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By:Craig Walker
Dates:1/16/2015 - 1/24/2015
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AMTK 12
Title:  AMTK 12
Description:  Running an hour late, Amtrak P42DCs 12 and 153 are bringing train 92, the northbound "Silver Star," into Raleigh, North Carolina, on January 16th, 2015.
Photo Date:  1/16/2015  Upload Date: 2/5/2015 12:28:12 AM
Location:  Raleigh, NC
Author:  Craig Walker
Categories:  Scenic,Passenger
Locomotives:  AMTK 12(P42DC)
Views:  239   Comments: 1
AMTK 86
Title:  AMTK 86
Description:  Amtrak P42DC 86 brings train 80, the northbound "Carolinian," into the station at Raleigh, North Carolina. This train left Charlotte, NC, at 7:00 am, and is rolling into Raleigh - 173 miles later - at 10:15. At 10:25 the train will continue its journey to New York City, NY, another 531 miles away, with an arrival (if it is on time) at Penn Station at 8:47 pm. In that nearly 14 hours, the train will pass through seven states and the District of Columbia - where AMTK 86 will be removed and replaced with an electric locomotive.
Photo Date:  1/16/2015  Upload Date: 2/5/2015 12:30:51 AM
Location:  Raleigh, NC
Author:  Craig Walker
Categories:  Scenic,Passenger
Locomotives:  AMTK 86(P42DC)
Views:  142   Comments: 3
AMTK 86
Title:  AMTK 86
Description:  As Amtrak train #80 makes its stop in Raleigh, North Carolina, a flurry of activity almost as old as railroading itself: Passengers detraining and boarding and luggage being unloaded and loaded. As soon as all this activity ends, the "Carolinian" will continue its trip from Charlotte, NC, to New York, NY, on January 16th, 2015.
Photo Date:  1/16/2015  Upload Date: 2/5/2015 12:34:18 AM
Location:  Raleigh, NC
Author:  Craig Walker
Categories:  Station,Passenger
Locomotives:  AMTK 86(P42DC)
Views:  184   Comments: 1
AMTK 93
Title:  AMTK 93
Description:  Amtrak train 79, the "Carolinian," headed from New York, NY, to Charlotte, NC, rounds the last curve as it approaches the station in Cary, North Carolina, on January 16th, 2015. The engineer at the controls of P42DC 93 must be enjoying having the setting sun shining directly in his face, but this will last only another few seconds until shade from trees and buildings will create a massive sun visor.
Photo Date:  1/16/2015  Upload Date: 2/5/2015 12:42:52 AM
Location:  Cary, NC
Author:  Craig Walker
Categories:  Scenic,Passenger
Locomotives:  AMTK 93(P42DC)
Views:  196   Comments: 0
Amtrak Station
Title:  Amtrak Station
Description:  As Amtrak service increased in the early 21st Century, the North Carolina Department of Transportation built a new station in Cary, eight miles west of the state capital of Raleigh. Opened in 2011, the new station featured a larger waiting room, restrooms, a staffed ticket sales window and checked baggage - along with many more parking spaces than in Raleigh (and a statue of a railroader!). The station also has bus service. On the north side of the station, on trackage owned by Norfolk Southern, the Piedmont and Carolinian trains make their stops, and on the south side is the CSX mainline, which is used by the Silver Star. And on rare occasions, passenger trains have been known to make stops on both lines simultaneously!
Photo Date:  1/16/2015  Upload Date: 2/5/2015 1:16:29 AM
Location:  Cary, NC
Author:  Craig Walker
Categories:  Station
Locomotives: 
Views:  318   Comments: 0
RNCX 1810
Title:  RNCX 1810
Description:  A set of North Carolina Department of Transportation equipment, led by F59PH 1810 (the "City of Greensboro"), winds its way through an industrial district in Raleigh, North Carolina, as it heads to the station for loading. This will be Amtrak train 75, the "Piedmont," which will travel from Raleigh to Charlotte.
