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CNW SD-45 snowbound - 70's - image 5142 viewsHere some nice shots of CNW SD-45 #956 snowbound in the 70'sLegend69
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CNW SD-45 snowbound - 70's - Image 3142 viewsHere some nice shots of CNW SD-45 #956 snowbound in the 70'sLegend69
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SB block signal on BNSF/UP joint line142 viewsThis block signal stands guard for SB BNSF/UP joint line trainssignalman
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Hughson Sunday Nights142 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 routPNWTransitFreak
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Amtrak's Capitol Limited Fairhope PA141 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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Rio Grande Southern Galloping Goose 5140 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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CNW SD-45 snowbound - 70's - Image 4139 viewsHere some nice shots of CNW SD-45 #956 snowbound in the 70'sLegend69
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Climbing Trinidad EB139 viewsHere's the E-RBESXM climbing out of the Columbia River valley towards TrinidadBCR4601
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CP Rail SD40-2 #5678 Adrian NY139 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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CNW SD-45 snowbound - 70's - image 6138 viewsHere some nice shots of CNW SD-45 #956 snowbound in the 70'sLegend69
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N&W C30-7 #8021 entering Buffalo Junction Yard136 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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CNW SD-45 snowbound - 70's - Image 1136 viewsHere some nice shots of CNW SD-45 #956 snowbound in the 70'sLegend69
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CNW SD-45 snowbound - 70's - Image 7135 viewsHere some nice shots of CNW SD-45 #956 snowbound in the 70'sLegend69
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B&M GP40-2 #313 William St. Buffalo NY133 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 BaldwinBLW 1946
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CR SW1500 #9582 Ohio Street Buffalo NY132 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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UP 6562 AC4400CW Rollinsville, Colorado132 viewsUnion Pacific coal train prepares to take the main, as an eastbound of empties clears the signal - October 2007signalman
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