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Patrons waiting to board Pichi Richi Railway's narrow gauge Afghan Express in Port Augusta for their journey to Quorn are momentarily distracted by the passing of a Pacific National intermodal train on Saturday May 3, 2025.
6MP4 with NR10-NR118 pass the line of "paparazzi" as it heads west to Perth via the station "bypass" designed to accommodate double-stack containers and hi-cube vehicles under the town's bridges.
...near Altona/IL (November 2016)
PacNat's Triple NR108-NR96-NR67 smoking' it up as they get 3PM6 started from Mile End loop after resting there for quite a while waiting for the departure of JBR's Great Southern on Friday morning Feb 21, 2025.
last light and Union Pacific #5813 and #5028 near Sparks/Nevada
Amtrak General Electric P 32-8BWH 515 rests in 14th Street in Chicago enroute to Beech Grove for retirement.
TAKEN ON RAILROAD PROPERTY WITH PROPER PERMISSION
Early in the morning, whilst all the revelers are still recoverying, a gray and cold New Years Day sees Amtrak train 332(01), Morning Hiawatha Service kicking up a light dusting of snow as it takes the Borealis equipment to Chicago at Oakwood Road on the CPKC (nee CP, nee Soo Line, nee Milwaukee Road) C&M subdivision. Amtrak 500 ; Ole Silver Hosepower, gets the honor today. Seeing these old soliders out on the road is a treat these days.
BNSF loaded coal drag with matched pair of GE ES44AC, 6075-6142, tip-toe carefully past a working Plasser Ballast Regulator track machine east of Alliance in Nebraska with a load of Powder River coal on June 1, 2010.
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BNSF loaded coal drag with matched pair of GE ES44AC, 6075-6142, tip-toe carefully past a working Plasser Ballast Regulator track machine east of Alliance in Nebraska with a load of Powder River coal on June 1, 2010.
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A 7-loco BNSF lashup heading an empty coal drag races past a stationary loaded train waiting for the meet (cross) somewhere East of Alliance NE on May 29, 2010. Last few locos are BNSF 8943-8878-6359-5638 (plus 3) Hidden at the head of the loaded train are BNSF 6118-9232
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Hopper ACFX101072 glows in the sunset near Scott City KS as BNSF manifest powered by 5511 and 4320 head past Hollywood Rd at 21:00 on June 10, 2010.
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Matched pair of BNSF GE ES44AC, 6075-6142 sweep round a big curve near Bingham in Nebraska with a load of Powder River coal on June 1, 2010.
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Ashby NE where a BNSF loaded coal drag is passing by gravestones decorated for Memorial Day - commemorated the day before. Doing the work up front of the coal drag are a pair of matching elephant-style GE ES44ACe: 6045-6142. Looking closely, there seems to be some humour amongst the solemnity of the occasion.
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Empty coal drag with a pair of BNSF GE ES44MACs up front (5820-5766), sit in the crossing loop outside Alliance NE waiting to cross (meet) a loaded coal train at 18:50 on May 28, 2010.
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BNSF 4161 with 6857 and CREX 1325 in Nelson/AZ
Aurizon empty mineral sands train 7PU1 waits for track clear at Winninowie on July 29, 2024
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An early-running Aurizon Mineral Sands train 7PU1 with ACB4406-ACB4405-6025 arriving at Mambray Creek with the last sunlight for the day. Here they will wait for SCT to finish their work and clear Port Germein before proceeding: Monday July 29, 2024. In the background, the Lower Flinders Ranges under some wispy cirrus clouds.
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Pacific National 1MP2 unofficially nicknamed "The Scavenger" scoots along towards Winninowie loop with what some fans might unkindly refer to as "Rubbish" up front in the form of NRs 115-119-28-84 with 8108 and a whole heap of motley "junk" behind plus some steel coils on Monday July 29, 2024.
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BHPIO GE CM39-8 5633 "Hephaestus" pushes an empty iron ore consist through Shaw crossing loop on August 11, 1998.
Note the placement of the "High-Tech" End-Of -Train Marker hung on a chain across the rear hand rails!
Lot's of nicknames for the EoTMs some not printable, but FRED was pretty common: "Flamin' Ridiculous Electronic Device".
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Train in a Vast Red & Green Pilbara Landscape: the interaction between a BHPIO iron ore train and the expanse of the Pilbara landscape is often quite spectacular.
A loaded iron ore train hauled by BHPIO GE rebuilt CM40-8Ms 5666-5646 power out of Hesta loop on their way to the Nelson Point dumper in Port Hedland on August 10, 1998.
This is a tele-shot bringing in close the impressive ridge in the background and including the "water feature".
(Another two-legged “drone” shot!!)
The standard lens composition as the train departs the loop, putting it in context in the landscape, can be seen here: flic.kr/p/2q5zoTs
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Train in a Vast Red & Green Pilbara Landscape: the interaction between a BHPIO iron ore train and the expanse of the Pilbara landscape is often quite spectacular.
A loaded iron ore train hauled by BHPIO GE rebuilt CM40-8Ms 5666-5646 power out of Hesta loop on their way to the Nelson Point dumper in Port Hedland on August 10, 1998.
This is a standard lens composition as the train departs the loop, putting it in context in the landscape.
(Another two-legged “drone” shot!!)
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