Straying just a bit from the USA Railfanning theme here to mention the passing of legendary Canadian folk singer Gordon Lightfoot (1938-2023) who passed away at age 84 in Toronto, Ontario Canada this past Monday May 1, 2023.
Category Archives: USA Railfanning
SP in Arizona – 1995
Back in February of 1995 I made a trip to Arizona and photographed both the SP and Santa Fe.
Happy Halloween – 2022
I always thought this photo cried out “Halloween” Continue reading
UP at North Puyallup 7-30-22
Last February I photographed some Union Pacific trains between Sumner and Tacoma and promised myself I’d be back in the spring and summer months, and I did make more than one trip to the area this past spring.
The life of a UP SD40
I recently scanned this slide of UP SD40 3065 taken at Argo Yard in Seattle, WA 10-26-80. Not very remarkable it was just one of Union Pacific’s 123 SD40′s.built in 1966. The 3065 served UP for 22 years until it was retired in March 1988.
BN GP38-2 2344
Over the years I have managed to acquire a number of locomotive number boards. Most of them are BN and nearly all I have a personal connection to, mainly I photographed the locomotive it came from before it was sold or scrapped.
UP between Sumner and Tacoma, WA
I had not really given much thought that the Union Pacific line from Tukwila to Tacoma, WA would be considered USA Railfanning but I guess that it should since it does not have a Blog of its own. As I have been spending more time exploring and photographing trains on the UP line I think it is a worth subject to write about.
Hathaway – Rosebud – Hathaway
This is the third installment of a trip I made to North Dakota in 2019. After leaving Forsyth, MT eastbound 8-4-19 I pulled off I-94 at Hathaway, MT to do a little exploring.
Hysham to Forsyth, MT 8-4-19
After leaving Custer, MT in the last update on my Montana/North Dakota trip I got back on I-94 and headed east towards Hysham where I would pick up on the ex-NP main line for the rest of the way to Forsyth.
Hysham is Milepost 151 (distance from Glendive, MT)
Pompeys Pillar to Custer, Montana 8-4-19
Back on September 1, 2019 I wrote an NP Perspectives Blog update about Day 1 at Billings, MT from a trip I took to North Dakota in August 2019.
