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6385 leads four other units and over 100 empty stonecars for Carey west through Medina on the afternoon of 9/25/16.
GB Railfreight (GBRF) 66775 (F231) 'HMS Argyll' leads the 4M33 1046 Felixstowe North Gbrf to Hams Hall Gbrf intermodal past Whittlesea.
With the usual Sunday treat (0Z70) being a disappointing single loco yesterday, here's a shot from a couple of months ago.......
Colas' 37219 'Jonty Jarvis 8-12-1998 to 18-3-2005' leads BR blue liveried 37610 past Colwick East working 0Z37, the 13.46 light engine move from Crewe TMD to Derby RTC via Nottingham and Colwick.
BNSF 6559 leads westbound grain train G-VNGLVW9-20M through an S Curve at Lyle Washington in the Columbia River Gorge
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...
47593 Galloway Princess leads 5Z40 06.50 Appleby North East Sidings - Skipton empty stock across Ribblehead Viaduct. D6817 (37521) is on the rear.
This was one of the later angles of several I took of this train crossing Ribblehead Viaduct (before hurrying back for breakfast at 8am!); an earlier on can be found here, where there are also more comments about trying to be too greedy and get too many different angles.
Having done the "North Pennine Staycation Express" about a week previously, having good weather for most of the Friday but poor weather on the Saturday (I'd stayed Thursday and Friday nights at the Moorcock Inn at Garsdale, for the princely sum of £60 per night including breakfast for a single room), the forecast for today (Saturday) was very good - but the cloud hadn't been forecast to clear until the previous evening. It had been a decision at 11pm on Thursday to book a room for Friday night, but with Friday's weather forecast to be poor (but much better further south) I spent Friday closer to home (Cossington area for a class 720 move, then the Burton area for GBRf 50s dragging a GWR 769 to Reading) and got to Garsdale in time for the evening empty stock back to Appleby (see here), driving from the M6 as the cloud was clearing out.
Today was a good day weather-wise, and I only lost one shot of the Staycation Express to cloud! And although cloud built up late in the afternoon, there was a clearance which arrived just minutes before the last southbound of the day!
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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.
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Charlie on the Sentinel Trail at Wyalusing State Park.
We had some sleet and snow during our hike but it was wonderful and refreshing.
We arrived before 10am and had the park to ourselves.
We hiked 5.41 miles according to GPS and desended 843 feet and climbed 841 feet. A great slow workout for the two of us.
The sights were beautiful above and below the confluence of the Wisconsin River and the Mississippi River.
I still have a few trails to go before we knock off all them. Looks like a great winter project.
EA2506 leads SP33, the midday Sydney to Canberra Xplorer, through Penrose.
This day out on the Main South was the 'farewell i30 tour' as we took the car out on one final drive and tank of fuel. After 179,000 km of combined ownership covering east coast Australia, we said farewell to the trusty Hoondai i30 “Harry”.
Exeter, NSW.
Sunday, 21 January 2024.
CSX 4814 leads I031 passed Ashland, VA. The unit came off I008, which I forgot went to North Bergen, NJ.
KCSM 4067 leads train CP 375 through the woods at South Haven and prepares to cross the Clearwater River. This location helps out for early afternoon westbounds as the tracks swing heavily to the south. We have been seeing a lot of KCS power out here, making shooting on this sub more interesting again.
UP 8446 leads an impressive lashup of 8 EMDs as it makes its way south with the MNYPU (North Yard (Denver), CO - Pueblo, CO) near Fountain, CO.
The rear 5 units are SD9043MACs on their way to storage in Pueblo. I'm not the biggest UP fan on the planet (ask Wes Greer), but it's hard to pass up 8 EMDs, especially when the lead unit is an ACe. All I had with me was my iPhone, so I had to make due...
Class 47 D1924 leads the "Portsmouth Harbour Statesman" past Potbridge. The train is a Doncaster to Portsmouth dining excursion. 47593 "Galloway Princess" is on the rear. This was part of a very productive half hour, with three interesting workings due to pass this spot.
Locomotive: Brush Type 4 Class 47/4 D1924/47810 "Crewe Diesel Depot".
Location: Totters Lane, Potbridge, between Winchfield and Hook, Hampshire.
NR40 leads an unknown AN class with an intermodel from Sydney to Brisbane.
13 Februari 2008, Maitland, NSW, Australia.
A bare GP40X leads this empty bare table west on the Chilli Sub. The train is passing thru the Cameron Connection on the west wide of Galesburg.
Only 23 GP40Xs were built between 1977-78. 10 were built for the ATSF. This 3,500 horse units were used to test technologies later incorporated into EMD's 50-series locomotives.
RBMN #3051 leads the NRFF underneath the former CNJ signal bridge at the south end of Penobscot Yard as it begins the downward descent towards Pittston.
The Lehigh Valley shifted its mainline traffic to CNJ rails between White Haven and Laurel Run after a joint agreement with the cash-strapped Jersey Central in 1965. By 1972, the CNJ had pulled out of Pennsylvania entirely, and the Lehigh Valley assumed control of most of the remaining properties.
