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| Title: |
One lunger |
| Description: |
NS 9569 is the lone unit in charge of an eastbound double-stacker - the advantage of river grade. |
| Photo Date: |
10/21/2010 Upload Date: 11/8/2010 10:26:32 AM |
| Location: |
Mexico, PA |
| Author: |
Rick Erben |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
NS 9569(C40-9W) |
| Views: |
78 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Coming and going at Thompsontown, Part II |
| Description: |
NS 9636 at a popular viewpoint. There was once an ornate steel trestle carrying PA Route 333 over the Juniata here; now replaced with a concrete slab. It would have been a great time to catch a westbound. |
| Photo Date: |
10/21/2010 Upload Date: 11/8/2010 10:16:46 AM |
| Location: |
Thompsontown, PA |
| Author: |
Rick Erben |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
NS 9636(C40-9W) NS 8897(C40-9W) NS 9235(C40-9W) |
| Views: |
124 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
Coming and going at Thompsontown, Part I |
| Description: |
NS 9636 East cruises through the reverse curves at Thompsontown. |
| Photo Date: |
10/21/2010 Upload Date: 11/8/2010 10:19:11 AM |
| Location: |
Thompsontown, PA |
| Author: |
Rick Erben |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
NS 9636(C40-9W) NS 8897(C40-9W) NS 9235(C40-9W) |
| Views: |
107 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Three views of NS 9886 Part II |
| Description: |
Passing beneath one of the few remaining signal bridges along this stretch of railroad. |
| Photo Date: |
10/21/2010 Upload Date: 11/8/2010 9:50:53 AM |
| Location: |
Newport, PA |
| Author: |
Rick Erben |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Signal,Action |
| Locomotives: |
NS 9886(C40-9W) NS 8851(C40-9) NS 9739(C40-9W) |
| Views: |
175 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Three views of NS 9886 Part I |
| Description: |
Mixed freight behind the 9886 crosses over from No.2 to No.1 track at Port as it follows NS 6752 through the single track. |
| Photo Date: |
10/21/2010 Upload Date: 11/8/2010 9:53:34 AM |
| Location: |
Newport, PA |
| Author: |
Rick Erben |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Signal,Action |
| Locomotives: |
NS 9886(C40-9W) NS 8851(C40-9) NS 9739(C40-9W) |
| Views: |
212 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Three Views of NS 9886 Part III |
| Description: |
What a gorgeous sky with the clouds. I couldnt believe my fortune that the sun stayed dominant during the passage of three trains here. |
| Photo Date: |
10/21/2010 Upload Date: 11/8/2010 9:32:21 AM |
| Location: |
Newport, PA |
| Author: |
Rick Erben |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Signal,Action |
| Locomotives: |
NS 9886(C40-9W) NS 8851(C40-9) NS 9739(C40-9W) |
| Views: |
399 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Pumpkin patch |
| Description: |
The pumpkin patch provided a nice foreground for the intensely sidelit angle of late afternoon as NS 9978 brings an eastbound manifest through Mexico. |
| Photo Date: |
10/21/2010 Upload Date: 11/8/2010 10:29:36 AM |
| Location: |
Mexico, PA |
| Author: |
Rick Erben |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
NS 9978(C40-9W) NS 6735(SD60I) NS 3353(SD40-2) NS 5304(GP38-2) NS 8593(C39-8) |
| Views: |
318 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
NW 868013 |
| Description: |
Riding in NS 9886 East |
| Photo Date: |
10/21/2010 Upload Date: 11/8/2010 11:17:25 AM |
| Location: |
Newport, PA |
| Author: |
Rick Erben |
| Categories: |
RollingStock,Action |
| Locomotives: |
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| Views: |
79 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Heading home |
| Description: |
The Altoona-Lewistown local frieght returns west, into the sundown, at the 225 signals. |
| Photo Date: |
10/22/2010 Upload Date: 11/9/2010 10:56:46 AM |
| Location: |
Tipton, PA |
| Author: |
Rick Erben |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Signal,Action |
| Locomotives: |
NS 5806(GP38-3) |
| Views: |
692 Comments: 6 |
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| Title: |
Highballing Huntingdon |
| Description: |
NS 9200 passes the former block station on a Friday morning. |
