Recent Digital Photos
by Mike Condren
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50 Years of Railroad Photography |
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Nov. 3, 2010
| On my way to Memphis, I made the usual pass by the UP yard and find this train getting fueled at the east end of the yard. |
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| This DPU is seen just beyond South 28th Street at the east end of the yard. |
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Nov. 5, 2010
| This NS train is seen at the East Gate Shopping Center in Memphis. |
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| This NS was caught at the Perkins Extended crossing in east Memphis. |
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Nov. 6, 2010
| I caught the A&M returning from its run to Winslow. |
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| Upon reaching Stilwell, OK, I catch a KCS northbound grain train. In the third image, the grain cars appear above my van in the parking lot. |
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Nov. 15, 2010
| An empty unit coal train is seen northbound in Heavener, OK. Jan had a graveside service in the cemetery overlooking the north end of the yard and fueling facility. |
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| A northbound grain train is seen pulling through the fueling facility. |
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| After a brief time with the family at a reception, we head north and catch the unit coal train stopped at the UP crossing in Sallisaw, OK. |
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| We then get the UP loaded coal train near the former MP station in Sallisaw, OK. |
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Nov. 17, 2010
| The A&M slug #80 is seen in Van Buren near the Arkola Sand & Gravel sand plant in Van Buren, AR. |
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Nov. 25, 2010 Thanksgiving Day
| On our return from our annual dinner at Pinecrest church camp, I shot this NS unit at a rock quarry west of Rossville, TN. |
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| We then drove downtown in Collierville, TN to check out the Memphis Transportation Museum equipment. |
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Nov. 28, 2010
| This loaded unit coal train is seen at the east end of the Critco siding in West Memphis, AR. |
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Dec. 1, 2010
| This empty unit coal train is stopped at the fueling position near Main Street in Van Buren, AR. |
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| Having learned that there was a BNSF unit cross tie train on the D&R, I head for their office in North Dardanelle to talk with friends Tim and Bill Robbins. I then shoot these 2 units at the shop before heading to Bernice and the BNSF power for the tie train. |
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| On my way to Bernice, I shot the BNSF hopper cars used for hauling the ties. Note the long line of trucks with loads of ties for a future train. |
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| Here is the D&R mainline at Bernice, the former location of a commuter station during the days that coal was mined in this area. |
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| Here is the BNSF power parked behind Bibbler Lumber Company saw mill. |
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