A BNSF Railway (BNSF) westbound 3+1 manifest train was at the Maine Crossovers near Parks, AZ, at 1:40 p.m. on Tuesday, June 25, 2024. A storm was ongoing, heavy rain was accompanied by a lot of nearby lightning and thunder. The manifest had BNSF 9183, 6005, 6478 + 6555 for power.
BNSF 9183 is an EMD SD70ACe. Reportedly it was built in 2008, serial number 20066862-054.
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Nikon D750, 24~120mm f4 lens,
Images: 2024.7.1.1.89-ph
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The deluge began after the BNSF Railway (BNSF) eastbound 2+2 autoracks train arrived in Maine, AZ, on Tuesday, June 25, 2024. The storm was accompanied by a lot of nearby lightning and thunder. The autoracks train had BNSF 3805, 7296 + 1119, 4696 for power.
BNSF 3805 is a GE ET44C4, Tier 4 GEVO. Reportedly it was built in 2016, builders number 64056.
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Nikon D750, 24~120mm f4 lens,
Images: 2024.7.1.1.72, 80, 82-ph
As it started raining harder in Maine, AZ, on Tuesday, June 25, 2024, the westbound manifest train headed downhill. Then, a BNSF Railway (BNSF) eastbound 2+2 autoracks train appeared. The autoracks train had BNSF 3805, 7296 + 1119, 4696 for power.
BNSF 3805 is a GE ET44C4, Tier 4 GEVO. Reportedly it was built in 2016, builders number 64056.
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Nikon D750, 24~120mm f4 lens,
Images: 2024.7.1.1.61, 65, 67-ph
It's raining on the Seligman Subdivision on Tuesday, June 25, 2024. A westbound BNSF Railway (BNSF) monster 4+2+1 manifest is at the Maine Crossovers near Parks, AZ. It has BNSF 8117, 4428, 8269, 9389 + 4136, 6529 + 7299.
BNSF 8117 is a GE ES44C4. Reportedly it was built in 2014 serial number 62191.
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Nikon D750, 24~120mm f4 lens,
Images: 2024.7.1.1.51, 58-ph
On Tuesday, June 25, 2024, an eastbound BNSF Railway (BNSF) 4+0 intermodal is at Garland Prarie Rd. approaching the Maine Crossovers near Parks, AZ. Power for this train is BNSF 8030, warbonnet 782, 5225 and 5486.
BNSF 8030 is a GE ES44C4. Reportedly: It was built in 2014 builders number 62104.
BNSF 782 is a GE Dash 9-44CW. Reportedly: it was built in 1997 serial 50065.
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Nikon D750, 24~120mm f4 lens,
Images: 2024.7.1.1.42, 44-ph
On Tuesday, June 25, 2024, a westbound BNSF Railway (BNSF) monster 4+3+0 intermodal is at the Maine Crossovers near Parks, AZ. It has BNSF warbonnet 751 in the lead with 5003, 9112, 7664 and DPUs 4013, 5515 and 4224.
BNSF 751 is a GE C44-9W. Reportedly: It was built in 1997, serial number 50034.
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Nikon D750, 24~120mm f4 lens,
Images: 2024.7.1.1.12, 13, 17-ph
At 10:30 a.m. on Tuesday, June 25, 2024 an eastbound LSWE0071-25 local is at MP 368, BNSF Chalender Crossovers, in Arizona, on BNSF Railway's (BNSF) Seligman Subdivision. The power for the train is BNSF 8097, 7362 and 4753.
BNSF 8097 is a GE ES44C4. Reportedly it was built in 2014 serial number 62171.
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Nikon D750, 24~120mm f4 lens,
Image: 2024.7.1.1.2-ph.dng
BNSF 7745 on the point of an intermodal train on Tehachapi Loop at Walong, west of Tehachapi, CA on Saturday, April 12, 2008.
BNSF 7745 is a GE ES44DC. Reportedly it was built in 2005, serial number 55805.
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Nikon D2Hs, Tamron 70-300 mm f/4.0-5.6 lens,
2008.4.14.1.40-ph
It's monsoon season north of Williams, AZ, on the Crookton Cutoff. At 4:40 p.m. on Monday, June 24, 2024, a BNSF Railway (BNSF) 3+1 westbound manifest has BNSF 6973, 6746, 5065 + 5366 for power.
BNSF 6973 is a GE ES44C4. Reportedly it was built in 2012, serial number 60907.
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Nikon D500, Nikon 18~140mm f3.5-5.6 DX lens,
Image 2024.6.30.7.111-ph
Burlington Northern Santa Fe (BNSF) 5355 leads a southbound train at the signal bridge that was then north of Mojave, CA at 10:26 a.m. on Sunday, April 13, 2008.
BNSF 5355 is a GE Dash 9-44CW. Reportedly it was built in 2001, serial number 52761.
