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Freightliner 66610 leads the 6L72 0718 Toton Centre to Chesterton Junction Fhh through Waterbeach, on the 8th March 2021.
Heritage unit CN 8952 leads CN 527 on a wet and grey afternoon. It is lifting cars from Pointe St-Charles Yard before continuing onto Taschereau Yard.
BNSF 7211 leads the relatively new Q-PTLALT (Portland, OR - Alliance, TX) south near Monument, CO.
This train started running on 12 Sep between the Pacific Northwest and Dallas-Ft. Worth, but this is my first time actually shooting it. Early on, the train lengths were maybe 12 or 13 cars, but it's been slowly increasing in length as time moves forward.
Oh, that guy in the lower right? A fellow railfan who inadvertently wandered into the shot! If that was you, sorry about all the GEs on this particular morning...
CN 8833 leads stacker train Q120, as they head into the sun at Fort Lawrence, approaching Amherst, Nova Scotia. This train featured four SD70M-2's, including the DP. First time in a while that I've shot anything with an all EMD lashup.
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October 15,2016.
nature trails, when she leads, nature trails, where she leads... series
__________
What it is, heaven knows.
Where the trail leads, well who can say?
Pick up the scent, it's stuck to your skin
Before you know it the chase begins
Nature trails, where she leads
Like a pet at her feet
Don't be sad, you'll be set free tomorrow
Some foreign place or distant shore
Cover the traces, lock all the doors
Those brighter lights confuse the eyes
But there's still one thing you recognise
Nature trails, when she leads
Come on, give up, you're on your knees
One mistake and you'll be there forever
Caught like a leaf in the wind...
When Nature trails you had to follow too
Open the door and look inside
It's as you left yet it not quite right
The fading scent says something's wrong
Someone has been here, someone has gone...
Nature trails, where she leads
Like a pet at her feet
Don't be sad, you'll be set free tomorrow
Nature trails, when she leads
Come on, give up, you're on your knees
One mistake and you'll be there forever
Caught like a leaf in the wind...
When Nature trails
(Nature Trails, The Comsat Angels, 1983)
IANR 3806 leads CRWA-26 as it pokes forward as it serves the grain elevator on the east side of Vinton on a dreary post-Christmas day - taken on the IANR Cedar Rapids Subdivision.
With just one week left of Iowa Northern's independence, the parachute foamers will certainly rain down across the system in a desperate last-ditch effort to capture some Iowa Northern action over this upcoming weekend. Being stuck in Iowa City during the week has kept me from documenting the last several months' worth of action, but I do hope to get out there this weekend too. Let's play nice, fellas. From the sound of it, last weekend was nothing more than a fart sniffing contest, all brought about by the coolest of the cool from the Chicago region. The Iowa Northern power will likely stick around at least for a little while, so let's cut the hysterics this weekend, sound good? Alright, enough of my soapbox PSAing, no one asked for that, but I did it anyway. It sure feels good to act all high and mighty like I have any sort of real control over the hooligans that show up and ruin things for everyone who actually lives in the region. For real though, just be chill.
Norfolk Southern AC44C6M 4700 leads a unit train of brand-new Oshkosh Defense Light Tactical Vehicles through the curves at Waterworks in Davenport, IA.
The LTV's are brand new and are being sent to a base for a delivery and to be placed in service.
January 13, 2025
37218 leads two wagons and 68008 on a serious of test runs between Derby/Stenson and Stoke
missed out just on some sun
didnt know what was working this till it appeared
novel new warning here a box plays a train horn when the train is approaching
this was a strange sequence of test runs with the 68 and two wagons going to stoke with the 37 following and attaching at stoke to lead back towards Derby
Some of you may know that I collect vintage buttons. The trouble is that when you're an inveterate collector like me, one thing leads to another. It wasn't long before I discovered that vintage thimbles can be very pretty ... and old cotton reels ... and antique needles ... and ribbons. You get the picture. My guilty pleasure is that I'm always looking for the next thing. :)
For this week's Macro Mondays group theme, Guilty Pleasure.
More detail for anyone who's interested. The guilloché button dates from the 1910s. It's made of silver and the back is rose gold. The silver thimble is French and from the same time period. The silver bodkin needle is Georgian and was made in the 19th century. It actually has a lovely pattern on the sides. I'll photograph it properly one of these days. Lastly, the Sylko cotton reel (colour: Lupin) is from some time between the early 1950s and 1960s. I needed to fill a space on the left with a bit of colour, so that's just a piece of modern chiffon ribbon. :)
Although the lighting conditions were tricky in this direction, I thought another shot of such a stunning convoy was worth posting.........
