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XRs on the Spokane to Laurel

A Canon EOS 7D — 1/1000s ƒ/8 ISO 250 at 126 mm

N 62 B 290 C 2 E Jul 6, 2018 F Jan 3, 2025

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Three Montana Rail Link EMD SD40-2XRs (rebuilt SD40s), Nos. 251, 253 and 255, power BNSF’s freight between Spokane and Laurel as it tops Winston Hill at Winston, Montana, on July 6, 2018.

Descending the grade

N 91 B 918 C 5 E Apr 13, 2002 F Jan 3, 2025

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Led by Southern Pacific GE AC4400CW No. 340, an eastbound Union Pacific coal train descends the two percent grade between Clay and Rocky, Colorado on April 13, 2002. The head en is approaching the west switch of Rocky siding, and the two DPUs on the rear of the train are above and just crossed over the east switch of Clay siding, while a lone mid-train DPU is circling Big 10 Curve out of sight to the left.

Happy New Year Vern

A Canon EOS 5D Mark IV — 1/640s ƒ/8 ISO 250 at 32 mm

N 52 B 890 C 1 E Jun 24, 2024 F Jan 3, 2025

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Rolling eastbound on the former Rio Grande Moffat Tunnel Subdivision main line is an eastbound Union Pacific coal train at Tabernash, Colorado, on June 24, 2024.

Conrail’s ELSF

N 90 B 1.3K C 3 E Sep 10, 1988 F Jan 2, 2025

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Santa Fe run-through power, led by AT&SF GE B23-7 No. 6370, powers Conrail’s ELSF (Elkhart Yard to Santa Fe) freight into a lowering sun at New Carlisle, Indiana, on September 10, 1988.

Early BNSF—colorful and more EMDs

N 116 B 1.5K C 4 E Jul 9, 1999 F Jan 1, 2025

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Approaching Cassa, Wyoming, on the morning of July 9, 1999, is a northbound Burlington Northern Santa Fe freight. Boeing airline parts and fuselages cars are up front in the consist as the train makes it way through a cut along the North Platte River in Wendover Canyon with a colorful set of locomotives leading the way.