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I stopped to take this photo of a derailed car out in the middle of nowhere. A Kansas state trooper stopped to see if I was having trouble, and told me it had derailed some years ago and just simply left where is, as is.
In an attempt to add a photo at least once a week, I thought I'd start with one from last year. Carlton Trail was just entering the Prince Albert yard with a load of grain, when the last three cars jumped the rails and carved a nice groove in the pavement. Several hundred feet of track had to be...
CP engines 3101 and 3062 move BNSF hoppers around an industry. This was taken adjacent to CP's Montana Junction to Sweetgrass, where the cars probably came from in the first place. All in all, the cars do not have to go very far at all.
This train was topping the Blues at Kamela. As I was watching the train go by, I saw what appeared to be a hot bearing. It turned out to be an open hopper door instead. I wonder what the customer will think when his "loaded car" has a lot less load inside?