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  1. E's on the doubletrack

    E's on the doubletrack

    Union Pacific 951 takes a business special up the Coast Line at Carandero just a few miles from Gilroy, California. The E's still took charge of the business specials as seen here in April of 2001.
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    • Category: Amtrak and other US Passenger Trains
  2. Imitation....

    Imitation....

    In 1985 the Connecticut Valley Railroad Museum (now the Railroad Museum of New England) acquired former Amtrak E-9 417 mainly as a "trial horse" to test our restoration skills (cosmetic only). The 417 is origionally U.P. 912A, the third to last E-unit built, so we were aware of it's...
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    • Category: Editors Choice Gallery
  3. Round the bend...

    Round the bend...

    Amtrak tr. 449, the westbound Boston section of the "Lake Shore Ltd." winds through Tuttle Bend in Montgomery, MA. on a July evening in 1979. The "Lake Shore" was one of the last, if not THE last Amtrak trains to use steam heat equipment, it would finally get HEP in Jan., 1980.
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    • Comments: 1
    • Category: Vintage Passenger Train Photos - Diesel Era
  4. On the North Western

    On the North Western

    METRA train 29 pulls into Glen Ellyn, IL. on Sept. 2, 1988 at 13:24.
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    • Category: Transit, Light Rail and Commuter
  5. Dinky

    Dinky

    Outbound "Dinky" at Hinsdale, IL. on August 30, 1988. Of course, the "BandA Fan" just HAD to spend some time at a place with a familiar name.
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    • Comments: 2
    • Category: Transit, Light Rail and Commuter
  6. Dinky

    Dinky

    Inbound "Dinky" pauses at Hinsdale, IL. on August 30, 1988.
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    • Comments: 1
    • Category: Transit, Light Rail and Commuter


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