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  1. UP 6836 Tower 55

    UP 6836 Tower 55

    UP 6836 C44ACCTE leads a coal train southbound past Tower 55 in Fort Worth, TX.
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    • 55 c44accte tower up
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    • Category: Union Pacific
  2. UP 1956 Tower 55

    UP 1956 Tower 55

    UP 1956 (ex-SSW) SD60, leads a mixed freight southbound past Tower 55 in Fort Worth, TX
    • David Thorn
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    • 55 sd60 ssw tower up
    • Comments: 2
    • Category: Union Pacific
  3. UP_5293

    UP_5293

    UP 5293 C45ACCTE Tower 55 westbound past Tower 55.
    • David Thorn
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    • 5293 55 c45accte tower up
    • Comments: 6
    • Category: Union Pacific
  4. UP 6647 Northbound at Tower 55

    UP 6647 Northbound at Tower 55

    UP 6647 C44ACCTE approaches Tower 55 heading north with a load of hopper cars.
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    • 55 6647 c44accte fort tower tx up worth
    • Comments: 2
    • Category: Union Pacific
  5. BNSF 4381 passes Tower 55

    BNSF 4381 passes Tower 55

    BNSF 4381 Dash 9-44CW passes Tower 55 southbound.
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    • 55 9-44cw bnsf dash texas tower
    • Comments: 1
    • Category: Burlington Northern Santa Fe
  6. GEVO Headin' West

    GEVO Headin' West

    UP 5475 GE C45ACCTE, turns its train westbound at the Tower 55 junction heading toward UP's Davidson yard. 23 Feb 2008
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    • 55 fort tower tx up worth
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    • Category: Union Pacific
  7. Texas Eagle Passes Tower 55

    Texas Eagle Passes Tower 55

    The Texas Eagle, powered this day by AMTRAK 135 P42DC, backs out of Fort Worth Station past Tower 55 before taking the wye east to Dallas on it way to Chicago. 17 Aug 2007
    • David Thorn
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    • 55 amtrak fort p42dc tower worth
    • Comments: 2
    • Category: Amtrak and other US Passenger Trains
  8. Cabhop at Mission Tower

    Cabhop at Mission Tower

    Eastbound on Santa Fe's 2nd District at Mission Tower in Los Angeles, GP35u #2905 leads a cabhop of 8-9 locomotives up the west bank of the Los Angeles River in 1984.
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    • mission tower
    • Comments: 6
    • Category: Western United States
  9. Mission Tower's Inner World

    Mission Tower's Inner World

    As much time as I spent around the base of Mission Tower shooting the parade of passing RR action from the ATSF, SP and UP in the 1980s, occasionally I'd get an invitation from the operator to come inside this amazing tower.
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    • Comments: 4
    • Category: Buildings and Structures
  10. Walkerton, IN Tower

    Walkerton, IN Tower

    An old late 1800s early 1900s brick tower still in decent shape.
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    • b&o csx tower
    • Comments: 0
    • Category: Eastern United States
  11. Texas Eagle Meet

    Texas Eagle Meet

    The south bound Texas Eagle is heading away as the north bound Texas Eagle passes Tower 55, Fort Worth, TX on December 30, 2005.
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    • 55 amtrak eagle fort texas tower tx worth
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    • Category: Amtrak and other US Passenger Trains
  12. Sunrise At The Waterin' Hole

    Sunrise At The Waterin' Hole

    Getting The Shays ready For a day on the mountain in Cass West Virginia May 20 2007
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    • cass shay sunrise tower water
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    • Category: Tourist Railways - Steam Locomotives
  13. Radio towers?

    Radio towers?

    I've seen these loads on CN before, ussually travelling in a CN gondola.
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    • 301 cn gondola load radio saskatoon tower transistor unusual
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    • Category: Unusual Loads
  14. Bird Chaser

    Bird Chaser

    The telephoto lens makes it look like the engineer in UP 9361 GE C40-8W is about to hit some birds as he passes under IH30 near Tower 55 in Fort Worth, TX.
    • David Thorn
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    • 55 9361 bird c40-8w engine ge locomotive tower train tx up
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    • Category: Human Interest Photos
  15. BNSF 4863 GE C44-9W Tower 55 Fort Worth

    BNSF 4863 GE C44-9W Tower 55 Fort Worth

    BNSF 4863 GE C44-9W southbound past Tower 55 in Fort Worth, TX. August 18, 2007. Photo edited 16 Feb 2008.
    • David Thorn
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    • 4863 55 bnsf c44-9w engine ge locomotive tower train
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    • Category: Burlington Northern Santa Fe
  16. Rose Bowl Special returning to Hobart Yard - Mission Tower 1990

    Rose Bowl Special returning to Hobart Yard - Mission Tower 1990

    Santa Fe "Super Fleet" FP45 #101 west leads the annual Rose Bowl Special along the Pasadena Subdivision at Mission Tower at the throat of LAUPT on the return trip to Hobart Yard on New Year's Day 1990.
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    • laupt mission pasadena subdivision tower
    • Comments: 6
    • Category: Special Trains, Charters and PV's
  17. EMD leasing fleet SD60's

    EMD leasing fleet SD60's

    A pair of SD60's from EMD's leasing fleet sit near the yard office/dispatching tower (which I got a tour of while I was there) at MRL's Laurel yard.
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    • bnsf dispatching emd fleet laurel leasing link montana mrl mt office rail sd60 tower yard
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    • Category: Lease Units, Demonstrators, Specials etc.
  18. B-1-G NS #3065 Passes BO Tower interlock Kalamazoo, MI

    B-1-G NS #3065 Passes BO Tower interlock Kalamazoo, MI

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    • Category: Eastern United States
  19. B-1-G NS #3065 heading for BO Tower interlock Kalamazoo, MI

    B-1-G NS #3065 heading for BO Tower interlock Kalamazoo, MI

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    • Category: Eastern United States
  20. Western of Alabama Shops

    Western of Alabama Shops

    Here are some more shots of the Western of Alabama Shops in Montgomery, AL taken on Saturday, April 29, 2006.
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    • al alabama coaling montgomery of tower western wofa
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    • Category: Buildings and Structures


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