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  1. Steve's down-under train shots

    Steve's down-under train shots

    Lachlan Valley Railwy preserved 4204 on tour to Carcoar NSW on the now closed branch line. Only six of these A16C nose jobs were built by Clyde for the NSWR
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    • australian lvr trains
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    • Category: International Freight Trains
  2. Steve's down-under train shots

    Steve's down-under train shots

    Double header freighter detoured from the Main North by trackwork emerges from the Sydney rat holes on the UP North Shore having crossed the Harbour Bridge and smoked out the cattle at Wynyard and Town Haul suburban underground station. The 3% and 2.5% grades in the city underground require a...
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    • australian nswsra trains
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    • Category: International Freight Trains
  3. Steve's down-under train shots

    Steve's down-under train shots

    What I love about me fav aussie alcos, honorary pufferbillies. 4490 departs Orange in style.
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    • australian nswsra trains
    • Comments: 3
    • Category: International Freight Trains
  4. Steve's down-under train shots

    Steve's down-under train shots

    Candy stripes 4403 leads more oomph 8150 on a northbound coalie TK06. Due to motor transition and draw bar constraints, the 44 must lead the more modern 81 class JT26C2ss
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    • australian nswsra trains
    • Comments: 5
    • Category: International Freight Trains
  5. Steve's down-under train shots

    Steve's down-under train shots

    In a light dusting of down under winter snow dinky toy aussie alco 4802 whips eastbound pas from Orange W32 through Marrangaroo (Lithgow) past an upper quad semaphore. Both train and semaphore long gone to history.
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    • australian nswsra trains
    • Comments: 4
    • Category: International Freight Trains
  6. Steve's down-under train shots

    Steve's down-under train shots

    Westbound freighter pauses at Bathurst hauled by a single mark one 44 class DL500B aussie alco. 2.5% Tumulla bank west of town imposes a max load of 615 tonnes for a 44 class.
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    • australian nswsra trains
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    • Category: International Freight Trains
  7. Steve's down-under train shots

    Steve's down-under train shots

    Westbound 6SA3 climbs around the curve at Locksley NSW a much easier grade the tain having climbed the 20 miles of 3% on the Blue Mountains. Howeve some 2.5% grades are still ahead for this brief service.
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    • asr australian trains
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    • Category: International Freight Trains
  8. Steve's down-under train shots

    Steve's down-under train shots

    Westbound ASR once per week interstater 6SA3 at Locksley NSW on Main West. This train only ran briefly via the Blue Mountains due to the 3% grades requiring heaps of power. ASR no longer exists as such. From Sydney to Adelaide.
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    • asr australian trains
    • Comments: 5
    • Category: International Freight Trains
  9. Steve's down-under train shots

    Steve's down-under train shots

    Northbound PNT train 642 at the KPS56 (56 kms north of Hobart in Tasmania on South Line) Three EE Z's
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    • australian pnt trains
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    • Category: International Freight Trains
  10. Steve's down-under train shots

    Steve's down-under train shots

    Southbound PNT train 35 at the KPS56 (56 kms north of Hobart in Tasmania on South Line) Both of the only D class on the PNT roster, ex Westrail.
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    • Comments: 4
    • Category: International Freight Trains
  11. BNSF #8905 West Highballing Cooks siding at MP 64...

    BNSF #8905 West Highballing Cooks siding at MP 64...

    BNSF #8905 West is leading a Centralia Coal train just meeting the eastbound Amtrak Portland Section of the Empire Builder at Cooks siding.. Pasco West told the BNSF #8905 west to highball due to them leading a fleet of trains west behind him that were low on HOS (Hours of Service.) This was...
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    • #8905 64 amtrak at bnsf builder cooks eastbound empire fleet highballing hours mp of portland section service siding trains west westbound
    • Comments: 5
    • Category: Western United States
  12. Going to Moose Jaw

    Going to Moose Jaw

    A grain tramp comes off the Expanse subdivision as a stack manifest runs in on the Swift Current main. I shot this on the fly, so it's not up to my great expectations.
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    • 2 cp curle expanse going jaw moose to trains
    • Comments: 1
    • Category: Canada
  13. Amtrak's Coast Starlight

    Amtrak's Coast Starlight

    Amtrak #18 has the honors of leading the Coast Starlight. This was once the pride and joy of Amtrak West as far as the long distance trains. Amtrak #18 and the second locomotive have crossed over the bridge at Milepost 43.1 that goes over Hwy. 507. The train is pretty much on-time due to the...
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    • #18 43.1 507 amtrak bridge class coast freight hwy. locomotive milepost on-time one p32 p42 starlight trains west
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    • Category: Amtrak and other US Passenger Trains
  14. Trains of Recession

    Trains of Recession

    Food prices are far more reasonable, but at what expense? This economic crisis is starting to get to the railway...I'm used to seeing trains with more than 45 cars! "Ex-Con" C40-8W 2455 is the trailing unit.
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    • 401 c40-8w cn economics edmonton ex-con junk mixer of recession saskatoon trains winnipeg
    • Comments: 8
    • Category: Canada
  15. The race is on..

    The race is on..

    Not really. The dispatcher has routed Friday-only "pocket-piggybacker" TV-80W up track 2 to get around slower mixed freight SEBO on track 1. SEBO, with the "Big MACS" is plodding along at something south of 10 mph as TV-80W overtakes him at the top of the west slope of...
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    • multiple trains
    • Comments: 3
    • Category: Eastern United States
  16. NS 13G Manifest train

    NS 13G Manifest train

    NS C40-8 #8715 couple set up on empties stone cars at Tilcon company in Felton, Delaware.
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    • 13g branch delaware delmarva felton manifest norfolk ns secondary southern trains
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    • Category: Norfolk Southern
  17. NS 13G Manifest train

    NS 13G Manifest train

    NS 13G manifest train pause wait few a moment and after they leave heads northbound.
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    • 13g branch delaware delmarva felton manifest norfolk ns secondary southern trains
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    • Category: Norfolk Southern
  18. NS 13G manifest train

    NS 13G manifest train

    NS 13G manifest train wait for brakeman and conductor come back from check to every cars make sure before they leave.
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    • 13g branch delaware delmarva felton manifest norfolk ns secondary southern trains
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    • Category: Norfolk Southern
  19. Meet at the creek (1)

    Meet at the creek (1)

    We were fortunate enough to pick the right place and the right time on May 29, 1995 to catch two sets of trains passing each other in opposite directions. The first pair was Metro-North trains 8841 (at left, northbound) and 8844 (at right, southbound) passing on the causeway crossing Annsville...
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    • passing trains
    • Comments: 3
    • Category: Amtrak and other US Passenger Trains
  20. Meet at the creek (2)

    Meet at the creek (2)

    About a half hour later we have Amtrak Turbotrains 285 (at left) and 264 (at right)passing on the Annsville Creek causeway at 17:37.
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    • passing trains
    • Comments: 1
    • Category: Amtrak and other US Passenger Trains


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