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Having left Denver earlier in the day, Santa Fe 191 paused at Rio Grande's Colorado Springs depot on its run south to La Junta. The pint sized train consists of E8Am 81 (a regular staple of the run in the late 1960s), Baggage 3939 and a 28xx series Coach. Of note is 3939. The trucks the car is riding on are unique among Santa Fe passenger equipment. It was the only car in the fleet equipped with LFM/Rockwell lightweight trucks. Being a one-off, Santa Fe must not have been impressed enough to convert other cars. That said, they must have been satisfactory enough as the car rode on them for about five years. They would not be replaced until 1973/1974, by which time the car was in Amtrak ownership.
Colorado Springs, CO
June 1969
Train of the Day
1/13/24
On the morning of March 21st, a report was posted on the Train Tracker Victoria FB group about a Melbourne-bound grain train on the North East Line of great interest. Having already been on-location for the morning ST24 to Sydney, a quick hike across the Moonee Ponds Creek to the west side of the valley was all that was needed to be done in preparation for the grain train.
The low howl of engaged dynamic brakes echo across the valley and Gowanbrae as 3CM4 crosses over the Moonee Ponds Creek Viaduct at 09:51. Heavy overcast clouds loom over to the east, providing much needed soft light preventing what would’ve been a heavily sidelit photo. Having originated in Coolamon, NSW, three of Southern Shorthaul Railroad’s famed ‘Streamliners’, CLP12 “Casper”, CLF3 “Space Ghost”, and S311 power the loaded 36 car grain train down the line towards Appleton Dock in the heart of Melbourne.
Despite having a locomotive design that many consider to be of a bygone era, the two ghostly-looking lead CL’s were built in the 1970’s for the Commonwealth Railways. The nicknames of the two reflect their simple appearance. The trailing S311 is of 1960 Victorian Railways heritage, sporting Chicago Freight Car Leasing Australia colors with SSR patches, also sharing similar streamlining as the CLs ahead of it. Australia is one of the few places in the world where locomotives like these remain in revenue freight service, many units well over 60 years old.
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Gowanbrae, VIC, Australia
ARTC North East Line
Date: 03/21/2023 | 09:51
ID: SSR 3CM4
Type: Loaded Grain
Direction: Southbound
Car Count: 36
1. SSR AT26HC-2M CLP12
2. SSR AT26C-2M CLF3
3. SSR A16C S311
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© Vicente Alonso 2023
Veteren 1Rail locomotives CLP17/ALF24 rumble through Chidda, in suburban Adelaide, with 1451S grain train.
B61, built for the Victorian Railways, was especially painted in this striking livery to promote this amazing one off event in Goulburn NSW. Here it holds pride of place on the turntable, the centre of "the bullring".
The B class were the first EMD powered double-ended streamliners built anywhere in the world.
Powering away from Carwarp through the Mallee on sunrise, S301 leads fellow EMD units T395 and S313 South to Melbourne as 8198 from Mildura
Monday 2nd November 2009
Venerable Streamliners CLP14-CLF5 power north through Chidda with empty ORA grain bound for Bowmans on Sunday Feb 28, 2021
E9 9920 and BN3 were in storage at the then-bustling West Burlington Shops in 1995. The 9920 was supposed to become BN4 in the Executive Fleet, but the upcoming merger with the Santa Fe put that project on hold. The new BNSF Railway soon closed the shops making West Burlington a ghost-town.
In addition, BNSF management decided to not use the classic motors for their business train and operates any passenger specials with everyday freight motors.
BN3 was donated to the Illinois Railway Museum and today operates in that same paint scheme, which is fading, but plans are in the works for a repaint sometime in the future.
The 9920 was donated to the town of Keller, Texas and was repainted into a ridiculous version of Burlington silver with BNSF logos and looks just sad.
At least it was "preserved".
2022 marks the year of the 2nd Streamliners event held in the Goulburn Roundhouse. This years event also happened to be partly hosted by Progress Rail for the EMD 100th Anniversary, hence there being a few more non-streamliner locos attending.
