Northern Pacific Freight Train at Spokane, Washington

These Northern Pacific locomotives move trains at Spokane, Washington.  The U33C and SD45 head east with a general merchandise train for the Twin Cities.

Northern Pacific was known as the Main Street of the Northwest.  Today's train carries carloads of refrigerator cars of potatoes and apples from throughout Washington State.

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Santa Fe Piggyback Train Heads West At Chicago

This Santa Fe piggyback train heads west at Chicago. Today’s train is headed for Kansas City.

At Fort Madison, Iowa, the train will cross the Mississippi River. If engineer Ricky Johnson is in the crew when the train reaches Fort Madison, he is often known to say, “Time for a crew change and for radio station call letters to change from W to K.”

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Baltimore and Ohio Locomotives Move Trains at Cumberland, Maryland

These Baltimore and Ohio locomotives move trains at Cumberland.  The F7 heads west on a train to Cincinnati with loads of coal from West Virginia.  The Sharknose makes its way north to Pittsburgh with a train train mostly of empty gondolas headed for the steel mills.

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Atlantic Coast Line Train at Savannah, Georgia

This Atlantic Coast Line train carries pulpwood at Savannah.  At the paper mill, the train will drop off loads of pulpwood and empty box cars for paper and pick up loads of paper to be taken to Atlanta.

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Gulf Mobile and Ohio Train Heads to Mobile, Alabama

This Gulf Mobile & Ohio train carries carloads from the New York Central and Chicago, Burlington and Quincy at Chicago.  Today's train heads to Mobile, Alabama.  The Chicago, Burlington and Quincy cars carry furniture that have come from Spokane on the Great Northern.  The New York Central cars carry machinery from Buffalo.

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Florida East Coast Locomotives at Miami

These Florida East Coast locomotives move trains at Miami.  At the yard office, a crew gets ready to take GP40-2 #434 on a piggyback train headed north to Jacksonville.

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Elgin, Joliet and Eastern Train Carries Steel at Joliet, Illinois

This Elgin, Joliet and Eastern train carries steel at Joliet, Illinois.  Elgin, Joliet and Eastern was known for is beltway "Around, Not Thru Chicago."  

Elgin, Joliet and Eastern was affectionately known as "The J" by its fans.  

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Grand Trunk Western Train Carries Auto Parts At Detroit

This Grand Trunk Western train carries auto parts at Detroit.  Grand Trunk Western carried auto parts and finished automobiles as well as many manufactured goods throughout the Midwest and Great Lakes Region.

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Gateway Western Locomotives at Kansas City

 

These Gateway Western locomotives move trains at Kansas City.  The GP40 heads east with a general merchandise train for St. Louis.  

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A Bessemer and Lake Erie Train Hauls Coal To The Steel Mills

This Bessemer and Lake Erie train carries coal to the steel mills.  Bessemer and Lake Erie was owned by US Steel and played a vital role in hauling raw materials and finished steel.

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Ann Arbor Train Heads To Toledo

This Ann Arbor train carries carloads of freight to Lake Erie at Toledo.  To this day, the Ann Arbor provides key first mile/last mile rail service in the States of Michigan and Ohio and is now owned by Watco. See my Ann Arbor artwork at customtrains.org