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Salt Lake City Railfanning by kilroy - Mon May 31, 2010 8:11 am	2 Replies 8525 Views	by TedBell Sun Aug 26, 2012 8:32 pm
Horn Western Pacific GP9 by German Engineer - Mon Aug 06, 2012 4:55 am	0 Replies 6260 Views	by German Engineer Mon Aug 06, 2012 4:55 am
G&W aquires RailAmerica 1 2 3 by jstolberg - Mon Jul 23, 2012 6:01 am	35 Replies 61009 Views	by MEC407 Fri Nov 08, 2013 6:05 pm
Tunnel Collapse along Tennessee Pass by fp7fan - Wed Jul 18, 2012 1:33 pm	5 Replies 8899 Views	by Desertdweller Wed Jul 25, 2012 12:46 pm
Questions for the guys here who work on train crews... by up8677 - Wed Jun 27, 2012 4:29 pm	11 Replies 10332 Views	by Shirehorse Mon Nov 12, 2012 4:28 pm
Texas Pacifico Improvements Continue by CNJ - Mon May 21, 2012 7:09 pm	0 Replies 7000 Views	by CNJ Mon May 21, 2012 7:09 pm
Colorado & Southern switchback help by fp7fan - Thu May 10, 2012 7:11 pm	3 Replies 8509 Views	by fp7fan Wed May 16, 2012 10:29 am
Railfan advice for San Francisco Area by njtmnrrbuff - Sat May 05, 2012 9:46 pm	0 Replies 6899 Views	by njtmnrrbuff Sat May 05, 2012 9:46 pm
Railfanning Dallas,TX by ChrisU - Sat Apr 28, 2012 8:37 pm	0 Replies 6900 Views	by ChrisU Sat Apr 28, 2012 8:37 pm
Question about DSS&SP west of Trout Creek Pass by NE2 - Sun Feb 13, 2011 9:33 am	2 Replies 8346 Views	by jabsteam Fri Apr 06, 2012 11:09 pm
1875 St. Louis to St. Paul to Bismarck by garykoos - Tue Mar 13, 2012 11:25 pm	4 Replies 9213 Views	by mtuandrew Sun Apr 08, 2012 12:12 am
Central Wyoming by dhaugh - Tue Feb 28, 2012 2:08 pm	1 Replies 7284 Views	by TB Diamond Tue Feb 28, 2012 10:49 pm
tie replacement in West Phoenix by fromsuncook - Thu Feb 09, 2012 9:19 pm	1 Replies 6450 Views	by Komachi Sat Feb 11, 2012 11:52 pm
San Joaquin Daylight Schedule by mikeydc03 - Tue Aug 08, 2006 8:28 pm	3 Replies 8072 Views	by timz Tue Jan 31, 2012 9:39 pm
D&RGW Aspen Branch by Photogdad - Thu Feb 24, 2011 8:55 pm	1 Replies 10014 Views	by jabsteam Tue Jan 31, 2012 12:05 am
Amtrak Southwest Chief with friendly engineer by NicoBritton - Sat Jan 21, 2012 6:43 pm	1 Replies 9773 Views	by Don-man Thu May 26, 2016 11:00 pm
60th anniversary of the railroad at Knott's Berry Farm by 400409 - Mon Jan 09, 2012 10:22 am	0 Replies 5118 Views	by 400409 Mon Jan 09, 2012 10:22 am
SMART - Sonoma Marin Area Rail Transit 1 … 7 8 9 10 11 by Timmerg - Mon Oct 20, 2008 3:12 pm	151 Replies 135904 Views	by njtmnrrbuff Fri Jul 16, 2021 5:43 am
ARR joins AAR by Tadman - Tue Dec 06, 2011 4:34 pm	0 Replies 6473 Views	by Tadman Tue Dec 06, 2011 4:34 pm
Can you ID this iron? by wooleybooger - Thu Nov 24, 2011 3:02 pm	1 Replies 5559 Views	by FMFan Wed Nov 30, 2011 8:02 pm
