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Photo shot by my Dad, Jay Thomson, at Etowah, TN in Nov. 2014
On November 26, 2014, Dad shot CSX AC44CWs 292 & 404 with a southbound ballast train at Etowah, Tennessee.
Olympus SP-565UZ
Part 110 in an ongoing study of diesel locomotive cabs.
The cab of BNSF SD75I 8300 at Great Falls, Montana on August 6, 2014.
Canon PowerShot A570IS
Lancaster and Chester Train 16 works the sidings in East Chester before shoving to the CSX interchange
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From the back of the card:
"Heading up the "Modoc" is Southern Pacific Second Class time freight No. 554, with simple four-cylinder "mallet" No. 4267. She's near Crest, summit of the line, about thirty-four miles out of Wendel - in Lassen County, California. Mt. Lassen, semi-active volcanic peak, is way off west over in Shasta County, - while Modoc County, for which this branchline is named, lies still to the north. A bag of paradoxes is all this: for Anatole Mallet, the great French locomotive man of yesteryear, designed compound machines, using steam twice. 4267 has equal-size cylcinders, using the hot vaporous stuff but once in each. And "Up on the Modoc" she may be (this was back in the fall of 1955) - but No. 554 isn't there as yet!...
Southern Pacific"
The post card was published by Vanishing Vistas of Sacramento, CA in 1974. The photo is by John B. Hungerford, the text is by Howard W. Bull.
Photo shot by my Dad, Jay Thomson, at Etowah, TN in Aug. 2014
On August 24, 2014, Dad shot FURX GP38-2 5571 (ex-NS 5571, xx-NS GP38 2750, nee-SOU 2750) and CSX B40-8 5943 at Etowah, Tennessee.
Olympus SP-565UZ
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Photo shot by my Dad, Jay Thomson, at Conasauga, TN in Feb. 1984
On February 28, 1984, Dad shot SBD U30C 1498 (ex-L&N 1498, to SBD 7228, to CSX 7228) leading SD40-2s 8055 (ex-SCL 8055, to CSX 8055) and 3562 (ex-L&N 3562, to SBD 8190, to CSX 8190, to CSX 2424) with a northbound freight at Conasauga, Tennessee.
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Photo shot by my Dad, Jay Thomson, at Etowah, TN in Aug 1983
On August 5, 1983, Dad shot SBD U30C 1494 (ex-L&N 1494, to SBD 7224, to CSX 7224), L&N SD40-2 1261 (to SBD 1261, to SBD 8165, to CSX 8165), SBD SD40 8296 (ex-CRR 3021, to CSX SD40-2 8355), and 2 more units at the refueling racks at Etowah, Tennessee.
BNSF GP50 3149 (ex-BN 3149) at Butte, Montana on April 3, 2015.
Canon EOS 350D Digital Rebel XT
Tamron 75-300mm lens
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Photo shot by my Dad, Jay Thomson, at Appalachia, VA in May 1979
On May 9, 1979, Dad shot SOU SD40-2 3308 (to NS 3308), SD40-2 3233 (to NS 3233), SD45 3135 (to EMDX 3135, to WC 6575, to WC 6554, to WC 7554), SD35 3037, SD40-2 3243 (to NS 3243) & SD45 3123 (to VMVX 3123) with a unit coal train at Appalachia, Virginia.
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Photo shot by my Dad, Jay Thomson, at Etowah, TN in May 1987
On May 7, 1987, Dad shot B&O GP40-2 4106 (to CSX 6006) at Etowah, Tennessee.
Great Western Sugar 0-6-0ST #3 at the World Museum of Mining in Butte, Montana on 10 April 2014.
The engine was built in March 1928 by H.K. Porter, builder's number 7059.
Canon EOS 350D Digital Rebel XT
Canon EFS 18-55mm lens
SOO GP38-2 4402 (ex-SOO 792) at Max, North Dakota on January 29, 2016.
Canon EOS 350D Digital Rebel XT
Canon EFS 18-55mm lens
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Photo shot by my Dad, Jay Thomson, at Chattanooga, TN in October 1978
On October 22, 1978 Dad shot Southern SD35 3077 at the shops in Chattanooga, Tennessee's Debutts Yard after suffering severe damage in a derailment and fire.
BNSF ES44C4 6846 leads another BNSF GE and an MRL SD70ACe with an eastbound empty rail train exiting the tunnel at West Garrison, Montana on May 7, 2014.
Canon EOS 350D Digital Rebel XT
Tamron 75-300mm lens
Reproduced 35mm Slide
Photo shot by my Dad, Jay Thomson, at Etowah, TN in Oct. 1986
Sometime in October 1986 Dad shot C&O SD50 8637 (to CSX 8637, to CSX SD50-2 8637) at Etowah, Tennessee.
