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  1. Nahalle

    UP Sunset Route in California...

    Passing freights in San Timoteo Canyon near Redlands, California. Love the SD70ACe in the lead!
  2. Pueblo Nights

    Pueblo Nights

    Union Pacific train MPBDV (Pueblo to Denver)rolls through a rural Grade Crossing north of Pueblo, Colorado on the former Rio Grande's "Joint Line".
    • RRShutterbug
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    • Comments: 3
    • Category: Night Photos
  3. It's a heat wave on NS 21T

    It's a heat wave on NS 21T

    NS 21T climbing the 0.9% grade out of the Wabash River valley east of Clymers, IN on the NS Lafayette District Illinois Division (former Wabash).
    • JETRR
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    • Comments: 1
    • Category: Eastern United States
  4. Dropping Down BOEING Hill

    Dropping Down BOEING Hill

    BNSF 2080 leads the BOEING Switch with a string of empties as it descends the 5.5 percent grade from the BOEING Everett plant to the BOEING Siding at Mukilteo,WA
    • Joe O
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    • Comments: 3
    • Category: Western United States
  5. Climbing the west side

    Climbing the west side

    A BNSF manifest climbs the west slope of Mullan Pass a couple miles downgrade from the summit at Blossberg
    • Empire Builder
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    • Comments: 0
    • Category: Western United States
  6. Snaking through Tunnel 8

    Snaking through Tunnel 8

    UP 1996 leads the MWCPT north through Tunnel 8 on Cuesta Grade. In moments the train will enter Tunnel 7, leaving the rest of the train still snaking through Tunnel 8 and Tunnel 9.
    • mathyou
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    • Comments: 3
    • Category: Tunnels
  7. Its all down hill from here

    Its all down hill from here

    The 3-unit helper set starts to head down the 1%grade towards Mullan Tunnel, which will steepen to 2.2% at the east end of the tunnel & continue down to Helena
    • Empire Builder
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    • Comments: 0
    • Category: Regionals and Shortlines
  8. Mullan Grain

    Mullan Grain

    An east-bound BNSF grain train roars toward Helena, Mt as it decends the 2.2% grade on the east side of Mullan Pass near Austin.
    • Empire Builder
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    • Comments: 0
    • Category: Western United States
  9. Crossing Guard

    Crossing Guard

    This BNSF inspection truck was sitting at this crossing in Saginaw, TX for so long, he reminded me of the road crossing guards I used to have in elementary school. Photo taken September 7, 2007.
    • David Thorn
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    • Comments: 0
    • Category: Track Equipment and M.O.W. Work
  10. New Riverview crossing at grade

    New Riverview crossing at grade

    I found this up by the tracks while I was out last night. Apparently it was just put up in the last few weeks.
    • zartok-35
    • Media item
    • Comments: 8
    • Category: Track
  11. ACWCSX1

    ACWCSX1

    Same light units having just left the Purdue mill at Candor NC. At the bottom of one of the steepest hills heading to Aberdeen NC for another grain train from CSX.
    • m3rdrail
    • Media item
    • Comments: 3
    • Category: Eastern United States
  12. coasting down grade

    coasting down grade

    East bound intermodal coasting effortlessly down grade out side of Matfield Green
    • Media item
    • Comments: 1
    • Category: Eastern United States
  13. Morning at MatfieldGreen

    Morning at MatfieldGreen

    4026 and 4052 head east down grade from MatfieldGreen
    • Media item
    • Comments: 2
    • Category: Central and Midwestern United States
  14. China Mikado

    China Mikado

    2-8-2 at Jiamusi China 1993
    • Media item
    • Comments: 3
    • Category: International Freight Trains




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