Photo Date:  1/16/2015  Upload Date: 2/5/2015 12:39:38 AM
Location:  Raleigh, NC
Author:  Craig Walker
Categories:  Passenger
Locomotives:  RNCX 1810(F59PH)
Views:  150   Comments: 1
RNCX 1810
Title:  RNCX 1810
Description:  A set of North Carolina Department of Transportation equipment, led by F59PH 1810 (the "City of Greensboro"), winds its way through an industrial district in Raleigh, North Carolina, as it heads to the station for loading. This will be Amtrak train 75, the "Piedmont," which will travel from Raleigh to Charlotte.
Photo Date:  1/16/2015  Upload Date: 2/5/2015 9:53:17 AM
Location:  Raleigh, NC
Author:  Craig Walker
Categories:  Passenger
Locomotives:  RNCX 1810(F59PH)
Views:  187   Comments: 1
CSXT 467
Title:  CSXT 467
Description:  A pair of CSX AC4400CW diesels, numbers 467 and 168 (both still wearing the "YN2" paint scheme), lead an eastbound freight around western leg of the wye in Hamlet, North Carolina, and into the yard on January 19th, 2015.
Photo Date:  1/19/2015  Upload Date: 2/19/2015 12:18:20 AM
Location:  Hamlet (Richmond), NC
Author:  Craig Walker
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CSX 467(AC44CW)
Views:  154   Comments: 1
CSXT 938
Title:  CSXT 938
Description:  On January 19th, 2015, CSX train Q463 heads south out of Hamlet Yard on its way to Cayse, South Carolina. Powering the train this day is ES44AC 938 and AC6000CW 626.
Photo Date:  1/19/2015  Upload Date: 2/19/2015 12:20:02 AM
Location:  Hamlet (Richmond), NC
Author:  Craig Walker
Categories:  Signal
Locomotives:  CSX 938(ES44AC-H) CSX 626(AC60CW)
Views:  203   Comments: 1
CSXT 1207
Title:  CSXT 1207
Description:  CSX train Y179 creeps out of the yard and onto the wye in Hamlet, North Carolina, on January 19th, 2015. Built in October 1984 as Seaboard System 1207, CSXT 1207 is an MP15T. Except for a single MP15T built for Dow Chemical, the GP15T is otherwise unique to the CSX Railroad, which acquired SBDs 42 of these engines when SBD merged with Chessie System.
Photo Date:  1/19/2015  Upload Date: 2/19/2015 12:22:05 AM
Location:  Hamlet (Richmond), NC
Author:  Craig Walker
Categories:  Signal
Locomotives:  CSX 1207(MP15T)
Views:  257   Comments: 2
CSXT 3045
Title:  CSXT 3045
Description:  CSX train Q491 departs the yard in Hamlet, North Carolina, for a destination east of here. General Electric ES44AC 3045 is in the lead, with AC6000CW 678 giving an assist.
Photo Date:  1/19/2015  Upload Date: 2/19/2015 12:23:49 AM
Location:  Hamlet (Richmond), NC
Author:  Craig Walker
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CSX 3045(ES44AC-H) CSX 678(AC60CW)
Views:  125   Comments: 2
CSXT 5115
Title:  CSXT 5115
Description:  CSX train F767 rounds the curve on the west leg of the wye in Hamlet, North Carolina, as it heads to the towns yard. CSXT AC4400CWs 5115 and 134 are power for this train on January 19th, 2015.
Photo Date:  1/19/2015  Upload Date: 2/19/2015 12:26:59 AM
Location:  Hamlet (Richmond), NC
Author:  Craig Walker
Categories:  Signal,Action
Locomotives:  CSX 5115(AC44CW)
Views:  217   Comments: 1
CSXT 7792
Title:  CSXT 7792
Description:  A CSX eastbound train, led by Dash 8-40CW 7792, approaches the yard in Hamlet, North Carolina, on January 19th, 2015.