Tennessee Pass - 56,000 hp for 14,000 tons - why ? by .Taurus. - Sat Nov 27, 2010 10:55 am	6 Replies 16111 Views	by JayBee Mon Nov 28, 2011 11:40 pm
Yreka Western cancels Summer 2009 operations by thebigham - Wed May 27, 2009 12:01 pm	3 Replies 6597 Views	by kevin.brackney Wed Nov 23, 2011 11:34 am
New Colors by fromsuncook - Sun Oct 09, 2011 8:51 pm	1 Replies 5343 Views	by fromsuncook Thu Oct 27, 2011 11:32 pm
UP1996 Teams Up With Challenger UP3985 - Video by Lady Penelope - Wed Oct 12, 2011 3:01 am	0 Replies 4903 Views	by Lady Penelope Wed Oct 12, 2011 3:01 am
What if SP had never merged with UP? by CPF363 - Tue Sep 27, 2011 7:38 pm	1 Replies 5233 Views	by mtuandrew Fri Sep 30, 2011 8:37 pm
Santa Fe Station call signs - Pauls Valley OK by BobfinleyFN - Sun Aug 07, 2011 8:11 am	2 Replies 9881 Views	by BobfinleyFN Wed Aug 17, 2011 9:05 pm
AZ vacation BNSF Phoenix sub in Williams next to GCRY by ChrisU - Wed Jul 27, 2011 3:09 pm	2 Replies 5530 Views	by ChrisU Sun Aug 14, 2011 12:42 pm
Vacationing in Colorado, need ideas by Trainman101 - Sun Jul 31, 2011 11:54 am	3 Replies 5433 Views	by Trainman101 Tue Aug 09, 2011 5:00 pm
1915 Photo: Mt. Tamalpais, Mill Valley, CA by Nile - Mon Jul 18, 2011 10:46 am	1 Replies 4439 Views	by mtuandrew Mon Aug 08, 2011 11:39 am
Riding Alaska Rails by GWoodle - Sun Jul 31, 2011 11:58 am	1 Replies 5304 Views	by gprimr1 Sun Jul 31, 2011 1:19 pm
Need help on Sacramento, CA area rail lines by Lady Penelope - Sun Jul 24, 2011 11:05 pm	4 Replies 5085 Views	by Lady Penelope Fri Jul 29, 2011 10:50 pm
Tropicana to California by dhaugh - Fri Nov 19, 2010 1:35 pm	1 Replies 4798 Views	by Lady Penelope Mon Jul 25, 2011 11:11 pm
Need tour guide for railwatching this Friday by Lady Penelope - Wed Jul 06, 2011 8:17 pm	0 Replies 4502 Views	by Lady Penelope Wed Jul 06, 2011 8:17 pm
Abandoned(?) track north of Lafayette, CO by RDG126 - Mon Jun 20, 2011 7:08 pm	1 Replies 4910 Views	by TB Diamond Fri Jun 24, 2011 12:26 pm
Pueblo test facility by atsf sp - Sun Jun 05, 2011 2:01 am	1 Replies 4706 Views	by bedell Sun Jun 19, 2011 5:18 pm
Railfanning in Seattle area by AC4400 - Sun Jun 19, 2011 4:24 pm	0 Replies 4398 Views	by AC4400 Sun Jun 19, 2011 4:24 pm
CO, UT, AZ, NM roadtrip by backdrft76 - Fri May 27, 2011 10:25 am	2 Replies 4536 Views	by backdrft76 Thu Jun 16, 2011 2:05 pm
Orin Line Expansion by TB Diamond - Sun Jun 18, 2006 10:18 pm	8 Replies 7083 Views	by HeavyDuty Tue Jun 14, 2011 9:55 pm
Watsonville Junction and north by farecard - Wed Jun 08, 2011 11:40 pm	0 Replies 4403 Views	by farecard Wed Jun 08, 2011 11:40 pm
Railfanning in LA Area by LIRR272 - Thu Jun 02, 2011 9:11 am	1 Replies 3691 Views	by ExCon90 Mon Jun 06, 2011 5:11 pm
