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Photo shot by my Dad, Jay Thomson, at Coniston, GA in December 1985
On December 19, 1985 Dad shot O&W SD40-2s 9953 (to BCOL 746), 9955 (to BCOL 748) & 9951 (to BCOL 744, to DME 6200) with a southbound unit coal train at Coniston, Georgia. Note the Seaboard System hoppers just behind the power and in front of the OWTX green hoppers.
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.
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Photo from the collection of my Dad, Jay T. Thomson; Max Miller photo
Atlanta & St. Andrews Bay 2-8-2 403 at Panama City, Florida on December 23, 1944.
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Photo shot by my Dad, Jay Thomson, at McComb, MS April 1968
Illinois Central loved rebuilds and had unusual engines on their roster for most of their existence, such as GP28s and GP10s. Here, a GP10 works the yard at McComb, MS, shoving a string of cars down the tracks. Notice the Penn Central boxcar - PC was only four months old when Dad shot this one.
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Photo shot by my Dad, Jay Thomson, at Central City, KY in Sept. 1976
On September 25, 1976, Dad shot Peabody Coal RS2 957 at Central City, Kentucky.
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Photo shot by my Dad, Jay Thomson, near Elkatawa, KY February 1979
A couple of six-axle units, an EMD SD40-2 and an ALCo C628 shove a unit coal train up the mountain near Ekatawa, Ky on a snowy, cold day in February 1979.
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Photo shot by my Dad, Jay Thomson, at Etowah, TN in June 1980
On June 13, 1980 Dad shot O&W SD40-2s 9952 (to BCOL 745, to DME 6201), 9951 (to BCOL 744, to DME 6200), 9954 (to BCOL 747) & 9950 (to BCOL 743, to ASDX 743) 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.
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Photo shot by my Dad, Jay Thomson, at Copperhill, TN September 1986
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.
Cities Service Company ALCo S4 #106 (ex-Tennessee Copper 106) sits in Copperhill, TN in September 1986 with her exhaust stack wrapped.
WTNN B23-7 3111 (ex-CSX 3111, xx-SBD 3111, nee-SCL 5111) at Jackson, Tennessee on January 30, 2013. The crew working in the yard on this day gave me permission to shoot on company property.
Canon EOS 350D Digital Rebel XT
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Photo from the collection of my Dad, Jay T. Thomson; Max Miller photo
B&O 4-6-2 5214 at Keyser, West Virginia on November 8, 1949.
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Photo shot by my Dad, Jay Thomson, at Corbin, KY in Nov. 1995
On November 19, 1995, Dad shot CSX GP40 9705 (ex-B&O 3748, to LLPX 3102) at Corbin, Kentucky.
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On August 9, 1996 I found DMVW GP20 321 (ex-MCTA 321, xx-MNVA 321, xxx-BN 2038, nee CB&Q 902, to RLK 1751, to L&W 2099, to ENR 2099) at Crosby, North Dakota.
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Photo from the collection of my Dad, Jay T. Thomson; Max Miller Photo
Burlington GP30 961 (to BN 2238) at Salt Lake City, Utah on March 20, 1966.
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Photo from the collection of my Dad, Jay T. Thomson; Max Miller photo
MC 4-6-0 115 at Hattiesburg, Mississippi on September 8, 1939.
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Photo shot by my Dad, Jay Thomson, at Etowah, TN in Nov. 1981
Sometime in November of 1981, Dad shot L&N SD40 1227 (to SBD 1240, to SBD 8303, to CSX SD40-2 8303) and U30C 1582 (to SBD 1582, to SBD 7276, to CSX 7276) leading a northbound freight out of the East Yard at Etowah, Tennessee.
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Photo shot by my Dad, Jay Thomson, at Atlanta, GA in May 1979
On May 19, 1979 Dad shot GARR GP9 1042 (to GP16 4975, to SBD 4975, to CSX 1856) at Atlanta, Georgia.
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Photo shot by my Dad, Jay Thomson, at Atlanta, GA in July 1978
On July 22, 1978 Dad shot Georgia GP7 1024 with capped stacks at Atlanta, Georgia.
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Photo shot by my Dad, Jay Thomson, at Etowah, TN in April 1996
On April 25, 1996 Dad shot GECX C30-S7 3009 (ex-MILW U36C 5802) at Etowah, Tennessee.
