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at Ōita Station

A westbound drops down the long ramp between Wendell and Nashua that will bring it into the Bois de Sioux River valley. In just a few more miles it will cross the BNSF’s former Great Northern line between Willmar and Breckenridge before entering North Dakota.

Thundering local at Windy Point by Moffat Road on Flickr.

夜陰に舞う無数の今日 手を伸ばせば届きそうで

Even though C704 is still 30 RR miles to the north, the H.J Dispatcher has him lined to Oliver (Just north of Shawhan KY). With a flip of a switch all the way out in Huntington West Virginia, the old searchlights in Cynthiana come to life and indicate that the crew is clear to run timetable speed until the next signal.

Reading Class T-1 #2101 is seen here with the “Chessie Steam Special” in Philadelphia during 1977. The 4-8-4 still survives today but a roundhouse fire in Kentucky during 1979 seriously damaged the locomotive. It is currently housed at the B&O Railroad Museum. Photo by Dave Hopson.

Glass Frog glows like a constellation within the dark of the South American rainforest.

BNSF Train in Oregon by James Korringa on Flickr.

Falling snow makes red beams of light from the west wye switch at Yocum Connection.