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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: 576501

Z127 leans into the curve as it slows for a 10mph slow order a couple blocks behind me.

Railroad: Lake State Railway
Locomotive: EMD GP40M-3
Location: Bridgeport, Michigan, USA
Locomotive #: LSRC 1179
Train ID: LSRC Z127
Photo Date: November 08, 2015


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By: Steven Mckay

Added: May 14, 2016

Views: 1,330
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Photo ID: 573524

A freshly painted CSX 4529 leads Q243 south under the classic C&O signal bridge at Rising Sun.

Railroad: CSX Transportation (CSXT)
Locomotive: EMD SD70MAC
Location: Rising Sun, Ohio, USA
Locomotive #: CSXT 4529
Train ID: CSX Q243
Photo Date: April 17, 2016


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By: John Puda

Added: Apr 18, 2016

Views: 2,733
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Photo ID: 571958

The sun has just come out from a heavy cloud cover as an empty oil train CP 551 heads west on the NS Chicago Line.

Railroad: Canadian Pacific Railway
Locomotive: GE AC4400CW
Location: Wawaka, Indiana, USA
Locomotive #: CP 9757
Train ID: CP 551
Photo Date: April 03, 2016


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By: Matt Weldon

Added: Apr 04, 2016

Views: 2,509
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Favorited: 10
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Photo ID: 565223

Northbound above town.

Railroad: Norfolk Southern
Locomotive: EMD GP38-2
Location: Milton, Pennsylvania, USA
Locomotive #: NS 5323
Train ID: NS K22
Photo Date: February 10, 2016


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By: WILLIAM KLAPP

Added: Feb 10, 2016

Views: 2,457
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Photo ID: 563719

Four GE's lead empty hopper train E492 off the former B&O and onto the former C&O as they pass under the classic C&O signal cantilever at Fostoria.

Railroad: CSX Transportation (CSXT)
Locomotive: GE AC4400CW
Location: Fostoria, Ohio, USA
Locomotive #: CSXT 285
Train ID: CSX E492
Photo Date: November 08, 2015


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By: John Puda

Added: Jan 29, 2016

Views: 2,398
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Favorited: 6


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Photo ID: 562183

The Super Chief - El Capitan A Roger Puta Photograph

Railroad: Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe (ATSF)
Locomotive: EMD F7(A)
Location: East of Streator, Illinois, USA
Locomotive #: ATSF 44C
Train ID: ATSF 18
Photo Date: January 28, 1967


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By: Marty Bernard

Added: Jan 15, 2016

Views: 8,080
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Favorited: 44
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Photo ID: 561350

SP's priority Denver to Roseville Forwarder crests 7440 ft. Soldier Summit on June 19, 1993. The 47 car train of Coors beer and piggyback trailers will descend 3000 feet of elevation in the 50 mil... (more)

Railroad: Southern Pacific Railroad
Locomotive: EMD GP60
Location: Soldier Summit, Utah, USA
Locomotive #: SP 9721
Train ID: DVRVF
Photo Date: June 19, 1993


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By: James Belmont

Added: Jan 08, 2016

Views: 6,092
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Photo ID: 550703

The train was Amtrak's Super Chief/El Capitan. The late Roger Puta's slide was scanned and posted by Marty Bernard.

Railroad: Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway
Locomotive: EMD F7(A)
Location: San Bernardino, California, USA
Locomotive #: ATSF 306C
Train ID: AMTK 3
Photo Date: February, 1972


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By: Roger Puta

Added: Oct 18, 2015

Views: 6,777
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Photo ID: 550090

During the sweet golden hour, an eastbound stack train NS 24W pass by a long abandoned pole line east of Wawaka, IN on the Chicago Line.

Railroad: Norfolk Southern
Locomotive: EMD SD70M-2
Location: Wawaka, Indiana, USA
Locomotive #: NS 2706
Train ID: NS 24W
Photo Date: October 10, 2015


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By: Matt Weldon

Added: Oct 13, 2015

Views: 2,448
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Favorited: 9
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Photo ID: 550063

BNSF 1434 switches at the west end of Ayer yard at sunset along the Snake River. The train makes a turn from Pasco, WA to Ayer to interchange traffic with WATCO's Great Northwest Railway which han... (more)

Railroad: BNSF Railway
Locomotive: EMD SD60M
Location: Ayer, Washington, USA
Locomotive #: BNSF 1434
Train ID: Ayer turn
Photo Date: September 19, 2015


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By: Bill Edgar

Added: Oct 13, 2015

Views: 3,275
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Favorited: 16


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Photo ID: 544670

With code line wire & black widows, an almost timeless scene occurs here on the Niles Canyon Railway. This is the first time these units have been paired up in 7 years.

Railroad: Southern Pacific Railroad
Locomotive: EMD SD9
Location: Sunol, California, USA
Locomotive #: SP 5472
Train ID: N/A
Photo Date: August 30, 2015


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By: Ben Margherone

Added: Sep 01, 2015

Views: 3,518
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Favorited: 10
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Photo ID: 544351

1984 was a good year for the former Reading Company station in Pottstown, PA. The 56-year-old structure was added to the National Register of Historic Places, and it received a complete restoratio... (more)

Railroad: Reading Company
Locomotive: Station
Location: Pottstown, Pennsylvania, USA
Locomotive #: Unknown
Train ID: Unknown
Photo Date: October, 1984


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By: Doug Lilly

Added: Aug 29, 2015

Views: 3,370
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Favorited: 10
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Photo ID: 522800

600mm view of BB 12 clearing the line after a major snowfall. The code line charm of this former C&O line will soon be gone, as new signals take hold.

Railroad: Buckingham Branch Railroad
Locomotive: EMD GP40-3
Location: Craigsville, Virginia, USA
Locomotive #: BB 12
Train ID: BB Z631
Photo Date: February 23, 2015


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By: Loyd Lowry

Added: Mar 12, 2015

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People's Choice 3

Views: 18,913
Comments: 6

Favorited: 87
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Photo ID: 519927

On the cusp of a beautiful Nevada sunset, Union Pacific rolls manifest freight southwest through the Moapa Valley over the Los Angeles and Salt Lake route.

Railroad: Union Pacific
Locomotive: EMD SD70ACe
Location: Moapa, Nevada, USA
Locomotive #: UP 8369
Train ID: Manifest
Photo Date: February 16, 2015


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By: M. S. Repp

Added: Feb 20, 2015

People's Choice 4

Views: 10,880
Comments: 14

Favorited: 102
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Photo ID: 513140

A pair of SD70Ms power UP Train MWTNP 11 under the classic UP Signal Bridge at West Topeka after a crew change. The days are numbered for the immaculate code line and signal bridge here, and it w... (more)

Railroad: Union Pacific
Locomotive: EMD SD70M
Location: Topeka, Kansas, USA
Locomotive #: UP 4672
Train ID: UP MWTNP
Photo Date: April 12, 2014


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By: Zach Pumphery

Added: Jan 04, 2015

Views: 1,986
Comments: 0

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