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Después de mi escapada trenera del pasado verano, fui a pasar unos días a Madrid a casa de mi novia. Quedé un día con Mon...uno de esos que hubiese sido mejor quedarse durmiendo...porque para los trenes que vimos y el tiempo que nos hizo mejor quedarse en casa (aunque por la compañía nada que objetar, sino todo lo contrario) Tan mal salió la jornada, que metí las fotos en el ordenador de mi novia y el disco duro decidió autodestruirse. No perdí gran cosa, aunque da un poco de rabia no haberlas recuperado, así que de vuelta a Valencia paré en Villasequilla, punto donde había estado con Mon. Tampoco es que las circulaciones fuesen abrumadoras, pero siempre es agradable encontrarte con una locomotora a punto de ser apartada de la circulación dándolo todo (se le escuchaba rugir un par de minutos antes de pasar por delante de la cámara) El tren de la imagen es el Altaria Cartagena – Madrid Chamartín.
La foto va dedicada a Mon, descubridor de este sitio, por mostrármelo y por el día que pasamos (aunque no viésemos gran cosa)
Nevada Northern End Cab 25-Ton 310 (ex-KCCX 310) at Ely, Nevada on February 25, 2016. This little unit was being used to push steam engine #93 back into the shop.
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From the back of the card:
"Southern Pacific R.R. CO.
Southern Pacific No. 2, the eastbound "Sunset Limited", in its original color scheme, crosses the Louisiana Bayou en route to New Orleans, 1951.
Photo courtesy Southern Pacific R.R. Co."
The post card was published by Lyman E. Cox, Sacremento, CA. No date is given for the postcard.
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Photo shot by my Dad, Jay Thomson, at Hazard, KY in March 1979
L&N SD40-2 3608 in Family Lines paint leads SECX GP21 2001 (ex-UP GP20 470, nee-UP 700, to PNM GP20E 2001, to AZRC 2001) with a northbound SECX unit train as it pulls into Hazard, Kentucky on a dreary, overcast day in March 1979.
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C&O Berkshire 2718 at an unknown location c. 1950. This engine was built by Alco in 1943 and retired in 1957.
BNSF Dash 9-44CW 5291 at Big Timber, Montana on December 12, 2014.
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Photo shot by my Dad, Jay Thomson, at Etowah, TN in 1977
Sometime in 1977 Dad shot CR SDP45 6671 (ex-EL 3640) in the L&N yard at Etowah, Tennessee.
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Photo shot by my Dad, Jay Thomson, at Etowah, TN in May 1980
On May 10, 1980, Dad shot O&W SD40-2s 9956 (to BCOL 749, to ICE 6450), 9957 (to BCOL 750), 9953 (to BCOL 746), and 9955 (to BCOL 748) running through the turntable on their way to the refueling track 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 from the collection of my Dad, Jay T. Thomson; Al Chione photo
SOU SD24s 2510 (to SOU 6329, to PNC 6329, to PNC SD18M 1829, to CNW 6634, to NREX 6634, to WSOR 6634, to AGPX 6634, to DBGX 6634), 2507 (to SOU 6326, to PNC 6326) and 2505 (to SOU 6303, to ICG 6303, to ICG SD20 2018, to IC 2018) crossing the Clinch River at Clinton, Tennessee in November of 1965.
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"Southern Pacific's number 2404 is one of only ten Alco-built Century-415 locomotives on the Espee system. Constructed in 1966, all ten of these 1,500 horsepower units were delivered to work for Southern Pacific in the Los Angeles area handling iner-yard trains or switching duty such as the #2404 at the Pacific Fruit Express yards in the City of Industry."
The post card was published by Chatham Publishing Co., Burlingame, CA. No date is given for the postcard.
SP C415 2404
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Photo shot by my Dad, Jay Thomson, at Dossett, TN c. 1977
Circa 1977, Dad shot SOU GP38-2 5191 (to NS 5191) & GP30 2610 (to NS 2610, to CIND 2610, to CIND 2253) leading a southbound train over the L&N mainline at Dossett, Tennessee. The guys walking along the L&N main below are part of Dad's B&B crew.
Photo shot by my Dad, Jay Thomson, at Etowah, TN in Dec. 2014
On December 25, 2014, Dad shot NS ES40DC 7660 & CSX SD40-2 8329 (ex-CSX SD40 8329, xx-SBD 8329, xxx-SBD 1253, nee-L&N 1253) with a southbound freight at Etowah, Tennessee.
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Photo shot by my Dad, Jay Thomson, at Etowah, TN in March 2015
On March 14, 2015, Dad shot CSX AC60CW 5012 at Etowah, Tennessee.
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"Red automatic signal #2553 - the "dated" old wig-wag crossing warning - the still "orange, red and black" painted engine - and the train's number, "72" - paint the perfect picture here of yesterday's peerless railroading. The first three digits on the signal's number-plate are 253, the mile long Southern Pacific's Coast Line in which the picture was taken. So - just about a mile below San Luis Obispo, California, is the spot. That swinging crossing "alerter" bespeaks of many years ago. The "Daylight" colored, twin-eyed Northern Type locomotie reminds us of the flashy "Fifties, when people rode the trains. And when the Coast Mail, the well-known "headend" rattler with a rear-end coach, was still No. 72 - it was at least till 1954. In 1955 she became no. 90, headed south (eastbound).