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Photo shot by my Dad, Jay Thomson, at Etowah, TN in Jan. 1987
Sometime in January of 1987, Dad shot CSX SD40-2 8225 (ex-SBD 8225, xx-SBD 3597, nee-L&N 3597) at Etowah, Tennessee.
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Photo shot by my Dad, Jay Thomson, at Alcoa, TN in May 1979
On May 4, 1979, Dad shot SOU GP38 2744 (to NS 2744, to NS GP38-2 5555) at Alcoa, Tennessee.
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Photo shot by my Dad, Jay Thomson, at Etowah, TN in Sept. 1978
On September 3, 1978 Dad shot N&W GP9 698 at the L&N roundhouse in Etowah, Tennessee.
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Photo from the collection of my Dad, Jay T. Thomson; Unknown photographer
Brimstone & New River 3-truck Shay #35 (ex-WM Ritter Lumber 35, nee-Raleigh Lumber 35, to Cass 10) at the Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum in Chattanooga, Tennessee circa 1972.
Photo shot by my Dad, Jay Thomson, at Etowah, TN in April 2008
CSX GP40-2 6441 (ex-B&O 4427) at Etowah, TN on April 8, 2008.
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Collection Name: RG104 Department of Economic Development Commerce and Industrial Development (CID) Photograph Collection
Photographer/Studio: Massie, Gerald R.
Description: Retired Cassville and Western Railroad train engine no. 2644 sits on overgrown tracks. When in operation, the line connected Cassville to Exeter: all of five miles. No. 2644 retired in 1949.
Coverage: United States – Missouri – Cass County – Exeter
Date: c1949
Rights: public domain
Credit: Courtesy of Missouri State Archives
Image Number: RG104_CIDNegs_048-174.tif
Institution: Missouri State Archives
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Photo from the collection of my Dad, Jay T. Thomson; Max Miller photo
CIL (Monon) 2-8-2 560 at Bloomington, Indiana on September 1, 1947.
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Photo shot by my Dad, Jay Thomson, at Etowah, TN in July 1986
On July 5, 1986, Dad shot SBD U36B 5793 (ex-SCL 1843, to CSX 5793, to TTI 5793) at Etowah, Tennessee.
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Photo shot by my Dad, Jay Thomson, at Chattanooga, TN in July 1976
On July 7, 1976, Dad shot SOU SW1 1009 (ex-SOU 2008, to KXHR 1012).
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Photo from the collection of my Dad, Jay T. Thomson; L&N RR Photo
L&N 4-6-2 152 at an unknown location and date. According to info on the back of the photo, this unit was retired in 1953, and I'm guessing the photo is near the end of it's career based on the streamlined passenger cars behind it. Maybe circa 1950?
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Photo shot by my Dad, Jay Thomson, at Etowah, TN in Jan. 1977
On January 16, 1977, Dad shot L&N GP30 1070 (ex-SCL 1335, nee-SAL 536, to SBD 1399) at Etowah, Tennessee.
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Photo taken October 1996.
Nebkota bought a trio of ex-Canadian National F9s in the late 1980s from VIA Rail. My dad and I found both F9As sitting just between Chadron and Crawford, NE in October 1996. Obviously there had been a minor mishap...
You can see Dad's shot of these units here --> www.flickr.com/photos/hunter1828/614774562/
Eventually, all three Fs would be sold by Nebkota to the Canadian Pacific, which has them in active duty on business trains.
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Photo shot by my Dad, Jay Thomson, at Glasgow, MT in May 1984
In May 1984 we took a train trip to California to see my Dad's folks. The trip out was aboard the Empire Builder from Chicago to Portland, OR.
On May 27, 1984 Dad shot BN GP30 2208 (ex-GN 3008) and GP9 1811 (ex-GN 659) with a local freight in the Glasgow, MT yard.
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Photo shot by my Dad, Jay Thomson, at Corbin, KY in March 1996
On March 1, 1996 Dad shot CSX GP40 6858 (ex-RF&P 124, to UP GP38-3 2509, to UP 1009, to KCS 1009) at Corbin, Kentucky. Just about a year later, this unit was rebuilt and on the Union Pacific roster.
