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Photo shot by my Dad, Jay Thomson, at Etowah, TN in Aug. 1977
Sometime in August of 1977, Dad shot L&N GP30 1038 (to SBD 1369) at Etowah, Tennessee.
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Photo shot by my Dad, Jay Thomson, in Morley, TN
A couple of ALCO RS3s on a southbound mine run cross Bridge #64 near Morley, TN on a cold winter day in the early 1970s.
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Photo shot by my Dad, Jay Thomson, at Knoxville, TN in Jan. 1995
On January 26, 1995, Dad shot CSX SD40-2 8457 (ex-PAL SD40 3037, xx-MP 3037, nee-MP 737) and C30-7 7029 (ex-SBD 7029, nee-SCL 7029, to CSX RCPHG6 9303) with train R549 at West Knoxville, Tennessee.
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Photo shot by my Dad, Jay Thomson, at Cincinnati, OH in June 1981
On June 18, 1981 Dad shot AMTK F40PH 359 with The Cardinal moments before we boarded for the ride to Chicago.
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Photo shot by my Dad, Jay Thomson, at Etowah, TN in Oct. 1989
Sometime in October of 1989, Dad shot CSX SD40 8304 (ex-SBD 8304, xx-SBD 1228, nee-L&N 1228) leading a GE and another unit with a southbound unit coal train at South Etowah, Tennessee.
Part four in my ongoing Diesel Cab series.
This is the cab of Montana Rail Link SDP40-2XR #290. This rare unit is ex-BN SDP40 9851/xx-BN 6395/nee-GN 321 and was rebuilt to Dash 2 specs by MRL after they acquired it in 1989.
On March 5, 2008 I saw this very rare unit in Helena, MT and took a shot, but it wasn't a great one. I posted that one on my Flickr gallery that night and commented that I wished I'd been able to get a better shot. Ask and ye shall receive! Two days later - March 7th - it was in Livingston, MT and not only that but the train it helped over Bozeman Pass was kind enough to set it out right in front of me!
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Photo shot by my Dad, Jay Thomson, March 1981
On a sunny early spring day in Alabama, Dad found these two old workhorses sitting beside the L&N depot in Bridgeport. While the lead unit and the caboose are already repainted in Family Lines paint, the second geep is still wearing L&N paint.
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Photo shot by my Dad, Jay Thomson, near Morley, TN January 1977
Two ALCo C420s lead a mine run out of a tunnel and across a bridge near Morley, TN on a cold, snowy day in January 1977.
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Photo shot by my Dad, Jay Thomson, at Hattiesburg, MS Sept. 1981
Bonhomie & Hattiesburg Southern 2-8-2 #300 on display in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. The B&HS was just one of four railroads the Illinois Central absorbed in 1972 when the IC became the Illinois Central Gulf.
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Photo shot by my Dad, Jay Thomson, at Alcoa, TN Summer 1971
In the early summer of 1971 Dad shot L&N RS3 155 working the Alcoa South Plant at Alcoa, TN. That old RS3 isn't the only cool thing in the shot. Check out that old New Haven box car right behind it!
For the second time in a month a set of Big Macs - this time a trio of all BNSF units - were pulling a long string of empty coal hoppers out of storage on the semi-abandoned Helena branch. I read an article last month in Trains about the increased production in the Powder River Basin and I'm guessing that's why these cars are being removed from storage.
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Photo shot by my Dad, Jay Thomson, at Knoxville, TN in Dec. 1986
Sometime in December 1986 Dad shot NS SW1500 2300 (ex-SOU 2300) at Knoxville, Tennessee.
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Photo shot by my Dad, Jay Thomson, at Decoursey, KY in Oct. 1976
On October 10, 1976 Dad shot DT&I GP38AC 219 (to GTW 6219, to LLPX 2225) at Decoursey, Kentucky.
A trio of Montana Rail Link helpers running light back into the Livingston, MT yard after helping a train over Bozeman Pass on March 7, 2008. This was the first day the tracks were open after a derailment five miles west of Helena on March 5 and it was very busy.
This set is SD45-2 310, SD45R 315 & SD45-2M 346.
The mountain in the background is part of the Gallatin Range.
