Friday, December 5, 2025

SP 7604 in Roseville

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Cotton Belt 7604 was sitting in the power pool with U33C 8698 in Roseville on an unknown date 1978.
SSW 7604 was an EMD GP40, SP Class EF430C-1. Reportedly it was built in 1966, builders number 31487. This locomotive was upgraded in 1982 emerging as SP 7962 a model GP40R, SP Class EF430CR-1. It was assigned Union Pacific number 1442, repainted in 2005, classed by UP as a GP40-2. It was renumbered to UP 1335 in 2008. Reportedly still in service by UP in 2014.
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35mm Tri-X film, Neg 1.0.3.26.10A, Scan 2010030501.10 

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UP 5396 at Durkee Loop

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UP 5396 led the 5399, 4433, 7618 and 7619 on the former Oregon Railway & Navigation Co. around the Durkee Loop near Durkee, OR, on Monday, June 11, 2007.
UP 5396 is a GE ES44AC in the 5353-5553 series, UP Designation C45AC-CTE. Reportedly it was built in 2005 builders number 55552.
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Nikon D2Hs, Nikon 35-70mm f/3.3-4.5 AF (FX)
Photo: 2007.6.11.1.32-ph

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Wednesday, December 3, 2025

Meet in the Blues

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Union Pacific (UP) 5491 was leading a westbound stack train meeting an eastbound at Kamela, OR, on the UP's La Grande Subdivision in the Blue Mountains on Sunday, June 10, 2007.
UP 5491 is a GE ES44AC, UP Designation C45AC-CTE, in the 5353-5553 series. Reportedly: it was built in 2005, builders number 55647.
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Nikon D2Hs, Nikon 35-70mm f/3.3-4.5 AF (FX)
Photo: 2007.6.10.1.29-ph 

Monday, December 1, 2025

WB UP in the Blues

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Union Pacific (UP) 5491 led a westbound stack train at Kamela, OR, in the Blue Mountains on Sunday, June 10, 2007.
UP 5491 is a GE ES44AC, UP Designation C45AC-CTE, in the 5353-5553 series. Reportedly it was built in May 2005 builders number 55647.
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Nikon D2Hs, Nikon 35-70mm f/3.3-4.5 AF (FX)
Photo: 2007.6.10.1.23-ph

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Logan Hill Coal Train

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At Logan Hill, in the Powder River Basin in WY, on Tuesday, July 30, 2019, was BNSF Railway (BNSF) 9021, 9361 + 9217 on a 2+1 eastbound coal train.
BNSF 9021 is an EMD SD70ACe. Reportedly: it was built in 2013 serial number 20126869-072.
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Nikon D600, Nikon 80~200mm f2.8 lens
Photo: 2019.7.30.2.10-ph

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Sunday, November 30, 2025

SP 9500 in Roseville

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On an unrecorded date in April 1975, Southern Pacific (SP) 9500 was on the east end of the yard in Roseville, CA.
SP 9500 was an EMD SD45X, SP Class EF642-1. It was built in 1970 builders number 35741. It was retired in 1984 and scrapped.
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Slide 2.2-2842, Hand Scan 2008.3.27.1.2-ph

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CalP 3401 on the CCMRC

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California Pacific (CalP) 3401, an HO model of an ALCo C628, at Klamath Junction on the California Central Model Railroad Club (CCMRC) in the historic Agnew depot in Santa Clara, CA. This photo was taken today, Monday, November 24, 2025. This California Pacific is a fictitious railroad. My own private roadname. The model was painted 40+ years ago.
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Apple iPhone 13 Max,
Image: 2025.11.25.3.6-ph

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SP 7604 in Roseville

Click Photo To Enlarge Cotton Belt 7604 was sitting in the power pool with U33C 8698 in Roseville on an unknown date 1978. SSW 7604 was an E...