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Photo shot by my Dad, Jay Thomson, near Appalachia, TN January 1996
A closer shot of CSX MoW Pumpkin U23B 9550 crossing the bridge over Highway 68 at Appalachia, TN.
Brand new NS 4694 heads east through Lilly, PA, as the train approaches Carneys Crossing where a group of fellow rails buffs await the engine’s shine.
This Dash 9 was headed away from the engine facilities into the yard at Laurel, Montana. I never saw it again the rest of the day so I don't know where it went.
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Yellowstone Valley Railroad GP35L awaits assignment at the Sidney, MT yard office. I wish that pickup (and another out of frame) hadn't been parked in front of the unit. You can still make out the lettering for Eastern Idaho Railroad ("The Snake River Route") on the sides. One of this units sisters, #3503, appears in the new issue of Trains magazine.
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Photo shot by my Dad, Jay Thomson, at Etowah, TN in January 2008
AC6000CW 5014 was sitting in the east yard at Etowah, TN on January 8, 2008 with a southbound Georgia Power unit coal train.
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Photo shot by my Dad, Jay Thomson, at Corbin, KY in August 1997
On August 8, 1997 Dad found CSX GP38-2 2526 (ex-SBD 2526, nee-SCL 526), GP40-2 6072 (ex-C&O 4173) & GP38-2 2540 (ex-SBD 2540, nee-SCL 540) idling at Corbin, KY.
Thank-you for viewing my artist impression of CPR Steam Engine No. 374
CPR ENGINE 374 , holds very fond and unique childhood memories for me.
As a youngster, I lived blocks from the beach, where this old engine was displayed.
Every child in the area, myself included, played on this train regularly.
We climbed in, over and under the well loved, weathered ( at that time ) vintage structure.
It was a valued piece of history and such a great prop for developing the imaginations of young minds.
What could possibly be more fun, than pretending to be engineers on this historic old train, waving out the open window frames, stoking the steam engine, steering the train down the track, checking the wheels, and mimicking train and whistle sounds etc.
Examples of vintage steam engine sounds:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=1oJAVJPX0YY
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZbzU-1oiCgk
This grand ole lady recently celebrated her 130th Anniversary, and I was elated to spend this day with her, once again.
The volunteer staff from the West Coast Railway Association, used a heavy duty wench system to pull her outside into the great outdoors. It was a beautiful sight to see her outside the Roundhouse Museum, basking in the sunshine, as she once stood (in my mind's eye), so many years ago.
Engine No. 374 is the Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) locomotive that pulled the first transcontinental passenger train to arrive in Vancouver, arriving on May 23, 1887.
This was a year after sister Engine No. 371 brought the first train to cross Canada into Port Moody, roughly 20 miles (32 km) to the east.
History: ( As per Wikipedia )
No. 374 was built by the CPR in 1886 and was one of eight similar steam locomotives built that year in their Montreal shops.
While No. 371 was scrapped in 1915, No. 374 was completely rebuilt in 1914 and continued in service until 1945. Because of its historical significance, it was donated to the City of Vancouver upon its retirement, who placed it on display in Kitsilano Beach Park. It suffered greatly from exposure to the elements and a lack of upkeep. It remained there until 1983, when a group of railway enthusiasts launched an effort to restore the engine in time for Expo 86. It was moved from the beach and spent the next few years in different warehouses around Vancouver while a crew of volunteers undertook the task of restoring the engine. Completed in time for Expo, No. 374 was put on display on the turntable at the renovated former CPR Drake Street Roundhouse where it became a prime attraction.
In 1988 the Expo 86 site, including the Drake Street Roundhouse, was sold to Concord Pacific, and in the course of the False Creek North Development Plan, the developer agreed to convert and expand the buildings to comprise the Roundhouse Community Centre. The Community Centre was designed by Baker McGarva Hart and completed in 1997. The plan for the development had made no mention of the 374 and it was temporarily housed inside the roundhouse itself while it was decided what to do with the engine.
Successful fundraising efforts were undertaken by the Vancouver Parks Board and the Lions Club, among others, and a year later the new Engine 374 Pavilion was completed.
