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Sometime in Early 2000, I caught unpatched SP GP35R 6354 (ex-SP GP35 6608, nee-SP 7711, to DMVW 6354), along with patched but unrepainted DMVW GP35R 6315 (ex-SP 6315, nee-SP GP35 7744) & DMVW GP35R 6306 (ex-SP 6306, xx-SP GP35 6569, nee-SP 7457) working the small SOO Line yard at Max, North Dakota.

Seven years later, I would shoot 6354 & 6306 again, only this time wearing DMVW colors.

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Photo shot by my Dad, Jay Thomson, at Middlesboro, KY in Sept. 1980

On September 27, 1980, Dad shot SOU GP30s 2597 (to BN GP39E 2764, to BNSF 2754) & 2579 (to NS 2579, to NS 5197) at Middlesboro, Kentucky.

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Photo shot by my Dad, Jay Thomson, at Erwin, TN in July 1980

Sometime in July of 1980, Dad shot Clinchfield NW3 361 (ex-GN 180, nee-GN 5405) at Erwin, Tennessee.

Photo shot by my Dad, Jay Thomson, at Delano, TN in April 2014

On April 16, 2014, Dad shot CSX C40-8W 7884, C40-8 7574 & SD60I 8735 (ex-CR 5609) leading a southbound unit tank train at Delano, Tennessee.

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Photo shot by my Dad, Jay Thomson, at Corbin, KY in March 1979

On March 2, 1979, Dad shot L&N C420 1319 (ex-MON 502) at Corbin, Kentucky.

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Photo shot by my Dad, Jay Thomson, at Etowah, TN in Jan. 1987

On January 8, 1987 Dad shot CSX U30B 5329 (ex-C&O 8201) at Etowah, Tennessee.

Oakley neighborhood of Cincinnati, Ohio. You can't see much of it in this shot, but this is Canadian Pacific (CP) 5678 which is an EMD SD40-2 locomotive built in 1974 with serial number A3123.

These days, it is difficult to get near trains in train yards. This one was sitting on some tracks near where I live. Since the CP doesn't operate anywhere around here, I'm assuming that the engine was sold or leased to a company that operates locally like the Indiana and Ohio RR that has a yard near here.

If you do a Google search of CP #5678, you can find several photos of this engine in it's heyday when it's paint was fresh and beautiful.

Photo shot by my Dad, Jay Thomson, at Charleston, TN in April 2014

Part 97 in an ongoing study of diesel locomotive cabs.

The cab of NS SD40-2 3549 (ex-HLCX 7191, nee-BN 7191) at Charleston, Tennessee on 15 April 2014.

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Photo shot by my Dad, Jay Thomson, at Moss, VA in May 1979

On May 2, 1979 Dad shot Clinchfield SD45-2 3622 (to SBD 3622, to SBD 8980, to CSX 8980, to MRL 306), GP7 912 (to GP16 4613, to SBD 4613, to CSX 1713, to RJCR 1713) & SD45-2 3623 (to SBD 3623, to SBD 8981, to CSX 8981, to MRL 307) leading a unit coal train at Moss, Virginia.

29 years later, I would shoot the 3623 as MRL 307 in Livingston, Montana.

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Photo from the collection of my Dad, Jay T. Thomson; Unknown Photographer

SCL GP7s 939 (ex-SAL 1759, to SCL GP16 4766, to SBD 4766, to CSX 4766) and 935 (ex-SAL 1755) work a local at an unknown location c. 1970.

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Photo shot by my Dad, Jay Thomson, at Etowah, TN in Jan. 1988

Sometime in January 1988 Dad shot C&O SD40 7503 (to CSX SD40-2 8362) as sole power on a northbound unit train in the Etowah, Tennessee yard.

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SN GP7 711 (ex-WP 711, to UP 113) at Sacramento, California on December 10, 1971.

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Photo shot by my Dad, Jay Thomson, at Hazard, KY in March 1979

On March 19, 1979, Dad shot L&N C420 1323 (ex-MON 506) at Hazard, Kentucky.

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Photo shot by my Dad, Jay Thomson, at DeCoursey, KY in October 1976

On October 10, 1976 Dad shot brand new Blue Mesa & Lake Powell hopper 332 in DeCoursey, KY. The hopper is on its way from the builder to the BMLP. This is probably the last time this car was on other than home rails.

BNSF Dash 9-44CWs 4158 & 5687 topping Mullan Pass at Blossburg, Montana, just after exiting the tunnel on August 17, 2014. There was a quartet of MRL SD70ACes cut into the middle of the consist as well, and the radio chatter indicated that one of them kept cutting in and out but they couldn't figure out which one it was by the time I moved on and was out of range.

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Photo shot by my Dad, Jay Thomson, at Etowah, TN in March 1986

In March of 1986, Dad shot SBD SD45 8910 (ex-SBD 2010, nee-SCL 2010, to MRL 8910, to MRL 378), C30-7 7067 (ex-L&N 7067, to CSX 7067, to CSX slug 1837) & 1 more leading a northbound autorack train at Etowah, Tennessee.

