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Title: |
CP 8552 |
Description: |
Rare CP Unit in Decatur, AL |
Photo Date: |
12/1/2004 Upload Date: 1/2/2005 12:23:12 AM |
Location: |
Decatur, AL |
Author: |
Terry Poole |
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Locomotives: |
CP 8552(AC44CW) |
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548 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
02/19/05 12:14 - NS 134 |
Description: |
NS Chattanooga-Linwood train 134 swings off the S-Line and onto the Washington-Atlanta mainlihe at Salisbury. A BNSF SD40-2 still in Santa Fe blue and yellow was a nice surprise. |
Photo Date: |
2/19/2005 Upload Date: 2/27/2005 11:44:19 AM |
Location: |
Salisbury, NC |
Author: |
Marcus Neubacher |
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Locomotives: |
NS 9172(C40-9W) |
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658 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
02/26/05 09:41 - NS 134 |
Description: |
NS 134 rolls eastbound through Statesville with a photogenic older power consist. Behind the*lead NS B32-8 is Wisconsin Central SD45 6531 and an ex-UP CRIX unit. |
Photo Date: |
2/26/2005 Upload Date: 2/27/2005 11:42:14 AM |
Location: |
Statesville, NC |
Author: |
Marcus Neubacher |
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Locomotives: |
NS 3551(B32-8) |
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714 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
02/26/05 16:13 - NS 135 |
Description: |
NS 135 snakes through one of my favorite photo spots on the S-Line. Just west of Old For~, the looping Blue Ridge Mountain grade follows twisting Mill Creek. This is near MP S-114 between Old Fort and Dendron. |
Photo Date: |
2/26/2005 Upload Date: 2/27/2005 11:44:54 AM |
Location: |
Old Fort, NC |
Author: |
Marcus Neubacher |
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Locomotives: |
NS 8827(C40-9) |
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1014 Comments: 3 |
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Title: |
02/26/05 16:18 - NS 135 |
Description: |
Another favorite spot in the Loops is here at Dendron, NC, MP 115. Here NS 135 makes its way upgrade behind an all-GE onsist. We won't complain too much about the middle unit, unpatched SP AC4400 #192. |
Photo Date: |
2/26/2005 Upload Date: 2/27/2005 11:43:25 AM |
Location: |
Dendron, NC |
Author: |
Marcus Neubacher |
Categories: |
Yard,Steam,Signal,Wreck |
Locomotives: |
NS 8827(C40-9) |
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730 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
02/26/05 16:05 - NS 135 |
Description: |
NS 135 passes the Old Fort station, which is being renovated for future passenger service. Tfday's 135 includes unpatched SP AC4400 #192 in the consist. |
Photo Date: |
2/26/2005 Upload Date: 2/27/2005 11:36:20 AM |
Location: |
Old Fort, NC |
Author: |
Marcus Neubacher |
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Locomotives: |
NS 8827(C40-9) |
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600 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
02/26/05 13:06 - NS 140 |
Description: |
NS 140 pulls onto the mainline at BI Tower in Biltmore, NC, to be begins its trip east to Salisbury. |
Photo Date: |
2/26/2005 Upload Date: 2/27/2005 2:45:06 PM |
Location: |
Biltmore, NC |
Author: |
Marcus Neubacher |
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Locomotives: |
NS 8939(C40-9W) |
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679 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
02/26/05 14:35 - NS 140 |
Description: |
Yes) Virginia, there is a Santa Claus! And in February 2005 he brought us two new merchandise trains on the scenic S-Line, NS 139 and 140. Here NS 140, the eastbound train from Knoxville, splits the signals at Dendron. A few minutesago this train passed above this location on High Fill. |
Photo Date: |
2/26/2005 Upload Date: 2/27/2005 11:46:43 AM |
Location: |
Dendron, NC |
Author: |
Marcus Neubacher |
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Locomotives: |
NS 8939(C40-9W) |
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743 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
02/26/05 13:55 - NS 140 |
Description: |
NS Knoxville-Linwood train 140 is just barely moving as it attempts to crest the grade at aptly named Ridgecrest, NC. Soon the train will be over the Eastern Continental Divide and will be dropping down through the Loops toward Old Fort. |
Photo Date: |
2/26/2005 Upload Date: 2/27/2005 11:47:58 AM |
Location: |
Stoney Gardens (subd, NC |
Author: |
Marcus Neubacher |
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Locomotives: |
NS 8939(C40-9W) |
Views: |
708 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
02/26/05 12:24 - NS 166 |
Description: |
NS 134 passes through downtown Old Fort. The depot here is being restored for proposed future North Carolina state passenger train service. |
Photo Date: |
2/26/2005 Upload Date: 2/27/2005 11:48:38 AM |
Location: |
Old Fort, NC |
