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Intermodal as it Used To Be
A collection of photos featuring intermodal trains before the widespread use of spine cars and 53' containers.
Photo Album By: Benjamin J. Muciek
 
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Photo ID: 853702

Going southbound the old "Rathole" crossed the south fork of the Green River on an impressive trestle and followed Tunnel Creek up a steep grade to one of the infamous tunnels that gave ... (more)

Railroad: Norfolk Southern
Locomotive: EMD GP50
Location: Kings Mountain, Kentucky, USA
Locomotive #: NS 7072
Train ID:
Photo Date: May 24, 1989


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By: Sid Vaught

Added: Mar 16, 2024

Views: 2,625
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Photo ID: 853128

SD75M 8266, already lettered and numbered in anticipation of the merger with BN. leads SD45-2 5801 and an SD40-2 into the yard at Belen with an eastbound intermodal.

Railroad: Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe (ATSF)
Locomotive: EMD SD75M
Location: Belen, New Mexico, USA
Locomotive #: ATSF 8266
Train ID: Unknown
Photo Date: April 14, 1996


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By: Graham Atkin

Added: Mar 07, 2024

Views: 3,154
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Favorited: 17
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Photo ID: 851777

A hot BNSF intermodal train runs through East Arkansas on it's way to Marion, Arkansas where there ws an intermodal yard on BNSF at the time in 1999 using an all AT&SF consist including the lead G... (more)

Railroad: Burlington Northern Santa Fe
Locomotive: GE C44-9W (Dash 9-44CW)
Location: Arkansas, USA
Locomotive #: BNSF 626
Train ID: Unknown
Photo Date: 1999


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By: Joseph C. Hinson

Added: Feb 16, 2024

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Photo ID: 850650

Locomotives representing both sides of the Southern Pacific/Union Pacific merger hustle the LA-bound Swift RoadRailer through Cougar, California in summer 1998.

Railroad: Southern Pacific Railroad
Locomotive: GE C44-9W (Dash 9-44CW)
Location: Cougar, California, USA
Locomotive #: SP 8187
Train ID: IBRCI
Photo Date: June 27, 1998


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By: Wendel Moran

Added: Jan 29, 2024

Views: 2,047
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Photo ID: 850577

Burlington Northern Expediter train 42 crosses the Rock River and curves away from Oregon, Illinois, on April 1, 1989. I know, the weather is crappy and it’s “stick” season in the Midwest... (more)

Railroad: Burlington Northern Railroad
Locomotive: EMD GP40
Location: Oregon, Illinois, USA
Locomotive #: BN 3000
Train ID: BN 42
Photo Date: April 01, 1989


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By: Mike Danneman

Added: Jan 28, 2024

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Photo ID: 849465

ATSF 575 leading an eastbound Q train takes five at Joliet near Union Station while the Employee Passenger Special gets under way just ahead of it. Soon both trains will be headed for Corwith Yard... (more)

Railroad: Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe (ATSF)
Locomotive: GE B40-8W (Dash 8-40BW)
Location: Joliet, Illinois, USA
Locomotive #: ATSF 575
Train ID: Unknown
Photo Date: July 19, 1992


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By: Bill Edgar

Added: Jan 14, 2024

Views: 6,122
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Photo ID: 849184

Once the BNSF Merger took over, the railroad scrambled to find power to run trains. It was a railfan's paradise to see some of the kit bash consist the railroad put together. Here the St. Paul pri... (more)

Railroad: Burlington Northern Railroad
Locomotive: EMD SD40-2
Location: South of East Dubuque, Illinois, USA
Locomotive #: BN 6913
Train ID: n/a
Photo Date: February, 1997


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By: Craig Williams

Added: Jan 10, 2024

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Photo ID: 849183

Here is a shot that brings back memories. I spent many days in my early days taking pictures at East Cabin. Trains on the BN-CCP were fairly regular, and one could get a good amount of trains for ... (more)

