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CSX 797 |
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Day time DPU.... |
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1/19/2011 Upload Date: 1/19/2011 8:00:20 PM |
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Hamlet, NC |
| Author: |
Rick Tufts |
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CSX 797(ES44AC-H) |
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SCL buro crane |
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Check out the green algae on the truck sets. This ole bird has been sitting somewhere in the shade for some time. |
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1/19/2011 Upload Date: 1/19/2011 8:00:55 PM |
| Location: |
Hamlet, NC |
| Author: |
Rick Tufts |
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| Title: |
HLCX 6305 |
| Description: |
Ex MPI SD40-2 still awaits its fate in Hamlet. This and others have been sitting here some a LONG time now. |
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1/19/2011 Upload Date: 1/19/2011 8:01:30 PM |
| Location: |
Hamlet, NC |
| Author: |
Rick Tufts |
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| Title: |
HLCX 7070 |
| Description: |
An ex BN SD40-2 sits with the ex MPI here in Hamlet. |
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1/19/2011 Upload Date: 1/19/2011 8:02:07 PM |
| Location: |
Hamlet, NC |
| Author: |
Rick Tufts |
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HLCX 7070(SD40-2) |
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ACW 6926 |
| Description: |
ACW 6926 pulls a few grain buffer cars and a long string of gas cars behand. He is running as F-799 ... CSX F-799 |
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2/2/2011 Upload Date: 2/1/2011 4:27:37 PM |
| Location: |
Pinehurst, NC |
| Author: |
Rick Tufts |
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ACWR 6926(SD40-3) |
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Sporting a new light |
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The 6926 is sporting a new roof mounted light, moved up from the short hood. The light itself seemed much brighter as well. |
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2/2/2011 Upload Date: 2/1/2011 4:28:38 PM |
| Location: |
Pinehurst, NC |
| Author: |
Rick Tufts |
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| Title: |
Q-463 |
| Description: |
Q-463 heads towards Cayce with an already faded YN3 on point. |
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2/6/2011 Upload Date: 2/6/2011 9:56:41 PM |
| Location: |
Hamlet, NC |
| Author: |
Rick Tufts |
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CSX 4808(SD70MAC) |
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370 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
Rail train |
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A loaded rail train (freshly rolled CWR) leaves Hamlet, heading towards Cayce. He is to drop rail in the area of Mittendorf.. spelling? An ex C&O GP40-2? |
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2/6/2011 Upload Date: 2/6/2011 9:57:24 PM |
| Location: |
Hamlet, NC |
| Author: |
Rick Tufts |
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CSX 6413(GP40-2) |
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501 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
Rail Pickup |
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Note the old Conrail reporting marks and friction bearing "trucksets" on these cars. The second car back is an RPU.. Rail Pickup Unit. |
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2/6/2011 Upload Date: 2/6/2011 9:58:56 PM |
| Location: |
Hamlet, NC |
| Author: |
Rick Tufts |
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| Title: |
Caboose |
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A nice surprise, even if it is a shoving platform. Ya just don't see cabooses on the rear of trains these days. |
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2/6/2011 Upload Date: 2/6/2011 10:00:16 PM |
| Location: |
Hamlet, NC |
| Author: |
Rick Tufts |
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| Title: |
UP 4366 |
| Description: |
UP 4366 sits in Aberdeen Yard waiting for ACW crews. This came in as K465-07 |
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2/13/2011 Upload Date: 2/13/2011 9:33:07 AM |
| Location: |
Aberdeen, NC |
| Author: |
Rick Tufts |
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UP 4366(SD70M) |
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509 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
BNSF 5681 |
| Description: |
Another stranger to these parts. This "empty" C4400 sits in Aberdeen. 'Empty' because the fuel gauge was on zero, the UP 4366 was sitting on less than 500 gallons. |
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2/13/2011 Upload Date: 2/13/2011 9:35:56 AM |
| Location: |
Aberdeen, NC |
| Author: |
Rick Tufts |
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BNSF 5681(AC44CW) |
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526 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
UP 6913 |
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The UP ex 7526, now 6913 AC6000 is dead on zero as well, not running except for the sanders running wide open. In bad need of a paint job too. The 6913 number is listed as a DD40X..is why I left it with this new number. |