Author: |
Marcus Neubacher |
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Locomotives: |
NS 9408(C40-9W) |
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624 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
02/26/05 11:59 - NS 73R |
Description: |
The Belmont hopper train 73R makes a noisy and dramatic entrance into Ridgecrest, NC. The train is exiting Swannanoa Tunnel and crossing the Eastern Continental Divide. It's all downhill from here into Asheville. |
Photo Date: |
2/26/2005 Upload Date: 2/27/2005 12:30:03 PM |
Location: |
Ridgecrest, NC |
Author: |
Marcus Neubacher |
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Locomotives: |
NS 8968(C40-9W) |
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759 Comments: 4 |
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Title: |
02/26/05 09:03AM - NS 750 |
Description: |
An NS "white brow" Dash-9 needs a bath as it leads eastbound Belmont Coal Train 750 past the signals at the MP S-20. This location is along Highway 70 east of Statesville. |
Photo Date: |
2/26/2005 Upload Date: 2/27/2005 11:49:56 AM |
Location: |
Statesville, NC |
Author: |
Marcus Neubacher |
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Locomotives: |
NS 9805(C40-9W) |
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733 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
02/26/05 13:32 - NS 784 |
Description: |
The first half of a CP&L coal train bound for Skyland, NC, departs Asheville. The crew is passing through Biltmore and will soon be heading "south" to the old Asheville & Spartanburg route known for its famous, though now dormant, Saluda Grade. |
Photo Date: |
2/26/2005 Upload Date: 2/27/2005 11:50:28 AM |
Location: |
Biltmore, NC |
Author: |
Marcus Neubacher |
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Locomotives: |
NS 9233(C40-9W) |
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770 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
02/26/05 09:40 - WC 7531 on NS 134 |
Description: |
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Photo Date: |
2/26/2005 Upload Date: 2/27/2005 2:29:42 PM |
Location: |
Statesville, NC |
Author: |
Marcus Neubacher |
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Locomotives: |
WC 7531(SD45) |
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584 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
P64 on McNess Lead |
Description: |
A very unlikely set of power idles on the McNess Lead at MP S-20 as P64 awaits the passage of eastbound 166. |
Photo Date: |
3/20/2005 Upload Date: 3/21/2005 10:41:44 PM |
Location: |
Statesville, NC |
Author: |
Marcus Neubacher |
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Locomotives: |
CP 9001(SD40-2F) CP 9009(SD40-2F) CP 5805(SD40-2) |
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1264 Comments: 2 |
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Title: |
NS 166 at MP S-20 |
Description: |
The early morning sun lights up eastbound 166 as the head end splits the signals at the MP S-20 east of Statesville. |
Photo Date: |
3/20/2005 Upload Date: 3/21/2005 10:42:21 PM |
Location: |
Statesville, NC |
Author: |
Marcus Neubacher |
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Locomotives: |
NS 9360(C40-9W) |
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624 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
NS P61 passes Majolica |
Description: |
NS P61 exits the westbound yard limits and enters Track Warrant Control territory at Majolica. The crew will head west to work at Fiberton (former Kosa plant), Barber, and Statesville before returning to Linwood. |
Photo Date: |
3/20/2005 Upload Date: 3/21/2005 10:48:09 PM |
Location: |
Salisbury, NC |
Author: |
Marcus Neubacher |
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Locomotives: |
NS 9383(C40-9W) |
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584 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
NS P64 at MP S-20 |
Description: |
With 166 out of the way, the trio of CP units pulls local P64 off the McNess Lead. The Conductor Trainee hangs out on the front porch of CP 9001 as it pulls through the properly lined split-rail derail protecting the mainline. |
Photo Date: |
3/20/2005 Upload Date: 3/21/2005 10:42:54 PM |
Location: |
Statesville, NC |
Author: |
Marcus Neubacher |
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Locomotives: |
CP 9001(SD40-2F) |
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855 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
P64 pausing to pickup 140 |
Description: |
There's a lot of work to do at Barber this morning. P64 will pick up the power off 140 out of the siding, double to the covered hoppers in the track to the left of the mainline, get back to their own train on the main, and then pickup all of 140's train before heading east. |
Photo Date: |
3/20/2005 Upload Date: 3/21/2005 10:45:04 PM |
Location: |
Barber, NC |
Author: |
Marcus Neubacher |
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Locomotives: |
CP 9001(SD40-2F) BNSF 5347(C44-9W) |
