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Two 'L' trains pass at dusk over Wabash Avenue in Chicago's Loop. Ridership on the 'L' system, having been down by 80% during the pandemic, is starting to slowly pick up again now that the city has moved to Phase 4 of its reopening plan. Thanks for viewing! Take good care, friends, and travel safely on life's journey.
Nikon D7500, Sigma 18-300, ISO 2000, f/6.0, 195mm, 1/250s
LNER B12 8572 is pictured at Woodthorpe making an impressive departure with a passenger service to Leicester North
Nákladní vlak Nex 69106 v čele s lokomotivou 163.216 projíždí podél břehu Labe mezi Kojicemi a Týncem nad Labem.
Two El trains make an evening pass on the elevated tracks over Wabash Avenue in Chicago's "Jewelers Row District." In my appraisal, Jewelers Row is a gem of a setting to watch trains :) Thanks for viewing! Have a grade day and take carat :)
Nikon D7500, Sigma 18-300, ISO 2000, f/5.6, 120mm, 1/125s
Steam loco 52 8079 was used for a two day photo special on both the Ostbahn as well as on the line between Eberswalde and Frankfurt (Oder). On the first day there still was some snow left, but on the second day it started raining and the snow melted rapidly.
In 2007 the old, double telegraph poles were still in use, as seen here near Alt Rosenthal.
Norfolk Southern intermodal trains pass in Whiting, Indiana.
Nikon D7500, Sigma 18-300, ISO 200, f/8.0, 116mm, 1/640s
UP 844 deadheads to Cheyenne with some freight in tow. My 1983 Z28 is in the frame, back when I could run up the embankment to GTS.
9-24-1989
A typical day of railfanning the C&NW... chase an eastbound in low winter light for 50 miles, get to the top of Arcadia Hill, shoot a couple of westbounds, find one you like, and chase him back to Mo Valley. Simpler times...
In the 1970's Union Pacific would add CCS leaders to C&NW trains at Fremont. The story I heard somewhere at work was shortly after the C&NW GP50's were delivered they were equipped with UP CCS components from retired/stored UP DD40's. So these GP50's were a common sight on Overland Route trains east of North Platte thru the early 1990's until being bumped by UP Dash 8's and SD60/60M deliveries that were dual equipped with CCS and ATC. I never got tired of shooting GP50's as the MoPac fleet was a daily sight when I was in Texarkana.
3-19-1988
C351 with loads from Emmett (Peach Creek, WV) to Calera, AL rolls through the south end of doubletrack at Madisonville.
Deep in the Selkirk Mountains, heavy flock coats the trees as the darkness slowly lifts at Ross Peak finding CPKC train 105 drifting downgrade from Rogers Pass through the freshly falling snow.
The train has just exited the 9.1 mile Mount MacDonald Tunnel, built to ease westbound traffic through Rogers Pass, which significantly reduces the grade for them, while the Connaught Tunnel handles the eastbound traffic. The doubletrack segments on the west side of the pass are named after their respective tunnels, signal 900M here being the MacDonald track and 900C the Connaught track.
- MP 90 Mountain Subdivision.
A State Railway of Thailand Southern Line train approaches Thung Mamao Station in Prachuap Khiri Khan Province, Thailand.
Nikon D7500, Nikkor 18-300, ISO 200, f/10.0, 28mm, 1/320s
As seen at Rainford Junction Station. The train in view has just left Kirkby and it's on its way to Wilton Power Station in Yorkshire with a full load of Merseyside's domestic waste for incineration. The waste fuels the power station. The loco is a Class 66 No. 66 079.
Western Boxes...
Modified Hall 4-6-0 No.6990 'Witherslack Hall' is seen pulling into Swithland Sidings with a box van freight from Loughborough on the Great Central Railway during Day 3 of their Winter Steam Gala.
Taken on the 30th Jan 2022.
UP 1988 and 6417 (ex-SP 371) lead a Stockton, California to Chicago intermodal train up Archer Hill as they make their way east.
ILTG2 30
One of the best natural amphitheaters for railfanning I have ever encountered is Arizona's Crozier Canyon. Early on a July 1995 morning, a westbound Santa Fe intermodal train passes through, powered by a GP50 and a pair of GP60s.
Making for a lovely combination, LMS Crab 13065 and LNER B12 8572 are pictured at Woodthorpe with a passenger service to Leicester North
Amtraks Carolina Piedmont train passes the restored passenger station in Salisbury, North Carolina on July 4, 2012. There are several railfans at street level who have done what my son and I did and left the NS Heritage event at the North Carolina Transportation Museum for a lunch and Amtrak break. The train is lead by RNCX 1810, an EMD F59PH.
British Railways Class 2MT 78018 passes Milepost 94 at Woodthrope near Loughborough on a 1335 Leicester North - Loughborough Service on 20/10/2019
CN 8016 leads another of it's SD70M-2 kin down the 1.9% grade of Steelton Hill, between Nopeming Junction, and Steelton, MN, on CN's Superior Subdivision. This line was part of a large doubletrack and line revision project in 2015.
A recent work trip to the mid western United States gave me an opportunity to visit an area that I had never been, but have been keeping an eye on from afar for several years.
