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  1. CB&Q FT #110D, Naperville, IL, Dec. 28, 1963, photo by Chuck Zeiler

    CB&Q FT #110D, Naperville, IL, Dec. 28, 1963, photo by Chuck Zeiler

    CB&Q FT #110D, Naperville, Illinois, December 28, 1963, photo by Chuck Zeiler. I contributed this image for use in the Burlington Route Historical Society's 1994 calendar, and here is how it was captioned by Ed DeRouin: "Making The Connection - A westbound train, possible 67-A, a...
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    • Category: Vintage Freight Train Photos - Diesel Era
  2. CB&Q FT #110D, Naperville, IL, 1963, photo by Chuck Zeiler

    CB&Q FT #110D, Naperville, IL, 1963, photo by Chuck Zeiler

    CB&Q FT #110D, Naperville, IL, 1963, photo by Chuck Zeiler. This is a scan of one of the first color photos I ever shot as I was making the transition from black & white to color, and this is a color negative, I finally settled on color slide film, so I did not take good care of this...
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    • Category: Vintage Freight Train Photos - Diesel Era
  3. My first Santa Fe shot.

    My first Santa Fe shot.

    Traveled to Ft. Madison Iowa from Chicago June 22, 1983 for "A day in the West". This was the first engine I saw as we pulled into the yard at sunrise. Kodachrome's have been my favorite scheme ever since.
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    • Category: Central and Midwestern United States
  4. Full Moon over the SSW

    Full Moon over the SSW

    This shot looks so much like a model or diorama to me. I couldn't pass up a chance to get an unpatched Cotton Belt unit. The moon rising is just extra gravy for the shot.
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    • Category: Night Photos
  5. Headlights for illumination

    Headlights for illumination

    This unit was buried up in the yard with no light around for illumination. We used the head lights and spotlights on the car to light up the side for a creative way to get your shot.
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    • Category: Night Photos
  6. First light and first pic of the day.

    First light and first pic of the day.

    2-16-4 @ 0739 hrs: TRE (Trinty Railway Express) 567 leaving the TP station heading for the downtown Intermodal station barely lit by the rising sun.
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    • Category: Transit, Light Rail and Commuter
  7. TFM on the point of UP autoracks.

    TFM on the point of UP autoracks.

    2-16-4 @ 1224 hrs AKSGP-15(Loaded Auto Multilevels from Armourdale Yards, Kansas City, Kansas to Galena Park/Houston, TX) with TFM 2601 and CSX 8621. South bound on the Midlothian Subdivision heading for Ennis and then Hearne, TX. Seems like it's rare to get a straight UP consist anymore, not...
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    • Category: Central and Midwestern United States
  8. BNSF A-B-A yard transfer team

    BNSF A-B-A yard transfer team

    BNSF 6804, 2249, & 6378 are lashed together for a great A-B-A team complete with matching paint scheme. Taken on 6-7-2003 between Tower 55 and the UP Centennial yard in Fort Worth, TX.
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    • Category: Central and Midwestern United States
  9. UP traffic jam

    UP traffic jam

    5-26-2003, UP 4987, 3909, & 6162 pulling a rail train wait to go south through Tower 55 in Fort Worth, TX. The second section of this train sits nearby.
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  10. Fort Worth & Western Tarantula

    Fort Worth & Western Tarantula

    FWWR 2248 arrives in the Ft Worth stockyards from Grapevine, TX with several carloads of visitors. 2248 was made by Cooke Locomotive Works in 1896 as a heavy mountain class unit for the Southern Pacific. See www.tarantulatrain.com for further history.
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    • excursion ft fwwr steam tarantula worth
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    • Category: Tourist Railways - Steam Locomotives


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