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Title: |
Heavy Traction |
Description: |
Moving through the Etowah passenger station on a early fall afternoon. Slug # not noted. |
Photo Date: |
9/30/1995 Upload Date: 4/9/2004 1:11:01 AM |
Location: |
Etowah, TN |
Author: |
Fran Cole |
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Locomotives: |
CSX 6458(GP40-2) |
Views: |
779 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
About Ugly |
Description: |
Paint me- something else! And they did! |
Photo Date: |
10/1/1995 Upload Date: 4/8/2004 1:39:50 PM |
Location: |
Knoxville, TN |
Author: |
Unknown |
Categories: |
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Locomotives: |
CSX 1114(SW1500) |
Views: |
1272 Comments: 6 |
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Title: |
Mid-consist Assist |
Description: |
I'm with 6495 there... |
Photo Date: |
10/1/1995 Upload Date: 4/9/2004 3:09:27 PM |
Location: |
Wauhatchie, TN |
Author: |
Unknown |
Categories: |
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Locomotives: |
CSX 2281(Road Slug) CSX 6495(GP40-2) |
Views: |
933 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Grey Ghost SW |
Description: |
Faded and due for a refit, this one shuttled west to Cowan and back in helper duty. |
Photo Date: |
10/19/1995 Upload Date: 4/8/2004 1:34:08 PM |
Location: |
Wauhatchie, TN |
Author: |
Ed Hopson |
Categories: |
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Locomotives: |
CSX 1118(SW1500) |
Views: |
915 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Grey Ghost SW Continued |
Description: |
With nothing wider than a 50mm lens, getting thse shots was problematic. |
Photo Date: |
10/19/1995 Upload Date: 4/8/2004 1:34:08 PM |
Location: |
Wauhatchie, TN |
Author: |
Ed Hopson |
Categories: |
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Locomotives: |
CSX 1118(SW1500) |
Views: |
747 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
On the Old Reliable |
Description: |
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Photo Date: |
6/1/1996 Upload Date: 4/8/2004 12:18:26 PM |
Location: |
Nashville, TN |
Author: |
Ed Hopson |
Categories: |
Yard |
Locomotives: |
CSX 1017(Yard Slug) |
Views: |
1156 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Sawdust and Rain |
Description: |
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Photo Date: |
6/1/1996 Upload Date: 4/8/2004 12:18:26 PM |
Location: |
Nashville, TN |
Author: |
Ed Hopson |
Categories: |
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Locomotives: |
CSX 1017(Yard Slug) |
Views: |
843 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Low-Slung and Lowly |
Description: |
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Photo Date: |
6/1/1996 Upload Date: 4/8/2004 12:18:26 PM |
Location: |
Nashville, TN |
Author: |
Ed Hopson |
Categories: |
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Locomotives: |
CSX 1017(Yard Slug) |
Views: |
801 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Out of Focus, But... |
Description: |
The only shot I got. The branch in front tripped the auto focus. Know your equipment & its limitations. |
Photo Date: |
6/1/1996 Upload Date: 4/8/2004 12:18:26 PM |
Location: |
Nashville, TN |
Author: |
Ed Hopson |
Categories: |
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Locomotives: |
CSX 1040(Yard Slug) |
Views: |
843 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Married or Otherwise Engaged |
Description: |
1100 & 1112 were seen all around downtown together that week. |
Photo Date: |
6/1/1996 Upload Date: 4/8/2004 12:18:26 PM |
Location: |
Nashville, TN |
Author: |
Ed Hopson |
Categories: |
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Locomotives: |
CSX 1100(SW1500) CSX 1112(SW1500) |
Views: |
1225 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Cab-In-Front |
Description: |
At Nashville they liked to pair these nose to nose; in contrast at New Orleans, they run them nose to tail. |
Photo Date: |
6/1/1996 Upload Date: 4/8/2004 12:18:26 PM |
Location: |
Nashville, TN |
Author: |
Ed Hopson |
Categories: |
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Locomotives: |
CSX 1100(SW1500) |
Views: |
793 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
The Plainer One |
Description: |
1100 had a pretty but typical paint job, but 1112 had extras- more yellow trim, more decals. |
Photo Date: |
6/1/1996 Upload Date: 4/8/2004 12:18:26 PM |
Location: |
Nashville, TN |
Author: |
Ed Hopson |
Categories: |
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Locomotives: |
CSX 1100(SW1500) |
Views: |
831 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
No Mud on Her Shoes |
Description: |
Awfully clean for spotting cars for downtown industry. |
Photo Date: |
6/1/1996 Upload Date: 4/8/2004 12:18:26 PM |
Location: |
Nashville, TN |
Author: |
Ed Hopson |
Categories: |
