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L581 power rolls into the yard to grab their train and blast off |
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CN's ex-Oakway SD60s have proven elusive for me (only caught two leading until this day) ever since they were brought onto the railroad in mid-2012. Nice to catch three of them in one shot, especially considering that in the last couple of years CN has retired most if not all of the GE units of similar age (ex-UP/C&NW C40-8s, ex-BNSF/ATSF C40-8Ws) that they acquired around the same time. |
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9/30/2023 Upload Date: 10/2/2023 1:36:21 PM |
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Wisconsin Rapids, WI |
| Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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CN 5408(SD60) CN 5430(SD60) CN 5459(SD60) |
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Wet Pony |
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In my early days of railfanning 12-15 years ago, it was far more common to see NS power on CN than CP in Wisconsin. Then that flipped for a few years, then flipped again as NS power seemed to disappear from the CP(KC) for a while, then came back. Now it seems to be about even, although rather less common on both as of the second half of 2023. |
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9/30/2023 Upload Date: 10/2/2023 1:36:57 PM |
| Location: |
Wisconsin Rapids, WI |
| Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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NS 9948(C40-9W) |
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Arkansas & Missouri Passenger "Biloxi Blues" #104 |
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Scanned from a print I took. Setting in Springdale. |
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9/14/2002 Upload Date: 10/2/2023 1:37:13 PM |
| Location: |
Springdale, AR |
| Author: |
Rich Varner |
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Passenger |
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NS 9948 sits paired with CN 5667 as the L581 power passes behind |
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With most of the Class Is recently casting off a lot of what still seems to me like modern widecab, 4K+ HP EMD power, it's nice to see the SD75Is still around...they were extremely common power on the CN Waukesha Sub in my early years of railfanning. |
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9/30/2023 Upload Date: 10/2/2023 1:37:21 PM |
| Location: |
Wisconsin Rapids, WI |
| Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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NS 9948(C40-9W) CN 5667(SD75I) CN 5430(SD60) |
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L581 power emerges at the west end, they will back in and grab their train |
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9/30/2023 Upload Date: 10/2/2023 1:39:07 PM |
| Location: |
Wisconsin Rapids, WI |
| Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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CN 5430(SD60) |
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L581 heads out of town, approaching Bonow Avenue |
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Despite signal replacements/upgrades to 12-inch L.E.D. lamps and electronic bells at nearly all crossings in the Wisconsin Rapids area, many still have Wisconsin Central LTD lettering and (presumably far outdated) emergency contact numbers on the equipment boxes. |
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9/30/2023 Upload Date: 10/2/2023 1:39:21 PM |
| Location: |
Wisconsin Rapids, WI |
| Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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CN 5430(SD60) |
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CN 5430 leads L581 across WIS-34 in one of this morning's intermittent downpours |
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This crossing is about halfway between Wisconsin Rapids and the community of Rudolph. Here the Valley Sub cuts diagonally from the west side of the highway to the east as you head north. |
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9/30/2023 Upload Date: 10/2/2023 1:40:10 PM |
| Location: |
Rudolph, WI |
| Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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CN 5430(SD60) |
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CN 5430 and L581 ease downgrade past Hiawatha Siding and towards the plant "JO" |
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9/30/2023 Upload Date: 10/2/2023 1:42:17 PM |
| Location: |
Junction City, WI |
| Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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CN 5430(SD60) |
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Northbound on the ex-MILW Valley Sub, CN 5430 hammers the diamond with the ex-Soo Line Superior Sub |
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Junction City is one of Wisconsin's busiest railroad hot spots. Over the course of various mergers through the years, both lines here fell under the control of Wisconsin Central LTD in the late 1980s. Their flag fell to CN in 2001. Nineteen years, 354 days elapsed between the last time I shot a train here, and this day. Those pictures are the first ones in this album. I didn't intend for it to happen, but it just kept getting kicked down the road. For some reason I had it in my head that it was a long ways away from me living in Madison, even though it's really only another hour beyond Wisconsin Dells, where I've shot CP(KC) trains on a quite regular basis over the years. The maroon and gold SD45s may be gone, but this pair of SD60s makes for a nice link back to the days when high-horsepower, spartan cab EMDs were the rule rather than the exception. I'll definitely be back again on a much shorter interval! |