Loram's 37418 'An Comunn Gaidhealach' leads 37508, 37264, 37688 'Great Rocks' and 37250 into Derby working 0Z35, the 10.13 loco move from Kidderminster (S.V.R.) to Northallerton Wensleydale.
Greater Anglia 90006 'Roger Ford' leads the 1P37 1230 Norwich to London Liverpool Street past Dagworth (Stowmarket).
The Union Pacific "Spirit" Locomotive leads UP Train PCBWF1 02 down the Falls City Sub. past Shannon, KS, leading a 21 business car consist of equipment that will be used for the George H.W. Bush Funeral Train in Texas the following Thursday.
This image appeared on the Trains Magazine online News Wire for December 3, 2018.
Locomotives: UP 1943, UP 8003
12-2-18
Shannon, KS
T448p-111 leads a set of loaded tanker wagons through the sad, brown, wintery fields on the outskirts of Gdynia, just before terminating its short journey of 4 kilometers.
The fuel base number 21 in Dębogórze is a fun thing to see whenever you are in the area of the Polish northern Tricity (Gdynia+Sopot+Gdańsk). Its railway track is completely detached from the urban part of Gdynia and instead runs through the fields on its outskirts, which makes for a nice atmosphere (at least in summer...), which almost lets us forget that it's not a real full-scale unelectrified railway line.
The rolling stock of PERN, which is stationed at this base almost reminds us of the Czech Republic or Slovakia. They have two T448p locomotives and (since August 2023!) S200-289, only a Brejlovec and Barodtka are missing for the full experience. The newly aquired six-axle S200 locomotive was one of the main targets of my stay in Gdynia for the winter holidays, as I didn't manage to see it in action during summer. Until recently it was the only broad gauge S200 in Poland, because it served trains from the east at the base no. 13 in Zawadówka.
The whole railway network of the fuel base is comprised of two stations, one of which is used as a pickup point for other railway carriers - mostly Orlen, and the other for loading the tank wagons. They are connected by a track with around 3 kilometers of length. The fuel base itself has a direct pipeline connection to the harbour in Gdynia, from which it takes its entire supply of liquid products for storage and later shipping into Poland.
If you ever do decide to drop by, you are almost destined to see some traffic, as there are up to 3 pairs of trains during daytime. I wholeheartedly recommend coming here for some almost-branchline vibes with lots of diesel action... until it gets really monotonous.
Sadly I once again failed to catch the S200. Well, better luck next time I guess.
Photo by Piotrek/Toprus
W&LE 4018 leads local train 662X west across the diamond at Spencer on the afternoon of 9/3/16. The 662 is a fairly new local that starts in Medina, goes to Spencer then down to Brewster to make a pickup, then back west to Orrville to switch before going back to Medina via Spencer at the end of the day. It has been running twice a week lately. This was a usual extraboard weekend job, hence the X in the symbol.
CNW 8551 leads an empty coal train across a pair of diamonds at Deval. The train is already crossing the WC and is just hitting the diamonds with the Harvard Sub. The train appears to be an empty from Pleasant Prairie based on the cars and the coal trains for Waukegan and Oak Creek would need a unit equipped with ATS which is pry the only thing this dash 8 doesnt have. At one time this unit was used in the U.P. on ore trains and was set up for distributed power. By the time this photo was shot the UP may have removed this equipment. I want to say this photo was taken late 1995 or early 1996.
BN 5722 leads a train at Berela, CO in August of 1978. The line had just undergone upgrades to handle the coal boom, straightening out curves in many locations.
On an early spring afternoon FIFTEEN YEARS AGO ALREADY 900 leads a couple of cousins and a mile of pellets south on the main at Albion rounding the last bend to RX
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Špania Dolina is a village in central Slovakia, near the city of Banská Bystrica. Although its permanent population does not exceed 200 people, it is a picturesque historic village consists of a unique set of miner houses built of wood and stones. The former mining village is undoubtedly one of the most beautiful in Slovakia. Copper and silver ores were mined here in the past. Along with the walled structures once owned by the mining administration a substantial part of local architecture is formed by houses of miners mostly built of logs on stone foundations. The tall tower of the church of Conversion of the Lord built on Romanesque foundations dominates the wonderful panorama. In order to reach the fortified church, one can choose to climb 160 stairs of a roofed staircase. The entrance is situated in a little park with the Renaissance building of the former klopačka from the 16th century. A walk over the mining nature trail in a beautiful nature is a nice experience.
Spania Dolina lies in the southern part of Low Tatra Mountains close to the town of Banska Bystrica in Central Slovakia , 782 m above the sea level. It's an old mining town and there is a beautiful Catholic church. A covered stairway leads to this fortified church.
