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B61 rides the turntable at Goulburn during the fantastic fireworks demonstration at the 2016 Streamliners Festival
A spectacular lineup of EMD streamliners sits on display at the end of Yard 5 at the Illinois Railway Museum during Showcase Weekend in 2015. Whoever lined up these locomotives like this, you are a hero.
In fall 1995, Union Pacific ran a big excursion train to the Northwest with Challenger UP 3985 and the E unit trio. The highlight of the visit was a weekend side trip to Bend down the Oregon Trunk, using the Es as sole power. This was probably the event of the year for the Portland railfan community. Most of us that chased the train spent Saturday night in Bend.
During the trip south on Saturday afternoon, we had covered the iconic shot at the Crooked River Gorge. However, in order to score that image, we had to bypass the massive Willow Creek Trestle at Madras. Since we had the Es at the Crooked River, the other morning photo opportunities between Bend and Madras paled in comparison to that big silver trestle. So, our plan for Sunday morning was to drive straight to Madras and have the train crossing the trestle be our first shot of the excursion.
One of the angles from the vantage we chose had the Three Sisters mountains in the distance. It was a perfect morning, with a practically perfect train, and three iconic Central Oregon landmarks. The excursion held their photo run-by for the day here. It enabled us to get several different images.
These two New York Central E8s are owned by the Medina Railroad Museum, and were on display in Lockport for the NYCSHS Convention on April 29, 2007.
CLF6 on the head of a ballast train from Port Augusta to Chandler with CM3406,FQ02 trailing waits at the Manguri yard limit board for trackworkers to clear ar sunrise on 20-8-25
VIA train #74 rips through Appin, Ontario near Glencoe with FPA4 6788 leading a pocket streamliner consist. Seen here passing the old stock pens that had seen service not too long before on September 14, 1986.
Atlantic Coast Line 501 EMD E3 sits underneath the stars during the night shoot at the Streamliners Event in Spencer, NC.
Streamliners of the diesel and steam variety rest side-by-side at the B&O Railroad Museum. While steam locomotive C&O 490 was technically built before the diesel, it wasn't streamlined until 1947 when it was also extensively rebuilt. The EMC EA (B&O 51) was built 10 years prior in 1937. The EA sparkles as it was recently restored to its as-delivered appearance.
During the Streamliners at Spencer foam event in 2014, Nickel Plate Road PA 190 was parked at the station for a night photo shoot.
The Streamliner event was a fantastic four day event and lots of digitalia was put on memory cards.
It most likely was an event never to be duplicated.
In May 1995, Union Pacific sent the E units to the Northwest for a series of Operation Lifesaver specials. Once the trips concluded, the Es were going to return to Cheyenne. The word on Friday in Portland was that it was going to be an early call Saturday eastbound - 3 to 4 am - so the train would probably greet the rising sun somewhere east of the Columbia River Gorge. Knowing that the big excursion to Bend with the Es was coming in the fall, I decided to let it go.
I woke up that morning a little before 6 am. For fun, I dialed the UP's phone equipment trace to see how much progress the train had made. To my great surprise, UP 951's status was "ready to depart" at Portland's Albina Yard. I leaped out of bed, jumped in the car, and zoomed to Troutdale. After a short wait, the Es and their train filled my viewfinder.
The chase was on...
A nice setting sun on a great day has SSR CLP9 putting together a grain train in Nhill, Victoria as they prepare to head towards Melbourne under the cover are night
In 2014 the North Carolina Transportation Museum held their biggest party ever and in my humble opinion the single greatest railfan event I've ever attended before or since. Following up on their wildly successful heritage unit family portrait event for Norfolk Southern's 30th anniversary they planned something even bigger.
Gathering 26 surviving freight and passenger diesels from the classic first generation era, they all came together for three days of festivities centered around the old Southern Railway turntable in exceptionally well executed ballet of railroading.
Bringing classic EMD and Alcos from as far away Waterville, Cheyenne, and Seattle to North Carolina through the cooperation of Amtrak and multiple Class 1s was a feat unlikely to be repeated anytime soon. And though the event took place on the museum grounds located at the former Southern Railway Spencer Shop complex there was a particularly cool offline event. Two special excursions were run, one each on Friday and Saturday, from Charlotte to the museum and the trips included a three hour stay at the event. One of Bennett Levin's two attending Pennsylvania Railroad E units powered a three car train of his private cars unassisted by NS or Amtrak units. This was in the pre-PTC era making such a trip impossible today.
Here is the Saturday edition seen having just departed the museum as it starts on its 50 mile sprint down the old Southern Railway mainline back to Charlotte. Leading the train operated as Amtrak 010 is EMD E8A JTCX 5809 (blt. Jan. 1951 for the PRR and later serving the PC, Amtrak and CR where at the latter it was numbered 4020 as part of their Pullman green OCS fleet). The little streamliner is on Main 2 of modern day NS' Danville District at about MP 333 approaching the 11th street crossing as it passes some local power tied down at the south end of the old Spencer Yard.
Salisbury, North Carolina
Saturday May 31, 2014
Doug Harrop Photography • Sept. 17, 1989
Wyoming & Colorado Railroad FP7s 1512 and 1510 throttle up about three miles west of Laramie, Wyoming on UP's Coalmont Branch. When this excursion train reaches the small town of Walden, Colorado, it will reverse direction and return to Laramie.
