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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
Run Day, 11/05/2022, Cleveland, OH
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iPhone 7 Plus back dual camera 3.99mm f/1.8
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Waldheim · 12.2017
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In general, there is a very small amount of freight trains running via the Riesa-Chemnitz main line in Saxony by daylight, so I was very lucky when I met one while waiting for my passenger train at Waldheim station.
Usually, when you notice a clear signal or a louder noise in that area, it turns out to be the beloved maintenance car ;-)
For Freight Car Friday here's a look at a boxcar on the headpin of Florida East Coast Railway train 101 from Bowden to Hialeah crossing the bridge over the St. Lucie River ar MP 260.9 on FEC's Flagler Sub.
Carmath Incorporated leasing 60 ft boxcar CMHX 7197 caught my eye because it still wears its as delivered Amtrak stripes and battered silver paint designed to blend in with the Phase IV Amtrak long distance train livery of the era. One of 200 express boxcars built in 1997 by Trenton Works these cars were part of Amtrak's massive and failed expansion into the freight business spearheaded by Ed Ellis during the administration of Amtrak President George Warrington. If you're not familiar with this interesting era of Amtrak's history check out this link:
utahrails.net/pass/amtrak-mail-express.php
or this video:
youtu.be/d36An7gjQIg?si=hwfPaaQNwZxDfAe9
Stuart, Florida
Monday March 25, 2024
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ET42-001, a heritage unit in one of its last runs, as the TME 124011 "Po Kruszywie" freight train from Warszawa Wawer to Sitkówka Nowiny, passes the Warszawa Miedzeszyn passenger stop, which has a characteristic modernistic platform shelter from the period of the electrification of the Warsaw area, couple of years before World War II.
May 22, 2022. And already on July 30 the locomotive finally was withdrawn and is to become an exhibit of technology in Zduńska Wola (Karsznice), probably a "cold" one.
In April the same year, the metal letters and numbers from the section B of the locomotive were simply stolen, so the crew of one of the PKP Cargo's depots carefully repainted the markings with white paint, imitating the original typeface of letters and numbers.
It is worth mentioning that the ET42 series is currently being withdrawn from the service. Units completing the mileage to the next overhaul are put away. Currently, out of the initial 50 units bought in late 70ies, circa 1/3 was scrapped or withdrawn. Withdrawn locomotives probably will not go back on the trails any more.
Photo by Jarek / Chester
ET42-001 w jednym z ostatnich swoich kursów, jako pociąg towarowy TME 124011 "Po Kruszywie" relacji Warszawa Wawer - Sitkówka Nowiny, mija przystanek osobowy Warszawa Miedzeszyn, z charakterystyczną wiatą peronową z okresu elektryfikacji Warszawskiego Węzła Kolejowego przed II Wojną Światową. 22 maja 2022 roku. 30 lipca tego samego roku ostatecznie lokomotywa przestała jeździć i ma stać się zimnym pomnikiem techniki w Zduńskiej Woli (Karsznicach).
W kwietniu z lokomotywy ukradziono oznaczenia z członu B, więc pracownicy przewoźnika odmalowali pieczołowicie oznaczenia białą farbą, imitując oryginalny krój liter i cyfr.
Wspomnieć warto, iż seria ET42 jest aktualnie wycofywana z eksploatacji. Egzemplarze kończące przebiegi międzynaprawcze są odstawiane jako oczekujące naprawy głównej lub skreślenia. Aktualnie z 50 kupionych w latach 70. egzemplarzy, około 1/3 została albo zezłomowana albo wycofana. Te wycofane prawdopodobnie już na szlaki nie wyjadą.
Fot. Jarek / Chester
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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
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
"Cambria Freight Station, also known as Christiansburg Depot, is a historic freight station located at Christiansburg, Montgomery County, Virginia, US. It was built in 1868–1869, and is a wood-framed, one-story, U-shaped structure with a shallow hipped roof and deeply overhanging eaves in the Italianate style. A portion of the center section rises to form a tower-like second-story room, covered with an even shallower hipped roof. A long, one-story freight section extending eastward from the rear. The building also served as a passenger station, until Christiansburg station was built nearby in 1906. The building houses a local history museum known as the Cambria Depot Museum.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985. It is located in the Cambria Historic District." (Wikipedia)
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A local freight running on my mainline; with lots of nice Penn Central going on. As this is a pan shot of motion, I like to think of this as "Pan Central."
Sigma ART 35mm f/1.4 @ f/10
This car must have stood still for a long time for this to happen. I can't imagine how long it took to commit this vandalism!