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"The Spirit of '76
Seaboard Coast Line locomotive No. 1776 was delivered by the builder, General Electric, in red, white and blue colors and features the great seal of the United States. This colorful 3600 hp unit is also equipped with a public address system that emits patriotic music and a highly polished brass bell. Aptly names "The Spirit of '76" for the forthcoming U.S. Bi-centennial, the 1776 will tour the Seaboard Coast Line system and will also be placed in Florida - West Coast pool service.
Photo Courtesy Seaboard Coast Line RR"
The post card was published by Audio-Visual Designs of Earlton, NY. No date is given for the postcard.
SCL U36B 1776 (to SBD 1776, to CSX 5728, to CSX WLO1, to MVCX 7764)
SCL U36B 1804 (to SBD 1804, to CSX 5755)
CSX yard crew in Cayce, South Carolina uses CSXT ES44AC to move cars around the former Seaboard Air Line yard. Other locomotives lay about the rail yard including CSXT 5401, which is a GE ES44DC built in 2007.
MRL SD70ACe 4401 at Helena, Montana on May 17, 2014.
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BNSF SD75M 228 (ex-BNSF 8228, nee-ATSF 228) at Great Falls, Montana on January 14, 2015.
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"Conrail 4800
The first GG1, "old rivets" is shown in Conrail blue with all the trimmings at Frankford Junction, Philadelphia, PA on February 8, 1978. All other GG1's had welded carbodies. These electric locomotives were the elite of power under wire for freight and passenger service for decaddes on the Pennsylvania RR.
Photo by Alfred Gaus"
The post card was published by Audio-Visual Designs of Earlton, NY. No date is given for the postcard.
CR GG1 4800 (ex-PC 4800, nee-PRR 4800).
MRL SD70ACe 4311 at Helena, Montana on May 7, 2014.
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Photo shot by my Dad, Jay Thomson, at Etowah, TN in Sept. 1976
On September 27, 1976, Dad shot L&N C420 1314 at Etowah, Tennessee.
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"The Tulsan
Santa Fe's lightweight streamline train arrives Cherryvale, Kansas in 1968. "The Tulsan", trains 211 and 212, ran between Kansas City and Tulsa on a daylight schedule. Locomotive 353 is one of ten General Electric U28CG units built for passenger service on the Santa Fe.
Photo by Mac Owen"
The post card was published by Audio-Visual Designs of Earlton, NY. No date is given for the postcard.
ATSF U28CG 353 (to ATSF 7903)
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Photo shot by my Dad, Jay Thomson, at Etowah, TN in April 1986
On April 19, 1986, Dad shot SBD U18B 1920 (ex-SCL 322, to CSX 1920) at Etowah, Tennessee.
Part 148 in an ongoing study of diesel locomotive cabs.
The cab of DYRX SDP40F 644 (ex-DLMX 644, xx-BNSF SDF40-2 6976, xxx-ATSF 5266, nee-AMTK SDP40F 655) on display as part of the Spencer S. Eccles Rail Center at the Utah State Railroad Museum in Ogden, Utah, on February 26, 2016. This unit and the 231 are not on the museum website roster yet, but I've run across a couple rumors that both may be repainted in their "as deliverd" Amtrak paint.
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"Burlington Northern
Electro Motive built F9 covered wagons 818, 851, 815 and 810 await the next call to duty at Essex, Montana on July 2, 1977. The quartet of first generation diesel-electrics are assigned to pusher service. In 1979, the largest fleet of F Units was owned and operated by the Burlington Northern with 62 assigned to the Pacific Northwest, mainly in the State of Washington. The fleet is of Great Northern and Northern Pacific origin and is made up of four models F3's, F7's, one FP7 and F9's. Assignments are varied as they see service in drag freights, local service, helper service as mentioned and even hotshots. Continued use, rather than retirement, seems likely as the BN is rebuilding these F Units in 1979 due to the increasing need of motive power on the road.
