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  1. Another Sunset shot

    Another Sunset shot

    When I started taking pictures, people whined about the lighting, so I started shooting from the other side of the bridge. Now all I get is Sunset shots! It get OLD after awhile! You can't even tell what the paint looks like on these things!! The 115 sports a pair of unCanadian locomotives.
    • zartok-35
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    • 115 another cn ic sd40-2 sd70m-2 shot sunset
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    • Media category: Canada
  2. Stacks heading east

    Stacks heading east

    BNSF 4082 leads an eastbound stack train on track 2 as it approaches the Fullerton Amtrak station.
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    • bnsf fullerton sunset
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    • Media category: Sunrise, Sunset and Glint Photos
  3. Looks hot.......

    Looks hot.......

    but really isn't. Not in November in New England. Amtrak 172 arrives in Old Saybrook, CT. on Nov. 10, 1993 just before sunset.
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    • sunset
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    • Media category: Sunrise, Sunset and Glint Photos
  4. Alberta bound

    Alberta bound

    CN 115 is over the bridge with CN 8844, 8835, and 5303 on the lead. I caught the units on return on a road trip 2-days later.
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    • 115 alberta bound cn sd40-2w sd70m-2 sunset
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    • Media category: Sunrise, Sunset and Glint Photos
  5. Sunset on the Cal-P

    Sunset on the Cal-P

    The San Francisco Bay Area is well known for its spectacular sunsets. I was lucky to catch this one at the end of a day of railfanning the Cal-P line.
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    • cal-p signals sunset
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    • Media category: Sunrise, Sunset and Glint Photos
  6. Ray of light

    Ray of light

    A CN Intermodal rolls west through a border of lush Saskatchewan foliage behind my two favorite units on the CN, the SD75I and SD50F. The lighting is purley coincedencial. This picture was taken during the maiden voyage of my new Bicycle, which is still serving me now.
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    • bicycle cn foliage light of ray sd50f sd75i sunset
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    • Media category: Scenic Views
  7. 18mm of Sunset at Steilacoom

    18mm of Sunset at Steilacoom

    A northbound BNSF Grainer cruises through a colorful sunset, reflecting off the Puget Sound at the Steilacoom ferry dock.
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    • angle bnsf grainer sound steilacoom sunset water wide
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    • Media category: Sunrise, Sunset and Glint Photos
  8. Southbound K-Line Stacks at Steilacoom, Washington.

    Southbound K-Line Stacks at Steilacoom, Washington.

    A southbound UP K-Line double stacks with 2 GE units on the front leading south through Steilacoom, Washington on an early November evening.. I remember reflecting on this shot a few months back, but failed to post it till tonight.
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    • 2003 at bnsf double k-line november pacific seattle southbound stack steilacoom subdivision sunset train union up washington
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    • Media category: Sunrise, Sunset and Glint Photos
  9. Sounder #1505 approaching Tacoma - March 2008 Photo Assignment

    Sounder #1505 approaching Tacoma - March 2008 Photo Assignment

    On Tuesday, March 4th, my employer sent me down to the Tacoma, Washington area to take photos for marketing purposes, which provided me with my first opportunity to photograph typical Sounder commuter rail operations. As sunset neared, the clouds which had been lingering around the area all...
    • DWHonan
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    • mount mt rainier sdrx sounder sunset tacoma
    • Comments: 7
    • Media category: Editor's Favorite Photos
  10. Ocean to Ocean

    Ocean to Ocean

    A westbound stack train crosses the Colorado River and enters California at Yuma Crossing on UP's ex-SP Sunset Route. The 1923 SP-built single-track thru-truss bridge was erected next to the single-lane Coast-to-Coast highway bridge built in 1915. When it was completed, the Coast-to-Coast bridge...
    • topgoz
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    • bridge route sp sunset up yuma
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    • Media category: Bridges and Trestles
  11. UP 8511 East

    UP 8511 East

    At Winterhaven, CA, about to cross the Colorado River into Arizona, this crew will turn this train over to another and call it a day at Yuma.
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    • arizona sp sunset up yuma
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    • Media category: Western United States
  12. UP 9524

    UP 9524

    UP 9524 creeps under Quechan Dr. on the tight approach to the Colorado River crossing at Yuma, on UP's ex-SP Sunset Route.
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    • arizona sp sunset up yuma
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  13. UP 4511 East

    UP 4511 East

    Nearing the end of their day, the crew of this UP eastbound is about to cross the Colorado River into Yuma, AZ on UP's ex-SP Sunset Route.
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    • arizona sp sunset up yuma
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    • Media category: Western United States
  14. Coupler, Rock and Cross

    Coupler, Rock and Cross

    Stopping for a crew change across the Colorado River in Yuma, AZ, the engineer of this train managed to line up these couplers with a rocky outcropping and the bell tower of St Thomas Mission church in Winterhaven, CA.
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    • arizona sp sunset up yuma
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    • Media category: Western United States
  15. UP 8563 West

    UP 8563 West

    With her train trailing back over the hill behind her, UP 8563 begins her trek around the Gila Mountains.
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    • arizona sp sunset up yuma
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    • Media category: Western United States
  16. UP 8333 West

    UP 8333 West

    UP 8333 leads four of her sisters and their westbound stack train through the curve that will take them north around the Gila Mountains.
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    • arizona sp sunset up yuma
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    • Media category: Western United States
  17. UP 5022 East

    UP 5022 East

    Having completed the end-run around the Gila Mountains, UP 5022 crosses over Old US 80 and into the curve to resume her eastward progress.
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    • arizona sp sunset up yuma
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  18. UP 4355 East

    UP 4355 East

    UP 4355 heads up an eastbound speeder past the little wide spot on Old US 80 known as Ligurta, AZ.
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    • arizona sp sunset up yuma
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    • Media category: Western United States
  19. Milepost 7607

    Milepost 7607

    The one-eyed sentinel at MP 7607 on UP's ex-SP Sunset Route stares blankly around a curve, waiting for a westbound to protect on the right-hand track. There won't be any this afternoon as everything's running on the left set of rails.
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    • arizona sp sunset up yuma
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    • Media category: Western United States
  20. UP 7724 East

    UP 7724 East

    Another in the eastbound parade out of Yuma this warm January afternoon rolls through Blaisdell, AZ, skirting the Gila Mountains.
    • topgoz
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    • arizona sp sunset up yuma
    • Comments: 2
    • Media category: Western United States



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