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Nikon D2Hs, 70-300 mm f/4.0-5.6 lens
2008.4.14.1.130 & 133-ph
On Sunday, April 13, 2008, Union Pacific (UP) 5462 leads a 3+3 southbound at Bealville (east of Bakersfield, CA.) UP 5472, 4523 and 3793 are leading with 4278, 5379 and 5398 shoving hard at the back.
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Nikon D2Hs, Nikon 28~105mm f3.5-4.5 FX AF lens
2008.4.14.1.246-ph
BNSF Railway (BNSF) 650, still in faded Santa Fe warbonnet paint, leads a set that includes KCS 4120, a new SD70ACe (between Bakersfield and Tehachapi) at Bealville, CA on Sunday, April 13, 2008.
BNSF 650 is a GE Dash 9-44CW. Reportedly it was built in 1994 as ATSF 650, builder's number 48144.
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Nikon D2Hs, Nikon 28~105mm f3.5-4.5 FX AF lens
2008.4.14.1.183-ph
Union Pacific (UP) 3946 and 7741 head east (railroad south) on Tehachapi Loop at Walong, CA on Saturday, April 12, 2008.
UP 3946 is an EMD SD70M. Reportedly it was built in 2003, serial number 20006271-224.
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Nikon D2Hs, 70-300 mm f/4.0-5.6
2008.4.14.1.54-ph
On Friday, June 25, 2010, Livonia Avon and Lakeville RR (LAL) 418 is working in the LAL's yard at Lakeville, NY.
LAL 418 is an ALCo RS36. Reportedly it was built in 1962, builders number 83697, as NKP 865. Reporting marks and numbers associated with this locomotive are said to include ONCT 418 and NW 2865. Locomotive wrecked in 2019 and retired.
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Nikon D300s, Nikon 28~105mm f3.5-4.5 FX AF lens
Digital Image 2010.6.25.1.39-ph
At 11:12 a.m. on Friday, June 25, 2010, Livonia Avon and Lakeville RR (LAL) 418 rests at Lakeville, NY awaiting a call for service.
LAL 418 is an ALCo RS36. Reportedly it was built in 1962, builders number 83697, as NKP 865. Reporting marks and numbers associated with this locomotive are said to include ONCT 418 and NW 2865.
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Nikon D300s, Nikon 28~105mm f3.5-4.5 FX AF lens
Digital Image 2010.6.25.1.13-ph
Union Pacific (UP) 9160 in Stockton, CA, Yard on the old WP line on Monday, March 20, 1989.
UP 9160 is a GE C40-8. Reportedly: it was built in 1988, builders number 45609.
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Nikon FM2,
Kodachrome Slide 2.89-371,
Hand Scan 2010.9.24.1.2-ph
Union Pacific (UP) 9344 is one of five C40-8s leading a westbound APL double stack train on the old WP line crossing the ATSF in Stockton, CA on Monday, March 20, 1989.
UP 9344 is a GE C40-8. Reportedly: it was built in 1988 builders number 45899.
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Nikon FM2,
Kodachrome Slide 2.89-371,
Hand Scan 2010.9.24.1.1-ph
Union Pacific (UP) 9344 is one of five C40-8s leading a westbound APL double stack train at Altamont, CA on the former WP line as it crosses over the abandoned SP right of way on Monday, March 20, 1989.
UP 9344 is a GE C40-8. Reportedly it was built in 1988, builders number 45899.
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Nikon FM2,
Kodachrome Slide 2.89-362,
Hand Scan 2010.9.14.1.6-ph
Union Pacific (UP) C40-8 9163 is leading 9325, 9340 and the Milpitas Turn at Midway, CA (Altamont Pass) on Monday, March 20, 1989. It is meeting the 659 (ex WP) which is on a work train.
UP 9163 is a GE C40-8. Reportedly UP 9163 was built in 1988, builders number 45612.
UP 659 is an EMD GP40. Reportedly: it was built in 1966, builders number 31671, as Western Pacific 3510, WP Class RS-68. Renumbered to UP in 1984. Retired 1993. Rebuilt by MK as GP40-3 KCS GP40R 4773, then KCS 2814, then rebuilt by EMD as a GP22ECO.
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Nikon FM2,
Kodachrome Slides 2.89-365:370
Hand Scans 2010.9.14.1.1 & 2-ph, 2010.9.25.1.1 & 2-ph
On Tuesday, April 8, 2008, Union Pacific (UP) ran a special train on the former SP coast line powered by UP 6936. We started following it from Elkhorn Slough, south of Watsonville CA and followed it to Santa Clara, CA. The train passes the historic Agnew Depot, the home of California Central Model Railroad Club.
UP 6936 is an EMD DDA40X. Reportedly: it was built in 1971 by EMD builders number 35510.
