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Yorkrail's RJ2 has returned to Lincoln Yard in York PA and is now switching out the freight the crew picked up from CSXT at Smith's Station. A friendly wave from the engineer was most welcome. March 30, 2021.
Kodak Tri-X Pan, Rolleicord lll
South Shore motors 707-705 are switching at Sheridan at the west end of street running in Michigan City on a cold January 1976 day. They will pickup a train off the Sheridan siding and proceed to Shops.
Green Bay and Western RS20 305 is switching the west end of Norwood Yard in Green Bay, September 1979.
CN 1439 is on point for the CN 1600 Yard Job as they switch out Yellowline Asphalt in Hamilton, Ontario.
The last major order of business for the now delayed yard job is switching SALCO, which looks best in the afternoon hours. Two boxcars out, two boxcars in as CSX GP38-3 2002 pulls the empties. The customer gets switched twice a week.
Just another view from the East Randall Wobbe Ln. crossing into little five track yard north of town where the Arkansas and Missouri Railroad classifies its traffic.
I really wanted a good sunny shot here but they were all filtered light except for this one. Alas I didn't have my long lense on so had to settle for this wide view, but it's kind of grown on me over time. I like the brightly lit train and the foreground shadow of the cloud that is moments from swallowing the scene. This view of the whole yard shows its rather diminutive size that belies its role as the main hub of A&M operations.
This is train SFLO (the Springdale local) which was on duty at 11 AM with this pair of classic Alco C420s, numbers 56 and 57 both built for the Lehigh and Hudson River Railroad in Dec. 1965 as their numbers 25 and 26 respectively. They are seen here kicking up dust in the sand coated yard near MP 341.9 (measured from the Frisco's historic corporate headquarters city of St. Louis).
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Springdale, Arkansas
Thursday September 2, 2021
Just another shot from this fun relaxing day out on the Mohawk, Adirondack and Northern.
MHWA 2453 (Alco C425 blt. Oct. 1964 as Erie Lackawanna 2453) was repatraited back to the states with several sisters after a long post EL career in British Columbia. On this Thursday the crew ran west from Utica with a shirt train and switched in the small yard on the former Griffis Air Force Base before running out to the end of the former USAF trackage to work here. Once completed they headed back east with 10 cars via the fast running on their trackage rights over CSXT's Mohawk Sub mainline.
This is the major customer that the MHWA serves in what is now the Griffiss Technologies and Business Park. Sovena USA was founded as the East Coast Olive Oil Corporation in Utica in 1991, and 80 percent of it was acquired in 2005 by the Portugal-based Sovena Group, which two years later renamed it Sovena USA and moved it to Griffiss.
Rome, New York
Thursday October 28, 2021
Often times the best opportunities for photos comes before the main event. I photographed P36-0110 switching in the yard at Shcherbinka on August 24, 2019, in preparation for Expo1520.
MRL 251 shuffles cars in the yard at Logan on a cool morning. It just dropped the hoppers ahead for the grain elevator and will now put together its train to head west of the 5th Sub.
MRL 844 Local (Logan Local)
MRL SD40-2XR #251
Logan, MT
May 2nd, 2022
After a long slow ride south from Crete, the first stop of the day is to switch the Nutrien fertilizer distribution facility at Hoag.
Strasburg Railroad's ex Canadian National 2-6-0 89 makes a switching move past a farm at Strasburg PA.
The single car 518 picked up a couple of ballast hoppers at Grove City and made for a nice scene as they switched them out beside the old yard office while getting very short on time.
Wisconsin & Southern has shoved a cut into the CN interchange at Ackerville and is bringing a cut out heading back to it's train on their main, and will continue south toward Milwaukee.
A Merseyrail Class 508 EMU switches back onto the correct Liverpool bound track just south of Maghull Station. It was involved in this switch because on 4th November the line north of Maghull to Town Green, Aughton Park and terminus station Ormskirk was closed. Can't just recall whether the short running on this occasion was due to an RMT strike day over driver only operation (when the new Merseyrail Stadler stock is introduced) or whether it was caused by an engineer's possession due to the construction of the new Maghull North Station a mile north of the present Maghull Station. In the background you can just make out another Merseyrail 507 or 508 EMU awaiting a clear line to run into Maghull Station.
And some autumnal colours too of course.
London
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On a crisp and windy Christmas Eve, the Exshaw switcher pushes a cut back into the Lafarge cement plant at Exshaw after blocking their cars in the yard.
The Morning Helena Switch (Y HEL0601 29 A) is in the process of setting out their cars at Helena Yard in Helena MT, March 29, 2018. MRL SD40-2XR was built for the C&NW in January 1966 as an SD40. Nikon F, f2 50mm, 1/500th at f5.6, Fuji Acros 100.
Maryland Midland's UBHF pulls onto the Hanover Subdivision at Highfield with their pickup from the CSX local. Once the crew clears the switch in the distance, the CSX job will couple up to the cars that the Midland has left for them. After the local clears, the Midland will back up to clear the switch and then proceed east back to the yard at Union Bridge MD.
November 8, 2021
Kodak Ektar 100 6x9 color negative
Mamiya Super 23