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Having just completed its interchange with NS at Oakwood Yard, CN's L572 (the 102 Job) rolls south under the old concrete catenary arches of the former DT&I.
Under a stint of ownership by Henry Ford in the 1920's, the DT&I was electrified between Flat Rock and Detroit utilizing these concrete arches to hold the wires. And although Ford sold the line in 1929 and the electrification removed shortly thereafter, a number of the concrete arches still stand today as a testament to Ford's goal to build a railroad that would last.
Of note, the train is passing a cut of 86' auto parts boxcars, including ones still wearing Grand Trunk and Conrail paint.
L57261 17 (Local- CN Flat Rock Yard to NS Oakwood Yard, and return)
CN EF-644x / ES44AC #3830
CN EF-644x / ES44AC #3812
Allen Park, MI
September 17th, 2023
A ratty looking original N&W GP30 running long hood forward leads a westbound autoparts train across the ex NKP Cleveland Drawbridge as seen from the Abbey Ave bridge between Tremont and Ohio City on 8/14/77. High hood C420 #420 is second in the lashup so I was probably thinking 'wrong leader'.
Here is something different from my usual but something I was asked to do. Here is an old rusted automobile in a Guilford, Maine junkyard. (image 34a8259) Please also visit: www.acadiamagic.com/.
NOTE: All images are Copyrighted by Greg A. Hartford. No rights to use are given or implied to the viewer. All rights of ownership and use remain with the copyright owner.
A GP38 and GP30 power a westbound over the Potomac River at Harper's Ferry WV in early 1976. There appears to be some empty autoparts traffic returning from Wilsmere on the head end, so this may be train #397 but who can say for sure. Ray Slagle photo, JL Sessa collection.
C39-8 8582 leads autoparts hotshot #145 westbound thru Springfield, IL back in March 2008.
NS 8582 - C39-9
CN 5637 - SD75I
11th Street - Springfield, Illinois
March 28, 2008
Here is an old rusted vehicle beneath a canopy of autumn leaves in a Guilford, Maine auto graveyard / museum. (image 34a8487) Please also visit: www.acadiamagic.com/.
NOTE: All images are Copyrighted by Greg A. Hartford. No rights to use are given or implied to the viewer. All rights of ownership and use remain with the copyright owner.
Try and get a rise from an atrophied muscle
And the nerves in your thigh just quivers and fizzles
So you know, that you're over the hill
When your mind makes a promise that your body can't fill...
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Big M Automotive
271 7th St.
Williams, CA.
The original of this image of an old car in a junkyard was posted earlier. This one has been redone to have a more painterly look. (image 34a8259 Studio2) Please also visit: acadiamagic.com.
NOTE: All images are Copyrighted by Greg A. Hartford. No rights to use are given or implied to the viewer. All rights of ownership and use remain with the copyright owner.
#21 LMGTE Am - AF Corse - Ferrari 488 GTE Evo - Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 - Drivers:
United States Simon Mann
Belgium Ulysse de Pauw
France Julien Piguet
Pos: DNF (Collision) Laps 21
OLYMPUS-EM5-MKIII_2023-06-07__6070150_DxO
After a rather lengthy crew change in Decatur, 256 restarts its journey towards Detroit, MI with a string of roadrailers with auto parts.
Having left NS's Oakwood Yard a few miles back, CN's daily interchange with NS rolls south down the Dearborn Sub and across Conrail's Lincoln Secondary at Penford, named for the original owners of these two lines (Pennsylvania Railroad and Henry Ford, of the DT&I).
The concrete arches that line much of the Dearborn Sub once held the catenary of the DT&I's short-lived electrification, put up by Henry Ford in the 1920's.
L57261 17 (Local- CN Flat Rock Yard to NS Oakwood Yard, and return)
CN EF-644x / ES44AC #3830
CN EF-644x / ES44AC #3812
Taylor, MI
September 17th, 2023
With the sun setting and a five hour drive still in front of us, we shot him one more time passing the searchlights and fields of henbit near Holliday before we headed home.
Damn good weekend.
BNSF ES44AC 6041 leads the NS 255 RoadRailer westbound on the NS Springfield District near Holliday, Missouri, April 7, 2024.
can u tell Arizonians weren't prepared for the downpours of yesterday & today?
you can alway tell the first real storm of the season....
cause all the "heat-rotted" wipers get replaced....
yes...i was there to buy new blades as well ......=)
& for the record? I LUV LUV LUV the rain ......bring it on!