Now a central feature of the Yaletown area redevelopment, the Engine 374 Pavilion is open daily for public viewing from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. during the summer and 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the winter. An anniversary celebration is held annually on the Sunday before Victoria Day. The pavilion is staffed entirely by volunteers from the West Coast Railway Association and on average sees roughly 41,000 visitors per year as of 2015.
A special thanks to you all, for taking the time to view and acknowledge my photography.
I appreciate your visits & kind words of support.
~Christie by the River
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Back in June of 2006, I caught the L&C Railway on a Saturday run bringing a cut of car to the Norfolk Southern interchsnge in downtown Chester. The train is hauling empty coal cars that have come from the Springs Grace Plant in Lancaster a year or two before it shut down for good. Also of note are the three LLPX GP38s sitting at the interchange waiting to be picked up by NS. The railroad had four GP38-2 coming from GATX Rail and one of those locomotives were on the train moving toward us.
This locomotive was built in 1978 as Conrail #8230, to Norfolk Southern #5364. NS then sold it t Helms Leasing (HLCX) who renumbered it to #3819 before selling it to the L&C as the same number. L&C owner Gulf & Ohio Railways then sent the unit to the L&C's sister company Yadkin Valley Railroad as YVRR #3819 after doing some work to it in Knoxville as well as giving it the G&O corporte sheme.
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Photo shot by my Dad, Jay Thomson, near Crawford, NE 10/11/1997
Dad shot these two Nebkota F9s at the same time I did --> www.flickr.com/photos/hunter1828/450192227 Not surprisingly, his shot is much better than mine. :)
U class 1638 through Freshfield Curve on the Bluebell Railway with a service train. 13th April 2010. More of the U classes at davebowles.smugmug.com/Railways/Southern-Region/SR-U-clas...
Former VIA Rail FP9ARM with the road number 6510. Sitting on static display at Kam Park in Thunder Bay.
Thunder Bay, Ontario.
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Photo shot by my Dad, Jay Thomson, at San Francisco, CA in January 1977
On January 5, 1977 Dad shot Southern Pacific SW1200 2278 working the commuter yard in San Francisco, California.
BNSF SD70MAC 9960 on the point of an empty unit coal train at Great Falls, MT on September 4, 2008.
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CSXT 7580 leads a high and wide load through Columbia, South Carolina and is seen here approaching Tryon Street. CSXT 7580 is a General Electric C40-8 built in 1989.
Former VIA Rail FP9ARM with the road number 6510. Sitting on static display at Kam Park in Thunder Bay.
Thunder Bay, Ontario
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An ex-BNSF (BN) SD40-2 now belonging to First Union Rail sits at the refueling facilities of BNSF's Minot, ND Gavin Yards.
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Burlington Northern Santa Fe Train passing northbound through Naomi, PA along Rt 906 and the Monongahela River.
Photo shot by my Dad, Jay Thomson, at Etowah, TN in May 2008
On May 27, 2008 Dad found GCFX SD40-2 3058 (ex-CP 5628) on a southbound CSX slow freight in the Etowah, TN yard.
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This Dash 9 and another were sitting by the MRL yard office in Laurel, MT, probably waiting on a new crew.
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ES44DC 7762 leads a Dash 9-44CW and an SD40-2 with a hotshot westbound TOFC past an eastbound freight. She's got a clear block and a green signal as she highballs on west.
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Dash 9 5367 was running down to the west end of the yard with an SD70MAC (which I rarely see in Great Falls) to pick up their train and head west.
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Foreign power leads a Norfolk Southern wood chip train past the Amtrak platform in Columbia, South Carolina in 2010. Until these trains were anulled, they were always a faorite of mine to catch as they seemed to have the best power to shoot of other trains in the area. BNSF and Union Pacific power was common place as were the Norfolk Southern heritage units. BNSF 7618 is a General Electric ES44DC built in 2005.
CSX SD60I 8742 is ex-Conrail 5628. I was pretty excited to find this one up in Shelby, MT - a long way from home and going farther as it was on a westbound mixed freight about to depart.
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Foreign power leads a CSX train past a second CSX train in Richmond, North Carolina about twenty years ago. Both trains are heading to Hamlet.
Photo shot by my Dad, Jay Thomson, at Etowah, TN in June 2008
On June 19, 2008 Dad found CSX AC60CW 612 on a southbound slow freight at Etowah, TN. Note the capped stack. No idea what's wrong or why the stack is capped, but I've seen a shot of this unit taken less than two weeks earlier and it was under power and in the lead.
