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The old Union Station in Pine Bluff, Arkansas now sits along the UP Pine Bluff Sub mainline and is used as the Jefferson County Historical Museum.
mojo628
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Jan 15, 2006
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Category: Buildings and Structures
A fellow railfan photographs the UP MPBJB 14 as it heads north on the Jonesboro Sub with engines UP 1816 & UP 1815.
mojo628
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Jan 15, 2006
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Category: Central and Midwestern United States
A string of Southern Pacific Hy-Cube's are seen here in the Stuttgart Yard on the Jonesboro Sub.
mojo628
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Jan 15, 2006
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Category: Freight Cars
The UP CEYMS9 10 heads east on the UP Memphis Sub as it crosses over the tracks of the Jonesboro Sub in Fair Oaks, Arkansas.
mojo628
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Jan 15, 2006
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Category: Freight Cars
Covered hoppers, including a few still sporting the DRGW logo, are on a side track at the Riceland Foods Plant in Stuttgart, Arkansas.
mojo628
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Jan 15, 2006
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Category: Freight Cars
A sign from the Southern Pacific past still adorns this door to a small shack in the UP Stuttgart Yard.
mojo628
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Jan 15, 2006
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Category: Buildings and Structures
NS 2549 makes the pass of a westbound intermodal, and it's Hub Group containers, in White Siding as it leads the 396 train eastbound.
mojo628
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Dec 12, 2005
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Category: Central and Midwestern United States
This Keokuk Junction Railway CF7 finds itself parked in the middle of Canadian National's Johnston Yard in SW Memphis, Tennessee.
mojo628
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Dec 4, 2005
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Category: Regionals and Shortlines
A UP track crew watches the 2MMEEWX go by as they repair track on the UP Memphis Sub at KC Junction.
mojo628
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Nov 30, 2005
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Category: Human Interest Photos
A close-up view of UP's Harahan Bridge which was built in 1916. The ramp structure on the side was used by automobiles before 1950. The structure was covered with wooden blanks which, so I've been told, made for an interesting trek across the Mississippi.
The bridge enjoys the history of having...
mojo628
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Nov 30, 2005
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Category: Bridges and Trestles
An usual find in Forrest yard today. NS 2404, an EMD MP15DC switcher, finds itself slightly struggling in building an intermodal train to go out later in the day.
mojo628
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Nov 29, 2005
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Category: Central and Midwestern United States
With a rainbow halo from the light above, NS 6659 finds itself parked in front of the "Memphis is not the end of the Norfolk Southern System" sign in Forrest Yard.
mojo628
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Nov 29, 2005
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Category: Night Photos
As I drove down Southern Avenue I spied the infamous "Barfbonnet" hiding out in the darkness of Forrest Yard. This engine is probably best left to nighttime movements.
mojo628
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Nov 29, 2005
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Category: Night Photos
A southbound CN freight passes a northbounder at Garden Lane in midtown Memphis. A ghostly image of a UTLX tank car was captured with a flash.
25NOV05
mojo628
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Nov 29, 2005
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Category: Night Photos
With its headlights brightly shining, NS 396 is partly out of Forrest Yard and stopped at Greer Street waiting to get out of town.
25NOV05
mojo628
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Nov 29, 2005
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Category: Night Photos
The "City of New Orleans" takes off out of Memphis Central Station for its overnight journey to Chicago.
mojo628
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Nov 29, 2005
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Category: Amtrak and other US Passenger Trains
An empty coal train is led by a new ES44AC unit, BNSF 5752 with swoosh, parked on the NS Memphis District West Main at Tower 17.
25NOV05
mojo628
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Nov 29, 2005
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Category: Central and Midwestern United States
What once was a shared passenger depot for the GM&O and Southern Railroads now is partly used by the KCS Railroad and some local community groups.
The depot stands on the SE corner of the KCS Artesia Sub & NS Memphis District diamond in downtown Corinth, Mississippi.
06JAN04
mojo628
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Nov 26, 2005
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Category: Buildings and Structures
With some type of mill in the background, UP 778, last symboled as LWL60 09, is parked on the south end of town over a culvert dated 1928.
mojo628
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Nov 14, 2005
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Category: Central and Midwestern United States
Where do old Cotton Belt tank cars go to die? In a field near the tracks of the UP Wynne Sub in eastern Arkansas.
mojo628
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Nov 14, 2005
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Category: Freight Cars
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