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You don't see an empty platform very often at IRM

Illinois Railway Museum
Union, Illinois USA 42.229110, -88.526485
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More of my pictures from the Illinois Railway Museum

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This is a redux of this shot.
Removed obnoxious watermarks, tones adjusted, a slight recrop. Previous shot was pretty much SOOC.

IRM information about BN-3

IRM information about Spaulding Tower (the building at end of platform)

Information on the EMD_E9 locomotive from wikipedia

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© 2026 Jim Frazier All Rights Reserved.

A somewhat rare consist for Amtrak's Borealis along the Mississippi River at Donehower, Minn. on a perfect spring day: four cars instead of the normal three. No doubt one is bad order, and as the train does not spend much time at the Chicago yard, it is routine for the bad order to ride along until Amtrak has time to switch it out. If they want another car, Minesota and Wisconsin would have to pay, plus Amtrak is short of cars anyway. A bonus is the B32-8WH up front, this is Amtrak's oldest road power. Even got a friendly wave!

The BNSF OCS sprints through the small middle Georgia town of Gordon on its way back west from the Masters Tournament in the Spring of 2023. They'd swap out at Macon and run the ex CofG to Columbus, GA and Birmingham, AL.

This will have been the first time the locomotive has hauled public trains on a heritage line since the completion of its third major overhaul last year. Its seen here at Bewdley working the 1230 Bridgnorth to Kidderminster service.

Ian Sharman - All rights reserved. Please do not use my images without my explicit permission.

This will have been the first time the locomotive has hauled public trains on a heritage line since the completion of its third major overhaul last year. Its seen here shunting at Bewdley ready to work on the 0935 to Kidderminster.

Ian Sharman - All rights reserved. Please do not use my images without my explicit permission.

This will have been the first time the locomotive has hauled public trains on a heritage line since the completion of its third major overhaul last year. Its seen here shunting at Bewdley ready to work on the 0935 to Kidderminster.

Ian Sharman - All rights reserved. Please do not use my images without my explicit permission.

This will have been the first time the locomotive has hauled public trains on a heritage line since the completion of its third major overhaul last year. Its seen here at Bewdley working the 1230 Bridgnorth to Kidderminster service.

Ian Sharman - All rights reserved. Please do not use my images without my explicit permission.

Sitting on the apron.

Ilha Comprida, SP, Brazil, March 12, 2015: View of the catamaran Maratayama sailing in the Mar Pequeno region. The vessel is used for ecological and tourist tours around the biosphere reserve in Ilha Comprida, state of Sao Paulo, Brazil.

-GSMR F9A #4210, GP38-2 #2335
-GSMR 2-8-0 Consolidation #1702
-GSMR Nantahala Gorge Excursion
-GSMR (ex-Southern) Murphy Branch, MP 75.90
-Historic Almond, NC Depot (Clip 1)
-May 30, 2025

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-GSMR F9A #4210, GP38-2 #2335
-GSMR 2-8-0 Consolidation #1702
-GSMR Nantahala Gorge Excursion
-GSMR (ex-Southern) Murphy Branch, MP 84.92
-Nantahala Talc & Limestone, Hewitt, NC
-May 30, 2025

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One of four remaining Tri Rail GP49s bring its train from Miami into the former Seaboard train station in Fort Lauderdale. This station was built back in 1927.

These GP49s were built for the Southern back in 1980. These are really neat units that are supposed to be leaving the Tri Rail roster sooner than later.

2R20 Sheffield to Adwick. Class 150 Sprinter in Northern Rail livery seen here on the approach to Doncaster station working a service to Adwick.

Arrived at destination with Interregional train No. 1543 Brasov-Iasi (05.04.2025, Iași)

170204 at Whittlesey on 05/04/2025 with East Midlands Railway service 1L08 11:33 Nottingham to Norwich Thorpe (with 170270).

170203 brings up the rear at Whittlesey on 05/04/2025 with East Midlands Railway service 1L09 09:51 Liverpool Lime Street to Norwich Thorpe (with 170502 leading).

Austin, Texas

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