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Trains don't run themselves--they're ultimately run by people. This album showcases the hardworking folks that make railroads work, as well as emphasizing the size of these great machines in comparison to their masters. All photos must include a visible h
Photo Album By: Daniel Holmes
 
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Photo ID: 823802

This was one of eight SW1200RS's assigned to the Dominion Atlantic Railway, CPR's subsidiary in Nova Scotia. For a brief period it was working as one of three switchers at the Glen Yard, the Montr... (more)

Railroad: Canadian Pacific Railway
Locomotive: EMD SW1200
Location: Westmount, Quebec, Canada
Locomotive #: CP 8139
Train ID: Unknown
Photo Date: July 20, 1969


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By: Ian Stronach

Added: Feb 02, 2023

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Photo ID: 823777

Crewing up on a cold morning at Bridge 60.

Railroad: Delaware Lackawanna
Locomotive: Alco C425
Location: Scranton, Pennsylvania, USA
Locomotive #: DL 2452
Train ID: Unknown
Photo Date: February 01, 2023


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By: Lester Zmudzinski

Added: Feb 01, 2023

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Photo ID: 823734

On this day the R901 job based out of CN's Keenan yard was tasked with going up to the Mountain Iron yard and retrieving the Plasser & Theurer RM802 High-Production Ballast Undercutting/Cleaning M... (more)

Railroad: Canadian National Railway
Locomotive: GP40-2R
Location: Mountain Iron, Minnesota, USA
Locomotive #: IC 3110
Train ID: R901
Photo Date: January 29, 2023


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By: Todd M.

Added: Feb 01, 2023

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Photo ID: 819583

In those days we always expected Alcos here and finding a low horsepower EMD B-B was a big surprise. This is the Patio switcher spotting a reefer.

Railroad: Louisville & Nashville
Locomotive: EMD GP9
Location: Winchester, Kentucky, USA
Locomotive #: LN 517
Train ID: Unknown
Photo Date: September 18, 1979


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By: Sid Vaught

Added: Dec 14, 2022

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Photo ID: 808307

Other than the little bridge over the creek and the downtown buildings in the distance, this was a pretty nondescript spot. In spite of that, it was one of the busier railroad locations in August... (more)

Railroad: Southern Railway
Locomotive: EMD GP38
Location: Augusta, Georgia, USA
Locomotive #: Sou 2873
Train ID: Unknown
Photo Date: February, 1976


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By: David Harris

Added: Jul 24, 2022

Views: 4,826
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Favorited: 10


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Photo ID: 806362

CP Rail DS-4-4-1000 7072 was built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works for the Canadian Pacific in October 1948. It was found working in the yards in Vancouver, British Columbia, on September 19, 197... (more)

Railroad: Canadian Pacific Railway
Locomotive: Baldwin DRS4-4-1000
Location: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Locomotive #: CP 7072
Train ID: Unknown
Photo Date: September 19, 1979


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By: Craig Walker

Added: Jun 30, 2022

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Photo ID: 803745

The Maryland Midland delivers two cars fresh from the CSX interchange at Highfield to a lumber yard in Thurmont, Maryland. I’m not sure of the ownership at the time of this photo, but the lumber... (more)

Railroad: Maryland Midland
Locomotive: EMD SD24
Location: Thurmont, Maryland, USA
Locomotive #: MMID 6252
Train ID: Unknown
Photo Date: April 20, 1984


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By: Doug Lilly

Added: May 27, 2022

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Photo ID: 803461

Baldwin AS-16's 6206 (1600hp) and 6202 (1500hp), two of 16 owned by B&O. The second unit 6202 was the first BLW AS-16's built on a DRS-4-4-15 cast underframes. Beginning in October 1953 BLW AS-... (more)

Railroad: Baltimore & Ohio (B&O)
Locomotive: Baldwin AS-16
Location: Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
Locomotive #: BO 6206
Train ID: Unknown
Photo Date: August 29, 1964


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By: Roger Lalonde

Added: May 23, 2022

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Photo ID: 796100

UP displayed UP 8444 at Spokane's Expo 74 Worlds Fair during the summer of 1974. This photo was my first encounter with the locomotive, and over the next 20 years there would be several more. The ... (more)

Railroad: Union Pacific
Locomotive: Steam 4-8-4
Location: Spokane, Washington, USA
Locomotive #: UP 8444
Train ID: Unknown
Photo Date: June, 1974


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By: Bill Edgar

Added: Feb 21, 2022

Views: 4,013
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Photo ID: 795613

A long gone sight A L&N GE U25C # 1516 leads a coal train out on line near Evansville Indiana on a nice fall day in october 1978

Railroad: Louisville & Nashville
Locomotive: GE U25C
Location: Evansville, Indiana, USA
Locomotive #: 1516
Train ID: Unknown
Photo Date: October, 1978


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By: Brian G Morris

Added: Feb 15, 2022

Views: 4,498
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Photo ID: 792928

Railroad: Louisville & Nashville
Locomotive: Alco RS-3
Location: Bowling Green, Kentucky, USA
Locomotive #: LN 138
Train ID: Unknown
Photo Date: July, 1969


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By: Linton F. Moss Collection

Added: Jan 17, 2022

Views: 3,919
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Favorited: 15
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Photo ID: 790867

A short freight train hauled by the small Mallet locomotive 440-008 has almost reached the Shegereni station on its way to Asmara.

Railroad: Eritrean Railways
Locomotive: Steam 0-4-4-0T Mallet
Location: Between Nefasit and Asmara, Eritrea
Locomotive #: 440-008
Train ID: Steam charter
Photo Date: December 22, 2012


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By: Daniel SIMON

Added: Dec 24, 2021

Views: 1,413
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Photo ID: 790078

The EAR 59 class was a class of oil-fired 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3?8 in) gauge Garratt-type articulated steam locomotives. The 34 members of the class were built by Beyer, Peacock & Co. in Manchester, E... (more)

Railroad: East African Railways
Locomotive: Garratt 4-8-2+2-8-4
Location: Nairobi, Kenya
Locomotive #: 5918
Train ID: charter
Photo Date: May 20, 2011


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By: Georg Trüb

Added: Dec 15, 2021

Views: 2,096
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Photo ID: 787497

A Western Railway of Alabama drags a transfer cut out of S&N Yard (combined SCL and L&N) and across Court Street into WRofA's Chester Yard. In a process that will take a few more years to complet... (more)

Railroad: Georgia Railroad
Locomotive: EMD GP9
Location: Montgomery, Alabama, USA
Locomotive #: GARR 1041
Train ID: Unknown
Photo Date: November, 1975


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By: David Harris

Added: Nov 15, 2021

Views: 7,420
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Favorited: 17
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Photo ID: 784049

I am just about to run out of daylight when I finally catch a southbound freight coming under the 10th Street bridge behind an ex-L&N SD40-2 (delivered in May 1980). The NS crossing is interlocke... (more)

Railroad: CSX Transportation (CSXT)
Locomotive: EMD SD40-2
Location: Opelika, Alabama, USA
Locomotive #: CSXT 8100
Train ID: Unknown
Photo Date: October 25, 1989


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By: David Harris

Added: Oct 08, 2021

Views: 2,170
Comments: 1

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