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Railroad Pole Lines
Photos showing the railroad pole lines. The pole line used four basic electrical circuits - telegraph, telephone, signaling, and power. Modern technologies of fiber optics, microwave, radio, satellite, and computers have been replacing the pole lines.
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Photo ID: 510952

Battle of Light. The signals at Noimi Jct. battle to protect the CN Minntac Sub from an oncoming train. The signals won and the train headed up the CN Missabe Sub.

Railroad: Canadian National Railway
Locomotive: GE C40-8 (Dash 8-40C)
Location: Wolf, Minnesota, USA
Locomotive #: CN 2112
Train ID: U-730
Photo Date: December 11, 2014


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By: Todd M.

Added: Dec 18, 2014

People's Choice 1

Views: 14,910
Comments: 10

Favorited: 104
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Photo ID: 500275

"Look Good on the Marker"
Manifest train 15T has taken the siding at Shenandoah Junction, WV and it's end of train device flashes marking the rear of the train. Hot intermoda... (more)

Railroad: Norfolk Southern
Locomotive: Unknown
Location: Shenandoah Junction, West Virginia, USA
Locomotive #: Unknown
Train ID: NS 15T
Photo Date: September, 2014


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By: Jon Wright

Added: Sep 30, 2014

People's Choice 4

Views: 9,548
Comments: 5

Favorited: 44
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Photo ID: 498526

Eastbound BNSF stack/vehicle train has the pedal to the metal as he accelerates out of the sag just east of Chadwick IL.

Railroad: Burlington Northern Santa Fe
Locomotive: GE C44-9W (Dash 9-44CW)
Location: Chadwick, Illinois, USA
Locomotive #: BNSF 4608
Train ID: Unknown
Photo Date: July 28, 2014


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By: Larry Sallee

Added: Sep 18, 2014

Views: 2,655
Comments: 2

Favorited: 15
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Photo ID: 497090

West of Benson, the Morris sub still has lots of great old code line and old signals, which made for a nice match up with this new GE on the H-GFDBRC west of town.

Railroad: BNSF Railway
Locomotive: GE ES44C4
Location: Morris, Minnesota, USA
Locomotive #: BNSF 6727
Train ID: BNSF H-GFDBRC
Photo Date: September 08, 2014


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By: Mike Vandenberg

Added: Sep 08, 2014

Views: 2,792
Comments: 1

Favorited: 5
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Photo ID: 495779

An eastbound Santa Fe intermodal hustles by on the mainline near Camden, MO, headed for an evening arrival in Chicago. Engine ATSF 9506 is a rebuilt U36C.

Railroad: Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe (ATSF)
Locomotive: SF30C
Location: Camden, Missouri, USA
Locomotive #: ATSF 9506
Train ID: Unknown
Photo Date: June 28, 1984


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By: Bill Edgar

Added: Aug 30, 2014

Views: 3,101
Comments: 3

Favorited: 17


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Photo ID: 494700

The sun sets over Bakersfield as BNSF 7002 approaches Sandcut, CA.

Railroad: BNSF Railway
Locomotive: GE ES44C4
Location: Tehachapi Pass, California, USA
Locomotive #: BNSF 7002
Train ID: Z STOWSP
Photo Date: August 02, 2013


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By: Joe Gartman

Added: Aug 22, 2014

People's Choice 3

Views: 5,726
Comments: 2

Favorited: 29
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Photo ID: 493709

These days on BNSF's Glorieta and Raton Subdivisions, any locomotive other than a GE P42 is hard to come by, seeing as the only remaining train left to traverse the route is Amtrak's daily Southwe... (more)

Railroad: BNSF Railway
Locomotive: GE C44-9W (Dash 9-44CW)
Location: Ilfeld, New Mexico, USA
Locomotive #: BNSF 5314
Train ID: AMTK 3
Photo Date: August 13, 2014


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By: Stephen Schmidt

Added: Aug 14, 2014

Views: 6,909
Comments: 2

Favorited: 16
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Photo ID: 489413

Waiting at a railway crossing at sunset, hoping to get that one shot in beautiful evening light. It was really a surprise that we were able to photograph two trains. One of them the California Zep... (more)

Railroad: Amtrak
Locomotive: GE P42DC
Location: Battle Mountain, Nevada, USA
Locomotive #: AMTK 40
Train ID: AMTK 6
Photo Date: June 04, 2014


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By: Wim Ameele

Added: Jul 13, 2014

People's Choice 3

Views: 9,691
Comments: 4

Favorited: 62
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Photo ID: 486640

In the final evening light, UP ES44AC No. 5445 is framed by the old Southern Pacific code line near downtown Tehachapi as it leads a mixed freight to Mojave from Bakersfield.