I shot this old four axle high hood locomotive back in 2005 in Lavonia, Georgia. The heritage of the unit seemed pretty evident to me, former Chicago & Northwestern #4556, an EMD GP9. An online source I trust says it was actually biult in in 1957 as CRIP #1315, the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific, better known as the Rock Island. (The Rock later renumbered it to #4485)
It then went to the Chicago & Northwestern and became CNW 4556 before moving on to the Hartwell Railroad in Georgia as HRT #4556. The last that I heaard was that the 4556 is stored out of service now in Airline, Georgia.
On a personal note, I do not believe I have ever shared this photograph publicly, some fourteen years after I took it.
Tras mucho esperar por fin he fotografiado algo de nieve este año tras el fiasco de finales de enero . No me lo pensé dos veces cuando vi el parte meteorológico el viernes por la mañana, y con tiempo justo llegué a fotografiar el MD Huesca - Zaragoza - Valencia en las proximidades de Torás (única zona donde habÃa algo de nieve).
A la izquierda (no se ve) se sitúa el extinto tren minero de Ojos Negros, hoy VÃa Verde...lo que me hace sospechar que la construcción prácticamente destruida, servÃa quizá a modo de paso a nivel o control de algún tipo de ambas lÃneas ferroviarias...si alguien tiene más información al respecto será bienvenida :)
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Photo shot by my Dad, Jay Thomson, at Johnson City, TN in July 1980
ET&WNC RS3 210 (ex-Central of Georgia 109) at Johnson City, TN in July of 1980. The engine still mostly wears the CofG paint, with the white stripe being painted red as the only difference.
The East Tennessee & Western North Carolina began operation in the mountains of its namesake area in 1866. Originally a narrow gauge line, it hauled iron ore, passengers and other things. In 1950 the narrow gauge was abandoned and the line converted fully to standard gauge.
The railroad gained the nickname "Tweetsie" for the sound of the shrill steam whistles in the early days of operation. Today, a short 3-mile tourist line operates in North Carolina over an abandoned portion of the route with ET&WNC steam engine #12 as primary power.
The line ceased operations in 1985 but was acquired by another company and renamed the East Tennessee Railway. The ET still operates in the Johnson City area today primarily as a switching service for CSX and Norfolk Southern
Norfolk Southern Rock Hill to Catawba, South Carolina turn is just a hakf mile from the old Bowater plant in Catawba with two high short hood GP38-2s on lead.
BNSF SD70ACe 4355, C44-9W 4355, NS SD70 2555 & C40-9W 9780 slowly rolls to a stop at Livingston, Montana on February 1, 2016.
Canon EOS 350D Digital Rebel XT
Canon EFS 18-55mm lens
Former Southern Railway GP38AC #2866 brings a short train over the former Southern Cane Creek bridge in Lancaster, South Carolina with the high short hood leading long hood forward.
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Photo shot by my Dad, Jay Thomson, at Etowah, TN in Sept. 1984
On September 20, 1984, Dad shot SBD SD50 8602 (to CSX 8602, to CSX SD50-2 8602) at Etowah, Tennessee
BNSF Dash 9-44CW 4696 is a DPU pushing on the end of a westbound unit grain train at Garrison, Montana on January 15, 2015.
Canon EOS 350D Digital Rebel XT
Tamron 75-300mm lens
BNSF ES44AC 6342 rolls onto MRL's Skyline Trestle at Skyline, Montana on May 17, 2014, leading a long, heavy unit coal train.
Canon EOS 350D Digital Rebel XT
Canon EFS 18-55mm lens
UP ES44AC 8004 at Silver Bow, Montana on October 19, 2015.
Canon EOS 350D Digital Rebel XT
Canon EFS 18-55mm lens
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From the back of the card:
"Erie Lackawanna 3628
Erie Lackawanna and Delaware & Hudson power team up to take symbol freight TC-99 out of Mohawk yard on the D&H near Schenectady, N. Y. TC-99 is operated between Boston and Chicago with power supplied by the EL, D&H and Boston & Maine. August 27, 1969.
Photo by Carl H. Sturner"
The post card was published by Audio-Visual Designs of Earlton, NY. No date is given for the postcard.
EL SD45 3628 (to CR 6093)
EL SD45 3605 (to CR 6070)
D&H C420
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Photo shot by my Dad, Jay Thomson, at Corbin, KY in August 1978
On August 28, 1978 Dad shot hi-nosed L&N C420 1318 (ex-Monon 501) at Corbin, Kentucky in Family Lines paint.
Connersville, Indiana. This locomotive is currently owned by the Whitewater Valley Railroad. In February 1954, it was built as a SD9 with a high short hood. In October 1975 it was rebuilt as a SD10 with the low short hood you see in this shot. After Milwaukee's bankruptcy, it saw service on the Canadian Pacific's subsidiary SOO line. On December 11, 2001 it was donated to the Whitewater Valley Railroad.