This locomotive, this big 4457, flaunts silver-gray plummages as if she were in charge of the "Daylight". Yet the lowly mail-and-express train trails her haughty tender in its smoky wake. Perhaps her steamy sinews are exultant as she dreams of runs before her time - when "72" adorned more ancient engines at the helm of that first old-world, delightful - "Daylight Limited"...
Southern Pacific"
The post card was published by Vanishing Vistas of Sacramento, CA in 1974. The photo is by Donald Duke, the text by Howard W. Bull.
FIMX B23-7 4023 (ex-NS 4023, nee-SOU 4023) at Crab Orchard, Tennessee on December 6, 2008. That grey, white and red paint looks pretty good on it.
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Photo shot by my Dad, Jay Thomson, at Andover, VA in July 1982
On July 24, 1982, Dad shot SOU GP38-2 5229 (to NS 5229) at Andover, Virginia.
Photo shot by my Dad, Jay Thomson, at Etowah, TN in Nov. 2014
On November 17, 2014, Dad shot CSX SD40-2 8205 (ex-SBD 8205, xx-SBD 3577, nee-L&N 3577) & CEFX SD40-2 2815 (ex-UP 2815, xx-UP 4757, nee-SP SD39 5310) with a northbound freight at Etowah, Tennessee.
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Photo shot by my Dad, Jay Thomson, at Etowah, TN in March 1984
On March 24, 1984, Dad shot O&W SD40-2s 9956 (to BCOL 749, to ICE 6450), 9954 (to BCOL 747) and 1 more with a northbound (empty) 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 S. Etowah, TN in April 1986
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) northbound at S. Etowah, Tennessee, returning with an excursion from Copperhill.
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Photo shot by my Dad, Jay Thomson, at Cornelia, GA in April 1979
On April 28, 1979, Dad shot FRDX SW9 12005 (ex-Stelco Steel 12005, xx-SCL 165, nee-ACL 683) at Cornelia, Georgia. The unit was rebuilt for Stelco Steel with a new cab and other modifications.
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Photo from the collection of my Dad, Jay T. Thomson; Unknown Photographer
SP SD45 9079 (to UP SD40-2 2796, to CEFX 2796) leads UP SD40s 3078 (to MPI SD40M-2 9021, to Guinea Bauxite 101) and 3024 (to HLCX 3024, to NREX 3024, to MRL SD40-2XR 252) with a freight at North Roseville, California on December 17, 1971.
A train conductor for the Lancaster and Chester Railroad is ready to make a cut between tank cars near Beltline Road in Chester, South Carolina on April 22, 2019.
Amtrak P42DCs 91 & 192 lead the eastbound Empire Builder over the high trestle across Cut Bank Creek at Cut Bank, MT on September 15, 2008.
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BNSF SD70ACe 8481, 9075, ES44AC 6185 & SD70ACe 9027 lead an eastbound empty coal train at Big Timber, Montana on February 1, 2016.
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NREX SD40-2 9402 was built as Cotton Belt SD45T-2 9402. It was later folded into the Southern Pacific roster as SP 9402. After SP was absorbed by UP, the unit was sold off and NREX rebuilt it as an SD40-2 with an old Norfolk Southern long hood, giving this unique unit the longest back porch of any 40-2 out there. I found it pulling yard duty in the Canadian Pacific yard in Harvey, North Dakota on November 19, 2007.
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Photo shot by my Dad, Jay Thomson, at Etowah, TN in Nov. 1984
On November 23, 1984, Dad shot SBD GP35 1112 (ex-L&N 1112) at Etowah, Tennessee.
The second GenSet at G&O's Knoxville Locomotive Works shops is one of only three 3GS21Cs built by NRE so far. Norfolk Southern 3GS21C 3850 (built using the frame of NS SD40 3188) sits at the KLWX shops on December 2, 2008 with NS RPU6 880 (built from NS SD40 1594, nee-N&W 1594), awaiting unspecified maintenance work.
This was taken on the day Dad and I went railfanning together for the first time in a decade. To see Dad's shot of these two, and RPU6 881 beside them, click HERE.
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From the back of the card:
"Conrail 4022
An inspection of the railroad by officials, brings a four car train and E8 4022 in matched Corail blue to the former Lackawanna station at Stroudsburg-and-East-Stroudsburg, PA, June 24, 1977. 4022 is former Erie-Lackawanna 833.
Photo by John R. Taibi"
The post card was published by Audio-Visual Designs of Earlton, NY. No date is given for the postcard.
CR E8A 4022 (ex-EL 833, nee-ERIE 833, to NYGL 833)
Both my batteries were dead on my camera, so grabbed this shot on my phone. BNSF SD75M 206 (ex-BNSF 8206, nee-ATSF 206) at Butte, Montana on October 16, 2014.
