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Viewing Album:  RailPictures 1970s-1980s
 
By:Rob Kitchen
Dates:3/1/1975 - 12/31/1989
Album Info:Railroad photographs taken around the country during the 1970s and 1980s
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Yard
Title:  Yard
Description:  Middle of East Houghton yard looking west. (date not exact)
Photo Date:  4/15/1975  Upload Date: 5/10/2006 9:50:33 PM
Location:  Houghton, MI
Author:  Rob Kitchen
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Views:  985   Comments: 0
Yard
Title:  Yard
Description:  Middle of East Houghton yard looking east. (date not exact)
Photo Date:  4/15/1975  Upload Date: 5/10/2006 9:50:34 PM
Location:  Houghton, MI
Author:  Rob Kitchen
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Views:  802   Comments: 0
Freight Station
Title:  Freight Station
Description:  North side of the freight station at East Houghton yard. (date not exact)
Photo Date:  4/15/1975  Upload Date: 5/10/2006 9:50:34 PM
Location:  Houghton, MI
Author:  Rob Kitchen
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Views:  819   Comments: 1
Freight Station
Title:  Freight Station
Description:  East end of the north side of the freight station at East Houghton yard. (date not exact)
Photo Date:  4/15/1975  Upload Date: 5/10/2006 9:50:35 PM
Location:  Houghton, MI
Author:  Rob Kitchen
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Views:  540   Comments: 0
Freight Station
Title:  Freight Station
Description:  East and south sides of the freight station at East Houghton yard. (date not exact)
Photo Date:  4/15/1975  Upload Date: 5/10/2006 9:50:36 PM
Location:  Houghton, MI
Author:  Rob Kitchen
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Views:  527   Comments: 0
Freight Station
Title:  Freight Station
Description:  East end of the north side of the freight station at East Houghton yard. (date not exact)
Photo Date:  4/15/1975  Upload Date: 5/10/2006 9:50:36 PM
Location:  Houghton, MI
Author:  Rob Kitchen
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Locomotives:  SOO 2552(GP9)
Views:  980   Comments: 0
SOO 714
Title:  SOO 714
Description:  A westbound Soo Line train entering East Houghton yard. (date not exact)
Photo Date:  5/1/1975  Upload Date: 5/10/2006 9:50:42 PM
Location:  Houghton, MI
Author:  Rob Kitchen
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SOO 714(GP30)
Views:  1844   Comments: 2
Station
Title:  Station
Description:  Station at the junction of the DSS&A mainline and the Houghton Branch. (date not exact)
Photo Date:  9/1/1975  Upload Date: 5/10/2006 9:24:56 PM
Location:  Nestoria, MI
Author:  Rob Kitchen
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Views:  958   Comments: 0
SOO 723
Title:  SOO 723
Description:  Soo Line GP35 723 and F7-A 213-B are climbing Hancock hill on their way to Calumet, Michigan. (date not exact)
Photo Date:  3/1/1976  Upload Date: 5/30/2006 9:54:20 AM
Location:  Hancock, MI
Author:  Rob Kitchen
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Locomotives:  SOO 723(GP35)
Views:  1861   Comments: 0
Station
Title:  Station
Description:  Soo Line (ex. DSS&A) station at Ewen, MI (date not exact)
Photo Date:  4/15/1976  Upload Date: 5/10/2006 9:50:38 PM
Location:  Ewen, MI
Author:  Rob Kitchen
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Views:  904   Comments: 0
SOO 731
Title:  SOO 731
Description:  An eastbound Soo Line train entering East Houghton yard. (date not exact)
