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Tag Archives: THEN AND NOW IN PICTURES
METRO’S BLUE LINE WILLOW St. STATION IN LONG BEACH, CALIFORNIA
My wife has breast cancer and is receiving chemotherapy at the Todd Cancer center in Long Beach. The Metro blue line runs nearby and I walked over to the Willow St. station to check it out. I spent a little … Continue reading
Posted in HOW THIS & THAT IS DONE, MODERN RAILROADS, ORANGE EMPIRE RAILROAD MUSEUM PHOTOGRAPHS, RAILROAD STRUCTURES, RAILROADS AT WORK, STANDARD GAUGE RAILROADS
Tagged COMPETENCE IS A MUST HERE!, IF YOU LIKE "TRAIN PICTURES", LIKE SPITOONS - THIS WAY WILL LIVE FOREVER., MODERN RAILROADS, THEN AND NOW IN PICTURES
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COUPLERS
It is almost banal to state the obvious, couplers are an essential part of railroad technology. They must withstand the pulling force of the locomotive as well as the buffing forces imparted by the operation of the train over a … Continue reading
Posted in DIESEL LOCOMOTIVES, FREIGHT CAR HISTORY, HISTORICAL PICTURES, HOW THIS & THAT IS DONE, MODERN RAILROADS, RAILROAD HISTORY IN PICTURES, THE WAY IT WAS, THEN AND NOW IN PICTURES, UPRR LOCOMOTIVE 844
Tagged COMPETENCE IS A MUST HERE!, HOW DID THEY DO THAT?, LIKE SPITOONS - THIS WAY WILL LIVE FOREVER., THEN AND NOW IN PICTURES
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WARBONNETS AND OTHERS AT AT&SF REDONDO ROUNDHOUSE
I am a long time UPRR oriented “foamer”, but I cannot resist the appeal of the “Warbonnet”. These images were made at the AT&SF Redondo roundhouse, located in Los Angeles, California, on a Winter’s Sunday about 1968. The roundhouse is … Continue reading
OLD IMAGES OF THE UPRR YARD AT LOS NIETOS, CALIFORNIA
I photographed this SPRR switching yard, located in the small town of Los Nietos, California, fifty years ago. I still live nearby and recently, as I scanned the B&W negatives from that time in my life, I became curious … Continue reading
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