The Benwood and Wheeling Connecting Railway Company was chartered January 20, 1900 and controlled by the National Tube Company. A short line railroad, it spanned just 3.08 miles, .79 being operated under lease of the B&O. "It's entire business is the interchanging of the freight traffic between the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, the Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway, the Wheeling Terminal Railway, the Pennsylvania Company and the Wheeling and Lake Erie Railroad; completing the transportation movement between these several railroads and the glass furnaces, steel works, rolling mills, tube works of the National Tube Company, coke yards of the Semet-Solvay Company and to the several industries located on the east bank of the Ohio River."

[State of West Virginia Public Service Commission, Sixth Annual Report for the Period Beginning July 1, 1918 and Ending June 30, 1919]

- photo from the collections of the Ohio County Public Library Archives.

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Photo shot by my Dad, Jay Thomson, at Etowah, TN in Nov. 2014

Part 136 in an ongoing study of diesel locomotive cabs.

The cab of CSX SD80MAC 4592 (ex-CSX 802, nee-CR 4107) at Etowah, Tennessee on November 23, 2014. This unit will soon become NS 7219 as it and all of its fellow 80MACs are being traded to NS for some SD40-2s.

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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 5179 (to NS 5179) at Atlanta, Georgia.

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Photo shot by my Dad, Jay Thomson, at Etowah, TN in Jan. 1979

On January 15, 1979, Dad shot L&N SD40-2 1267 (to SBD 1267, to SBD 8171, to CSX 8171, to CSX 2425) at Etowah, Tennessee.

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Photo shot by my Dad, Jay Thomson, at at Sharonville, OH in Aug. 1979

On August 23, 1979 Dad shot CR GP20 2112 (ex-PC 2112, nee-NYC 6114) at Sharonville, Ohio.

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Photo shot by my Dad, Jay Thomson, at Corbin, KY c. 1971

Circa 1971, Dad shot SOU SD45 3131 (to HLCX 3131) and 3 more SOU units running light towards their train at Corbin, Kentucky.

CSX ES44AH 709 at Big Timber, Montana on December 12, 2014.

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Photo shot by my Dad, Jay Thomson, at Etowah, TN in October 2014

On October 12, 2014, Dad shot HS boxcar 6809 at Etowah, Tennessee's CSX yard.

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Photo shot by my Dad, Jay Thomson, at Coffeyville, KS in October 1997

On October 14, 1997 Dad shot SKOL GP35 789 (ex-UP 789, nee-WP 3009, to WAMX GP35R 3506) at Coffeyville, Kansas.

RARW GP39-2 1011 (ex-KCCX 905) approaching Butte, Montana on December 9, 2013, with snow on the ground and temps just barely above 0° F.

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Photo shot by my Dad, Jay Thomson, at Etowah, TN in December 1978

On December 10, 1978 Dad shot L&N GP30 1021 (to SBD 1352, to CSX RDMT 2270) at the Etowah, TN roundhouse.

BNSF ES44C4 6949 at Great Falls, Montana on August 22, 2013.

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Photo shot by my Dad, Jay Thomson, at Etowah, TN December 1982

On the eve of the Seaboard System merger, L&N GP38 4016 (to SBD 4016, to SBD 6237, to CSX 2146, to LLPX 2011) was painted into what was effectively the final L&N paint scheme. It is the Seaboard System scheme for the upcoming merger, but bearing the L&N reporting marks on the side of the cab in Family Lines System style.

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Photo shot by my Dad, Jay Thomson, at Rockwood, TN in July 1976

On July 24, 1976, Dad shot SOU FP7s 6138 (ex-CNOTP 6138, to SOU 3496, to RJCC 1941), 6130 (ex-CNO&TP 6130), 6139 (ex-CNO&TP 6139), 6142 (ex-CNO&TP 6142) & 6140 (ex-CNO&TP 6140) leading a freight at Rockwood, Tennessee.

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Photo shot by my Dad, Jay Thomson, at Roddy, TN in July 1976

On July 24, 1976, Dad shot SOU FP7s 6138 (ex-CNOTP 6138, to SOU 3496, to RJCC 1941), 6130 (ex-CNO&TP 6130), 6139 (ex-CNO&TP 6139), 6142 (ex-CNO&TP 6142) & 6140 (ex-CNO&TP 6140) leading a freight at Roddy, Tennessee.

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Photo shot by my Dad, Jay Thomson, at Etowah, TN in March 1980

On March 8, 1980, Dad shot O&W SD40-2 9953 (to BCOL 746) 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.

And you thought Baldwin made pianos :-)

This 1946 Diesel was just one of over 70,500 locomotives made by the Baldwin Locomotive Company and its successors. The best company in steam locomotives got burned by not switching to diesel soon enough.

The Mississippi Historical Marker states:

"Baldwin Locomotive No. 601

Built in 1946 as the first Road Switcher of its type in U.S. Columbus and Greenville Railway's first diesel powered locomotive. Retired in 1984 after 38 years on freight and passenger trains"

This engine is parked in front of the beautiful old red brick entrance to the old maintenance shop of the Columbus and Greenville Railway. Note that the maintenance shop significantly predates the engine as the shop entrance is too small for the engine - we are talking OLD.

