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2 years ago this week, a pair of BN green units bring an intermodal train full of COVID-19 supplies east to St. Paul. To this day, this is still one of my favorite photos.
A quartet of 40 series EMDs hustle Rio Grande train No. 100 through Colton, Utah, five miles east of Solder Summit on Aug. 7, 1986. Train 100 was a daily move, interchange received from the Southern Pacific at Ogden, Utah, and interchange delivered to the Burlington Northern in Denver, Colorado.
The Kootenay Valley Railway's "Hotshot" heads west on the Boundary Subdivision on its way to Castlegar and Trail, passing the Brilliant Dam on the Kootenay River. The KVR is operated as an internal short line on the Canadian Pacific and includes the Boundary, Nelson and Rossland Subdivisions.
Two of the hotter trains on the west end of the NS system meet at Dawson, IL, with 258 holding the main and 255 running the siding. While 255 normally runs with a solo unit, 258 can be a mixed bag. Its 1x1 configuration on this day allowed for a nice nose-to-nose meet.
SD40R No. 7313 leads Southern Pacific’s DVOAF through Riverton, Utah the evening of July 6, 1994. This rural landscape, 15 miles south of downtown Salt Lake City, is unrecognizable today with the addition of commuter rail and 26 years of commercial and residential development.
Canadian Pacific SD40-2F No. 9011 leads "The Hotshot" out Cranbrook, British Columbia in March 2015. The train will make its way west through the Kootenays to Nelson and Trail.
A late NS 229 crosses the CSX Callahan Subdivision at Crawford, FL on their way east toward Simpson yard in Jacksonville, FL.
Doug Harrop Photography • May 23, 1999
Viewed from the cab of a Southern Pacific SD45T-2, the MEKRO meets the ISCOA 23 at remote Shafter in northeastern Nevada.
A very early CN Z194 is scooting along at track speed over Manchac Pass, Louisiana, on the McComb Subdivision just moments ahead of a heavy, heavy, thunderstorm. The choppy waves in the pass were the result of a tremendous outflow boundary that was blasting off ahead of the severe warned storm. Shortly after this the floodgates would open and a typical Louisiana afternoon of thunderstorms would begin...
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Wabash searchlights remain dark until the 4th or 5th car passes it, so these searchlight aspects were photoshopped for optimum image quality.
A hotshot for Chicago slams through Williamsfield, IL on the Chili Sub. This is another of those spots that I visited infrequently, and no matter how long I stayed, I always netted more afternoon westbounds than I ever did morning eastbounds.
Looking like the MAIL trains that used to grace these rails, a former Conrail SD40-2 has eastbound Q008-17 at track speed, splitting the 90s era Type-Gs at milepost 159 on the Indianapolis Line east of Sidney, OH.
An eastbound Union Pacific Z train with brand new power rolls away from Mt. Hood. The train is on the segment of double track east of The Dalles, Oregon.
The huge nose on this SD60M, combined with the postage stamp sized UP shield, demonstrates why fans begged UP to bring back the streamliner wings in the 1990s.
Union Pacific's Long Beach, California to Denver, Colorado priority intermodal blasts through Henefer, Utah on Sept. 22, 2022.
Conrail's hotshot Mail-3 was curving along the Juniata River behind a typical six-pack of high-horsepower EMD and GE four axle motors.
The hot trailer trains were a constant sight along the Middle Division on what was once the mighty Pennsylvania Railroad and the less successful Penn Central.
This classic trackage is now unfortunately Norfolk Southern's Pittsburgh Line.
Taken last night and met up with fellow photographer Stu Patterson. Enjoyed the craic and great company. Cheers marra! (HotShots)
Hottest day of the summer yet expected here in Cornwall. I got out early for some pics before melting. Plants are loving it though ;-) HELIOS lens
Santa Fe's famous 199 train screams through Coal City, in a nice spring rain. Great days, rain or not.
May 14, 1994.
I135-17 wasn't the only thing rumbling through Harpers Ferry on a stormy sunday afternoon, as the friendly conductor flashes a wave while they flew through the iconic Harper's Ferry Depot. Standing next to me was a young man in an orange CSX shirt, thrilled to hear they were coming when I walked in with my scanner. It was genuinely fantastic to see his enthusiasm for a train, any train, and to see his excitement as we listened to them calling signals, the low tones of a Gevo echoing off the mountains. His enthusiasm for an intermodal with a common leader was a great reminder to me that they don't always have to be rare, unique, or special. Sometimes a hotshot with a common leader fits the bill just fine, and in this case, I135-17 sure did.