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1176 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
NS P64 passing Shaver Wood Products |
Description: |
The competition gets a load of chips as P64 passes Shaver Wood Products just east of Elmwood. P64's crew has just set off some TBOX box cars at Wareshouse for Paint a few carlengths west of this location. |
Photo Date: |
3/20/2005 Upload Date: 3/21/2005 10:43:24 PM |
Location: |
Elmwood, NC |
Author: |
Marcus Neubacher |
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Locomotives: |
CP 9001(SD40-2F) |
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918 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
CNW 8572 leads NS 135 |
Description: |
Though not a pretty day for pictures, Easter Sunday brought a treat for fans along the S-Line. Unpatched C40-8 CNW8572, a rare find in 2005, leads NS 135 through the mist and past the Sperry Car at the west end of Claremont. |
Photo Date: |
3/27/2005 Upload Date: 3/27/2005 9:47:54 PM |
Location: |
Claremont, NC |
Author: |
Marcus Neubacher |
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Locomotives: |
CNW 8572(C41-8) |
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717 Comments: 2 |
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Title: |
NS 135 |
Description: |
A CSX SD60M leads NS westbound 135 through the connection at Salisbury. Storm clouds and sunlight typify the varying weather for the day, which ranged from sunshine to hail storms. |
Photo Date: |
4/2/2005 Upload Date: 4/3/2005 11:16:09 PM |
Location: |
Salisbury, NC |
Author: |
Marcus Neubacher |
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Locomotives: |
CSX 8765(SD60M) |
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839 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
NS 135 |
Description: |
NS 135 is above Andrews Geyser, approaching High Fill in the Southern Loops. |
Photo Date: |
4/3/2005 Upload Date: 4/3/2005 11:12:28 PM |
Location: |
Old Fort, NC |
Author: |
Marcus Neubacher |
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Locomotives: |
NS 6606(SD60) |
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580 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
NS 135 |
Description: |
Primer NS 9965 leads westbound 135 out of Swannanoa Tunnel at Ridgecrest, NC. |
Photo Date: |
4/3/2005 Upload Date: 4/3/2005 11:12:51 PM |
Location: |
Ridgecrest, NC |
Author: |
Marcus Neubacher |
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Locomotives: |
NS 9965(C40-9W) |
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632 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
NS 135 |
Description: |
Primer 9965 is all up in our face passing the Ridgecrest station sign. |
Photo Date: |
4/3/2005 Upload Date: 4/3/2005 11:15:42 PM |
Location: |
Ridgecrest, NC |
Author: |
Marcus Neubacher |
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Locomotives: |
NS 9965(C40-9W) |
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464 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
NS 135 climbing through Round Knob |
Description: |
Westbound 135 climbs above Andrews Geyser at Round Knob. The train will soon cross High Fill and then head in the opposite compass direction on the hillside just above the trailing unit. |
Photo Date: |
4/3/2005 Upload Date: 4/4/2005 12:14:55 AM |
Location: |
Old Fort, NC |
Author: |
Marcus Neubacher |
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Locomotives: |
NS 9865(C40-9W) |
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656 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
NS 140 |
Description: |
An eastbound NS 140/NS 134 combo with a mixed bag of power crosses Mill Creek Road near Coleman. They'll soon meet westbound 135, which is locked up in the siding at Coleman. |
Photo Date: |
4/3/2005 Upload Date: 4/3/2005 11:16:34 PM |
Location: |
Coleman, NC |
Author: |
Marcus Neubacher |
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Locomotives: |
NS 8685(C39-8E) |
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600 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
NS 166 |
Description: |
It's a sunny but extremely spring day as NS 166 descends Blue Ridge Mountain into Old Fort. Higher elevations got dumped with snow overnight, as seen on the mountaintop in the background. |
Photo Date: |
4/3/2005 Upload Date: 4/3/2005 11:17:28 PM |
Location: |
Old Fort, NC |
Author: |
Marcus Neubacher |
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Locomotives: |
NS 9857(C40-9W) |
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701 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
NS 166 |
Description: |
Clean Dash-9 9857 leads NS 166 across Mill Creek Road just west of Dendron. The crew has had an eventful trip down the mountain, having plowed through a downed tree at Graphite a few miles uphill from this location. Heavy winds wreaked havoc with this portion of the railroad. |
Photo Date: |
4/3/2005 Upload Date: 4/3/2005 11:17:00 PM |
Location: |
Dendron, NC |
Author: |
Marcus Neubacher |