The locos that attended Streamliners/EMD 100 consisted of:
- 4464
- 961 (former 44s1)
- 42105
- 4201
- 4204
- S311
- GM19
- GM10
- CLP9
Out of shot:
- P22
- T357
- T387
- 4306
- 4906
- 42101
- CLP11
- CL17 (former CLP10)
- CLP13
2/10/22
Three variations of liveries carried in NSW by the 421 and 42 class locomotives represent at the Goulburn Streamliners event at Goulburn on 1-10-22. 42105 has been recently preserved into the Northern Rivers Railroad scheme which it wore from the mid 1990's and into its QR National days before being stored in 2014
4201 wears the NSWGR 125th Anniversary livery, while 4204 wears the original NSWGR Indian Red scheme
B61 and all of it's comrades bask in the glory of the fireworks of the first day of celebrations at Streamliners. I have some more photos coming, but they are buried on my phone for the time being.
On Sunday 23/4/2023, AK82 (ARTC track inspection train) is seen approaching East Terrace, Callington (SA) with vintage SSR locomotives gm10-gm22 in charge.
gm10 still carries its 70th birthday headboard from June the previous year.
On the same day as Streamliners in Spencer I hosted my own gathering of streamlined locos on my garden railroad.
METX F7A 308 and the Nebraska Zephyr wait in Johnson Siding as the Coach Train, powered by recently restored BN E9AM 9976 leading SLRG E9B 102 & E8A 515. BN 9976 was quite the surprise as it hasn't ran since 2014, well over a decade
Chicago Burlington and Quincy EMD E5 9911A and Atlantic Coast Line E3/E6 501 were looking fantastic at Spencer Shops during the fantasticaler Streamliner event.
It was a great weekend in Carolina amongst some tasty BBQ and beer.
4204 & 42101 are spotted out in the warm October sunshine during a quiet moment at Streamliners 2016 in Goulburn, NSW.
Adirondack Scenic Railroad EMD F10 1502, Alco RS18 1835 and EMD F7 1508, head the morning train from Utica to Big Moose across Mapledale Road near Barneveld NY on 5 October 2017.
Lead loco 1502 was built in 1947 for the Gulf Mobile and Ohio Railroad as F3 884A, and later went on to become MNCR 412 and MBTA 1151.
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8878 Hopper Transfer from Port Augusta to Lithgow was operated by SSR Streamliners B61 S317 GM27 GM10 and S302, ahead of 96 empty coal hoppers.
Starting at Blayney, this series of images follows the train through to Bathurst (where they left the hoppers) and then onto Lithgow.
Locations are attached to each photo.
A Union Pacific Operation Lifesaver special was crossing the Chicago River and passing Amtrak's 21st Street "tower" in 2007 behind UP E9 949.
The train departed Northwestern Station, passed through Global I and rolled through here on the way to Dolton and eventually Beecher, where it reversed and came back to Northwestern Station.
It was quite a circuitous routing through Chicagoland behind classic locomotion.
It's 11:23 a.m. on May 4, 1995, and Union Pacific's Operation Lifesaver Special is making its second round trip from Starr (near Mona) to the Intermountain Power Railcar Service Center yard in Springville, Utah. The 10-car streamliner is cruising eastward near Santaquin on UP's Provo Subdivision. This rural area is now covered with homes, part of the Summit Ridge housing development.
Norfolk Southern train 044 crosses the Dan River in Danville, Virginia, with seven "streamliners" in tow. SD40-2 number 6105 has the honors of leading the parade of classic cab units away from the "Streamliners at Spencer" event. This batch of units will run west towards Chicago, dropping engines along the way so they may return to their homes. The consist includes Chicago Northwestern 411, Burlington 9911a, Nickel Plate Road 190, Iowa Pacific 515, Soo Line 2500a, Canadian National 6789, Wabash 1009, and an NS bay window caboose.
If you're a follower of the Lake Superior Railroad Museum on Facebook or YouTube, you might've seen on April 17, 2020 they did a virtual tour of the Soo Line 2500.
The museum graciously asked and included video clips of mine to include in the video.
But I figured, might as well post a photo to match the video.
So here's Soo 2500 and Erie Mining 4211 at Lakeside returning to Duluth from Two Harbors on July 12, 2014.
The two were paired for a special "Streamliner" special and I made a day trip specifically for this run. Unfortunately I missed the sequel run a couple years ago, but here's hoping for another chance in the future. Those F units a thing of beauty.
8878 Hopper Transfer from Port Augusta to Lithgow was operated by SSR Streamliners B61 S317 GM27 GM10 and S302, ahead of 96 empty coal hoppers.
Starting at Blayney, this series of images follows the train through to Bathurst (where they left the hoppers) and then onto Lithgow.
Locations are attached to each photo.