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Photo shot by my Dad, Jay Thomson, at Corbin, KY in March 1996
CSX MoW U18B 9504 (ex-CSX 1926, xx-SBD 328, nee-SCL 328, to PICK 9504) in orange 'pumpkin' scheme sits in the yard at Corbin, Kentucky on March 24, 1996.
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Photo shot by my Dad, Jay Thomson, at Hazard, KY in Feb. 1979
On February 6, 1979, Dad shot L&N RS11 958 (ex-SCL 1210, nee-SAL 108, to NIMX 958) at Hazard, Kentucky.
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Photo shot by my Dad, Jay Thomson, at Atlanta, GA in Jan. 1986
On January 11, 1986, Dad shot SBD MP15AC 4206 (ex-SCL 4206, to CSX 1176) at Atlanta, Georgia.
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Photo shot by my Dad, Jay Thomson, at Wyoming, MI in Aug. 1979
On August 19, 1979, Dad shot C&O SW7 5223 at Wyoming, Michigan.
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Photo shot by my Dad, Jay Thomson, in South Louisville, KY August 1971
The "South Wind" was a venerable passenger train dating to the 1930s. It originated in Chicago and was operated from there to Louisville, Kentucky over the Pennsylvania Railroad. At Louisville the train made its way onto Louisville & Nashville tracks to continue south to Montgomery, AL. In Montgomery it switched over to Atlantic Coast Line rails for the run to Jacksonville, FL. In Jacksonville the train finally switched over to Florida East Coast tracks for the final run down the coast to Miami. Most things I can find about the train indicate that it often ran south all the way to Miami with Pennsylvania E units and the respective northbound counterpart often ran all the way to Chicago with ACL or FEC units. Though L&N crews operated the train from Louisville to Montgomery, they were often driving foreign power. L&N Es were usually only used if the PRR, ACL or FEC units failed.
Here, in August 1971, a few months after the formation of Amtrak, Dad caught the "South Wind", now an Amtrak operation, on its way out of Louisville with two L&N Es on the front. In the first few months, before Amtrak bought their own power (used or new) they used power provided by other railroads. Not long after this shot was taken the trains old and classic name would be changed by Amtrak to the "Floridian". Sadly, the train was cancelled completely in 1979.
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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 SD70MAC 9721 (ex-BN 9721) at Garrison, Montana on January 15, 2015.
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Photo shot by my Dad, Jay Thomson, at Nashville, TN in October 1978
On October 27, 1978 Dad shot ICG GP38-2 9574 (ex-GM&O 754) and GP10 8209 (ex-C&O GP7 5823, to PAL 8301) working an industrial spur at Nashville, Tennessee.
Photo shot by my Dad, Jay Thomson, at Etowah, TN in February 2014
On a snowy February 13, 2014, Dad shot CSX C40-8W 7892, AC60CW 608, ES44AH 3004 & ES44DC 5334 with a northbound freight, paused at the Etowah, Tennessee yard office for a crew change.
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Photo shot by my Dad, Jay Thomson, at Etowah, TN in July 1978
On July 11, 1978 Dad shot Norfolk & Western SD45 1736 at the L&N engine facilities in Etowah, TN. You can just barely see the nose of N&W GP9 902 coupled behind the SD45.
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Photo shot by my Dad, Jay Thomson, at Conasauga, TN February 1984
Even though this is after the Seaboard System merger, L&N SD40-2 3558 (to SBD 3558, to SBD 8186, to CSX 8186) has not been renumbered, patched or repainted yet. Here it helps Oneida & Western SD40-2s 9951 (to BCOL 744, to DME 6200) & 9957 (to BCOL 750) with a southbound loaded unit coal train at Conasauga, Tennessee on February 14, 1984.
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.
El cada día más difícil de ver, el papelero Silla - El Espartal, cazado entrando en la estación de Catarroja.
Photo shot by my Dad, Jay Thomson, at Etowah, TN in March 2014
On March 30, 2014, Dad shot CSX road slug 2349 (ex-CSX GP38AC 2176, xx-SBD 6267, nee-L&N 4046) at Etowah, Tennessee.
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Photo shot by my Dad, Jay Thomson, at Etowah, TN in March 1977
On March 13, 1977 Dad shot L&N SD35 1206 (to L&N 4514, to SBD 4514, CSX 4514:1) and Conrail SD45 6210 (ex-PC 6210, nee-PRR 6210) with a northbound L&N freight at Etowah, Tennessee.
