Monday, June 22, 2026

Pooch in South City

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Amtrak (reporting mark AMTK) 706 was in South San Francisco, CA leading an SP commute on an unrecorded day in 1978.
AMTK 706 was a GE P30CH. Reportedly: it was built in 1975, serial number 40700.
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Photo by: Steve Sloan 

Unknown 35mm Camera, Tri-X Film:
Neg 1.1.3.26.15A, Hand Scan 2010.3.5.1.4-ph

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Sunday, June 21, 2026

ATSF 5253 Crossing Over

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On a snowy Sunday, February 18, 1990, ATSF 5253 went through the crossovers in the town of Tehachappi, CA.
ATSF 5253 was an EMD SDP40F/SDF40-2. Reportedly: it was built in 1974 builder number 74611-51, as AMTK SDP40F 630. In 1984 it became ATSF 5253. In 1998 it became BNSF 6963.
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Nikon FM2, Nikon 105mm f2.5 (MF) Lens, Kodachrome 200
Scan 2021.12.6.1.15-ph, Kodachrome Slide YB.23.659.21
Steve Sloan Photo 

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Saturday, June 20, 2026

ATSF 5253 in Snow

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On Sunday, February 18, 1990, ATSF SDF40-2 5253 led a train during a snow storm in the town of Tehachappi, CA.
ATSF 5253 was an EMD SDF40-2. Reportedly: it was built in 1974 builder number 74611-51, as AMTK SDP40F 630. In 1984 it became ATSF 5253. In 1998 it became BNSF 6963.
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Nikon FM2 Camera, Kodachrome 200 film, Nikon 105mm f2.5 (MF) Lens
Hand Scan 2021.12.6.1.16-ph, Kodachrome Slide YB.23.659.25

Steve Sloan Photographer 

Friday, June 19, 2026

BOMX's B&O SD35 7402

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On Thursday, May 21, 2026, at the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Museum (reporting mark BOMX) in Baltimore, Maryland, was the museum's Baltimore & Ohio Railroad (reporting mark BO) BO 7402.
The museum's BO 6944 is an EMD SD35. Reportedly: built in 1964, serial number 29410, it became CSX 4550 before going to the museum.
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Nikon Z50, Nikkor Z DX 16-50mm f/3.5-6.3 VR lens,
Image: 2026.6.5.1.43-ph

Steve Sloan Photo

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Thursday, June 18, 2026

BOMX's BO GP30 6944

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On Thursday, May 21, 2026, at the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Museum (reporting mark BOMX) in Baltimore, Maryland, was the museum's Baltimore & Ohio Railroad (reporting mark BO) BO 6944.
The museum's BO 6944 is an EMD GP30. Reportedly, built in 1962, serial number 27661, it became CSX 4253 before going to the museum.
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Nikon Z50, Nikkor Z DX 16-50mm f/3.5-6.3 VR lens,
Image: 2026.6.5.1.56-ph

Steve Sloan Photo

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Monday, June 15, 2026

CDOT FL9 2016

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Connecticut Department of Transportation (CDOT) 2016 was leading a commute train at Stamford, CT on Thursday, June 29, 1995.
CDOT 2016 was an EMD FL9. Reportedly: it was built in 1960 as New Haven 2044, serial number 21990. It became PC 5044, before becoming MNCR 5044 then MNCR 2016 and then CDOT 2016. It reportedly survived.
According to Otto Vondrak (in Feb. 2019), "The CDOT 2016 was part of the gang of six auctioned off in 2018, and the 2016 is now at Grapevine Railroad in Texas." 

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Negative from roll 39.14, printed, scan 2019.2.3.1.8-ph
-Steve Sloan Photographer


Thursday, June 11, 2026

First Streamlined Diesel-Electric

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On Thursday, May 21, 2026, at the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Museum (reporting mark BOMX) in Baltimore, Maryland, was Baltimore & Ohio Railroad (reporting mark BO) BO 51.
The museum's BO 51 is an EMC EA. Reportedly, built in 1937, serial number 666, it was the first streamlined diesel-electric locomotive in the world. In 1953 it was traded back to EMD. It was stripped of its usable machinery, cosmetically restored, and sent to the newly opened Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Transportation Museum, as it was known at the time.
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Nikon Z50, Nikkor Z DX 16-50mm f/3.5-6.3 VR lens,
Image: 2026.6.5.1.75-ph

Steve Sloan Photo  

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Pooch in South City

Click Photo To Enlarge Amtrak (reporting mark AMTK) 706 was in South San Francisco, CA leading an SP commute on an unrecorded day in 1978. A...