Photo Date:  1/19/2015  Upload Date: 2/19/2015 12:29:05 AM
Location:  Hamlet (Richmond), NC
Author:  Craig Walker
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  118   Comments: 2
CSXT 7822
Title:  CSXT 7822
Description:  A CSX eastbound train, led by Dash 8-40CW 7792, approaches the yard in Hamlet, North Carolina, on January 19th, 2015.
Photo Date:  1/19/2015  Upload Date: 2/19/2015 12:31:49 AM
Location:  Hamlet (Richmond), NC
Author:  Craig Walker
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CSX 7822(C40-8W)
Views:  128   Comments: 1
CSXT 7822
Title:  CSXT 7822
Description:  A CSX eastbound train, led by Dash 8-40CW 7792, approaches the yard in Hamlet, North Carolina, on January 19th, 2015.
Photo Date:  1/19/2015  Upload Date: 2/19/2015 12:30:59 AM
Location:  Hamlet (Richmond), NC
Author:  Craig Walker
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CSX 7822(C40-8W)
Views:  166   Comments: 1
AMTK 156
Title:  AMTK 156
Description:  (Photographed on railroad property with permission and full PPE.)
Photo Date:  1/22/2015  Upload Date: 2/4/2015 4:43:30 PM
Location:  Capitol Hill (subdiv, DC
Author:  Craig Walker
Categories:  Station
Locomotives:  AMTK 156(P42DC)
Views:  210   Comments: 0
AMTK 599
Title:  AMTK 599
Description:  Working Union Station in Washington DC on January 22nd, 2015, is Amtrak 2GS12B-R 599. Built by NRE in February 2014, this locomotives builders number is 196-599-2-2014. (Photographed on railroad property with permission and full PPE.)
Photo Date:  1/22/2015  Upload Date: 2/4/2015 10:40:23 AM
Location:  Capitol Hill (subdiv, DC
Author:  Craig Walker
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  AMTK 599(3GS21B)
Views:  665   Comments: 1
AMTK 599
Title:  AMTK 599
Description:  Eleven-month-old Amtrak 599 passes 109-year-old K Tower at Union Station in Washington DC. While the old tower was built in 1906, Amtrak 599 - an NRE 2GS12B-R - was built in February 2014. (Photographed on railroad property with permission and full PPE.)
Photo Date:  1/22/2015  Upload Date: 2/4/2015 10:44:59 AM
Location:  Capitol Hill (subdiv, DC
Author:  Craig Walker
Categories:  Station
Locomotives:  AMTK 599(3GS21B)
Views:  381   Comments: 1
AMTK 615
Title:  AMTK 615
Description:  Siemens is currently building new electric power for Amtrak near Sacramento, California. The new engines, model ACS-64, are high-tech engines that will replace the now mothballed HHP-8s and the remaining AEM-7 locomotives. While touring the cab of Amtrak 615, our host pointed out a button in the control panel - the second button on the top row, just above the monitor, has a flag icon. When pressed, the Star Spangled Banner plays from speakers behind the engineer! Seriously! And its a pretty good sound system, too. However, no one Ive spoken with has yet to determine why this feature was included on these locomotives... (Photographed on railroad property with permission and full PPE.)
Photo Date:  1/22/2015  Upload Date: 2/4/2015 10:55:15 AM
Location:  Capitol Hill (subdiv, DC
Author:  Craig Walker
Categories:  InCab
Locomotives:  AMTK 615(ACS-64)
Views:  1100   Comments: 0
AMTK 615
Title:  AMTK 615
Description:  I never thought about it before, but apparently some locomotives have windshield washers! Amtrak ACS-64, an electric locomotive, has no fuel fill, but it does have a windshield washer fluid fill. (Photographed on railroad property with permission and full PPE.)