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Photo shot by my Dad, Jay Thomson, at Etowah, TN in April 1985
Sometime in April of 1985, Dad shot O&W SD40-2 9956 (to BCOL 749, to ICE 6450) 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.
This tiny, narrow gauge 0-4-0CA ran on compressed air. The "boiler" is actually the tank for holding the compressed air. It was used to move ore cars around inside and outside of one of the Anaconda Copper Mining Company's mines. The engine was built by H.K. Porter sometime in the very early 1900s
It was photographed at the World Museum of Mining in Butte, Montana on 10 April 2014.
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Photo shot by my Dad, Jay Thomson, at Catersville, GA in July 1986
On July 2, 1986, Dad shot SBD GP38-2s 547 (ex-SCL 547, to SBD 2547, to CSX 2547) & 2656 (ex-SBD 6005, nee-CRR 6005, to CSX 2656) working an industry at Cartersville, Georgia.
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Photo shot by my Dad, Jay Thomson, at Shelby, KY in April 1979
On April 4, 1979, Dad shot C&O GP9 6099 at Shelby, Kentucky.
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Photo shot by my Dad, Jay Thomson, at Chattanooga, TN in July 1985
On July 10, 1985, Dad shot SOU SD45 3128 at Chattanooga, Tennessee.
BNSF Dash 9-44CW 4550 and ES44AC 6179 are DPUs on a westbound unit coal train sitting in the MRL yard at Helena, Montana on October 1, 2013.
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BAP GP15 1402 (ex-LTEX 1402, xx-NPBL 1402, xxx-NS 1402, nee-CR 1610) and RARW GP39-2 1011 (ex-KCCX 905) working the yard in Butte, Montana on December 17, 2013.
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Photo shot by my Dad, Jay Thomson, at Etowah, TN in January 2014
Part 91 in an ongoing study of diesel locomotive cabs.
The cab of OFOX SD40M-2 2788 (ex-CITX 2788, xx-UP 4738, xxx-CSX SD45 8911, xxxx-SBD 8911, xxxxx-SBD 2011, nee-SCL 2011) at Etowah, Tennessee in January 2014.
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BNSF SD70MACs 9573 (ex-BN 9573) & 9469 (ex-BN 9469) at Silver Bow, Montana on December 27, 2013.
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Photo shot by my Dad, Jay Thomson, at Cincinnati, OH in June 1981
Just a few months before the train was discontinued by Amtrak, Dad shot AMTK F40PHR 272 with the 3-car Shenandoah - a Cincinnati to Washington, DC train - on June 18, 1981 at Cincinnati, Ohio.
BNSF GP38-2 2352 (ex-BN 2352, nee-SLSF 682) and Dash 9-44CW 5483 at Great Falls, Montana August 26, 2013.
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From the back of the card:
"Great Northern Railway
Great Northern EMD E-7 diesel units, with No. 504 i the lead, greet the morning sun between Mennapolis and St. Paul, Minn., with the new streamlined "Empire Builder" in 1947. In a few more minutes, these locomotives will be resting and the "Empire Builder" will be speeding over the Burlington's rails on the last lap from Seattle and Portland to Chicago."
The post card was published by Lyman E. Cox of Sacramento, CA. No date is given for the postcard.
GN E7A 504B (to GN 504C, to GN 509, to BN 9907)
BNSF ES44DC 7672 & SD75M 228 (ex-BNSF 8228, nee-ATSF 228) are running to the roundhouse after dropping the Shelby-Great Falls manifest in the yard on January 14, 2015.
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CR F7As 1850 (ex-PC 1850, nee-NYC 1850), 1744 (ex-PC 1744, nee-NYC 1744) & 1733 (ex-PC 1733, nee-NYC 1733) lead a freight at Cleveland (Collinwood), Ohio c. 1977.
The Glendale suburb of Cincinnati, Ohio. I stopped to shoot a parked Southbound when I heard this beast coming North on the other track. Perhaps it is a fear of trains from my childhood (steam engines back then), but I have to admit I get nervous when I'm standing near the tracks as these bad boys come rumbling by. I was not in danger of getting run over, but was still pretty close to this one when I took this wide angle shot.
CSX 7632 is a GE C40-8 manufactured in 8/90. I didn't get the number of the second engine as I was stepping back.
I've noticed recent TV ads for CSX, Norfolk Southern, Union Pacific and Santa Fe and Burlington Northern. Since I've heard that they are so busy that they are having difficulty keeping up, I don't understand why they are suddenly advertising so much. Who is their audience? As a train freak, I like to see the ads, but I'm certainly in no need of their services.
Hacía un día de perros, pero gracias al aviso de Carlos, hubo que salr un momento a la vía para ver al papelero Silla - El Espartal. Por dos razones, una es que como veis en la imagen, la Euro4000 remolcaba aquel día a una Traxx. La segunda; el inmnente cambio de horario del tren, que ha pasado a circular en horario nocturno, lo que no permite ya hacerle fotos...así que había que aprovechar.