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In June 2006, a Lancaster and Chester has dropped off interhange cars for Norfolk Southern to pick up in downtown Chester and are going to tie down for the night. GMTX GP38-2 is on point. Meanwhile, three LLPX GP38s are waiting for NS to pick them up as well. In a few weeks time, they woukd tske delivery of an additional three GMTX motors.
Several Dash 9s were sitting in the Great Falls engine facilities today but this was the only one I could get a good shot of.
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Found two Norfolk Southern GEs on an eastbound BNSF mixed freight in Malta, MT, including this nearly new ES40DC. I laughed when I noticed "Under Warranty" stenciled under the cab.
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The railroad yard in Jefferson City Missouri with the State Capitol in the background by Notley Hawkins Photography. Taken with a Canon EOS 5D Mark III camera with a Canon EF24-105mm f/4L IS USM lens at Æ’/16.0 with a 30 second exposure. Processed with Adobe Lightroom 5.7 and DXO OpticsPro 10.
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St. Louis - San Francisco Railway Company ("Frisco") 4501
Build Date: 1942
Builder: Baldwin Locomotive Works
Current Status: Static
Road: St. Louis - San Francisco Railway Company ("Frisco")
Configuration: 4-8-4
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A BNSF Dash 9 in ATSF Warbonnet paint sits in the Great Falls, MT engine facilities early in the morning of August 6, 2007.
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MRL SD40-2XR 264 (ex-C&NW SD40 877) with a work train at West Garrison, Montana on June 11, 2015.
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CP AC4400CW 8541 at Great Falls, MT June 5, 2007.
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CP AC4400CWs 9602 & 9762 roll slowly into the west end of the Harvey, ND yard with a unit tanker train on May 2, 2007.
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Photo shot by my Dad, Jay Thomson, at Etowah, TN in April 2008
On April 25, 2008 Dad found CSX Road Slug 2353 (ex-CSX GP40 6639, nee-B&O 4064) at Etowah, TN.
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Photo shot by my Dad, Jay Thomson, in Etowah, TN in 1986
Dad caught a northbound empthy unit coal train entering the south end of the Etowah, TN yard on an October day in 1986. Three nearly new SD50s and an older SD40-2, all in Seaboard System paint, were leading the train.
First shot in a four-shot series. ES44DC 7762 leads a Dash 9 and a Santa Fe blue-and-yellow SD40-2 on a slow rolling pass of an eastbound mixed freight at Snowden, MT. In just a few moments both trains will be clear and 7762 will begin to pick up speed.
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5188 was leading a CSX SD60I and an Alstom rebuilt SD40-3 with a westbound mixed freight ready to depart the Shelby, MT yard.
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Photo shot by my Dad, Jay Thomson, at Etowah, TN in July 2008
On July 16, 2008 Dad found CSX SD60I 8726 (ex-CR 5585) sitting at Etowah, TN after having been dropped there by a train.
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Photo shot by my Dad, Jay Thomson, at Etowah, TN in April 2009
Dad shot CSX GP40-2 6484 (ex-CSX 6270, nee-C&O 4372) and Road Slug 2290 (ex-CSX GP35 4390, nee-B&O 3550) being refeuled at Etowah, TN on April 16, 2009.
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An engineer aboard L&C EMD SD60M #8784 shoves back and a conductor rides the last car in a move at Jones-Hamilton just outside Richburg, SC. The lead ocomotive i ex-CSX #8784 and was built as Conrail 5567
A detail view of the nose of an old Soo Line 2-8-0 steam engine being restored by the city of Harvey, ND.
For a shot of the entire engine see here --> www.flickr.com/photos/hunter1828/492800837/
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I made this shot in 2009 of Lancaster and Chester Railway EMD SW900 90 sitting over the weekend in Lancaster, South Carolina. She was built for the L&C in 1965, but was sold off in recent years by the railroad's new owner in favor of bigger motive power.
The 6415 was built for the Detroit, Toledo & Ironton. She woukd eventually get SCFR lettering. Some years after this shot and after Genessee & Wyoming had taken the South Carolina Central, she was sent to the Chicago, Fort Wayne and Eastern where she would get the GWI corporate paint and be renumbered to CFE 3024.