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Also, at 3:29...playing chicken with the train.

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The last time I had the chance to check out railroading action north of Duluth, MN was September of 2008. In spite of weather that was annoying most of the time, enough to keep me from exploring the former Duluth Missabe & Iron Range system too much, I still managed to get in a couple days of train-watching in and around Iron Junction. Some ( Read more... )

Southern because it was Valdosta, GA.
Fried because it was pretty hot.
Railroading because, well... there was ( train stuff involved... )

Well, today is Amtrak's 40th anniversary, believe it or not. You might think that I'm the type of person to spend a day like today someplace where I'd be likely to find an Amtrak train to take pictures of. And ( you'd be right... )

Passing through western Illinois, I did a bit of checking, and it seemed I'd only have to delay my trip for about 20 minutes or so to have a look at a familiar sight in a new location. So I decided to do that very thing, in the hope I might get a well-timed view of a Zephyr in the ( fading afternoon sunlight... )

No, it's not a new railroad-themed sitcom for CBS' Monday lineup. Yesterday I decided I'd spend what would probably be the last of the warm, sunny afternoons of the year doing one of my favorite things- train watching. By the time I got down to the BNSF line through the southern part of the state I only had about three hours of light left, but I ( Read more... )

Nearly three weeks ago I took a trip out to North Platte, Nebraska to check out the largest classification yard in the world, as well as the trains that run on the line that passes through that part of the state. This is what I saw. ( Highly photo-filled odyssey herein... )

Nearly a couple weeks ago now I shared a black and white photo from a trip on the BNSF Staples Sub, showing the last train of the day. That one was, of course, not the only train, and now I can finally get around to sharing ( the rest of what I saw... )