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Viewing Album:  Through the viewfinder, 2011
 
By:Rick Erben
Dates:1/1/2011 - 12/31/2011
Album Info:Favorite images of the year
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Three views of BNSF 7704-III
Title:  Three views of BNSF 7704-III
Description:  If I wind up in heaven I hope there are some tracks close by. Heaven on earth here and the roar of power better than harps.
Photo Date:  4/23/2011  Upload Date: 10/8/2011 1:26:05 PM
Location:  Walong, CA
Author:  Rick Erben
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 7704(ES44DC) BNSF 7762(ES44DC) CSX 122(AC44CW) BNSF 1017(C44-9W)
Views:  603   Comments: 1
A change in direction
Title:  A change in direction
Description:  After UP 8594 has gone north, traffic begins to move southbound. A decent looking warbonnet is at the point of an intermodal outfit at Bealville.
Photo Date:  4/23/2011  Upload Date: 10/8/2011 1:00:26 PM
Location:  Bealville, CA
Author:  Rick Erben
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 790(C44-9W)
Views:  145   Comments: 1
Colorful consist
Title:  Colorful consist
Description:  BNSF reefers on BNSF 7704 South
Photo Date:  4/23/2011  Upload Date: 1/25/2012 4:36:45 PM
Location:  Walong, CA
Author:  Rick Erben
Categories:  RollingStock,Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  85   Comments: 0
UP 5377 & 5387 are DPU power on UP 5461 North
Title:  UP 5377 & 5387 are DPU power on UP 5461 North
Description: 
Photo Date:  4/23/2011  Upload Date: 1/25/2012 5:13:05 PM
Location:  Walong, CA
Author:  Rick Erben
Categories:  Tunnel,Action
Locomotives:  UP 5377(AC45CCTE) UP 5387(AC45CCTE)
Views:  308   Comments: 1
Roaring through the Loop
Title:  Roaring through the Loop
Description:  UP 5380 is at the point of a southbound manifest.
Photo Date:  4/23/2011  Upload Date: 1/25/2012 4:26:31 PM
Location:  Walong, CA
Author:  Rick Erben
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  UP 5380(AC45CCTE) UP 5328(AC45CCTE) UP 5461(AC45CCTE)
Views:  399   Comments: 1
Upgrade & wide open
Title:  Upgrade & wide open
Description:  UP 5432 Southbound throzgh Woodford.
Photo Date:  4/23/2011  Upload Date: 1/25/2012 4:32:08 PM
Location:  Woodford, CA
Author:  Rick Erben
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  UP 5432(AC45CCTE) UP 5424(AC45CCTE)
Views:  249   Comments: 2
A mih-train trio
Title:  A mih-train trio
Description:  cut into UP 5432 South.
Photo Date:  4/23/2011  Upload Date: 1/25/2012 4:32:16 PM
Location:  Woodford, CA
Author:  Rick Erben
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  UP 5436(AC45CCTE) UP 8465(SD70ACe) UP 7857(AC45CCTE)
Views:  368   Comments: 0
I love this place
Title:  I love this place
Description:  An early morning northbound comes coiling through the curves above Caliente.
Photo Date:  4/23/2011  Upload Date: 10/8/2011 1:00:09 PM
Location:  Caliente, CA
Author:  Rick Erben
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  UP 8594(SD70ACe)
Views:  201   Comments: 1
Easing on down
Title:  Easing on down
Description:  BNSF 1040 restrains a grain train approaching Caliente.
Photo Date:  4/24/2011  Upload Date: 1/26/2012 1:05:52 AM
Location:  Caliente, CA
Author:  Rick Erben
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 1040(C44-9W)
Views:  198   Comments: 0
BNSF 5191
Title:  BNSF 5191
Description: 
Photo Date:  4/24/2011  Upload Date: 1/25/2012 4:55:01 PM
Location:  Cable, CA
Author:  Rick Erben
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 5191(C44-9W) BNSF 4188(C44-9W) BNSF 7876(ES44DC)
Views:  362   Comments: 1
BNSF 5272 leadsZa coal train
Title:  BNSF 5272 leadsZa coal train
Description:  The DPU units on this outfit were BNSF 736, UP 6615 and BNSF 5364.
