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    Comment by 'rowie' in media 'Trashy power, trashy train'

    I bet the loaded train smelled lovely :p
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    Comment by 'rowie' in media 'Clear Mountain Mornings - II'

    Bloody noses in the shadow of Mt Shasta. Doesn't get much better than that!
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    Comment by 'rowie' in media 'Something Old, Something New'

    Very nice! I miss the SP :(
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    Comment by 'rowie' in media 'Ice storm'

    Nicely done!
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  5. Plane Creek big'un

    Plane Creek big'un

    A modern industrial rail system is operated by Plane Creek Sugar Mill in Queensland, Australia. A daily distributed power train does the 90 mile round trip from the mill to Carmila and is pictured here on it's return trip coming to a stop at Mount Christian siding to collect more bins. Lead loco...
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    • Category: International Freight Trains
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    Comment by 'rowie' in media 'I think I can, I think I can......'

    TrainPohll: He was on the walkway and signalling stop to the engineer. The locos had just started slipping. Christian: It was a wet day. If it was dry, the train probably would have crawled it's way to the summit.
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  7. I think I can, I think I can......

    I think I can, I think I can......

    Loaded coal train beginning to stall on Briaba Bank, due to the sanders not working on the 2 lead locos
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    • Category: International Freight Trains
  8. Electric to Diesel

    Electric to Diesel

    A Queensland Rail electric loco turned into a diesel :)
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    • Category: Railroad Art
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    Comment by 'rowie' in media 'CHILEAN PASSANGER TRAIN'

    Nice shovelnose! :)
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    Comment by 'rowie' in media 'Throw on the burgers'

    Looks very similar to a scan from Rail News magazine that has been circulating the net since about 1999.
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  11. A foggy morning

    A foggy morning

    GM42 42210 2201 7340 climbing through Demondrille on a cold, foggy morning.
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    • 2200 422 arg fog gm
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  12. NR's at Goobang

    NR's at Goobang

    NR63 NR73 prepare to depart Goobang Junction with 5YN2 Steel Train to Newcastle. Goobang Junction is a few km west of Parkes in the central west of New South Wales.
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    • new newcastle nr south wales
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    • Category: International Freight Trains
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    Comment by 'rowie' in media 'NR63 and NR73 at Midland'

    Mike, was that shot on July 9? Just realised I got a shot of that pair on July 2 at Goobang Junction on 5YN2 steelie and we followed the train to Cootamundra. NR73 was stabled at Goobang when we arrived there just before midnight on the 1st and was added to the train when we went back there at...
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    Comment by 'rowie' in media 'NR63 and NR73 at Midland'

    Strange looking passenger train :p ;)
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    Comment by 'rowie' in media 'Shovel nose UM12C at Nakorn Chaisri'

    Sweet! :) Dont see many shots of the Shovel Noses
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