Photo Date:  5/1/1976  Upload Date: 5/10/2006 9:50:43 PM
Location:  Houghton, MI
Author:  Rob Kitchen
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SOO 731(GP35)
Views:  1279   Comments: 0
Station
Title:  Station
Description:  Soo Line (ex. DSS&A) station at Trout Creek, MI (date not exact)
Photo Date:  6/1/1976  Upload Date: 5/10/2006 9:50:32 PM
Location:  Trout Creek, MI
Author:  Rob Kitchen
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Views:  517   Comments: 0
Depot
Title:  Depot
Description:  The grand old depot at Ashland, WI, when it was still being used by the Soo Line Railroad. (date not exact)
Photo Date:  8/1/1976  Upload Date: 5/30/2006 2:14:08 AM
Location:  Ashland, WI
Author:  Rob Kitchen
Categories:  Station
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Views:  1295   Comments: 1
Depot
Title:  Depot
Description:  The grand old depot at Ashland, WI, when it was still being used by the Soo Line Railroad. (date not exact)
Photo Date:  8/1/1976  Upload Date: 5/30/2006 2:14:09 AM
Location:  Ashland, WI
Author:  Rob Kitchen
Categories:  Station
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Views:  1108   Comments: 0
LSTT 100
Title:  LSTT 100
Description:  Lake Superior Terminal & Transfer NW2 number 100 is working in the Belknap Street yard in Superior, Wisconsin, in August of 1976. (date not exact)
Photo Date:  8/1/1976  Upload Date: 10/29/2006 11:38:05 AM
Location:  Superior, WI
Author:  Rob Kitchen
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Locomotives:  LSTT 100(NW2)
Views:  858   Comments: 1
Soo Line Power
Title:  Soo Line Power
Description:  A mixture of power at East Houghton yard. (date not exact)
Photo Date:  8/1/1976  Upload Date: 5/10/2006 9:50:44 PM
Location:  Houghton, MI
Author:  Rob Kitchen
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SOO 707(GP30)
Views:  1216   Comments: 0
21st Street Roundhouse
Title:  21st Street Roundhouse
Description:  The Soo Line 21st Street roundhouse in Superior, Wisconsin, in happier times. Today, this is a vacant lot. (date not exact)
Photo Date:  8/1/1976  Upload Date: 5/30/2006 9:54:21 AM
Location:  Superior, WI
Author:  Rob Kitchen
Categories: 
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Views:  1024   Comments: 0
SOO 2402
Title:  SOO 2402
Description:  Soo Line GP9 2402 is at the engine terminal at the downtown yard at Ashland, Wisconsin. The grand old Ashland depot is in the background. All that is left of this scene is the depot. (date not exact)
Photo Date:  8/1/1976  Upload Date: 5/30/2006 9:54:19 AM
Location:  Ashland, WI
Author:  Rob Kitchen
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SOO 2402(GP9)
Views:  1144   Comments: 0
Soo Line Power
Title:  Soo Line Power
Description:  A mix of the old and the new at the roundhouse at Ashland, Wisconsin. This is now a vacant lot. (date not exact)
Photo Date:  8/1/1976  Upload Date: 5/30/2006 9:54:22 AM
Location:  Ashland, WI
Author:  Rob Kitchen
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  SOO 740(SD40) SOO 2202A(F7A) SOO 377(GP7)
Views:  2224   Comments: 1
Coal Tower
Title:  Coal Tower
Description:  The coal tower at the engine terminal at Marquette, MI. (date not exact)
Photo Date:  11/1/1976  Upload Date: 5/10/2006 9:50:41 PM
Location:  Marquette, MI
Author:  Rob Kitchen
Categories: 
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Views:  850   Comments: 0
Under the Bridge
Title:  Under the Bridge
Description:  Soo Line train about to cross the Houghton/Hancock Lift Bridge. (date not exact)
