CP coming round the bend
Nov 7, 2011

CP coming round the bend

Two high-horsepower GE locomotives approach Elm Grove, Wis., with eastbound Canadian Pacific coke train 852. The train is descending the…

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Roger Williams new employer
Nov 3, 2011

Roger Williams new employer

Amtrak inherited from Penn Central these self-propelled Rail Diesel Cars with distinctive front ends built for the New Haven Railroad’s…

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Charge!
Sep 30, 2011

Charge!

Virginia & Truckee 2-8-0 No. 29 charges past the depot in Gold Hill, Nev., in March 2010 on a portion…

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I SEE you in Barrington
Sep 9, 2011

I SEE you in Barrington

Illinois Central SD40-2 No. 6015 leads Canadian National train 348 south past the tower at Barrington, Ill., on May 6,…

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Live at Red Rocks
Aug 21, 2011

Live at Red Rocks

A trio of General Electric-built GEVO locomotives powers an intermodal rain past North Guam, N.M., on April 11, 2011. The…

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Rushin’ through Ruskin
Jul 31, 2011

Rushin’ through Ruskin

CSX ES44DC No. 5254 pulls the Tropicana Juice Train northbound, crossing the Little Manatee River at Ruskin, Fla., on Aug.…

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Turbine power all the way
Jul 13, 2011

Turbine power all the way

High speed in New England in the 1970s meant these turbine-powered trainsets built by United Aircraft, which sprinted between Boston…

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Winding through wind
Jul 3, 2011

Winding through wind

Union Pacific C44AC-CTE No. 5374 leads a mixed-freight train past Milepost 366.7 past wind turbine generators on its way to…

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The waiting game
Jun 9, 2011

The waiting game

Looking east through the side of the 24th Street bridge in downtown Birmingham, Ala., CSX offers up a variety of…

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Green, gold, and gorgeous!
Jun 6, 2011

Green, gold, and gorgeous!

Southern Railway 2-8-2 No. 4501 pulls a National Railway Historical Society convention train on Sept. 5, 1966 from Keysville, Va.,…

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