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Blue Skies and Boxcars

By Angela Cotey | March 16, 2010

| Last updated on January 4, 2021

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Orange poppies and a beautiful blue sky frame Union Pacific boxcars at Eugene Yard, Ore., in May 2009. Tyler J. Dzierzek photo

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Güntürk Üstün says:

September 14, 2025 at 5:46 pm

Clear blue skies and colorful boxcars… Two indispensable elements of great American rail poetry…

Dr. Güntürk Üstün

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