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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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Photo from the collection of my Dad, Jay T. Thomson; Unkown photographer
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.
HacÃa un dÃa de perros, pero gracias al aviso de Carlos, hubo que salr un momento a la vÃa para ver al papelero Silla - El Espartal. Por dos razones, una es que como veis en la imagen, la Euro4000 remolcaba aquel dÃa 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...asà que habÃa que aprovechar.
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Photo shot by my Dad, Jay Thomson, at East Point, GA c. 1971
C. 1971, Dad shot SOU U33C 3814 & 2 other six-axle GEs with a southbound unit coal train at East Point, Georgia.
Photo shot by my Dad, Jay Thomson, at Etowah, TN in July 2014
On July 5, 2014, Dad shot NS SD70ACe 1084 at Etowah, Tennessee.
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What a rare and classic beauty! Southern SW1 1007 is now owned by Knoxville & Holston River (a Gulf & Ohio company) (and is technically KXHR 1007). It was built in April 1947 as Atlantic & East Carolina #9 (builder #4582). When the A&EC was absorbed by the Southern Railway in 1958, she was repainted in Southern colors and renumbered as 404. Sometime after 1972 but before 1976, Southern renumbered her as #1007. In recent years, G&O restored 1007 to her glorious Southern black, white & gold paint scheme and on December 2, 2008, my Dad and I found her sitting at the G&O offices in Knoxville, TN.
This was taken on the day Dad and I went railfanning together for the first time in a decade.
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This old BN GP9 is being used for parts by Central Montana Rail to keep their other Geeps running. It's riding on shop trucks, the front coupler is missing and the long hood is gone. The numbers are gone from the number board and the builder's plate was missing, but thanks to JDAWG who identified it as #1719. All roster info I try to find doesn't include this unit. All other Geeps CM acquired from BN were repainted in CM's black and blue scheme.
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L&C SW900 #90 was bought new by the railroad in October, 1965. Some forty eight years later, a crew member starts her up so that she can do what she has done for so long, lead a train back to Lancaster.
Photo shot by my Dad, Jay Thomson, at Etowah, TN in June 2014
On June 10, 2014, Dad shot CP ES44AC 9351 in Etowah, Tennessee.
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Photo shot by my Dad, Jay Thomson, at Shelby, KY in May 1979
On May 16, 1979 Dad shot C&O U30B 8204 (to CSX 5332) at Shelby, Kentucky.
Part XXXIII of an ongoing series of diesel locomotive cab studies.
Found a surprise sitting at the BNSF roundhouse in Great Falls, MT on the morning of October 28, 2008.
Montana Rail Link SD45-2 318 (ex-MRL SD45R 7544, xx-SP SD45R 7544, nee-SP SD45 8906) was sitting on the ready track with two BNSF geeps that normally work local service out of the Great Falls yard.
This unit is nice and shiny, having been recently shopped and painted. The last time I saw this unit was about 16 months ago when she was still in her old number and Southern Pacific paint (see that shot here).
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BNSF SD70ACe 9169 at Helena, Montana on February 18, 2016.
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BNSF ES44AC 5832 and SD70ACes 9387 & 8531 heading west with a unit coal train at Garrison, Montana on July 17, 2014.
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BNSF ES44C4 6802, CSX ES44AC-H & BNSF ES44AC 6306 are about to enter the Laurel, Montana yard on February 1, 2016.
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Photo shot by my Dad, Jay Thomson, at Corinth, MS in May 1979
On May 29, 1979 Dad shot ICG GP8 7962 (ex-IC GP7 8962) at Corinth, Mississippi.
MRL SD45-2 325 (ex-SP SD45R 7554, nee-SSW SD45 9064) at Helena, Montana on May 17, 2014.
My dad shot this unit as SSW 9064 at San Luis Obispo, California in June of 1981.
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RARW GP39-2 1011 (ex-KCCX 905) & GP38-2 2011 (ex-MW 2011, xx-UP 2095, xxx-MP 2095, nee-MP 944) leads a train westbound at Rocker, Montana on 4 April 2014.
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UP ES44AC (C45ACCTE) 5315 at Silver Bow, Montana on May 7, 2014.
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A northbound Denver CO, to Cheyenne WY, freight local passes in front of the great mountain of Longs peak in Berthoud CO as clouds and fog forms over the Front Range.