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Nikon D2Hs, Nikon 28~105mm f3.5-4.5 FX lens,
Image: 2008.4.8.1.45-ph
Former New South Wales Government Railways (NSW) 4520 at the NSW Rail Museum (NSWRM) in Thirlmere, New South Wales, Australia on Saturday, March 28, 2015.
NSWRM's NSW 4520 is an ALCo/Goodwin DL-541/RSD-20, NSW 45 class. It's like an Australian Baby Gator. Reportedly: it was built by ALCo licensee AE Goodwin in Sydney circa 1963, serial 84163.
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Nikon D7100, Digital Image: 2015.4.10.10.80-ph
Former New South Wales Government Railways (NSW) 4803 on the turntable at the NSW Rail Museum (NSWRM) in Thirlmere, New South Wales, Australia on Saturday, March 28, 2015.
NSWRM's NSW 4803 is an ALCo/Goodwin DL531. Reportedly: it was built by ALCo licensee AE Goodwin in Sydney in 1959, serial G-3387-03.
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Nikon D7100, Digital Image: 2015.4.10.10.88, 89-ph
Former New South Wales Government Railways (NSW) 6040 at the NSW Rail Museum (NSWRM) in Thirlmere, New South Wales, Australia, on March 28, 2015.
NSW 6040 is a Beyer Peacock & Co, Manchester, England, AD60 Class 4-8-4+4-8-4 Beyer-Garratt. It was built in 1956, builder's number 7542, the last steam locomotive built for the New South Wales Government Railways. It was retired in 1967.
The NSW Rail Museum is the main railway museum in New South Wales, Australia. A division of Transport Heritage NSW, it was previously known as the New South Wales Rail Transport Museum (NSWRTM), Rail Heritage Centre and Trainworks.
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Nikon D7100, Digital Image: 2015.4.10.10.11-ph
NSW Government Railways 4490 at the NSW Rail Museum (NSWRM) in Thirlmere, New South Wales, Australia on Saturday, March 28, 2015.
NSWRM's NSW 4490 is an ALCo/Goodwin DL500C/FPD-7. Reportedly: It was built in Sydney in 1967, builder's number G3421-30.
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Nikon D7100, Digital Image: 2015041010ph.45, 50, 53-ph
On Monday, October 28, 2024, Caltrain (JPBX) 306 "Ana Eshoo" is trailing on Train 417 northbound out the San José (CA) Diridon station at about 3:45 p.m.
JPBX 306 "Ana Eshoo" is a Stadler KISS Electric Multiple Unit (EMU) Cab Car. It is from an EMU KISS trainset. It's part of an order Caltrain placed in 2016 with Stadler, US.
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Nikon F6, Nikon 28~105mm f3.5-4.5 FX AF lens, Portra 160 Film, DSLR Scan
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Nikon F6, Nikon 28~105mm f3.5-4.5 FX AF lens, Portra 160 Film, Negative 1.1.52.20.8
DSLR Hand Scan, Nikon D500, Tamron SP AF 60mm F/2 Di Ⅱ LD 1:1,
DSLR Hand Scan: 2024.12.16.1.24-ph
About 1:30 p.m. on Tuesday, July 2, 2019, the southbound Driftwood Turn is at Emporium, PA with Western New York and Pennsylvania (WNYP) 685, 630, 643 bound for Driftwood, PA.
WNYP 685 is a MLW M636. Reportedly: it was built in 1975 as QCM 85, builders number M6085-0. Numbers and reporting marks reported as assigned to this locomotive include: NYSW 3674, QCM 85, RRPX 85, WNYP 685.
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Nikon D600 80~200mm f2.8 lens image,
2019.7.2.4.14-ph
Around 11:45 a.m. on Tuesday, July 2, 2019, Western New York and Pennsylvania (WNYP) 685, 630, 643, the Driftwood Turn, leaves behind Turtlepoint, PA and picks up speed bound for Driftwood, PA.
WNYP 685 is a MLW M636. Reportedly: it was built in 1975 as QCM 85, builders number M6085-0. Numbers and reporting marks reported as assigned to this locomotive include: NYSW 3674, QCM 85, RRPX 85, WNYP 685.
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Nikon D750, 24~120mm f4 lens,
Image: 2019.7.2.5.97-ph
About 12:30 p.m. on Tuesday, July 2, 2019, the southbound Driftwood Turn with Western New York and Pennsylvania (WNYP) 685, 630, 643 leaves behind Port Allegany, PA and picks up speed, bound for Driftwood, PA.
WNYP 685 is a MLW M636. Reportedly: it was built in 1975 as QCM 85, builders number M6085-0. Numbers and reporting marks reported as assigned to this locomotive include: NYSW 3674, QCM 85, RRPX 85, WNYP 685.
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Nikon D600 80~200mm f2.8 lens image,
2019.7.2.4.4-ph
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