A string of well-traveled auto parts boxcars sit on the old ice house track in Fleming Yard. These models belong to Scott Ascher.
Auto parts boxcars were developed in the 1960s to carry lightweight components such as body parts from stamping plants to assembly plants scattered across the country. Although the materials these cars carried were of varying sizes and could change from year to year as models changed they were shipped in racks which had standard dimensions to match the interior width and height of these boxcars, this allowed the cars to be reloaded with any of the plant's parts instead of being restricted to hauling a specific part; it also allowed the cars to easily get reassigned to another plant as traffic demands shifted. Changes in the automobile industry in the 1980s — including a decline in domestic production and locating new stamping plants close to assembly plants — made many of these cars surplus and some were reassigned for other lightweight loads such as home appliances while others still shuttled parts in the Midwest.
B&O 491069 was one of over 400 cars assembled by the B&O at Dubois from Thrall kits in 1965 and 1966. They were built in two number series in four different projects, underscoring the B&O's investment in the growing autoparts business during the middle 1960s. Built as class M81, they became B86 class cars under the unified car class scheme when the Chessie came into being. Notice these cars were originally built with roofwalks. While many railroads bought cars from PS and ACF that had fishbelly sills, the B&O 60' boxcar fleet had mostly examples with full length side sills, resulting in a long, low appearance. This car was photographed by Richard Louderback at Camden NJ on 11-29-1986. JL Sessa collection.
The once proud high priority autoparts train 396 (now R396 at the time of the photo) is seen at what I believe to be at Wills Creek & Philson Rds on the east slope of Sand Patch. Some color here on this date, October 3rd 1991. Mark Demaline photo, JL Sessa collection.
Image from my series called "Work spaces". This is an image of the garage owned by Lou Mandich, Unionville, Pennsylvania. The garage breathes new life into old automobiles. I am interested in the collections that one is surrounded with, and I hope that in some way these images become a kind of portrait. My images are created using light painting, allowing me to show tremendous detail, shape and texture, all of which are captured by the P45+.
NS AC44C6M 4563, rebuilt by Wabtec in March 2022 and built as NS C40-9W 9296 in March 1999, takes the lead of westbound autoparts train NS 181 as it rounds the curve at Milepost 257 in Missouri City on a sunny September afternoon.
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NS Kansas City District
Missouri City, Missouri, USA
September 12, 2025
Canon EOS 77D
Canon EF-S 55-250mm f/4.0-5.6 IS
Here is another old rusted automobile in a Guilford, Maine junkyard / museum. This is a Nash. Not sure what year it is. Please also visit: www.acadiamagic.com/.
NOTE: All images are Copyrighted by Greg A. Hartford. No rights to use are given or implied to the viewer. All rights of ownership and use remain with the copyright owner.
Eastbound NS local L4R, usually a noctunal train, passes CP Mardenis east of Huntington, IN. This train originated in Marion, IN with a destination of the GM truck assembly plant located near Roanoke, IN with loads of body panels.
On the evening of May 27, 1982 Milwaukee Road train #220 is moving at a good clip as it passes Milepost 66 just east of Kirkland, IL. The train was the Union Pacific connection in Kansas City as evidenced by the pair of SD40-2s here: MILW 147 leading UP 3439. These trains were short and sweet--limited to 60 cars with intermodal and hot autoparts traffic from the Grand Trunk in Chicago. Summer evenings were usually spent around here waiting for this train to show up--it was usually through right about 8 p.m.
Lamarck a dit que la fonction crée l’organe... Cela s’applique dans le domaine biologique, mais également mécanique, industriel, etc. L’œuvre de Bernd et Hilla Becher a fait ressortir cet aspect de la photographie. Ce qu’il est maintenant convenu d’appeler « l’école de Düsseldorf » a énormément influencé la photographie moderne.
Ceci dit, j’ai eu la chance, hier, de photographier une motocyclette incroyable! Le but était de la présenter dans son entièreté, mais je me suis également amusé à faire des « close-up » en m’inspirant des Becher.
It was said by Lamarck that the function creates the organ. . . This applies in the biological field, but also mechanical, industrial, etc. The work of Bernd and Hilla Becher brought out this aspect of photography. What is now known as the “Düsseldorf School” has greatly influenced modern photography.
That said, I was lucky yesterday to photograph an incredible motorcycle! The goal was to present it in its entirety, but I also had fun doing “close-ups” by taking inspiration from the Becher.
fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernd_et_Hilla_Becher