Photo by F.D. Shaw"
The post card was published by Audio-Visual Designs of Earlton, NY. No date is given for the postcard.
BN F9A 818 (ex-NP 7004D)
BN F9B 851 (ex-GN 474B)
BN F9B 815 (ex-NP 7003C)
BN F9A 810 (ex-NP 7002D)
Efectos colaterales del AVE. El 2 de febrero de 2007 un camión que trabajaba en las obras de la LAV Madrid Valencia quedó atrapado en un paso a nivel sin barrera cerca de San Antonio de Requena, siendo arrollado por el 592-107/108 que cubría el servicio de cercanías entre Utiel y la capital del Túria con 10 viajeros más interventor y maquinista. Afortunadamente no hubo que lamentar heridos de gravedad pero sí perdidas materiales...esta vez el desgraciado turno fue para el pobre camello que acabó de esta guisa, exactamente el coche motor 108M.
La fotografía está tomada en la estación de Utiel, lugar en el que apartaron al automotor, que sería remolcado más tarde hasta el TCR de Valladolid por el 592-501/502...donde creo que sigue apartado.
Y de paso, un ejemplo más del "buen hacer" de este país en cuanto al tráfico de mercancías. La fabrica que se ve detrás, Sibelco Minerales, tiene un cargadero nuevecito y sin estrenar (de hecho se intuye en la foto). Al parecer adif o renfe se comprometieron con los propietarios a mover la materia prima y el producto final por tren si lo construían...¿alguien ha visto uno?...yo tampoco.
BNSF SD70MAC 9478 (ex-BN 9478) at Butte, Montana on April 3, 2015. When I first saw this unit I thought it was an experimental paint scheme, but turns out it's just really, really faded. I've never seen a MAC fade like this. I actually think that color green looks good, if it were a little brighter.
Canon EOS 350D Digital Rebel XT
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Antes no podía quejarme la verdad, siempre que salía a la línea de Teruel me llevaba una sorpresa agradable. Por septiembre de 2004 los arcilleros estaban practicamente desaparecidos del mapa, pero a diario siempre se movía algo entre Zaragoza y Teruel y/o entre ésta y Valencia. Subí el día 23 del citado mes a la capital turolense con la esperanza de fotografiar un tren de madera, clinker o arena pero estaban suprimidos...aunque había esperanza, pues el amable factor me dijo que había un herbicida entre entre Zaragoza y Valencia. Subí hasta Cella, donde fotografié a la 333.001 tirando del tren de Sintra...empezábamos bien...y de ahí rápidamente a la estación de Teruel donde lo volví a pillar entrando a la misma. Sin pensármleo y sin preguntar, subí hasta Puerto Escandón...donde estuve esperando más de dos horas...¡cómo era posible que tardase tanto! Todo tenía su lógica... la primera locomotora de la serie de las "tremiles" había estado maniobrando para acoplarse a la 333.033 (que pasaría a encabezar la composición) además de siete vagones de carriles y traviesas para renovación de vía.
Cara de tonto la que se me quedó es poca...en el sitio que me había preparado para Puerto Escandón no me cabía entero el tren...aún me da rabia cada vez que veo la foto, por eso, y porque es una patata. Tras este "incidente" puse rumbo a Barracas, donde antes de llegar y tomar esta imagen, pude disfrutar del sonido de la DT de 333 en aquellos tramos donde la carretera nacional y la vía discurren en paralelo...¡ah! y del intercambio de pitadas con los maquis...y porque no decirlo...de mi ya mítico Opel Kadett con el que rompí mano al volante y que hacía un ruido de tres pares de c*j*nes, pero el cual reconozco que me gustaba.
Ahora la 333.001 ruge dentro de una 334 y la 333.033...o apartada o transformada. Una pena no volverlas a ver por la línea de Teruel...y otra pena no saberme los sitios que me conozco ahora para haberle sacado una foto decente a esta circulación...porque como dice el título, ya no volverán.
