| Photo of the Week Archives | ||
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| Photo of the Week Archive for: 2012 || 2011 || 2010 || 2009 || 2008 || 2007 || 2006 || 2005 || 2004 || 2003 || 2002 | ||
| December | ||
| 12/26/2004 |
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Location: Roseville, CA Description: Maine Central box car. |
| 12/19/2004 |
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Location: Roseville, CA Description: Cade Mitchell Wilkerson only a few hours old |
| 12/12/2004 |
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Location: Roseville, CA Description: This SP unit looks a bit faded but has somehow escaped getting patched like many of its sister MK rebuilds. |
| 12/5/2004 |
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Location: Sacramento, CA Description: Richard Steinheimer signing books for fans young and old. |
| November | ||
| 11/28/2004 |
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Location: Roseville, CA Description: A surviving Western Pacific box car sporting the Feather logo rolls the rails over two decades since the UP takeover. |
| 11/21/2004 |
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Location: Weed, CA Description: CORP power below Mount Shasta |
| 11/14/2004 |
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Location: Dunsmuir, CA Description: Crews exchange pleasantries at Dunsmuir. |
| 11/7/2004 |
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Location: Black Butte Description: This Freightliner truck has been converted to pull an 89' flatcar with a small tie crane. |
| October | ||
| 10/31/2004 |
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Location: Black Butte Description: This smoothside SP woodchip hopper has received a new coat of paint at the cost of wearing the UP shield. |
| 10/24/2004 |
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Location: Roseville, CA Description: Helm Leasing GP38-2 |
| 10/17/2004 |
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Location: Mott Description: UP 5822 west has just crossed the south switch at Mott and is heading down into the Sacramento River Canyon. |
| 10/10/2004 |
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Location: Black Butte Description: Southern Pacific woodchip car. |
| 10/3/2004 |
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Location: Cantara Loop Description: CalTrain 928 is being transported in the middle of a southbound UP lumber train. |
| September | ||
| 9/26/2004 |
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Location: Black Butte Description: Golden West Service woodchip car sits on the repair track at Black Butte, |
| 9/19/2004 |
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Location: Dunsmuir, CA Description: Union Pacific helpers at Dunsmuir, CA |
| 9/12/2004 |
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Location: Sioux Falls, SD Description: Former Burlington Northern caboose. |
| 9/5/2004 |
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Location: Truckee, CA Description: UP 951 sits at Truckee, CA. |
| August | ||
| 8/29/2004 |
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Location: Troy Description: UP 4776 east powers up hill under the signal bridge at Troy. |
| 8/22/2004 |
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Location: Portola, CA Description: SP 4404 at Portola, CA |
| 8/15/2004 |
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Location: Portola, CA Description: Girl riding in a caboose. |
| 8/8/2004 |
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Location: Roseville, CA Description: UP 1346 at Roseville, CA. |
| 8/1/2004 |
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Location: Dell Rapids, SD Description: ANDX 4028 at Dell Rapids, SD. |
| July | ||
| 7/25/2004 |
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Location: Woodland, CA Description: Golden West Service box car at Woodland, CA. |
| 7/18/2004 |
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Location: Virginia City, NV Description: A freshly painted diesel will be the power for the day's excursion trip. This unit was worked on by the volunteers at the museum at Portola and they did a nice job of cleaning her up. |
| 7/11/2004 |
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Location: Roseville, CA Description: Former SP 7132 GP40M-2 is the trailing unit of this consist waiting to get into the Roseville, CA yard. |
| 7/4/2004 |
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Location: Woodland, CA Description: California Northern #115 at Woodland, CA. |
| June | ||
| 6/27/2004 |
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Location: Roseville, CA Description: SP 7674 |
| 6/20/2004 |
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Location: Weed, CA Description: CORP 3832 idles on the wye between assignments. |
| 6/13/2004 |
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Location: Dunsmuir, CA Description: SP 8127 stops at Dunsmuir for a crew change and will continue south with this hot intermodal train |
| 6/6/2004 |