Photo Date:  4/24/2011  Upload Date: 1/26/2012 1:12:41 AM
Location:  Caliente, CA
Author:  Rick Erben
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 5272(C44-9W) UP 4006(SD70M) UP 6393(AC44CW) SP 329(AC44CW)
Views:  467   Comments: 1
BNSF 5448 leans into the grade
Title:  BNSF 5448 leans into the grade
Description:  After several northbounds, BNSF 5448 gets underway from Caliente with a southbound manifest.
Photo Date:  4/24/2011  Upload Date: 1/26/2012 1:13:52 AM
Location:  Wittmann, AZ
Author:  Rick Erben
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 5448(C44-9W)
Views:  120   Comments: 0
Northbound manifest
Title:  Northbound manifest
Description:  BNSF 7642 exits Tunnel No. 9 as it negotiates the loop.
Photo Date:  4/24/2011  Upload Date: 1/25/2012 5:02:57 PM
Location:  Walong, CA
Author:  Rick Erben
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 7642(ES44DC)
Views:  307   Comments: 0
Meet at Rowen
Title:  Meet at Rowen
Description:  UP 5461 North is in the hole to meet UP 5327 South
Photo Date:  4/24/2011  Upload Date: 1/25/2012 5:18:25 PM
Location:  Rowen, CA
Author:  Rick Erben
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  UP 5327(AC45CCTE) UP 8112(SD9043MAC) UP 5633(AC44CWCTE)
Views:  495   Comments: 0
Twistin and Turnin
Title:  Twistin and Turnin
Description:  DPU power on UP 5461 North follows the consist along the serpentine path down from Tehachapi.
Photo Date:  4/24/2011  Upload Date: 2/1/2012 11:32:04 PM
Location:  Caliente, CA
Author:  Rick Erben
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  UP 5387(AC45CCTE)
Views:  186   Comments: 2
In lieu of a caboose
Title:  In lieu of a caboose
Description:  UP 5387 brings up the tail of UP 5461 North as it drops downgrade toward Woodford and, eventually, Bakersfield.
Photo Date:  4/24/2011  Upload Date: 1/25/2012 5:12:51 PM
Location:  Walong, CA
Author:  Rick Erben
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  UP 5387(AC45CCTE)
Views:  185   Comments: 0
Mid-train power
Title:  Mid-train power
Description:  UP 5434 leads the DPU power set on UP 5327 South
Photo Date:  4/24/2011  Upload Date: 1/25/2012 5:18:19 PM
Location:  Rowen, CA
Author:  Rick Erben
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  UP 5434(AC45CCTE) UP 5391(AC45CCTE) UP 5365(AC45CCTE)
Views:  422   Comments: 1
Coming and going
Title:  Coming and going
Description:  UP 5461 arrivs at Bealville while its DPU!power leaves Cliff. The train is in both Tunnels Nos. 3 and 5.
Photo Date:  4/24/2011  Upload Date: 1/26/2012 1:03:46 AM
Location:  Bealville, CA
Author:  Rick Erben
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  UP 5461(AC45CCTE)
Views:  188   Comments: 0
A long time in dynamics
Title:  A long time in dynamics
Description:  It is a long way down from Tehachapi for UP 5461 North.
Photo Date:  4/24/2011  Upload Date: 1/26/2012 1:03:52 AM
Location:  Bealville, CA
Author:  Rick Erben
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  UP 5461(AC45CCTE) UP 5326(AC45CCTE)
Views:  322   Comments: 0
UP 5461 negotiates the loop
Title:  UP 5461 negotiates the loop
Description: 
Photo Date:  4/24/2011  Upload Date: 1/25/2012 5:13:16 PM
Location:  Walong, CA
Author:  Rick Erben
Categories:  Scenic,Tunnel,Action
Locomotives:  UP 5461(AC45CCTE) UP 5328(AC45CCTE)
Views:  328   Comments: 0
The folks who live on the hill
Title:  The folks who live on the hill
Description:  Given my druthers, Id prefer a porch closer to the tracks, however, the folks who live on this hill seem to have a fine vista. UP 7769 enters two main tracks at the north end of Cable.
