Albany Switcher

On Friday, March 15, 2024, Portland and Western Railroad (PNWR) 3546 is switching the yard in Albany, Oregon.
PNWR 3546 is an EMD GP38-2. Reportedly: it was built in 1974 as MP 2119, serial number 73679-9. Reporting marks and numbers said by some to be associated with this locomotive include: UP 2119, UP 619, and HLCX 1852.
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Smoky Day

At 10:30 a.m. on a smoky Tuesday, August 22, 2017, Union Pacific 8263 leads an eastbound 2+1 stack train west of Mitchell Point, Meno, Oregon in the Columbia River Gorge. The power was UP 8623, 2723, DPU 8152.
UP 8263 is a GE ES44AC-H. Reportedly it was built in 2014, serial number 62837.
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Ash Hill Eastbound

In Ash Hill, CA 2:50 p.m., Thursday, April 15, 2021, an Eastbound BNSF Railway (BNSF) 3+2 mixed Intermodal and autoracks has BNSF 8135, 6678 and warbonnet 680 + 3676 and 4175.
BNSF 8135 is a GE ES44C4. Reportedly: it was built by GE in 2014, builder's number 62209.
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Work Train

Southern Pacific (SP) U28C 7153 with SD39 5304 at Walong, CA on a Tehachapi work train on Monday, October 21, 1974.
SP 7153 is a GE U28C, SP Class GF628-1. Reportedly: it was built in October 1966, builders number 36071. Retired in 1978, sold in 1984.

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Southbound at Albany

A Union Pacific 3+0 train with UP 2747, 1988 (MKT) and 6235 passes Portland and Western (PNWR) 3546 which is working as the switcher in the nearby yard in Albany, OR, on Friday, March 15, 2024.
UP 2747 is a GE ES44AC-T4C. Reportedly: it was built in 2016, serial number 64380.
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PJ

 

Paul (PJ) Saracen is with Ontario Midland (OMID) Alco S4 Number 3 "Dale Earnhardt" in the OMID engine house in Sodus, NY, on Tuesday, June 22, 2010.
Written in 2010: Number 3 is an Alco S4 built in 1953 and formerly of the Genesee & Wyoming and the New York Central (NYC). Paul (PJ) Saracen of the OMID is a man passionate about Alcos. He even owns his own S4 (not the #3). I had a great conversation with PJ in Sodus, NY on June 22, 2010.
OMID 3 "Dale Earnhardt" was an ALCo S4. Reportedly: it was built in 1953 as PLE 8655 serial number 80941. Reporting marks and numbers said to be associated with this locomotive include: CCCL 36, GNWR 1776 and GNWR 36. It was scrapped in 2024.

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Dale Earnhardt

 

Ontario Midland (OMID) Number 3 "Dale Earnhardt" in the OMID engine house in Sodus, NY, on Tuesday, June 22, 2010.
OMID 3 "Dale Earnhardt" was an ALCo S4. Reportedly: it was built in 1953 as PLE 8655 serial number 80941. Reporting marks and numbers said to be associated with this locomotive include: CCCL 36, GNWR 1776 and GNWR 36. It was scrapped in 2024.

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AMTK Train 518

 

Amtrak (AMTK) 90253 is on the rear of train 518 in Vancouver, WA at 2 p.m. on Sunday, March 17, 2024. AMTK 186 is leading.
AMTK 90253 is a rebuilt EMD NPCU. Reportedly: it was built by EMD in 1977 as an F40PHR, AMTK 253, Serial number 777001-24.

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East Barstow Eastbound

 

On Friday, April 16, 2021, in East Barstow at 10:05 a.m. an eastbound BNSF Railway (BNSF) 4+0 has 3975, 7300, 8212 and 5201.
BNSF 3975 is a GE ET44C4. Reportedly: it was built in 2015, serial number 63228.

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DPU on Manifest

 

On Sunday, March 17, 2024, a BNSF Railway westbound 2+1 manifest comes off the Fallbridge Subdivision, Northern Transcon. Power was BNSF 4314, 4748 + 6710.
BNSF 6710 is a GE ES44C4. Reportedly it was built in 2011 serial number 60380.