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2/13/2011 Upload Date: 2/13/2011 9:37:12 AM |
| Location: |
Aberdeen, NC |
| Author: |
Rick Tufts |
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UP 7526(AC60CW) |
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| Title: |
CSX 240 |
| Description: |
ACW running LHF..hammerhead style. CSX 240 and 70 were sitting on the ACW main, crews later today will move the gas train in town, switch out and deliver this empty grainer. |
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2/13/2011 Upload Date: 2/13/2011 9:37:47 AM |
| Location: |
Aberdeen, NC |
| Author: |
Rick Tufts |
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CSX 240(AC44CW) |
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364 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
UP leader |
| Description: |
UP SD70M crosses over the trestle in Pinehurst, heading up tp either Perdue or Mount Aire Farms. Kind of nice seeing some UP and BNSF power in these parts. |
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2/14/2011 Upload Date: 2/14/2011 3:32:36 PM |
| Location: |
Pinehurst, NC |
| Author: |
Rick Tufts |
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UP 4366(SD70M) |
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483 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
Curvey, kind of hilly |
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Maiking good time is the loaded ACW grainer twisting and turning as they head towards Mount Aire and Perdue Farms. |
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3/15/2011 Upload Date: 3/15/2011 12:45:51 PM |
| Location: |
Seven Lakes, NC |
| Author: |
Rick Tufts |
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346 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
ACW |
| Description: |
CSX 4578 leads a loaded grainer up the hill on ACW. |
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3/15/2011 Upload Date: 3/15/2011 12:46:40 PM |
| Location: |
Seven Lakes, NC |
| Author: |
Rick Tufts |
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CSX 4578(SD70MAC) |
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541 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
ACW |
| Description: |
CSX 4578 is almost at the crest of the hill, prior to reaching Flowers Road. |
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3/15/2011 Upload Date: 3/15/2011 12:47:21 PM |
| Location: |
Seven Lakes, NC |
| Author: |
Rick Tufts |
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250 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
EMD power.. |
| Description: |
SD70MAC and a SD60 rumble in to Hamlet off the Andrews Sub. |
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3/16/2011 Upload Date: 4/20/2011 3:50:45 PM |
| Location: |
Hamlet, NC |
| Author: |
Rick Tufts |
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52 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
SD60 |
| Description: |
SD60 in YN paint, kind of a scarce site, seeing an SD60 these days |
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3/16/2011 Upload Date: 4/20/2011 3:51:59 PM |
| Location: |
Hamlet, NC |
| Author: |
Rick Tufts |
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CSX 8701(SD60) |
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162 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
LEF & C boxcar |
| Description: |
Lake Erie and Franklin box car rolls in to Hamlet. |
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3/16/2011 Upload Date: 4/20/2011 3:53:28 PM |
| Location: |
Hamlet, NC |
| Author: |
Rick Tufts |
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| Title: |
F-701 |
| Description: |
NS 8801 leads (again) local F 701 in to Hamlet, off the WSSB. |
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3/16/2011 Upload Date: 4/20/2011 3:54:20 PM |
| Location: |
Hamlet, NC |
| Author: |
Rick Tufts |
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| Title: |
Wanna race? |
| Description: |
Not sure who will get to the finish line first? They both were high balling by Hamlet standards. |
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3/16/2011 Upload Date: 4/20/2011 3:55:28 PM |
| Location: |
Hamlet, NC |
| Author: |
Rick Tufts |
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CSX 8726(SD60I) |
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128 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Ex CR |
| Description: |
The 7392 with a very sick horn..... |
| Photo Date: |
3/16/2011 Upload Date: 4/20/2011 3:56:20 PM |
| Location: |
Hamlet, NC |
| Author: |
Rick Tufts |
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| Title: |
NS 8801 |
| Description: |
F701 comes in to Hamlet off the Monroe (NC) sub. |
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3/30/2011 Upload Date: 3/30/2011 1:48:30 PM |
| Location: |
Hamlet, NC |
| Author: |
Rick Tufts |
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NS 8801(C40-9) |
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312 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
q 463 |
| Description: |