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Photo shot at Belle Chasse, LA in March 1995
On March 21, 1995 I shot LDRR CF7 1501 (ex-ATSF 2622, nee-ATSF F3A 19L) - the "City of New Iberia" - at Belle Chasse, Louisiana.
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) with CSX ES44DC 5467 & AC44CW 566 leading a southbound ethanol train at Etowah, Tennessee.
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Photo shot by my Dad, Jay Thomson, at Cincinnati, OH in July 1977
On July 27, 1977 Dad shot B&O GP35 3500 (to CSX 4342, to CSX RDMT 2819) & GP40-2 4109 (to CSX 6009) with a northbound train at Cincinnati, Ohio.
Soo SD60 6053, CP SD60 6225 (ex-Soo 6025) and CEFX AC44CW 1057 are power on an eastbound mixed freight waiting on the west end of Harvey, North Dakota for clearance to proceed on.
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Photo shot by my Dad, Jay Thomson, at Etowah, TN March 1981
Family Lines-painted L&N SD40-2 3605 sits in the Etowah, TN yard in March 1981 with a Family Lines logo already fading on the side.
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Photo shot by my Dad, Jay Thomson, at Cincinnati, OH in July 1977
B&O S4 9001 (ex-535) sits in a dead line at Cincinnati, Ohio, waiting with several other retired units to be scrapped.
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Photo shot by my Dad, Jay Thomson, at Manchester, KY in July 1979
On July 19, 1979, Dad shot the outside control stand for Shamrock Coal's heavily modified S2m no# (ex-LIRR S2 439, nee-D&H 3025, to LRS 144) at Manchester, Kentucky.
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Photo shot by my Dad, Jay Thomson, at Bulls Gap, TN in June 1980
On June 21, 1980, Dad shot SOU GP38-2 5052 (to NS 5052) at Bulls Gap, Tennessee.
BNSF SD70MAC 9430 (ex-BN 9430) at Garrison, Montana on May 7, 2014.
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BNSF SD70MAC 9922 at Glendive, Montana on January 31, 2016.
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MRL GP35 403 (ex-OMLX 3039, nee-DRGW 3039) working an industry at Logan, Montana on November 14, 2013.
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Photo shot by my Dad, Jay Thomson, at Stockbridge, GA in July 1978
On July 22, 1978, Dad shot VULX GE 80-ton 4061 (ex-USN 65-00263) at Stockbridge, Georgia.
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Photo shot by my Dad, Jay Thomson, at Independence, KY in Sept. 1976
In September 1976 Dad shot L&N C630 1432 and SD40-2 1268 (to SBD 1268, to SBD 8172, to CSX 8172, to CSX 2427) drifting back downhill after helping a coal train over the hill at Independence, Kentucky.
BNSF SD70ACe 9371 shoves on the end of a westbound unit coal train meeting a eastbound mixed freight lead by BNSF SD70ACe 8765, ES44C4 6626, ES44AC 5874 & Dash 9-44CW 4402 at Garrison, Montana on November 6, 2013.
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History taken from Wikipedia:
The Dakota Southern Railway (reporting mark DSRC) is a railway that runs 189.7 miles (305.0 km) between Kadoka, South Dakota and Mitchell, South Dakota. It connects with the BNSF Railway in Mitchell.
The line is part of a former Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad (CMStP&P) secondary built between Marquette, Iowa and Rapid City, South Dakota during the period of 1880 and 1907. The line lost profitability and was embargoed in 1980 and subsequently bought by the South Dakota Department of Transportation, which still owns the tracks. The purchase was orchestrated by Governor Bill Janklow.
The Dakota Southern also operated a line from Napa, South Dakota to Platte, South Dakota from 1985-1989.
The railway originally hauled large amounts of grain, but this business became unprofitable in the late 1990s. Between 2000 and 2007, the railway had just one customer—a box factory in Mitchell, South Dakota, and thus no trains passed that point. In 2005, however, the railway obtained a haulage agreement with BNSF to allow it to operate to Sioux City, where it could transfer with the Union Pacific Railroad and the Canadian National Railway, making grain service profitable again. After track repairs, service briefly resumed as far as Presho, South Dakota in the fall of 2007. While the line still officially goes all the way to Kadoka, a grade crossing in Vivian, South Dakota is currently paved over, as well as one in Belvidere.
