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Drag Freights
Coal and steel don't go bad. This album features long, slow, heavy freight trains; drag freights, slop freights, dead freights, etc. Trains with lots of power, and lots of different cargo slogging along behind.
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Photo ID: 593409

Empty grain train, 55E with the CofG heritage unit steps off "home rails" of the Albany District at Rutland Junction and onto the Loop in Macon, Georgia. 55E's South End crew will be on duty with... (more)

Railroad: Norfolk Southern
Locomotive: GE ES44AC
Location: Macon, Georgia, USA
Locomotive #: NS 8101
Train ID: NS 55E
Photo Date: October 19, 2016


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By: David Stewart

Added: Oct 22, 2016

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Photo ID: 593389

Although the signals at Walden east of Byron, Georgia say Southern Railway, the NS Albany District is former Central of Georgia trackage. The Central's adoring and classic blue & gray scheme grasp... (more)

Railroad: Norfolk Southern
Locomotive: GE ES44AC
Location: Walden, Georgia, USA
Locomotive #: NS 8101
Train ID: NS 55E
Photo Date: October 19, 2016


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By: David Stewart

Added: Oct 21, 2016

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Photo ID: 589891

A former "Big Six", de-rated from 6,000 to 4,400 HP in an effort to conserve fuel, leads southbound Q453 through Folkston, GA. The train went into emergency a few miles north on the Jesu... (more)

Railroad: CSX Transportation (CSXT)
Locomotive: GE CW46AC
Location: Folkston, Georgia, USA
Locomotive #: CSXT 657
Train ID: CSXT Q453
Photo Date: September 17, 2016


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By: Justin Smathers

Added: Sep 20, 2016

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Photo ID: 586486

Alot of the UP SD70's are being put into storage with the down turn in business in 2016. Few can still be found on drag freights and locals. Here the Clinton to Boone junk/local freight hammers th... (more)

Railroad: Union Pacific
Locomotive: EMD SD70M
Location: Watkins, Iowa, USA
Locomotive #: UP 4284
Train ID: UP MCLBO
Photo Date: July 21, 2016


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By: Craig Williams

Added: Aug 21, 2016

Views: 1,481
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Photo ID: 581058

The north freight, having departed Anchorage at 2010 the previous night, is crossing the Tanana River on the Mears Bridge at Nenana on a gloomy morning. It is not quite 0600 yet and this crew has ... (more)

Railroad: Alaska Railroad
Locomotive: EMD SD70MAC
Location: Nenana, Alaska, USA
Locomotive #: ARR 4004
Train ID: 130N
Photo Date: June 18, 2016


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By: Frank Keller

Added: Jun 25, 2016

Views: 3,380
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Photo ID: 579326

Two faded CF7s, a few years removed from tourist line service, are pulling a freight with the CNJ 113 dead-in-tow. The 113 was headed to its new home in Minersville, where it was eventually resto... (more)

Railroad: Blue Mountain & Reading
Locomotive: EMD CF7
Location: Port Clinton, Pennsylvania, USA
Locomotive #: BMRG 1502
Train ID: Local Freight
Photo Date: February 09, 1991


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By: Bob Kise

Added: Jun 08, 2016

Views: 3,181
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Photo ID: 574536

Southbound barge train leaving Anchorage.

Railroad: Alaska Railroad
Locomotive: EMD GP49
Location: Anchorage, Alaska, USA
Locomotive #: ARR 2802
Train ID: Unknown
Photo Date: April, 1994


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By: Joe Blackwell

Added: Apr 27, 2016

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Photo ID: 569803

On July 24, 1998, a trio of Rio Grande SD40T-2s (DRGW 5345, 5360, 5382) were called out of Helper Yard to drag a stalled out Roper to Denver manifest freight from Castilla to Soldier Summit. The M... (more)

Railroad: Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad
Locomotive: EMD SD40T-2
Location: Soldier Summit, Utah, USA
Locomotive #: DRGW 5345
Train ID: MRODV-24
Photo Date: July 24, 1998


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By: James Belmont

Added: Mar 17, 2016

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Photo ID: 569614

I have been after this train for years. K851, a unit potash train for a customer off of the SCFE in Moore Haven, makes its way south down the Auburndale sub toward Sebring where the train will int... (more)

Railroad: CSX Transportation (CSXT)
Locomotive: ES44AH
Location: Winter Haven, Florida, USA
Locomotive #: CSXT 3113
Train ID: CSX K851
Photo Date: March 11, 2016


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By: Albert (Rudy) Rodriguez

Added: Mar 15, 2016

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Photo ID: 566470

MAC Attack!!!! 11V had SD80MAC 7200 leading. Who doesn't love a nice MAC in the snow!? 7200 dives into the curve coming out of East Palestine on its journey West.

Railroad: Norfolk Southern
Locomotive: EMD SD80MAC
Location: East Palestine, Ohio, USA
Locomotive #: NS 7200
Train ID: NS 11V
Photo Date: February 18, 2016


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By: Derek Day

Added: Feb 19, 2016

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Photo ID: 563523

A classic Ex-Conrail widecab EMD leads a slop freight south nearing Roddy. This train had a straight shot to Chattanooga all the way from Emory Gap.

Railroad: Norfolk Southern
Locomotive: EMD SD60M
Location: Rockwood, Tennessee, USA
Locomotive #: NS 6755
Train ID: NS 179
Photo Date: January 24, 2016


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By: Mark Ragan

Added: Jan 27, 2016

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Photo ID: 561449

In 2010 the Alaska Railroad was still running a freight north to Fairbanks 7 nights a week. The usual departure time was between 2000 and 2030 after the arrival on the southbound Denali Star. Duri... (more)

Railroad: Alaska Railroad
Locomotive: EMD SD70MAC
Location: Anchorage, Alaska, USA
Locomotive #: ARR 4320
Train ID: 130N
Photo Date: September 05, 2010


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By: Frank Keller

Added: Jan 09, 2016

Views: 5,062
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Photo ID: 559666

A former SOO SD60 leads an NS SD60 and slop freight 140 up the jointed rail ex-CofG Griffin District. The train was at walking speed awaiting news of whether they'd work Griffin or not, as they on... (more)

Railroad: CIT Equipment Finance Corp. (CEFX)
Locomotive: EMD SD60
Location: Griffin, Georgia, USA
Locomotive #: CEFX 6009
Train ID: NS 140
Photo Date: December 04, 2015


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By: Chip Allen

Added: Dec 24, 2015

Views: 1,750
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Photo ID: 556147

Having switched several industries in Bartlett, Texas, a Katy way freight now proceeds south toward Granger.

Railroad: Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railroad (Katy)
Locomotive: EMD GP38-2
Location: Bartlett, Texas, USA
Locomotive #: MKT 319
Train ID: Unknown
Photo Date: September 12, 1983


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By: Doug Lilly

Added: Nov 26, 2015

Views: 4,235
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Photo ID: 552464

On a beautiful late summer afternoon, Southern 8099k leads westbound slop freight 189 off the famed Blue Ridge grade toward Roanoke passing the classic N&W CPLs at Webster, VA.

Railroad: Norfolk Southern
Locomotive: GE ES44AC
Location: Webster, Virginia, USA
Locomotive #: NS 8099
Train ID: NS 189
Photo Date: August 30, 2015


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By: Paul Styles

Added: Oct 31, 2015

Views: 1,556
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