Q463 leaves Hamlet, heading down to work Lugoff SC. He is a 30mph key train. 30mph because of the 4 side dump MOW cars in his consist. Gonna be a long wet day for these guys. |
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3/30/2011 Upload Date: 3/30/2011 1:50:50 PM |
| Location: |
Hamlet, NC |
| Author: |
Rick Tufts |
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CSX 4807(SD70MAC) |
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245 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Round the bend |
| Description: |
A great sight and sound.. a tri of SD40-2's clicking it up a notch or two after passing through West End. |
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4/5/2011 Upload Date: 4/5/2011 9:05:25 PM |
| Location: |
West End, NC |
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Rick Tufts |
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| Title: |
Tri of 40's |
| Description: |
A loaded gas train makes good time, just passed through West End NC. The old Stanley Furniture Factory water tank is seen in the background. |
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4/5/2011 Upload Date: 4/5/2011 9:06:46 PM |
| Location: |
West End, NC |
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Rick Tufts |
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456 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
Transformer |
| Description: |
This 190 metric ton transformer sits on the East/West connection, headed towards the Monroe Sub. |
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4/10/2011 Upload Date: 4/10/2011 7:42:11 PM |
| Location: |
Hamlet, NC |
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Rick Tufts |
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| Title: |
Transformer on KRL |
| Description: |
Going to parts unknown |
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4/10/2011 Upload Date: 4/10/2011 7:43:26 PM |
| Location: |
Hamlet, NC |
| Author: |
Rick Tufts |
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| Title: |
UP on 439 |
| Description: |
A pair of UP visitors heads out of Hamlet.. heading North towards Rocky Mount and beyond. |
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4/10/2011 Upload Date: 4/10/2011 7:44:25 PM |
| Location: |
Hamlet, NC |
| Author: |
Rick Tufts |
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à\ 5() |
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441 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
CSX 5224 |
| Description: |
Talk about a mix-matched color scheme. This door 'must' have come off a YN2 GE? Not sure, it doesn't match the 5224 or the trailing 7384. Maybe just faded. Not the tiny CSXT between the 5224 and conductors window. Above the "5" is some sort of spread eagle. |
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4/10/2011 Upload Date: 4/10/2011 7:45:10 PM |
| Location: |
Hamlet, NC |
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Rick Tufts |
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71 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
814 leads U-355 into the Williams yard in Hamlet. |
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4/10/2011 Upload Date: 4/10/2011 7:46:14 PM |
| Location: |
Hamlet, NC |
| Author: |
Rick Tufts |
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CSX 814(ES44AC-H) |
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263 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
833 DPU |
| Description: |
A straining 813 shoves for all it's worth. |
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4/10/2011 Upload Date: 4/10/2011 7:47:24 PM |
| Location: |
Hamlet, NC |
| Author: |
Rick Tufts |
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CSX 833(ES44AC-H) |
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316 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
GMTX |
| Description: |
A very clean GMTX GP38-2 sits on the fuel rack lead in Hamlet, coupled to a CSX GP38-2. |
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4/10/2011 Upload Date: 4/10/2011 7:48:20 PM |
| Location: |
Hamlet, NC |
| Author: |
Rick Tufts |
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GMTX 2624(GP38-2) |
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601 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
new paint |
| Description: |
ACW's 6918 is sporting fresh paint and on its maiden voyage. |
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5/11/2011 Upload Date: 5/11/2011 9:08:34 PM |
| Location: |
Aberdeen, NC |
| Author: |
Rick Tufts |
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ACWR 6918(SD40-3) |
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Passing by the ex Southern freight station |
| Description: |
Train 200 passes by the ex Southern/NS freight station along highway 5, just North of Aberdeen. This is the first of the new SD40-3's in new paint. |
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5/11/2011 Upload Date: 5/11/2011 9:09:37 PM |
| Location: |
Aberdeen, NC |
| Author: |
Rick Tufts |
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ACWR 6918(SD40-3) |
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870 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
The Carolina Route |
| Description: |
Sitting downtown Aberdeen with two CSX motors behind. |