| Photo Date: |
10/22/2010 Upload Date: 11/9/2010 10:26:50 AM |
| Location: |
Huntingdon, PA |
| Author: |
Rick Erben |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
NS 9200(C40-9W) |
| Views: |
105 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Mapleton morning |
| Description: |
NS 9355 strikes a pleasing autumn image at the classic PRR signal bridge that alludes to an era of more tracks and traffic. |
| Photo Date: |
10/22/2010 Upload Date: 11/9/2010 10:33:11 AM |
| Location: |
Mapleton, PA |
| Author: |
Rick Erben |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Signal,Action |
| Locomotives: |
NS 9355(C40-9W) |
| Views: |
98 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Fast track |
| Description: |
Sweeping curve notwithstanding, this is fast track here and they roll. |
| Photo Date: |
10/22/2010 Upload Date: 11/9/2010 10:37:53 AM |
| Location: |
Mapleton, PA |
| Author: |
Rick Erben |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Signal,Action |
| Locomotives: |
NS 9355(C40-9W) |
| Views: |
74 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Spruce Creek Valley II |
| Description: |
NS 9498 West at one of the many crossings of Spruce Creek near the 218 signals. |
| Photo Date: |
10/22/2010 Upload Date: 11/9/2010 10:51:09 AM |
| Location: |
Birmingham, PA |
| Author: |
Rick Erben |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Signal,Action |
| Locomotives: |
NS 9498(C40-9W) |
| Views: |
88 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Spruce Creek Valley I |
| Description: |
NS 9841 East negotiates the tight curvature of Spruce Creek valley. |
| Photo Date: |
10/22/2010 Upload Date: 11/9/2010 10:48:27 AM |
| Location: |
Birmingham, PA |
| Author: |
Rick Erben |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
NS 9841(C40-9W) |
| Views: |
98 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Left-handed |
| Description: |
NS 9843 comes through the wide curve where the railroad exits Jacks Narrows. The clouds are beginning to become a problem. |
| Photo Date: |
10/22/2010 Upload Date: 11/9/2010 10:42:07 AM |
| Location: |
Mapleton, PA |
| Author: |
Rick Erben |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
NS 9843(C40-9W) |
| Views: |
75 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Gliding up the valley of the Juniata |
| Description: |
NS 9843 has charge of mixed freight as it exits Jacks Narrows. |
| Photo Date: |
10/22/2010 Upload Date: 11/9/2010 10:45:04 AM |
| Location: |
Mapleton, PA |
| Author: |
Rick Erben |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
NS 9843(C40-9W) |
| Views: |
75 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Bad karma or something |
| Description: |
I never seem to get to Lilly in decent light for eastbounds. It is always afternoon or overcast. So what else can one do but the best they can? NS 2713 East struggles up the grade on a late Octobers dusk. Time to head for Cresson for a cheesesteak at Vitos. |
| Photo Date: |
10/23/2010 Upload Date: 11/9/2010 12:18:38 PM |
| Location: |
Lilly, PA |
| Author: |
Rick Erben |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Signal,Action |
| Locomotives: |
NS 2713(SD70M-2) |
| Views: |
117 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Black diamonds |
| Description: |
Coal is precious to the revenue department. NS 7500 slams through Huntingdon on a Saturday morning. |
| Photo Date: |
10/23/2010 Upload Date: 11/9/2010 11:43:19 AM |
| Location: |
Huntingdon, PA |
| Author: |
Rick Erben |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
NS 7500(ES40DC) |
| Views: |
167 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Sometimes you get what you need |
| Description: |
... in this case a westbound at the Tipton signals. |
| Photo Date: |
10/23/2010 Upload Date: 11/9/2010 12:06:31 PM |
| Location: |
Tipton, PA |
| Author: |
Rick Erben |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Signal,Action |
| Locomotives: |
NS 9178(C40-9W) |
| Views: |
93 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Looking good on high iron |
| Description: |
NS 9178 at the 225 signals. |
| Photo Date: |
10/23/2010 Upload Date: 11/9/2010 12:08:21 PM |
| Location: |
Tipton, PA |
| Author: |