In 2006, a CSXT end cab switcher is on an industrial spur across from the huge rail yard in Hamlet, North Carolina. CSXT 1207 was built in 1984 for Seaboard Coast Line.
Hampton and Branchville Railroad GP9 #859 sits in Miley, South Carolina in 2007. Built for the Norfolk & Western, this veteran EMD-built locomotive spent years on the South Carolina shortline taking loads of coal to a power plant in Cannadys until the plant stopped using coal a few years after this shot was taken.
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Photo shot by my Dad, Jay Thomson, at San Diego, CA in June 1984
On June 3, 1984 Dad shot SD&AE SW8 1126 (ex-SP 1126) and SP SW8 1125 at the SD&AE shops in San Diego, California.
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"...By 1969, as shown in this picture, [the EMD FTs] had been superseded by three General Electric U33C-model units, together embodying three 3300-hp. engines powering 18 motors on axles... The units at the head of this train, numbers 3306, 3305, 3304, were constructed in July, 1969, (construction nos. 37125, 37124, 37123), and were probably on their maiden run when this picture was taken at Missoula, Montana, on the 28th of that same month...
Northern Pacific Railway"
The post card was published by Vanishing Vistas of Sacramento, CA in 1972. The photo is by Ronald V. Nixon and the text is by Robert A. Le Massena.
NP U33C 3306 (to BN 5721)
NP U33C 3305 (to BN 5720)
NP U33C 3304 (to BN 5719)
L&C Train 14 momentarily fouls Highway 521 in Heath Springs, South Carolina as a conductor throws a switch to an industrial sput for Plains LPG. L&C GP38-3 #2829 will not clear the highway and the egineer is in the lead locomotive.
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Photo shot by my Dad, Jay Thomson, at Etowah, TN in April 1983
On April 16, 1983, Dad shot SBD GP38-2 4057 (ex-L&N 4057, to CSX 2567) at Etowah, Tennessee.
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Photo shot by my Dad, Jay Thomson, at Etowah, TN in Jan. 1984
On January 21, 1984, Dad shot SBD SD45 3631 (ex-CRR 3631, nee-SCL 2044, to SBD 8944, to CSX 8944) at Etowah, Tennessee.
Talgo Alicante - A Coruña / Vigo en las proximidades de La Encina, allá por febrero de 2009. Aunque no sea muy "fan" de los trenes Talgo, me da pena que este tipo de composiciones comiencen a desaparecer en favor de los 130.
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"The appearance of 6 EL units on lease to the BN added something new to the rainbow colors of the newly merged BN. F-3 7081 & F-3B 6212 spent several months in the Menneapolis, Minnesota, area, shown here with BN 616.
Ektachrome Transparency by: James W. Watson, April 1971"
The post card was published by Rail Card of Manhattan, KS. The postcard is dated 1978.
EL F3A 7081 (ex-ERIE 708A)
EL F3B 6212 (ex-DLW 621B)
BN F7A 616 (ex-GN 365C, nee-GN 276A)
Two trains meet on the Lancaster and Chester Railroad in Richburg, South Carolina. On the track nearest us is Train 14 about to couple onto heir train before taking it to Lancaster. Train 12 is on the other track led by former Yadkin Valley Railroad #9548. He's still got some work to do around Richburg after Train 14 leaves.
Railways in Peterborough.