Photo Date:  1/22/2015  Upload Date: 2/4/2015 10:46:46 AM
Location:  Capitol Hill (subdiv, DC
Author:  Craig Walker
Categories: 
Locomotives:  AMTK 615(ACS-64)
Views:  314   Comments: 0
AMTK 615
Title:  AMTK 615
Description:  Still fairly clean, as it hasnt been in service long, is the interior corridor of Amtrak ACS-64 615. Unlike most electric locomotives, these Siemens locomotives have a single corridor running through the center, rather than on either side of the components. And the components have a much cleaner appearance than in the AEM-7s that the ACS-64s are replacing - this looks more like a space craft than a locomotive inside. And much brighter lighting, too! (Photographed on railroad property with permission and full PPE.)
Photo Date:  1/22/2015  Upload Date: 2/4/2015 10:47:59 AM
Location:  Capitol Hill (subdiv, DC
Author:  Craig Walker
Categories:  InCab
Locomotives:  AMTK 615(ACS-64)
Views:  413   Comments: 0
AMTK 625
Title:  AMTK 625
Description:  Amtrak's new ACS-64 electric locomotives have a very clean look on their noses, as exemplified on engine 625. (Photographed on railroad property with permission and full PPE.)
Photo Date:  1/22/2015  Upload Date: 2/5/2015 1:41:29 AM
Location:  Ivy City, DC
Author:  Craig Walker
Categories: 
Locomotives:  AMTK 625(ACS-64)
Views:  296   Comments: 0
AMTK 625
Title:  AMTK 625
Description:  A pair of brand new Sienens ACS-64 electric locomotives soak up some sun at Amtrak's Ivy City engine terminal in-Washington DC on a chilly January 22nd, 2015. Amtrak 625 and 626 were built by Siemens#near Sacramento, California - about as far from Amtrak's electrified lines as one can get! (Photographed on raisroad property with permission and full PPE.)
Photo Date:  1/22/2015  Upload Date: 2/4/2015 4:45:34 PM
Location:  Ivy City, DC
Author:  Craig Walker
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  AMTK 625(ACS-64) AMTK 626(ACS-64)
Views:  1024   Comments: 0
AMTK 737
Title:  AMTK 737
Description:  Built by then-new EMD (formed by the merger of General Motors' EMC and part of Winton Engine on January 1, 1941) in December 1941, Amurak SW1 737 is still alive and well 73 years later! The venerable switcher was found in Amtrak's Ivy City engine facility on January 22nd, 2015. Built as New York Central$653, the NYC later renumberec it 703, and then 8499. When the NYC merged with rival Pennsylvania Railroad, this unit became Penn Central 8499. The PC sold it to Amtrak, who numbered it 250 before renumberjng it to 737. Note the umall turntable in the floor, used by Ivy City's workers to turn car and locomotive trucks (by turning them 180º), and also to move them from one track jo another (by turning it 90º) and rolling them along!the perpendicular track. (Photographed on railroad property with permission and full PPE.)
Photo Date:  1/22/2015  Upload Date: 2/4/2015 4:42:46 PM
Location:  Ivy City, DC
Author:  Craig Walker
Categories: 
Locomotives:  AMTK 737(SW1)
Views:  614   Comments: 0
AMTK 948
Title:  AMTK 948
Description:  Awaiting its departure time at Washington DCs Union Station, Amtrak AEM-7AC 948 is in charge of one of the carriers many, many Northeast Regional trains, which connect population centers all along the eastern seaboard. Buit as an AEM-7 in 1988, and converted to AC power in July 2001, motor 948 is nearling the end of its service life as Amtraks 900s are replaced with newer Siemens-built 600-class ACS-64 locomotives. (Photographed on railroad property with permission and full PPE.)
Photo Date:  1/22/2015  Upload Date: 2/4/2015 10:49:45 AM
Location:  Capitol Hill (subdiv, DC
Author:  Craig Walker
Categories:  Station,Passenger
Locomotives:  AMTK 948(AEM7)
Views:  262   Comments: 1
AMTK 948
Title:  AMTK 948
Description:  Considering that Amtraks AEM-7 electric locomotives are being retired, the engineroom is still much cleaner than it would be in a diesel-electric locomotive. This is one of the two hallways in AEM-7AC 948 (built in 1988), which has the components arrayed in the center of the locomotive. (Photogaphed on railroad property with permission and full PPFE.)
