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  1. 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.
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    • "shasta route" sd45 sp
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    • Category: Western United States
  2. 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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    • 6304 base black canadian ex-cn forces fp9a sp spur wainwright widow
    • Comments: 0
    • Category: Tourist Railways - Diesels
  3. 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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    • czlat sp
    • Comments: 0
    • Category: Western United States
  4. High Plains Oddball

    High Plains Oddball

    SP 7675 leads a local on the Pilot Rock branch in Northeastern Oregon.
    • CPKirkie
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    • gp40-2 sp up
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    • Category: Western United States
  5. Two at Texum

    Two at Texum

    Southern Pacific\'s PTLAT meets Amtrak\'s Coast Starlight at Texum siding near Klamath Falls, Oregon.
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    • amtk shasta sp
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    • Category: Amtrak and other US Passenger Trains
  6. Memorial Day Weekend Treat

    Memorial Day Weekend Treat

    • CPKirkie
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    • "shasta gp60 roadrailer route" sp
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    • Category: Western United States
  7. Glendale evening

    Glendale evening

    EsPee PA-3 6045 pauses with tr. 60 at Glendale, CA. on an evening of October, 1960. Second car in the train is a former Cotton Belt Osgood-Bradley "American Flyer" coach. Unknown photog.
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    • alco pa sp
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    • Category: Vintage Passenger Train Photos - Diesel Era
  8. UP 6380 on the dog

    UP 6380 on the dog

    UP 6380 and KCS 4049 power a WB Manifest on UP\'s Glidden Sub. MEWSAB-21 Photo taken at Schulenburg TX on 6-21-14.
    • rgcx
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    • glidden patch sp
    • Comments: 1
    • Category: Central and Midwestern United States
  9. Daylight in Nightlight

    Daylight in Nightlight

    The SP 4449 rests at the Intermodel Station in Milwaukee before continuing it's journey west the following day.
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    • 4-8-4 4449 daylight engine gs-4 lima milwaukee pacific southern sp states steam united usa wisconsin
    • Comments: 0
    • Category: Mainline Excursions
  10. Home Valley Daylight

    Home Valley Daylight

    SP 4449 and train rolls west through the Columbia River Gorge.
    • CPKirkie
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    • 4449 columbia gorge river sp
    • Comments: 1
    • Category: Mainline Excursions
  11. The Coast Starlight at Gaviota

    The Coast Starlight at Gaviota

    Northbound train #14 crosses the big trestle at Gaviota state beach, a spot made famous over the years by many photos of SP Daylight trains at this location.
    • Superchief3751
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    • amtrak bridge coast sp starlight trestle
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    • Category: Amtrak and other US Passenger Trains
  12. Big Reno

    Big Reno

    Big Reno was a well known departure track and switching lead in SP's east end yard at Roseville, CA. Trains would use it when beginning their trip to Reno, NV via Donner Pass. EB trains for Portland Oregon would use the "Little Reno"; a maze of x-overs to reach the beginning of the...
    • rgcx
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    • sp yard
    • Comments: 3
    • Category: Vintage Freight Train Photos - Diesel Era
  13. Slowing for the Bear

    Slowing for the Bear

    The eb Anita Turn slows down to cross the flood damaged Bear River bridge (out of pic to left). The flood of 2-14-86 weakened the bridge supports and trains were restricted to 20 until repairs were made. This local still used a 4-man crew. One person can be seen in the last trailing geep to look...
    • rgcx
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    • east line sp trestle valley
    • Comments: 1
    • Category: Vintage Freight Train Photos - Diesel Era
  14. Working the chips

    Working the chips

    The Truckee local is preparing to spot the woodchip gons at the lumber mill. The mill would close in 1989 and the need to send the Truckee local 3-times-a-week would also vanish. Can't explain the weird fireman-side numberboard. Jerry C. photo
    • rgcx
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    • donner local sd9 sp
    • Comments: 5
    • Category: Vintage Freight Train Photos - Diesel Era
  15. Approaching Santa Rosa

    Approaching Santa Rosa

    Downgraded to yard and branchline work, the glory days of leading hotshots are a faint memmory for this SSW gp60.
    • rgcx
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    • gp60 sp ssw
    • Comments: 8
    • Category: Union Pacific
  16. A screw-up

    A screw-up

    Before the manipulations of photoshop, this was the result of film jamming in a Cannon. Espee wb at Sims, CA with a track shot near the Cottonwood detector. Jerry C. photo
    • rgcx
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    • sp
    • Comments: 1
    • Category: Railroad Art
  17. Meet at Switch 9

    Meet at Switch 9

    EB Amtrak #6 and a an Extra SP 8305 West meet at Switch 9 on Donner Summit. A steady warning bell has been steadily clanging to warn track workers that a train is approaching. Jerry C. photo
    • rgcx
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    • amtrak coal donner sp
    • Comments: 3
    • Category: Vintage Passenger Train Photos - Diesel Era
  18. Dunsmuir Helpers

    Dunsmuir Helpers

    Before the Cantara nightmare, these units would boost eb (northbound) freights out of the Sacramento River canyon. A wb PTLAT is holding the siding at the upper yard.
    • rgcx
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    • drgw helper sp
    • Comments: 2
    • Category: Vintage Freight Train Photos - Diesel Era
  19. SP 2251

    SP 2251

    Locomotive SP 2251 class 4-6-0 painted on a wall in downtown Klamath Falls, OR.
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    • sp steam
    • Comments: 1
    • Category: Railroad Art
  20. Classic Industrial Design

    Classic Industrial Design

    Every feature of the Daylight speaks volumes of its era.
    • Cliffs
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    • 4449 daylight sp
    • Comments: 1
    • Category: Mainline Excursions


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