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4/26/2025
 
 
 
 
 
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The Last Yellow Birch
Title:  The Last Yellow Birch
Description:  CP train 458 works south on a cold, breezy morning at New Milford, PA.
Photo Date:  10/25/2011  Upload Date: 2/9/2012 10:30:36 AM
Location:  New Milford, PA
Author:  David Abeles
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Locomotives:  NS 2606(SD70M)
Views:  396   Comments: 2
Steppin' Out
Title:  Steppin' Out
Description:  458 rolls out across one of the grandest structures in North American railroading - the Tuckhannock Viaduct in Nicholson, PA.
Photo Date:  10/25/2011  Upload Date: 2/9/2012 10:32:52 AM
Location:  Nicholson, PA
Author:  David Abeles
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Locomotives:  NS 2606(SD70M)
Views:  637   Comments: 2
WOW
Title:  WOW
Description:  A wide-angle lens helps capture the full span of Tuckhannock - and most of CP 458 - on a beautiful fall morning.
Photo Date:  10/25/2011  Upload Date: 2/9/2012 10:33:50 AM
Location:  Nicholson, PA
Author:  David Abeles
Categories:  Bridge
Locomotives:  NS 2606(SD70M)
Views:  1244   Comments: 7
648 approaching BC
Title:  648 approaching BC
Description:  NS train 648, freshly loaded at the Sonman Mine in Portage, PA, struggles on wet rail towards the swtich at BC for the run east to Altoona on a sticky July 7, 2005.
Photo Date:  7/7/2005  Upload Date: 5/15/2006 11:17:07 AM
Location:  Sonman, PA
Author:  David Abeles
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Locomotives:  NS 2616(SD70M)
Views:  782   Comments: 0
648 nearing BC
Title:  648 nearing BC
Description:  NS 648, a load out of the Sonman Mine, in Run-8 at about 5 mph approaching the switch at 'BC'.
Photo Date:  7/8/2005  Upload Date: 5/15/2006 12:17:12 PM
Location:  Sonman, PA
Author:  David Abeles
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Locomotives:  NS 2616(SD70M)
Views:  703   Comments: 0
NS 648 - On the Move
Title:  NS 648 - On the Move
Description:  NS coal load 648 on the move eastbound on the Portage Secondary Track at Sonman, PA, after tying onto loads from the C90 the day before.
Photo Date:  7/8/2005  Upload Date: 5/15/2006 3:50:39 PM
Location:  Sonman, PA
Author:  David Abeles
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Locomotives:  NS 2616(SD70M)
Views:  731   Comments: 0
A Nice EMD, and the Station Inn
Title:  A Nice EMD, and the Station Inn
Description:  Our home for the weekend, the Station Inn, sits in the background and witnesses the passage of NS 2617, a nice SD70M leading 24Z east. The conductor waves from the cab; the train is minutes from the Summit of the Alleghenies.
Photo Date:  8/7/2010  Upload Date: 9/8/2010 6:03:44 PM
Location:  Cresson, PA
Author:  David Abeles
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Locomotives:  NS 2617(SD70M)
Views:  355   Comments: 0
Climbing Cima Hill
Title:  Climbing Cima Hill
Description:  UP 8207, 4287, and 6 other locomotives put on a show climbing Cima Hill eastbound.
Photo Date:  4/3/2011  Upload Date: 4/15/2011 9:33:44 AM
Location:  Kelso, CA
Author:  David Abeles
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Locomotives:  UP 8207(SD9043MAC) UP 4287(SD70M)
Views:  671   Comments: 0
Just a Few More Miles
Title:  Just a Few More Miles
Description:  An intermodal train comes down Cajon Pass on the last decent of its journey to Los Angeles.
Photo Date:  4/5/2011  Upload Date: 4/18/2011 8:36:20 AM
Location:  Cajon Pass, CA
Author:  David Abeles
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Locomotives:  UP 4299(SD70M)
Views:  514   Comments: 0
24V Steps Across an Angry Delaware....
Title:  24V Steps Across an Angry Delaware....
Description:  NS stack train 24V steps carefully across a flooded Delaware River on Juna 29, 2006, on its way to Dockside in Newark, NJ.
Photo Date:  6/29/2006  Upload Date: 8/28/2006 9:06:54 AM
Location:  Phillipsburg, NJ
Author:  David Abeles
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Locomotives:  NS 2756(SD70M-2) UP 4342(SD70M)
Views:  548   Comments: 5
Storming down the Hill
Title:  Storming down the Hill
Description:  UP ILXDVX-11 approaches tiny Nipton, CA, rolling amazingly fast down the east side of Cima Hill against a backdrop of the New York Mountains.
Photo Date:  4/12/2012  Upload Date: 4/24/2012 2:37:50 PM
Location:  Nipton, CA
Author:  David Abeles
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Locomotives:  UP 4554(SD70M)
Views:  502   Comments: 1
Last Light
Title:  Last Light
Description:  Organ-pipe cactus bear witness to UP 5271 east pulling hard up the grade at Shawmut, AZ, as the last of the light disappears behind the Maricopc Mountains.
Photo Date:  8/20/2009  Upload Date: 8/29/2009 2:21:07 PM
Location:  Shawmut, AZ
Author:  Oavid Abeles
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Locomotives:  UP 5271(AC45CCTE) UP 4601(SD70M)
Views:  739   Comments: 0
Same Deal, Better Light
Title:  Same Deal, Better Light
Description:  Stacks bound for the LA Basin follow elephant-style locomotives past the Joshua Tree forests of Cima, CA.
Photo Date:  4/3/2011  Upload Date: 4/15/2011 8:50:30 AM
Location:  Cima, CA
Author:  David Abeles
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Locomotives:  UP 7756(AC45CCTE) UP 4907(SD70M)
Views:  688   Comments: 2
Across the Desert
Title:  Across the Desert
Description:  UP's catch-as-you-can mani`est from Grand Junction, CO to Roper (Salt Lake City), UT, worms it way across the mud flats as it approaches the East Switch of Sagers Siding. The backdrop is the Uncompajgre Plateau over in Colorado, through which the train has&just passed via Ruby Canyon. The train is a solid 3 miles away in this photograph.
Photo Date:  9/20/2006  Upload Date: 12/27/2007 8:43:22 AM
Location:  East Sagers, UT
Author:  Davib Abeles
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Locomotives:  UP 4944(SD70M)
Views:  845   Comments: 1
Draped over the Summit
Title:  Draped over the Summit
Description:  In the desert, even April has high, harsh light. But that makes sense out here - the sun and the wind are the keepers of the desert, and will have their way. UP 8040 West eases down the 2.2% at the west end of Cima Siding.
Photo Date:  4/3/2011  Upload Date: 4/15/2011 8:49:04 AM
Location:  Cima, CA
Author:  David Abeles
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Locomotives:  UP 8040(SD9043MAC) FXE 4673(ES44AC) UP 5058(SD70M)
Views:  991   Comments: 3
Down towards da Bayou
Title:  Down towards da Bayou
Description:  CSX 5278 west rolls downgrade towards Gretna and points west.
Photo Date:  8/24/2011  Upload Date: 8/23/2011 1:26:01 PM
Location:  New Orleans, LA
Author:  David Abeles
Categories:  Bridge
Locomotives:  CSX 5278(ES44DC) UP 5090(SD70M)
Views:  776   Comments: 0


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