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Chicago & North Western Alco C628 #6707 leads a northbound empty taconite train through Brampton, MI in September of 1987.
The Chicago & Northwestern heritage engine leads UP train GSN19G-26 on Track 75 of the KCT High Line as it crosses the Kaw River Bridge while approaching State Line Interlocking. This train arrived at UP's Armourdale Yard yesterday morning, and it wasn't until earlier this morning that an outbound crew to Parsons, KS was called. After spending most of the morning adding another unit to the consist, that SD70M second out, they're finally beginning to depart Kansas City nearly 24 hours after arriving here.
The USACE's Kansas City Flood Risk Management has progressed a great deal in and around Santa Fe JCT over the last few months. With the majority of the project focused on the Argentine, Armourdale and Central Industrial District flood protection systems, the work and improvements being performed include raising and strengthening levees and flood walls, new closure structures and the replacement of pump stations. Stoplog closure structures are being built on the both ends of the Kaw River Bridge for the lower deck. A new flood wall is being built across the tracks from the KCT towards Argentine, beginning near Airgas and running in towards the hillside as opposed to the current flood wall that continues upstream along 5th St. Yard.
Another project includes replacing the KCT Kaw River Bridge's hydraulic jacks installed to lift the bridge. The current jacks, which can raise the three trusses 10.5 ft, haven't functioned in years, but they need to be replaced to raise the bridge to the height of the new flood walls, raising the trusses 13.8 ft. 7/28/24.
NR82 leads another NR and a green DL north through Bargo with a Melbourne to Brisbane superfreighter.
If some of these photos look familiar, they probably are - I'm organising my photos from 2008, and taking the oppertunity to rework some of them and either upload for the first time, or replace older photos.
BNSF 1961 leads the Pikes Peak Local south on the normally northbound Main 2 in Greenland, CO.
Thanks to David Grothe for the heads up that the PPL was late and that it was running the wrong way.
The BNSF 1961 is "recently" repainted (less than a year ago), and it's nice to see it's still earning its keep on the mainlines (even though it's RCO equipped). This unit was built in March of 1972 for the Colorado & Southern; nice to see it's still on "home" rails...
December 5, 1992: SD50 8509 leads a train of "miscellaneous" empties north out of Big Stone Gap, Virginia on a cheerless late fall day. Just ahead lies the Strawberry Patch and the Green, Green Fields of Ole Virginnie.
8509 was part of a 25-unit order of SD50's (8500-8524) ordered by L&N, but not delivered until after the Seaboard System consolidation. These units retained reminders of what they'd have looked like if delivered to L&N -- the cab roof mounted strobe flashers, the headlight in the nose, and a Gyralight between the number boards.
(Scanned from Kodachrome 64 slide)
Camaro and Mustang racecars on track at Watkins Glen.
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43159 leads through Toton yards on Sunday 29th October 1995 with 1V52, 09.40 Newcastle to Exeter, diverted down the Erewash Valley line due to engineering works.
In the background can be seen (L-R) Toton Centre signal box, the Upside hump control tower, and the wagon shops, all of which are history now.
Of note is that 43159 was the rear power car, with 43102 on the front, that created the world diesel speed record of 148.5 m.p.h. in November 1987, which still stands today.
43159 is still operational with 'The 125 group'.
©Dave Peachey.
The path of light leads you on superb journeys even after Sunset and with a little help from tall flora 6 Film Frames
The amount of light and wind was changing the landscape before me. The light was diminishing in illumination and expanding in tone. With some edits here are some samples of the wonders working their ways within my paths.
Tall Flora is not in every picture.
© PHH Sykes 2024
phhsykes@gmail.com
Soo 770 leads the BN Transfer as it rides above the Mississippi on the Camden Bridge in Minneapolis. This train will use the Loop Track at Shoreham and then will go into Northtown Yard. On the BN at Northtown it will go by the name Soo Shoreham Transfer.
CP has quit running this Humboldt to Northtown transfer in the meantime, but was still a morning fixture 16 years ago here in Nov. 1999.
Those Soo 700 series SDs were cool, with many looking old school Soo without dynamic brakes. Some had them added I believe, while others not by this point in the 90s.
FEC #716 leads an Asplundh weed spray train past West Palm Beach towards Miami. This train sprays the right of way with weedkiller to fight off excess vegetation that can damage the track bed, obstruct signs, or create a hazard for railroad personnel. The boxcar at the end of the train still wears an SCL/L&N Family Lines emblem.
