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Whoa! Talk about luck!
A collection of those lucky shots where you just happen to be in the right place at the right time.
Photo Album By: Bob Pickering (BP)
 
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Photo ID: 430989

What Luck! As I hear the horn of a westbound S LPCLBJ stack approaching, I focus my attention to an eastbound stack train. After it passes by me, I realize I wont be able to shoot the west... (more)

Railroad: BNSF Railway
Locomotive: GE ES44DC
Location: Kingman , Arizona, USA
Locomotive #: BNSF 7220
Train ID: S LPCLBJ1 31A
Photo Date: April 03, 2013


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By: David Carballido-Jeans

Added: Apr 03, 2013

Views: 4,488
Comments: 6

Favorited: 33
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Photo ID: 429405

Westbound oil empties await crews at Minot yard. Unique power on each including CNJ heritage engine.

Railroad: BNSF Railway
Locomotive: GE C44-9W (Dash 9-44CW)
Location: Minot, North Dakota, USA
Locomotive #: BNSF 4703
Train ID: U MIXSTN
Photo Date: March 21, 2013


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By: Robert M. Ball

Added: Mar 23, 2013

Views: 13,171
Comments: 11

Favorited: 133
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Photo ID: 429391

The race to Bluefield is on! Norfolk Southern's Pennsylvania and Lehigh Valley heritage locomotives are side-by-side as they shove loaded coal drags across the Pokey toward Bluefield, while passin... (more)

Railroad: Norfolk Southern
Locomotive: GE ES44AC
Location: Falls Mills, Virginia, USA
Locomotive #: NS 8104
Train ID: NS 762
Photo Date: March 21, 2013


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By: Samuel Phillips

Added: Mar 23, 2013

Views: 7,183
Comments: 10

Favorited: 62
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Photo ID: 423556

CSX 6032 ambles through the subterranean swamp of the coastline outbound on the way to Bellwood Yard while a Scherer train takes the high road.

Railroad: CSX Transportation (CSXT)
Locomotive: EMD GP40-2
Location: Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Locomotive #: CSX 6032
Train ID: Unknown
Photo Date: February 01, 2013


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By: Nikos Kavoori

Added: Feb 03, 2013

Views: 3,125
Comments: 1

Favorited: 23
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Photo ID: 421104

Talk about luck, during the chase I saw 226 coming, calculated the best guess place to stop, we jumped out and just caught the meet with the 714 special.

Railroad: Florida East Coast Railroad (FEC)
Locomotive: EMD SD40-2
Location: St. Augustine, Florida, USA
Locomotive #: FEC 714
Train ID: FEC 714
Photo Date: January 12, 2013


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By: Bob Pickering (BP)

Added: Jan 12, 2013

Views: 2,399
Comments: 1

Favorited: 5


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Photo ID: 420430

Sun rays filter through the trees after a late afternoon rain shower. I pass by this crossing a hundred or more times a year, but this time was special and I just had to stop. After firing off a f... (more)

Railroad: Cass Scenic Railroad
Locomotive: Railroad Grade
Location: Cass, West Virginia, USA
Locomotive #: Unknown
Train ID: Unknown
Photo Date: July 27, 2012


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By: Walter Scriptunas II - www.scriptunasimages.com

Added: Jan 06, 2013

People's Choice 1

Views: 21,224
Comments: 35

Favorited: 286
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Photo ID: 411441

Railroad: Florida East Coast Railroad (FEC)
Locomotive: EMD GP40
Location: St. Augustine, Florida, USA
Locomotive #: FEC 2000
Train ID: FEC 224
Photo Date: September 29, 2012


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By: MaryAnn Norvik

Added: Oct 08, 2012

Views: 2,252
Comments: 0

Favorited: 8
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Photo ID: 411316

A pair of new SEPTA Silverliner V's share the PRR built stone arch bridge with an Amtrak AEM-7 and consist.

