A westbound Union Pacific autorack train hauls new automobiles and trucks to their future owners at Hermosa. Wyoming, including these new Hummers on TTGX car No. 159107, silhouetted by the setting sun on May 10, 2007.
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The bitter cold can play havoc on track. Here, two Wisconsin Central trackmen fix broken track bolts that were sheared off by the contracting rail in a “pull apart.” A kerosene-soaked rope is placed alongside the offending rail and lit, creating enough heat for the rail to expand closing up the joint, and allowing the holes to once again line up and new bolts installed. WC train No. 2 approaches in the distance, but will have to wait until the job is done before entering Shops Yard at North Fond du Lac on the late afternoon of December 12, 1994.
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Amtrak No. 8, the Empire Builder, cruises by Duplainville Tower in July 1984, with Milwaukee Road Skytop Cedar Rapids carrying the markers. The tower stood guard over Milwaukee Road’s double-track crossing of the Soo Line.
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A closed grade crossing at Potash, Utah, is still guarded by this sign that has seen better days.
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Amid a stormy sky, coal trains continue the daily march to the mines of Powder River Basin south of Bill, Wyoming, during sunrise on May 30, 2009.
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