Early railways in South Australia headed out from the ports inland to the farming areas and one was from Port Pirie to Crystal Brook in 1874. This line was significant for Peterborough in January 1881.Meanwhile, the railway from Burra (it reached there in 1870) and been extended to Hallett in 1878. But as early as 1874 the premier, Mr Boucaut was talking about running the line north from Hallett to connect to Port Augusta via Quorn. The line up to Burra from Adelaide was broad gauge- 5 feet 3 inches, but the line up from Port Pirie to Peterborough was narrow gauge - 3 feet 6 inches. The first surveys for this great northern line were made in 1876 and the township of Lancelot was fixed as the point where the broad gauge line would end and the narrow gauge line to Peterborough and Quorn would begin. Not long after this, the government made a new decision to terminate the broad gauge line at Terowie (and not at Lancelot) and create a junction at section 216 north of Terowie to have a spur line across to the existing line at Jamestown. As soon as the owner of section 216 heard of this plan he subdivided his land, auctioned it off, and created a township at the rail junction which he called Petersburg after his German friend Peter Doecke. The narrow gauge line from Jamestown reached Peterborough (then Petersburg) in January 1881. At the same time the broad gauge line was opened from Hallett to Terowie.
Contracts for the construction of the line from Terowie to Quorn were let almost immediately and the line reached Peterborough from Terowie in June of 1881 thus linking the southern and Pirie rail systems. The line north from Peterborough to Quorn opened in stages with the first stage to Orroroo open in late 1881. The line reached Quorn in 1882 and later in that year the first connecting rail service from Adelaide to Port Augusta was operated. After federation Port Augusta was linked with Kalgoorlie in Western Australia in 1917 and the rail service from the eastern states to Perth passed through Peterborough then Quorn, Port Augusta and on to Perth. This main national railway line passed through Peterborough until mid 1937 when the new line was opened across the Adelaide Plains from Salisbury to Port Pirie and on to Port Augusta and Perth. Pictured above is the Railway Hotel in Peterborough with the cupola.
Peterborough’s importance as a rail junction and centre was strengthened in 1884 with the discovery of the world’s richest silver, lead and zinc deposit at a site which became known as Broken Hill. The South Australian government in 1886 passed an Act authorising the construction of a new railway from Peterborough to the SA border location closest to Broken Hill. The government could see that the riches of the mines could assist SA as it had the closest port, and wharf facilities. The terminus of the line was at Cockburn on the border which was reached by January 1887. The NSW government, in typical fashion, had refused permission for SAR to build a line to Broken Hill, so a private railway was built for the last 30 miles into Broken Hill called the Silverton Tramway Company. SAR operated and provided rolling stock etc for the Silverton Tramway Company for some time after the line opened! This northern railway division was known as the Peterborough Division and the town blossomed as the administrative, workshop and rail centre for the top half of the settled areas of South Australia. In later years the line north from
Gladstone to Wilmington (1915) was added to the division and it also controlled the line north from Quorn to Farina.
More recently the narrow gauge line from Port Pirie was converted to standard gauge through to Broken Hill in 1970. At the same time the line from Terowie to Peterborough was converted to a broad gauge line. This then meant that Peterborough had three gauges. But it was not too long after that the rail passenger service from Adelaide via Terowie ceased as the new standard gauge line between Adelaide and Crystal Brook (and consequentially Peterborough and Sydney) was opened in 1982. Services south from Peterborough to Adelaide though Terowie ceased not long after in 1986. In 1957 a railcar service between Peterborough and Quorn had commenced but this ceased operating in 1980 with a reduced service just to Orroroo remaining. That stopped a year later. Steam Town Society began in 1981 to preserve the Old Round House rail turntable and workshops and the steam locomotive services of the district. SAR was taken over by the Commonwealth Government in 1974 and became part of Australian National with a consequent demise of the workshops and numbers of rail employees in Peterborough.
Peterborough (population 1,500.)