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Locomotives: |
CSX 1112(SW1500) |
Views: |
702 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Little Jewel |
Description: |
Extra trim and all brightens this little engine on a rainy day in Nashville. |
Photo Date: |
6/1/1996 Upload Date: 4/8/2004 1:10:24 PM |
Location: |
Nashville, TN |
Author: |
Ed Hopson |
Categories: |
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Locomotives: |
CSX 1112(SW1500) |
Views: |
669 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Pretty Flashy Backdrop |
Description: |
The fancy cars in back were for the Tenn. Bicentennial that week. [That sorry roof behind is the crumbling L&N pass. sta. trainshed.] |
Photo Date: |
6/1/1996 Upload Date: 4/8/2004 12:18:26 PM |
Location: |
Nashville, TN |
Author: |
Ed Hopson |
Categories: |
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Locomotives: |
CSX 1100(SW1500) CSX 1112(SW1500) |
Views: |
1038 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Workin' in Denim Blue |
Description: |
In the south throat of the big yard in Nashville. |
Photo Date: |
6/1/1996 Upload Date: 4/8/2004 12:18:26 PM |
Location: |
Nashville, TN |
Author: |
Ed Hopson |
Categories: |
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Locomotives: |
CSX 1017(Yard Slug) CSX 2501(GP38-2) |
Views: |
1408 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
Yard Bird in the Rain |
Description: |
This GP39 [not a dash 2] provided the prime mover for yard slug 1040 in another picture. |
Photo Date: |
6/1/1996 Upload Date: 4/9/2004 12:21:07 PM |
Location: |
Nashville, TN |
Author: |
Ed Hopson |
Categories: |
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Locomotives: |
CSX 4294(GP39) |
Views: |
952 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Marginally Better View |
Description: |
Nashville's married pair were back behind the fence next day, but at least the light was better. |
Photo Date: |
6/2/1996 Upload Date: 4/15/2004 6:27:32 PM |
Location: |
Nashville, TN |
Author: |
Ed Hopson |
Categories: |
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Locomotives: |
CSX 1100(SW1500) CSX 1112(SW1500) |
Views: |
1006 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Like Old Times |
Description: |
Road slug 2324 [paired with GP40-2 6472]is in full command as she whips into town. The rear of the train is still out on the bay bridge. |
Photo Date: |
12/23/1996 Upload Date: 4/9/2004 1:08:38 AM |
Location: |
Ocean Springs, MS |
Author: |
Jonathan Hopson |
Categories: |
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Locomotives: |
CSX 2324(Road Slug) |
Views: |
724 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
Fine Portrait |
Description: |
Plying the switchin' trade down on the Gulf coast. |
Photo Date: |
5/26/1997 Upload Date: 4/8/2004 12:18:26 PM |
Location: |
Mobile, AL |
Author: |
Ed Hopson |
Categories: |
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Locomotives: |
CSX 1113(SW1500) |
Views: |
727 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Don't Go To Sleep On Me Now |
Description: |
The operator appears a bit tired of the work as 1113 goes about CSX' business. |
Photo Date: |
5/26/1997 Upload Date: 4/12/2004 1:33:32 PM |
Location: |
Mobile, AL |
Author: |
Ed Hopson |
Categories: |
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Locomotives: |
CSX 1113(SW1500) |
Views: |
823 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
As If On Display |
Description: |
This unit was idle and in the clear- so I took pictures all around. |
Photo Date: |
5/26/1997 Upload Date: 4/8/2004 4:58:28 PM |
Location: |
Mobile, AL |
Author: |
Ed Hopson |
Categories: |
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Locomotives: |
CSX 1145(MP15DC) |
Views: |
766 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
Well Situated |
Description: |
Another angle... |
Photo Date: |
5/26/1997 Upload Date: 4/8/2004 5:45:50 PM |
Location: |
Mobile, AL |
Author: |
Ed Hopson |
Categories: |
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Locomotives: |
CSX 1145(MP15DC) |
Views: |
736 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Door Wide Open |
Description: |
The opposite of mine. |
Photo Date: |
5/26/1997 Upload Date: 4/8/2004 1:17:30 PM |
Location: |
Mobile, AL |
Author: |
Ed Hopson |
Categories: |
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Locomotives: |
CSX 1145(MP15DC) |
Views: |
764 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Shutters Wide Open |
Description: |
The opposite of mine... |
Photo Date: |
5/26/1997 Upload Date: 4/8/2004 5:50:13 PM |
Location: |
Mobile, AL |
Author: |
Ed Hopson |
Categories: |
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Locomotives: |
CSX 1145(MP15DC) |
Views: |
798 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Shady Side Of A Big Switcher |
Description: |
That paint job does nothing for appearance- laid out by a mechanicinstead of an artist. |