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Manifest in Vancouver

 

On Sunday, March 17, 2024, at Vancouver, WA, a BNSF Railway westbound 2+1 manifest comes off the Fallbridge Subdivision, Northern Transcon. Power was BNSF 4314, 4748 + 6710.
BNSF 4314 is a GE C44-9W. Reportedly: it was built in 1999 serial number 51649.

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Royal Hudson in Oakland

On Wednesday, March 23, 1977, the Southern Pacific's (SP's) SW1200 2281 helped the Royal Hudson move around the West Oakland, California yard. It is captured here near Tenth Street and Oakland's Desert Yard. Note the beet gons in the Desert Yard. Consist SP 2281, CPR 2860, SSW 9389.
SP 2281 is an EMD SW1200, SP Class ES412-5. Reportedly: (sources include Strapac's fantastic SP Compendium series) SP 2281 was delivered July 1965 as SP 1616, Serial 30248, SP Class DS-124, and quickly renumbered to 2281. It was retired from SP service in December 1986. In December 1987 it was sold to Southwest Railway Car Parts of Venus, Texas. The next month it went to Chaparral Steel Company in Texas as their 2281.

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Night Train

Portland and Western Railroad (PNWR) 2302 leads a late night train on Friday, March 15, 2024 on the streets of Albany, OR. This is the first train photo taken from our Hyundai Tucson "Luna" which we bought the day before.
PNWR 2302, the "Adair Village", is an EMD GP39-2. Reportedly: it was built in 1974 serial number 74602-2 as ATSF 3601. It became WPRR/PNWR 2302 in 1993.

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Number 11

Amtrak southbound number 11 passes BNSF 2100 and 2132 in Vancouver, WA, at 1:10 p.m. on Sunday, March 17, 2024. Power on number 11 is AMTK 50 and 330.

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Train on Benicia Bridge

 

Cotton Belt (SSW) 9301, an SD45T-2, leads a mixed set of EMD and Alco locomotives: 9301, 8443, 4009 and 4006 power off the Suisun Bay Bridge at Martienez, CA on an unrecorded date in 1974.

SSW 9301 is an EMD SD45T-2, SP Class EF636C-8. Reportedly: it was built in March 1973 by EMD as a model SD45T-2, builders number 72625-41, SSW 9301 EMD SD45T-2, SP Class EF636C-8.

This locomotive was upgraded in Nov. 1987 emerging as SP 6827 SP Class EF636R-7.

The disposition of this locomotive is, retired Sept. 1999. Became BLE 908.

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CORP train in Oregon

Providence and Worcester (PW) 4301, CORP 4675, MNA 2745, ARZC 3998 and PW 4302 on CORP at Curtin Hill Rd. in Curtin, OR, on Wednesday, March 20, 2024.
PW 4301 is an EMD SD70M-2. Reportedly: it was built in 2006 as FEC 102, serial number 20056711. Reporting marks and numbers said to be associated with this locomotive include: FEC 102, FURX 102, PW 4301.

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ATSF 5697 SD45-2 in Barstow

Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway (ATSF) 5697, an EMD SD45-2, is at the engine house in Barstow, CA on Sunday, October 20, 1974.
ATSF 5697 is an EMD SD45-2. Reportedly ATSF 5697 was built by EMD in 1973 as an SD45-2 ATSF 5697 serial number 72642-11. In 1986 it was rebuilt to SPSF SD45-2u 7227. It was renumbered and repainted to yellow bonnet ATSF 5827 in 1991. It was renumbered BNSF 6477 in 1998 and subsequently renumbered to GN 6477.

