Working rail roads and their tracks.

[BravoXray]

You guys seem to like the engine photos so here is another. Along a great lakes shipping photo as well. Looks like the harbor has some ice on it. That is winter pellets storage you see in the background.
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Clean B&LE 909 and 904 plus three vessels in the distance (Gott waiting on Two Harbors, James R Barker for engine repair, and Happy Rover delivering bagged quartz). Duluth, MN - November 30, 2023View attachment 835224

The older style cabs are so much better looking that the newer safety/comfort cabs.
Then there was another SD40-2 variation that only UP had, the "Snoot."

 

[bcp]

The older style cabs are so much better looking that the newer safety/comfort cabs.
Then there was another SD40-2 variation that only UP had, the "Snoot."

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The newer cabs look better if the carbody is full width.

Bruce

 

[BravoXray]

The newer cabs look better if the carbody is full width.

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Bruce

Agreed.

 

[ArlyA]

DMIR 174 appears to be switching cars of scrap in Proctor Yard MN in June of 1974. Since they don't add scrap to pellets, this photo confuses me.

 

[bcp]

Much of the scrap looks like bridge parts. Maybe a dismantled RR bridge to be sent off the property.

Bruce

 

[California]

Much of the scrap looks like bridge parts. Maybe a dismantled RR bridge to be sent off the property.

Bruce

That was my thought before seeing your post. A work train, some sort of cleanup in the right-of-way.

 

[bcp]

Colorado wants a passenger train.

CDOT explores market for passenger train cars and locomotives — Colorado Department of Transportation

www.codot.gov

Bruce

 

[ArlyA]

Here is a great video explaining rail expansion. I've never seen these expansion joins before on ribbon.

 

[bcp]

New colors adorn local locomotives - The Alamosa News

The Colorado Pacific Rio Grande Railroad has recently repainted 10 locomotives that now adorn the engines with a motif that includes the company logo which includes a graphic comprised of mountains, water, and farmland that includes grains.

alamosanews.com

Bruce

 

[MossRoad]

New colors adorn local locomotives - The Alamosa News

The Colorado Pacific Rio Grande Railroad has recently repainted 10 locomotives that now adorn the engines with a motif that includes the company logo which includes a graphic comprised of mountains, water, and farmland that includes grains.

alamosanews.com

Bruce

Wow! That's bright!