Photo Date: |
5/26/1997 Upload Date: 4/12/2004 11:15:00 AM |
Location: |
Mobile, AL |
Author: |
Ed Hopson |
Categories: |
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Locomotives: |
CSX 1160(MP15AC) |
Views: |
2547 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Big Switcher In Plain Clothes |
Description: |
The blue & yellow angled across the cab is jazzy if not artistic. Maybe that's why the new Blue & gold just doesn't quite satisfy. |
Photo Date: |
5/26/1997 Upload Date: 4/12/2004 11:15:00 AM |
Location: |
Mobile, AL |
Author: |
Ed Hopson |
Categories: |
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Locomotives: |
CSX 1160(MP15AC) |
Views: |
2840 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Open For Business |
Description: |
Cab detail... |
Photo Date: |
5/26/1997 Upload Date: 4/12/2004 11:15:00 AM |
Location: |
Mobile, AL |
Author: |
Ed Hopson |
Categories: |
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Locomotives: |
CSX 1160(MP15AC) |
Views: |
692 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Late in the Life |
Description: |
A GP38 [not a dash 2] numbered between yard switchers and road slugs was assigned to the work once given to geep-7's and-9's. |
Photo Date: |
5/26/1997 Upload Date: 4/9/2004 12:15:42 PM |
Location: |
Mobile, AL |
Author: |
Ed Hopson |
Categories: |
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Locomotives: |
CSX 2145(GP38) |
Views: |
617 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Late in the Life II |
Description: |
From the other side... |
Photo Date: |
5/26/1997 Upload Date: 4/9/2004 12:16:48 PM |
Location: |
Mobile, AL |
Author: |
Ed Hopson |
Categories: |
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Locomotives: |
CSX 2145(GP38) |
Views: |
457 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Late in the Life III |
Description: |
Cab detail of a switcher model GP38. |
Photo Date: |
5/26/1997 Upload Date: 4/9/2004 12:18:13 PM |
Location: |
Mobile, AL |
Author: |
Ed Hopson |
Categories: |
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Locomotives: |
CSX 2145(GP38) |
Views: |
452 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Vain One |
Description: |
1105 seemed to like getting her picture took; she kept coming back for more. |
Photo Date: |
6/7/1997 Upload Date: 4/8/2004 12:18:26 PM |
Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
Author: |
Ed Hopson |
Categories: |
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Locomotives: |
CSX 1105(SW1500) |
Views: |
571 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
She Likes It |
Description: |
Basking in the yards under the camera's eye. |
Photo Date: |
6/7/1997 Upload Date: 4/8/2004 1:14:18 PM |
Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
Author: |
Ed Hopson |
Categories: |
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Locomotives: |
CSX 1105(SW1500) |
Views: |
562 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
I Am Curious Yellow |
Description: |
1149 in Mobile was like 1105 in New Orleans, always wanting a picture taken. She even turned up beside me on the highway homeward- in Mississippi! |
Photo Date: |
8/2/1997 Upload Date: 4/12/2004 12:45:30 PM |
Location: |
Mobile, AL |
Author: |
Ed Hopson |
Categories: |
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Locomotives: |
CSX 1149(MP15DC) |
Views: |
819 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
I Am Curious Blue |
Description: |
Parading up and down; strutting, you might say. |
Photo Date: |
8/2/1997 Upload Date: 4/12/2004 12:45:30 PM |
Location: |
Mobile, AL |
Author: |
Ed Hopson |
Categories: |
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Locomotives: |
CSX 1149(MP15DC) |
Views: |
742 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
I Am Following You Home |
Description: |
Here she's right alongside me somewhere along US 90 near Ocean Springs late that evening. What's really cool was, it was my birthday. |
Photo Date: |
8/2/1997 Upload Date: 4/12/2004 1:01:24 PM |
Location: |
Biloxi, MS |
Author: |
Ed Hopson |
Categories: |
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Locomotives: |
CSX 1149(MP15DC) |
Views: |
787 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Sports Model |
Description: |
Yeah! It's turbocharged! |
Photo Date: |
9/1/1997 Upload Date: 4/12/2004 11:15:00 AM |
Location: |
Mobile, AL |
Author: |
Ed Hopson |
Categories: |
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Locomotives: |
CSX 1223(MP15T) |
Views: |
2628 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
Sports Model II |
Description: |
The cross-wise exhaust stack is the simplest sign of a turbocharged diesel. |
Photo Date: |
9/1/1997 Upload Date: 4/12/2004 11:15:00 AM |
Location: |
Mobile, AL |
Author: |
Ed Hopson |
Categories: |
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Locomotives: |
CSX 1223(MP15T) |
Views: |