Photo Date:  12/15/1976  Upload Date: 5/13/2006 9:57:52 PM
Location:  Hancock, MI
Author:  Rob Kitchen
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SOO 701(GP30)
Views:  3118   Comments: 2
SOO 723
Title:  SOO 723
Description:  Keewenaw Shifter leaving East Houghton yard and heading for downtown Houghton, MI. (date not exact)
Photo Date:  1/15/1977  Upload Date: 5/10/2006 9:50:37 PM
Location:  Houghton, MI
Author:  Rob Kitchen
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SOO 723(GP35)
Views:  2166   Comments: 0
SOO 1776
Title:  SOO 1776
Description:  Bicentennial Soo Line engine 1776 is pulling a westbound train through downtown Houghton, MI. (date not exact)
Photo Date:  4/15/1977  Upload Date: 5/10/2006 9:50:39 PM
Location:  Houghton, MI
Author:  Rob Kitchen
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  SOO 1776(GP35)
Views:  2241   Comments: 0
Junction
Title:  Junction
Description:  The Soo Line / Milwaukee Road juction at Sidnaw, MI. (date not exact)
Photo Date:  4/15/1977  Upload Date: 5/10/2006 9:50:42 PM
Location:  Sidnaw, MI
Author:  Rob Kitchen
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Views:  988   Comments: 0
Yard Switcher
Title:  Yard Switcher
Description:  Before there were slugs, there were B units . . . . An ex-Penn Central (Pennsylvania) GP9B assists a newer SW1500 in the yard at Elkhart in September of1977. (date not exact)
Photo Date:  9/1/1977  Upload Date: 11/27/2007 11:45:22 AM
Location:  Elkhart, IN
Author:  Rob Kitchen
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CR 9507(SW1500) CR 3825(GP9B)
Views:  1747   Comments: 1
CR 2186
Title:  CR 2186
Description:  A typical early Conrail consist heads for the engine terminal at Elkhart after delivering a train to the yard. (date not exact)
Photo Date:  9/1/1977  Upload Date: 11/27/2007 11:45:23 AM
Location:  Elkhart, IN
Author:  Rob Kitchen
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CR 2186(GP30) CR 3020(GP40) CR 3675(GP35)
Views:  1558   Comments: 0
CR 3638
Title:  CR 3638
Description:  Ex-Reading units mingle with ex-Penn Central units at the engine terminal at Elkhart, Indiana. (date not exact)
Photo Date:  9/1/1977  Upload Date: 11/27/2007 11:45:18 AM
Location:  Elkhart, IN
Author:  Rob Kitchen
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CR 3638(GP35) CR 2181(GP30) CR 3028(GP40) CR 5768(GP7)
Views:  1614   Comments: 1
UP 6905
Title:  UP 6905
Description:  Union Pacific DD-40X 6905 leads a westbound train through Grand Island, NE, just after sunset. (date not exact)
Photo Date:  8/1/1978  Upload Date: 5/10/2006 11:09:06 PM
Location:  Grand Island, NE
Author:  Rob Kitchen
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Locomotives:  UP 6905(DDA40X)
Views:  1408   Comments: 1
UP East
Title:  UP East
Description:  A Union Pacific train, led by a trio of GP40Xs (9001, 9000, 9003), is speeding eastward under a building prairie sky in 1978. (date not exact)
Photo Date:  8/1/1978  Upload Date: 10/29/2006 11:38:09 AM
Location:  Chapman, NE
Author:  Rob Kitchen
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 2905(U30C) CNW 6838(SD40-2) UP 9003(GP40X) UP 9000(GP40X) UP 9001(GP40X)
Views:  2244   Comments: 1
Algoma Central Shops
Title:  Algoma Central Shops
Description:  Main locomotive shops of the Algoma Central in Sault Ste. Marie, ON. (date not exact)
Photo Date:  6/1/1979  Upload Date: 5/28/2006 9:41:32 PM
Location:  Sault Ste. Marie, ON
Author:  Rob Kitchen
Categories: 
