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26 Apr 2017

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Top 10 Tips On How to Photograph Trains in Blue Hour Light

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18 Mar 2017

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The Railroad and the Art of Place, Photography Book by David Kahler

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18 Oct 2016

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Only 32 Hours to Document Norfolk Southern’s Famed West Slope

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11 Sep 2016

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Project Photography: Telling a Story – Railfan & Railroad Magazine

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11 Jul 2016

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The Couple that Use to Own that Famous Red Barn in Geneva, Illinois

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23 May 2016

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Railroad Artwork Books

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31 Jan 2016

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History of Montana Rail Link’s Gas Train – Historical Railroad Geography Series

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The morning Montana Rail Link gas local approaches Paradise as they continue west to Thompson Falls. The gas local is a tank train the hauls Conoco Fuels between Missoula and Pipeline. Pipeline is just east of Thompson Falls. This train fills a missing link in the Yellowstone Pipeline that crosses through the Flathead Indian Reservation after the lease wasn't renewed. The Yellowstone Pipeline runs between Moses Lake, Washington and Billings, Montana. In 1995, the Salish and Kootenai tribes did not renew the 20 year lease to cross tribal lands due to over 70 spills since the pipeline was built in 1954, including three major spills on reservation land. So this gap has been bridged by rail and white tank cars over the 10th Sub.

15 Jan 2016

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In My Rear-View Mirror: The Clinchfield Route | Guest Post by Eric Miller

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22 Dec 2015

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Rice Lake Tower – Historical Railroad Geography Series

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19 Dec 2015

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Hemphill Tunnels – Historical Railroad Geography Series

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The Norfolk and Western Railway's coal hauling right of way once followed the course of the Tug River between Welch and Davy. In 1903, the railroad started a major rebuilding project to straighten out portions of the Pocahontas Division and prepare for future double tracking. Just a year later, two tunnels were constructed roughly a mile norwest of Welch, known as Hemphill. Hemphill originated as a name of a siding, likely named after Secretary of the N&W, A.J. Hemphill in 1894, which eventually evolved into a community. The two tunnels named Hemphill Tunnel No. 1 and No. 2 respectively were cut through the Appalachian Plateaus Physiographic Province, a region characterized by deeply
incised plateaus underlain by flat-lying sedimentary rock. The railroad grade was raised during this realignment to avoid the common flooding of the Tug Fork which it crosses three times in this short stretch. The realignment shaved off 2.4 miles from the previous wandering Tug Fork route. Double tracking was completed here in 1909. The N&W CPL Signal can be seen by trains exiting the west portal of tunnel no. 2 that guards Farm, a well known railroad location where a large coaling tower still stands. Today, helpers wait assignments to shove heavily loaded coal trains east up the steep steady grade.

16 Dec 2015

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Soo Line Railroad Photography Books

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16 Dec 2015

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Best David Plowden Photography Books Ranked

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13 Dec 2015

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Steel Manufacturing Industry Photography Books

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13 Dec 2015

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Coal Country Railroad Photography Books

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09 Dec 2015

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The Logging Roots of Ladysmith – Historical Railroad Geography Series

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A lone Canadian National locomotive pushes a large cut of bulkhead flat cars loaded with logs over the Flambeau River. They will cut off the three rear cars at Besse Lumber Company just south of the river before heading back north on the Superior Sub.

01 Dec 2015

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Chicago & North Western’s Madison Street Hill Grade Separation in Eau Claire, Wisconsin

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01 Sep 2015

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Where Rail Meets Sail | Guest Post by Dave Schauer

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17 Aug 2015

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Union Pacific’s Moffat Tunnel Subdivision – Moffat Route West to the Continental Divide Railfan Guide | Guest Post by John Crisanti

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15 Aug 2015

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A Tour of Trains Magazine and Model Railroader at Kalmbach Publishing

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30 Jul 2015

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Significant Images of Railroading | Guest Post by The Center for Railroad Photography & Art

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March 6th, 1951 - Builder in Chicago © Wallace Abbey

29 Jul 2015

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Norfolk Southern’s Princeton-Deepwater District – The Virginian Railfan Guide | Guest Post by Samuel Phillips

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28 Jul 2015

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The Last Coal Burning Ship in the United States – Ex-Chesapeake and Ohio Railway’s Car Ferry, the S.S. Badger

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26 Jul 2015

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Historic Elkhorn Inn & Theatre – A Railfan Retreat in Mountainous Coal Country | Guest Post by Elisse Clark

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24 Jul 2015

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BNSF’s Maris Pass and Glacier Park Railfan Guide | Guest Post by Frog Rail Tours

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The beautiful Izaak Walton Inn outside Glacier National Park near Essex, Montana.

24 Jul 2015

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CSX’s New River Subdivision Railfan Guide | Guest Post by Frog Rail Tours

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The yellow glow of another CSX coal train slowly glides along the New River in the dawn darkness as the sun slowly begins to rise and paint the sky in shades of pinks and violets.

24 Jul 2015

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Norfolk Southern’s Pocahontas Division Railfan Guide | Guest Post by Frog Rail Tours

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An empty Norfolk Southern coal train rolls west through Welch, West Virginia on a foggy March morning.

23 Jul 2015

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Photos Published in the Book – The Burlington Railroad – Alliance Division

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21 Jul 2015

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Trains, Railroads, and the Written Word | Guest Post by Eric Miller

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21 Jul 2015

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Canyon Diablo – Historical Railroad Geography Series

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20 Jul 2015

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Chicago’s New High-Rise Tunnel to Union Station – Historical Railroad Geography Series

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Chicago & North Western’s Madison Street Hill Grade Separation in Eau Claire, Wisconsin

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The Last Coal Burning Ship in the United States – Ex-Chesapeake and Ohio Railway’s Car Ferry, the S.S. Badger

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Canyon Diablo – Historical Railroad Geography Series

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