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Later some 400 miles to the northeast we find a New Haven mail car with a busy delivery schedule making a stop in Chester Connecticut.
Always on the go seven days a week.
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Posted - October 07 2015 : 5:35:03 PM
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Last we find some solar powered former brill trolley cars with a full passenger load waiting for their east bound counterparts to clear the main line in pretty suburban El Paso Texas.
They will build a second main line track in the area to improve service. Jeff will get home to his lovely family even faster in the near future.
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Posted - October 08 2015 : 7:21:26 PM
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The popular Union Pacific unit number 5628 leads another railfan excursion at Hartland Kansas.
Large crowds are popular this time of year with the foliage trips selling out.
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Posted - October 08 2015 : 7:37:53 PM
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| Another photo shows a set of R16 subway cars on the Jamaica avenue line named the JJ route traveling toward Manhattan today near 121 St station.
Photo taken by me last year at the NY transit museum.
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Posted - October 09 2015 : 09:24:03 AM
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Took some photos of the Lehigh Valley night owl last night in Easton PA.
 Late night does have its advantages for interesting photos.
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Posted - October 10 2015 : 09:49:33 AM
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We find a Burlington Northern unit waiting for assignment in Omaha Nebraska.
Behind it the predecessor Great Northern unit also waits.
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Posted - October 13 2015 : 5:43:07 PM
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At Liberty NY we see some tractors on flat cars traveling to a construction site.
Former train station in Liberty NY waiting for future passenger service.
Same tractors near nightfall at the construction site.
New housing complex to be opened next year.
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Posted - October 13 2015 : 8:30:50 PM
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Great night shoots, WKS. Evocative of lonliness and security, both.
Here a GG1 presses westward towards Harrisburg as night falls.
While an excursion train huffs back to its museum headquarters as it passes
a trolley as night falls (I do have the roof you kindly sent me, this is an
older picture).
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Posted - October 14 2015 : 7:25:41 PM
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Thanks Jeff. Your photos are also enjoyable to view. This next photo shows a Great Northern RDC making a stop at Granville North Dakota yesterday.
Always on time a dependable unit for years to come.
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Posted - October 16 2015 : 09:54:08 AM
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These next photos were taken in and around Liberty NY during a peak foliage start to the weekend.
Few freight cars waiting for a unit to pick them up.
Rise and shine for the animals to enjoy a hearty breakfast this cold morning day.
Many hours later a peaceful scene overlooking the valley on a cold night.
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Posted - October 17 2015 : 09:48:18 AM
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Another excellent photo taken by Jeff at Canutillo Texas showing a Canadian National F unit light years away from her home rails.
This next photo I took at Manorville New York showing Long Island GP unit hard at work.
Both units seem destined to meet some time down the rail road.
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Posted - October 17 2015 : 10:34:42 AM
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Orange on orange, night shots, green on blue on blue
on green, great work! Love the lamppost to the left
of GEEP, it just tweaks the whole scene. Walt must
have overlooked that one!
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Posted - October 19 2015 : 09:57:24 AM
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Thank you Jeff. This next scene may also bring back happy memories. We find a NYC box car waiting for pickup by one of NYC diesel switchers. Photo taken on a siding near Beacon New York next to the Hudson River recently.
Cute station wagon completes the scene.
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Posted - October 19 2015 : 1:56:08 PM
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Nice. The rolling green hills in the background bring back memories.
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Posted - October 19 2015 : 2:01:13 PM
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Multiple views of the paddle wheel Robt E Lee at dock. (Model attributed to the late
Col. John Thomas, USA).
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October 19 2015
Cars wait at the Amtrak Station in Creston, IA for the next train to arrive.
This scene was inspired by the many times I rode the Amtrak train from Creston to Chicago and back home again.
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Posted - October 21 2015 : 6:22:20 PM
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Soccer in El Paso, Texas. Rainer Foerester's N Scale layout.
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Posted - October 21 2015 : 10:28:58 PM
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cool
Gotta get the Cheap Railroad going again hehe
I has that NH baggage car too
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Posted - October 22 2015 : 7:31:38 PM
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Nice photos Dave and Jeff. This next photo was taken from the Herndon Avenue bridge in the Fresno California area showing a departing Southern Pacific set traveling southbound to Los Angeles California yesterday afternoon.
The train arrived on time last night in Los Angeles.
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Posted - October 23 2015 : 01:24:09 AM
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A BN box basks in the Southern California sunshine, sporting graffiti of what appears
to be a well reproduced Budweiser eagle. The little Christmas trees are less distinct.
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Posted - October 23 2015 : 01:35:27 AM
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Meanwhile, 3,000 miles to the east, a string of New Haven box cars, flanges squealing,
are leveraged up a curved grade outside Hartford, CT on a warm March day.
