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Viewing Album:  Historical Collection - Diesel
 
By:Jacob Jablonski
Dates:1/1/1936 - 1/1/1999
Album Info:Photos of vintage and a few modern diesels I have collected over the years. I have a lot of these.
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SP Steam & Diesel
Title:  SP Steam & Diesel
Description:  An A-B-B-A set of SP "Black Widow" F units meets a Cab Forwards. Date and location approximate.
Photo Date:  6/8/1943  Upload Date: 9/24/2025 3:28:26 PM
Location:  Unknown, CA
Author:  Unknown
Categories:  Roster,Steam,Action
Locomotives:  SP 6127(F7A)
Views:  228   Comments: 0
Prospecting With An F Unit
Title:  Prospecting With An F Unit
Description:  The Rio Grandes Prospector is heading through arguable the most scenic part of its route with FTs for power.
Photo Date:  5/8/1953  Upload Date: 5/30/2025 11:56:28 AM
Location:  Provo, UT
Author:  Unknown
Categories:  Roster,Scenic,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  DRGW 5481(FTA) DRGW 5482(FTB) DRGW 5483(FTB) DRGW 5484(FTA)
Views:  592   Comments: 0
The Water Level Route
Title:  The Water Level Route
Description:  In this NYC postcard, the 20th Century Limited rounds a gradual curve with a perfect matched set of NYC E units and coaches.
Photo Date:  4/4/1956  Upload Date: 5/30/2025 11:27:29 AM
Location:  Cold Springs, NY
Author:  New York Central Railroad
Categories:  Scenic,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  NYC 4001(E8A)
Views:  328   Comments: 0
A Real Roundhouse
Title:  A Real Roundhouse
Description:  An A-B set of B&O F units are turned on a turntable outside a roundhouse. I wish modern railroads still used these. Date and location are approximate.
Photo Date:  4/5/1956  Upload Date: 9/24/2025 3:22:26 PM
Location:  Baltimore, MD
Author:  Unknown
Categories:  Roster,Model,Bridge,Yard,Passenger,Track
Locomotives:  BO 82(F7A)
Views:  230   Comments: 0
Armor Yellow And Speed!
Title:  Armor Yellow And Speed!
Description:  A Union Pacific streamliner screams through a crossing somewhere in California. These were railroadings golden days. Date and location approximate.
Photo Date:  6/8/1959  Upload Date: 5/30/2025 10:31:44 AM
Location:  Unknown, CA
Author:  Unknown
Categories:  Roster,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  UP 929(E8A)
Views:  458   Comments: 0
Just One State To Go!
Title:  Just One State To Go!
Description:  The Union Pacific City of Portland Is passing through the open prairie just outside of the town of Soda Springs, Idaho. The passengers wont have to wait much longer before they arrive on the west coast. Date is approximate.
Photo Date:  3/4/1961  Upload Date: 5/30/2025 10:10:34 AM
Location:  Soda Springs, ID
Author:  Union Pacific Railroad Company
Categories:  Scenic,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  UP 909(E9A) UP 969B(E9B) MILW 33B(E9B)
Views:  581   Comments: 0
The City Of Nowhere
Title:  The City Of Nowhere
Description:  The Union Pacifics combined City of Denver and City of Portland makes its way through the middle of complete nowhere on its way to Denver. Date is approximate.
Photo Date:  3/4/1961  Upload Date: 5/30/2025 10:23:11 AM
Location:  Gilcrest, CO
Author:  Union Pacific Railroad Company
Categories:  Scenic,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  UP 912(E9A)
Views:  531   Comments: 0
Quite A History
Title:  Quite A History
Description:  CP RSD17 8921 is seen here working the yard in Vancouver sometime in the 1960s. This unit was CP rails only RSD17, a former demonstrator, and is now preserved. Date and location approximite.
