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Sitting around the Goulburn turntable during the Streamliners 22 event are 42105,4201,4204,S311,GM19,GM10,S303 during the Saturday night fireworks spectacular on 1-10-22
B61 rides the turntable at Goulburn during the fantastic fireworks demonstration at the 2016 Streamliners Festival
Doug Harrop Photography • July 28, 1979
A Union Pacific E9 pilots Amtrak's San Francisco Zephyr along the Weber River west of Gateway, Utah.
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.
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.
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.
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...
Atlantic Coast Line 501 EMD E3 sits underneath the stars during the night shoot at the Streamliners Event in Spencer, NC.
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
TCRM's Wine train slowly eases towards Carthage Junction, taking a breather after a fast paced run on Nashville & Easterns well maintained track. The sweeping curve does a good job of hiding the less attractive trailing units, one can hope that someday this train will run with matching L&N painted cab units.
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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I posted a scan of this several months ago, but made a print of it recently and was really happy with how it turned out. I brought the print to Florida with me and will be framing it and putting it on the wall here, an hour north of the hotel. Graflex RB Super D Agfa APX-100 (expired) shot at EI 50, Rodinal 1:50, then printed as a Kallitype and toned in palladium.
The Rio Grande Zephyr train No. 18 meets Rio Grande 5329 West at the crest of 7440 ft. Soldier Summit on May 7, 1976.
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.
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.
A great blue heron in Everglades National park, Florida.
It's always fascinating to observe these large slender but powerful birds flying.
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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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.
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
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.
"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.
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
i could have photo-shopped it....but this is unedited...hand held....this spot under the lights is my favourite part of GNRS.
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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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.
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.
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Saturday May 31, 2014