The Iron Range of Minnesota is home to some fascinating rail and shipping operations, featuring a the rail to ship 'conveyor belt' of taconite iron pellets being transported from the mines in the region to several ports on the north shore of Lake Superior, for forwarding to steel mills further east. Ever since CN purchased Great Lakes Transportation in 2004, including its rail properties, the Bessemer & Lake Erie, and Duluth Missabe & Iron Range, the area has become a haven for older second, and now third generation locomotives, toiling away likely the last years of their careers on a class 1 railway.
Due to work timing constraints, I only ended up with only a few scant hours in the region over two days, but I was determined to make the most of the that time shooting (hopefully) the 'older' power that I fondly remember plying the mainlines of North America in my youth.
The potential bonus of the timing of the trip was the potential for catching fall colours on the trees in the area. When researching the lines it became apparent right away that most of the photographic angles would have a very similar theme between them. Lineside shots, with the trains hemmed in by the deciduous forest, or shots from the numerous road overpasses. While the focus of my efforts would be documenting the last days of the locomotives, it would be a big bonus to have some colour on the trees to add interest to the potentially monotonous angles.
Unfortunately, unseasonably high temperatures delayed most of the trees from beginning the change in their leaves colours. Despite my best hopes, the timing of my trip was about a week or two too soon. In a weeks time, the trees would put on their show in proper, but that would be well after I had returned to the rainy northwest.
A monster Chicago to Portland hotshot with UP 8596, 9012, 7770, & 8133 on the point and 5565 & 6748 in the middle rolls off Archer Hill as it approaches Cheyenne.
ZG1BRB 16
(NS) 205 crosses the Cuyahoga River in downtown Cleveland, OH. with (NS) Heritage engine Monongahela leading the way.
UP's Tacoma to Chicago intermodal train ITAG3 28 is led by a nice SD70M as it struggles upgrade through Hermosa at sunset.
ICG 9611 and three more GP38s roll an empty "Meat Train" westbound on the Portage - East Cabin (East Dubuque) double track in 1979.
The distributed power units on the rear of eastbound loaded coal train 74W leans into the super elevated curve on Main 1 east of Princeton, Indiana, as westbound vehicle train 239 arrives on Main 2.
Ex Great Western Hall class No. 6990 Witherslack Hall departs Loughborough and heads underneath Beaches road bridge. The Hall was working the 09:00 Loughborough-Rothley service.
The conductor of Q327 gives the highball to Amtrak's eastbound Pere Marquette as the two trains meet in the doubletrack at Ivanrest in Grandville. In those days, you could almost set your watch by these 2 trains meeting in this spot, night after night.
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At just 3 months old, UP 8957 is looking pretty sharp on the point of this frac sand train headed through southwest Houston. The train will be taking the Sunset Route to San Antonio to help feed the Eagle Ford shale region's big appetite for sand during the fracking boom of the early 2010's.
Also of note, a reactivated 90MAC is trailing 4th out in this consist.
RCSCUS 19 (Rock- Norma, WI to Dabney, TX, Sand)
UP SD70AH #8957
UP C45ACCTE #7892
UP C45ACCTE #7881
UP SD90/43MAC #3633
(DPU) UP C44AC #7180
Stafford, TX
March 24th, 2015
Union Pacific train ZLCG2 passes a stopped WB train in Omaha. The UP6706 is the last patched operating C&NW unit on UP's roster. The 30 year old units original paint is faded and the patch to cover the number on the right side of the carbody is worn off so the original C&NW 8804 number is now visible again on this AC44CW. An interesting comparison to the freshly outshopped GE rebuild on the left, which happens to be originally C&NW 8718, a C44-9W now rebuilt as an AC4400CWM.
Now that I'm up to date and thinking of spring it's back to the archives. Spring 25 years ago at Prescott, IA. DENGAL is making a morning run across southwest Iowa on the old CB&Q. The H-1 Dash 9 still counted as "new" power then, ably assisted by ATSF 337, a GP60B. Visiting again with Streetview from my desk chair reveals that the old overpass remains to provide a viewpoint but other significant changes are evident.
Most evident is the absence of the Q-era signal bridge spanning the tracks. Gone too are the code line poles. Rather than opening up the view it seems this has allowed the trees to creep closer to the tracks. Even the "skyline" of Prescott itself looks a little different these days. The old water tower has been removed and replaced by a new, taller version farther from the town center. April 11, 1998.
ANPRA makes the run across the north side of Milwaukee as it closes in on Butler Yard. Sometimes you get wrapped up in a chase and think afterwards, that was probably overkill. Not the case here. I chased this one from FDL to Butler with as many sets as possible in between. It was a great day, one of the best. December 16, 1995.
The air temperature is zero degrees and falling after sunset as the afternoon light quickly fades away on the St. Croix sub. The westbound main has been blocked for over two hours by this empty oil train after the lead unit (CSX 137) lost all of its water and had to be shut down. A relief crew aboard a single replacement locomotive has been sent from LaCrosse yard to rescue the train and complete the trip to Northtown.
Visible in the distance are the block signals for the new high speed crossover installation at C.P. 3396. The tail lights on the road at left belong to a BNSF service truck and a taxi which has just arrived to pick up the crew.
Cochrane, WI
1/10/16