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  1. BRG 237

    BRG 237

    Switching at the new Port of Brownsville Yard.
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    • brownsville grande international rio rr
    • Comments: 2
    • Category: Regionals and Shortlines
  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".
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    • colorado contest crossing grade grande pacific photo pueblo rio union
    • Comments: 3
    • Category: Night Photos
  3. Santa Cruz Local

    Santa Cruz Local

    Dwindling traffic on the UP's Santa Cruz branch has reduced the frequency of this local to only once a week. There is only a handful of customers remaining on the line.
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    • cruz grande local rio santa up
    • Comments: 1
    • Category: Western United States
  4. Cruzing down Beach Street

    Cruzing down Beach Street

    Union Pacific 1347 takes an abbreviated "Santa Cruz Local" down Beach Street in Santa Cruz, California yesterday. It will only be a few more weeks before Beach Street and the municipal wharf are congested with summer tourists.
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    • boardwalk branch california cruz gp40-2 grande pacific rio santa union
    • Comments: 0
    • Category: Editors Choice Gallery
  5. Country Lane

    Country Lane

    The thrice-weekly Santa Cruz Local rolls across an idyllic country lane on the way up to Davenport. This is on the portion of the line between Watsonville and Aptos.
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    • grande local rio up
    • Comments: 4
    • Category: Editors Choice Gallery
  6. The City Doesn't Stop Here Anymore

    The City Doesn't Stop Here Anymore

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    • depot grande la or up
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    • Category: Buildings and Structures
  7. Rio Grande Along the Banks

    Rio Grande Along the Banks

    Rio Grande GP40 #3086 leads this TOFC train along the East Bank of the Los Angeles River under a familiar SP landmark signal bridge approaching Taylor Yard in 1984.
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    • grande rio taylor yard
    • Comments: 10
    • Category: Western United States
  8. The Galloping Goose

    The Galloping Goose

    Rio Grand Southern Railroad Motor #7 at the Colorado Railroad Museum, Summer 1996. According to their website it was built in 10/27/36 and started out with a 1936 Ford V-8 and a 1926 Pierce-Arrow "33" body, followed by a large enclosed box for freight, packages, and mail. Later, when...
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    • colorado grande rgs rio southern
    • Comments: 1
    • Category: Railroad Art
  9. Back Alley Railroading

    Back Alley Railroading

    In a scene almost reminiscent of the third world, the South City Switcher gingerly picks its way down an alley lined with junkyards and scrap dealers. The tracks are barely visible amid the dirt. Just two minutes prior, you wouldn't even know a train could ever pass through here, as there were...
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    • francisco grande local rio running san street up
    • Comments: 3
    • Category: Western United States
  10. Rio Grande/SP Tunnel Motors on the Cutoff

    Rio Grande/SP Tunnel Motors on the Cutoff

    Two Rio Grande and one Southern Pacific SD40T-2 Tunnel Motors hold in the Hiland Siding on UP's Palmdale Colton Cutoff in Cajon Pass in 1997 on this southbound train.
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    • cutoff grande hiland pacific rio siding southern
    • Comments: 4
    • Category: Western United States
  11. Black & White Statement

    Black & White Statement

    This was a fact in the day! And is still true today.Both of these lines still run passenger trains on them Today.
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    • grande rio
    • Comments: 0
    • Category: Detail Photos
  12. UP 1351

    UP 1351

    UP 1351 on the South City Switch job in San Francisco, running down Quint St. heading back to the mainline with 2 loads of contaminated dirt.
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    • francisco grande rio running san street up
    • Comments: 4
    • Category: Western United States
  13. Tight Clearance

    Tight Clearance

    The South City Switcher negotiates the serpentine street running on Quint St. as it heads back to its home yard in South San Francisco. The clearances on Quint St. are very tight, and the power cleared the red car on the left by less than a foot.
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    • francisco grande local rio running san street up
    • Comments: 4
    • Category: Western United States
  14. D&RGW F9A #5771 & F9B #5762

    D&RGW F9A #5771 & F9B #5762

    D&RGW F9A #5771 & F9B #5762 sit under some partly cloudy skies at the Colorado Rail Museum in Golden. LOCATION: Golden, Co RAILROAD: Denver & Rio Grande Western LOCOMOTIVE/TRAIN: EMD F9A & F9B DATE: August 2007
    • Empire Builder
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    • #5762 #5771 & 5762 5771 co colorado d&rgw denver emd f9a f9b golden grande museum rail rio western
    • Comments: 4
    • Category: Tourist Railways - Diesels
  15. F9A #5771

    F9A #5771

    D&RGW F9A #5771 sits under sunny skies at the Colorado Rail Museum.
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    • #5771 & 5771 co colorado d&rgw denver emd f9a golden grande museum rail rio western
    • Comments: 2
    • Category: Tourist Railways - Diesels
  16. Inside the cab of #683

    Inside the cab of #683

    1st off, sorry about the glare coming in from the windows. 2nd off, this is a pic. of the boiler & engineer's controls inside the cab of D&RGW #683
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    • #583 #683 & 1890 2-8-0 583 683 baldwin blw colorado d&rg d&rgw denver grande guage locomotive museum rail rio standard steam western works
    • Comments: 0
    • Category: Tourist Railways - Steam Locomotives
  17. Hanging out the window

    Hanging out the window

    This is the view hanging out the side window on the engineer's side of #683.
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    • #583 #683 & 1890 2-8-0 583 683 baldwin blw colorado d&rg d&rgw denver grande guage locomotive museum rail rio standard steam western works
    • Comments: 0
    • Category: Tourist Railways - Steam Locomotives
  18. Engineer's view

    Engineer's view

    This is the view out the front window from the engineer's "seat" of D&RGW #683
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    • #583 #683 & 1890 2-8-0 583 683 baldwin blw colorado d&rg d&rgw denver grande guage locomotive museum rail rio standard steam western works
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    • Category: Tourist Railways - Steam Locomotives
  19. Scenic Line of the World

    Scenic Line of the World

    #683's tender sports Rio Grande's "Scenic Line of the World" logo above the Denver & Rio Grande western lettering.
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    • #583 #683 & 1890 2-8-0 583 683 baldwin blw colorado d&rg d&rgw denver grande guage locomotive museum rail rio standard steam western works
    • Comments: 0
    • Category: Tourist Railways - Steam Locomotives
  20. D&RGW 2-8-0 #683

    D&RGW 2-8-0 #683

    D&RGW 2-8-0 # 683 sits on dispaly at the Colorado Rail Museum in Golden, Co. Built in October 1890 by Baldwin Locomotive Works as D&RG #583, it was renumbered to D&GRW #683 in 1924, she had a long & successful career before being retired in 1955. #683 is the only surving example...
    • Empire Builder
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    • #583 #683 & 1890 2-8-0 583 683 baldwin blw colorado d&rg d&rgw denver grande guage locomotive museum rail rio standard steam western works
    • Comments: 2
    • Category: Tourist Railways - Steam Locomotives


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