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9/30/2023 Upload Date: 10/2/2023 1:42:32 PM |
| Location: |
Junction City, WI |
| Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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CN 5430(SD60) |
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CN 5430 disturbs the peace of this quaint central Wisconsin town |
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Crossing County Highway P/old US Highway 10 (now routed on a 4-lane bypass just to the north). They're used to it, as numerous CN trains pass through every day, mostly on the ex-Soo Line Superior Sub, but L581 northbound and southbound is one of several daily on the ex-Milwaukee Road Valley Sub. Junction City is classic small-town Wisconsin, with an approximately 1:1 (or possibly higher) ratio of taverns to residents. Many of them have local and/or vintage beer signs, such as Point Beer just behind the crossing signal, and (hard to see) PBR just behind that. The one thing that sets Junction City apart in this day and age is the extremely vibrant railroad presence, while so many similarly-sized communities just have a dirt-paved bike path where C&NW or Milwaukee Road trains once rumbled through, or perhaps stopped at the station. It's all freight in Junction City for over 50 years now, but the action is nearly continuous 24/7/365. |
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9/30/2023 Upload Date: 10/2/2023 1:43:15 PM |
| Location: |
Junction City, WI |
| Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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CN 5430(SD60) |
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Trio of UP GEs lays over between coal runs for the Weston Power Station |
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The power plant is called Weston, even though it's actually in Rothschild (the village of Weston is just to the east). |
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9/30/2023 Upload Date: 10/2/2023 1:46:17 PM |
| Location: |
Rothschild, WI |
| Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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UP 7515(AC45CCTE) UP 8226(ES44AC-H) |
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L581 just past Cedar Creek coming north for Wausau Yard |
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9/30/2023 Upload Date: 10/2/2023 1:48:37 PM |
| Location: |
Rothschild, WI |
| Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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CN 5430(SD60) |
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One last runby of the northbound 581, approaching Ross Avenue |
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I broke for lunch at a local pizza place, and got out and back into my car just in time to hear them tone up the RTC for their southbound departure from the Wausau yard! |
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9/30/2023 Upload Date: 10/2/2023 1:49:14 PM |
| Location: |
Schofield, WI |
| Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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CN 5430(SD60) |
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| Title: |
Don't need RRPA to tell us this location |
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9/30/2023 Upload Date: 10/2/2023 1:49:38 PM |
| Location: |
Schofield, WI |
| Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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CN 5459(SD60) |
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| Title: |
CN 5459 with L581 now approaching Ross Avenue southbound back to Rapids |
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9/30/2023 Upload Date: 10/2/2023 1:49:52 PM |
| Location: |
Schofield, WI |
| Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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CN 5459(SD60) |
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| Title: |
Crossing the Wisconsin River where it flows out of Lake DuBay |
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Lake DuBay is a reservoir named for John Baptiste DuBay, a prominent early Wisconsin businessman/fur trader/Indian interpreter. In 1857 he was charged with murder for killing a man in a property dispute. Although acquitted, he was ruined by the ordeal and died at his homestead in Knowlton. This bridge is one of the scenic highlights of the Valley Sub, but never having chased on the line before I was too late to get more than handheld video here on the northbound trip. |
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9/30/2023 Upload Date: 10/2/2023 1:50:37 PM |
| Location: |
Knowlton, WI |
| Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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CN 5459(SD60) |
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CN 5459 has just crossed the Wisconsin River and curves into the cut along Highway 34 |
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9/30/2023 Upload Date: 10/2/2023 1:50:54 PM |
| Location: |
Knowlton, WI |
| Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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CN 5459(SD60) |
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CN 2908 leading a southbound Superior Sub potash train overtakes M344 waiting in the siding |
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M344 normally runs from Canada to Stevens Point, but with over 200 cars bound for Wis. Rapids and points west on the ex-GBW today the train was split here at Junction City. This section will take the southwest connector to go south on the Valley Sub. |
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9/30/2023 Upload Date: 10/2/2023 1:51:19 PM |
| Location: |
Junction City, WI |
| Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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CN 2275(ES44DC) CN 2908(ES44AC) |
