This line ran down toward Fort Snelling and crossed the Minnesota River on wooden trestles. You can see the old pilings in the river if you walk your dog on Picnic Island at Fort Snelling State Park.
The route is now a paved trail connecting Minnehaha Park, Coldwater Spring, and Fort Snelling State Park.
Westbound at Boca
Southern Pacific (SP) 9320 was at Boca, CA, climbing westbound toward Truckee, CA with SD45 8920, an SD40 and another SD45T-2 on Sunday, July 20, 1975.
JS said, "That shot on Donner is the old station site of Boca, CA." WAF said, "(The) one at Boca on Donner is the RGRVY. The block of coiled steel on the head end is the giveaway."
SP 9320 was an EMD SD45T-2, SP Class EF636-12. Reportedly: it was built in 1974, builders number 73630-06. It was upgraded in 1988 emerging as SP 6836 SP Class EF636R-8. It was renumbered out of original SP sequence, rebuilt to 3000 hp SD40-2T by VMV in 1998-1999, renumbered to UP 4820, then UP 2852 and retired by UP in 2008.
#train #trains #railroads #railroading #film #filmphotography #SP #EMD #truckee #blackandwhite #blackandwhitephotography
New Video: MODEL RAILWAVES: Merry Christmas from the Central Western - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uikVPE2GbIQ
#ModelRailways #ModelRailroads #Railways #Railroads #Youtube
Which of these railroads should be revived from the dead?
Someone at BNSF must think I am important.
Should the Union Pacific be allowed to merge with the Norfolk & Southern?
#ArtAdventCalendar
#myfoto #myart #noAI #noKI
#railroads #winter
N,⁰19
That was snow - four years ago.
Idaho Northern and Pacific Railroad (INPR) 2074 was switching in the Union Pacific yard in La Grande, OR, on Monday, June 11, 2007.
INPR 2074 was an EMD/ATSF GP7u. Reportedly: built as ATSF 2650 Class GP7 2876 in 1953 Builder Number 188931952. Rebuilt as GP7u ATSF 2074 in 1974, retired in 1991, in 1996 sold to INPR. Subsequently sold to Rainer Rail (CWW). Reporting marks and numbers reported for this locomotive include: ATSF 2560, ATSF 2074, INPR 2074, CWW 2074.
#train #trains #railroads #railroading #EMD #shortlines #Oregon #INPR #trainspotting
New Video: MODEL RAILWAVES: A Mighty 8F Rises on the Central Western - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=swjz67nWHlA
#ModelRailways #ModelRailroads #Railways #Railroads #Youtube
#Railroads #TravelandVacations Exploring Bayous and Beaches on Amtrak’s New Gulf Coast Train Line https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/16/travel/amtrak-train-mardi-gras-service-gulf-coast.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon
New Video: MODEL RAILWAVES: Driving the J72 (100 Subscriber Special!) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9xEFLP8xiWk
#ModelRailways #ModelRailroads #Railways #Railroads #Youtube
Three old soldiers UP 3619, 3285 and 3185 sat at La Grande, OR, on Monday, June 11, 2007. They were still earning a living after about 35 years of service, at that time, for their owner.
UP 3619 was an EMD SD40-2. Reportedly: UP 3619 was built in 1979 builders number 786263-11. Other reporting marks and numbers reportedly associated with this locomotive include: UP 3619, UP 1812, UPY 3011, UPY 304.
Please do not edit, crop, "correct" or "improve" these photos without asking me first.
#train #trains #railroads #railroading #EMD #UnionPacific #Oregon #UP #trainspotting
Imagine having one of the most recognisable corporate brandings and arguably the best logo in the world and still managing to fuck this up:
Scientific Data: Mapping Climate Extremes and Infrastructure Vulnerability: A New Database for U.S. Railroads . “The resulting dataset provides railroad segment-level assignments of hazard exposure across the continental U.S. from 2000 to 2024. It serves as a baseline for understanding infrastructure vulnerability and is designed for use in academic research, planning, and climate resilience […]
New Video: MODEL RAILWAVES: Still Going Strong on the Central Western - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J12vtJ80n_E
#ModelRailways #ModelRailroads #Railways #Railroads #Youtube
#Railroads will be allowed to reduce inspections and rely more on #technology to spot #track problems
https://techxplore.com/news/2025-12-railroads-technology-track-problems.html
Cotton Belt 7604 was sitting in the power pool with U33C 8698 in Roseville, CA, on an unknown date 1978.
SSW 7604 was an EMD GP40, SP Class EF430C-1. Reportedly it was built in 1966, builders number 31487. This locomotive was upgraded in 1982 emerging as SP 7962 a model GP40R, SP Class EF430CR-1. It was assigned Union Pacific number 1442, repainted in 2005, classed by UP as a GP40-2. It was renumbered to UP 1335 in 2008. Reportedly still in service by UP in 2014.
Please do not edit, crop, "correct" or "improve" these photos without asking me first.
--
35mm Tri-X film
#trains #railroads #railroading #SouthernPacific #SP #emd #trainspotting #filmphotography
UP 5396 led the 5399, 4433, 7618 and 7619 on the former Oregon Railway & Navigation Co. around the Durkee Loop near Durkee, OR, on Monday, June 11, 2007.
UP 5396 is a GE ES44AC in the 5353-5553 series, UP Designation C45AC-CTE reportedly it was built in 2005 builders number 55552.
#train #trains #railroads #railroading #GE #BlueMountains #Oregon #UP #trainspotting
England's Highest & Harshest Railway now Abandoned & Forgotten : Weatherhill And Rookhope. - https://youtu.be/Gf2pGUZTD5c
Wonderfully atmospheric presentation.
@digigeek I think part of it is the need to gain political capital by making these systems sound like 'the future'.
Of course, calling them trams would force us to recognise that ripping out the tram systems from all our cities was a mistake of epic proportions.
Light Rail Lives On? - https://www.greaterauckland.org.nz/2025/12/03/light-rail-lives-on/
Can we just call it what it is? It's trams!
Trams! Trams! Trams! Trams! Trams!
People know what a tram is, they've seen them at work and they like them.
Undefinable terms such as 'Light Rail' or (worse) 'Mass Rapid Transit' are just doomed to failure because ordinary people don't understand them (and most people won't be bothered to try).