ALCos behind the dorms

On Thursday, October 6, 2011, I was chasing trains with my friend and tour guide Otto Vondrak. At about 10:55 a.m., Livonia, Avon and Lakeville (LAL) 428 and 425 were passing  behind The Province, Student Living at the Rochester Institute of Technology, in Rochester, NY.
On March 13, 2024 Otto added: "Additional details: This is approaching Mortimer Junction, where the Erie and LV crossed the NYC West Shore. In 1979, Conrail built a new connecting track that swung off the Erie alignment and connected to the LV branch, which then swung parallel to the NYC West Shore so locals could access the small yard at Genesee Junction (Erie and LV tracks used to continue north to downtown Rochester, but that small yard was abandoned in favor of Genesee Junction). So this northbound LAL train is swinging onto that connector track."
LAL 428 (the Sergeant W. Wise) is an ALCo C425. Reportedly: it was built in 1966, builders number 3461-01, SP&S 320.
Reporting marks and numbers said to be associated with this locomotive include: Seminole Gulf Railroad 550, Bay Colony 2501, Shoreline Locomotives 2556, Mass. Central 4258, Arkansas & Missouri 4258, Kyle 4258, BN 4258, SP&S 320.
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ALCos at MP JC 175

 

On Thursday, October 6, 2011, I was chasing trains with my friend and tour guide Otto Vondrak. At about 10:38 a.m., Livonia, Avon and Lakeville (LAL) 428 and 425 were passing milpost JC 375, denoting the distance from the Erie Railroad's old terminal in Jersey City. This is at East River Rd. near Rush, NY.
LAL 428 (the Sergeant W. Wise) is an ALCo C425. Reportedly: it was built in 1966, builders number 3461-01, SP&S 320.
Reporting marks and numbers said to be associated with this locomotive include: Seminole Gulf Railroad 550, Bay Colony 2501, Shoreline Locomotives 2556, Mass. Central 4258, Arkansas & Missouri 4258, Kyle 4258, BN 4258, SP&S 320.
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ALCo Gothic

 

ALCo Gothic - On Thursday, October 6, 2011, at about 10:10 a.m., Livonia Avon and Lakeville (LAL) 428 and 425 accelerate near Howletts Farms, NY.
Reporting marks and numbers said to be associated with this locomotive include: Seminole Gulf Railroad 550, Bay Colony 2501, Shoreline Locomotives 2556, Mass. Central 4258, Arkansas & Missouri 4258, Kyle 4258, BN 4258, SP&S 320.
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ALCo Smoke

On Thursday, October 6, 2011, at about 10:10 a.m., Livonia Avon and Lakeville (LAL) 428 and 425 leave their smoke behind as they accelerate near Howletts Farms, NY.
LAL 428 (the Sergeant W. Wise) is an ALCo C425. Reportedly: it was built in 1966, builders number 3461-01, SP&S 320.
Reporting marks and numbers said to be associated with this locomotive include: Seminole Gulf Railroad 550, Bay Colony 2501, Shoreline Locomotives 2556, Mass. Central 4258, Arkansas & Missouri 4258, Kyle 4258, BN 4258, SP&S 320.
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ALCos are coming

 On Thursday, October 6, 2011, at about 10:10 a.m., Livonia Avon and Lakeville (LAL) 428 and 425 are smoking it up as they accelerate near Howletts Farms, NY.
LAL 428 (the Sergeant W. Wise) is an ALCo C425. Reportedly: it was built in 1966, builders number 3461-01, SP&S 320.
Reporting marks and numbers said to be associated with this locomotive include: Seminole Gulf Railroad 550, Bay Colony 2501, Shoreline Locomotives 2556, Mass. Central 4258, Arkansas & Missouri 4258, Kyle 4258, BN 4258, SP&S 320.
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Good ALCos in Avon

 

On Thursday, October 6, 2011, at about 10:05 a.m., Livonia Avon and Lakeville (LAL) 428 and 425 are taking their train out of the yard in Avon, NY.
LAL 428 (the Sergeant W. Wise) is an ALCo C425. Reportedly: it was built in 1966, builders number 3461-01, SP&S 320.
Reporting marks and numbers said to be associated with this locomotive include: Seminole Gulf Railroad 550, Bay Colony 2501, Shoreline Locomotives 2556, Mass. Central 4258, Arkansas & Missouri 4258, Kyle 4258, BN 4258, SP&S 320.
Nikon D300s, Nikon 24~120mm f4 FX lens: 2011.10.6.1.85-ph