Alexander McCulloch took up a pastoral lease in this area in 1850. He held it until much of the area was resumed for closer settlement in 1869. The Hundred of Yongala was declared soon after but settlement did not begin until around 1875. The section where Peterborough now stands was taken up by Peter Doecke in 1875. He sent his niece and her husband from the Barossa Valley to settle the section in 1876. Once the government sent surveyors to determine the junction of the railways from Jamestown and Terowie, Peter Doecke had township allotments surveyed and created a private town in 1880. He called it Petersburg. (This was changed during World War One in 1917 when all German place names were changed.) In the same year Doecke sold some land to the government for railway and government purposes and a Post Office was opened in 1880, along with a Telegraph station in 1881, and a railway station in 1881. A police station and two hotels soon followed in 1881. Banks, shops and service industries followed, along with churches, and a government school in 1881 with the current buildings opening in 1883. There was frenzied activity to establish a major town at this important rail junction. The town developed more once a railway from Petersburg to the SA/NSW border to tap into the silver mines of Silverton (1887) was authorised. The coming of age of the town was reached quickly with the opening of the Institute in 1884 and the establishment of the town corporation and the opening of the adjoining Town Hall in 1894. The lifeblood of any town was always industry which would provide employment. Although Peterborough had the railways it soon had other significant industries too. The first was the flourmill which opened in 1885 and operated until 1924 when it was converted into premises for freezing rabbits and for producing ice. A cordial factory was established in 1894 and operated until 1976 when the factory was burnt down. The cordial factory had various owners over the years and after a visit by the Governor in 1899 it was granted Vice Regal approval! In the early days from 1899 until 1915 another factory produced temperance drinks, relishes and Worcestershire sauce.
Given the town was just outside Goyder’s Line it is somewhat surprising that Peterborough had a butter factory from 1898 until well into the 1930s. Butter was exported to England. Milk was supplied to the factory from a wide area including Orroroo, Hallett and Hammond from over 100 suppliers. It was usually sent by rail to Peterborough and often came from properties with only one or two cows which were hand milked. The town also had its own printing works from 1887 to produce a local newspaper. Papers for Orroroo and Quorn were also printed in Peterborough. The printing works surviving until 1970 when all operations were taken over by the printers in Port Pirie.
Peterborough was also special in that the government established a Gold Battery in the town in 1897 with an attached cyanide works. In the first six years of operation the battery produced 61,000 grams of gold with most of it coming from the goldfields near Oodlawirra and Dawson. Ore from across the state was still being sent to the Peterborough works in the 1980s. The cyanide plant was closed down in 1954. The gold battery is controlled by the National Trust, more as a museum piece, than a fully operating gold battery but it does still operate. It is the only gold battery in South Australia.
The Union Church which opened in 1879 was used by Methodists, Baptists and Presbyterians. A tin Wesleyan Church was opened in 1880, but a stone church was not finished until 1884. The Baptists opened their first church in Peterborough in 1883 and it was added to several times. Once the Wesleyans and Baptists had their own churches, the original Union Church was re-dedicated as the Anglican Church in 1884. The Anglicans later built a new church which was opened in 1888.Further additions and enhancements were carried out over the next thirty years. This church was in the Diocese of Willochra which was created in 1915 with bishops being enthroned in the Port Pirie or Port Augusta church. The first bishop in 1915 resided in Peterborough in rented premises for two years before moving to Gladstone. The Presbyterians did not establish regular services after the initial period of 1879, until 1900 when they began planning their own church. They held services in the Town Hall until their church was completed in 1903. The congregation was always small and the church closed in 1918, with the building being converted to a residence in 1922. The Lutherans in Petersburg started their first services in 1877. A church (St Peters) was built in 1885 and a Lutheran school started soon afterwards. Dwindling numbers forced the day school to close in 1912 but the government would have forced its closure during World War One anyway.
The Catholics in Peterborough built the first church, St Sebastian’s three miles outside of the town with the first priest arriving in 1884.( This church was later demolished.) In 1884 the first Catholic Church in the town was opened and dedicated to St Anacletus with an attached day school for seven pupils. Tenders were called for a new church in 1890 and the formal opening was held in 1892. This became one of the largest buildings in the town after extensive additions in 1916 as it was then the Pro-Cathedral for the Diocese of Port Augusta. Nearby the convent school was opened in 1923 and still operates. In 1912 work started on a two storey Bishop’s Residence, designed by Bishop Norton himself. The massive stone residence of fourteen rooms, complete with new electric light from a private generator was finished in 1913. It had extensive stables, out buildings and a large surrounding stonewall. Peterborough was to be the focal point of the diocese of Port Augusta. Bishops resided in the house until 1952 when the diocese was changed to the diocese of Port Pirie and the Bishop’s Residence was shifted to Port Pirie as was the cathedral. Bishop’s Palace is now known as St Cecilia’s and operated as a private bed and breakfast establishment where you can sleep in Mother Superior’s Room or the Bishop’s room!