Railroad: Burlington Northern Railroad
Locomotive: EMD SD40-2
Location: East Dubuque, Illinois, USA
Locomotive #: BN 7045
Train ID: n/a
Photo Date: November, 1992


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By: Craig Williams

Added: Jan 10, 2024

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Photo ID: 846072

Santa Fe GP50 3842 leads a trio of Superfleet GP60Ms and a GP60B west on the south side of Streator with a 199 high priority Intermodal train made up mostly if not entirely of TOFC. Santa Fe was n... (more)

Railroad: Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe (ATSF)
Locomotive: EMD GP50
Location: Streator, Illinois, USA
Locomotive #: ATSF 3842
Train ID: Unknown
Photo Date: May 23, 1992


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By: Bill Edgar

Added: Nov 29, 2023

Views: 1,659
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Photo ID: 844604

CAJON PASS CA Sept 7 1983 — Union Pacific SD40-2 3720 leads a TOFC-COFC train. EMD built the unit (b/n 796297-62) in February 1980 and retired it on December 28 2000. Corrections, additions welc... (more)

Railroad: Union Pacific
Locomotive: EMD SD40-2
Location: Cajon, California, USA
Locomotive #: UP 3720
Train ID: Unknown
Photo Date: September 07, 1983


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By: Charles Stookey

Added: Nov 09, 2023

Views: 2,909
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Photo ID: 842006

One of the Super Fleet Dash8-40BWs with an LMX Dash8-39B lead a Swift Roadrailer out of Crozier Canyon and down the tangent toward Valentine. Ektachrome.

Railroad: Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe (ATSF)
Locomotive: GE C40-8W (Dash 8-40CW)
Location: Valentine, Arizona, USA
Locomotive #: ATSF 502
Train ID: Unknown
Photo Date: March 12, 2000


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By: Rick Erben

Added: Oct 02, 2023

Views: 1,850
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Photo ID: 834595

Three SD40-2s lead a Z train south on the Shasta Route. Typical for the period, they started life on three different railroads - C&NW, D&RGW, and UP.

Railroad: Chicago & North Western Railroad
Locomotive: EMD SD40-2
Location: Klamath Falls, Oregon, USA
Locomotive #: CNW 6931
Train ID: ZBRLC
Photo Date: August 19, 1999


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By: Wendel Moran

Added: Jun 19, 2023

Views: 3,761
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Photo ID: 826544

Burlington Northern train 3 hurries westbound through Eola, Illinois, on a sunny December 23, 1988. Tiger-stripe EMD GP50 No. 3124 and a cabless GE B30-7AB unit power the Seattle-bound piggyback t... (more)

Railroad: Burlington Northern Railroad
Locomotive: EMD GP50
Location: Eola, Illinois, USA
Locomotive #: BN 3124
Train ID: BN 3
Photo Date: December 23, 1988


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By: Mike Danneman

Added: Mar 09, 2023

Views: 3,528
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Favorited: 24
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Photo ID: 823484

Burlington Northern “Expediter” train 46 flies eastbound toward Somonauk, Illinois, on the frigid winter day of February 17, 1990. Leading the train is BN GP39M No. 2800, rebuilt from CB&Q GP3... (more)

Railroad: Burlington Northern Railroad
Locomotive: EMD GP39M
Location: Somonauk, Illinois, USA
Locomotive #: BN 2800
Train ID: BN 46
Photo Date: February 17, 1990


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By: Mike Danneman

Added: Jan 29, 2023

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Photo ID: 822371

NORMAN OK (February) 1986 — Santa Fe SF30C 9506 leads a southbound TOFC train as it approaches the East Boyd Street crossing. This train is probably No. 185. GE delivered the unit as U36C 8731 i... (more)

Railroad: Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe (ATSF)
Locomotive: GE SF30C
Location: Norman, Oklahoma, USA
Locomotive #: ATSF 9506
Train ID: Unknown
Photo Date: February, 1986


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By: Charles Stookey

Added: Jan 16, 2023

Views: 3,653
Comments: 0

Favorited: 18
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