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Views:  463   Comments: 0
Soo Line Yard
Title:  Soo Line Yard
Description:  Soo Line GP9 407 is switching the south yard at Marquette, Michigan. Today, this area is being turned into a residential and commercial development called Founder's Landing. (date not exact)
Photo Date:  6/1/1979  Upload Date: 5/31/2006 6:54:25 PM
Location:  Marquette, MI
Author:  Rob Kitchen
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SOO 407(GP9)
Views:  2754   Comments: 1
DM 466
Title:  DM 466
Description:  A Detroit & Mackinac Alco is switching in the yard at Tawas City, MI (date not exact)
Photo Date:  6/15/1979  Upload Date: 9/28/2006 10:49:30 AM
Location:  Tawas City, MI
Author:  Rob Kitchen
Categories: 
Locomotives:  DM 466(RS2)
Views:  1329   Comments: 0
Motorcars
Title:  Motorcars
Description:  Not only were locomotives from all over the Rock Island brought in to Silvis for disposition but every motorcar from section houses fanning out for a hundred miles in all directions from Silvis were also brought in for sale (date not exact)
Photo Date:  4/7/1980  Upload Date: 8/11/2006 1:36:07 PM
Location:  Silvis, IL
Author:  Rob Kitchen
Categories: 
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Views:  1110   Comments: 1
Motorcars
Title:  Motorcars
Description:  Not only were locomotives from all over the Rock Island brought in to Silvis for disposition but every motorcar from section houses fanning out for a hundred miles in all directions from Silvis were also brought in for sale (date not exact)
Photo Date:  4/7/1980  Upload Date: 8/11/2006 1:36:08 PM
Location:  Silvis, IL
Author:  Rob Kitchen
Categories: 
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Views:  987   Comments: 2
Motorcars
Title:  Motorcars
Description:  Not only were locomotives from all over the Rock Island brought in to Silvis for disposition but every motorcar from section houses fanning out for a hundred miles in all directions from Silvis were also brought in for sale (date not exact)
Photo Date:  4/7/1980  Upload Date: 8/11/2006 1:36:06 PM
Location:  Silvis, IL
Author:  Rob Kitchen
Categories: 
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Views:  2044   Comments: 2
MILW 613
Title:  MILW 613
Description:  Milwaukee Road switchers at East Moline, Illinois, just after the shutdown of the Rock Island. (date not exact)
Photo Date:  4/15/1980  Upload Date: 10/29/2006 11:38:08 AM
Location:  East Moline, IL
Author:  Rob Kitchen
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MILW 613(SW1200)
Views:  642   Comments: 0
MILW 601
Title:  MILW 601
Description:  This Milwaukee Road switcher is working in the yard at East Davenport after the Rock Island shutdown. (date not exact)
Photo Date:  4/15/1980  Upload Date: 10/28/2006 12:16:39 PM
Location:  west davenport, IA
Author:  Rob Kitchen
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MILW 601(SW1200)
Views:  1002   Comments: 0
Westbound
Title:  Westbound
Description:  It takes a lot of power to pull trains through the New River Gorge. This westbound train of empty hoppers is taking extra power to Handley for those eastbound loaded trains. (date not exact)
Photo Date:  10/1/1980  Upload Date: 12/14/2006 9:14:05 PM
Location:  Prince, WV
Author:  Rob Kitchen
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BO 3804(GP38) CO 7522(SD40) CO 8248(B30-7)
Views:  1945   Comments: 3
SOO 4416
Title:  SOO 4416
Description:  Soo Line 4416 is switching the downtown yard next to the, now boarded up, Ashland depot.
