Open door policy

Pioneer Railcorp GP16 No. 1606 gets some attention from shop workers on the Napoleon, Defiance & Western at Defiance, Ohio, on June 13, 2014. The Pioneer-owned short line started service in December 2012. Photo by Brian Schmidt […]

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Backwaters

BNSF Railway C44-9W No. 4956 leads an intermodal train east along the Mississippi River near Galena Junction, Ill., on Oct. 16, 2010. Photo by Steve Bauer […]

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Flyover

Norfolk Southern train No. 334 makes its way eastbound as it flies over the NS East End District in Leeds, Ala., with C40-9 No. 8840 leading a leased unit on Nov. 5, 2011. Photo by Bradley Bates […]

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Workhorse

Providence & Worcester train WX-2, with GP40-2 No. 3002, works the hump yard at Worcester, Mass., on the afternoon of Aug. 31, 2009. Photo by Thomas Mik […]

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Foreigner

  A set of borrowed Canadian Pacific family SD40-2s heads Norfolk Southern train No. 278 east on the old Wabash main near Illiopolis, Ill., on May 22, 2014.  It’s a nice spring day and the engineer has the windows open enjoying the breeze as the train heads for Decatur. Photo by Bruce Bird […]

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Corn City classic

CSX GE ES44DC No. 5251 leads a southbound ethanol train at Deshler, Ohio, on June 14, 2014. For now, the classic Baltimore & Ohio color position light bracket signal remains. Photo by Dale A. DeVene Jr. […]

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Waiting game

CSX train Q216 waits, with a Canadian Pacific leader, while a Norfolk Southern train heads west through the Vickers interlocking in Northwood, Ohio, on Jan. 18, 2014. The CSX crew spent a lot of time waiting this morning while NS ran its traffic first through this suburban Toledo crossing. Photo by Michael D. Harding […]

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Well-worn

  New York & Atlantic Railway SW1001 No. 105 rests outside the enginehouse at Fresh Pond Yard in Queens, N.Y., on Aug. 15, 2009. Photo by Thomas Mik […]

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Desert oasis

An eastbound BNSF Railway intermodal, led by C44-9Ws Nos. 4444 and 5386, passes the former Santa Fe depot in Barstow, Calif., on Oct. 10, 2009. Photo by Gus Lambert […]

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Cousins

Two Alco switchers, one active and one derelict, call the National Railroad Museum in Green Bay, Wis., home. Here, on May 31, 2014, one pulls an excursion train around the railroad’s loop track. Both are painted for the Green Bay & Western. Photo by Brian Schmidt […]

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