Rick Erben |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Signal,Action |
| Locomotives: |
NS 9178(C40-9W) |
| Views: |
79 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Round the bend |
| Description: |
NS 9431 West at MP225 |
| Photo Date: |
10/23/2010 Upload Date: 11/9/2010 11:56:48 AM |
| Location: |
Tipton, PA |
| Author: |
Rick Erben |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
NS 9431(C40-9W) |
| Views: |
77 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Among the few |
| Description: |
Traffic was really slow this Saturday and there was a dearth of westbounds for hours and hours until some midday intermodals trickled through. Here the 9475 begins its ascent of The Mountain as it departs Altoona. |
| Photo Date: |
10/23/2010 Upload Date: 11/9/2010 12:14:30 PM |
| Location: |
Altoona(CP Slope), PA |
| Author: |
Rick Erben |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Signal,Action |
| Locomotives: |
NS 9475(C40-9W) |
| Views: |
128 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Diversity |
| Description: |
That is what I like about a good ole manifest. NS 9637s consist casually rolls down the valley past the intermediate signals and former eastward home signal brudge for Forge interlocking. Now, of course, it is just straight rail. |
| Photo Date: |
10/23/2010 Upload Date: 11/9/2010 12:10:25 PM |
| Location: |
Tyrone Forge, PA |
| Author: |
Rick Erben |
| Categories: |
Scenic,RollingStock,Signal,Action |
| Locomotives: |
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| Views: |
44 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Felicity at Forge |
| Description: |
Sipping coffee, enjoying a Tasty Pie and how pleasant for a nice eastbound manifest to show on a pleasant autumn morning. Forge Block Station used to sit on the opposite side of the tracks near the radio antenna, and was an interlocking where the railroad opened up to a four-track mainline once more after a constricted triple track segment through Spruce Creek valley. |
| Photo Date: |
10/23/2010 Upload Date: 11/9/2010 11:54:49 AM |
| Location: |
Tyrone Forge, PA |
| Author: |
Rick Erben |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Signal,Action |
| Locomotives: |
NS 9637(C40-9W) |
| Views: |
335 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Not looking too bad |
| Description: |
It may not be the best angle with the location of the afternoon sun, yet NS 9745 still looks decent here as it crusises beneath the signal bridge at Tipton. |
| Photo Date: |
10/23/2010 Upload Date: 11/9/2010 12:02:19 PM |
| Location: |
Tipton, PA |
| Author: |
Rick Erben |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Signal,Action |
| Locomotives: |
NS 9745(C40-9W) |
| Views: |
92 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Identity crisis |
| Description: |
I suspect many roads in years past effected a unique signal system as much for promulgating their individual identity as anything. B&O sure got it right in their classic CPLs. A shame bottom line economics wipes out esthetics and heritage in its inexorable march. |
| Photo Date: |
10/24/2010 Upload Date: 11/10/2010 12:56:52 AM |
| Location: |
Hansrote, WV |
| Author: |
Rick Erben |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Signal,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CSX 329(AC44CW) |
| Views: |
152 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
Picture windows |
| Description: |
Some homes perched on the mountainside along Detour Road have spectacular views. I like it from down here as the 329 passes Hansrote with empty hoppers. |
| Photo Date: |
10/24/2010 Upload Date: 11/10/2010 12:58:12 AM |
| Location: |
Hansrote, WV |
| Author: |
Rick Erben |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Signal,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CSX 329(AC44CW) |
| Views: |
138 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Magnificent Magnolia |
| Description: |
The 4577 was the last westbound in sunlight at Magnolia this Sunday. |
| Photo Date: |
10/24/2010 Upload Date: 11/10/2010 12:59:38 AM |
| Location: |
Magnolia, WV |
| Author: |
Rick Erben |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Signal,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CSX 4577(SD70MAC) |