Railroad: SEPTA
Locomotive: Silverliner V
Location: Morrisville, Pennsylvania, USA
Locomotive #: SPAX 809
Train ID: Unknown
Photo Date: September 10, 2012


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By: Mitch Goldman

Added: Oct 07, 2012

Views: 3,537
Comments: 1

Favorited: 17
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Photo ID: 410906

It was about 2006 the last time FEC 2000 lead a mainline freight. We found out just in time, further 2000 had problems delaying arrival until after sunrise...making for this shot.

Railroad: Florida East Coast Railroad (FEC)
Locomotive: EMD GP40
Location: St. Augustine, Florida, USA
Locomotive #: FEC 2000
Train ID: FEC 224
Photo Date: September 29, 2012


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By: Bob Pickering (BP)

Added: Oct 02, 2012

Views: 3,012
Comments: 1

Favorited: 9
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Photo ID: 410577

Yes that is the FEC 2000 leading a mainline freight, first time in maybe 5-6 years since that has happened. The 2000 had some problems which delayed the train into perfect sunlight.

Railroad: Florida East Coast Railroad (FEC)
Locomotive: EMD GP40
Location: St. Augustine, Florida, USA
Locomotive #: FEC 2000
Train ID: FEC 224
Photo Date: September 29, 2012


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By: Bob Pickering (BP)

Added: Sep 29, 2012

Views: 3,648
Comments: 0

Favorited: 16


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Photo ID: 410114

Friday afternoon rush hour at Metropark. Train 3943 runs express from Newark Penn Station to Princeton Jct, NJ and is making good time westbound on track 3 while an eastbound local (train 3860) h... (more)

Railroad: NJ Transit
Locomotive: Bombardier ALP-46
Location: Iselin, New Jersey, USA
Locomotive #: NJTR 4626
Train ID: NJT 3943
Photo Date: September 21, 2012


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By: Robert Pisani

Added: Sep 24, 2012

Views: 2,616
Comments: 0

Favorited: 12
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Photo ID: 399470

Under the rainbow
A double rainbow encircles a pair of venerable CP Rail SD40-2s after a good rainstorm in Cranbrook, British Columbia, on October 4, 2010. This image was on one of my l... (more)

Railroad: Canadian Pacific Railway
Locomotive: EMD SD40-2
Location: Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada
Locomotive #: CP 5915
Train ID: Unknown
Photo Date: October 04, 2010


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By: Mike Danneman

Added: Jun 01, 2012

People's Choice 2

Views: 11,865
Comments: 10

Favorited: 110
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Photo ID: 398986

When I was first in New York City; the one time I was in the subway without my camera was the time a diesel powered work train passed by. Of all the luck! (Although it was on the wrong trac... (more)

Railroad: MTA New York City Transit
Locomotive: GE 45-ton
Location: Brooklyn, New York, USA
Locomotive #: NYCT 55
Train ID: Unknown
Photo Date: May 20, 2012


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By: Craig Walker

Added: May 27, 2012

Views: 7,010
Comments: 3

Favorited: 28
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Photo ID: 398264

A BNSF westbound train led by Dash-9 No. 766 blasts out of Tunnel 9 at Walong, California, on March 28, 2001, as the train’s DPUs pass overhead. The action takes place on the famous Tehachapi Lo... (more)

Railroad: Burlington Northern Santa Fe
Locomotive: GE C44-9W (Dash 9-44CW)
Location: Walong, California, USA
Locomotive #: BNSF 766
Train ID: Unknown
Photo Date: March 28, 2001


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By: Mike Danneman

Added: May 20, 2012

Views: 10,343
Comments: 3

Favorited: 31
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Photo ID: 395204

Two Trains and an Airplane - A CSX stack train crawls to a stop as the OI-16 train to Browns Yard, led by NS 1703, passes on the right. At the same time, a United Airlines jet makes a la... (more)

Railroad: Norfolk Southern
Locomotive: EMD SD45-2
Location: Elizabeth, New Jersey, USA
Locomotive #: NS 1703
Train ID: CR WPOI-16
Photo Date: April 13, 2012


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By: Jason Bialecki

Added: Apr 15, 2012

Views: 9,437
Comments: 6

Favorited: 42
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