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Southbound potash crosses the Valley Sub |
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Headed geographically east here on this timetabled north to south Superior-Chicago line. |
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9/30/2023 Upload Date: 10/2/2023 1:51:41 PM |
| Location: |
Junction City, WI |
| Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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CN 2908(ES44AC) |
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CN 3155, rear end DPU on the potash |
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9/30/2023 Upload Date: 10/2/2023 1:51:56 PM |
| Location: |
Junction City, WI |
| Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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CN 3155(ET44AC) |
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CN 2275 and 2770 take the SW connection with M344 heading south on the Valley |
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Superior Sub runs left to right across the foreground, diamond with the Valley Sub is just visible in the lower left. Perhaps unique for a railroad diamond in Wisconsin in this day and age, connector tracks in all four quadrants are still in place and in service at Junction City, along with RTC-controlled sidings just to the south (visible ahead and to the left of 2275) on the Valley, and west on the Superior. |
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9/30/2023 Upload Date: 10/2/2023 1:52:12 PM |
| Location: |
Junction City, WI |
| Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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CN 2275(ES44DC) CN 2770(ES44AC) |
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L581 finally gets its turn to go, following M344 down the Valley Sub to Wis. Rapids |
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9/30/2023 Upload Date: 10/2/2023 1:52:28 PM |
| Location: |
Junction City, WI |
| Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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CN 5459(SD60) |
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CN 5459 with L581 is about to cross Old USH 10 and pound the "JO" diamond |
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"JO" is the telegrapher's designation for Junction City, dating from well back into the Soo Line/Milwaukee Road era of steam powered passenger trains. |
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9/30/2023 Upload Date: 10/2/2023 1:52:41 PM |
| Location: |
Junction City, WI |
| Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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CN 5459(SD60) |
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Rolling through "downtown" |
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Rudolph has a population of 439 as of the 2010 census. |
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9/30/2023 Upload Date: 10/2/2023 1:53:09 PM |
| Location: |
Rudolph, WI |
| Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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CN 5459(SD60) |
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Crossing WIS-13/34 south of Rudolph, considerably drier than on the NB trip about 4 1/2 hours earlier |
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9/30/2023 Upload Date: 10/2/2023 1:53:59 PM |
| Location: |
Rudolph, WI |
| Author: |
Andre Wehrle |
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CN 5459(SD60) |
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| Title: |
CSX 580 |
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10/9/2009 Upload Date: 10/2/2023 2:07:53 PM |
| Location: |
Hamlet, NC |
| Author: |
Harold Hodnett |
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CSX 580(AC44CW) |
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| Title: |
CSX 1563 |
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10/9/2009 Upload Date: 10/2/2023 2:07:57 PM |
| Location: |
Hamlet, NC |
| Author: |
Harold Hodnett |
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CSX 1563(GP15-1) |
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| Title: |
NS 9112 leads train 350 thru D&S Junction |
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10/9/2009 Upload Date: 10/2/2023 2:08:00 PM |
| Location: |
Durham, NC |
| Author: |
Harold Hodnett |
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NS 9112(C40-9W) |
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| Title: |
CSX 4501 |
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10/9/2009 Upload Date: 10/2/2023 2:08:04 PM |
| Location: |
Hamlet, NC |
| Author: |
Harold Hodnett |
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CSX 4501(SD70MAC) |
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| Title: |
CSX 6467 |
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10/9/2009 Upload Date: 10/2/2023 2:08:07 PM |
| Location: |
Hamlet, NC |
| Author: |
Harold Hodnett |
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CSX 6467(GP40-2) |
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| Title: |
CSX 7329 |
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10/9/2009 Upload Date: 10/2/2023 2:08:10 PM |
| Location: |
Hamlet, NC |
| Author: |
Harold Hodnett |
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CSX 7329(C40-8W) |
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| Title: |
CSX 7832 |
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10/9/2009 Upload Date: 10/2/2023 2:08:13 PM |
| Location: |
Hamlet, NC |
| Author: |
Harold Hodnett |
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CSX 7832(C40-8W) |
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CSX 5340 leads train G678 up track 1 |
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10/9/2009 Upload Date: 10/2/2023 2:08:16 PM |
| Location: |
Hamlet, NC |
| Author: |
