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  1. CN 911

    CN 911

    CN Tank car is a training tank car for emergency first responders. It has a door on the end that you can walk into the inside and has a grate floor. Inside different valves are displayed to familiarize responders with the different types. Car is shown here in Union City, TN.
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    • Category: Freight Cars
  2. Oil Cans

    Oil Cans

    A creative shot of tank cars at the old Oil Cans facility.
    • jkchubbes
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    • bakersfield california cans cars oil pacific saco tank tilx union
    • Comments: 1
    • Category: Night Photos
  3. UTLX 205279 - Tank Car - M.J. Scanlon

    UTLX 205279 - Tank Car - M.J. Scanlon

    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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    • Category: Night Photos
  4. Oldie?

    Oldie?

    ACFX Titanium Dioxide tank car, used in making paints I believe.
    • jbaakko
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    • acfx dioxide tank titanium
    • Comments: 2
    • Category: Freight Cars
  5. Tank that's half gon

    Tank that's half gon

    Scrapyards with rail connections often end up using some of the railroad equipment sent to them for scrapping. Gondolas for moving scrap around the yard are probably the most common...even if they weren't gondolas to begin with! Here's the bottom half of GCTX tank car 113098 serving out its...
    • Evan_Werkema
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    • car gondola scrapyard tank
    • Comments: 10
    • Category: Maintenance of Way and Non-Revenue Cars
  6. Vulcan in Connecticut

    Vulcan in Connecticut

    Recently repainted in a historically correct scheme, this 3 foot gauge former American Steel and Wire (Worcester, Mass) Vulcan 0-4-0T is on display at the Connecticut Antique Machinery Association in Kent, Ct.
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    • 0-4-0t engine mill steel tank vulcan
    • Comments: 1
    • Category: Tourist Railways - Steam Locomotives
  7. A Whole Tank Full of Glint

    A Whole Tank Full of Glint

    This still-shiny tank car was photographed in June 2004 at Horseshoe Curve in Altoona, PA. Probably won't be long till it's as dull as the car that follows...
    • sushob
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    • Comments: 3
    • Category: Freight Cars
  8. CN/IC Johnston Yard - August 2003 - M.J. Scanlon

    CN/IC Johnston Yard - August 2003 - M.J. Scanlon

    The slow change from IC to CN in Memphis.
    • mojo628
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    • canadian central cn ic illinois johnston memphis national scanlon sign tank tennessee tn yard
    • Comments: 0
    • Category: Yards
  9. CN Johnston Yard or is it IC Johnston Yard ? - M.J. Scanlon

    CN Johnston Yard or is it IC Johnston Yard ? - M.J. Scanlon

    The change from IC to CN continues.
    • mojo628
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    • canadian central cn ic illinois johnston memphis national scanlon sign tank tennessee tn yard
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    • Category: Yards
  10. GATX 54442

    GATX 54442

    I photographed this car in Victoria B.C. back in March 11, 1962. Is there a rolling stock specialist out there that can tell me more about it?
    • Ross Pugsley
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    • car gatx tank
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    • Category: Freight Cars
  11. Thomas Under Power

    Thomas Under Power

    Thomas the tank engine in Strasburg Pa. on June 13th 2002 taken at the Red Caboose Motel.
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    • Comments: 5
    • Category: Tourist Railways - Steam Locomotives
  12. Long Hood Fwd with tank cars

    Long Hood Fwd with tank cars

    A string of tank cars being pulled from the now retired Paramount Branch that runs out of Anaheim, California. This image was captured in July of 2002. Rail service to the refinery in Paramount is now served out of the Mead Yard in the LA Harbor area.
    • greenthumb
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    • 739 cars paramount tank up
    • Comments: 2
    • Category: Western United States
  13. Dry Lake Tank

    Dry Lake Tank

    The water tank along the Union Pacific at Dry Lake, Nevada (about 35 miles railroad east of Las Vegas), taken on January 21, 2003.
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    • nevada pacific sunset tank union water
    • Comments: 14
    • Category: Night Photos



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