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Converging Lines
June 02, 2021

Converging Lines

Fading sunlight illuminates the rails of the CP Rail North Toronto line in Leaside, Ontario, a neighbourhood in Toronto. In this image, one pair of rails crosses over from one...

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Miller Beach
June 02, 2021

Miller Beach

An empty coal train returning from a power plant in Michigan City, Indiana, approaches the town of Miller Beach, Indiana on the Chicago South Shore & South Bend main-line.

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Lifting Putnam
June 02, 2021

Lifting Putnam

Ontario Southland Railway F-unit #1400 Performs switching moves in Putnam, Ontario along the line to St Thomas, Ontario, which was formerly owned by CP Rail until December 2009. OSR serves...

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Julesburg Blizzard
June 02, 2021

Julesburg Blizzard

A Union Pacific freight train heads westbound through Julesburg, Colorado in whiteout blizzard conditions. The train is on the old Overland Route, which was completed in the late nineteenth century routed...

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Into The Void
June 02, 2021

Into The Void

Glowing signal lights are seen from the rear window of VIA Rail train #78 destined for Toronto Union Station.

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Gunns Loop
June 02, 2021

Gunns Loop

The ground streaks by under a TTC streetcar at Gunns Loop, the western end of the 512 St Clair Avenue line. After a brief stop let passengers board, car #4117...

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Flyunder Meet
June 02, 2021

Flyunder Meet

In low evening light, a rolling meet occurs between an inbound GO commuter train, and an outbound Union Pearson airport shuttle. Both trains are rushing through the flyunder that was...

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Crossing Ahead
June 02, 2021

Crossing Ahead

A BNSF hotshot mail train speeds through Rochelle, Illinois on former Chicago Burlington & Quincy rails on a sunny afternoon. The round sign in the foreground warns motorists of the...

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Corridor Wrap
June 02, 2021

Corridor Wrap

A VIA Rail corridor train dashes into the scene with a short consist bound for Toronto Union Station.

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Cold Lock
June 02, 2021

Cold Lock

An old-school padlock and hasp spotted on the side of a signal relay bungalow alongside the CP Rail North Toronto line at Bartlett Avenue. The lock's keyhole is protected by...

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Metra Express
December 18, 2020

Metra Express

A westbound Metra express train races through downtown La Grange, Illinois, on its way to Aurora Transportation Center. This triple track main-line between Chicago Union Station and Aurora is...

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On Display
December 17, 2020

On Display

Santa Fe SD40 #5508 sits on static display next to the former railway depot in Marceline, Missouri, adjacent to the busy BNSF main-line to Kansas City. Marceline is famous...

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Clear Noel
December 17, 2020

Clear Noel

A southbound Kansas City Southern mixed freight train cruises through the hinterlands outside Noel, Missouri, deep in the Ozarks region, appearing through a break in the treeline.

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Night Rails
December 17, 2020

Night Rails

The rails of the former Baltimore & Ohio Railroad refelct rest stop floodlights under the cover of night in Bradford, Pennsylvania. These tracks are today owned and utilized by...

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Funeral Train
December 16, 2020

Funeral Train

The George H.W. Bush funeral train operated by Union Pacific passes through the small town of Atchison, Kansas on it's way from Kansas City, Missouri to Council Bluffs, Iowa....

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Lonely Ace
December 16, 2020

Lonely Ace

Kansas City Southern SD70ACe #4168 sits on a spur track outside of Pittsburg, Kansas on a grain train, awaiting a new crew to take it south to Louisiana. KCS...

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Southern Belle
December 16, 2020

Southern Belle

Outside of Pittsburg, Kansas, a Kansas City Southern train picks up speed on the Heavener Subdivision, the main-line to Shreverport, Louisiana.

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Light Beams
December 16, 2020

Light Beams

Shot from inside the lead SD40-2 locomotive on a Wisconsin & Southern freight train in Reedsburg, Wisconsin, two beams of light from the headlamps shoot off into the distance...

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La Salle Street
December 16, 2020

La Salle Street

During the summer of 2017, Metra Rail operated excursion trains lead by Nickel Plate Road steam locomotive #765 between downtown Chicago and Joliet, Illinois on Metra’s Rock Island District.

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Hickory Creek
December 16, 2020

Hickory Creek

A Metra Rail commuter train flies over Hickory Creek outside of Joliet, Illinois, headed eastbound for La Salle Street Station in downtown Chicago.

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Lake State
December 16, 2020

Lake State

Lake State Railroad Company Electro-Motive GP40-2 #4304 leads a freight train through the snow-covered streets of Alpena, Michigan, headed for Tawas, Michigan to switch out local customers.

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Racetrack Sundown
December 16, 2020

Racetrack Sundown

A BNSF priority mail train from Chicago to Portland, Oregon glides down the “racetrack” through Riverside at sunset.

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Fluted Steel
December 16, 2020

Fluted Steel

The fluted stainless steel on a Metra commuter coach reflects the setting sun during a station stop at Robbins, Illinois, a southwest suburb of Chicago.

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Moffat Road
December 16, 2020

Moffat Road

A Union Pacific freight out of Denver, Colorado train starts up the steep grade of Big Ten curve at the foot of the rocky mountains, outside of Arvada, Colorado....

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