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Fireworks - Lightning - Sparks
Sparks fly over the railroads from celebration fireworks, maintenance and repair "sparks", locomotive exhaust fireworks, and nature's light show.
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Photo ID: 473329

With dynamic brake grids needing replacing in Union Pacific GE C44-9W No. 9666, a machinist in UP’s Kansas City Locomotive Facility performs some maintenance on the access panels on October 22, ... (more)

Railroad: Union Pacific
Locomotive: GE C44-9W (Dash 9-44CW)
Location: Kansas City, Missouri, USA
Locomotive #: UP 9666
Train ID: Unassigned
Photo Date: October 22, 2013


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By: Mike Danneman

Added: Mar 12, 2014

Views: 2,837
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Favorited: 7
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Photo ID: 468140

The Loram rail grinders works it way through Homestead, Iowa

Railroad: Loram
Locomotive: N/A
Location: Homestead, Iowa, USA
Locomotive #: Loram RG311
Train ID: Unknown
Photo Date: January 29, 2014


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By: FJ Grizel

Added: Jan 30, 2014

Views: 2,315
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Favorited: 3
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Photo ID: 467873

January 25th, 2014. Track crews begin slicing the rails of Metrolink's San Bernardino mainline in preparation of sliding them a few feet south to connect the panel track where the 4014 awaits to m... (more)

Railroad: Metrolink
Locomotive: none
Location: Pomona, California, USA
Locomotive #:
Train ID: Unknown
Photo Date: January 25, 2014


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By: Steve Crise

Added: Jan 28, 2014

Views: 5,715
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Favorited: 15
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Photo ID: 467213

The eastbound C&O signal bridge at Sandstone displays a clear signal on main two for an approaching eastbound as an early spring thunderstorm associated with a cold front invades the New River Gor... (more)

Railroad: CSX Transportation (CSXT)
Locomotive: N/A
Location: Sandstone, West Virginia, USA
Locomotive #: Unknown
Train ID: Unknown
Photo Date: March 21, 2012


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By: Chase Gunnoe

Added: Jan 22, 2014

Views: 4,084
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Favorited: 29
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Photo ID: 464432

As we ring in the new year, Norfolk Southern wishes you a happy 2014! Photo by Casey Thomason. For more information about Norfolk Southern, visit more)

Railroad: Norfolk Southern
Locomotive: EMD GP38-2
Location: Columbus, Georgia, USA
Locomotive #: 5507
Train ID: Unknown
Photo Date: January 01, 2014


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By: Norfolk Southern Corp

Added: Dec 31, 2013

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Photo ID: 462162

Cutoff - A BNSF MOW (Maintenance of Way) worker uses a hydraulic cutoff saw to cut a one inch gap between the ends of two 136 lb. rail sections at the Fullerton Train Station. The rai... (more)

Railroad: Burlington Northern Santa Fe
Locomotive: Ford Truck
Location: Fullerton, California, USA
Locomotive #: - - - -
Train ID: - - - -
Photo Date: July 22, 2011


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By: EL ROCO Photography

Added: Dec 14, 2013

Views: 3,904
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Favorited: 3
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Photo ID: 462065

JS 2-8-2 is blowing its pipes for cleaning.

Railroad: Sandaoling Coal Mine Railway
Locomotive: Steam 2-8-2
Location: Sandaoling, China
Locomotive #: Unknown
Train ID: Unknown
Photo Date: February 23, 2013


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By: Klaus-Henning Damm

Added: Dec 13, 2013

Views: 2,803
Comments: 2

Favorited: 14
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Photo ID: 459641

Something you don't get to see everyday at Fullerton. A worker watches as another slices rail off Main #2 at the station. This creates a fantastic show of sparks, flying in all directions. Many p... (more)

Railroad: Burlington Northern Santa Fe
Locomotive: N/A
Location: Fullerton, California, USA
Locomotive #: Unknown
Train ID: Unknown
Photo Date: November 22, 2013


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By: Nathaniel Holguin

Added: Nov 23, 2013

Views: 2,844
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Favorited: 7
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Photo ID: 459574

At the 1990 NRHS Convention in St. Louis, TRAINS Magazine had a special and private photo staged in the afternoon where all four participating steam locomotives would be lined up for its staffers.... (more)

Railroad: Union Pacific
Locomotive: Steam 4-8-4
Location: Saint Louis, Missouri, USA
Locomotive #: UP 844
Train ID: Unknown
Photo Date: June 17, 1990


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By: Mike Del Vecchio

Added: Nov 23, 2013

Views: 10,055
Comments: 4

Favorited: 51
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Photo ID: 459135

Starting of maintenance: cutting track with a buzz saw.

Railroad: DB AG
Locomotive: Unknown
Location: Neunkirch, Switzerland
Locomotive #: Unknown
Train ID: Unknown
Photo Date: January 22, 2011


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By: Richard Behrbohm

Added: Nov 18, 2013

Views: 2,640
Comments: 2

Favorited: 11


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Photo ID: 457227

It's that time of year in England when everyone has a firework party to celebrate the non blowing up of the Houses of Parliament in 1605. Some these days possibly wish that it had happened. Bowes ... (more)

Railroad: Bowes Railway
Locomotive: Steam 0-4-0
Location: Gateshead, United Kingdom
Locomotive #: Unknown
Train ID: Unknown
Photo Date: November 02, 2013


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By: davehewitt

Added: Nov 02, 2013

Views: 2,633
Comments: 2

Favorited: 10
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Photo ID: 453749

Railroad: RZD (Rossiyskye Zheleznye Dorogi)
Locomotive: EP1M
Location: Michurinsk, Russia
Locomotive #: 779
Train ID: -
Photo Date: September 14, 2013


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By: arvican

Added: Oct 03, 2013

Views: 3,046
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Favorited: 9
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Photo ID: 447706

Rolling stock is useless unless we have a solid foundation, and good track to run it on. A Norfolk Southern Maintenance of Way welder re-conditions a frog, while his spotter keeps watch on a sout... (more)

Railroad: Norfolk Southern
Locomotive: GE C40-9W (Dash 9-40CW)
Location: Birmingham, Alabama, USA
Locomotive #: Unknown
Train ID: Unknown
Photo Date: December 13, 2009


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By: David C. Light

Added: Aug 18, 2013

Views: 5,903
Comments: 1

Favorited: 12
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Photo ID: 443429

Repair work is performed on the end of SP&S 272 at the Northwest Railway Museum's Conservation & Restoration Center. This car was built as... (more)

Railroad: Northwest Railway Museum
Locomotive: Barney & Smith Baggage-Coach
Location: Snoqualmie, Washington, USA
Locomotive #: SPS 272
Train ID: Unknown
Photo Date: July 06, 2013


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By: David Honan

Added: Jul 15, 2013

Views: 3,343
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Favorited: 6
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Photo ID: 442652

Pacing the LORAM Rail Grinder train at about 15 mph as it produces lots of sparks and smoke along the Florida East Coast Railway.

Railroad: Loram
Locomotive: Rail Grinder
Location: Grant, Florida, USA
Locomotive #: RG403
Train ID: Loram 403
Photo Date: July, 2013


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By: John Doughty

Added: Jul 08, 2013

Views: 6,344
Comments: 3

Favorited: 11
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