Peterborough Primary School. Baptist Church 1883 and Art Deco hall 1913.
*Historical Walk in Peterborough. *
Start at the Railway Carriage Information Centre. Walk westwards along the Main Street for three blocks and turn right into Meadows Street and turn right again into Kitchener Street which is parallel to Main Street. Walk back FOUR blocks and turn right into Edith Street and return to the Main Street and the Railway Carriage Info Centre.
1. YMCA Building. The building was in high demand as accommodation for single men working at the adjacent railway station. It was built in Art Deco style and opened in the 1920s.
2. Town Hall. This second Town hall opened in 1927.It is the largest town hall in rural SA with seating for 1,200.The stone used for its construction is local from the golf course area. It is a fine Art Deco building with a Federation Quilt in the foyer and other memorabilia relating to Australian Federation.
3. Old Town Hall. This once grand classical style building with gaudy colours was built in 1884 as the town Institute. The Town Council took it over in 1889 and redesignated this as the Town Hall in 1894. It was used until the current Town hall opened in 1927. It has been a private residence since.
4. Memorial Grove next to Post Office. The Post office was erected in 1909 but the town had a previous Post Office from its inception.
5. Peterborough Hotel. It opened as the Petersburg Hotel in 1880 being one of the first buildings in the town. It was extensively altered in 1928 to current appearance.
6. Railway Hotel. This hotel opened in 1891 with Thomas Sabine as the licensee. It has a prime location opposite the railway station and is distinctive with its corner cupola.
7. Capitol Theatre (now a coffee shop). Turn right here into Meadows Street. The theatre was built in 1926 and closed in 1976. Silent movies had been shown in the old Town Hall from 1911 but they were moved to here in 1926.
8. Salvation Army Hall. The Army was active in Peterborough from 1892 and met in a hall until they had their own hall built. The date of the building is marked on the façade - 1911.
9. Former Baptist Church and Hall now a museum. Baptists used the town Union Chapel in the first few years. In 1883 they withdrew from the Union Chapel and had their own church built. The transept was added in 1893. In 1913 they added a stunning Art Deco church hall with rounded key hole windows which is now upmarket accommodation. The church itself is a fine car and historical items museum.
10. Courthouse and Police Station (Jervois St.) This attractive Courthouse and police station was opened in 1893. The stables and prison cells are at the rear. The Courtroom itself is well ventilated with roof vents. The Police Station section was extended in 1926. It is one of the few buildings in Peterborough on the Register of the National Estate.
11. Former Printing Office and Savings Bank. The first edition of the local Petersburg newspaper was produced in 1887. In 1891 the newspaper purchased this site and this fine classical pediment fronted building erected. It re-opened in 1908 as the Savings Bank of South Australia which had operated an agency at the Post Office from 1883. It closed as a bank in 1967 and is now a private residence.
12. Anglican Rectory and Church. The first Anglican services were held in 1884 in a schoolroom and later rented premises and then the Town Hall. The present church was started in 1887 and dedicated in January 1888. The parish hall was built in 1904. In 1915 this church became part of the new Anglican diocese of Willochra. The fine rectory was built at the same time as the church and was occupied from 1888. Note the Gothic windows.
13. Former Wesleyan Methodist Church now Uniting. Now turn right here into Edith Street. A Union chapel was built in the western end of town for the Methodists, Baptists and Presbyterians. In 1880 the Methodists withdrew and built their own Wesleyan church. It was later sold to the Catholics in 1886 and became the Catholic Church until their new Catholic church was built in 1890 and the former Wesleyan church became St. Anacletus hall. In 1884 the Methodists built a second Wesleyan Church which is the current church still in use as the Uniting church.
