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  1. SP 4734

    SP 4734

    This caboose is based in Salem, OR and is used most on the Salem Switcher which works north to Woodburn. It is also sometimes used on the Kraft Switcher which works south to Kraft Inc south of Albany.
    • Youngwarrior
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    • Category: Caboose
  2. It was loud

    It was loud

    A westbound lumber drag grinds through Steinman, Oregon on the climb to Siskiyou Summit. October 5, 1986
    • CPKirkie
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    • Comments: 1
    • Category: Western United States
  3. Museum Piece

    Museum Piece

    The SD45-2T now preserved at the California State Railroad Museum rolls toward Oregon on the Siskiyou Line. June 19, 1990.
    • CPKirkie
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    • Category: Vintage Freight Train Photos - Diesel Era
  4. New Paint

    New Paint

    Former Southern Pacific business cars Sunset and Stanford trail Amtrak's Coast Starlight, wearing new yellow paint for Union Pacific.
    • CPKirkie
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    • Category: Special Trains, Charters and PV's
  5. Frozen trash

    Frozen trash

    On a frigid afternoon, the northbound Napa Valley trash train blows some snow.
    • CPKirkie
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    • Comments: 2
    • Category: Vintage Freight Train Photos - Diesel Era
  6. Future? What future?

    Future? What future?

    • CPKirkie
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    • Category: Caboose
  7. Sunset Route Westman

    Sunset Route Westman

    A westbound train departs Lordsburg, NM in 1988.
    • CPKirkie
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    • Comments: 2
    • Category: Vintage Freight Train Photos - Diesel Era
  8. Last poster

    Last poster

    A member of the circus throws a poster off the train near Castella, CA in 1989.
    • CPKirkie
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    • Comments: 0
    • Category: Circus Trains
  9. UP 8121 SD90MAC

    UP 8121 SD90MAC

    • Romet
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    • Category: Western United States
  10. DRGW 5371 SD40T-2

    DRGW 5371 SD40T-2

    • Romet
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    • Category: Tourist Railways - Diesels
  11. UP 8123 SD90MAC

    UP 8123 SD90MAC

    • Romet
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    • Category: Union Pacific
  12. Down the Gulch

    Down the Gulch

    A Modoc Line train descends Howards Gulch in October 1988.
    • CPKirkie
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    • Category: Western United States
  13. Right Turn at Geer

    Right Turn at Geer

    An extra West Stayton Turn rolls through Geer, OR in February 1993. By month end, this trackage would be operated by the Willamette Valley Railway.
    • CPKirkie
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    • Category: Western United States
  14. The circus is aloft

    The circus is aloft

    The Barnum and Bailey circus takes in the Shasta Route.
    • CPKirkie
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    • Comments: 1
    • Category: Circus Trains
  15. That new locomotive smell

    That new locomotive smell

    Brand new SSW 9701 helps pull the "Shasta Daylight 1990" excursion in the Sacramento River Canyon.
    • CPKirkie
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    • Comments: 1
    • Category: Mainline Excursions
  16. Highball Grass Lake

    Highball Grass Lake

    A Union Pacific Z train with Southern Pacific power leaves the siding at Grass Lake on the Black Butte Subdivision.
    • CPKirkie
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    • Comments: 0
    • Category: Western United States
  17. Snack time

    Snack time

    Southern Pacific\'s LABRF has just been advised that the track ahead is blocked by a train that suffered a UDE. The crew is heading for the Mount Hebron Store to grab a snack.
    • CPKirkie
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    • Category: Western United States
  18. RPCX 6311 FP9ARM

    RPCX 6311 FP9ARM

    Would appreciate some information on the paint scheme, seems opposite of Illinois Central E9's.
    • Romet
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    • Category: Tourist Railways - Diesels
  19. Lumber Drag

    Lumber Drag

    Southern Pacific\'s CZLAT attacks the westbound grade on the Black Butte Subdivision between Klamath Falls and Dunsmuir.
    • CPKirkie
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    • Comments: 0
    • Category: Western United States
  20. High Plains Oddball

    High Plains Oddball

    SP 7675 leads a local on the Pilot Rock branch in Northeastern Oregon.
    • CPKirkie
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    • Category: Western United States




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