WTNN B30-7 7855 (ex-NERR 7855, nee-SP 7855) at Jackson, Tennessee on January 30, 2013. The crew working in the yard on this day gave me permission to shoot on company property.
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Photo shot by my Dad, Jay Thomson, at Dossett, TN in March 1977
On March 11, 1977 Dad shot CN SD40 5032 (to BNSF SD40-2 7328, to 6988), L&N U30C 1484 (to SBD 1484, to SBD 7214, to CSX 7214) & an L&N EMD at Dossett, Tennessee.
5032 likes like it just recently came from the paint shop, too.
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Photo shot by my Dad, Jay Thomson, at Etowah, TN in March 1977
Sometime in March of 1977 Dad shot PC SD40 6283 (to CR 6283, to EMDX 6413) at Etowah, Tennessee.
Early in the morning, a new engine is just positioned in front of our train.
It will bring the train in at least 32 hours to Hanoi.
Photo frolair
MRL SD70ACe 4300. Class unit for the series for MRL. Until these units most of MRL power had three digit road numbers, with only a few of them that were never renumbered from previous owners having four digit numbers.
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Photo shot by my Dad, Jay Thomson, at Etowah, TN April 1983
Not long after the merger became official, Dad shot Seaboard System C30-7 7059 in Etowah, TN awaiting a new crew. This unit is ex-SCL 7059, to CSX 7059.
Part 95 in an ongoing study of diesel locomotive cabs.
The cab of UP SD70M 4238 peeks out from behind a bulkhead flat at Silver Bow, Montana on 4 April 2014.
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Photo shot by my Dad, Jay Thomson, at Coffeyville, KS in October 1997
On October 14, 1997 Dad shot South Kansas & Oklahoma GP30 4112 (ex-KCS 4112, nee-KCS 112) at Coffeyville, Kansas.
Photo shot by my Dad, Jay Thomson, at Etowah, TN in February 2008
CSX "Big Mac" 4502 on the point of a southbound Georgia Power unit coal train in Etowah, TN February 2, 2008.
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BNSF SD40-2 8062 sitting in the Great Falls, MT yard on February 19, 2008. A few hours after this shot I would follow this unit and the three with it from Great Falls to Armington Junction, MT.
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Photo shot by my Dad, Jay Thomson, at Etowah, TN in April 2014
On April 17, 2014, Dad shot NS SD60E 6911 (ex-NS SD60 6600) & SD70 2528 on the point of a northbound freight in the CSX yard at Etowah, Tennessee.
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Photo shot by my Dad, Jay Thomson, at Rapid City, SD in Oct. 1997
On October 11, 1997 Dad shot DM&E SD40-2 6364 (ex-Soo 6364, nee-MILW 203) at Rapid City, South Dakota.
CSX 8096 SD40-2 CSXT Railroad train locomotive Cordele Georgia More Georgia RAILROAD Train Pictures at RailroadsTrains.blogspot.com
MRL SD40-2XR 265 (ex-CNW SD40 873) at Helena, Montana on May 7, 2014.
Canon EOS 350D Digital Rebel XT
Tamron 75-300mm lens
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Photo shot by my Dad, Jay Thomson, at Etowah, TN in August 1978
Me, about a month shy of my 9th birthday, in the cab of SCL GP40-2 1638 (to SBD 1638, to SBD 6348, to CSX 6348) in my hometown of Etowah, Tennessee.
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Photo shot by my Dad, Jay Thomson, at Etowah, TN October 2000
In October 2000 Dad shot Transportation Ferroviria Mexicana SD40-2 1434 in Etowah, TN on a northbound CSX train. This unit is a former FNM (NdeM) unit.
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Photo shot by my Dad, Jay Thomson, at Etowah, TN in Feb. 1984
On February 11, 1984, Dad shot SBD GP40 6796 (ex-WRA 705, to CSX 6796, to Helm 6796, to IORY GP38-2 3807, to CORP 3807) at Etowah, Tennessee.
Photo shot by my Dad, Jay Thomson, at Etowah, TN in April 2008
An hour after shooting WGCR 6528 on a northbound CSX freight, Dad returned to the yard to pick up my uncle (he drives a crew transport van) and when he got there he found that 6528 had been set out by the train it was on. Still no idea where it was headed for.
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