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  1. Delaware & Hudson lives!

    Delaware & Hudson lives!

    Not really, former United States Army engine now working for a tourist shortline where the real DH ran decades ago.
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    • Category: Buildings and Structures
  2. SOO 4444

    SOO 4444

    The Muskego Yard job pulls up to the 6th Street Viaduct in Milwaukee, WI as it assembles an outbound train.
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    • Category: Central and Midwestern United States
  3. Bathed in Morning Light

    Bathed in Morning Light

    Only a day after the Winter Solstice this southbound CN train makes its way through the quiet Wisconsin countryside on a sunny but cold morning.
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    • Category: Central and Midwestern United States
  4. 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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    • Category: Mainline Excursions
  5. Palindrome

    Palindrome

    The UP Marsh Job switches the West Allis Spur and in the process made their train into a palindrome.
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    • Category: Central and Midwestern United States
  6. Through the Golden Light

    Through the Golden Light

    An Amtrak Hiawatha Service train heads south past a farm with a beautiful sunset in the background.
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    • Category: Sunrise, Sunset and Glint Photos
  7. Soo 1003

    Soo 1003

    Soo 1003 looks like she is ready to go but in actuality she is waiting until the morning to pull the Santa Train out of Plymouth, WI.
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    • Category: Tourist Railways - Steam Locomotives
  8. Eyes of the Sentinel

    Eyes of the Sentinel

    Standing only a couple of feet tall this little CPL stands guard controlling all movements on the North Leesburg siding.
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    • Category: Railroad Art
  9. Yellow and Blue Make Green

    Yellow and Blue Make Green

    A Union Pacific train heads south on the BNSF out of Tacoma along Puget Sound as the sun sets in the west.
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    • Category: Western United States
  10. WC 3027

    WC 3027

    10 years since it was painted the flags on the sides of the 3027 are looking faded as the crew of the Burlington local is waiting to back down the Burlington Spur.
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    • Category: Central and Midwestern United States
  11. BNSF 6598

    BNSF 6598

    BNSF 6598 rounds the curve in Steward, IL with a Z-train in tow.
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    • Category: Central and Midwestern United States
  12. The First Meeting

    The First Meeting

    CSXT 201 pulls a train of autoracks through the Kentucky hills.
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    • Category: Eastern United States
  13. Metallic Tunnel

    Metallic Tunnel

    IORY 5012 crosses the Indian Creek bridge On the former NYC mainline between Cincinnati and Indianapolis.
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    • Category: Eastern United States
  14. CSXT 3014

    CSXT 3014

    American Pride is on display in La Grange, KY as CSX 3014 runs down Main Street for several blocks before having its own dedicated right of way back.
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    • Category: Eastern United States
  15. Rise of the Winter Sun

    Rise of the Winter Sun

    One day after the winter solstice and two days after the first storm of the season dumped over 15" of snow in the area; the sun rises as CN 8929 pulls it's train uphill at Rugby Junction.
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    • Category: Central and Midwestern United States
  16. White Noise

    White Noise

    With a fresh blanket of snow this picturesque scene of a Wisconsin dairy farm surrounded by fields is suddenly interrupted by the sound produced by the products manufactured by EMD as they pull their train up Byron Hill.
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    • Category: Central and Midwestern United States
  17. Gravity Assist

    Gravity Assist

    CN 8869 is in charge of this train heading downhill through Lomira, WI. The second unit is just along for a ride as the crew has notified the diesel doctor that it is not loading in either power or dynamic brake applications.
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    • Category: Central and Midwestern United States
  18. Revenue Run

    Revenue Run

    The Canadian Pacific is making a huge profit with this light engine movement on the C&M Sub.
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    • Category: Central and Midwestern United States
  19. Mark Of The Beast

    Mark Of The Beast

    EJE 666 has just come up the hill from servicing Thilmany Paper in Kaukauna, WI.
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    • Category: Central and Midwestern United States
  20. Rest In Peace

    Rest In Peace

    BNSF 8951 rumbles along the edge of a cemetery in Rio, IL
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    • Category: Central and Midwestern United States



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