| Views: |
187 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Adieu old friends? |
| Description: |
The kingdom of B&O CPLs along the line from Hancock to Cumberland is threatened and I fear this may have been my last opportunity to visit with them. CSX 4764 has a westbound manifest at Orleans Road. |
| Photo Date: |
10/24/2010 Upload Date: 11/10/2010 12:48:58 AM |
| Location: |
Orleans Cross Roads, WV |
| Author: |
Rick Erben |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Signal,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CSX 4764(SD70MAC) |
| Views: |
705 Comments: 6 |
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| Title: |
Hansrote happenings |
| Description: |
CSX 84 eastbound at Hansrote. Appears the tie gang has been busy here. |
| Photo Date: |
10/24/2010 Upload Date: 11/10/2010 12:52:22 AM |
| Location: |
Hansrote, WV |
| Author: |
Rick Erben |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Signal,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CSX 84(AC44CW) |
| Views: |
121 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Your replacement is here |
| Description: |
Although the background appears as if a tornado had come by, it is the esthetic devastation that is most apparent here. |
| Photo Date: |
10/25/2010 Upload Date: 11/10/2010 1:30:32 AM |
| Location: |
Crawfordsville, IN |
| Author: |
Rick Erben |
| Categories: |
Signal |
| Locomotives: |
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| Views: |
266 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
More endangered species |
| Description: |
The former C&O in Ohio is a bastion for that roads unique signal system - a system that seemed to place signals in profusion. I traveled by night from Magnolia, WV to Vaunces, OH with the hope of photographing some of C&Os classic signals, however, there was a strong front moving in and, although mild, the skies were overcast. CSX 5119 has empty coal cars returning to the Appalachian mines. |
| Photo Date: |
10/25/2010 Upload Date: 11/10/2010 1:14:46 AM |
| Location: |
Chillicothe, OH |
| Author: |
Rick Erben |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Signal,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CSX 5119(AC44CW) |
| Views: |
148 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
Amidst the doldrums |
| Description: |
Only a local freight meandered about Vaunces other than a coal empty over several hours. Here the 6429 makes a shove towards Chillicothe in its daily chores. I miss cabooses like periods at the end of a sentence |
| Photo Date: |
10/25/2010 Upload Date: 11/10/2010 1:17:26 AM |
| Location: |
Chillicothe, OH |
| Author: |
Rick Erben |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Signal,Action |
| Locomotives: |
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| Views: |
128 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Lucky 8783 |
| Description: |
I stopped for awhile in Crawfordsville although I have had dismal luck in catching any traffic passing the old Monon blades - perhaps the last blades on a Class One? I waited awhile, then some more and when the sun was gone behind the storm front clouds I lingered awhile longer. Do you know the routine? I was almost ready to kick the ignition when I heard a horn. Could it be? And then the southbound blade dropped to stop and this ethanol train whistled through town. Blades are cool! |
| Photo Date: |
10/25/2010 Upload Date: 11/10/2010 1:24:50 AM |
| Location: |
Crawfordsville, IN |
| Author: |
Rick Erben |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Signal,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CSX 8783(SD60M) |
| Views: |
265 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Storm light |
| Description: |
Of course, you can get some of the most dramatic shots imagineable with the right happenchance between rail and cloud traffic. |
| Photo Date: |
10/26/2010 Upload Date: 11/10/2010 10:43:52 AM |
| Location: |
Cameron, IL |
| Author: |
Rick Erben |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
BNSF 1049(C44-9W) CSX 8623(SD50-2) |
| Views: |
204 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Hat holder |
| Description: |