While I'm happy with the sunshine we finally ended up getting back then on trips to the ONR, this is way more typical of the weather waiting for you. And often despite good forecasts... So you paid your dues on days like these, which probably totaled up to like 75% or more of time on the ONR, waiting for the sunshine. But as a result, I did at least get some locations like this one that I never managed to get again in sunshine.
BNSF 978 leads a trio of H1 units and the thrice-weekly M-SUPMIN (Superior, WI - Minot, ND) west near Powell, ND on the Devils Lake Sub.
This was my first, and as far as I know, only, time catching a trio of Heritage I-schemed locomotives leading a train. This was a rare catch eleven and a half years ago let alone today. I would have preferred the SD40-2 up front, but, hey, I wasn't complaining then!
56098 leads 56049 'Robin of Templecombe 1938-2013' as they pass Ribblehead with 6J37 Carlisle - Chirk logs, Tuesday 9/1/24.
Copyright Iain Reid - no unauthorised use
Leads the CHITAC west through Rochelle, IL. Thanks MP36er for the head out I mean the heads up on this train!!!!
DRS 68034 leads classmate 68034 through Grange-Over-Sands just as some squiff began to detract from the sun on 0K73 (vice 6K73) Sellafield BNF - Crewe Coal Siding.
Bit of a disappointment on this one, no load and the hopes of a lash up was sadly dashed when a pair came into view but still a reasonable effort. Sun just a touch too low at this point.
20205 leads nose first with 20007 onto Central Rivers Depot with the third XC refreshed voyager 220028
this very unusual move was because of an issue with 20205 coupling to the voyager had to shuffle them so 20007 was used
37610 leads 1Qxx 0233 Neville Hill-Derby RTC into it's destination on 16/02/19. 37219 is on the rear.
NS ES44AC #8099 leads the 224 past the former Southern Railway cantilever signals protecting the Alton & Southern diamonds at Alorton, IL on 31 December 2015.
This train had been parked near the IL-IN border for a time due to flooding on this line (NS Southern-West District) but trains 224, 375 and 111 all met here inside the Coapman yard limits within about 30 minutes.
Thanks to Will R. for the initial heads up and the OS at Belleville.
37175 leads 37254 through the Upper Derwent valley between Crambeck and Low Hutton with the first Sunday running of the 2025 Wold Coast RHTT which continues from Goole to Wakefield Westgate via Knottingley and Featherstone before retracing its steps back to York Works. 3J51, the 09:55 York Works to York Works, October the 5th 2025.
LTEX 95 leads RUPO as they cross the Androscoggin, just starting to slow from 25 for the 10 mph restriction at Court Street in Auburn. They left Livermore Falls just after 12:30, but problems with both their engines, and receiver set them back quite a bit, resulting in this shot with just enough light for a successful pan. Note the missing dynamic brake fan on the 95, the only external clue to its lack of dynamic brakes.
90019 'Multimodal' leads 3 class 325 EMUs past Lower Hatton while working 1s96, the 1605 Willesden (London) to Shieldmuir (Glasgow).
During the summer of 2019 mail trains were diverted from the west coast route to avoid engineering work at Acton Grange Junction. Although the diversionary route via Manchester's Castlefield corridor and the Chat Moss line was electrified, paperwork issues prevented the mail units from operating under their own power, requiring them to be dragged by class 90 locomotives.
Mail trains operated on the west coast route from its opening. As has been well documented, dedicated mail trains in the UK ceased in September 2024.
Photograph taken using a camera mounted pole.
Amtrak must be short of motive power since BNSF locomotives have appeared on the Cascades frequently recently.
A PLM SD40X leads a wild consist of CP, D&H and NYS&W units on Susqhehanna HAN-1X. Included are both of NYS&Ws F45s. The train has passed under I-80 in Ridgefield Park as it nears the end of its journey. Today this area is occupied by Susquehanna's MC Yard and the surrounding area is quite built up. Thirty years ago, this location seemed almost bucolic and it was a good location to catch eastbounds arriving in the afternoon. 3041 was built by EMD in 1965 as a testbed for the 645 prime mover. Numbered EMDX 434B, it was built on an SD35 frame and included flared radiators similar to that of an SD45. Later SD40X models had standard radiators. It would become UP 3041 before being sold to PLM. Sadly this unique unit was reported as scrapped around 2010 after working for both MK and Helm Leasing.