Photo Date:  9/1/1981  Upload Date: 5/30/2006 2:14:06 AM
Location:  Ashland, WI
Author:  Rob Kitchen
Categories:  Station
Locomotives:  SOO 4416(GP38-2)
Views:  1511   Comments: 3
CW Cabin
Title:  CW Cabin
Description:  An eastbound Chessie System train is passing CW cabin on it's way to Hinton, WV. (date not exact)
Photo Date:  10/1/1981  Upload Date: 5/11/2006 1:10:43 AM
Location:  Hinton, WV
Author:  Rob Kitchen
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BO 4434(GP40-2)
Views:  1502   Comments: 5
CO 8258
Title:  CO 8258
Description:  A pair of GEs hauls a train of coal eastbound deep in Appalachia at Iron Gate, Virginia. (date not exact)
Photo Date:  10/1/1981  Upload Date: 1/24/2007 11:51:11 PM
Location:  Iron Gate, VA
Author:  Rob Kitchen
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CO 8258(B30-7)
Views:  1081   Comments: 1
Terminal
Title:  Terminal
Description:  The power for the Laurel Creek shifter lays over at the quaint terminal at Quinnimont, West Virginia. (date not exact)
Photo Date:  10/1/1981  Upload Date: 1/24/2007 11:51:11 PM
Location:  Quinnimont, WV
Author:  Rob Kitchen
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CO 3887(GP38) CO 3875(GP38)
Views:  1183   Comments: 0
Yard
Title:  Yard
Description:  A view of the yard office and east lead at Elk Run Junction looking west. (date not exact)
Photo Date:  3/1/1982  Upload Date: 12/14/2006 9:14:06 PM
Location:  Elk Run Junction, WV
Author:  Rob Kitchen
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Views:  1003   Comments: 0
CO 3876
Title:  CO 3876
Description:  A westbound loaded coal train is passing the section house at Seth, West Virginia, on the Big Coal Subdivision. (date not exact)
Photo Date:  3/1/1982  Upload Date: 12/24/2006 2:07:39 AM
Location:  Seth, WV
Author:  Rob Kitchen
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CO 3876(GP38)
Views:  1471   Comments: 2
Mine Power
Title:  Mine Power
Description:  Mine shifter power waiting for assignment at the engine terminal at Danville, West Virginia (date not exact).
Photo Date:  6/15/1982  Upload Date: 3/7/2007 4:33:59 PM
Location:  Danville, WV
Author:  Rob Kitchen
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CO 8270(B30-7) CO 7530(SD40)
Views:  857   Comments: 0
WM 6417
Title:  WM 6417
Description:  A freshly shopped and chopped GP-9 at Cumberland. Even though this unit is lettered WM it is in the B&O number system. (date not exact)
Photo Date:  8/1/1982  Upload Date: 5/14/2006 1:31:32 PM
Location:  Cumberland, MD
Author:  Rob Kitchen
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WM 6417(GP9)
Views:  924   Comments: 2
Engine Terminal
Title:  Engine Terminal
Description:  The modern diesel sanding tower shares space with the old coaling tower and roundhouse at the Russell engine terminal. (date not exact)
Photo Date:  8/1/1982  Upload Date: 5/14/2006 1:31:34 PM
Location:  Russell, KY
Author:  Rob Kitchen
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BO 4015(GP40)
Views:  1002   Comments: 1
Horseshoe Curve
Title:  Horseshoe Curve
Description:  This is how Horseshoe curve looked before the invasion of the black wide noses (date not exact)
Photo Date:  8/15/1982  Upload Date: 8/7/2006 12:47:40 PM
Location:  Altoona, PA
Author:  Rob Kitchen
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CR 3203(GP40) CR 3008(GP40) CR 7836(GP38) CR 2746(U23B)
Views:  1436   Comments: 0
Horseshoe Curve
Title:  Horseshoe Curve
Description:  Conrail pushers 6041 and 6666 are giving a hand to a westbound train as it passes Pennsy K-4 1361 and some not too bright railfans (date not exact)
Photo Date:  8/15/1982  Upload Date: 8/7/2006 12:47:39 PM
Location:  Altoona, PA
Author:  Rob Kitchen
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CR 6666(SD45-2) CR 6041(SD35)
Views:  1334   Comments: 1
CO 8297
Title:  CO 8297
Description:  With a friendly wave from the head brakeman, a westbound train speeds through St. Albans, WV. (dare not exact)
Photo Date:  9/15/1982  Upload Date: 5/14/2006 1:31:35 PM
Location:  Saint Albans, WV
Author:  Rob Kitchen
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CO 8297(B30-7)
Views:  1102   Comments: 2

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