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N&W 429 arrives at the depot of Nella, NC, for a quick station stop.
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A rainbow didn't leave us a pot of gold but something slightly better. Here, we see Baltimore & Ohio #6604 tied down in Green Springs, WV along the South Branch Valley Railroad just a few miles from the end of the line and the CSX interchange.
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PE 1225 (Southern 6133) sits at Barber Junction, waiting for the signal to take yet another trip to the North Pole.
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Norfolk & Western #429 crosses a N&W marked bridge as a couple looks on after cutting down a fresh Christmas tree.
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Norfolk Southern's newest heritage unit #4851 Tennessee Alabama & Georgia idles in the display yard at the Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum. Joining #4581 is TVRM's TAG #80.
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Ohio Central #722 leads a mixed freight through a good cut in Fairview, OH
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Southern Railway E8A #6900 thunders south through the S curve Hatley at the NC Transportation Museum
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Happy New Year! Last night, we were able to get a shot of GSMR 1702 pulling the final Polar Express back west towards Bryson City, NC, while the Darnell Farms ring in the new year with fireworks!
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Baltimore & Ohio F7A #722 leads the return Trough Canyon Excursion over the South Branch Potomac River and by Valley View farms.
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Canadian Pacific 2816 leads the CPKC Final Spike Steam Tour over Caddo Lake in Mooringsport, LA.
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Clinchfield F3A #800 leads a Lhoist North America Excursion along the mountainside just east of Willot Tunnel near Rockwood, TN.
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GSMR #1702 thunders along the Nantahala River with a Nantahala Gorge Excursion in tow.
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A duo of Kansas City Southern units leads an empty ethanol train through Iron Station, NC.
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CNs Bessemer Sub local job known as the "Misc" returns to Shenango yard coming through the middle of town in Greenville, PA on the Greenville Sub.
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Southern Railway #4501 leads TVRM 325 down the Central of Georgia to Summerville. The train is seen here passing one of the many Southern Railway era whistle boards along the line.
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N&W 6162 leads a short local after a long night of rain showers. In reality, this shot is from the 1979 photoshoot at Kentucky Steam Heritage Corporation.
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With no help from the diesel pushers, Great Smoky Mountains Railroad #1702 charges the crest of Ferguson Hill on its way back to Bryson City with the beer train in tow.
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Norfolk & Western #620 leads an extra WSSB local freight south past N&W CPL "Duncan" at the North Carolina Transportation Museum.
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CN Bessemer Sub local, best known as the "Misc job," heads south through Hartstown, PA, with B&LE 878 leading the way on home rails.
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Workers from Southern Railways Spencer Shops pose in front of Southern #542 after bringing in a local passenger train. In hindsight, this was a staged scene at the NC Transportation Museum's 100th Anniversary of the Bob Julian Roundhouse photoshoot.
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CSX M653 slowly snakes through Burnsville, NC, at 5 mph. A weed sprayer train with an incorrectly mixed solution ate through several signal wires and resulted in most crossings and control points offline.
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Central New Jersey 0-6-0 #113 arrives at the station in Minersville, PA.
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Canadian Pacific #2816 leads the final spike steam tour south through Drexel, MO, over taking a southbound manifest with CP #8876 leading sporting a special paint scheme for the 2010 Vancouver Olympics.
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CSX #1967 (SCL heritage) leads M652 past Tri County Farm Supply in Cherryville, NC.
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Happy Independence Day!
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The rail begins to sing as NS 056 loaded military train heads north through Cramerton, NC, in the last bit of light the day had to offer.
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130th Anniversary of Southern Railway
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GSMR #4210 sits with an empty rock train in Bryson City ready to run down the Gorge the next morning.
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100th Anniversary!
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Caldwell County #1747 sits quiet in Hickory, still sporting its SCL/L&N family lines scheme.
