Recent Digital Photos
by Mike Condren
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51 Years of Railroad Photography |
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Oct. 28, 2011
| I drove from Memphis to Van Buren to arrive before the Winslow Turn of the A&M passenger train returned to Van Buren. I wanted to get a shot of the new dome car. The car is an ex-WP California Zephyr car. In time it will be A&M #108, but for now there is no lettering. |
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Nov. 18, 2011
| This A&M C-424 is seen near the Arkola sand plant in Van Buren. |
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| These units are gettin refueled at the Main Street fueling station of the UP in Van Buren. |
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Nov. 24, 2011
| On our way to Thanksgiving Dinner at Pinecrest Church Camp near La Grange, TN, we found this DPU on the end of a coal train at the west end of Forrest Yard in Memphis. |
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| The lead power is parked at the east end of Forrest Yard in Memphis. I do not recall ever seeing a loaded unit coal train with only NS power. It has been reported that this is a train of Illinois coal which is running through Memphis while the West Tennessee, former IC route from track gets upgraded between Fulton, KY and Corinth, MS. |
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| This is the lead to the new intermodal yard at Rossville, TN. This view looks north toward the main line and the wye leading to the east and west. |
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| On the return trip to Memphis, we drove by the station area in Collierville, TN where I shot the following passenger cars. |
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| As we got to the east city limit of Germantown, TN, we met the loaded unit coal train which had been in Forrest Yard earlier in the day. I turned around and got my shots west of the Houston Levee Road crossing. |
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Nov. 29, 2011
| This A&M C-424 is seen near the Arkola sand plant in Van Buren. |
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| These two trains are stopped at the Main Street refueling station in Van Buren. |
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Dec. 8, 2011
| The closest stop this year for the KCS Holiday Train was Poteau, OK. I arrived early and scouted out a spot for shooting the train south of town. I only waited about 15 minutes before I heard its horn. |
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| On my way into town, I got this picture of the train in the distance from the rear. |
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| Here we see the train parked at the location of the former station at Poteau. |
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| After the train was parked, they pulled the passenger cars forward allowing this shot. |
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| The crowd has started to arrive for a tour of the train. |
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| The railroad rented a couple of portable light stands to illuminate the waiting area as the sun went down and it became dark. |
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| The crowd continued to grow. |
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| A late afternoon shot of the train just before I headed back to Tahlequah. |
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| Officers of the Salvation Army and other officials. |
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