RailroadPix.Com Railroad Photos: Editor's Picks

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Freight Railroads

UP's Butler, WI yard hosts a BN coal train. ^pop ^Hot! ^{ed pick}
Photographer: Larry McNaughton
Image: 800 x 533 jpg, 162k
(Added: 16-Jan-2001) - Hits: 8000

Rating: 8.44 Votes: 79 - Rate This Image

UP's Butler, WI yard hosts a BN coal train. PRITA (UP Manifest) doubles to it's train as a late December storm blankets everything in white. December 29th, 1997 Photo & scan by Larry McNaughton, © 1999

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Freight Railroads : CSX

CSX 7863 leads intermodal Q138-13 upgrade on Sand Patch's West Slope ^{ed pick}
Photographer: Brian Plant
Image: 450 x 675 jpg, 87k
(Added: 22-Jan-2001) - Hits: 2642

Rating: 7.22 Votes: 23 - Rate This Image

CSX intermodal Q138-13 works the upgrade of Sand Patch's West Slope at Yoder, Pennsylvania, late in the afternoon of January 13, 2001.

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Freight Railroads : Canadian Pacific

CP Rail SD40-2 5623 in the snow ^{ed pick}
Photographer: Larry McNaughton
Image: 640 x 480 jpg, 66k
(Added: 14-Jan-2001) - Hits: 2345

Rating: 8.24 Votes: 30 - Rate This Image

CP Rail SD40-2 #5623 rolls through a January snowstorm. The train is on CP Rail System's Gateway Division. Between Milwaukee, WI and Chicago, IL. January 6,1996 Photo and scan by Larry McNaughton, Copyright 1996.

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CP 8564 leads train 212 as it departs Milwaukee, WI ^{ed pick}
Photographer: Larry McNaughton
Image: 800 x 600 jpg, 148k
(Added: 16-Jan-2001) - Hits: 2393

Rating: 7.53 Votes: 19 - Rate This Image

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Freight Railroads : Soo WC AC

WC 6525 East departs Waukesha WI ^{ed pick}
Photographer: Larry McNaughton
Image: 800 x 600 jpg, 235k
(Added: 17-Jan-2001) - Hits: 1785

Rating: 7.60 Votes: 15 - Rate This Image

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Freight Railroads : Union Pacific

UP meet on the diamond at Rochelle, IL ^{ed pick}
Photographer: Larry McNaughton
Image: 640 x 480 jpg, 107k
(Added: 15-Jan-2001) - Hits: 2186

Rating: 7.77 Votes: 100 - Rate This Image

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Loads & Emptys occupy the main lines at UP's Butler, WI yard ^pop ^{ed pick}
Photographer: Larry McNaughton
Image: 800 x 536 jpg, 155k
(Added: 16-Jan-2001) - Hits: 4461

Rating: 8.72 Votes: 65 - Rate This Image

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High Speed Trains : Thalys

TGV's and Thalys at Bourg St Maurice France ^{ed pick}
Photographer: Michel Cardon
Image: 800 x 640 jpg, 132k
(Added: 10-May-2002) - Hits: 2215

Rating: 6.42 Votes: 12 - Rate This Image

A TGV "2 level" for Paris, a TGV "Reseau" for Lille and the Thalys to Amsterdam Centraal Station.

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Model Railroads : Logging

Badger Creek Lumber Company sawmill at night. ^pop ^{ed pick}
Photographer: Paul Templar
Image: 906 x 596 jpg, 166k
(Added: 14-Jan-2001) - Hits: 4002

Rating: 7.02 Votes: 157 - Rate This Image

A close-up of the Sawmill at night.

Badger Creek Lumber Company is an HO logging layout featuring Shay, Heisler and Climax loco's. What got me started in Model Railroading was the fact that I was brought up in model railroading by the wizard of all model railroaders, John Allen. His famous railroad "Gorre & Daphetid" was an inspiration to all who looked at the photographs of his layout. His photographic skills, and artistic talents were the envy of many a model railroader myself included.

I took it upon myself to study his photographs, his way of making the scenery, and his ability to photograph the finish product. Fortunately, he had been, as I was, a professional photographer, so the photography side came a little easier, than it would, had I not done any. As for the artistic talents of John Allen, By analysing photographs of his techniques, I came to the conclusion that it would take a lot of trial and error to achieve the same brilliant results. However, I was not daunted by this and worked on the scenery side for many years.

