CP AC4400CW 9574 at Great Falls, Montana on November 14, 2013.

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Photo shot by my Dad, Jay Thomson, near Farner, TN in Nov. 2014

On November 16, 2014, Dad took this shot of GMTX GP38-2 2004 (ex-NS GP38 2723, nee-SOU 2723) from onboard the excursion train it was pulling. On this day, 2004 was sole power, running long hood forward on the first leg of the trip.

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Photo shot by my Dad, Jay Thomson, at Williston, ND in December 1998

On December 14, 1998 Dad shot BN GP38-2 2280 (ex-SLSF 425, to BNSF 2280) in the Williston, ND yard.

BN 2280 was involved in a horrendous derailment in December of 1994 and suffered massive damage, but she was rebuilt completely and is still running as BNSF 2280 today.

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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 3289 (to NS 3289), 3301 (to NS 3301), 3214 (to NS 3214) & 3284 (to NS 3284) leading a northbound unit coal train at Lake City, Tennessee.

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

On March 24, 2014, Dad shot CSX C40-8W 7872, SD50-2 8665 (ex-CSX SD50 8665, nee-CR 6751), SD40-2 8856 (ex-CR 6498) & GP40-2 6101 (ex-B&O 4202) leading a southbound freight at Etowah, Tennessee.

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

On October 14, 1997 Dad shot SEKR RS3m 143 (ex-MKT 143, nee-MKT RS3 1702) at Coffeyville, Kansas. Originally built as MKT RS3 1702, in 1959 MKT had the unit re-engined by EMD, replacing the ALCo long hood with a GP7 long hood.

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Photo shot by my Dad, Jay Thomson, at Athens, TN June 1980

Southern Railway SD40-2 3306 (to NS 3306) is stopped with its train in Athens, TN after becoming involved in an accident where it hit a John Deere model 630 tractor.

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Photo shot by my Dad, Jay Thomson, at Birmingham, AL in April 1978

On April 20, 1978 Dad shot Amtrak SDP40F 550 at Birmingham, Alabama, sitting at the engine facilities beside some Seaboard Coast Line units.

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Rock Island E6A 629 leads a westbound train through Split Rock Tunnel just outside of La Salle, Illinois in August 1950. The tunnel would soon be bypassed completely and abandoned.

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VM RS1E 1132 (ex-GMO 1132, nee-GMO RS1 1103) at Paducah, Kentucky in December 1975, still wearing its GM&O colors.

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

On June 18, 2014, Dad shot CSX AC44CW 134 at Etowah, Tennessee.

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This is only the second SD75M I've ever photographed and only the third one I've ever seen. They seem to be rarity here in Montana.

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Photo shot by my Dad, Jay Thomson, at Corbin, KY in July 1978

On July 6, 1978 Dad found L&N Slug 2051 in Corbin, Kentucky.

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P&LE MP15 1595 (to AMTK 538) at Youngstown, Ohio in August of 1977.

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Photo shot by my Dad, Jay Thomson, at Emory Gap, Tennessee in Oct. 1979

On October 14, 1979, Dad shot SOU GP38-2 5086 (to NS 5086) & GP35 2662 (to WE 2662) at the head of the train from onboard the Autumn Leaf Special at Emory Gap, Tennessee.

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Steam locomotives at the Darjeeling train yard (India)

Those two locomotives (#788 "Tusker" and -#782 "Mountaineer") are warm and ready to work. One of them will be used to pull the next train, while a spare one is kept ready in case of last-minute problems with the main one. Because it takes hours to heat-up the steam boiler, the two steam engines must be warm and ready hours before the train is scheduled to leave. A railroad worker is staying up all night and feeding coal in their furnaces to keep both engines warm.

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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BNSF Dash 9-44CWs 5458 and 4094, & C40-8W 894 (ex-ATSF 894) lead an eastbound manifest downhill and into Livingston, Montana on November 14, 2013.

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

On November 1, 2014, Dad shot HLCX SD40-2 8143 (ex-BN 8143) at Etowah, Tennessee.

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BNSF ES44DC 7261 & CSX AC44CW 544 are power on a westbound unit grain train sitting beside BNSF ES44DC 7633 & a Big Mac, which are power on a westbound stack train. Both trains are waiting at the Helena, Montana MRL depot, waiting on cleareance to head west past the site of the derailment at Austin, MT.

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UP SD70M 4452 at Silver Bow, Montana on November 27, 2013.

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BNSF Dash 9-44CW 5108 & SD70MAC 9557 lead a westbound unit coal train underneath I-90 at Garrison, Montana on November 6, 2013.

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Photo shot by my Dad, Jay Thomson, at Copperhill, TN August 1980

Cities Service Company bought Tennessee Copper in the 1960s and all of Tennessee Copper's ALCo switchers were relettered for CSC. CSC is, incidentally, the same company that, in 1965, began selling gasoline under the CITGO brand. This was, of course, before CITGO became a subsidiary of Petróleos de Venezuela S.A., the Venezuelan state-owned petroleum company.

In August 1980 Dad found CSC S6 107 (ex-Tennessee Copper 107) weighing tank cars in Copperhill, Tennessee.

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

On July 10, 2014, Dad shot CSX GP40-2 6962 (ex-CSX 4410, nee-CR 3301) & Road Slug 2362 (ex-CSX GP40 6550, nee-B&O 3775) as power for a northbound empty rail train sitting in the East Yard at Etowah, Tennessee.

