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By:Geneva Short
Dates:1/1/1981 - 1/1/1981
Album Info:These are pictures that I would normally put into the "Railroad Scenes" album; the difference here is that they are pairs of views showing the head end and tail end of the same train.
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Heads: NS 5054
Title:  Heads: NS 5054
Description:  By Esther Fairchild: On the line between Manassas and Strasburg, Virginia, NS 5054 threads its train through the Blue Ridge foothills on a hot day in August, 1987 (date approx). Esther says: "Looking at this picture even now, I can still smell the gunk [creosote] on those new railroad ties."
Photo Date:  8/1/1987  Upload Date: 9/21/2011 6:18:53 PM
Location:  Front Royal, VA
Author:  Esther Fairchild
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  NS 5054(GP38-2)
Views:  341   Comments: 0
Tails: NS 5054
Title:  Tails: NS 5054
Description:  By Esther Fairchild: The open door of Southern Railway caboose X650 affords little relief from the August heat as it follows NS 5054 and its train through the foothills of the Blue Ridge in Warren County, Virginia, Summer 1987 (date approx).
Photo Date:  8/1/1987  Upload Date: 9/21/2011 6:20:40 PM
Location:  Front Royal, VA
Author:  Esther Fairchild
Categories:  Scenic,RollingStock
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Views:  172   Comments: 0
Heads: CR 6424
Title:  Heads: CR 6424
Description:  Conrail 6424 leads an empty coal train across the big Susquehanna River bridge at Perryville, Maryland in the Fall of 1987 (date approx).
Photo Date:  10/1/1987  Upload Date: 9/18/2011 1:54:44 AM
Location:  Perryville, MD
Author:  Esther Fairchild
Categories:  Scenic,Bridge,Action
Locomotives:  CR 6424(SD40-2)
Views:  262   Comments: 0
Tails: CR 6424
Title:  Tails: CR 6424
Description:  Distinctive (and appropriate) port-hole windowed "cabin car" of the empty hoppers led by Conrail 6424 follows its train off the Northeast Corridor (originally PB&W) and on to the "Port Road" (Columbia and Port Deposit Branch) at Perryville, Maryland in the Fall of 1987 (date approx). Perryville tower lurks on the right in the distance.
Photo Date:  10/1/1987  Upload Date: 9/18/2011 1:57:13 AM
Location:  Perryville, MD
Author:  Esther Fairchild
Categories:  Scenic,RollingStock,Signal,Track,Action
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Views:  230   Comments: 1
Heads: MILW 30 by Haley Tower
Title:  Heads: MILW 30 by Haley Tower
Description:  Descendants of the Chicago, Terre Haute and Southeastern, Milwaukee Road engine 30 and three others pass Haley Tower in Terre Haute, Indiana (date approx)
Photo Date:  6/15/1985  Upload Date: 8/30/2011 3:20:28 PM
Location:  Terre Haute, IN
Author:  Geneva Short
Categories:  Scenic,Station
Locomotives:  MILW 27(SD40-2)
Views:  1169   Comments: 3
Tails: Caboose of MILW 30 train by Haley Tower
Title:  Tails: Caboose of MILW 30 train by Haley Tower
Description:  Descendant of the Chicago, Terre Haute and Southeastern line, the unique Milwaukee caboose of the train led by MILW 30 passes Haley Tower
Photo Date:  6/15/1985  Upload Date: 8/30/2011 3:39:58 PM
Location:  Terre Haute, IN
Author:  Geneva Short
Categories:  Scenic,Station
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Views:  239   Comments: 0
Heads: Conrail westbound passes Haley Tower
Title:  Heads: Conrail westbound passes Haley Tower
Description:  One of my first attempts at a time exposure
Photo Date:  6/15/1985  Upload Date: 8/30/2011 3:32:36 PM
Location:  Terre Haute, IN
Author:  Geneva Short
Categories:  Scenic,Station
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Views:  190   Comments: 0
Tails: Conrail westbound with a caboose by Haley Tower
Title:  Tails: Conrail westbound with a caboose by Haley Tower
Description:  ...or Cabin Car if you prefer
Photo Date:  6/15/1985  Upload Date: 8/30/2011 3:30:37 PM
Location:  Terre Haute, IN
Author:  Geneva Short
Categories:  Scenic,Station
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Views:  184   Comments: 0
Heads: Conrail 3332 West
Title:  Heads: Conrail 3332 West
Description:  CR 3332 leads a TrailVan train west around the famous Horseshoe Curve in the summer of 1982 (date approx)
Photo Date:  7/1/1982  Upload Date: 9/6/2011 10:32:52 PM
Location:  Horseshoe Curve, PA
Author:  Geneva Short
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  CR 3332(GP40-2)
Views:  403   Comments: 4
Tails: Conrail 3332 West
Title:  Tails: Conrail 3332 West
Description:  Caboose and pushers of the TrailVan train led by Conrail 3332 approach The Curve while the middle of the same train passes in the "opposite direction" in the foreground, Summer 1982 (date approx)
Photo Date:  7/1/1982  Upload Date: 9/6/2011 10:35:34 PM
Location:  Horseshoe Curve, PA
Author:  Geneva Short
Categories:  Scenic,Action
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Views:  160   Comments: 0


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