks. Illinois Railway took over the operations for BNSF and ICE has trackage rights to the right of this picture up to and thru Rockford and on to Wisconsin.milepost56
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BNSF on the Fallbridge Sub118 viewsWestbound at Marysville WashingtonBCR4601
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Sumac and Sugar Maples118 viewsAn overcast day accentuates the changing fall foliage in rural Hunt Hollow NY as D&H BUEB, led by CP Rail SD40-2 #5678, works its way east. In the locomotive consist are a pair of leased PLM International SD40's and CP Rail RS18 #1811.
Photo Copyright 2008 Tim Baldwin
BLW 1946
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Hughson Sunday Nights117 viewsThe peacefulness of Hughson, California is shattered for less than 40 second while a northbound Amtrak California San Joaquin train 718. CDTX 2051, whose earned the nickname 'Sluggo', on account of its slow loading times, is pulling this trainset at a brisk 79mph rushing northward to Oakland at the other end of this corridor.
Present here are two ghosts from the past. Two old Santa Fe Searchlight signals guard this train and grants it safe passage from one signal block to another. These signals are becoming few and far in between as the BNSF Railway is replacing them with modern 'Tri-Lights'.
Santa Fe Avenue parallels its namesake railroad from Escalon to Madera and is one of the many rout
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CP Empress #2816117 viewsThe Canadian Pacific #2816 & Empress' was refitted a number of years ago as a heritage project. The steamer is still in service to some degree for private charters and the odd road trip open to the public. The 'Empress' chugged past my back yard on its way to the Crowsnest Pass of The Rocky Mountains, crossing the continental divide into Alberta. Although the 'Empress' was in the lead of the consist, additional power was provided by an F7a unit to assist with the long climb aheadRoadMaster259
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the Starlate117 viewsAmtrak trainACe
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CR SW1500 #9582 Ohio Street Buffalo NY116 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 Baldwin
BLW 1946
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LSRC 1164115 viewsTaken south of the I-75 overpass on the line between Sagina, and Flint, Michigangtw5812
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LSRC 5921(SD40) at the Roundhouse115 viewsSitting in West Dispatch, Saginaw Yardgtw5812
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SD90MAC-H115 viewsCP 9300 - New SD90MAC-HTim
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B&M GP40-2 #313 William St. Buffalo NY114 viewsIn the months preceding the Guilford purchase of the D&H, a pooled power arrangement saw B&M geeps and MEC power visiting the North Yard in Buffalo. Here, a trio of pooled geeps idles at the William Street end of the yard. The ex-DL&W bridge in the background was torn down not long after this photo was taken.
Photo Copyright 2008 Tim Baldwin
BLW 1946
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CNW SD-45 snowbound - 70's - Image 1114 viewsHere some nice shots of CNW SD-45 #956 snowbound in the 70'sLegend69
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SCMRBE114 viewsSCMRBE..coal from Wyoming to Roberts Bank,BC coal port.Shot taken at Vader,WA.BCR4601
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Into the sunset...114 viewsInto the sunset...BCR stack train heads into the sunset on the Cascade SubBCR4601
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Generation Gap113 viewsN&W #611 rests at Erie PA while GP38-2 #4160 and her slightly older high hood GP30 sibling hustle merchandise east to the Buffalo NY connection with the D&HBLW 1946
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