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Just another from the last day shooting with my old camera set up.
CSXT local PO-4 with Pan Am blue GP40-2LWs MEC 504 and 506 is switching on the ladder strung down into track 47 (I think though it's hard to tell) in the former Portland Terminal Company Rigby Yard. This view looks railroad west off the US Route 1 overpass above what is now known as CPF 199 on CSXT's ex Pam Am Freight Mainline.
The pair of GMDD units were built in Jul. 1974 as CN 9466 and 9471 respectively and were acquired around 2000 by Guilford Rail System and only time will tell if someday they get CSXT blue and yellow.
To see a wider view of all the changes taking place check out this earlier post: flic.kr/p/2obWea6
South Portland, Maine
Saturday January 14, 2023
A lone shop worker, dispatched by truck from Taschereau yard, is doing some brake shoes work on the few locomotives idling in track RU26 at RDP yard.
CN RDP Yard
Milepost 132.4 St-Laurent subdivision
Montréal,QC
February 18th 2026
An IC SD70 and CN C40-8 on W08 creep along on main 2 up to CP 507 as it passes the staged intermodal trains at Colehour Yard. This was the first time I noticed the power plant at State Line gone... www.flickr.com/photos/kevinthekrazy1/shares/fs95Wv Dec 19, 2016
Everyone at the same place and at the same time !
A situation who happening more than often on the railroad as yard lead could only take one movement at the time.
Here, L592 is cooling its wheels on the back lead right behind YRP061 job who's waiting its turn toward the Longue Pointe spur after YRP030 arrival from Montréal-Est. The later, with GP9RM 4140 in charge, is passing the CTC signals at RDP Nord and will enter the front lead in the next few seconds with the day's production to be yarded in track RU04.
With its tail end still on the mainline at the other end of the yard, L592 will slowly take some headroom after "061" departure and eventually finishing to yard its train into three tracks.
Only after, RDP Nord will be silent for the next two hours or so.
CN RDP Yard
Milepost 132.4 St-Laurent subdivision
Montréal,QC
February 22nd 2026
Woke up one morning at Darlene's cabin on the Knik River in Alaska and looked out the livingroom window to this girl lounging in the yard.
My backyard~taken in July 2011.
These photos were taken 4 months after fire destroyed the patio. All was fixed and the plants were already growing back. It's a little different now and the plants are a lot fuller.
A Canadian National remote control yard job, is seen here shoving cars back into CN's Harrison Yard in Memphis, TN.
3/16/2019
A cloudy day look at New York Central's Weehawken Yards in mid-1959. The only thing moving appears to be a lone S-1 traveling through the interlocking at TU Tower. The passenger terminal dominates the scene in the center distance. The end of all passenger (commuter) service out of Weehawken was only months away at this point. It looks as if half the terminal trackage was already being used to store reefers. The other half of the termainal was more than enough for the few commuter trains that remained. A few export Alco diesels can be seen on the leads to the float bridge at far left.
Interestingly, the decrepit, long shop building at lower left outlasted almost every other structure in this image, surviving into the early 1980s. Today there is barely a trace of anything seen here. The main line through the tunnel under the Palisades (lower right) survived through Conrail, and today is double tracked once again, but in sole service of NJ Transit's Hudson-Bergen Light Rail line. New York Waterway ferries still cross the Hudson from here, and their terminal occupies roughly the same location as NYC's passenger and ferry terminal. The rest is now the Port Imperial residential development. If you have to ask what it costs to live here, you probably can't afford it!
This scan is from what appears to be an original "red border" Kodachrome that was underexposed and improperly stored. The slide was labeled with the date and location but not the photographer's name.
A second generation F-unit offering for this week. Seen at Mimico on 23 March 1991 amid rows of GO commuter consists and stored equipment is VIA F40PH-2 combo 6457 and 6425 with a power car and set of conventional coaches used in Corridor service.
I was sitting on my porch late the other afternoon when I noticed this sweet little American Redstart darting all over one of our apple trees hunting flying insects.
The light was fading fast and I had to bump the ISO so there's some noise, but I don't see them that often in my yard so I had to get a few shots.
A pair of CEFX AC4400s lead 121 empties on the LS&I 7 Yard/Hill job back to Eagle Mills Yard from the ore dock in Marquette.
CEFX 1012
It's a fine spring afternoon as the 07:30 south yard switch crew is at beans, while a southbound WC freight is about to depart towards Chicago from WC's Shops Yard.