Photo Date:  5/16/1964  Upload Date: 12/19/2025 1:53:10 PM
Location:  Vancouver, BC
Author:  Unknown
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  CP 8921(RSD17)
Views:  35   Comments: 0
Spirit Of Saint Louis
Title:  Spirit Of Saint Louis
Description:  PRRs Spirit Of Saint Louis departs its namesake city bound for New York.
Photo Date:  10/9/1965  Upload Date: 5/30/2025 12:01:32 PM
Location:  St. Louis, MO
Author:  R.R. Wallin
Categories:  Passenger,Track,Action
Locomotives:  PRR 5894(E8A)
Views:  528   Comments: 0
Before The BN E9s
Title:  Before The BN E9s
Description:  CBQ 9949 heads into Chicago Union Station. Date approximate.
Photo Date:  6/7/1967  Upload Date: 9/3/2025 12:10:31 PM
Location:  Chicago Union Statio, IL
Author:  Jacob Jablonski
Categories:  Scenic,Station,Passenger
Locomotives:  CBQ 9949A(E8A)
Views:  271   Comments: 0
Stainless Steel
Title:  Stainless Steel
Description:  A CB&Q E unit leaves Chicago Union Station
Photo Date:  7/6/1967  Upload Date: 6/3/2025 8:45:39 AM
Location:  Chicago Union Statio, IL
Author:  Unknown
Categories:  Roster,Scenic,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  CBQ 9938(E8A)
Views:  334   Comments: 0
A Picture Perfect Freight
Title:  A Picture Perfect Freight
Description:  Although this looks like a staged photo, this is actually just the new at the time UP 6900 "Centennial" on a freight with a string of new UP boxcars at the front. Date approximate.
Photo Date:  7/18/1969  Upload Date: 5/30/2025 10:37:04 AM
Location:  Omaha, NE
Author:  Unknown
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock,Action
Locomotives:  UP 6900(DDA40X)
Views:  397   Comments: 0
Getting Dirtier By The Day
Title:  Getting Dirtier By The Day
Description:  Milwaukee Road 38C here probably hasnt had actual maintenance in years and is on its last legs. Date and location approximate.
Photo Date:  4/4/1970  Upload Date: 5/30/2025 11:01:03 AM
Location:  Chicago (Tower A2), IL
Author:  Unknown
Categories:  Roster,Yard,Passenger
Locomotives:  MILW 38C(E9A)
Views:  444   Comments: 0
Waiting With Invaders
Title:  Waiting With Invaders
Description:  A Milwaukee Road F unit sits in Bensenville Yard with two C&O GP30s. Date and location approximate.
Photo Date:  4/19/1970  Upload Date: 5/30/2025 11:05:38 AM
Location:  Bensenville, IL
Author:  Unknown
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  MILW 97A(FP7A) CO 3020(GP30)
Views:  614   Comments: 0
Milwaukee Out Of The Shops
Title:  Milwaukee Out Of The Shops
Description:  Three Milwaukee Road geeps wait outside of the shops at the Bensenville yard. Date and location are approximate.
Photo Date:  2/12/1971  Upload Date: 5/30/2025 10:51:19 AM
Location:  Bensenville, IL
Author:  Unknown
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  MILW 2045(GP40)
Views:  637   Comments: 0
City Of Los Angeles
Title:  City Of Los Angeles
Description:  In this scene on a Union Pacific postcard, the City of LA is mere minutes away from its namesake citys station. This train only had three months left before the Amtrak takeover.
Photo Date:  3/13/1971  Upload Date: 5/30/2025 10:19:40 AM
Location:  East Los Angeles, CA
Author:  Leo Caloia
Categories:  Roster,Signal,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  UP 913(E9A)
Views:  551   Comments: 0
The Final B&O Capital Limted
Title:  The Final B&O Capital Limted
Description:  This was the last run of the Capital Limited under B&O before Amtrak took over the service. Funnily enough, I would get to see the final run of the Amtrak Capital Limited in person 53 years later.
