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  1. Would you like to go faster

    Would you like to go faster

    CEFX 1043 with DPU 9718 at the end eastbound switching crews in Brandon with a Bombardier jet engine behind there was two but only got one in this picture, one of the other engineers was curious came out and throw a stone at engineer in train to get his attention to ask what it was.
  2. Ghostly Coal train in Manhattan Kansas.

    Ghostly Coal train in Manhattan Kansas.

    An unknow numbered UP C44AC duo leads a coal train through the Manhattan Kansas yard at 10:36pm Note the flat cars in the foreground being stored for Fort Riley.
  3. Long Yellow Line

    Long Yellow Line

    A long yellow line of old UP power on what appears to be a dead track at the eastern entrance to the Davidson Yard in Fort Worth, TX. Most of the over 40 engines (not counting the three yard power locomotives on the right) are GP40-2s or GP40-8Ws. Here is a roster of the number boards I could...
  4. Something Old,Something New

    Something Old,Something New

    A pair of BNSF SD70ACe locomotives lead an Empty Unit Coal Train with 111 mt hoppers (getting an assist from two DPU units on the rear) on the "old" NP (Northern Pacific)Main just south of BNSF Delta Yard,Everett,WA headed for the Lowell,WA siding.
  5. Looking for work

    Looking for work

    Local units 4796 and 4782 had nothing left to do, and began to wander the yards. Atleast thats what they said. They were later sent to do work on the Rosetown sub.
  6. CN Regina

    CN Regina

    Despite Regina being one of Canada's major city's and CN's lines sprawling in 5 directions, CN's presence is rather small: Always a GP38-2W on standby. Today CN 1415, a GMD1u is paying a visit. Note the smoke coming from the smoke stack - he soon went to work. 4792 on the other hand is a...
  7. HLCX #9010 in Wishram, Washington yard.

    HLCX #9010 in Wishram, Washington yard.

    HLCX #9010 rests as the second unit on the M-PASLYD-1-09 (Manifest - Pasco, Wa to Lake Yard, Ore.). Rather unusual to see a HLCX SD45 carbody.
  8. Unpatched BN GP28M

    Unpatched BN GP28M

    Unpatched BN 1524 GP28M with the Operation Lifesaver logo shuffling cars at the BNSF Saginaw yard.
  9. April Sunset at Tunnel Yard

    April Sunset at Tunnel Yard

    It has been a while since I have done any RR photography... gas prices are one of the reasons and time to do it since I no longer live next to the tracks. In anycase an outing with my son to the Port Huron Amtrak station, at the east end of the old GTW Tunnel Yard, was rewarded with some...
  10. April Sunset at Tunnel Yard

    April Sunset at Tunnel Yard

    It has been a while since I have done any RR photography... gas prices are one of the reasons and time to do it since I no longer live next to the tracks. In anycase an outing with my son to the Port Huron Amtrak station, at the east end of the old GTW Tunnel Yard, was rewarded with some...
  11. Pair o' Gensets

    Pair o' Gensets

    RP20GE's UPY 2626 and UPY 2640 along with MP15 UPY 1325 are putting together a train in the Davidson Yard in Fort Worth, TX on 16 Mar 2008.
  12. Train PR-2 at the Valley Falls Yard

    Train PR-2 at the Valley Falls Yard

    In the Valley Falls Yard, PR-2's getting their train ready under the picturesque Saint Patricks Church .
  13. Leased Power

    Leased Power

    LLPX 2201 GP38-2 (ex SOU 2763) working in the UP Davidson Yard. 14 Mar 2008
  14. UP Davidson Yard

    UP Davidson Yard

    East entry to the UP Davidson Yard in Fort Worth, TX. 14 Mar 2008
  15. USMC MA1A Abrams Tank

    USMC MA1A Abrams Tank

    Close-up of one of 14 USMC MA1A Abrams tanks that rolled through UP's Davidson Yard in Fort Worth. 8 March 2008
  16. USMC Abrams Tanks

    USMC Abrams Tanks

    14 USMC MA1A Abrams tanks roll through UP's Davidson Yard in Fort Worth. 8 March 2008
  17. Rio Grande Along the Banks

    Rio Grande Along the Banks

    Rio Grande GP40 #3086 leads this TOFC train along the East Bank of the Los Angeles River under a familiar SP landmark signal bridge approaching Taylor Yard in 1984.
  18. SP Taylor Yard Memories

    SP Taylor Yard Memories

    Here's a look back at Southern Pacific's Taylor Yard in 1984 with a westbound on the #1 Main along San Fernando Road.
  19. SP Taylor Yard Memories

    SP Taylor Yard Memories

    Here's a look back at Southern Pacific's Taylor Yard in 1984 with a westbound on the #1 Main along San Fernando Road.
  20. BNSF 8036

    BNSF 8036

    BNSF 8036 SD40-2 and BN 3145 GP50 trigger the road crossing gates over the north lead while working the yard in Saginaw, TX. 8 Feb 2008


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