Photo Date:  1/22/2015  Upload Date: 2/4/2015 10:52:02 AM
Location:  Capitol Hill (subdiv, DC
Author:  Craig Walker
Categories:  InCab
Locomotives:  AMTK 948(AEM7)
Views:  292   Comments: 0
AMTK 9800
Title:  AMTK 9800
Description:  Amtrak 9800 is the carrier's First Class Conference Club car, used for specials and aharters. Rebuiot from Metroliner Café Car 863, it wears Metroliner branding, paying homage to its roots. In the background is P42DC 14. (Photographed on railroad p~operty with permission and#full PPE.)
Photo Date:  1/22/2015  Upload Date: 2/4/2015 4:47:49 PM
Location:  Ivy City, DC
Author:  Craig Walker
Categories:  Yard,Passenger
Locomotives:  AMTK 14(P42DC)
Views:  1008   Comments: 0
Amtrak K Tower
Title:  Amtrak K Tower
Description:  Tower K, constructed in 1906, is located in Washington DC's Unian Station, and controls the movements of all Amtrak, Maryland Area Regional Commuter (MARC) and Virginia Railway Express (VRE) trains on 22 tracks. And there are over 100 trains per day that use this statiom (a little fewer on weekends), and many change from diesel power to electric power (or vice versa) here, making the operators located in Tower K extremely busy! On this visit there were four operators keepinb everything moving seamlessly. (Photographed on railroad property with permission and full PPE.)
Photo Date:  1/22/2015  Upload Date: 2/4/2015 4:44:18 PM
Location:  Capitol Hill (subdiv, DC
Author:  Craig Walker
Categories: 
Locomotives: 
Views:  136   Comments: 4
AMTK 792
Title:  AMTK 792
Description:  One doesn't often associate Amtrak with coaling towers, but in the middleof the carrier's Ivy City engine terminal, a remnant of the past still stands. Amtrak SW9 792 swings around one leg of the wye as it heads to work on January 22nd,"2015. AMTK 792 was built as Montour 73 in May 1952. (Photographed on railroad property with permission and full PPE.)
Photo Date:  2/4/2015  Upload Date: 2/4/2015 4:47:02 PM
Location:  Ivy City, DC
Author:  Craig Walker
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  AMTK 792(SW1000R)
Views:  279   Comments: 2
BNSF 4010
Title:  BNSF 4010
Description:  BNSF Railway Dash 9-44CW and CSXT Dash 8-40C 7500 lead a CSX auto train south toward Walton, Kentucky, on February 12th, 2015.
Photo Date:  2/12/2015  Upload Date: 2/18/2015 11:37:59 PM
Location:  Walton, KY
Author:  Craig Walker
Categories:  Signal,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 4010(C44-9W)
Views:  176   Comments: 1
CSXT 3175
Title:  CSXT 3175
Description:  A southbound CSX grain train, consisting of all CSX covered hoppers, passes through Glendale, Ohio, as snow begins to fall on February 12th, 2015. Power for this train is ES44ACs 3175 and 956, as well as SD60 8710.
Photo Date:  2/12/2015  Upload Date: 2/24/2015 4:30:30 PM
Location:  Glendale, OH
Author:  Craig Walker
Categories:  Winter
Locomotives:  CSX 3175(ES44AC-H) CSX 956(ES44AC-H) CSX 8710(SD60)
Views:  346   Comments: 2
CSXT 8724
Title:  CSXT 8724
Description:  A southbound CSX train, led by SD60I 8724 (and followed by CSXT 7580 and 6507), threads its way through the S-curve in Walton, Kentucky, on February 12th, 2015.