Photo shot by my Dad, Jay Thomson, at Etowah, TN in Aug. 2014
On August 15, 2014, Dad shot CITX SD40-2 2808 (ex-CEFX 2808, xx-UP 2808, xxx-UP 4758, xxxx-UP SD45 63, xxxxx-UP 13, nee-UP 3613) at Etowah, Tennessee.
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BNSF SD70MAC 9543 stored at Glendive, Montana on January 31, 2016.
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This is one of the seven Euro 4000 locomotives bought by Takargo, a subsidiary of Portuguese company MOTA-EGIL, that operates freight trains inland Portugal and between this country and Spain.
Vossloh - Spain (Albuixech, Valencia) is the manufacturer of this locomotives, that are the powerfulest diesel locomotives in Europe.
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Posiblemente, la Euro4000 más bonita que circula sobre las vÃas.
La foto está tomada después de que ésta dejase el chatarrero en Silla y comenzase a realizar las maniobras para llevarse el papelero a El Espartal poco tiempo después.
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Photo shot by my Dad, Jay Thomson, at Lake City, TN in April 1984
On April 6, 1984, Dad shot SOU GP38-2 5252 (to NS 5252) & 1 more running light at Lake City, Tennessee
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Photo shot by my Dad, Jay Thomson, at Belcraft, KY March 1979
South East Coal Company, a unit of Tepee Coal, owned and operated their own locomotives, including old ALCo switchers, second-hand GP20s and newly bought GP38-2s.
Here, in March 1979, is S2 #400 (ex-AC&Y 187, xx-N&W 2038, nee-NKP 38) working the coal loader at Belcraft, Kentucky.
WAMX GP35R 3508 (ex-WAMX 791, xx-UP 791, nee-WP GP35 3012) idling between assignments at Idaho Falls, Idaho on February 26, 2016.
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Photo shot by my Dad, Jay Thomson, at Jasper, GA in Sept. 1985
On September 5, 1985, Dad shot SBD GP38-2 4112 (ex-L&N 4112, to CSX 2619), GP40 6749 (ex-SCL 1594, to CSX 6749, to TM GP40M-3 1177, to FURX 1177, to LSRC 1177) & 1 more geep leading a southbound local at Jasper, Georgia.
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Photo shot by my Dad, Jay Thomson, at Corbin, KY in Dec. 1979
Sometime in December of 1979, Dad shot O&W SD40-2 9950 (to BCOL 743, to ASDX 743) at Corbin, Kentucky.
O&W 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 April 1984
On April 21, 1984 Dad found the southbound "Green Train" taking the switch for the East Yard at Etowah, Tennessee. In the lead is O&W SD40-2 9950 (to BCOL 743, to ASDX 743), but it is the only OWTX unit on this train. The other power is SBD U30C 1563 (ex-L&N 1563, to SBD 7263) & SD40-2 1261 (ex-L&N 1261, to SBD 8165, to CSX 8165, to CSX 2437).
The O&W 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.
Along National Road US Route 40 in Teutopolis, Illinois. CN 2276 is a GE ES44DC built in 10/2007. After three beautiful days on Route 66, we had to head home in a heavy rain. Once the rain let up, we stopped to shoot an Eastbound UP train that was stopped. Before we got going again, here comes this fast moving Westbound CN. I was stoked to finally capture a CN from the front as they are rarely seen around Cincinnati. Interesting that CN puts their web site URL on the side of their engine.
SOO GP38-2 4402 (ex-SOO 792) & CP GP20C-ECO 2203 (ex-CP GP7/GP9 ?) are tied down at Max, North Dakota on January 29, 2016.
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Photo from the collection of my Dad, Jay T. Thomson; Max Miller Photo
USAX 2-8-0 606 (ex-USATC 5846, to N&W 606) at Fort Eustis, Virginia on July 9, 1957.
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Photo shot by my Dad, Jay Thomson, at Etowah, TN in May 1980
On May 6, 1980, Dad shot O&W SD40-2s 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.
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Photo shot by my Dad, Jay Thomson, in Hazard, KY May 1979
DT&I GP40-2 421 (to GTW 6421, to BAYL 2051), GP38 214 (to GTW 6214, to LLPX 2215) and L&N C420 1308 on the engine track at Hazard, Kentucky, May 15, 1979.