Retiring to Wyoming by backdrft76 - Fri May 27, 2011 10:23 am	1 Replies 4167 Views	by Rockingham Racer Fri May 27, 2011 4:17 pm
Denver RTD light rail photos by frank754 - Thu May 26, 2011 6:12 pm	0 Replies 3982 Views	by frank754 Thu May 26, 2011 6:12 pm
Richard Steinheimer, railroad photographer by edbear - Tue May 24, 2011 5:28 pm	0 Replies 3855 Views	by edbear Tue May 24, 2011 5:28 pm
Southern Pacific's Overnight Service: by Train-O - Mon May 16, 2011 11:57 am	1 Replies 8126 Views	by CarterB Mon May 16, 2011 1:13 pm
UK visitor to Marias Pass; Questions by DjI - Sat Apr 09, 2011 3:51 pm	0 Replies 3709 Views	by DjI Sat Apr 09, 2011 3:51 pm
B&I Railroad in Idaho by hendersonrl - Wed Jan 23, 2008 4:28 pm	7 Replies 5672 Views	by lockwood3781 Fri Apr 01, 2011 5:43 pm
Old carriages made into restaurant at Romoland, CA by philden - Sat Jan 22, 2011 8:44 pm	0 Replies 4020 Views	by philden Sat Jan 22, 2011 8:44 pm
Austin, TX Railfanning by grink - Mon Feb 23, 2009 9:17 am	3 Replies 5144 Views	by Moss Sat Jan 01, 2011 12:06 pm
Angels Flight Los Angeles by ExCon90 - Wed Oct 15, 2008 10:39 am	11 Replies 5425 Views	by SlackControl Wed Nov 24, 2010 5:24 am
Ft. Collins Street Running by dhaugh - Fri Nov 19, 2010 1:39 pm	1 Replies 3953 Views	by TB Diamond Fri Nov 19, 2010 9:39 pm
Railroad Book Stores in Denver by transit man - Sat May 22, 2010 1:05 pm	3 Replies 4385 Views	by TB Diamond Wed Oct 27, 2010 10:03 pm
Colton Diamond photography by SantaFe5811 - Mon Oct 25, 2010 12:40 am	0 Replies 2822 Views	by SantaFe5811 Mon Oct 25, 2010 12:40 am
Gold Camp Road in Colorado (Old ROW) by Schaffner - Mon Oct 11, 2010 1:32 pm	0 Replies 2838 Views	by Schaffner Mon Oct 11, 2010 1:32 pm
MARIAS PASS by oibu - Sun Aug 22, 2010 11:11 am	0 Replies 3526 Views	by oibu Sun Aug 22, 2010 11:11 am
Advicce for Railfanning San Clemente by njtmnrrbuff - Sat Aug 21, 2010 10:56 pm	0 Replies 3381 Views	by njtmnrrbuff Sat Aug 21, 2010 10:56 pm
Mystery wreck of AT&SF 1050-series Baldwin Prarie? by Silent man - Thu Aug 12, 2010 8:17 pm	2 Replies 4782 Views	by Silent man Fri Aug 13, 2010 11:00 am
Grand Opening 8/20 of the renovated Wells Depot by dadmotown - Wed Aug 11, 2010 10:09 pm	0 Replies 4157 Views	by dadmotown Wed Aug 11, 2010 10:09 pm
The "impossible railroad"? (awsome video) by Tracer - Tue Oct 20, 2009 9:51 pm	3 Replies 3481 Views	by kaiserworks Mon Aug 02, 2010 1:26 am
BNSF U-PADBAR (Military train) by CQDX018 - Sat Jul 24, 2010 12:41 pm	0 Replies 3151 Views	by CQDX018 Sat Jul 24, 2010 12:41 pm
American Grain Russian Locomotives/ Houston, Texas by David Hutchinson - Mon Jan 04, 2010 3:30 pm	1 Replies 3619 Views	by clutch Sat Jul 17, 2010 11:36 pm