Photo Date:  4/24/2011  Upload Date: 1/25/2012 4:53:29 PM
Location:  Cable, CA
Author:  Rick Erben
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  UP 7769(AC45CCTE) UP 4098(SD70M)
Views:  230   Comments: 2
Morning mist
Title:  Morning mist
Description:  UP 5522 is on Tehachapi Loop on a Monday morning.
Photo Date:  4/25/2011  Upload Date: 1/26/2012 1:17:38 AM
Location:  Walong, CA
Author:  Rick Erben
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  UP 5522(AC45CCTE) UP 5431(AC45CCTE) UP 5469(AC45CCTE)
Views:  355   Comments: 0
Eastbound manifest
Title:  Eastbound manifest
Description:  UP 7610 Eastbound at Union Jct., OR as snow squalls move across the wide valley.
Photo Date:  4/28/2011  Upload Date: 1/26/2012 1:26:41 AM
Location:  Union Junction, OR
Author:  Rick Erben
Categories:  Scenic,Signal,Action
Locomotives:  UP 7610(AC45CCTE) UP 9509(C41-8W) UP 4444(SD70M) UP 4350(SD70M)
Views:  451   Comments: 0
UP 7610 in the Blues
Title:  UP 7610 in the Blues
Description:  Just west of La Grande, OR.
Photo Date:  4/28/2011  Upload Date: 1/26/2012 1:23:22 AM
Location:  La Grande, OR
Author:  Rick Erben
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  UP 7610(AC45CCTE) UP 9509(C41-8W) UP 4444(SD70M) UP 4350(SD70M)
Views:  509   Comments: 0
Endangered searchlights
Title:  Endangered searchlights
Description:  UP 7610 crests the second of three big grades on the Oregon Short Line at Telocaset.
Photo Date:  4/28/2011  Upload Date: 1/26/2012 1:28:57 AM
Location:  Telocaset, OR
Author: 
Categories:  Scenic,Signal,Action
Locomotives:  UP 7610(AC45CCTE) UP 9509(C41-8W) UP 4350(SD70M)
Views:  547   Comments: 0
UP 5289
Title:  UP 5289
Description:  Eastbound near McCammon.
Photo Date:  5/1/2011  Upload Date: 1/26/2012 1:30:57 AM
Location:  McCammon, ID
Author:  Rick Erben
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  UP 5289(AC45CCTE)
Views:  267   Comments: 0
ARMN 902048
Title:  ARMN 902048
Description:  Wild Country Boys
Photo Date:  5/16/2011  Upload Date: 1/27/2012 12:11:44 AM
Location:  Mercer, NE
Author:  Rick Erben
Categories:  RollingStock,Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  91   Comments: 1
CSXT 136237
Title:  CSXT 136237
Description:  Riding UP 4829 East
Photo Date:  5/16/2011  Upload Date: 1/27/2012 12:11:50 AM
Location:  Mercer, NE
Author:  Rick Erben
Categories:  RollingStock,Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  87   Comments: 0
SSW 28882
Title:  SSW 28882
Description:  Riding UP 4814 West
Photo Date:  5/16/2011  Upload Date: 1/27/2012 12:09:29 AM
Location:  Ames, NE
Author:  Rick Erben
Categories:  RollingStock,Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  79   Comments: 1
Wings West
Title:  Wings West
Description:  UP 4814 is headed for North Plattes receiving yard, 238 miles up the line.
Photo Date:  5/16/2011  Upload Date: 1/27/2012 12:09:16 AM
Location:  Ames, NE
Author:  Rick Erben
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  UP 4814(SD70M) UP 4884(SD70M)
Views:  245   Comments: 1
BNSF 6255
Title:  BNSF 6255
Description:  This westbound is on the Omaha line east of Ashland. The searchlights are disappearing rapidly in this area, as they are everywhere, it seems.