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Posted - October 23 2015 : 01:39:38 AM
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...and on up a slight rise on their way to Boston. A NH SD45 on point is laboring hard.
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Posted - October 26 2015 : 02:37:34 AM
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Somewhere East of Odgen, the Midnight Special splits the night (and it ain't got no light).
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SD45 on the point of the NH train. All twelve wheels are grinding hard as she pulls
like a stevedore up a 1.5% grade. Black smoke tinges the muddy sky and the
ground shakes from her labor. The exhaust blasts the late Spring air. Flanges shriek
in protest as she wrests around the curved, uphill track.
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Always interesting angles you use to photograph the various train consists you see in action Jeff. Your photos are always high quality. These next pictures were taken in Richmond Virginia recently.
Photo showing a trio of Burlington boxcars rounding the bend at breakneck speed.
Lone old passenger car waiting restoration for future service at a spur.
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Posted - October 27 2015 : 01:44:15 AM
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Love that lone passenger car. It looks like someone's private
coach waiting to be picked up. The occupants are relaxing
over coffee and reading the New York papers. Great photo.
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Posted - October 27 2015 : 01:47:50 AM
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A lash up of NH power on same train. Lead unit is an old Mantua, the rear unit
Athearn. They made easy work of this train.
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Posted - October 27 2015 : 01:51:50 AM
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Bye, bye, Miss American Pie. Hauling a string of tankers, many on interchange
from fellow TFer, WKS.
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Posted - October 27 2015 : 01:56:23 AM
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An Alco Century sprints across the spring landscape, near Springfield, Massachusetts
with a load of Hadley asparagus (yech, I hate asparagus, or anything like it!!)
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Posted - October 27 2015 : 02:02:42 AM
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Tail end of the asparagus train as it roars past a civil war cannon in a park.
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Posted - October 27 2015 : 12:15:03 PM
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quote:| The TF Railroader News October 26 2015
Always interesting angles you use to photograph the various train consists you see in action Jeff. Your photos are always high quality. These next pictures were taken in Richmond Virginia recently.
Photo showing a trio of Burlington boxcars rounding the bend at breakneck speed.
Originally posted by wks - October 26 2015 : 7:18:47 PM
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& the caboose rolls downhill the other way 
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This next photo shows a familiar Southern steamer at a stop near Nashville Tennessee.
Always a pleasure to see this beauty in action.
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Posted - October 29 2015 : 1:03:03 PM
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| Nice. Green and red. Red and green.
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This next photo shows a familiar Southern steamer at a stop near Nashville Tennessee.
Always a pleasure to see this beauty in action.
Originally posted by wks - October 28 2015 : 4:14:12 PM
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Hey i have that little farmhouse on the right
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The World Series is under way!
Let the celebrations begin!
Photo courtesy of the New York Mets.
   
Royals or Mets? You Decide! May the best team win!
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Posted - October 30 2015 : 12:23:46 PM
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Timbers groaning, a load of gravel is shoved onto the tipple.
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Posted - October 30 2015 : 11:45:42 PM
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Colorado Dreaming with Stanley Ball's layout, El Paso Texas.
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Posted - October 31 2015 : 07:51:02 AM
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That Carhart's Mill Shop is a very good building full of character.
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Posted - October 31 2015 : 5:48:38 PM
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Thanks, I'll pass that onto Stan. Stan took a ten year
hiatus from model rail to pursue an interest in
building up the Jazz community in El Paso. Jazz's
loss, our gain!
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Excellent photos as usual Jeff. This next photo shows a vintage car waiting for MBTA passenger train to pass in Auburndale Massachusetts.
Colors seem to match.
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| Ooooo!
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Posted - November 06 2015 : 09:12:01 AM
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Tanks and gons in El Paso.
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Nice shot Jeff. This next one shows a familiar steam engine in action.
Location is near Frederick Maryland.
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Posted - November 07 2015 : 4:49:50 PM
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That is some wild side rod action, WKS. Maybe
that's what stopped them?
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Posted - November 09 2015 : 2:03:29 PM
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A string of tanks and gons meander past El Paso, pulled by this hefty little
F7 out of Indiana.
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Last days 2444, six diesel exhaust ports hacking in the hazy Arkansas springtime.
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Interesting equipment you saw in action Jeff. This next photo shows two symbols of NJ Transit equipment at a meet near Lebanon New Jersey.
Of interest is a scene with a stern mother and her disobeying daughter arguing again. The daughter will later travel on the next bus to the Jersey shore to hook up with boring undisciplined youngsters to continue her descent into a miserable lifestyle with little chance for recovery. More's the pity.
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Posted - November 13 2015 : 12:53:48 AM
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Very nice collage of transportation. One step to the left and splatto
to the disobedient daughter.
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These next photos show a couple of colorful units in action.
SP unit at a rural section near Los Angeles California.
DH unit passing horse farms in Saratoga New York.
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