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Freightliner class 70/0 no. 70016 pilots class 66/9 no. 66955 past Copmanthorpe on 9th July 2022, heading a Branch Line Society charter 'The Lackenby Looper'. DB class 66 no. 66010 was on the rear. Following a delayed departure from Doncaster, the special ran main line to York instead of via Selby Canal & West Junctions. Using the York avoiding line, the train went forward to Tees Yard and was due to visit several freight locations including BSC Lackenby and Redcar Bulk Terminal.
Views from the Peekaboo Loop Trail -
Bryce Canyon National Park, Utah, United States
I'm revisiting the photos I took of Bryce Canyon back in 2009, reprocessing many, adding a few, and deleting others.
Our 1st Hike at Bryce was on the Peekaboo Loop. The trail wasn't very crowded, it was as if we had the canyon to ourselves.
The Silver Falls Loop is a notable trail in Mt. Rainier National Park. Aside from the falls and river, it features a traverse of a wonderful forest.
I camped above Henson Creek, about 5 miles east of Engineer Pass, in the San Juan Mountains of Colorado. The Alpine Loop is a 65 mile dirt road (4 wheel drive, high clearance) that goes over Engineer Pass and Cinnamon Pass through memorable mountain scenery.
The forest is predominantly Engelmann spruce with smaller components of white fir and subalpine fir.
The Star Hope Loop Rd makes a big loop in Copper Basin The west side is at the base of the mountains on the other side
I wish the mountains looked like this in June
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An eastbound UP Stack Train enters the famous Williams Loop on the ex Western Pacific Railroad. The WP constructed the loop so trains would experience a steady 1% clime to Beckworth Pass and the crest of the Sierra.
There was nothing quite like the SP on Tehachapi. Plenty of scarlet and grey on this train as they look around themselves at Walong as they climb towards the summit at Tehachapi. Growing up in Southern California I visited here many times even after first moving to Colorado and then Alaska I always long for my next visit.
but they make a good excuse :-)
Thomas Szasz, The Second Sin
Georgetown loop railroad, Georgetown, Colorado
The Georgetown Loop Railroad was one of Colorado’s first visitor attractions. This spectacular stretch of 3 ft (914 mm) narrow gauge railroad was completed in 1884 and considered an engineering marvel for its time. The thriving mining towns of Georgetown and Silver Plume lie 2 miles (3.2 km) apart in the steep, narrow canyon of Clear Creek in the Rocky Mountains west of Denver. Engineers designed a corkscrew route that traveled nearly twice that distance to connect them, slowly gaining more than 600 feet (183 m) in elevation. The route included horseshoe curves, grades of up to 4%, and four bridges across Clear Creek, including the massive Devil’s Gate High Bridge.
The Georgetown, Breckenridge, and Leadville Railroad had been formed in 1881 under the Union Pacific Railroad.[5] The Loop portion of the line was the crowning segment of the line, crossing the top of the gorge on a 95-foot (29 m) high trestle.
Originally part of the larger line of the Colorado Central Railroad constructed in the 1870s and 1880s, in the wake of the Colorado Gold Rush, this line was also used extensively during the silver boom of the 1880s to haul silver ore from the mines at Silver Plume. In 1893, the Colorado and Southern Railway took over the line and operated it for passengers and freight until 1938.
Between 1906 and 1918, the Georgetown Loop connected with the Argentine Central Railway in Silver Plume, by which tourists could continue onward to the summit of Mount McClellan. Prior to 1916, the Argentine Central also served several large silver mines on the east side of Argentine Pass.
The line was later dismantled, but was restored in the 1980s to operate during summer months as a tourist railroad, carrying passengers using historic 3 ft (914 mm) narrow gauge steam locomotives.
Recently popped to the Mach Loop to photograph military aircraft that fly through. Took this while it was quiet.
March batt of the month from Steph (Loop) It's just incredible!!!
It's greens, and coppers and these rich teals and burgandys.. with copperishgreenish sparkles and shredded money!! She even sent a little bag of sequins to spin in with it!! It's really breathtaking!
I'm SOOOOO excited to see what next month brings!!
The MBTA's office car special is shoving through Loop Interlocking on Main 1 of the Dorchester Branch at MP 227.4 after running up from Readville Yard then turning on the loop track at Widett Circle. They are taking newly theater car number 535 (former 1515) named 'Mayflower'. The train also includes the other two office cars number 529 'Constitution' and number 525 'Minuteman' along with 534 (former 1503), one of two specially wrapped revenue geometry cars (only along to meet timetable minimum axle requirements). All four cars are rebuilt 500-series MBBs, among the few survivors of a fleet of 67 cars (33 blind and 34 cab control) built new in Germany in 1987-88. Leading the train are heritage units 1129 and 1030, the former a GP40MC dressed in the 'cranberry' scheme and the latter an F40PH-3C dressed in Boston and Maine Minuteman livery.
The train operated from South Station down the Dorchester Branch to Readville, then via the Franklin Line to Walpole, the down the Framingham Secondary to Mansfield, then Amtrak's Northeast Corridor to Davisville to the Seaview Transportation Company where it was turned on their wye before returning straight back via the direct NEC route. On board were MBTA and Keolis officials inspecting recent track and signal projects and looking at the new platform at Foxboro station recently installed to support the flood of passengers for next years World Cup matches to be held at Gillette Stadium.
Boston, Massachusetts
Friday November 14, 2025