GE and GMD1 Wendover, UT by atsf sp - Tue Jul 06, 2010 4:23 pm	0 Replies 3095 Views	by atsf sp Tue Jul 06, 2010 4:23 pm
Denver's airport in relation to the RRs and Moffat volumn by train2 - Wed Jun 30, 2010 7:12 am	1 Replies 3133 Views	by TB Diamond Wed Jun 30, 2010 10:32 pm
Train watching Colorado by OrmsTower - Fri Jun 18, 2010 11:06 am	0 Replies 2953 Views	by OrmsTower Fri Jun 18, 2010 11:06 am
San Fran & Napa Valley spots? by Plate C - Sat Apr 03, 2010 5:39 pm	8 Replies 3654 Views	by Plate C Mon May 03, 2010 6:33 pm
San Francisco Cable Car (1905) on video by Vincent - Mon Apr 19, 2010 11:24 am	1 Replies 2313 Views	by 3rdrail Mon Apr 19, 2010 12:26 pm
Bamberger's Last Days of Operation by ljeppson - Sat Apr 03, 2010 1:28 am	0 Replies 5315 Views	by ljeppson Sat Apr 03, 2010 1:28 am
Ski Train Revived? by TB Diamond - Sat Sep 19, 2009 9:53 pm	2 Replies 3226 Views	by Otto Vondrak Sun Mar 21, 2010 4:58 pm
Lodging in Stockton Ca-related to CA trains, of course by njtmnrrbuff - Wed Mar 17, 2010 11:12 am	0 Replies 2662 Views	by njtmnrrbuff Wed Mar 17, 2010 11:12 am
Proposed Reprise of Bamberger Southend by ljeppson - Tue Mar 02, 2010 9:13 pm	1 Replies 5019 Views	by TB Diamond Tue Mar 02, 2010 10:07 pm
Book on SP's Sunset Limited by jhdeasy - Mon Feb 22, 2010 11:54 am	0 Replies 2054 Views	by jhdeasy Mon Feb 22, 2010 11:54 am
Utah-Idaho Central Interurban RR by Conrad Misek - Mon Feb 15, 2010 6:24 pm	0 Replies 2124 Views	by Conrad Misek Mon Feb 15, 2010 6:24 pm
BOOK REVIEW: "Last of a Breed" by Otto Vondrak - Mon Nov 02, 2009 4:42 pm	1 Replies 4874 Views	by ljeppson Wed Jan 13, 2010 9:30 pm
Last D&RGW Unit 5371 Shut Down by ljeppson - Wed Aug 12, 2009 10:13 pm	1 Replies 7383 Views	by Otto Vondrak Tue Jan 12, 2010 4:20 pm
New Colorado Ski Train? 1 2 by GWoodle - Fri Sep 18, 2009 8:08 pm	27 Replies 10510 Views	by electricron Wed Dec 23, 2009 3:19 pm
Laredo, TX by atsf sp - Mon Jun 08, 2009 11:40 am	1 Replies 3760 Views	by atsf sp Sun Dec 20, 2009 5:38 pm
Status of former D&RGW Royal Gorge Route by DonPevsner - Sat Dec 05, 2009 11:06 am	1 Replies 7011 Views	by Espee9180 Thu Dec 10, 2009 2:27 am
Restoring a Sante Fe Pullman Car by endoftheline - Mon Aug 24, 2009 6:21 am	3 Replies 4856 Views	by John_Perkowski Tue Nov 03, 2009 1:59 pm
SP E8 #6018 by Conrail4014&EL825 - Tue Oct 27, 2009 12:22 pm	0 Replies 6217 Views	by Conrail4014&EL825 Tue Oct 27, 2009 12:22 pm
Railroad Artifacts in Colorado Springs by Schaffner - Sun Oct 25, 2009 1:19 pm	0 Replies 2545 Views	by Schaffner Sun Oct 25, 2009 1:19 pm
SP 142 Observation in Santa Barbara by ExCon90 - Sun Oct 04, 2009 6:17 pm	2 Replies 1959 Views	by ExCon90 Mon Oct 05, 2009 10:47 pm