14. General Store. A good example of the many late 19th century and early 20th century stores which were built along the main street when Peterborough was still growing and booming.
15. Federal Hotel. The Federal Hotel opposite the General Store was built in 1898 when the Federation movement was at its peak. Additions have been made to it over the years.
BAP boxcab 47 & booster T-1 on display at the Anselmo Mine Yard (a unit of the World Museum of Mining) in Butte, Montana on July 9, 2014.
Built in 1914, the booster was semi-permanently mated to the 47 and provided another 4 axles for traction hauling loads up and down the hills of Butte.
Canon PowerShot A570IS
The New Zealand DJ class locomotive is a type of diesel-electric locomotive in service on the New Zealand rail network. The class were built by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries and introduced from 1968—1969 for the New Zealand Railways Department with a modernisation loan from the World Bank to replace steam locomotives in the South Island, where most of the class members worked most of their lives.
They are the second class of locomotive in New Zealand to utilise the Bo-Bo-Bo wheel arrangement, the other classes being the EW class and the EF class. In both cases, this wheel arrangement was used to provide a lower axle-load due to track conditions as well, particularly in the case of the DJs, a shorter wheelbase more suited to sharp curvature on secondary or tertiary routes.
The White Pass and Yukon Railroad operates tourist service from Skagway.
The Railroad offers three excursions, all of which begin in Skagway, Alaska.
The White Pass Summit Excursion rises from Skagway to the White Pass summit, 2,865 feet (873 meters) high. This trip is most often experienced by cruise travellers as a shore excursion from Skagway.
The Bennett Scenic Journey travels the length of Lake Bennett before arriving in the Yukon Territory, stopping in the old gold-rush town of Bennett Station en route.
The Fraser Meadows Steam Excursion features a historic steam locomotive that hauls passengers beyond the White Pass summit to Fraser, British Columbia.
Gracias a Carlos pude fotografiar el chatarrero de COMSA con una Euro4000 de Takargo al frente, y encima por el lado que más me gusta. Tuvimos suerte de que vino algo tocadillo, ya que el sol no había salido del todo y unas nubes pudieron jugarnos una mala pasada.
Tengo una deuda pendiente con este tren, y es pillarlo con una locomotora pintada con el esquema azul y plata de COMSA...en cambio lo tengo con el resto de versiones posibles hasta el momento, la Takargo de la imagen, con la MZ o las Bitrac.
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"Amtrak 4316
Former Pennsylvania Railroad EMD E8 in the new Amtrak colors at the 16th Street passenger engine facility, Chicago, Ill. November 14, 1971.
Photo by John H. Kuehi"
The post card was published by Audio-Visual Designs of Earlton, NY. No date is given for the postcard.
AMTK E8A 4316 (ex-PC 4316, nee-PRR 5716, to AMTK 322, to AMTK 461)
Light painting along the railroad tracks in Glasgow Missouri by Notley Hawkins Photography. Taken with a Canon EOS 5D Mark III camera with a Canon EF16-35mm f/4L IS USM lens at ƒ/4.0 with a .5 second exposure at ISO 800 along with three Quantum Qflash Trios with red, green and blue gels. Processed with Adobe Lightroom 6.4.
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Photo shot by my Dad, Jay Thomson, at Etowah, TN in March 1984
On March 11, 1984, Dad shot O&W SD40-2 9957 (to BCOL 750) at Etowah, Tennessee.
The power, cars and caboose were all owned by Shamrock Coal Company and used to haul coal to power plants in South Carolina and south Georgia. The SD40-2s were built to L&N specs, and crewed by L&N or Clinchfield crews (later SBD crews). The power would eventually be sold to British Columbia Railroad.