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Photo from the collection of my Dad, Jay T. Thomson; Al Chione photo
SOU SD24 2513 (to SOU 6332, to PNC 6332, to PNC SD18M 1832, to CNW 6635), SD24 6953 (to ICG 6953, to ICG SD20 1023, to IC 1023, to MNA 1023) and 3 more units lead a train at Knoxville, Tennessee in December 1965.
BNSF ES44DC 7491 and Dash 9-44CWs 4894 & 4995 lead an eastbound unit coal train into the MRL yard at Helena, Montana on May 17, 2014.
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AMTK P42DCs 148 & 78 leading the eastbound Empire Builder across the Cut Bank Creek trestle at Cut Bank, Montana on May 17, 2012.
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Photo shot by my Dad, Jay Thomson, at Reliance, 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) & FP7 118 (xx-SBD 200, nee-CRR 200, to CSX 118, to CSX 418, to WVC 67) crossing the Hiwassee River bridge at Reliance, Tennessee, returning to Etowah with an excursion train.
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From the back of the card:
"If for no other reason, Duluth, Missabe & Iron Range motive power was noted for its spick-and-span appearance, a characteristic more obvious now, perhaps, becasue of the bright color scheme applied to tis Diesel locomotives. The three units in this picture, taken at Hoyt Lakes in the heart of the iron mining district served by the Duluth, Missabe & Iron Range, are 1750 engine-horsepower C-C GM-EMD SD9-models, numbered 170, 153 and 165...
Duluth, Missabe and Iron Range Railway Company"
The post card was published by Vanishing Vistas of Sacramento, CA in 1972. The photo is by Thomas C. Hoff, the text is by Robert A. Le Massena.
DMIR SD9 170 (to DLSX 170)
DMIR SD9 153
DMIR SD9 165 (to EJE 612, to CHSX 612)
UCRY 44-ton 1237 (ex-USAF 1237) on display as part of the Spencer S. Eccles Rail Center at the Utah State Railroad Museum in Ogden, Utah, on February 26, 2016.
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Photo shot by my Dad, Jay Thomson, at Atlanta, GA in July 1979
On July 7, 1979 Dad shot retired Southern Railway E8A 6904 (ex-SOU 2927, to NJ Transit 4332) in a dead line at Atlanta, GA.
This unit would soon be rebuilt by ICG before being bought by NJ Transit. It was eventually cannibalized for parts and scrapped.
Photo shot by my Dad, Jay Thomson, at Calhoun, TN in April 2014
On 15 April 2014, Dad shot NS SD40-2s 6098 (ex-NW 6098) & 6174 (ex-NW 6174) switching the Bowater plant at Calhoun, Tennessee.
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SW Ohio just West of Cincinnati near the Indiana/Ohio border.
Yesterday, we attempted to gain (legal) access to a small railroad yard which I believe is operated by the Genesee and Wyoming Inc group which owns several small regional railroads. The guys in the yard office denied us access, but I was able to get this rather extreme telephoto shot of the stationary locomotive without intruding. At the time, all I realized is that I had a shot of a colorful locomotive. It turns out that it is a RailPower RP20BD. I don't think I have ever seen one before. Apparently it is a remanufactured locomotive with green "genset" technology. It has three computer controlled engine-generator sets that operate separately so they only use the power that they need at the time.
I certainly understand and respect the safety concerns of the owners of these yards, but I sure wish there was a way to accommodate train freaks in a controlled and safe manner. Hopefully, I'll be able to find more of these colorful units working around the area.
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Photo shot by my Dad, Jay Thomson, at Jackson, TN in May 1979
On May 30, 1979 Dad shot recently retired Illinois Central C636 1100 at Jackson, TN. Even though she's only been retired a few months, she's already been canabalized for parts.
L&C crew shoves a short train down to a storage in transit yard in East Chester, South Carolina on April 22, 2019.
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Shot in April 1991 by my Dad, Jay Thomson
For a number of years in the 80s and 90s the Galveston Railroad Museum operated a regular excursion train between Galveston, TX and Houston, TX. They used two F7As, somtimes back to back and sometimes on opposite ends of the train in push-pull mode. Here #200 (ex-L&NW 47, xx-WA&G 1969, nee-SP 6309) is on one end waiting to take the train from Houston back to Galveston on a rainy day, April 23, 1991.