Railroad: Union Pacific
Locomotive: GE ES44AC
Location: Tehachapi, California, USA
Locomotive #: UP 5445
Train ID: Unknown
Photo Date: June 12, 2014


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By: Chase Gunnoe

Added: Jun 22, 2014

Views: 4,002
Comments: 2

Favorited: 25
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Photo ID: 484516

Through a forest of telephone and former catenary poles, MILW 169 East crosses the Northern Pacific at Sinclair, Montana on Aug. 14, 1979, about 8 miles east of Deer Lodge. NP’s route of the â€... (more)

Railroad: Milwaukee Road
Locomotive: EMD SD40-2
Location: Sinclair, Montana, USA
Locomotive #: MILW 169
Train ID: Unknown
Photo Date: August 14, 1979


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By: Steve Patterson

Added: Jun 05, 2014

Views: 15,100
Comments: 8

Favorited: 83


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Photo ID: 467857

Santa Fe F7 38C leads the eastbound San Francisco Chief past the siding at Christie, California, on April 24, 1971. The train only has a week of operation left before the start of Amtrak. Fujichr... (more)

Railroad: Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe (ATSF)
Locomotive: EMD F7(A)
Location: Christie, California, USA
Locomotive #: ATSF 38C
Train ID: San Francisco Chief
Photo Date: April 24, 1971


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By: Jon Porter

Added: Jan 28, 2014

Photo of the Week
People's Choice 3

Views: 35,873
Comments: 14

Favorited: 181
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Photo ID: 465381

As a result of a nearby malfunctioning signal, pipe train 704 crawls through the town of Newcastle at dawn.

Railroad: Canadian National Railway
Locomotive: EMD SD70M-2
Location: Newcastle, Ontario, Canada
Locomotive #: CN 8854
Train ID: CN U704
Photo Date: January 03, 2014


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By: Julian L Hull

Added: Jan 07, 2014

Views: 2,163
Comments: 0

Favorited: 2
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Photo ID: 464370

A local train CSX H793 passes a classic C&O signal bridge at Longley just north of Fostoria, Ohio. The CSX Pemberville Subdivision is one of the few railroads in the east that still has a function... (more)

Railroad: CSX Transportation (CSXT)
Locomotive: EMD GP40-2
Location: Longley, Ohio, USA
Locomotive #: CSXT 6441
Train ID: CSX H793
Photo Date: April 04, 2013


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By: Matt Weldon

Added: Dec 31, 2013

Views: 2,697
Comments: 0

Favorited: 5
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Photo ID: 462216

With winter storm "Electra" hammering the region, westbound empty ethanol train 65T rolls through downtown South Whitley, Indiana. Remnants of the old railroad pole line still hangs on in South Wh... (more)

Railroad: Norfolk Southern
Locomotive: GE C40-9W (Dash 9-40CW)
Location: South Whitley, Indiana, USA
Locomotive #: NS 9845
Train ID: NS 65T
Photo Date: December 14, 2013


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By: Matt Weldon

Added: Dec 14, 2013

Views: 1,990
Comments: 0

Favorited: 2
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Photo ID: 461688

Dilapidated code lines watch over an eastbound UP freight heading through the Mojave River worn Afton Canyon in the heart of California's Mojave Desert.

Railroad: Union Pacific
Locomotive: EMD SD70M
Location: Afton Canyon, California, USA
Locomotive #: UP 4642
Train ID: Z-LADV1-19
Photo Date: November 19, 2005


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By: Robert Forsstrom

Added: Dec 09, 2013

Views: 2,533
Comments: 0

Favorited: 0
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