ATSF 3822 on the Loop

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On a snowy Sunday, February 18, 1990, Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe (ATSF) GP50 3822 led three others, including SDF45 ATSF 5977 around Tehachapi Loop, in Walong, CA.
ATSF 3822 was an EMD GP50. Reportedly: it was built in 1981 builder number 806005-7. In 1998 it became BNSF 3175.
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Kodachrome 200, Nikon FM2, Nikon 105mm f2.5 (MF) Lens
Hand Scan: 2021.12.6.1.10-ph, Slide YB.23_659.15

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SP Train in Show

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On Sunday, February 18, 1990, Southern Pacific (reporting mark SP) 6809 led a train around Tehachapi Loop, in Walong, CA. The train passed a rail grinder during a snow storm.
SP 6809 was an EMD SD45T-2 (SD45T-2R), SP Class EF636R-7. Reportedly: it was built in 1972 builder number 7336-02, as SP SD45T-2 9167, SP Class EF636-7. In 1987 it was upgraded and became SP 6809. In 1999 it was retired.
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Nikon FM2 Camera, Kodachrome 200 film, Nikon 105mm f2.5 (MF) Lens
Scan: 2021.12.6.1.16-ph, Slide YB.23_659.13
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ATSF and Railgrinder in the Snow

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On Sunday, February 18, 1990, Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe (ATSF) 3802 led an eastbound train during a snow storm. It passed an SP rail grinder, in Walong, CA. 
ATSF 3802 was an EMD GP40X. Reportedly: it was built in 1978 builder's number 776009-1. It became BNSF 3031.
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Nikon FM2 Camera, Kodachrome 200 film, Nikon 105mm f2.5 (MF) Lens
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Hand Scan: 2021.12.6.1.8-ph, Slide YB.23_659.11

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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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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
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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

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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

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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

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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
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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

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C&O 490 and I

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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 Chesapeake & Ohio Railway (C&O, reporting mark CO) 490.

The Museum's C&O 490 is an ALCo built L-1 class 4-6-4 Hudson. Reportedly it was built in 1926 as a 4-6-2 serial number 66555. It was rebuilt in 1946 to becoming a streamlined 4-6-4. In 1968 it went to the museum.

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Nikon Z50, Nikkor Z DX 16-50mm f/3.5-6.3 VR lens,
Image: 2026.6.5.1.73 & 81-ph

 

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N.E. Regional No. 174 in Baltimore

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Amtrak (AMTK) 604 was leading Northeast Regional Train 174 on Thur, May 21, 2026, at the Baltimore, MD, Penn Station. My great nephew and I took this train from Washington DC to Baltimore to visit the B&O Museum.
AMTK 604 is a Siemens ACS-64. Reportedly it was built in 2015.
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Steve Sloan Photographer

Nikon Z50, Nikkor Z DX 16-50mm f/3.5-6.3 VR lens,
Image: 2026.5.5.1.12-ph 

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I'm an amateur train hobbyist

I embrace being an amateur train hobbyist! I don't want to be considered an artist or an expert, because I don't want to think of myself that way. Whenever I have embraced terms like artist or expert I have found they start to degrade my enjoyment of trains. Whether it be real or model trains I like to photograph and/or model what I like, where I like and whatever era I like. New, old, rare, obscure, everyday, action or roster. I am my own target audience. I embrace being an amateur train hobbyist!

MARC 10 in Baltimore Penn

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On Thursday, May 21, 2026, Maryland Rail Commuter (MARC) 10 was at the Baltimore, Maryland, Station. Steve Sloan Photographer
MARC 10 is an MPI MP36PH-3C. Reportedly it was built in 2009, builder's number 0108-01.
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Nikon Z50, Nikkor Z DX 16-50mm f/3.5-6.3 VR lens,
Image: 2026.5.5.1.16-ph

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