2706 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Dissimilar Pair |
Description: |
1183 really put on a show, rapidly shunting cars like a card shark shuffles his deck. |
Photo Date: |
9/2/1997 Upload Date: 4/8/2004 6:03:02 PM |
Location: |
Mobile, AL |
Author: |
Ed Hopson |
Categories: |
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Locomotives: |
CSX 1223(MP15T) CSX 1183(MP15AC) |
Views: |
837 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Number 1183 Tested Me |
Description: |
The rapid moves stressed my autofocus and zoom capabilities as she raced up & down. |
Photo Date: |
9/2/1997 Upload Date: 4/12/2004 11:15:00 AM |
Location: |
Mobile, AL |
Author: |
Ed Hopson |
Categories: |
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Locomotives: |
CSX 1183(MP15AC) |
Views: |
558 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
Number 1183 The Other Way |
Description: |
Maybe they had a deadline, or maybe that's the yard foreman in the doorway, telling them to give the guy with the camera a workout. |
Photo Date: |
9/2/1997 Upload Date: 4/12/2004 11:15:00 AM |
Location: |
Mobile, AL |
Author: |
Ed Hopson |
Categories: |
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Locomotives: |
CSX 1183(MP15AC) |
Views: |
576 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
Number 1183 By The Tower |
Description: |
When I grabbed this, I though it was a hail mary shot, but it came out. The angles and the composition work for me, anyway. |
Photo Date: |
9/2/1997 Upload Date: 4/8/2004 6:06:47 PM |
Location: |
Mobile, AL |
Author: |
Ed Hopson |
Categories: |
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Locomotives: |
CSX 1183(MP15AC) |
Views: |
612 Comments: 2 |
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Title: |
Shy One |
Description: |
On the other hand, 1110 hid under an overpass, & would not come out in the bright light for me. |
Photo Date: |
12/28/1997 Upload Date: 4/8/2004 2:41:13 PM |
Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
Author: |
Ed Hopson |
Categories: |
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Locomotives: |
CSX 1110(SW1500) |
Views: |
662 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Still Shy |
Description: |
The light was going when I found her again. |
Photo Date: |
12/28/1997 Upload Date: 4/8/2004 12:18:26 PM |
Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
Author: |
Ed Hopson |
Categories: |
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Locomotives: |
CSX 1110(SW1500) |
Views: |
487 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Additive Power |
Description: |
I'm with 6450 there... |
Photo Date: |
3/16/1998 Upload Date: 4/9/2004 3:01:20 PM |
Location: |
Pensacola, FL |
Author: |
Ed Hopson |
Categories: |
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Locomotives: |
CSX 2245(Road Slug) CSX 6450(GP40-2) |
Views: |
929 Comments: 2 |
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Title: |
Run Zero |
Description: |
I'm with 6920 there... and hey, can't we get on with things? |
Photo Date: |
3/16/1998 Upload Date: 4/9/2004 3:10:58 PM |
Location: |
Bay Minette, AL |
Author: |
Ed Hopson |
Categories: |
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Locomotives: |
CSX 2285(Road Slug) CSX 6920(GP40-2) |
Views: |
906 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
No Prime Mover |
Description: |
I'm with 6486 there... |
Photo Date: |
3/16/1998 Upload Date: 4/9/2004 3:12:53 PM |
Location: |
Pensacola, FL |
Author: |
Ed Hopson |
Categories: |
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Locomotives: |
CSX 6486(GP40-2) CSX 2299(Road Slug) |
Views: |
812 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
High And Wide |
Description: |
Short special-clearance freight awaits a crew. |
Photo Date: |
3/16/1998 Upload Date: 4/9/2004 4:26:54 PM |
Location: |
Pensacola, FL |
Author: |
Ed Hopson |
Categories: |
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Locomotives: |
CSX 6450(GP40-2) CSX 2245(Road Slug) |
Views: |
854 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
Local Stars |
Description: |
Mother and slug, one pair of a large number serving in the panhandle, wait for the call. |
Photo Date: |
3/16/1998 Upload Date: 4/9/2004 4:25:40 PM |
Location: |
Pensacola, FL |
Author: |
Ed Hopson |
Categories: |
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Locomotives: |
CSX 6486(GP40-2) CSX 2299(Road Slug) |
Views: |
760 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
Lowly Chores |
Description: |
At this time Pensacola, Fl. was a center for road slug operations. |
Photo Date: |
3/16/1998 Upload Date: 4/9/2004 1:29:08 AM |
Location: |
Bay Minette, AL |
Author: |
Ed Hopson |
Categories: |
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Locomotives: |
CSX 6920(GP40-2) CSX 2285(Road Slug) |
Views: |
881 Comments: 0 |
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