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5/11/2011 Upload Date: 5/11/2011 9:11:43 PM |
| Location: |
Aberdeen, NC |
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Rick Tufts |
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| Title: |
Dusk shot in Aberdeen |
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The paint was so fresh, you could smell it 15 feet away. You can see by the shiney reflection of how sharp the paint is. ACW has a winner with these SD40's and new paint. |
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5/11/2011 Upload Date: 5/11/2011 9:12:44 PM |
| Location: |
Aberdeen, NC |
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Rick Tufts |
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372 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Coach |
| Description: |
This is looking through the "coal barn" at the tobacco exchange in downtown Durham. |
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5/18/2011 Upload Date: 5/24/2011 7:39:20 PM |
| Location: |
Durham, NC |
| Author: |
Rick Tufts |
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Scenic |
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| Title: |
American Tobacco |
| Description: |
This old tractor is part of the display in Durham. |
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5/18/2011 Upload Date: 5/24/2011 7:40:15 PM |
| Location: |
Durham, NC |
| Author: |
Rick Tufts |
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| Title: |
Coach |
| Description: |
The coal shed in the background, the old conveyer belt leading to the factory behind me. |
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5/18/2011 Upload Date: 5/24/2011 7:41:10 PM |
| Location: |
Durham, NC |
| Author: |
Rick Tufts |
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| Title: |
Coach |
| Description: |
The city of Durham has made this area very pleasent to walk around. The waterfall off to the left here runs downhill the entire length of the walkway and ends up in a fountain / pool area. |
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5/18/2011 Upload Date: 5/24/2011 7:42:04 PM |
| Location: |
Durham, NC |
| Author: |
Rick Tufts |
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| Title: |
Coach |
| Description: |
Side view of the coach and waterfall. You can see the conveyer belt leading to the Lucky Strike cigarette factory in the background. |
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5/18/2011 Upload Date: 5/24/2011 7:43:05 PM |
| Location: |
Durham, NC |
| Author: |
Rick Tufts |
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261 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Lucky Strike |
| Description: |
There were painter on the retired smoke stack...but were on lunch break when I took this picture. |
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5/18/2011 Upload Date: 5/24/2011 7:44:06 PM |
| Location: |
Durham, NC |
| Author: |
Rick Tufts |
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| Title: |
Tractor and Coach |
| Description: |
Not sure of the heritage of the old coach, but it looks in really good shape from a distance. There are barriers to keep you from getting up too close to it. |
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5/18/2011 Upload Date: 5/24/2011 7:45:17 PM |
| Location: |
Durham, NC |
| Author: |
Rick Tufts |
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| Title: |
pulling the grade |
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You might ba able to see beyond the last car seen in this lineup, the steep grade he is pulling. He had to get a shove from two of ACW's SD40-3's to make it up over this grade. This is all Yard Limit speed too. |
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5/30/2011 Upload Date: 5/30/2011 2:49:56 PM |
| Location: |
Aberdeen, NC |
| Author: |
Rick Tufts |
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CSX 5250(ES44DC) |
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pass by |
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Fina;;y ,aking it up the grade, the rear ACW DPU's went about their yard work, while this one heads up the road. |
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5/30/2011 Upload Date: 5/30/2011 2:51:23 PM |
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Aberdeen, NC |
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Rick Tufts |
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365 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
B-boat |
| Description: |
This ex CR baby boat caught me off guard. Don't see many of these anymore it seems. |
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7/8/2011 Upload Date: 7/8/2011 1:20:01 PM |
| Location: |
Hamlet, NC |
| Author: |
Rick Tufts |
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CSX 5953(B40-8) |
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148 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
F 701 |
| Description: |
701 splits the fairly modern SCL cantilever signal that guards the West departure leads in Hamlet. |
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7/8/2011 Upload Date: 7/8/2011 1:22:13 PM |
| Location: |
Hamlet, NC |
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Rick Tufts |
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