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Here's a couple of pictures of Washington, DC. In the first picture, two Washington Metro trains are crossing the Potomac River. The second picture features a Norfolk Southern office train with the United States Capitol building in the background.

https://www.railpictures.net/photo/544466/

https://www.railpictures.net/photo/448218/

 

Wendell

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11 hours ago, Wendell1976 said:

Here's a couple of pictures of Washington, DC. In the first picture, two Washington Metro trains are crossing the Potomac River. The second picture features a Norfolk Southern office train with the United States Capitol building in the background.

https://www.railpictures.net/photo/544466/

https://www.railpictures.net/photo/448218/

 

Wendell

Idaho, USA

Hi Wendell 

 

Can you tell me what the steel work is for in the second photograph?

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More pictures of the "L" train in Downtown Chicago. Here's three pictures of a train crossing the Chicago River. In the third picture, the Willis Tower(formerly the Sears Tower) looms in the background.

https://www.railpictures.net/photo/639419/

https://www.railpictures.net/photo/660534/

https://www.railpictures.net/photo/360342/

 

Wendell

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Here's a couple of pictures of a train crossing the Joso Bridge in Joso, Washington. The Joso Bridge spans across the Snake River and the trackage on this bridge belongs to the Union Pacific. Joso is about 110 miles(176 kilometers) southwest of Spokane.

https://www.railpictures.net/photo/548407/

https://www.railpictures.net/photo/562441/

 

Wendell

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Here's three pictures of the world renowned Keddie Wye in Keddie, California. The Keddie Wye was built by the Western Pacific Railroad inside the Feather River Canyon and is a mainline route of the Union Pacific Railroad today. Keddie is about 137 miles(219.2 kilometers) northeast of Sacramento.

https://www.railpictures.net/photo/211267/

https://www.railpictures.net/photo/507434/

https://www.railpictures.net/photo/383691/

 

Wendell

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Here's a couple more pictures of the Mormon Rocks within the Cajon Pass in Phelan, California. The Southern Pacific is featured here from the 1970's. In the second picture, the Espee has three locomotives in the "Bicentennial" livery. Phelan is a suburb in the Greater Los Angeles area.

https://www.railpictures.net/photo/398630/

https://www.railpictures.net/photo/280236/

 

Wendell

Idaho, USA

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