- Link to GAGY Baldwins: www.hawkinsrails.net/shortlines/cagy/cagy_bald.htm

- Link to Baldwin Locomotive Works: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baldwin_Locomotive_Works

- Started by a jewler/siversmith, the first Baldwin locomotive was completed on November 23, 1832 and production ceased in 1956 after more than 70,500 locomotives had been produced. Baldwin is a revered name for train fans.

- Links to GAG Railroad Company:

--- hawkinsrails.net/shortlines/cagy/cagy.htm

--- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbus_and_Greenville_Railway

BNSF SD70ACe 9285 at the Great Falls, Montana roundhouse June 21, 2010.

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CIL 2-8-2 552 at Louisville, Kentucky on May 31, 1937. The engine was built by Schenectady in October 1918.

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Photo shot by my Dad, Jay Thomson, at Etowah, TN in March 1999

Sometime in March of 1999, Dad shot HLCX SD40M-3 6522 (ex-DRGW SD45 5334) at Etowah, Tennessee.

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Photo shot by my Dad, Jay Thomson, in Etowah, TN January 1984

January '84 found this venerable old U25C, an ex-L&N unit, sitting at the Etowah, TN engine facilities.

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Photo shot by my Dad, Jay Thomson, in Habersham, TN June 1978

A Family Lines painted ALCO C628 smokes it up as it another big ALCO hauld a heavy train through Habersham, TN. I still think the Family Lines paint looked better on the ALCOs than on EMDs or GEs.

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Photo shot by my Dad, Jay Thomson, at Norton, VA in July 1982

On July 24, 1982, Dad shot N&W SD45 1769 at Norton, Virginia.

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Photo shot by my Dad, Jay Thomson, at Etowah, TN in February 1984

On February 26, 1984, a little over a year after the Seaboard System merger, Dad shot SBD SD40 8284 (ex-CRR 3009, to SBD 8343, to CSX SD40-2 8343)

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BAR F3A 46 (ex-BAR 506A, to RTI 56, to ARRX 56, to DLW 663) and a geep at an unknown location circa 1965.

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Photo shot by my Dad, Jay Thomson, at Lake City, TN in April 1984

On April 2, 1984 Dad shot SOU SD40-2s 3240 (to NS 3240) & 3204 (to NS 3204) and SD40 3175 (to NS 3175) as mid-train slaves on a northbound unit coal train at Lake City, Tennessee.

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Photo shot by my Dad, Jay Thomson, at Loyall, KY c.1971

Circa 1971, Dad shot L&N SD40 1244 (to SBD 1244, to SBD 8320, to CSX 8320, to CSX SD40-2 8320) & SD35 1215 (ex-L&N 1221, to L&N 4507, to SBD 4507, to CSX 4507) leading southbound train #265 at Loyall, Kentucky.

BNSF ES44C4 6636 at Helena, Montana on October 1, 2013.

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BNSF SD70ACe 9371 at Garrison, Montana on November 6, 2013.

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The Benwood and Wheeling Connecting Railway Company was chartered January 20, 1900 and controlled by the National Tube Company. A short line railroad, it spanned just 3.08 miles, .79 being operated under lease of the B&O. "It's entire business is the interchanging of the freight traffic between the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, the Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway, the Wheeling Terminal Railway, the Pennsylvania Company and the Wheeling and Lake Erie Railroad; completing the transportation movement between these several railroads and the glass furnaces, steel works, rolling mills, tube works of the National Tube Company, coke yards of the Semet-Solvay Company and to the several industries located on the east bank of the Ohio River."

[State of West Virginia Public Service Commission, Sixth Annual Report for the Period Beginning July 1, 1918 and Ending June 30, 1919]

- photo from the collections of the Ohio County Public Library Archives.

▶ Visit the Library's Wheeling History website

The photos on the Ohio County Public Library's Flickr site may be freely used by non-commercial entities for educational and/or research purposes as long as credit is given to the "Ohio County Public Library, Wheeling WV." These photos may not be reproduced in any format for profit or other presentation without the permission of The Ohio County Public Library.

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Photo shot by my Dad, Jay Thomson, at Atlanta, GA in Sept. 1981

On September 16, 1981, Dad shot SOU GP38s 2780 and 2766 (to NS 2766, to NS GP38-2 5623) leading a train at Atlanta, Georgia.

The museum was closed and gates locked, so this was the best shot I could get of Butte, Anaconda and Pacific GE Boxcab #47 (built in December 1914) and a short train on static display in Butte, Montana March 11, 2013.

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Photo shot by my Dad, Jay Thomson, at East Point, GA in July 1973

Savannah & Atlanta 4-6-2 750 under steam pulling a Southern Railway excursion train by the tower at East Point, Georgia on July 5, 1973. This unit was one of the earliest used in Southern's excursion program of the early 70s. Today this beauty - built by ALCo in 1915 for the Florida East Coast as their #80 and sold to the S&A in 1935 - is preserved at the Southeastern Railway Museum in Duluth, GA.