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11.9.2022.
Built by the Hunslet Engine Company (Leeds) in 1891 for the Dinorwic Quarries at Llanberis 'Cloister' brings the freight down the grade as it approaches Oak Tree Halt.
Statfold Barn 'Road Rail & Ale' Gala.
At the time I wasn't happy with this CP 14xx as train booked steam traction, however with the passing of years I'm now very pleased to have this record of the Douro Valley in 1975
Ivatt 2MT 41312 heads up the hill from Alresford towards Ropley with a demonstration freight train during the Mid-Hants Railway's 2023 Autumn Steam Gala.
Locomotive: Ivatt 2MT 2-6-2T 41312.
Location: Northside Lane foot crossing near Ropley, Mid-Hants Railway/Watercress Line, Hampshire.
'Friday Freight'
Colas 70810 gives a short burst of power as it heads North with 6Z42 Calcium Carbonate empties 05:32 Irvine Caledonian Paper to Aberdeen Waterloo, running slightly late around 181 minutes, passing Baldinnies Crossing, Forteviot.
The usual scrap load for Pernik is about to reach the station of Iliyantsi hauled by locomotive 43 546
many thanks to stickerklub www.flickr.com/photos/stickerklub/2929544026/
who caught this rollin through the wales,
this is a cropped shot, hit the link for the full photo and check out the tilt and shift effect!
Freight train, freight train, run so fast
Freight train, freight train, run so fast
Please don't tell what train I'm on
So they won't know where I've gone
47156 at Warrington on a mixed freight of scrap wagons, from Fords Halewood, and bogie oxygen tanks from BOC Widnes, 29-05-1991
For Freight Car Friday here's a look at fallen flag car entrained on CSXT Rigby to Selkirk manifest train M427 rolling west at MP QB50.7 on CSXT's Boston Sub, the former Boston and Albany Railroad mainline. Once ubiquitous, these classic 59 ft Plate C style boxcars ruled the rails for more than three decades and were built by the hundreds of thousands from the 1960s to 1980s but now their numbers are shrinking rapidly. Those shippers that continue to rely on boxcars have shifted to modern 286K high cube plate F designs and they day will come in the next decade or two when the classic plate C car can only be found on company work trains or in museums. But for now they are still earning revenue and this train is the best one in New England to still find them on a daily basis. To learn more about boxcars check out these links:
www.trains.com/trn/news-reviews/news-wire/carload-conside...
www.gbrx.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Boxcar-PPT-Octobe...
This particular car, Boston and Maine 3331 is dressed in the dark blue Pan Am Railways image with the iconic globe logo co-opted from the airline is from a 50 car order of 50 ft 110 ton gross weight cars built by Pacific Car and Foundry in Aug-Sep 1979. The car was delivered in B&M blue with black doors and large Boston & Maine billboard style lettering that was the final image of the independent pre Guilford B&M under the administration of President Alan Dustin during the 13 years of bankruptcy.
Auburn, Massachusetts
Friday March 21, 2025
Burlington Northern Santa Fe C44-9W #5295 leads an eastbound manifest at mile post 32 on the BNSF "Racetrack." The photo was taken from the Route 59 Aurora/Naperville Metra Station.
Nikon D5100, Tamron 18-270, ISO 200, f/8.0, 270mm, 1/1000s
Rolling into the yard in Cass, WV on the C&O main line, the former Meadow River Heisler #6 brings a local freight up from Marlinton, some 24 miles to the south.
This image was captured during a November 2025 night photo session at the Cass Scenic Railroad in Cass, WV.
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ET42-036 with a freight train with coal for export is passing the remotely controlled Gdańsk Motława Most junction post. Track no. 2 was then the only active track between this post and Pruszcz Gdański station. January 23, 2005.
More coal then went to ports and out to sea than the other way round, opposite to today.
Photo by Jarek / Chester
ET42-036 z pociągiem towarowym z węglem wjeżdża na zdalnie sterowany posterunek odgałęźny Gdańsk Motława Most. Tor 2 był wtedy jedynym czynnym torem między tym posterunkiem a Pruszczem Gdańskim. 23 stycznia 2005 roku.
Wówczas więcej węgla szło do portów i na morze, niż w przeciwną stronę, jak to można zaobserwować obecnie.
Fot. Jarek / Chester
Another shot that isn't the greatest given the challenging light but something I've long wanted. This is one of the two places in Rhode Island (the other being East Greenwich) where Amtrak's ex New Haven Shoreline main actually has a view of the shore. I've shot many MBTA and Amtrak trains here at this scenic location but the only freight to cross is P&W's WODA turn from Worcester to Davisville and back that normally runs under the cover of darkness. But as I already shared earlier in this post:
P&W local PR-3 made a very rare run down the corridor to Groton so after shooting them in Stonington I stopped here on the way home. Here are the two B39-8s with only a handful of cars for the Port of Providence (most of their train was dropped for the Seaview in Davisville) heading back east crossing the bridge over Apponaug Cove at MP 174.5.
Warwick, Rhode Island
Thursday February 25, 2021
After falling a little short on my last attempt to build a micro freight terminal, I decided to give it another try. This time, I used a smaller scale (1:305 instead of 1:200) and narrowed the scope a little so that I could include all of the details that were missing from the first one.
This diorama is a section of a small, manned freight terminal, designed to handle both containerized and RO-RO cargo. A Panamax class container ship is docked at the quay and is ready to be unloaded. In the staging areas of the terminal are the cargo from a recently unloaded RO-RO ship, including a fleet of new cars and some heavy equipment (including a few ultra-class, 400-ton mining trucks). Yard trucks and reach stackers are busy moving containers around the yard, and there are two fully loaded freight trains on the rail spurs ready to pull out.
4M94, with 66523 at the head, awaits the road at Water Orton with 60015 on 6E08 to Immingham having been given priority over the Intermodal.
B&W version of a photo from the archives. I think I like this one better than the original.
Progressive Rail at Rosemount, MN
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ST44-651 with short freight train to Raciąż, loaded with white beets for the Pfeifer & Langen Polska sugar factory at Glinojeck. The train will reach Koziebrody passenger stop and after several minutes terminates at Raciąż station, where the load is handed over to the industry shunter crew. November 23, 2006.
Just a year or two later root trains stopped running and the deliveries are made using road trucks.
Photo by Jarek / Chester
ST44-651 z wahadłem buraków do Cukrowni Glinojeck, przemierza szlak między stacjami Sierpc i Raciąż, ściślej rzecz biorąc między przystankami osobowymi Zawidz Kościelny i Koziebrody. 23 listopada 2006 roku.
Jak jeszcze cukrownia Glinojeck brała buraki cukrowe koleją, start kampanii buraczanej oznaczał również sezon na kursowanie do paru wahadeł na dobę buraków z północy kraju do stacji Raciąż, skąd cukrowniane "tamary" zabierały warzywa do zakładu.
Niestety żyjemy w takim kraju, gdzie kolej jest uznawana za wybitnie passé. I nie daje rady z konkurencją ciężarówek. Nawet nie zauważyłem, kiedy te pociągi przestały kursować, chyba to musiało być jeszcze w ubiegłej dekadzie.
Fot. Jarek / Chester