NYS&W HAN-1X:
PLMX 3041 SD40X
CP 5672 SD40-2
DH 7324 GP38-2
NYSW 3638 F45
NYSW 3636 F45
NYSW 3614 SD45
70805 leads 6J37 Carlisle to Chirk logs over Ribblehead Viaduct - 06/10/2015.
It was just passing Blea Moor signals as I drove down from Ingleton so I pulled up for a quick grab shot.
EWS liveried 66096 leads 4L17 a few minutes early out of Northampton Gateway, before awaiting time at the signal before the mainline. I was hoping for 66119 but any EWS suffices with how few and far between they have become. This is a relatively new footbridge that is accessible through a public footpath. This working terminates in Felixstowe.
WLE SD40-3 3049 leads WLE SD40-2 7355 and their empty CSX K388-27 coke train westbound on the CSX Detroit Sub. The train is passing under the PM Searchlights at Stark approaching the intermediates at Levan and then eventually southbound on the Saginaw Sub towards Toledo and eventually Willard where the train would be handed over the to WLE. The empties would come out of Detroit Rougemere Yard and would cycle the WLE power that came in on the loaded K389. These trains ran with WLE runthrough power and even though it was short lived, it was something that made history in MI. Only if I knew what I know now about signal shots...
Excerpt from Wikipedia:
On the south side of the Gundulic Square a monumental Baroque staircase leads to the Poljana Ruđera Boškovića where the Church of St Ignatius and Collegium Ragusinum, Dubrovnik's reputable Jesuit college, are located. This urban complex many find to be the most representative Baroque example in Dubrovnik and the whole Croatian coast.
Dissatisfied with numerous Italian scholars, Beccaddeli, the bishop of Dubrovnik, asked in 1555, to the newly founded Jesuit order to open a college in Dubrovnik. The idea was not realised until 1647 when the legacy of Marin Gundulić, a Jesuit from Dubrovnik, opened the door for the start of planning the project. In 1653, the Jesuit Rector Gianbattista Canauli made a project which was supposed to regulate the whole urban structure of the suburb in the oldest part of the City and provide space to build the Jesuit church and college. The project planned for demolishing a wide number of houses. The buy off had already started when the destruction of Great Earthquake of 1667 interrupted all work. The project had resumed at the close of the century, for which purpose, Iganzio Pozzo, renowned Jesuit architect and painter was called to the City in 1699. Pozzo had finalized the plans by 1703 and the construction of the church completed in 1725.
The Church of St Ignatius is single nave, with side chapels and a semicircular divided apse, decorated by magnificent Baroque frescoes with scenes from life of St. Ignatius de Loyola painted by Gaetano Garcia. The frescoes fit perfectly in the ambiance of the church and at first sight they are simply breathtaking.
The church belfry houses the oldest bell in Dubrovnik, cast in 1355 by Viventius and his son Viator.
UP 6290 leads the MDMNL 13 into Neff Yard after going "around the world" on the KCT. Here, it's passing between Knuckleheads Saloon and J. Reiger & Co. Distillery in Kansas City's East Bottoms.
At Neff, the train will set out the rear 75 cars before heading south on the Coffeyville Sub.
BR Large Logo 37025 'Inverness TMD' leads the 3Z36 1535 Rhymney Sidings to Cardiff Canton Sidings driver training run into Cardiff Central.
BNSF 6041 leads a southbound coal train through the S-curve just south of Monument, CO.
A little more that a month after a thumb wound/surgery has rendered me virtually one-handed and unable to use my DSLR for a bit, I'm still able to get out and push my old, obsolete Canon 300HS point-and-shoot to its limits. The trick was turning off as many of the dumbed-down auto features and taking manual control as best I could. The biggest upgrade was with the white balance setting. I shed the auto white balance and opted for the daylight setting and it's made a huge difference. Overall, for the limits in equipment and being one-handed, I'm pretty happy with the results!
Kodachrome 2662 leads a Soo Line leasor on eastbound train #730 as they head onto the ex-AC&Y line.
This was one of the best day's I've ever had railfanning the Wheeling, but one never knows what's ahead, as this day turned out to be my last road trip with the Dodge Intrepid. Heading home after dark, out of New London on SR 162, I had a nasty encounter with "Bambi". Given all the driving I've done and countless close calls, I'm very blessed and thankful that remains my only direct hit!
