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  1. EJ&E #444 SW1001 Remote Pine Junction

    EJ&E #444 SW1001 Remote Pine Junction

    • signmasters24
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    • 444 ej&e junction pine remote sw1001
    • Comments: 1
    • Category: Regionals and Shortlines
  2. Operation Life Saver!

    Operation Life Saver!

    Montana Rail Link SD35 #703 in RCL service at MRL's Laurel yard.
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    • #703 2006 703 caboose control division electro emd laurel lif link locomotive montana motive mrl mt october ols operation rail rc rcl remote sd35 yard
    • Comments: 0
    • Category: Regionals and Shortlines
  3. MRL Remote Control Caboose

    MRL Remote Control Caboose

    A MRL rc caboose is coupled to a GP35 for RC switcher service.
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    • caboose control emd gp35 laurel link montana rail rc remote switcher yard
    • Comments: 6
    • Category: Caboose
  4. CPR potash

    CPR potash

    Looks like a lone ES44AC leading a 124car unit potash train. Yet if you look carefully towards the back of the train you can see a blue blur in between the sea of Canpotax cars. That's two CEFX AC4400CW's working mid-train.
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    • 8732 ac4400cw canpotax cefx cp es44ac locotrol mid-train potash remote saskatoon sutherland unit
    • Comments: 1
    • Category: Canada
  5. Remote control!

    Remote control!

    Not sure how a pink SD40-2F sumbolizes remote controlled units, but I must admit this is one cool sign! Sure beats the one they have in Winnipeg. Basically chalk on wood. Here's the other side of the crossing that the sign is on...
    • Romet
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    • cp remote saskatoon sign sutherland
    • Comments: 4
    • Category: Railroad Art
  6. NorthTown switcher

    NorthTown switcher

    BNSF 2716 runs light and is about to start switching.
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    • bnsf geep remote whiteface
    • Comments: 0
    • Category: Burlington Northern Santa Fe
  7. MRL Remote Control Caboose

    MRL Remote Control Caboose

    One of MRL's Remote Control Cabooses at Laurel.
    • Empire Builder
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    • caboose control laurel link montana mrl rail remote yard
    • Comments: 5
    • Category: Caboose
  8. Tank car switching at Great Falls

    Tank car switching at Great Falls

    Another pic of 2140 pushing & shoving a line of tank cars around in October 2004.
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    • 2140 bnsf cars control duty emd falls gp38 great montana remote switcher tank
    • Comments: 0
    • Category: Burlington Northern Santa Fe
  9. GP38 #2140

    GP38 #2140

    BNSF GP38 #2140 switches some tank cars around while in Remote Control switcher duty at Great Falls on October 22, 2004.
    • Empire Builder
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    • bnsf cars control duty emd falls gp38 great montana remote switcher tank
    • Comments: 0
    • Category: Burlington Northern Santa Fe
  10. Mr. Roboto

    Mr. Roboto

    Remote control unit (coupled to a manned CSX geep out of frame) waits permission to re-enter Falls Yard.
    • Urban D Kaye
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    • gp38-2 ns philadelphia remote
    • Comments: 1
    • Category: Eastern United States
  11. How can it be called "Heritage" and Remote?

    How can it be called "Heritage" and Remote?

    A geep with brand new "Remote Control Equipped" stickers leads the southbound transfer out of Vancouver on a showery Feburary day.
    • ahockley
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    • bnsf remote vancouver washington
    • Comments: 5
    • Category: Western United States
  12. Grey Nose GP15-1

    Grey Nose GP15-1

    Found this remote control switcher painted with a grey nose at Kerne Junction. Anyone know ehy the nose is grey?
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    • control remote switcher up
    • Comments: 3
    • Category: Union Pacific
  13. CSX Remote Platform Car

    CSX Remote Platform Car

    CSX is now starting to use cut down boxcars or freight cars to make remote control pushers They look like a flatcar with a electrical control cabinet standing up at one end of the car with headlights mounted on the cabinet and horns on top The rear end or B end has 3 controllig hoses only ...
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    • car csx platform remote
    • Comments: 1
    • Category: Maintenance of Way and Non-Revenue Cars



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