With Shoreham work complete, 149 is well underway as it leaves Medina behind and cruises westward into the setting sun with lights to South Haven.
Vianet Djenguet sur le terrain - in the field !
Vianet Djenguet est un photographe, caméraman et réalisateur animalier franco-congolais reconnu pour son engagement en faveur de la conservation et sa capacité à filmer la faune dans des environnements extrêmes et souvent hostiles. Fort de plus de 15 ans d’expérience, il a collaboré avec de grands diffuseurs internationaux tels que la BBC et National Geographic, parcourant le monde pour documenter la vie sauvage, notamment en Afrique, en Asie et en Amérique du Sud !
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Vianet Djenguet is a Franco-Congolese wildlife photographer, cameraman, and filmmaker, renowned for his commitment to conservation and his ability to film wildlife in extreme and often hostile environments. With over 15 years of experience, he has worked with major international broadcasters such as the BBC and National Geographic, traveling the world to document wildlife, particularly in Africa, Asia, and South America !
Bnsf 4532 leads a westbound Z train into La Plata Mo. Im sure the crew hates this time of day when headed west. This would be one of many trains in a row. Seems they were fleeting west before Amtrak rolled through. May 2019 Bnsf Marceline Sub.
A trio of former Rio Grande SD50s lead a short intermodal east along the Colorado River near Dotsero, CO on UP's Glenwood Springs Sub. This stretch of railroad was built as the "Dotsero Cutoff". It united what had been two separate lines, the original Denver & Rio Grande Western main line via Tennessee Pass and the former Denver & Salt Lake between Denver and Craig, CO via the Moffat Tunnel. The D&SL did not actually attain its namesake western destination until after being taken over by the D&RGW, and this connection was the final piece of the puzzle. I believe this train was ZRODV or a precursor to that UP Roseville to Denver intermodal symbol. The lead unit wore a grimy coat of original Rio Grande paint. The dirt may have accumulated during its time in helper service on Tehachapi Pass or other points west on the UP. Regardless, it was nice to see the trio back on home rails, even if one had been repainted.
UP ZDVRO:
DRGW 5502 SD50
DRGW 5503 SD50
DRGW 5514 SD50
A rare (for the Shasta Route) Southern Pacific General Electric B39-8 leads an intermodal train north out of Redding, California. It was a searing hot August afternoon in 1998.
At the time, you could park in the shade of a bridge and enjoy this vantage, out of the hot sun. ETTS.
Hotshot intermodal train I025 rockets south after a quick swap and go at Casky Yard on the CSX Henderson Subdivision.
Blazing out of the mid-day sun, eastward down the former Nickel Plate mainline. Hammond, Indiana. August 1974.
Former Chicago and North Western C44-9W 8687 was leading the hot SCCSZ along with a former Southern Pacific C44-9W on 11-3-96.
It was holding outside of Clinton due to congestion ahead.
CSX C40-8W 7797 and C40-8 7612 were screaming eastbound on the former B&O at Wellsboro in 2000.
Fall colors were just starting to turn along the Garrett Subdivision and a pair of clean YN2 GEs were looking pretty decent in the early morning light.
With a friendly wave from the cab, Soo Line train 203 passes the shore of Pewaukee Lake at Pewaukee, Wisconsin, on the nice autumn day of October 6, 1990. An EMD SD60M/SD60 combo in new “candy apple red,” power the westbound hotshot.
As many will probably know from Danny Harmon's famous videos on the tropicana juice trains, these used to run as a hotshot unit train from Florida to NJ. During CSX's implementation of PSR, they were relegated to lower-priority manifests M300 and M301, both of which are reliably daylight trains on the RF&P. And while these trains do usually move with a purpose, they're not exactly the hottest trains on the railroad. That pace apparently wasn't working for Tropicana, and very recently the juice has been moved back to priority intermodal trains I031 and I032. While they're not the juice trains of old, it's still pretty neat to see the juice back on the headpin of the hottest trains on the RF&P.