Špania Dolina is een Slowaakse dorpje in de regio Banská Bystrica. Hoewel de permanente bevolking niet meer dan 200 mensen overschrijdt, is het een pittoresk historisch dorp dat bestaat uit een unieke set van mijnwerkershuizen van hout en stenen. Het voormalige mijnbouwdorp is ongetwijfeld één van de mooiste in Slowakije. Koper en zilveren erts werden hier in het verleden gedelfd. Samen met de ommuurde structuren die ooit in handen zijn van de mijnbouw, wordt een wezenlijk deel van de lokale architectuur gevormd door huizen van mijnwerkers. De hoge toren van de kerk domineert het prachtige panorama. Om de versterkte kerk te bereiken, kan men kiezen uit 160 trappen van een overdekte trap. De ingang is gelegen in een klein park met het Renaissance gebouw uit de 16e eeuw. Een wandeling over het het natuurpad in een prachtige natuur is een leuke ervaring.
50049 'Defiance' leads an immaculate 66737 'Lesia' past Milton Malsor working the 0Z60 1506 Kidderminster S.V.R. to Stewarts Lane T&R.S.M.D.
The pair are due to work a private GBRF charter on 05/06/21 from London Victoria to the Severn Valley Railway.
04/06/21
An ex ATSF SD45 leads CSX autorack train Q236-08 through the S curve at Acworth,GA into some sweet evening sunlight.
More black and matched "NW" dip leads a westbound freight through the interlocking known as "The Puzzle", just west of the East 55th Street yard. This is the former Nickel Plate Road "High Speed Service" mainline. One thing I always thought was wild (and great for railfans) about the N&W guys is that they really seemed to love their geeps! More often than not, you'd get that geep leading the newer power.
CSX 5370 leads an eastbound Herzog ballast train through the curves of the Yakima River Canyon at the former timetable location of 'Hillside'.
Hillside was once home to a 4,400ft siding which lasted from when the Northern Pacific first built through the canyon in 1887 until 1971, one year after the Burlington Northern merger. The sidings at Hillside, nearby Roza, and Umtanum were removed in early 1971 as the newly formed BN began rationalizing its trackage, and downgraded the Fourth Subdivision to a secondary route. When the June, 1972 timetables were issued, these locations were no longer named places.
When BN shifted the majority of through trains from the ex-NP mainline across the Cascades to the former GN and a portion of the ex-SP&S, they quickly realized that four sidings in 23 miles of track were completely unnecessary. Only the longest of these passing tracks in the canyon at Wymer was retained.
Traffic on the Stampede, and Yakima Valley Subdivisions can go from almost none in a day, to several trains in the span of a few hours. All traffic over the Stampede Sub is eastbound, consisting of empty grain, and crude oil trains.
When heading east on Interstate 90 late on the evening of the 27th, I intercepted a transmission from a defect detector 20 miles ahead of me, announcing the passing of a short, 164 axle train. Clear roads ahead of me allowed me to eventually catch this ballast train near the south end of the Yakima Canyon. With summer vacation traffic over for the year, and a week early for the surge of fall fisherman, I was the only car on the road. In addition to aiding my speedy travel, the absence of vehicle traffic allowed for the headlights of the train to be the only major light source in frame. The glow of the Roza dam around the next bend in the river is visible as well.
This image is a composite of four 30 second long time exposures, stitched together in Photoshop. I underestimated how slow the train would travel through this section, and grossly misjudged my camera settings for the exposures. I typically would set up well in advance, and take several practice images before the train arrived, but the train's head start on me and chase down the canyon prevented this.
LA&L 425 leads the Southbound road train at East River Road in Henrietta, NY on October 30, 2025. This was most likely the last daylight Southbound here for 2025 with the time change occurring this weekend. Sunset was only an hour away on this day, and there was heavy, heavy overcast and rain which made a cool effect..
NS 1072 leads Pan Am Southern train 16R out of the 4.75 mile long Hoosac Tunnel into daylight in Florida, MA. This is one of the more interesting locations on the west end of the PAS Freight Main. It has interesting history to say the least.
B&M 209 leads a mix of B&M and D&H power on an Eastbound D&H freight at Cameron, NY on March 16, 1985.
A BNSF C44-9W leads an intermodal train westbound out of the Cacade Tunnel at MP 1708.1 on BNSF's Scenic Sub. The big GE built in 1994 wears warbonnet colors of the legendary Santa Fe half of BNSF and looks decidedly out of place in a iconic Burlington Northern location.