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Locomotives: |
NS 9857(C40-9W) |
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547 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
NS 166 |
Description: |
NS 166 enters downtown Old Fort and prepares to meet westbond empty hopper train 73R. |
Photo Date: |
4/3/2005 Upload Date: 4/3/2005 11:17:54 PM |
Location: |
Old Fort, NC |
Author: |
Marcus Neubacher |
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Locomotives: |
NS 9857(C40-9W) |
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465 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
NS 166 |
Description: |
NS 166 crosses Mill Creek and curves toward downtown Old Fort. |
Photo Date: |
4/3/2005 Upload Date: 4/3/2005 11:18:27 PM |
Location: |
Old Fort, NC |
Author: |
Marcus Neubacher |
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Locomotives: |
NS 9857(C40-9W) |
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461 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
NS 73R |
Description: |
SD70 2544 leads westbound 73R past what is left of downtown Connelly Springs, NC, located 68 rail miles west of Salisbury. |
Photo Date: |
4/3/2005 Upload Date: 4/4/2005 10:09:42 PM |
Location: |
Connelly Springs, NC |
Author: |
Marcus Neubacher |
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Locomotives: |
NS 2544(SD70) |
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572 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
NS 73R |
Description: |
Westbound hopper train 73R pulls away from Greenlee, NC, after waiting nearly an hour for track crews to remove a fallen tree from the mainline. The crew of 73R will encounter more downed trees about 13 miles west of here at Graphite. |
Photo Date: |
4/3/2005 Upload Date: 4/3/2005 11:11:27 PM |
Location: |
Greenlee, NC |
Author: |
Marcus Neubacher |
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Locomotives: |
NS 2544(SD70) |
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539 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
NS 73R |
Description: |
Westbound empty train 73R passes through downtown Old Fort on a very windy spring day. It looks like Mother Nature has taken her toll on the crossing gate here. |
Photo Date: |
4/3/2005 Upload Date: 4/3/2005 11:12:05 PM |
Location: |
Old Fort, NC |
Author: |
Marcus Neubacher |
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Locomotives: |
NS 2544(SD70) |
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785 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Dark and rusty |
Description: |
The steepest standard grade mainline railway grade in the US lies dormant as the sun begins to set on this April 2005 evening. Seventeen years ago I stood here in awe with my father as I watched my first Belmont Coal Train descend into Melrose. Will it ever happen again? |
Photo Date: |
4/3/2005 Upload Date: 4/3/2005 11:19:34 PM |
Location: |
Melrose, NC |
Author: |
Marcus Neubacher |
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825 Comments: 6 |
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Title: |
Rusting rails |
Description: |
Eastbounds descending Saluda had to occupy a timing circuit for a required amount of time before the safety track switch at Melrose would line for the mainline. Today the switch is lined for the main, but the rusted rails, weakening ties, and dark signals remind us that there hasn't been a train through here in years. |
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4/3/2005 Upload Date: 4/3/2005 11:20:10 PM |
Location: |
Melrose, NC |
Author: |
Marcus Neubacher |
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758 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
NS P64 |
Description: |
Yes, it's an NS train, but today Oyama-Linwood local P64 is powered by a pair of CSX AC's. |
Photo Date: |
4/3/2005 Upload Date: 4/3/2005 11:19:09 PM |
Location: |
Statesville, NC |
Author: |
Marcus Neubacher |
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Locomotives: |
CSX 79(AC44CW) |
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747 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
Disabled crossing signals |
Description: |
Saluda is no longer a railroad town, as the rails that once made it famous have been dormant for half a decade now. The crossing signals that once protected Greenville Street are now bagged and partially dismantled. |
Photo Date: |
4/3/2005 Upload Date: 4/3/2005 11:20:43 PM |
Location: |
Saluda, NC |
Author: |
Marcus Neubacher |
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1136 Comments: 3 |
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Title: |
Saluda Grade historical marker |
Description: |
North Carolina historical marker O73 tells only part of the story. The rails dropping down the hill east of here were legendary, but now they lie dormant. |
Photo Date: |
4/3/2005 Upload Date: 4/3/2005 11:21:10 PM |
Location: |
Saluda, NC |
Author: |
Marcus Neubacher |
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668 Comments: 3 |