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Location: Small Description: PLCX 21044 sits atop MCR 2003 (McCloud Railway hospital car) after a string of empty hopper cars derailed at Small. |
| May | ||
| 5/30/2004 |
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Location: Mt. Shasta, CA Description: McCloud Railway #36 is the lone power on the Saturday morning Mount Shasta local. This trackage is slow going (10 mph) but the non-turbo SD unit is making lots of noise as it heads up the steep grade back to McCloud. |
| 5/23/2004 |
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Location: Weed, CA Description: CORP unit idling on the wye at Weed, CA |
| 5/16/2004 |
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Location: Weed, CA Description: CORP 4024 at Weed, CA. |
| 5/9/2004 |
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Location: Weed, CA Description: CORP 3832 at Weed, CA. |
| 5/2/2004 |
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Location: Woodford, CA Description: BNSF 4803 leads a J.B. Hunt intermodal train near Tehachapi Loop. MP 350.2 |
| April | ||
| 4/28/2004 |
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Location: Mondamin, IA Description: UP 7538 idles bwlow the grain elevator at Mondamin, Iowa. |
| 4/25/2004 |
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Location: Walong, CA Description: AutoMax train winds around the Tehachapi Loop. |
| 4/21/2004 |
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Location: Secret Town Description: WP 806A heads west through Secret Town. |
| 4/18/2004 |
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Location: Sparks, NV Description: WP 806A sits at Sparks after a full day of work on Donner. |
| 4/11/2004 |
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Location: Brandon, SD Description: Originally built as SAL 1450 and now sits on a spur at Brandon, SD. |
| 4/4/2004 |
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Location: Dell Rapids, SD Description: Dakota and Iowa units outside the quarry at Dells Rapids, South Dakota. GP9 #23 was built in 1957 (build #22784 as Northern Pacific 301) and later to Burlington Northern #1739. Put into service for the D&I in 1991. |
| March | ||
| 3/28/2004 |
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Location: Sioux Falls, SD Description: A pair of former Burlington Norther geeps sitting outside the engine facility at Sioux Falls. |
| 3/21/2004 |
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Location: Dutch Flat, CA Description: Luck was on my side today. As the Reno fun train heads east at Dutch Flat, California Zephyr #5 rounds the corner as the Private car Tamalpais passes. |
| 3/14/2004 |
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Location: Pulga Description: UP 9384 leads a westbound train through Pulga. The higway 70 bridge above is going through some major construction but it is still a beautiful sight with the river and railroad below. |
| 3/7/2004 |
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Location: Newcastle, CA Description: BNSF 5185 exits tunnel #17. |
| February | ||
| 2/29/2004 |
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Location: Walong, CA Description: BNSF 4179 squeels the wheels around Tehachapi Loop. |
| 2/22/2004 |
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Location: Walong, CA Description: BNSF 4501 rounds the curve on the top side of Tehachapi Loop. |
| 2/15/2004 |
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Location: Walong, CA Description: UP 9430 coast downhill over the portal at Tehachapi Loop. |
| 2/8/2004 |
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Location: Allard Description: A UP military train heads north through Allard as it descends the hill into Calienta, CA.(MP 339) |
| 2/4/2004 |
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Location: Mounkes (CPF 172) Description: BNSF 4511 along with a Norfolk Southern Dash 9 hold the siding at Mounkes with a unit coil train. |
| 2/1/2004 |
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Location: Allard Description: UP 5719 nears tunnel 2 at Allard.(MP 337.7) |
| January | ||
| 1/25/2004 |
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Location: McCloud, CA Description: McCloud Railway SD38 #37 accelerates out of town with the Sunset Dinner Train in tow. |
| 1/18/2004 |
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Location: Mt. Shasta, CA Description: One of Union Pacific's blackened iron horses leads a southbound train below the pristine snow-capped Mount Shasta. |
| 1/11/2004 |
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Location: West Sacramento, CA Description: A section of the Wind Turbine train is placed at the port of Sacramento. |
| 1/4/2004 |
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Location: Castle Crags Description: UP 5793 coasts down hill below Castle Crags. |
| 1/1/2004 |
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Location: Roseville, CA Description: Snowfighting GP38-2 #585 rests in Roseville after a tough weekend over Donner. |
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