San Francisco Cable Cars Photos by bigtrain - Thu Oct 01, 2009 3:55 am	0 Replies 2162 Views	by bigtrain Thu Oct 01, 2009 3:55 am
Good bye, Ski Train 1 2 by GWoodle - Fri May 01, 2009 9:19 pm	27 Replies 7422 Views	by Otto Vondrak Tue Sep 15, 2009 6:45 am
Travel Town Museum in LA by erielackawanna - Sun Dec 09, 2007 8:21 pm	7 Replies 3990 Views	by erielackawanna Thu Sep 03, 2009 5:12 pm
Southern Pacific 1 2 by The S.P. Caboose - Wed Feb 09, 2005 11:32 am	16 Replies 9882 Views	by 2nd trick op Fri Aug 28, 2009 3:52 pm
Possible reopening of Iron Mountain - Utah by ljeppson - Tue Jul 28, 2009 3:39 pm	3 Replies 2572 Views	by NE2 Sun Aug 09, 2009 1:14 pm
Santa Fe in Western Merced/Fresno Co, California by rhallanger - Sat Aug 08, 2009 12:03 am	0 Replies 2179 Views	by rhallanger Sat Aug 08, 2009 12:03 am
Rio Grande Zephyr by Tom6921 - Sun Jul 26, 2009 1:28 pm	3 Replies 5404 Views	by westr Tue Jul 28, 2009 8:01 pm
What's the status of the Roscoe, Snyder & Pacific? by NE2 - Thu Jul 16, 2009 1:58 am	0 Replies 2014 Views	by NE2 Thu Jul 16, 2009 1:58 am
Steam to Denver 2009 by conrail71 - Sun Jun 21, 2009 12:10 am	6 Replies 1986 Views	by conrail71 Mon Jul 06, 2009 1:55 am
McAllen or Laredo Texas by atsf sp - Thu Mar 12, 2009 9:20 pm	6 Replies 3274 Views	by atsf sp Tue Jun 30, 2009 5:32 pm
Alliance Texas Yard by atsf sp - Sun Jun 07, 2009 12:35 pm	0 Replies 2112 Views	by atsf sp Sun Jun 07, 2009 12:35 pm
Western Frequencies by thespcaboose - Fri Jun 05, 2009 12:35 am	0 Replies 1749 Views	by thespcaboose Fri Jun 05, 2009 12:35 am
Espee Websites by Bobby Fett - Sun Sep 09, 2007 9:35 pm	3 Replies 3857 Views	by thespcaboose Wed Jun 03, 2009 12:29 pm
Western Pacific topics by WP 707 - Sat May 30, 2009 6:36 pm	1 Replies 4602 Views	by Otto Vondrak Tue Jun 02, 2009 10:42 am
SP4449 to trainfest by thespcaboose - Fri May 29, 2009 11:59 am	0 Replies 1753 Views	by thespcaboose Fri May 29, 2009 11:59 am
Southern Pacific Forum? by thespcaboose - Tue Apr 28, 2009 7:06 pm	1 Replies 3741 Views	by Otto Vondrak Mon May 18, 2009 10:58 am
Colorado Ski Train closed down by mtuandrew - Wed Apr 22, 2009 11:00 am	7 Replies 3928 Views	by Komachi Fri May 15, 2009 12:41 am
Grand Canyon Railway: huge spike in business in 1916? by NE2 - Wed Apr 22, 2009 9:42 am	2 Replies 1862 Views	by NE2 Wed Apr 22, 2009 6:53 pm
Altamont Press Timetables by transit man - Sun Feb 08, 2009 3:54 pm	6 Replies 5494 Views	by railohio Tue Apr 07, 2009 10:56 am
Austin Steam Train SP 786 by atsf sp - Tue Mar 10, 2009 8:21 pm	1 Replies 1945 Views	by Shubaltz Tue Mar 31, 2009 10:41 pm

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