Summer 1976, Amtrak SDP40F 586 on the westbound SF Zephyr at Antelope
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Amtrak heritage P42s 66 & 184 lead the westbound Reno Fun Train at Blue Canyon, California.
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November 9, 2017?
Rail Runner train with MP36 and Sangre de Christo Mountains
¡ª in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
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From R&R's twitter account: Don't forget that Friday, March 4, is #NationalWedgeDay, a
celebration of one of railroad photography's most iconic types
of photos! Be sure to share your best three-quarter wedge shot
with the hashtag and be sure to tag us and our pals
@railphotoart!
Oh how I wish PDS were still alive to see this, so that we could see his reaction to it! -- Chris Webster
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August 24, 2018?
UP 6378 east crosses the Humboldt River at Palisade, Nevada. Due to a wildfire, eastbound trains were running on the ex-SP line in Palisade that afternoon instead of the ex-WP.
The train is grain empties heading back to the Midwest for another load for export.
Mike Tisdale
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Oberwessel Wednesday, 1984
Lufthansa Airport Express at Oberwessel, Germany in the Rhein Gorge between Mainz and Koblenz.
The train is one of three class 403 EMUs that were assigned to this service between Frankfurt Airport and Dusseldorf.? 11 Sept 1984
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Sacramento Light Rail Monday, 2014
28 Feb 2014, Sacramento, California, 12th Street, Siemens light rail train
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Mike, yes, of course.? Painfully obvious.? Here in New England,xwe are about to get even more of it, with Berkshire & Eastern, after April.? That is the new operator of the former Boston & Maine mainline through Hoosac Tunnel, per the CSX acquisition proposal
for Pan Am.? The Borg spreads even further....
Only time will tell if the B&E proposal proves to be workable, or simply another farce leading to? the death of the second major mainline across all of Massachusetts.
Dave Saums
Amesbury MA
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The old green and cream paint scheme was a classic, and looked good on anything.??
G&W orange is not a bad paint job...it is just that there is a lot of it on various lines.??
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On Saturday, February 26, 2022, 04:59:49 AM PST, Dave Saums <dsaums@...> wrote:
Mike, thanks.? I always liked the GP15-1, especially the big order placed by Conrail.? Those appeared in a number of locations around New York State upon delivery.
I went out of my way to find and photograph the California Northern units around Petaluma and south.? They were quite photogenic.
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The old green and cream paint scheme was a classic, and looked good on anything.??
G&W orange is not a bad paint job...it is just that there is a lot of it on various lines.??
Mike Tisdale
On Saturday, February 26, 2022, 04:59:49 AM PST, Dave Saums <dsaums@...> wrote:
Mike, thanks.? I always liked the GP15-1, especially the big order placed by Conrail.? Those appeared in a number of locations around New York State upon delivery.
I went out of my way to find and photograph the California Northern units around Petaluma and south.? They were quite photogenic.
Dave Saums.
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24 Feb 2009
Eastbound no grainer at Long Ravine, just east of Colfax, California. UP 7798 leading. The trestles span I-80, and in years past, the Nevada County Narrow Gauge to Grass Valley and Nevada City.
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Mike, thanks.? I always liked the GP15-1, especially the big order placed by Conrail.? Those appeared in a number of locations around New York State upon delivery.
I went out of my way to find and photograph the California Northern units around Petaluma and south.? They were quite photogenic.
Dave Saums.
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Yes, Dave, they are.? I think they still have the CNW nose bells.?
On Fri, Feb 25, 2022 at 4:38 PM, Dave Saums <dsaums@...> wrote: Mike, are these the same California Northern GP15-1s that have been on the line since the 1990s, originally in the former green/white paint scheme, prior to the Orange Borg?
Dave Saums
Amesbury MA
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Mike, are these the same California Northern GP15-1s that have been on the line since the 1990s, originally in the former green/white paint scheme, prior to the Orange Borg?
Dave Saums
Amesbury MA
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25 Feb 2015
Califormia Northern 1570 at Yolo, California. The unit is a GP15-1. This line is the former SP West Valley Sub, running north from Davis.
The train is heading south, and approaching a green SP era searchlight signal.
Mike Tisdale
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October 10, 2019
K-27 463 simmers next to K-36 488. C-18 315 is behind 463. Cumbres and Toltec Scenic Railroad.
All equipment is former Rio Grande. On the DRGW, C class engines were 2-8-0s and Ks were 2-8-2s.
¡ª in Chama, New Mexico.
Mike Tisdale
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February 23, 2008?
Spring blossoms and SD70M
¡ª in Roseville, California
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Wichita Falls Wednesday, 1977
At dusk on 1 October 1977, the only mainline train that I saw all day in Wichita Falls came through, a southeast bound freight with SP U33C 8633, U30C 7902 and C&S SD9s 855 & 858.
I was in Wichita Falls, Texas for Air Force tech school at Sheppard AFB and went to the FW&D tracks a few times while I was there to watch trains. The FW&D line was not very busy as Powder River Basin coal traffic had not yet started, so the line had only a few trains a day. Because of this, I only went to town to railfan 3 or 4 times between August 1977 and March 1978, when I was there.
In retrospect, I wish I'd gone more often. I should have brought a book with me to read between trains and camped out at various locations, as what was ordinary then, it history now.? The Colorado and Southern / Fort Worth and Denver line ran from Denver to Amarillo, Fort Worth and Dallas.? The FW&D dated from when Texas required railroads operating in the state to be Texas corporations.? Both became subsidiaries of the Burlington, then BN.
Mike Tisdale
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Martinez Meet Monday, 2012
As an eastbound baretable passed, a westbound stack train behind 7467 appeared.
This is in Martinez, California
18 Feb 2012
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Springtime San Joaquin Sunday, 2016
Southbound San Joaquin 716, pushed by F59 2008, passes an orchard in bloom just north of the Modesto, California Amtrak station.
20? Feb 2016
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Newcastle Sunset Saturdy, 2022
The dogs and I took a walk at Newcastle, California this afternoon around sunset. I was hoping for a train in the low light as we walked along the track, but the only train that showed up was a westbound Z train (high priority intermodal) after sundown.?
We got some exercise and I enjoyed the trees in bloom, while the dogs enjoyed whatever they were sniffing along the way.
Mike Tisdale
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