UP 4193 leads "The Bird" past Nelson,IL Eastbound toward Chicago.
This is Train ZSCG1, a Hot Shot priority from Salt Lake City,UT to Global 1 at Chicago,IL. There are two different "Bird" operations East and West. One is the Salt Lake City - Chicago and the other is the Portland, OR - Chicago with reverse operations also known as the "Bird" between these
terminals.
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
CP 4008 leads H20 out of Frontenac after being overtaken by the eastbound Empire Builder.
The 4008 was destroyed in a nasty runaway incident near Montpelier, Iowa on June 29, 2024. Fortunately, both crew members survived.
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.
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.
BR Large Logo 37025 'Inverness TMD' leads the 3Z36 1535 Rhymney Sidings to Cardiff Canton Sidings driver training run into Cardiff Central.
NS 7674 leads a priority intermodal train south over the massive Ohio River bridge at Kenova, WV. That house on the Ohio side (just off the nose) definitely has to have the best view of the NS action!
43303 leads XC04 along the sea wall at Coastguard Cottages, Dawlish as 1V44 06:11 Leeds to Plymouth. Tuesday 15th November 2022.
AZER 4005 leads train 202 downgrade toward the Gila River and the town of Guthrie after exchanging cars at South Siding. The railroad will loosely follow the river to just south of Duncan, where it will head southeast towards Lordsburg while the river turns east.
ONT 2104 leads ONR 214 Manifest from Englehart to North Bay as it meets the ONR Ditcher with a couple cabooses at Ferona siding. October 24 2024
Ferromex number 4053 leads a loaded grain train off of the Colorado, Kansas and Nebraska (NKCR) bound for the BNSF interchange in Sterling, CO. With all of the Ferromex units not having PTC the only time you can really see these lead is on shortlines or in very rare occurrence of getting PTC exempt permissions.
A blue B40-8 leads L054 east through Hillman Ferry Road in Livermore Falls, trundling back towards Jay to end the day.
6005 leads TM60 loaded coal through Ocean View headed for Port Kembla. 6008 is on the rear. The loco still wears the former QR National livery it was delivered in. It is the only 6000 left in this livery, I think.
The train currently has to "reverse" at Moss Vale meaning a change of leading loco due to the North Fork of the Triangle for this line being booked out.
2023-07-30 Aurizon 6005 Ocean View TM60
On Thursday 26/9/2024, a lightly loaded 5XM1 (Aurizon loading shuttle) is seen approaching Gawler River road (between Two Wells-Virginia, SA) with CLP16-6054 in charge.
43189 leads set GW07 and 43186 forming 2U26 13.50 Penzance-Cardiff Central at Bolitho on 7 October 2023. The town of Liskeard is visible in the distance.
BNSF 296 leads a loaded rail train north through Colorado Springs, CO.
I just happened to spot this guy out of the blue while I was passing by downtown, and, when one is presented with a H4 SD75, one must shoot it, so iPhone to the rescue! Even though the shiny newness of these units has started to fade, these things still look spectacular in H4 paint.
Looking back, the last time I shot a SD75I was almost nine and a half years ago, which, incidentally, was not too far from where I shot this guy:
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As long as BNSF continues to send these suckers up and down the Joint Line, I will continue to shoot them...
ATSF F45 5961 leads the eastbound H-MOSR1-21 Modesto-Streater manifest at Abo Canyon, NM across Bridge #5 at MP 871.7 on the ATSF Clovis Subdivision on October 23, 1993.
CP 6262 leads train 240 (Chicago-Toronto) past the abandoned factories, graffiti, and razor wire on Detroit's west side on a sunny spring morning. The train is just feet from crossing over to the other main, and in just a few hundred feet will enter the Detroit River Tunnel. Not visible to the right is the abandoned hulk of Michigan Central Station, where workers are just beginning to install new windows.
An SD70M leads UP train MTPNS-10 up to 10th St. on the Outbound as it arrives at NS's Avondale Yard with interchange traffic. A pair of BNSF Geep's can be seen on the right at their 10th St. Yard. To the left is the KAW Bedford Yard.
This train operates out of Topeka, KS to the NS in North Kansas City, MO, and the power usually returns light back to UP's 18th St. Yard, sometimes Neff Yard. This train began running a little over a decade ago bringing NS-bound traffic out of Topeka as a way to relieve congestion in Kansas City. Upon yarding at NS's Avondale Yard, the power would return light to Topeka, all within 12 hours most of the time. In recent years with PSR, this train doesn't even always make to the NS with the same crew, the power goes wherever they want it, and sometimes they'll work 18th St Yard along the way across town. 5/11/25.
UP ES44AC no. 5467 leads the LMC40 back to Topeka from Lawrence on January 22nd. This is at MP 65 on the Kansas Sub, which is just west of Calhoun Bluffs, and along the Kansas River levee. I can't imagine how fun it is to run this thing backwards for the 30 mile trip back home.
Interestingly, the unit is equipped with removable ditch lights on this end, which allows them to run at track speed. However, as was pointed out the first time I posted a shot like this, these lights apparently burn out easily, as is nicely demonstrated here.