The 7.8 mile long bore is the longest railroad tunnel in the United States passing beneath the Cascade Range. Opened in 1929 by BN predecessor Great Northern Railway it replaced a 2.6 mile long tunnel 500 feet higher that dated from 1900 that itself replaced the original temporary switchback alignment over the mountain dating to the GN's 1893 opening.
One particular interesting fact among many is that this monumental tunnel took only three years to construct and the project was led by Frederick Mears. Colonel Mears is best known for being appointed to the Alaska Engineering Commission by President Wilson and then serving as the chief engineer responsible for the construction of that road. Col. Mears saw that railroad to completion and resigned on July 7, 1923 six days before President Harding drove the gold spike in Nenana, AK at the end of the bridge bearing Mears' name across the mighty Tanana River.
This tunnel sits at an elevation of 2881 ft some 1180 ft below the pass that the original switchback route crossed. The east portal is in the community of Berne in Snohomish County, WA while the west seen here is in a location known as Scenic.
King County, Washington
Sunday June 20, 2010
37099 leads 1Q97 10:50 Ferme Park Recp. to Clacton-on-Sea through Walthamstowe Wetlands on 12/08/26. 37057 was on the rear.
BNSF 3677 leads a trash train through the many tunnels along the Colombia River on the WA/OR border.
Big GE 655 leads a Binghamton bound Lanesboro Detour train at the old Erie coaling tower in Susquehanna, PA on 12/28/1985. This was supposedly the last Lanesboro detour train, so the Lanesboro helpers that assisted in the run around move on the Penn Division were left on the end of the train for the trip to Binghamton. The newly rebuilt tunnel was open for train traffic and the first train would pass thru it later that afternoon. After New Years, the Lanesboro detour was used again for a couple of days so that some final finishing work could be completed on the tunnel. Once the tunnel work was complete, the D&H Penn Division was gone forever. There were a few railfans on hand for the final move on the Penn Division, most notably the late J.J. Young Jr., and his photo essay from that final train was featured in an issue of Railpace as I recall. This day in December was my last hurrah however, and the last time I was ever at this location.
68017 Hornet leads 68034 Rail Riders with train 6M67 from Georgmas Junction to Carlisle Kingmoor. The train formation is a loaded nuclear flask sandwiched between two four wheel barrier wagons. The train runs only occasionally, carrying contaminated waste from the decommissioning of the Nuclear facility at Dounreay on the far north coast of Scotland, which shut down back in 1994. Here was a fast reactor development centre, commissioned back in 1955 and also a Naval development and test centre for the reactors for Nuclear Submarines. Now well into the decommissioning phase, it is expected to have the site cleared by 2036.All being well, the site will become a Brownfield site by 2336. This train runs infrequently and as required, the only booked freight North of Inverness, it is seen here running along the coastal section of the Far North line past Kilmote between Helmsdale and Brora on the 28th of August 2024.
An SD40-2 leads the Amory to Magnolia train south out of Amory. They would tie down at Cotton Gin Port Road and a new crew would be on around 9:00 or so leading to me getting some night shots while they switched some more.
CN 5558 leads CN 331 under the signals at Brantford. With most SD60F's in storage currently I have to go back into the archives to see these beauties.
Conrail 6228 leads a mail train past the old tower for "Tower Tuesday", a tower that had a long time ago simply become "CP 141". Already severely downgraded in the PC era, Bellefontaine at one time hosted six different NYC lines heading out of town as well as a good size yard. The tower was the only remaining structure at the time of the photo, and actually somehow remains such today even under CSX, but it is surrounded by tree's these days. Even though Conrail was almost history at the time of the photo, good old #MAIL-44 was still running right on schedule. Actually even about 30 minutes early for it's scheduled 11 AM passing of CP 141.
The entryway gate leads to the many temples in the Temple of Heaven complex in Beijing, China.
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B&P 3064 leads the empty GW-1 South at McCorkindale Road in Caledonia, NY on December 13, 2019. The train is on original G&W trackage, and is 4 miles South of P&L Jct.
UP 1943 leads a pair of GEs eastbound on an oil train just west of Tunnel 1. It took about 90 minutes to get from East Portal to this spot, rolling slow as UP oil trains typically do. Alas, that meant the direct sunlight was gone, but there was still enough ambient light to capture the scene.
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44 091 leads freight train 20671 with sulfuric acid from Pirdop to Razdelna station in Northern Bulgaria. 45 200 is banking at the rear of the train. Photo taken near Kumaritsa halt in Sofia.
Newer BNSF ET44C4 3948 leads a Tulsa to Galesburg freight east along a passing westbound stack train at Carrolton, Missouri on BNSF's Marceline Sub.
BNSF 3948
BNSF 7080
CP 8751
November 14, 2015