All built by Clyde Engineering between 1952 and 1960, and all EMD-powered, seen at the Streamliners 22 event in Goulburn, NSW, on 1 October 2022
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The Rio Grande Zephyr train No. 18 meets Rio Grande 5329 West at the crest of 7440 ft. Soldier Summit on May 7, 1976.
Rounding off Saturday night was a fireworks display, with the Streamliners 42105,4201,4204,S311,GM10,GM19,S303 on display at the Goulburn Streamliners event on 1-10-22
SSR freight 1877 to Kelso rolls though Mascot with GM27 leading VL353 and C508. GM27 was later taken off the train en route at Lithgow.
i could have photo-shopped it....but this is unedited...hand held....this spot under the lights is my favourite part of GNRS.
Inspired by the Streamliners event held in Spencer, NC back in 2014, four years ago a similar event, Streamliners 2016, was held in Goulburn, New South Wales on the 2/3 October.
Just a small part of the line up included ex NSWGR DL500Bs 4477/4490 and two former Victorian Railway EMD products.
4490 remains in heritage use, 4477 and B65 are in long term storage, and S302 is in regular use hauling broad gauge grain trains in Victoria.
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Part of the line up at Streamliners 2022 held in Goulburn, New South Wales in October 2022. All EMD-powered and built in Australia by Clyde Engineering.
Privately owned 42105 in the colours of a former owners, Northern Rivers, Railroad, NSW Rail Transport Mseum government owned 4201 in special '125 Anniversary' livery, originally applied in 1980, and 4204 owned by the Lachlan Valley Railway.
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The ducks were coming up onto the shore for food handouts. A man with seeds and food was close by on the bridge.
Notice the beaver chomped tree on the shore…
A five pack of F-units lead the coach train east past Spaulding Tower. Only at IRM during Diesel Days will you ever see a consist like this! Union, IL
Streamliner 3801 goes for a spin on the turntable at Goulburn roundhouse, after working a crew training run from Thirlmere.
I know weather's gonna be fine
But I can't see you 'cross the streamline
My love waits for me in daytime
But I can't see you through the snowblind
- Daron Malakian
That, blasting out of my windows at high volume while the train was going by.
The sleek geometric lines of many diners were based on the “Art Deco” style. This art form was derived from a modernistic design trend that appeared in France in 1925 and gained in popularity following the release of the expressionistic German sci-fi film “Metropolis” in 1927. Over time a sub-genre developed known as “Streamline Moderne” – this was a design shift that placed emphasis on horizontal lines as seen in this photo.
B61 in Streamliners livery leads 48s34 and BRM001 on 4878 empty rail set from Broadmeadow to Bathurst.
In 2014 the North Carolina Transportation Museum held their biggest party ever and in my humble opinion the single greatest railfan event I've ever attended before or since. Following up on their wildly successful heritage unit family portrait event for Norfolk Southern's 30th anniversary they planned something even bigger.
Gathering 26 surviving freight and passenger diesels from the classic first generation era, they all came together for three days of festivities centered around the old Southern Railway turntable. So here is yet another angle from this truly once in a lifetime event!
From right to left we see:
Norfolk Southern F9A 4271, at the time it was part of the four unit OCS power but was sold off five years later. Built as an F7A in Aug. 1952 it was delivered as Baltimore and Ohio 947. Today this locomotive wears a bright pink livery and belongs to the Aberdeen, Carolina and Western and is a sister to the RBMN 270 I photographed recently.
To her right all the way from Cheyenne, WY is Union Pacific 951 an E9A built new for the road in Jun. 1955. Heavily rebuilt in 1993 at Paducah she lost her twin 567 engines in favor of a 645 and is essentially a GP38-2 internally now.
Next up traveling from Port Jervis, NY was Erie E8A 833 at the time owned by the New York and Greenwood Lake Railway. Built by EMD in Mar. 1951 she would pass to E-L and then CR where she gained fame as CR 4022 dressed in Conrail blue and then later Pullman green as one of three special units retained to lead big blue's OCS train.
Lastly is North Carolina Transportation Museum's resident E8A SOU 6999 in full Southern Railway dress. Built for the road in Sep. 1951 as number 2923 she was part of the fleet that led the Southern Crescent until 1979 while the SOU initially stayed out of Amtrak. Once they finally called it quits this unit was donated to the young museum in 1980 and has been maintained operational on her old home rails ever since.
If you want to learn more about this railfan event of the century in case you weren't there this gentleman has a fabulous overview on his site: www.wvncrails.org/streamliners-at-spencer.html
Spencer, North Carolina
Saturday May 31, 2014
With Flickrite aussiefoamer driving, One Rail Australia 'Streamliners' CLF6/CLP8 pass the disused grain silos at Mallala, South Australia, with train #1471 empty grain hoppers to Snowtown on Saturday 16 April 2022.
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"Streamliners At Spencer" was a special event held by the North Carolina Transportation Museum at its facility in Spencer during one extended weekend from late May through early June of 2014 which showcased 26 examples of historic, streamlined diesels and one classic steam locomotive.
The rarest example present was ALCO PA4 190 in Nickel Plate paint. It was the star of the show.