Harold Hodnett |
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CSX 5340(ES44DC) |
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CSX 7832 leads train Q492 towards the yard |
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10/9/2009 Upload Date: 10/2/2023 2:08:19 PM |
| Location: |
Hamlet, NC |
| Author: |
Harold Hodnett |
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CSX 7832(C40-8W) |
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CSX 7790 & 20 lead train Q492 towards the yard |
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10/9/2009 Upload Date: 10/2/2023 2:08:21 PM |
| Location: |
Hamlet, NC |
| Author: |
Harold Hodnett |
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CSX 7790(C40-8W) |
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CSX 7610 leads train Q616 toards Hamlet Avenue |
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10/9/2009 Upload Date: 10/2/2023 2:08:24 PM |
| Location: |
Hamlet, NC |
| Author: |
Harold Hodnett |
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CSX 7610(C40-8) |
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CSX 8596 & 8594 lead train F742 |
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10/9/2009 Upload Date: 10/2/2023 2:08:27 PM |
| Location: |
Aberdeen, NC |
| Author: |
Harold Hodnett |
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CSX 8596(SD50-2) CSX 8594(SD50-2) |
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Armco Steel (ASCX) #8 |
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Scanned from a print I took. The KC Armco Steel plant was right across the tracks at busy Sheffield Jct., where we spent many a day railfanning. We used to see these Armco engines moving around the plant. |
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1/1/1987 Upload Date: 10/2/2023 2:18:43 PM |
| Location: |
Kansas City, MO |
| Author: |
Rich Varner |
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Roster |
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ASCX 8(80Tonner) |
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(Believed to be) Armco Steel (ASCX) #12 |
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Scanned from a print I took. I believe this is an Armco Steel engine and am only guessing this is a GE 125Ton engine? Setting at Mid-America Car at KC, Mo. KC had a big Armco Steel plant. |
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8/1/1987 Upload Date: 10/2/2023 2:19:59 PM |
| Location: |
Kansas City, MO |
| Author: |
Rich Varner |
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Roster |
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ASCX 12(125Tonner) |
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NS 1056 NS Train 27A |
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NS train 27A passing through Spartanburg, SC. |
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9/30/2023 Upload Date: 10/2/2023 2:30:03 PM |
| Location: |
Spartanburg, SC |
| Author: |
Randy Chassereau |
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Action |
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NS 1056(SD70ACe) NS 7537(ES44DC) NS 1214(SD70ACe) NS 7716(ES40DC) |
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| Title: |
UP 6549/5612 |
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9/24/2023 Upload Date: 10/2/2023 2:31:15 PM |
| Location: |
Bushnell, NE |
| Author: |
C H |
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Roster,Transit,Action |
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UP 6549(AC44CW) UP 5612(AC44CWCTE) |
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DTTX 724032 |
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Frieght car consist in NS 27A at Spartanburg, SC. |
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9/30/2023 Upload Date: 10/2/2023 2:32:03 PM |
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Spartanburg, SC |
| Author: |
Randy Chassereau |
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RollingStock,Action |
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UP 6549/5612 |
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9/24/2023 Upload Date: 10/2/2023 2:32:09 PM |
| Location: |
Bushnell, NE |
| Author: |
C H |
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Roster,Transit,Action |
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UP 6549(AC44CW) UP 5612(AC44CWCTE) |
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DTTX 786886 |
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Frieght car consist in NS 27A at Spartanburg, SC. |
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9/30/2023 Upload Date: 10/2/2023 2:32:54 PM |
| Location: |
Spartanburg, SC |
| Author: |
Randy Chassereau |
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RollingStock,Action |
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DTTX 788517 |
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Frieght car consist in NS 27A at Spartanburg, SC. |
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9/30/2023 Upload Date: 10/2/2023 2:33:42 PM |
| Location: |
Spartanburg, SC |
| Author: |
Randy Chassereau |
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RollingStock,Action |
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| Title: |
UP 925392/925251/925313 |
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9/24/2023 Upload Date: 10/2/2023 2:34:44 PM |
| Location: |
Bushnell, NE |
| Author: |
C H |
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RollingStock,Transit,Action |
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| Title: |
UP 908853/909013 |
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9/24/2023 Upload Date: 10/2/2023 2:35:44 PM |
| Location: |
Bushnell, NE |
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C H |
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RollingStock,Action |
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