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Photo shot by my Dad, Jay Thomson, at Science Hill, KY in Oct. 1976

On October 19, 1976, Dad shot SOU SD45 3144 (to NS 3144) and 2 more leading a northbound freight at Science Hill, Kentucky.

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

L&N ALCo C630 #1426 sits with an SD40-2 in Hazard, Kentucky on a hot, overcast day in July 1979.

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

On October 12, 2014, Dad shot MWCX flat bottom gondola 100070 in the CSX yard at Etowah, Tennessee.

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Photo shot by my Dad, Jay Thomson, at Corbin, KY in Sept. 1978

On September 7, 1978, Dad shot L&N C420 1319 (ex-MON 502) at Corbin, Kentucky.

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ATSF 2-10-2 1628 at Clovis, New Mexico circa 1959.

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Photo shot by my Dad, Jay Thomson, at Dante, VA in Aug. 1978

On August 5, 1978 Dad shot Clinchfield GP38-2 6001 (to SBD 6001, to CSX 2652) working the yard at Dante, Virginia. This unit is less than 2 months old in this shot.

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Photo shot by my Dad, Jay Thomson, at Counce, TN in May 1979

On May 30, 1979 Dad shot C&C SW900 902 at Counce, Tennessee.

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

Sometime in June of 1987, Dad shot SBD U23B 3321 (ex-L&N 2820, to CSX 3321, to CSRX 2820, to FGLK 2820) at Etowah, Tennessee.

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Photo shot by my Dad, Jay Thomson, at W. Knoxville, TN in April 1977

On April 28, 1977 Dad found EL SD45 3613 (to CR 6078) on an L&N train at W. Knoxville, Tennessee.

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SOU 2-8-0 395 at Birmingham, Alabama in August of 1949.

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

On April 15, 2014, Dad shot NS SD40-2 6160 (ex-NW 6160), NS B32-8 548 (ex-NS 3548) & NS SD40-2 3239 (ex-SOU 3239) idling away between assignments at Charleston, Tennessee.

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Photo shot by my Dad, Jay Thomson, at Oakdale, TN April 1983

CR SD40 6277 (ex-PC 6277, to CR 602, to HLCX 5017, to HLCX 6326) leads SOU SD45 3119 & SD40 3195 with a southbound mixed freight through Oakdale, TN in April 1983. Check out the first six boxcars - three Southern and three Burlington Northern! Fallen Flags in both locomotives and rolling stock!

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Photo shot by my Dad, Jay Thomson, at Knoxville, TN in July 1978

On July 5, 1978, Dad shot SOU NW2 1064 (ex-SOU 2273, to ASYX 4583) at Knoxville, Tennessee.

CSX AC44CW 232 in the new boxcar logo paint was the second of three units on an eastbound BNSF coal train passing through Garrison, Montana on May 7, 2014.

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Workers are using a mechanical lift to raise the rear end of steam locomotive -#902 "Victor", in the Darjeeling train yard.

Because of the heavy weight of the steam engine, three workers must put their weight together on the long steel bar they use with the lift.

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 Etowah, TN in April 1996

On April 25, 1996 Dad shot MKCX SD40M-2 9051 (ex-PLM SD40-2 3041, xx-UP SD40X 3041, nee-EMD 434B, to HLCX 6399, to TFM 1507, to HLCX 6399) in the CSX yard at Etowah, Tennessee.

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Photo shot by my Dad, Jay Thomson, at Etowah, TN in October 2000

In October 2000 Dad found CSX C40-8 7574 and Transportation Ferroviria Mexicana SD40-2 1434 on the point of a northbound mixed freight waiting to leave the Etowah, TN yard. What a lousy place for BFI to leave that dumpster, too...

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PRR E7A 4210 leads a NYC B-unit and a PC E at Cincinnai, Ohio in August of 1969.

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

On May 9, 1979, Dad shot Westmoreland Coal S2s 3 & 2 at Appalachia, Virginia.

This unnumbered electric mine locomotive was used by the Anaconda Copper Mining Co. at a mine in Butte, Montana. It is now on display at the World Museum of Mining.

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

On July 7, 1976, Dad shot SOU GP30 2528 & 1 more unit at Chattanooga, Tennessee. Both units had been involved in an accident.

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 Williston, ND in December 1997

On December 14, 1998 Dad shot this eastbound manifest at Williston, ND with BN SD40-2 7881 (ex-C&S 7881, to BNSF 7881), EMD SD40 6428 (ex-EMD 428, xx-CR 6327, nee-PRR 6074, to UP SD40-2 2823, to EMD 2823) and HLCX GP38 3700 (ex-CSX 2116, xx-B&O 4816) as power.

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Steam locomotives in the Darjeeling Train Yard (India)

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 S. Etowah, TN in Feb. 1984

On February 17, 1984, Dad shot SBD GP38-2 6053 (ex-SCL 6053, to SBD 2704, to CSX 2704), GP38AC 6232 (ex-L&N 4011, to CSX 2141, to GMTX GP38-2 2653), GP40 6796 (ex-WRA 705, to CSX 6796, to Helm 6796, to IORY GP38-2 3807, to CORP 3807), and 1 more leading the Copperhill train at S. Etowah, Tennessee.