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Railroads in a Giant Landscape


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On 27/11/2019 at 23:47, pH said:

 

Nice pictures of the Book Cliffs in Utah. I have traveled in that area a lot of times over the years as a professional truck driver along the Interstate 70(I-70) freeway and U.S. Routes 6/191. Four different railroads run in the Book Cliffs area: Union Pacific, BNSF, Utah Railway, and Amtrak.

 

Wendell

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Here's a couple of pictures of the world-famous Tehachapi Loop in Walong, California(suburb of Bakersfield). In the first picture, the Union Pacific is circulating the Loop. In the second picture, Amtrak's Coast Starlight is making a special trip to the Loop.

https://www.railpictures.net/photo/644393/

https://www.railpictures.net/photo/710127/

 

Wendell

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This is not a model railroad picture. This is a real railroad picture taken via a drone. Here's a picture of Canadian National's Aqua Train barge in Whittier, Alaska. Canadian National(CN) is interchanging rail cars with the Alaska Railroad(ARR) in Whittier via barge service. After interchanging cars with the ARR, CN will have its cars sailed to Prince Rupert, British Columbia, Canada.

https://www.railpictures.net/photo/597088/

 

Wendell

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9 hours ago, Wendell1976 said:

This is not a model railroad picture. This is a real railroad picture taken via a drone. Here's a picture of Canadian National's Aqua Train barge in Whittier, Alaska. Canadian National(CN) is interchanging rail cars with the Alaska Railroad(ARR) in Whittier via barge service. After interchanging cars with the ARR, CN will have its cars sailed to Prince Rupert, British Columbia, Canada.

https://www.railpictures.net/photo/597088/

 

Wendell

Idaho, USA  

 

Coincidentally, that picture has been on here before, but not in the "Railroads in a giant landscape" topic:

 

https://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/27189-us-car-float-operation/&do=findComment&comment=2509994

 

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Here's a picture of a Union Pacific train in my hometown of Compton, California. The train is exiting from the Mid-Corridor Trench of the Alameda Corridor and heading southbound towards the Ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles. The Downtown Los Angeles skyline is in the background on the left. The iconic Los Angeles City Hall(the tall, white building) is in the background above the tracks. The Alameda Corridor is a freight rail "expressway" that runs parallel to Alameda Street between the two ports and Downtown Los Angeles. The Corridor eliminated more than 200 street-level railroad crossings to keep the traffic flowing. Merry Christmas to all of you!

https://www.railpictures.net/photo/653413/

 

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