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  1. Southern Pacific 4449 at Pasco, Washington

    Southern Pacific 4449 at Pasco, Washington

    Southern Pacific 4449 is on her way home to Portland after attending Washington Central's Steamfest in Yakima. She spent the night in Kennewick and has just crossed the Columbia River to use the wye to get pointed the right direction at Pasco, Washington - November 19, 1989.
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  2. Soo Line 2-8-2 1003 near Randolph, Wisconsin

    Soo Line 2-8-2 1003 near Randolph, Wisconsin

    Soo Line 2-8-2 1003 (built 1913) is passing under the former CNW Adams Line in the rain near Randolph, Wisconsin - November 15, 2020.
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  3. Soo Line 2-8-2 1003 at Beaver Dam, Wisconsin

    Soo Line 2-8-2 1003 at Beaver Dam, Wisconsin

    Can you hear a still image? I can still hear this one in my head. The vidiots on hand must have gotten a wonderful soundtrack! A seismograph would have also been useful here to to record the shaking of the ground! It was wet, cold, windy and dreary but what a show! Soo Line 2-8-2 1003 (built...
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  4. Soo Line 1003 Horicon, Wisconsin

    Soo Line 1003 Horicon, Wisconsin

    As fans and photographers, we generally don't like to shoot steam locos operating tender first. They certainly don not look as nice coming at you as they do when running forward. Fact is, Soo Line 1003 (built 1913) probably spent a good deal of time running just like this back in her day...
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  5. Connell Turn out of Warden, WA

    Connell Turn out of Warden, WA

    Columbia Basin SD9 12 (built 1959 as Colorado and Southern 832) leads the Connell Turn out of Warden, Washington - November 9, 2020.
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  6. BNSF Cut Bank, MT

    BNSF Cut Bank, MT

    BNSF eastbound over Cut Bank Creek in Cut Bank, Montana - November 10, 2020.
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  7. Golden State Grain

    Golden State Grain

    Union Pacific working the grain terminal along the Golden State Highway 99 in Traver, California - November 25, 2020.
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  8. Vintage EMD power!!

    Vintage EMD power!!

    Vintage EMD power!! Columbia Basin's Connell Turn is arriving in Connell, Washington - November 9, 2020.
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  9. Cotton Belt 819 at Tyler, Texas

    Cotton Belt 819 at Tyler, Texas

    Cotton Belt 819 stopped somewhere outside of town and stuck on some enormous flags and is now coming in to greet the waiting crowd in Tyler, Texas - November 6, 1988.
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  10. American Orient Express in Steilacoom, WA

    American Orient Express in Steilacoom, WA

    Ex-New York Central solarium observation car on the rear of the American Orient Express passes along Puget Sound at Steilacoom, Washington - November 7, 2004. Pierce County Anderson Island ferry 'Christine Anderson' outbound in the background.
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  11. BNSF GP38-2 2259 in Seattle

    BNSF GP38-2 2259 in Seattle

    BNSF GP38-2 2259 (built 1973 as SLSF 404) with a rock train passes King Street Station where brand new Amtrak Cascades F59PHI 467 sits with a brand new Talgo Series 6 trainset in Seattle, Washington - November 7, 1998.
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  12. Cotton Belt 819 near Camden, Arkansas

    Cotton Belt 819 near Camden, Arkansas

    Cotton Belt 819 is on home rails somewhere southwest of Camden, Arkansas - November 5, 1988.
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  13. Northern Pacific 0-6-0 924 at North Bend, WA

    Northern Pacific 0-6-0 924 at North Bend, WA

    Northern Pacific 0-6-0 924 (built 1899, restored 2020) is crossing the South Fork Snoqualmie River in North Bend, Washington - November 1, 2020.
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  14. MBTA PCC 3268

    MBTA PCC 3268

    MBTA PCC 3268 (built by Pullman-Standard in 1946) on the Mattapan Line at Capen Street in Milton, Massachusetts - October 29, 2016. — in Milton, Massachusetts.
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  15. Nickel Plate 765 at Colburn, Indiana

    Nickel Plate 765 at Colburn, Indiana

    Nickel Plate 765 westbound through Colburn, Indiana - October 26, 2013.
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