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Photo shot by my Dad, Jay Thomson, at Etowah, TN in Nov. 1992
Sometime in in November of 1992, Dad shot CSX GP38 2026 (ex-B&O 3826, to YVRR 3616, to COEH 3616) at Etowah, Tennessee.
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Photo shot by my Dad, Jay Thomson, at Etowah, TN in March 1979
On March 22, 1979 Dad shot Southern Pacific SD45 8919 at L&N's Etowah, TN roundhouse.
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Photo shot by my Dad, Jay Thomson, at Coniston, GA in June 1986
On June 3, 1986, Dad shot SBD SD40-2 8019 (ex-L&N 8019, to CSX 8019) and 2 more units leading a southbound unit coal train at Coniston, Georgia.
Photo shot by my Dad, Jay Thomson, at Etowah, TN in April 2014
Part 105 in an ongoing study of diesel locomotive cabs.
The cab of UP SD70M 3848 at Etowah, Tennessee on April 21, 2014.
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Photo shot by my Dad, Jay Thomson, at Corbin, KY in Oct. 1976
On October 10, 1976 Dad shot EL SD45-2 3679 (to CR 6664, to NS 1704) at Corbin, Kentucky.
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Photo shot by my Dad, Jay Thomson, at Crossville, TN in Oct. 1979
On October 14, 1979, Dad shot SOU GP38-2 5086 (to NS 5086) & GP35 2662 (to WE 2662) running around the Autumn Leaf Special at Crossville, Tennessee, preparing for the return trip to Chattanooga.
How a surprise to see this electric engine of the 1200 serial, once of NS, Nederlanse Spoorwegen or Dutch Railways. She was active for NS from 1952 till 1998 for express trains on long distances.
Here she is just waiting in the Central station in Amsterdam while working for EETC, "Euro Express Train Charter". It is a self supporting railway transport company.
That means she is running on non scheduled charter trains from Amsterdam all over Europe , so to Inssbruck or to Lourdes and night charters all over Europe.
The engine wears the name of J.Hoekwater.
MRL SD70ACe 4300 - the class unit for the series - heads up the westbound Laurel-Missoula manifest as it sits in the Helena, MT yard on March 25, 2008.
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BNSF SD40-2 1928 (ex-BNSF 7129, nee-BN 7129) at Cut Bank, Montana on May 17, 2012. The sticker on the side of the cab reads: "Runnin' on Montana Biodiesel".
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Photo shot by my Dad, Jay Thomson, at Etowah, TN in April 2013
On April 22, 2013, Dad shot EMDX SD70ACe 1205 (ex-EMDX 2113) at Etowah, Tennessee.
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Photo shot by my Dad, Jay Thomson, at Etowah, TN in Feb. 1996
On February 15, 1996, Dad shot NS C39-8 8552 at Etowah, Tennessee.
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Photo shot by my Dad, Jay Thomson, at Etowah, TN in November 1978
Southern Pacific SD45 9126 at Etowah, TN on November 23, 1978.
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Photo shot by my Dad, Jay Thomson, in Wetmore, TN November 1986
A rare ex-SCL BQ23-7 sits in a siding at Wetmore, TN (south of Etowah). The BQs were used on locals and branchlines for most of their life before being converted into b-units (by having the windows plated over and controls removed). A few of them actually made it into CSX paint but all are now long gone.
CSX Road Slug 2322 (ex-CSX GP30 4131, nee-B&O 6960) at West Knoxville, TN on December 2, 2008.
This was taken on the day Dad and I went railfanning together for the first time in a decade.
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Photo shot by my Dad, Jay Thomson, in Elkatawa, KY December 1979
Two GE U30Cs chug along with a string of loaded coal hoppers, passing through tiny Elkatawa, KY on a cold day in December 1979.
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Photo shot by my Dad, Jay Thomson, at Paris, KY in May 1971
On May 30, 1971 Dad shot C&O GP35 3525 (to CSX 4365, to CSX RDMT 2288) and GP30 3027 (to CSX GP30M 4221, to OHCR 4221, to TDIX 4221, to CSX 2376) leading a northbound freight at Paris, Kentucky.