You could not keep your hat on in the wind that prevailed this morning, unless your sombrero had a Cisco Kid type chin strap. BNSF 1049 is coming around the post-merger connection between the former BN and AT&SF and has come from Galesburg Yard to move east on the Transcon now. |
| Photo Date: |
10/26/2010 Upload Date: 11/10/2010 10:46:43 AM |
| Location: |
Cameron, IL |
| Author: |
Rick Erben |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
BNSF 1049(C44-9W) CSX 8623(SD50-2) |
| Views: |
205 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Arriving in town |
| Description: |
BNSF 4096 has a manifest for the receiving yard. |
| Photo Date: |
10/26/2010 Upload Date: 11/10/2010 11:49:27 AM |
| Location: |
Galesburg, IL |
| Author: |
Rick Erben |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Signal,Action |
| Locomotives: |
BNSF 4096(C44-9W) |
| Views: |
150 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
No sun today |
| Description: |
BNSF 7577 streaks through Stronghust, IL past the Santa Fe style cantilvers. |
| Photo Date: |
10/26/2010 Upload Date: 11/10/2010 11:28:02 AM |
| Location: |
Stronghurst, IL |
| Author: |
Rick Erben |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Signal,Action |
| Locomotives: |
BNSF 7577(ES44DC) |
| Views: |
94 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Good morning, sunshine |
| Description: |
BNSF 8807 greets the sun that floods through a break in the storm clouds. |
| Photo Date: |
10/26/2010 Upload Date: 11/10/2010 10:49:03 AM |
| Location: |
Galesburg, IL |
| Author: |
Rick Erben |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Signal,Action |
| Locomotives: |
BNSF 8807(SD70MAC) |
| Views: |
189 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
A Plant |
| Description: |
BNSF 9991 has a coal train departing Galesburg under the clasic Q signals. |
| Photo Date: |
10/26/2010 Upload Date: 11/10/2010 11:22:40 AM |
| Location: |
Galesburg, IL |
| Author: |
Rick Erben |
| Categories: |
Signal,Action |
| Locomotives: |
BNSF 9991(SD70MAC) |
| Views: |
187 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
After the rain |
| Description: |
A strong front blew in during the night, attended by strong winds that had the windmill creaking as it rotated, while a coal train passes on the former BN, nee CB&Q line. |
| Photo Date: |
10/26/2010 Upload Date: 11/10/2010 10:41:42 AM |
| Location: |
Cameron, IL |
| Author: |
Rick Erben |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
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| Views: |
60 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Classic Q |
| Description: |
A signal installation that virtually screams Burlington Route. |
| Photo Date: |
10/26/2010 Upload Date: 11/10/2010 11:20:33 AM |
| Location: |
Galesburg, IL |
| Author: |
Rick Erben |
| Categories: |
Signal |
| Locomotives: |
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| Views: |
59 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Back in the heartland |
| Description: |
ICE 6363 is about to pass beneath US34 a short distance west of Ottumwa, IA. |
| Photo Date: |
10/26/2010 Upload Date: 11/10/2010 11:39:20 AM |
| Location: |
Ottumwa, IA |
| Author: |
Rick Erben |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
DME 6363(SD40-2) |
| Views: |
250 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
Rail City |
| Description: |
Galesburg has a strong railroad presence - from whistle blowing from all directions and I doubt there is any route through town that does not cross a set of tracks. |
| Photo Date: |
10/26/2010 Upload Date: 11/10/2010 11:26:46 AM |
| Location: |
Galesburg, IL |
| Author: |
Rick Erben |
| Categories: |
Scenic |
| Locomotives: |
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| Views: |
87 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
With the wind at its tail |
| Description: |
UP 7875 has a fast moving intermodal eastbound on the Transcon. Another unit is tucked in mid-train. |
| Photo Date: |
10/26/2010 Upload Date: 11/10/2010 10:55:18 AM |
| Location: |
Cameron, IL |
| Author: |
Rick Erben |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
UP 7875(AC45CCTE) |
| Views: |
193 Comments: 0 |
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