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"12R MEETS 213" It's a very chilly 10 degrees at Shepherdstown, WV as 213 sits in the siding to meet the incoming 12R.

RailPictures.Net Photo: Unknown Norfolk & Western Unknown at Shepherdstown, West Virginia by Jon... High quality photograph of Norfolk & Western Unknown # Unknown at Shepherdstown, West Virginia, USA.

On February 25, 2009, a Montreal, Maine & Atlantic Railway plow extra - powered by MMA ex-BAR GP9 79 - is seen moving several feet of snow off the Houlton Subdivision near New Limerick, Maine.
Photo by Kevin Burkholder.

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Chessie 614 struts out of Thurmond, WV with the Chessie Safety Express after a photo run by in October, 1980.

RailPictures.Net Photo: C&O 614 Chessie System Steam 4-8-4 at Thurmond, West Virginia by Charles... High quality photograph of Chessie System Steam 4-8-4 # C&O 614 at Thurmond, West Virginia, USA.

Battle of Light. The signals at Noimi Jct. battle to protect the CN Minntac Sub from an oncoming train. The signals won and the train headed up the CN Missabe Sub. Photographer: Todd M.

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This "spoof" short film is interesting to watch

History of Model Railroading - Model Trains Through The Years http://www.modelbuildings.org/Catalog-Page-2.html This short film is a chronology of model railroading from 1891 through to the present day. It shows when mo...

Locomotive on it's way to the Oklahoma Railway Museum...

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A Southern Pacific coal load climbs the steep Tennessee Pass Subdivision a mile or two below the summit on a sunny March 29, 1997 afternoon. The 100 car train had three AC4400CWs on the point, four cut in as manned helpers and two more on the rear. Gotta love mountain railroading above 10,000 feet!

RailPictures.Net Photo: SP 342 Southern Pacific Railroad GE AC4400CW at Tennessee Pass, Colorado... High quality photograph of Southern Pacific Railroad GE AC4400CW # SP 342 at Tennessee Pass, Colorado, USA.

A pack of GP-38's throttle up for the fight to Hampton Junction with 80 loads of Carter Roag coal bound for the Ukraine via Baltimore. The ex-B&O leader is right at home on this former Baltimore & Ohio line, known as the "End of the World" by the railroaders who worked it.

RailPictures.Net Photo: GMTX 2670 GATX Rail Locomotive Group (GMTX) EMD GP38-2 at Sago, West... High quality photograph of GATX Rail Locomotive Group (GMTX) EMD GP38-2 # GMTX 2670 at Sago, West Virginia, USA.

Merry Christmas Amtrak. The first meaningful release of new cars from CAF in Elmira, 18 new Viewliner baggage cars, roll NB on the D&H on one of the gloomiest days possible. The cars had just come out of CAF earlier in the day and are just starting their trip to the Amtrak Hialeah, FL maintenance facility via Rensselaer, NY to Sunnyside in NYC to Philadelphia.

RailPictures.Net Photo: AMTK 42 Amtrak GE P42DC at Unadilla, New York by John Sesonske High quality photograph of Amtrak GE P42DC # AMTK 42 at Unadilla, New York, USA.

White River Junction, Vermont's Rotary Club Polar Express train operated on Saturday, December 13 and Sunday, December 14, with Vermont Railway GP40-2 303 (ex-Boston & Maine on old home turf) hauling the sold-out trains. The elves are on the station platform to greet the arriving children and visitors at the 'North Pole' in Norwich, Vermont.

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The North Shore Scenic Railroad's Christmas City Express RDC pauses by the nicely lit trees adjacent to Bentleyville, Minnesota.

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