Photo Date:  5/22/2011  Upload Date: 1/27/2012 12:15:47 AM
Location:  Ashland, NE
Author:  Rick Erben
Categories:  Scenic,Signal,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 6255(ES44AC)
Views:  209   Comments: 1
UP 8204 West
Title:  UP 8204 West
Description:  The C&NW main east from Omaha was single track CTC to Dennison, IA until after its merger into UP. One of the first big projects thereafter was to double track this line - UPs premier Chicago artery.
Photo Date:  5/23/2011  Upload Date: 1/27/2012 12:21:19 AM
Location:  Woodbine, IA
Author:  Rick Erben
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  UP 8204(SD9043MAC)
Views:  153   Comments: 0
Clipped wings
Title:  Clipped wings
Description:  UP 6779 departs Fremont on a spring afternoon. The dimuntive UP shield sure lacks the appeal of the classic wings.
Photo Date:  6/15/2011  Upload Date: 1/27/2012 12:25:56 AM
Location:  Fremont, NE
Author:  Rick Erben
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  UP 6779(AC44CW) UP 6338(AC44CW)
Views:  302   Comments: 1
MEC 32106
Title:  MEC 32106
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/23/2011  Upload Date: 1/27/2012 12:34:31 AM
Location:  Fremont, NE
Author:  Rick Erben
Categories:  RollingStock,Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  82   Comments: 1
OTTX 97262
Title:  OTTX 97262
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/23/2011  Upload Date: 1/27/2012 12:35:27 AM
Location:  Fremont, NE
Author:  Rick Erben
Categories:  RollingStock,Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  271   Comments: 0
Summer dream
Title:  Summer dream
Description:  UP 7675 embellishes a lovely June afternoon.
Photo Date:  6/23/2011  Upload Date: 1/27/2012 12:42:00 AM
Location:  Troxel, NE
Author:  Rick Erben
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  UP 7675(AC45CCTE) UP 4101(SD70M)
Views:  300   Comments: 0
UP 7357
Title:  UP 7357
Description:  Westbound auto rack train crosses the Missouri River that is well above flood stage. The nuclear power plant just down river was being sandbagged at the time.
Photo Date:  6/27/2011  Upload Date: 1/27/2012 12:47:48 AM
Location:  Blair, NE
Author:  Rick Erben
Categories:  Scenic,Bridge,Action
Locomotives:  UP 7357(AC45CCTE)
Views:  208   Comments: 1
BNSF 403767
Title:  BNSF 403767
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/31/2011  Upload Date: 1/27/2012 12:52:11 AM
Location:  Fremont, NE
Author:  Rick Erben
Categories:  RollingStock,Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  63   Comments: 0
BNSF Covered Hopper
Title:  BNSF Covered Hopper
Description:  Illegible number on this one
Photo Date:  7/31/2011  Upload Date: 1/27/2012 12:52:16 AM
Location:  Fremont, NE
Author:  Rick Erben
Categories:  RollingStock,Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  58   Comments: 0
GTW 102606
Title:  GTW 102606
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/31/2011  Upload Date: 1/27/2012 12:52:48 AM
Location:  Fremont, NE
Author:  Rick Erben
Categories:  RollingStock,Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  68   Comments: 0
Waiting for a train
Title:  Waiting for a train
Description:  Leaving Sturgis behind, I thought I had found a photo location. Now all that was needed was a train. Well, the sun was intense, the scenery exquisite, the trains non-existent. I thought this would be a great picture window, however.
Photo Date:  8/12/2011  Upload Date: 1/27/2012 1:24:19 AM
Location:  Columbus, MT
Author:  Rick Erben
Categories:  Scenic
Locomotives: 
Views:  92   Comments: 0
Marks In & Out
Title:  Marks In & Out
Description:  Never mind the chains. Marks In & Out in Livingston is a great place that has been in business since the 50s.
