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12/21/2024
 
 
 
 
 
By:Tom Beckett
Dates:1/1/1977 - 1/24/2013
Album Info:Locomotives and rolling stock that have been preserved and set up as displays in parks, museums, etc.
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Industrial power
Title:  Industrial power
Description:  This steam engine was built in 1916 by local Marietta company Glover Machine Works, an enterprise that is still un business today, though no longer making steam engines. It is on a section of panel track under a canopy next to the Marietta A&W station.
Photo Date:  3/23/2017  Upload Date: 4/4/2017 4:26:19 AM
Location:  Marietta, GA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Roster,Steam
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Views:  70   Comments: 0
Historical marker
Title:  Historical marker
Description:  This is the sign describing the Glover Machine Works engine on display at Marietta.
Photo Date:  4/14/2017  Upload Date: 5/1/2017 4:11:23 AM
Location:  Marietta, GA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Roster
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Views:  23   Comments: 0
Crescent City
Title:  Crescent City
Description:  Southern Railway sleeper Crescent City is on display at the station in Dalton GA. Work is ongoing to restore the car to it original configuration.
Photo Date:  9/17/2018  Upload Date: 1/2/2019 4:51:33 AM
Location:  Dalton, GA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock,Passenger
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Views:  172   Comments: 1
Historic display
Title:  Historic display
Description:  The station at Bridgeport AL has been lovingly restored and turned into a museum. Out front near the parking lot, this SW type and a caboose are on permanent display. The WHOE reporting marks are for Walking Horse & Eastern.
Photo Date:  9/18/2018  Upload Date: 10/16/2018 6:06:00 AM
Location:  Bridgeport, AL
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  WHOE 1186(SW9)
Views:  307   Comments: 1
If its a train, is it Rail B&B??
Title:  If its a train, is it Rail B&B??
Description:  This Chessie caboose is now privately owned, and sits across from the CSX line at Folkston, and is available to rent.
Photo Date:  9/20/2018  Upload Date: 10/18/2018 5:46:24 AM
Location:  Folkston, GA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock
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Views:  151   Comments: 0
Small display
Title:  Small display
Description:  This GE industrial unit and L&N painted caboose are on display east of the Stevenson station.
Photo Date:  9/20/2018  Upload Date: 10/18/2018 5:51:52 AM
Location:  Stevenson, AL
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock
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Views:  96   Comments: 1
SAL caboose
Title:  SAL caboose
Description:  This SAL car is on display at the ex SAL, now Amtrak, station in Palatka.
Photo Date:  9/20/2018  Upload Date: 10/18/2018 5:54:59 AM
Location:  Palatka, FL
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock
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Views:  28   Comments: 0
SAL trucks
Title:  SAL trucks
Description:  Detail view of the truck on the SAL caboose on display at Palatka. The stamping gives away the ownership.
Photo Date:  9/20/2018  Upload Date: 10/18/2018 5:59:27 AM
Location:  Palatka, FL
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock
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Views:  38   Comments: 0
Wonder how old
Title:  Wonder how old
Description:  The patent number on this switchstand is just shy of 2,000,000. I wonder what year that would place it in?? Im guessing close to the turn of the century-the last one.
Photo Date:  9/20/2018  Upload Date: 10/18/2018 6:05:42 AM
Location:  Palatka, FL
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Roster
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Views:  43   Comments: 0
Old hardware
Title:  Old hardware
Description:  This switchstand was also part of the displayed equipment at Palatka. What a difference compared to the ergonomic switchstands today.
Photo Date:  9/20/2018  Upload Date: 10/18/2018 6:02:58 AM
Location:  Palatka, FL
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Signal,Track
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Views:  42   Comments: 0
Home town heritage
Title:  Home town heritage
Description:  Many places make some effort to show their railroad history, whether it be a steam engine in a park, a restored station, or just some equipment on a siding. Needles had a siding full of equipment, but I was on a "geezer" tour, and didnt have time during this meal break to go check out the whole display. I was able to get this shot of a nicely painted ATSF box from the McDonalds parking lot. Oh well....
Photo Date:  3/10/2019  Upload Date: 8/4/2019 4:58:36 AM
Location:  Needles, CA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock
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Views:  55   Comments: 0
Another 765
Title:  Another 765
Description:  In this case, its an EJ&E engine. The NKP version of this number is still out plying the rails. This one has run its last mile, and is on display in downtown Gary.
Photo Date:  4/25/2019  Upload Date: 8/4/2019 5:05:51 AM
Location:  Gary, IN
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Roster,Steam
Locomotives:  EJE 765(2-8-2)
Views:  270   Comments: 0
Out in the cold
Title:  Out in the cold
Description:  The F 7 on display at Decatur sits cold and lonely in the snow following a hard week of winter weather. It was -12 here three days earlier.
Photo Date:  2/18/2021  Upload Date: 2/22/2021 6:24:34 AM
Location:  Decatur, AR
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Roster,Station
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Views:  223   Comments: 2
Storage unit
Title:  Storage unit
Description:  Or, how we did things before PODs. This car has been on this property as long as I can remember-Ive lived in town for 16 years-but only recently did the home owner clear off the brush to reveal enough of the car to merit a photo. Hard to tell what road it was from-the paint is faded to almost gone-but it may have been CNW. In a yard along Country Club Rd.
Photo Date:  11/3/2022  Upload Date: 11/9/2022 5:46:21 AM
Location:  Siloam Springs, AR
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock
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Views:  42   Comments: 1
Pennsy power??
Title:  Pennsy power??
Description:  Doesnt look like it, but the type face on the number looks like it could be. We stopped near Mansfield for gas and a Mc Donalds tea off I 71, and saw this up on the hill behind the Mc Donalds, carrying a banner for the diner it was in front of. Any ideas on what the heritage of this engine is, please comment.
Photo Date:  10/22/2023  Upload Date: 11/2/2023 5:43:07 AM
Location:  Mansfield, OH
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Roster,Steam
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Views:  73   Comments: 1
Close up view
Title:  Close up view
Description:  A closer view of the steam engine behind the Mc Donalds in Mansfield. The RRPA system identifies the Pennsy engine with this number as a 4-4-2, but I can clearly see there are at least six driving wheels, and it may be a 2-8-0. I suspect the number may not be the engine's actual number, or it's not a PRR engine, which I suspect is the case. The fall color in the background is absolutely authentic!!
Photo Date:  10/22/2023  Upload Date: 11/2/2023 5:47:55 AM
Location:  Mansfield, OH
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Roster,Steam
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Views:  75   Comments: 1
Yard box
Title:  Yard box
Description:  Boxcars have been used as storage units as long as there have been box cars. This one is in a yard in Siloam Springs. Ive shot it before, from a more end-on angle. The sun was good this day for a broadside view of this ex CNW 60 foot box. Too bad the car number is eroded off.
Photo Date:  11/8/2023  Upload Date: 11/19/2023 4:08:12 AM
Location:  Siloam Springs, AR
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock
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Views:  28   Comments: 1


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