Nashville & Eastern F40PHR 381 (ex-Cincinnati Railway 381, nee-AMTK 381) is leased by NERR for service on the Music City Star commuter service in the Nashville, TN area. On Saturday December 6, 2008 it was lined up and ready to go on Monday morning with several bi-level cars.
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Photo shot by my Dad, Jay Thomson, at Decatur, AL in May 1979
On May 25, 1979 Dad shot the northbound Floridian crossing the Tennessee River at Decatur, Alabama with SDP40F 637 on point.
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Photo shot by my Dad, Jay Thomson, at Etowah, TN in Feb. 1977
On February 11, 1977, Dad shot L&N GP30 1049 (to SBD 1380, to CSX 4078) at Etowah, Tennessee.
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Photo shot by my Dad, Jay Thomson, at Guernsey, WY in August 1993
On August 13, 1993 Dad shot Burlington Northern SD40-2 7228 (to BNSF 7228, to HLCX 7228), C30-7 5057 (to BNSF 5057), SD40-2 7240 (to BNSF 7240, to FURX 7240) and C30-7 5064 (to BNSF 5064) with a westbound (empty) unit coal train at Guernsey, Wyoming.
MRL SD70ACe 4309 at West Helena, Montana on November 13, 2013.
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Photo shot by my Dad, Jay Thomson, at Etowah, TN in February 2014
On February 24, 2014, Dad shot UP SD70M 4191 in Etowah, Tennessee.
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Photo from the collection of my Dad, Jay T. Thomson; Unknown Photographer
ACL class P-5a 4-6-2 Pacific 1500 - the class unit for the P-5a's - at an unknown location and date.
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Photo shot by my Dad, Jay Thomson, in Knoxville, TN October 1978
While SD40s seemed to make up the bulk of the Canadian National units running on the L&N in the late 70s and early 80s, there were a few four-axle units as well. Here is one of only two GP35s CN owned sitting in the Knoxville, TN yard on a bright sunny day in October 1978.
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Photo shot by my Dad, Jay Thomson, at DeCoursey, KY July 1977
DT&I GP40-2 413 (to GTW 6413, to RMPX 6413) idles at an engine facility in DeCoursey, Kentucky in July of 1977.
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Photo shot by my Dad, Jay Thomson, at Atlanta, GA in July 1978
On July 22, 1978 Dad shot WofA GP7 522 at Atlanta, Georgia.
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Photo shot by my Dad, Jay Thomson, at Somerset, KY in June 1979
On June 17, 1979 Dad shot Southern SD35 221 (ex-CG 221, to SOU 2996) at Somerset, Kentucky.
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Photo from the collection of my Dad, Jay T. Thomson; Unknown Photographer
Streamlined L&N 4-6-2 277 rests at the Evansville, Indiana roundhouse sometime in 1951.
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Photo shot by my Dad, Jay Thomson, at Atlanta, GA in April 1979
On April 16, 1979 Dad shot SCL GP38-2 509 (to SBD 509, to SBD 2509, to CSX 2509) at Atlanta, Georgia.
Photo shot by my Dad, Jay Thomson, at Etowah, TN in Aug. 2014
Part 118 in an ongoing study of diesel locomotive cabs.
The cab of CP AC44CW 9767 at Etowah, Tennessee on August 11, 2014.
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Photo from the collection of my Dad, Jay T. Thomson; Max Miller photo
PM 4-6-2 722 at Chicago, Illinois on August 14, 1938.
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Photo from the collection of my Dad, Jay T. Thomson; Max Miller photo
B&O SW900 9425 (ex-B&O 649) works the yard at Chillicothe, Ohio on April 7, 1976.
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Photo shot by my Dad, Jay Thomson, at Corbin, KY in July 1978
On July 30, 1978 Dad photographed L&N RS36 910 (ex-TC 301, to NIMX 910) at Corbin, Kentucky.
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Photo shot by my Dad, Jay Thomson, at Elizabeth, GA October 1996
GNRR GP20 316 (ex-WOHO 316, xx-Indiana Hi-Rail 316, xxx-BN 2016, nee-GN 2016). To see it in Wabash & Ohio colors (a spin-off of Indiana Hi Rail) click this link --> www.flickr.com/photos/hunter1828/1521474272/