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  1. 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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    • colorado contest crossing grade grande pacific photo pueblo rio union
    • Comments: 3
    • Category: Night Photos
  2. 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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    • 21t grade ns stack train wabash
    • Comments: 1
    • Category: Eastern United States
  3. 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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    • 5.5 boeing everett grade mukilteo percent
    • Comments: 3
    • Category: Western United States
  4. 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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    • 2008 blossberg bnsf climbing couple downgrade grade july link miles montana mrl mt mullan of pass rail side slope west
    • Comments: 0
    • Category: Western United States
  5. 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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    • 1996 7 cuesta grade tunnel up
    • Comments: 3
    • Category: Tunnels
  6. 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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    • 2008 3 blossberg continental curve divide down grade helper helpers july link montana mrl mt mullan pass rail set summit tunnel unit
    • Comments: 0
    • Category: Regionals and Shortlines
  7. 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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    • 2008 austin bnsf crossing grade helena july link montana mrl mullan pass rail swoosh
    • Comments: 0
    • Category: Western United States
  8. 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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    • bnsf crossing grade mow saginaw truck tx
    • Comments: 0
    • Category: Track Equipment and M.O.W. Work
  9. 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
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    • at crossing grade new riverview
    • Comments: 8
    • Category: Track
  10. 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
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    • Comments: 3
    • Category: Eastern United States
  11. coasting down grade

    coasting down grade

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

    Morning at MatfieldGreen

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

    China Mikado

    2-8-2 at Jiamusi China 1993
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    • cart crossing grade horse locomotive steam
    • Comments: 3
    • Category: International Freight Trains



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