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Dark at 4.53pm37 viewsThis photo was taken just seconds before the downpour...CEFX106(SD9043AC) & CP9502(AC4400CW)
Aug 18,2008 at 4.53pm Smiths Falls Ontario
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Mixed Bag37 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 Baldwin
BLW 1946
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Cruel Fate35 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 NY33 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 Baldwin
BLW 1946
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CP Rail SD40-2 #5678 Adrian NY32 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 Baldwin
BLW 1946
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N&W C30-7 #8021 entering Buffalo Junction Yard29 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 Baldwin
BLW 1946
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CN(BCR) 57129 viewsSB nearing Tatton just north of Exeter, BC on the Lillooet Sub - BCR 4642(C40-8M)BCR4601
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the Starlate28 viewsAmtrak trainACe
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Chasin' the Katy28 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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Coal Dust in the wind28 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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Chessie coal empties - Springville NY27 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 Baldwin
BLW 1946
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CR SW1500 #9582 Ohio Street Buffalo NY27 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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Norfolk Southern'street running' 27 viewsNorfolk Southern freight
Street running into 'City Port'
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Cold night27 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 light27 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 Baldwin
BLW 1946
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Familiar Territory27 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 Baldwin
BLW 1946
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