Alco Thursday, 2018
San Francisco Bay Alco S2 23 and 25.? #23 was about to be started for a few hours of switching.? This was between 4 and 5 am on 21 June 2018 in San Francisco, California.? The Alcos were over 70
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Mike Tisdale
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Chicago L Wednesday, 2015
November 12, 2015?? L train leaving La Salle St station and turning north onto Wells. St. ¡ª in Chicago, Illinois. Mike Tisdale
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Mike Tisdale
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Burlington Tuesday, 2010
Unlike Ottumwa's 4-6-4, 3003 is close enough to the BNSF track that it can be incorporated into photos of main line trains. Burlington preserved a good number of steam locomotives and S-4 4-6-4s are
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Mike Tisdale
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NYTimes: Chasing a Mighty Relic of Yesteryear: Union Pacific 4014
Chasing a Mighty Relic of Yesteryear: Union Pacific 4014 https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/02/travel/steam-locomotive-union-pacific-4014.html?referringSource=articleShare
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Phil Burton
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Amtrak's 51st Birthday, 2022
Today is Amtrak's 51st birthday and 2022 marks the 30th anniversary of the Capitol Corridor trains between Auburn, Sacramento and the San Francisco Bay Area. Currently there are 11 Capitol Corridor
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Mike Tisdale
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4 Wheel Sunday, 1980
Tullnerbach, Train of 4 wheel cars that I rode from Vienna to Tullnerbach. Tullerbach is about 27 km west of Vienna. After arriving on an overnight train from Frankfurt, I spent the morning and early
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Mike Tisdale
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Steam Saturday, 1981
UP 8444 and 3985 at Applegate, California. The UP steam engines were en route to Railfair 1981, the opening of the California State RR Museum history building in Sacramento. 3985 had just been
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Mike Tisdale
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Worth Valley Friday, 1980
May 1980. Keighley, West Yorkshire, England. ex-USATC 5280, an S-160 2-8-0 built during WW2, departs Keighley with a Worth Valley train. The locomotive spent most of its career in Poland and was
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Mike Tisdale
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Emigrant Gap Thursday, 1994
April 27, 1994? ?Westbound California Zephyr at Emigrant Gap, California. F40 395 leading.?? This is on the west side of Donner Pass, about 15 miles and 1800 feet below the summit at Norden.??
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Mike Tisdale
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Wendover Wednesday, 1983
July 20, 1983?? Following the pigs, UP 3772, led a combined Geneva, Utah to Pittsburg, California steel train and grain hopper train. At the time, it seemed that EVERY UP train was pulled by SD40s
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Mike Tisdale
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Re: Foggy Monday, 2010
very nice
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headtailgrep
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Dolton Diestag, 2010
April 25, 2010, Dolton, Illinois.?CSX GP38-2 on a short local freight heading east on the B&O Chicago Terminal. . The sidelight brings out the bright green of spring. Dolton is south of Chicago. The
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Mike Tisdale
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Foggy Monday, 2010
April 24, 2010?? Lake Forest, Illinois. Metra-C&NW station. I loved what the fog did with the lights on the street and platform. The trees along the platform were in bloom. Lake Forest is a suburb
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Mike Tisdale
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South Station Sunday, 1977
MBTA GP9 7543 arrives with a train of ex-New Haven coaches. I'm guessing the train is from Worcester or Providence. A PRR P-70 coach that was in the mix with the New Haven American Flyer cars is on
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Mike Tisdale
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Montana, Saturday, 1988
July 23, 1988 The mountains appear as we approach East Glacier, Montana.? Taken from the westbound Empire Builder. Mike Tisdale
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Mike Tisdale
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Utah Friday, 2010
Across the highway at Martin, the Utah Railway was assembling a train. Martin is the HQ of the Utah with its shops, the former office building (now not used as Utah is owned by Genesee and Wyoming)
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Mike Tisdale
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New Perspective Thursday, 2022
Sacramento, California20 April 2022A new perspective? on Sacramento's SP? station.? I was on the 6th floor of a fairly recently constructed medical building a block away from the station and had a
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Mike Tisdale
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Crosshead Wednesday, 2018
The crosshead of Virginia & Truckee 2-8-0 #29 at Virginia City,, Nevada 21 July 2018 Mike Tisdale
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Mike Tisdale
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Antelope Tuesday, 2011
UP 5953 on EB empty grain train, Antelope, California. Antelope is the west end of the Roseville year. In 2011, patched SP units were well worth a photo, even if they were not leading 17 April 2011
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Mike Tisdale
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Palisade Monday, 2019
June 22, 2019? UP 9016 west crossing the Humboldt River, passing through a tunnel and crossing the Humboldt River again. ¡ª in Palisade, Nevada. Eureka County, Nevada has about 1800 people in 4000
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Mike Tisdale
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