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  1. Winner - Suisun Bay Bridge

    Winner - Suisun Bay Bridge

    Late one afternoon in August 2007, a monster Newark-Roseville manifest attempted to cross the Suisun Bay Bridge out of Martinez, California, with 172 cars. While his two motors were somehow up to the task, he went into emergency just before reaching the northern shore. This left his brakeman to...
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    • winner
    • Comments: 0
    • Category: Bridges and Trestles
  2. Suisun Bay Bridge - February 2008 Photo Contest

    Suisun Bay Bridge - February 2008 Photo Contest

    Late one afternoon in August 2007, a monster Newark-Roseville manifest attempted to cross the Suisun Bay Bridge out of Martinez, California, with 172 cars. While his two motors were somehow up to the task, he went into emergency just before reaching the northern shore. This left his brakeman to...
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    • bay bridge california pacific suisun union water
    • Comments: 8
    • Category: Bridges and Trestles
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    Comment by 'Mikey' in media 'Deer on box car Helena Montana Feb. 2007'

    The deer jumped off and then was shot, according to the Helena Independent Record. http://www.helenair.com/articles/2007/01/10/helena_top/a01011007_01.txt My absolute favorite quote from the article: "They decided that the buck stopped here, and shot it."
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  4. What a waste of electricity

    What a waste of electricity

    The lights at the Millbrae Caltrain/BART station burn brightly into the wee hours of the morning even though neither system is operating at this time. While lighting the place up all night like the Space Shuttle launch site seems like a colossal waste of energy, it did allow for me to shoot the...
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    • 484 caboose millbrae night wp
    • Comments: 0
    • Category: Caboose
  5. Dutch door at night

    Dutch door at night

    Amtrak's northbound Coast Starlight heads around a curve somewhere between Marysville and Redding, California. This view of the train passing a signal and several other light sources was the best out of a whole roll of film taken in the frigid December air outside the Dutch door at speed.
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    • amtrak door dutch night
    • Comments: 3
    • Category: Night Photos
  6. All the king's horses and all the king's men

    All the king's horses and all the king's men

    UP maintenance of way workers scratch their heads over what to do next in the cleanup of a derailment in Richmond, California, in 1999. For several years afterward, a big red stain on the ground could still be seen at the location of the spilled powder.
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    • derailment mow richmond up
    • Comments: 1
    • Category: Derailments and Wrecks
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    Comment by 'Mikey' in media 'Cusion Underframe Failure'

    Is that a cushion underframe or are you just happy to see me?
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    Comment by 'Mikey' in media 'YWestern YWater'

    With a title like that, I doubt it was only the steam engine that had a drink.
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  9. Richmond wigwag

    Richmond wigwag

    One of the last two then-active wigwags in northern California bobs merrily back and forth one night in 2004. The pair of wigwags located on this BNSF yard lead in Richmond, California, has since been deactivated but remains on static display at the crossing.
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    • Comments: 3
    • Category: Signals
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    Comment by 'Mikey' in media 'Sunset route?'

    Just because it was taken on April Fool's Day doesn't mean you should make a fool of yourself with the title.
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    Comment by 'Mikey' in media 'CEFX 3780 - Denison TX 05-13-2006'

    Sorta reminds me of the SP's experimental early-1980s Daylight scheme.
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  12. Ramming Speed II

    Ramming Speed II

    McCloud River Railroad Mikado No. 18 pushes the railroad's ancient, homemade box plow to ram unplowed snow on the start of the Lookout line at Bartle, California. On each try they would get maybe a hundred feet and then back up and try again.
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    • Comments: 7
    • Category: Tourist Railways - Steam Locomotives
  13. NS and BNSF at Siberia

    NS and BNSF at Siberia

    We got very lucky on the timing for this meet shot.
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    • Comments: 2
    • Category: Western United States
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    Comment by 'Mikey' in media 'Nice old SSW'

    It's a UP repaint for trademark protection.
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    Comment by 'Mikey' in media 'Door Sign - M.J. Scanlon'

    It'll be gone in a heartbeat if any UP managers see the picture.
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    Comment by 'Mikey' in media 'Cp Coal'

    Looks like someone painted the coupler high-visibility orange for some reason. You can see overspray around it on the plow and air hoses.
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    Comment by 'Mikey' in media 'Shady Characters'

    At least you shot my good side....
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  18. SP 8261

    SP 8261

    In the Bay Area, fall colors are something of a novelty, but they do appear in a few spots.
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    • 8261 sp
    • Comments: 2
    • Category: Western United States
  19. Ramming speed!

    Ramming speed!

    One of UP's ex-SP Jordan spreaders plows snow west of Soda Springs, California, on January 2, 2005.
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    • jordan snow snowplow sp spmw spreader
    • Comments: 15
    • Category: Editor's Favorite Photos
  20. UP 1135

    UP 1135

    A UP SW1500 sits at San Jose in June 2005.
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    • jose san sw1500 up
    • Comments: 1
    • Category: Detail Photos


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