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You may argue it should be "Mona Lisa."
Problem is, I am a native Italian speaker. And I know that, in Venetian dialect, "mona" means "jerk."
NS GP60 #7130 leads a cut of coil loads that will become B09's train south past the old Inland Steel office at the East Chicago Works.
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Brand new BNSF 7040, an ES44C4, leads all new engines eastt at Silverwood. This is the last control poimt (CP) before reaching Cajon Summit.
With the Autumnal Equinox only 2 days away, the sunset is nearly full west as #145 splits the Safetrans signals protecting the control point at Bates.
The D31 local is tucked away on the east end of the Pass awaiting #145's arrival and marking the end of a 5 train eastbound parade.
NS 7571
UP 5029
Having finished switching Commercial Metals located off the CP here at Tower 71, UP 701 starts heading south to Tower 26 to turn east back towards Settegast Yard.
This job is one of the few that runs its train with split power. Another GP38 can be seen at the other end of the train.
YHO50R 20
UP GP38-2 #701
UP GP38-2 #538
Houston, TX
April 20th, 2021
METX MP36PH #425 was recently painted into Rock Island colors (insert McDonald's reference here) to commemorate Metra CEO Don Orseno, a Rock Island veteran. Here it is on a weekend inbound past CP Pershing; I missed out the opportunity to get Root Street Tower in the shot, maybe next time.
At the north switch of the Alford siding between Harrisburg and Halsey, Oregon. The signal indicates Amtrak 11 is on the way and will soon pass on the way south, but the light was gone by then.
And I'm okay with that. SE Swan Lake is not in the big city, it's not even small town really. But the siding here is in service as CN L53671 gets back under way after meeting C703 on its way back north for more coal.
IC 9561, a GP40-2, has no trouble getting the small train back under way. Since this picture was taken both the signals and the crossings have received update equipment.
After completing the 'Maury St Shuffle' reverse move, the eastbound Sunset Limited prepares to hop onto the NW connection track at Tower 26 to head for its UP Beaumont Sub route out of Houston. Besides the train's lead unit, other veterans present are the old SP searchlights and the Elysian Street Viaduct, both of which have since been replaced.
AMT2 25 (EB Sunset Limited)
AMTK P42DC #42
AMTK P42DC #140
Houston, TX
December 27th, 2013
CN road freight A489 comes through the Northend of Braxton siding on the Beaumont Subdivision sporting a rather high high horsepower to tonnage ratio. Not to mention a interesting crew.
"Outside of a dog, a book is a man's best friend.
Inside of a dog it's too dark to read."
Groucho Marx
Bright overcast September day, perfect for a walk around Shirlington, VA
Northbound Amtrak #392 is about to take the clear signal at south Tolono.
February 29th, 2020
Minolta Rokkor X 50mm F1.7
With golden evening light shining upon it, this rust-covered CPL at North Ottawa still continues to stand guard day and night for trains on CSX's Toledo Sub.
On the B&O's unique signaling system, the upper center and upper left lamps allow the signal to display Clear and Approach Medium, respectively.
Ottawa, OH
January 16th, 2022
CSX train Q380 ducks under the Conrail Youngstown Line and is about to enter single track on the ex P&LE at CP40 in Wampum, PA on January 16, 1994.
Something that was bound to happen in the last few months; BNSF SD70MACs #9651 and #9653 have just finished the climb at Otis Hill with a loaded coal train destined for Michigan. Further back in the woods, the train barely maintained 5 mph as it struggled up Otis!
The close proximity of control points at the Tower 26 interlocking can lead to some up-close and personal views of signal sequences that would normally be miles apart.
Here, an eastbound train has an "Approach Diverging" across the diamonds and then a "Diverging Approach" to cross over from Main 2 to Main 1 at Carr St Jct in the distance. This is on UP's Houston Sub just north of Downtown.
Houston, TX
November 23rd, 2021
The engineer of UP 6815 gives us a nice wave as it passes the south switch of Hampton, just before it crosses the Willamette River and heads into Oakridge, Oregon.
They are helping you taking. great smartphone picture.
This is the girl taking the pictures... on a break