Hanson & Hall Rail Services English Electric Type 4 50008 'Thunderer' leads 'The Merry Wherry' 1Z70 0648 Derby to Lowestoft railtour towards March. Classmate GBRF 50007 'Hercules' was at the rear of the formation. The tour marking the first time Class 50s have reached the most easterly point in the UK, Lowestoft.
CN 3808 leads a Tier 4 GE and an Illinois Central SD40-3 north on M337 under the large signal bridge at the south end of CN's Markham yard.
CN ES44AC #3808
CN ET44AC #3084
IC SD40-3 #6250
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BNSF Railway ES44C4 No. 6997 leads Q-CHCSSE1-07A around a sweeping curve just east of West Glacier, Montana on Feb. 11, 2017. The second locomotive is Norfolk Southern No. 8101 painted in a special Central of Georgia Railway tribute scheme.
No. 8101 has made at least two trips to the Pacific Northwest this year. Unfortunately, the first round trip across Marias Pass took place either at night or while I was work. It looked as if the same scenario was unfolding last week until Mother Nature got involved. At about the same time the train made it to Shelby earlier this week an avalanche closed BNSF's main line over Marias Pass. If I was lucky, the closure would be just long enough to delay the train until the weekend. But the line was reopened on Friday and by that evening the Seattle-bound Q train was rolling again. It appeared the train would once again roll through my area under the cover of darkness. But congestion on the Hi Line changed all that and the crew that took the train out of Shelby on Friday evening only made it as far as Blackfoot, just east of Browning. The train was parked until a new crew was able to get to it early Saturday, setting the stage for a morning chase down Marias Pass.
CK3 leads a loaded pellet shuttle service to the blast furnaces at Whyalla. Note the older style hopper wagons compared to those used to the mines.
CK3 still wears the 1982 design Australian National Green and Gold livery, albeit now rebadged with Genesee & Wyoming (G&W) logos.
Visible in the upper left of the frame is Spencer Gulf.
Whyalla, SA.
Tuesday, 7 March 2023.
37423 leads the 1Z41 Rose Hill Marple to Crewe ( via Hadfield) along the normally EMU only Glossop branch on July 4 2021. The tour had already reversed at Glossop and was now heading for Hadfield. Despite the rain, the bridge here was packed with photographers and local residents to see the rare sight of a loco-hauled passenger train on the line.
BNSF 1755, a blue bonnet SD40-2, leads local Y-JOL202 by UD in Joliet for what seems like the millionth time since 2022 when it was first put on the local. This unit will never be boring to shoot as it’s one of the last bits of BNSF fallen flag power on any locals or yard jobs in the area.
Built in 1978 as Burlington Northern #7104, CEFX #3173 leads a pair of P&W B40-8's and a loaded unit ethanol train southbound through Millbury on a beautiful spring morning. Two CEFX SD40-2 's were leased by the P&W between 2013 and 2017, and used on many different occasions.
I never really cared much for the blue and white leasers, but seeing them from time to time was neat being that they were the only SD40's to ever be used on the P&W. The railroad had a chance in 2015 to by a handful of SD40's but went with the two famous SD70M-2's instead. Sadly, those units proved to be not worth the amount of money paid for them. They lasted on the P&W for a little under 2 years before being shipped out west by the G&W. And in retrospect, the SD40 purchase would've been much more fruitful for the railroad. Oh well!
May 2017
Millbury, MA.
90034 leads 92036 'Bertolt Brecht' past Milton Malsor on the 0A06 1332 Crewe T.M.D. (E) to DB Cargo Fan A And B Sdgs, in the final few minutes of daylight.
92036 is the first 92 to travel along any part of the WCML in 2023 as, due to New Years Day and the bank holiday, the Caledonian Sleeper has yet to run this year. Also of note is the new OHLE masts which have appeared over the last week, presumably in preparation for the rail connection to Northampton Gateway.
Just over a month later in February 2023, 90034 was placed into storage at Crewe IEMD.
02/01/23
FURX 8116 leads a long stack train up out of the Red River Valley of the North through the sweeping S-curve in Lake Park, MN.
This S-curve was a favorite to catch morning action as eastbounds made their way out of Dilworth along the famed Staples Sub. This particular morning was quite the gem as MN Chris (aka railtalk) and I were treated to not only this train but also these as well:
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Ah, the mid-2000s...what a treat when it came to standard cab goodness! It was for action like this that I would venture the hour-plus drive from Grand Forks, ND...rarely was disappointed after a day along the Staples Sub!