On October 1, 2009 new owners took over the day to day operations of the railroad. They planned to rehabilitate the entire line to Murdo over the next 3 years. The first year was to be from Mitchell to White Lake, the 2nd year to Chamberlain and in the 3rd year rehabilitation would be carried out to Murdo.
In the spring of 2011 a 16 million dollar Federal Tiger grant was secured to help finance the 28 million dollar rebuild of 61.6 miles of the line between Mitchell and Chamberlain. Work began in late May 2011. According to former railroad owner Alex Huff, the 65 pound rail will be replaced with 136, 132 and 115 pound rail. As a result of the rebuilding, two competing companies have proposed building 110 car shuttle loading facilities near Kimball, South Dakota.
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Photo shot by my Dad, Jay Thomson, at Atlanta, GA in March 1978
On March 26, 1978, Dad shot SOU U23B 3936 at Atlanta, Georgia.
Nevada Northern VO-1000 801 (ex-KCCX 801, xx-KCCX 80, nee-B&G 801) in the shop at Ely, Nevada on February 25, 2016.
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Photo shot by my Dad, Jay Thomson, at Crawford, KY April 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 April 1979, SECX GP20 (GP21) 2003 (ex-UP GP20 479, nee-UP 709), still looking newly painted sits in Crawford, Kentucky in a siding as another train passes by (note the Conrail blue caboose almost out of sight on the right). 2003 is hauling brand new GP38-2s 3821, 3823 & 3822 in after taking delivery of them.
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Photo shot by my Dad, Jay Thomson, at Hazard, KY in March 1979
On March 5, 1979, Dad shot L&N RS11 950 ex-SCL 1202, nee-SAL 100) leading a work train at Hazard, Kentucky.
IC 4-6-0 382 (ex-CRR 99) is a recreation of the famous engine Casey Jones was onboard when he died in a crash. The engine was built by Baldwin as Clinchfield 99, later purchased by the Casey Jones Museum and refurbished by the Iselin shops into a replica of 382. It is now on display with an RPO car and a caboose at the Casey Jones Village in Jackson, Tennessee. Taken on January 30, 2013.
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Photo from the collection of my Dad, Jay T. Thomson; Photo by Tom Rankin
MILW H-10-44 771 (ex-MILW 1813) at Savanna, Illinois on August 28, 1977.
BNSF SD70MAC 9552 (ex-BN 9552) pulls the bulk of the Garrison Turn train into the yard at Garrison, Montana on September 4, 2014. The Big Mac was struggling hard to pull this heavy string of cars.
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A steam locomotive pulling a passenger train from the Darjeeling train station (India)
The locomotive is configured backward on this train (it is going towards the left on the photo). Not that it makes a big difference, since those locomotives can be used equally in either direction.
View more photos of the Darjeeling Himalayan Railway.
The Darjeeling Himalayan Railway, locally known as the "Toy Train", is a 2 ft (610 mm) narrow gauge railway that runs between New Jalpaiguri and Darjeeling (India). It is still operated by vintage British-built B Class steam locomotives. Operations between Siliguri and Kurseong have been temporarily suspended since 2010 following a Landslide at Tindharia (view photos of the landslide).
For more info about the DHR steam locomotives, read en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DHR_778_(locomotive) and www.irfca.org/docs/locolists/dhr-locos-full.html.
For more information about the Darjeeling Steam-powered Train, read en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darjeeling_Himalayan_Railway.
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Photo shot by my Dad, Jay Thomson, at Atlanta, GA in March 1978
On March 26, 1978, Dad shot SOU GP38-2 5159 (to NS 5159) at Atlanta, Georgia.
ILSX SD9 1374 (ex-DMIR 155) wears lettering for the Dakota Quality Grain Cooperative as it sits with a string of covered hoppers at the DQGC elevator in Ross, North Dakota on December 11, 2009.
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Photo shot by my Dad, Jay Thomson, at Etowah, TN in April 1979
On April 15, 1979 Dad caught this southbound L&N unit coal train entering the yard at Etowah, TN. The train is coming through the old coaling tower that would only stand for a few more years. A highway bridge now occupies the space the tower once occupied. On the point is Southern Pacific SD40 8452, Louisville & Nashville C628 1410 & Southern Pacific U33C 8640.
UP ES44AC 5522 near Milton, North Dakota on January 29, 2016.
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