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https://goo.gl/maps/cHkwiQhmJmM2

5454 Pontchartrain Blvd. New Orleans.

NS SD's (I think) pulling a mixed freight.

Same bridge; different day:

https://goo.gl/maps/mdBGzTQdyhM2

A trio of UP EVOs pulling something. Look on the left.

and...

Same road, same bridge another day:

https://goo.gl/maps/aHw34nd1fpJ2

and...

https://goo.gl/maps/rrbaDeEeajr

and...

https://goo.gl/maps/jv76QyxSvNp

and...

https://goo.gl/maps/KWfwyqEQyxr

CSX pulling the military train:

https://goo.gl/maps/nsPH1cFgrbF2



How cool is that! :D
 
Thanks Dave! :D

These all happened because I was looking for something else. See my thread in Surveyor on old boxcars and hoppers. :D
 
Caught in Dalhart, Texas. UP GP-38-2 number 1062, UP 3015(SD70AH-T4), UP SD70M number 5076, UP GE AC44CW number 6643, and UP GE AC45CCTE number 7742:


https://www.google.com/maps/@36.079...7xBSuEOxDvOSeCMjw8mQ!2e0!7i13312!8i6656?hl=en


Cool! I've been through there on that highway! :D

There's plenty of rail traffic along this line, and when you travel at night you can see the signals lit up for miles and change aspects as the trains move along. This is way cool to see.
 
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Not sure if it is a junk yard or storage of older engines and temporarily not used cars. Google tells me it is "Pioneer railroad services":
https://www.google.com/maps/@40.579...4!1sfRQxdbXVsWdn9X8mTh36Mg!2e0!7i13312!8i6656

From there to Dallas City it seems a lot of storage track.

That's their engine repair facility,

or as this website has it:

[FONT=Verdana,Arial,Tahoma,Calibri,Geneva,sans-serif]https://www.mapquest.com/us/illinois/pioneer-railroad-services-inc-engine-reair-facilit-404490867

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[/FONT]That would explain stuff sitting on the siding. They also serve the seasonal agri-business so there's going to be hoppers and that sitting in storage until they're needed for the season. I saw a lot of this while traveling through the Midwest. There were some beautiful Baldwin and Alco switchers smattered all over the place that are used for these industries. Sadly though some of these lines were once through lines, or even very active mainlines that were cut back to stubs and short branches used in seasonal business today.
 
Several years ago I was at the railyard (UP) at Pine Bluff here in Ark. and saw a long line of SW1's and/or SW10's lined up just like those.
 
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