Photo Date:  8/12/2011  Upload Date: 1/27/2012 1:27:31 AM
Location:  Livingston, MT
Author:  Rick Erben
Categories:  Scenic
Locomotives: 
Views:  122   Comments: 0
Waterhole Saloon
Title:  Waterhole Saloon
Description:  The Waterhole - "Aint no city place / Indians & Mountain Men Welcome - is my favorite stop along the Yellowstone and just a few steps from the old NP. Still no trains. I see a lot of them after dark, though.
Photo Date:  8/12/2011  Upload Date: 1/27/2012 1:26:04 AM
Location:  Reed Point, MT
Author:  Rick Erben
Categories:  Scenic
Locomotives: 
Views:  79   Comments: 1
BNSF 5380 drags a manifest off the high plains
Title:  BNSF 5380 drags a manifest off the high plains
Description:  I rode hard from Livingston for the Hi Line. Running ahead of time, I was going to try for a shot at the Cut Bank trestle. Went to start the Harley after gassing up and nothing. The battery was cooked. Fortunately, a couple townfolk - a gentleman from Glacier Auto and a wheat farmer - lent a hand as they are riders also. So they found a battery for the bike on a Saturday afternoon. I had a room reserved in Essex and was on my way into the sundown, running late now. Of course, lots of trains while I am laid up. But I caught up to this slow-moving westbound approaching Browning so everything worked out okay. That's a big sun visor on the fireman's side!
Photo Date:  8/13/2011  Upload Date: 1/27/2012 1:34:30 AM
Location:  Browning, MT
Author:  Rick Erben
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 5380(C44-9W) BNSF 4867(C44-9W)
Views:  753   Comments: 2
Into the foothills of the Rockies
Title:  Into the foothills of the Rockies
Description:  BNSF 5380 between Browning and Spotted Robe past the wind fence. I suspect the wind can really swoop down in this area. Winds were (& are) always a big pain along the UP between Cheyenne and Laramie with intermodal equipment.
Photo Date:  8/13/2011  Upload Date: 1/27/2012 1:39:14 AM
Location:  Browning, MT
Author:  Rick Erben
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 5380(C44-9W) BNSF 4867(C44-9W)
Views:  638   Comments: 2
BN 621307
Title:  BN 621307
Description:  BNSF 4439s consist
Photo Date:  8/14/2011  Upload Date: 2/2/2012 12:11:52 AM
Location:  Blacktail, MT
Author:  Rick Erben
Categories:  RollingStock,Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  203   Comments: 0
Typical
Title:  Typical
Description:  Sometimes there is not anything wrong with typical. Like typical Montana with a little 1059 on the side.
Photo Date:  8/14/2011  Upload Date: 1/27/2012 1:48:58 AM
Location:  Essex, MT
Author:  Rick Erben
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 1059(C44-9W) BNSF 5465(C44-9W)
Views:  285   Comments: 0
A long way from the Mississippi
Title:  A long way from the Mississippi
Description:  BNSF 1094 is in charge of a westbound intermodal exiting Shed No.6 on the Hi Line
Photo Date:  8/14/2011  Upload Date: 2/1/2012 11:52:28 PM
Location:  Blacktail, MT
Author:  Rick Erben
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 1094(C44-9W) BNSF 794(C44-9W) UP 9683(C44-9W)
Views:  221   Comments: 0
A long descent
Title:  A long descent
Description:  BNSF 1094 and companions in dynamic on the long grade down from Marias Pass to the Flathead River valley.
Photo Date:  8/14/2011  Upload Date: 2/1/2012 11:54:10 PM
Location:  Blacktail, MT
Author:  Rick Erben
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 1094(C44-9W) BNSF 794(C44-9W) UP 9683(C44-9W)
Views:  191   Comments: 0
Welcome to the mountains
Title:  Welcome to the mountains
Description:  BNSF 4313 gets underway for Marias Pass with an eastbound freight train.
Photo Date:  8/14/2011  Upload Date: 1/27/2012 1:42:05 AM
Location:  Essex, MT
Author:  Rick Erben
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 4313(C44-9W) BNSF 4915(C44-9W)
Views:  525   Comments: 0

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