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BNSF ES44DC 7550 was a DPU on a westbound unit grain train departing Minot, North Dakota on January 29, 2016.
Canon EOS 350D Digital Rebel XT
Canon EFS 18-55mm lens
Scanned Photo Postcard
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From the back of the card:
"An hour and a quarter out of Los Angeles and yet another hour from its first mainline stop at Santa Barbara, Southern Pacific train No. 99, the famed "Coast Daylight," accelerates past a giant pepper tree after passing through Camarillo on the first leg of its all day run to San Francisco in the late 1950's. On the head end, Alco PA-3 [sic] #6040, built in 1953, leads a pair of units from rival E.M.D., E-7B # 5902, built in 1947 and one of hte first postwar passenger units delivered to Southern Pacific, and an unidentified E-9 A, one of the last group of passenger cab units built in 1954-1955.
Southern Pacific."
The post card was published by Vanishing Vistas of Sacramento, CA. The photo is courtesy Southern Pacific.
SP PA2 6040
SP E7B 5902
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Photo shot by my Dad, Jay Thomson, at Birmingham, AL in May 1979
On May 28, 1979 Dad found L&N SW9 2292 in the Birmingham, Alabama yard. This unit looks like an ALCo, but is really an EMD SW9. The SW9's hood was damaged at some point and replaced with a hood from an ALCo RS3.
Photo shot by my Dad, Jay Thomson, at Etowah, TN in January 2014
On January 23, 2014, Dad shot HLCX GP38-2 3816 (ex-SP 4871, xx-HLLX 2607, xxx-CSX 2607, xxxx-SBD 4098, nee-L&N 4098) back on home rails in Etowah, Tennessee.
31 years earlier, Dad shot this same unit in L&N grey at the roundhouse in Etowah.
Canon PowerShot A570IS
Reproduced 35mm Slide
Photo shot by my Dad, Jay Thomson, at Appalachia, VA in June 1979
On June 7, 1979, Dad shot Westmoreland Coal S2 #2 with a cut of hoppers at Appalachia, Virginia.
BNSF SD40-2 1963 (ex-BNSF 6390, xx-BN 6356, nee-C&S 908) at Great Falls, Montana on July 16, 2014.
The unit was parked on the turntable as part of a special historical society tour that was going on of the facilities.
Canon PowerShot A570IS
Scanned 35mm Print
Photo from the collection of my Dad, Jay T. Thomson; Max Miller photo
B&O 4-6-2 5317 - the "President Hayes" - at Baltimore, Maryland on November 6, 1953.
Picture was taken in the early afternoon from the road along the Silvis Rail Yard in Silvis, Illinois. Had the good fortune to have the background of a pretty deep blue sky on this late-Winter day.
Picture was taken in the early afternoon from the road along the Silvis Rail Yard in Silvis, Illinois. Had the good fortune to have the background of a pretty deep blue sky on this late-Winter day.
MRL SD70ACes 4401 & 4400 bring the L-M into the Helena, Montana yard on May 17, 2014.
Canon EOS 350D Digital Rebel XT
Tamron 75-300mm lens
Reproduced 35mm Slide
Photo shot by my Dad, Jay Thomson, at Atlanta, GA in March, 1978
On March 26, 1978, Dad shot SOU GP38-2s 5159 (to NS 5159) and 5188 (to NS 5188) leading a short 8-car local past SOU FP7 6146 at Atlanta, Georgia's Peagram Shops.
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Photo shot by my Dad, Jay Thomson, at Chattanooga, TN in March 1979
On March 18, 1979, Dad shot SOU SD40 3190 (to NS 3190) at Chattanooga, Tennessee.
BNSF ES44DC 7672 at Great Falls, Montana on January 14, 2015.
Canon EOS 350D Digital Rebel XT
Tamron 75-300mm lens
Planes, Trains and Automobiles
This is a train - just in case you were wondering. I drove (my automobile) out to the airport to pick up my parents who were coming back from a cruise (on an airplane). I left a little early because I wanted to shoot this deserted neighborhood near O'Hare. Well, I got there and the neighborhood had already been leveled. So much for updated Google Maps! Anyway, I drove back toward the airport and spotted this guy (a train) idling. So, I pulled over and fired off a few shots. There were 5 locos on this thing - pretty heavy! I was complaining about paying 3.89/gallon to fill up my jetta earlier in the day - I can't imagine the fuel cost for one of these!
I thought about trying HDR, but had no idea how it would turn out - well, this is the result. I've gotta say, it's my favorite photo to this point! The colors are amazing and the range of tones is spectacular. I know purists don't like the HDR effect all that much, but in this case, I really like it.
I'll post some pictures of the planes I shot today too (even my parent's plane!) , but I had to get this one up toute suite! Enjoy!!!