WC 1556
North Fond du Lac
"Shops Yard" Wisconsin
April 1989
A westbound Burlington Northern freight rumbles through Aurora, Illinois, and passes BN/Metra commuter trains laying over in Hill Yard on Saturday, April 16, 1988. The second unit on the freight is leased Kyle Railroad EMD GP40 No. 3116.
Time to relax is later. Now is the time for doing away with all (well, most) of the fallen limbs and branches that Winter hides.
btw: it's dark because it is pre-dawn. That's the only time there is no wind blowing, and safer for fire... :)
I captured this shot while walking through an old, historical building. Nobody seemed interested in the back yard, hence the lack of people. You can just see Erddig Hall in the background. I loved it. I feel the sepia added to mood.
A quiet scene at Kaiser Yard on Memorial Day 2016. In a few short hours, that GP60M at the left would be fired up to switch out cars in the yard. The yard here has long been a stronghold for ex-Santa Fe GP60 variants working out their last miles in local freight service.
Doug Harrop Photography • March 25, 1982
Rio Grande 3017, 3021, and 3114 work the east end of Transfer yard in Ogden, Utah.
We went to a yard sale here and they sure didn't look like they needed money! I'd take that house in a minute if they gave it to me!
Appearing derelict and forlorn, a Union Pacific SW10 awaits continued repairs at North Yard in Salt Lake City, Utah on June 22, 1985.
Our backyard. It's quite dark out there but in this long exposure the lights in the park behind us create an interesting look.
Trying out the Fujinon 50-140mm which is very sharp. Shot at the maximum 150mm fully open at f/2.8 and was cropped right down.
A covered hopper rolls through the computer-controlled retarders at East Hump while being sorted for eastern destinations at Union Pacific’s Bailey Yard in North Platte, Nebraska, on May 3, 2011. Retarders slow the car rolling off the hump using a sophisticated system that considers car weight, distance the car must travel on a designated track, wind speed and direction and even air temperature.
CPKC's RC70-29 with CP SD40-2's 5107 and 5106 is tied down at Nahant Yard while CPKC train 260-28 arrives from the north with CP 8501 and CP 4412.
January 29, 2025
4433 enters the railroad south end of the yard with a small train from the Traverse City Main line across the river.
Conrail inherited some GP9B's of Pennsy heritage. They weren't much to look at, but I'm glad I "wasted" a few frames of film on some. I largely ignored them, even though they were common around Western New York at the time. CR 3820 is working the West end of Frontier Yard in Buffalo, NY on December 10, 1978.
Just another overview shot from this spot durimg the first day of our Minnesota adventure. John and I had some time to kill while waiting for Frank's delayed flight to arrive so made our way up to BNSF's giant Northtown Yard to have a look around. 44th Avenue has a nice sidewalk and passes directly over the diesel shop and affords a view compass south toward the hump, bowl, and main yard tower all set against the backdrop of Minneapolis' downtown skyline five miles away.
Built in the early 1970s on the site of a former Northern Pacific facility, this was one of the first major infrastructure projects of the newly merged Burlington Northern Railroad. The yard presently has a master retarder feeding 7 group retarders with a total of 53 tracks in the bowl (orignally it had 63). A set of remote control units drifts north off track Caboose 4 toward the North Receiver with a pair of faded warbonnet Santa Fe Dash-9s bracketing and SD40-2 in H1 paint.
To learn a little more check out these links from BNSF's own corporate site:
www.bnsf.com/news-media/railtalk/service/hump-yards.html
www.bnsf.com/news-media/railtalk/service/master-retarder....
Fridley, Minnesota
Friday May 5, 2023
For my video; youtu.be/6JnD1MnqNw0?si=lhs0RvQ-INGDCv8y,
River Road, Lulu Island, Richmond,
North arm, Fraser River,
Taken from Riverfront Park, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
HODDER YARDER (MMSI: 316053938) is a Tug and is sailing under the flag of Canada. Her length overall (LOA) is 20 meters and her width is 4 meters.
In 1964-1971 she was owned by Pacific Leasing Corp. Ltd., Vancouver BC Canada. In 1972-1990 she was owned by Noble Towing Ltd., North Vancouver BC Canada. In 1991-1999 she was owned by J. & K. Marine Services Ltd., Richmond BC Canada. In 2001-2004 she was owned by Riverside Towing Ltd., Richmond BC Canada. In 2011-2024 she was owned by Hodder Tugboat Ltd., Richmond BC Canada.
Year Built 1964,
Place North Vancouver,
165hp engine (1964)
Repowered with a 248bhp diesel engine (2004c)