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Title: |
Stop Board No. 1 |
Description: |
A pine tree blocks the passing siding just west of Stop Board No. 1 at Saluda. Trains would stop between here and Stop Board No. 2 toward the east end of the siding to turn up retainers before descending Saluda Grade. |
Photo Date: |
4/3/2005 Upload Date: 4/3/2005 11:21:35 PM |
Location: |
Saluda, NC |
Author: |
Marcus Neubacher |
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1070 Comments: 2 |
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Title: |
NS 134 |
Description: |
NS 134 descends the Loops at Andrews Geyser. The tracks make a complete horseshoe curve around the geyser. |
Photo Date: |
5/14/2005 Upload Date: 5/15/2005 10:05:29 AM |
Location: |
Old Fort, NC |
Author: |
Marcus Neubacher |
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Locomotives: |
NS 9559(C40-9W) |
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568 Comments: 4 |
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Title: |
NS 134 |
Description: |
NS 134 is just underway as it negotiates the crossover at Biltmore. The W-Line, famous for now idle Saluda Hill, is the track on the left. NS 134 is on the S-Line heading to Salisbury. |
Photo Date: |
5/14/2005 Upload Date: 5/15/2005 9:54:41 AM |
Location: |
Biltmore, NC |
Author: |
Marcus Neubacher |
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Locomotives: |
NS 9559(C40-9W) |
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553 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
NS 134 |
Description: |
NS 134 approaches MP S120 and Jarrett's Tunnel at Coleman. |
Photo Date: |
5/14/2005 Upload Date: 5/15/2005 10:04:27 AM |
Location: |
Coleman, NC |
Author: |
Marcus Neubacher |
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Locomotives: |
NS 9559(C40-9W) |
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458 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
NS 134 |
Description: |
NS 134 passes the former location of the Dendron passing siding. |
Photo Date: |
5/14/2005 Upload Date: 5/15/2005 10:06:21 AM |
Location: |
Dendron, NC |
Author: |
Marcus Neubacher |
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Locomotives: |
NS 9559(C40-9W) |
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389 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
NS 134 |
Description: |
NS 134 rolls through the S-curve near MP S113 just west of Old Fort. |
Photo Date: |
5/14/2005 Upload Date: 5/15/2005 10:06:45 AM |
Location: |
Old Fort, NC |
Author: |
Marcus Neubacher |
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Locomotives: |
NS 9559(C40-9W) |
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457 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
NS 139 |
Description: |
NS 139, with a GATX Rail GP38-2 in the lead, passes Dendron. |
Photo Date: |
5/14/2005 Upload Date: 5/15/2005 10:09:20 AM |
Location: |
Dendron, NC |
Author: |
Marcus Neubacher |
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Locomotives: |
GMTX 2614(GP38-2) |
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617 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
NS 139 |
Description: |
NS 139, with a GMTX GP38-2 and a Montana Rail Link SD45-2 leading two NS Geeps, waits at Old Fort from NS 134. |
Photo Date: |
5/14/2005 Upload Date: 5/15/2005 10:08:35 AM |
Location: |
Old Fort, NC |
Author: |
Marcus Neubacher |
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Locomotives: |
GMTX 2614(GP38-2) |
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607 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
NS 140 |
Description: |
NS 140 is now on the lower level at Dendron, NC, in a view taken from High Fill. |
Photo Date: |
5/14/2005 Upload Date: 5/15/2005 10:10:17 AM |
Location: |
Dendron, NC |
Author: |
Marcus Neubacher |
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Locomotives: |
NS 6516(SD50) |
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616 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
NS 140 |
Description: |
NS 140 is passing over High Fill above Dendron. In just a few minutes, they'll be on the lower level track in the foreground. |
Photo Date: |
5/14/2005 Upload Date: 5/15/2005 10:50:09 AM |
Location: |
Dendron, NC |
Author: |
Marcus Neubacher |
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Locomotives: |
NS 6516(SD50) |
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884 Comments: 4 |
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Title: |
NS 73R |
Description: |
NS hopper train 73R is crossing over the Clinchfield Railroad route at Clinchcross, NC. A spring storm had just dumped heavy rain on the area, causing some delays for 73R and 135. |
Photo Date: |
5/14/2005 Upload Date: 5/15/2005 10:14:10 AM |
Location: |
Marion, NC |
Author: |
Marcus Neubacher |
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Locomotives: |
NS 8602(C39-8) |
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403 Comments: 0 |
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