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Railcams - Railroad Webcams

Olympia, WA - Centennial Rail Cam ^pop ^Hot! ^{ed pick}
Image: 200 x 149 jpg,
(Added: 5-Mar-2001) - Hits: 6616

Rating: 6.83 Votes: 46 - Rate This Image

IT'S BACK! :). This cam is now working again after a few months offline.
Lacey (Olympia), WA Centennial Station is the Amtrak stop for Olympia and Lacey Washington. The station is located on the active Cascades corridor between Seattle, Washington and Portland, Oregon and is serviced by 8 Amtrak trains daily. The double track line is owned by Burlington Northern Santa Fe (BNSF) and can host up to 20 freight trains per day. In addition, Union Pacific (UP) has trackage rights on the line and runs an additional 10 to 20 freight trains per day. The totals from the 3 railroads can be as many as 40-50 trains per day.

With a very active double track mainline and Railcam shots for the last 4 trains to pass in each direction, this camera gives an excellent view of BNSF and UP in the Pacific Northwest. Now if they would only install streaming video...

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Swiss Locomotive Railcam ^pop ^{ed pick}
Image: 200 x 163 jpg,
(Added: 11-Apr-2001) - Hits: 7163

Rating: 6.00 Votes: 48 - Rate This Image

This truly incredible cam has a view from the cab of a locomotive! Always wanted to travel the railroads of Switzerland with its dense track layout and service as well as it's great Alpine views? Well now you can through the Swiss locomotive rail cam.

A digital camera is mounted in the cab of an electric locomotive. This camera takes "snapshots" every so often and then sends them via a wireless data link back to this web site. The views, which are updated several times a day, show the track ahead as well as other passing trains, stations, the shops where the locomotive is maintained and those Alpine views. A nice sharp image, excellent views with a new snapshot roughly every 15 minutes or so.

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Special Trains : CPR Empress Steam Train

CPR Royal Empress in Mission, BC ^{ed pick}
Photographer: Gordon Hall
Image: 1008 x 657 jpg, 61k
(Added: 12-May-2002) - Hits: 1831

Rating: 8.80 Votes: 15 - Rate This Image

CPR 2816 was on display in Mission, BC on May 11th. The weather was great and a lot of people attended the display.

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CPR 2816 at Yale, BC ^pop ^{ed pick}
Photographer: Gordon Hall
Image: 864 x 648 jpg, 86k
(Added: 14-May-2002) - Hits: 4925

Rating: 9.08 Votes: 52 - Rate This Image

May 13th, 2002. CPR 2816 is passing through Yale, BC on the way to Kamloops.

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Special Trains : CPR Holiday Train

CPR Holiday Train crossing Hell's Gate Bridge ^{ed pick}
Photographer: CPR Press Photo
Image: 780 x 520 jpg, 68k
(Added: 11-May-2002) - Hits: 1914

Rating: 8.92 Votes: 38 - Rate This Image

The CPR Holiday Train lights up New York as it crosses the Hell's Gate Bridge.

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Special Trains : SP 4449 Bend Trip March 2002

SP 4449 in AFT colors at Avery, WA ^{ed pick}
Photographer: Martin Hansen
Image: 379 x 580 jpg, 54
(Added: 25-Mar-2002) - Hits: 3217

Rating: 7.77 Votes: 34 - Rate This Image

SP 4449, wearing the American Freedom Train colors, passes through Avery with the Columbia-Deschutes Special. The trip operated round trip from Portland to Bend, OR and return on March 23rd and 24th, 2002.

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SP 4449 in AFT colors at Brooklyn Yard, OR ^{ed pick}
Photographer: Martin Hansen
Image: 580 x 379 jpg, 56k
(Added: 25-Mar-2002) - Hits: 1591

Rating: 7.75 Votes: 12 - Rate This Image

SP 4449, wearing the American Freedom Train colors, powered the Columbia-Deschutes Special. The trip operated round trip from Portland to Bend, OR and return on March 23rd and 24th, 2002. Here she's shown on the turntable at Brooklyn Yard, OR

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Tourist Railways and Museums

SP&S 700 at Lyle, WA - Apr 20, 2001 ^{ed pick}
Photographer: Steven J. Brown
Image: 480 x 743 jpg,
(Added: 26-Apr-2001) - Hits: 1760

Rating: 8.95 Votes: 26 - Rate This Image

The Pacific Railroad Preservation Association (PRPA) operated the SP&S 700 on Homecoming Excursion, April 20-23, 2001. The trip was a a 4-day, 750 mile ride from Vancouver, WA to Spokane, WA and return, with an overnight stay in Pasco, WA each direction.

© Steven J. Brown 2001. Reproduction prohibited without written permission.

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Southern Railway #4501 at Chicamauga, GA ^{ed pick}
Photographer: Larry Wisener
Image: 800 x 503 jpg, 68k
(Added: 28-Apr-2002) - Hits: 2088

Rating: 8.86 Votes: 26 - Rate This Image

Southern Railway Mikado # 4501 pulls a Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum excursion along the Central of Georgia line through the historic civil war battlefield at Chicamauga, GA.

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