Photo Date:  2/12/2015  Upload Date: 2/18/2015 11:38:57 PM
Location:  Walton, KY
Author:  Craig Walker
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  CSX 8724(SD60I) CSX 7580(C40-8) CSX 6507(GP40)
Views:  294   Comments: 1
NS 2690
Title:  NS 2690
Description:  A Norfolk Southern bare-table train (empty intermodal cars) rushes through snow flurries as it passes the old Cincinnati, Hamilton, and Dayton station (built in 1880) in Glendale, Ohio, on February 12th, 2015. The CH&D was later acquired by the Baltimore & Ohio.
Photo Date:  2/12/2015  Upload Date: 2/24/2015 4:27:28 PM
Location:  Glendale, OH
Author:  Craig Walker
Categories:  Winter,Station
Locomotives:  NS 2690(SD70M-2)
Views:  118   Comments: 1
NS 9628
Title:  NS 9628
Description:  Norfolk Southern SD60E 6928 leads a southbound intermodal train through Crittenden, Kentucky, on February 12th, 2015. A pair of GE diesels, 9162 and 7638, are also in the consist.
Photo Date:  2/12/2015  Upload Date: 2/18/2015 11:41:23 PM
Location:  Crittenden, KY
Author:  Craig Walker
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 9628(C40-9W) NS 9162(C40-9W) NS 7638(ES40DC)
Views:  159   Comments: 2
PAL 2123
Title:  PAL 2123
Description:  Paducah & Louisville Railway 2123 and Natchez Railway 2602 are laying over at PALs yard in Louisville, Kentucky, on February 13th, 2015. PAL 2123 was built as Chesapeake & Ohio GP40 4074 in August 1971, and it late became CSX 6829. It was later sold to San Manuel Arizona Railroad, which renumbered it as their number 20. (Photographed on railroad property with permission.)
Photo Date:  2/13/2015  Upload Date: 2/18/2015 11:36:45 PM
Location:  Louisville, KY
Author:  Craig Walker
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PAL 2123(GP40-2R) NTZR 2602(GP38-2)
Views:  333   Comments: 1
PAL 3805
Title:  PAL 3805
Description:  A pair of Paducah & Louisville GP38-2s await their next assignment at the railroads yard in Louisville, Kentucky, on February 13th, 2015. Built in October 1984 as GP40-2s (3805 was Cotton Belt 7257 and 3808 was Cotton Belt 7262), but they were rebuilt as GP38-2s by NRE. Photographed on railroad property with permission.
Photo Date:  2/13/2015  Upload Date: 2/18/2015 11:36:00 PM
Location:  Louisville, KY
Author:  Craig Walker
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PAL 3805(GP38-2) PAL 3808(GP38-2)
Views:  343   Comments: 1
PAL 8507
Title:  PAL 8507
Description:  Paducah & Louisville GP39 8507 is in charge of a short business car train in Louisville, Kentucky, on February 15th, 2015. Along with Power Car #10 is heavyweight Business Car #1, the "Bluegrass State." PAL 8507 was built in July 1970 as Atlanta & Saint Andrews Bay 507, later becoming VMV Leasing 8507 before being acquired by the PAL.
Photo Date:  2/15/2015  Upload Date: 2/18/2015 11:34:53 PM
Location:  Louisville, KY
Author:  Craig Walker
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PAL 8507(GP39)
Views:  516   Comments: 1
CSXT 5439
Title:  CSXT 5439
Description:  Winter storm Octavia dumped an unusual amount of snow on Louisville, Kentucky, on February 16th, 2015. That afternoon, with an 18ºF temperature, a southbound CSX train led by ES44DC 5439 and Union Pacific SD70M 4022 approached CSX's Osborn Yard.
Photo Date:  2/16/2015  Upload Date: 2/18/2015 11:33:40 PM
Location:  Louisville, KY
Author:  Craig Walker
Categories:  Winter
Locomotives:  CSX 5439(ES44DC)
Views:  213   Comments: 1


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