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Photo shot by my Dad, Jay Thomson, at Etowah, TN in June 1985
Sometime in June of 1985, Dad shot O&W SD40-2s 9956 (to BCOL 749, to ICE 6450), 9950 (to BCOL 743, to ASDX 743), and 9955 (to BCOL 748) leading a southbound unit coal train at Etowah, Tennessee.
The power, cars and caboose were all owned by Shamrock Coal Company and used to haul coal to power plants in South Carolina and south Georgia. The SD40-2s were built to L&N specs, and crewed by L&N or Clinchfield crews (later SBD crews). The power would eventually be sold to British Columbia Railroad.
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Photo shot by my Dad, Jay Thomson, at Etowah, TN in March 1984
On March 11, 1984, Dad shot SBD SD40-2 3579 (ex-L&N 3579, to SBD 8207, to CSX 8207, to CSX SD40-3 4023) and 2 more with a southbound unit coal train at Etowah, Tennessee.
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Photo shot by my Dad, Jay Thomson, at Etowah, TN in April 1986
On April 26, 1986 Dad shot SBD F3Au 116 (ex-SBD 800, nee-CRR 800, to CSX 116), F7B 119 (ex-SBD 250, xx-CRR 250, xxx-L&N 723, xxxx-L&N 1919, nee-NC&StL 919, to CSX 119), F7B 117 (ex-SBD 869, xx-CRR 869, xxx-L&N 1918, nee-NC&StL 918, to CSX 117, to CSX 417) & FP7A 118 (xx-SBD 200, nee-CRR 200, to CSX 118, to CSX 418, to WVC 67) running light to their train at Etowah, Tennessee, preparing for another excursion run along the Old Line to Copperhill.
Scanned Photo Postcard
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From the back of the card:
"Santa Fe 60
The eastbound "San Francisco Chief" with an Alco PA and three PB's for power streak through the countryside east of Belen, New Mexico, August 1967. No. 60 is now in Rensselaer, N. Y. - Montreal passenger service on the Deleware and Hudson Ry.
Photo by Ken Crist"
The post card was published by Audio-Visual Designs of Earlton, NY. No date is given for the postcard.
ATSF PA1 60L (to DH 17, to DH PA4u 17, to NdeM dh17, to FNM 17)
Conrail B23-7 1991 was sitting at the Nashville & Eastern's Lebanon, TN shops on December 6, 2008. This unit is not in operating condition and looks like it is being stripped for parts to keep their other second-hand Dash 7s running.
Canon EOS 350D Digital Rebel XT
Canon EFS 18-55mm lens
CREX ES44AC 1411 at Garrison, Montana on May 16, 2015.
Canon EOS 350D Digital Rebel XT
Tamron 75-300mm lens
Reproduced 35mm Slide
Photo shot by my Dad, Jay Thomson, at Etowah, TN in May 1983
On May 13, 1983, Dad shot SBD SD45-2 3624 (ex-CRR 3624, to to SBD 8982, to CSX 8982, to MRL 308) at Etowah, Tennessee.
A year earlier, Dad shot this unit as CRR 3624 in Family Lines paint and six years earlier he shot it in original CRR paint.
BNSF ET44C4 3962 at Helena, Montana on June 6, 2016.
Canon EOS 350D Digital Rebel XT
Canon EFS 75-300mm lens
Reproduced 35mm Slide
Photo from the collection of my Dad, Jay T. Thomson; Photographer Bill Gripp
In May 1979, GMDX GM6C 1975 demonstrator was photographed by Bill Gripp in Kearny, New Jersey.
Scanned 35mm Print
Photo shot by my Dad, Jay Thomson, at Birmingham, AL in May 1979
May 28, 1979 Dad shot Amtrak's Crescent at Birmingham, AL with Southern E8A 6901 on point. Looks like 6905 is the second unit and an unknown Amtrak E8 or E9 is the third unit. Southern had continued to operate the Crescent independantly from Amtrak until February 1, 1979, just a little over three months before this shot.