Photo Date:  5/1/1971  Upload Date: 5/30/2025 12:17:12 PM
Location:  Harpers Ferry, WV
Author:  James Jeffrey
Categories:  Roster,Passenger,Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  330   Comments: 0
The GM&Os Abraham Lincoln
Title:  The GM&Os Abraham Lincoln
Description:  GM&Os Abraham Lincoln passes through Springfield Illinois. This was one of the very few Non-Amtrak passenger trains by this point.
Photo Date:  6/12/1971  Upload Date: 5/30/2025 12:34:39 PM
Location:  Springfield, IL
Author:  R.R. Wallin
Categories:  Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  GMO 103A(E7A)
Views:  517   Comments: 0
SP In Its Natural Habitat
Title:  SP In Its Natural Habitat
Description:  A Southern Pacific Freight runs through Wells, Nevada in the middle of the desert. Note the EMDX unit and UP foreign power.
Photo Date:  7/28/1973  Upload Date: 5/30/2025 12:11:16 PM
Location:  Wells, NV
Author:  James Watson
Categories:  Roster,Scenic
Locomotives:  SP 5300(SD39) EMDX 9505(SD45)
Views:  602   Comments: 0
Red, White, Blue, And A High Hood
Title:  Red, White, Blue, And A High Hood
Description:  N&W 1776, the Bicentennial unit, waits in Roanoke? for its next assignment.
Photo Date:  4/5/1976  Upload Date: 5/30/2025 11:41:26 AM
Location:  Roanoke, VA
Author:  Unknown
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  NW 1776(SD45)
Views:  479   Comments: 0
Old And Slightly Younger
Title:  Old And Slightly Younger
Description:  The two oldest E units left in revenue service pass preserved Rock Island steam engine 886. Rock Island history is very evident in this photo.
Photo Date:  5/7/1976  Upload Date: 5/30/2025 11:14:22 AM
Location:  Peoria, IL
Author:  Unknown
Categories:  Steam,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  CRIP 630(E6A) CRIP 610(E7B) CRIP 886(4-6-2)
Views:  533   Comments: 0
Ruined Rock
Title:  Ruined Rock
Description:  Two downright disgusting Rock island E units sit at LaSalle street station in Chicago, waiting for their next commuter run. Date and location approximate.
Photo Date:  6/7/1976  Upload Date: 5/30/2025 11:09:49 AM
Location:  Chicago(35th St.), IL
Author:  Unknown
Categories:  Station,Passenger
Locomotives:  CRIP 661(E8A) CRIP 660(E8A)
Views:  419   Comments: 0
Out Of The Darkness
Title:  Out Of The Darkness
Description:  A CNW commuter train slowly exists LaSalle street station. Date approximate.
Photo Date:  6/7/1976  Upload Date: 8/26/2025 1:38:08 PM
Location:  Chicago Union Statio, IL
Author:  Unknown
Categories:  Roster,Station,Passenger
Locomotives:  CNW 416(F7A)
Views:  264   Comments: 0
Bloody Nose
Title:  Bloody Nose
Description:  An aging Amtrak E unit leads a short train. Date and location approximate.
Photo Date:  8/13/1978  Upload Date: 5/30/2025 11:52:26 AM
Location:  Unknown, IL
Author:  Unknown
Categories:  Roster,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 497(E8A)
Views:  438   Comments: 0
Sea Of CN
Title:  Sea Of CN
Description:  An assortment of CN ALCOs and MLWs wait their turn at the shops in Toronto. Date and location approximate.
Photo Date:  6/19/1982  Upload Date: 6/4/2025 10:17:55 AM
Location:  Toronto, ON
Author:  Unknown
Categories:  Scenic,Yard
Locomotives:  CN 3227(C424) CN 3228(C424) CN 3218(C424) CN 3206(C424) CN 2506(M420)
Views:  623   Comments: 0
GO F40PH!
Title:  GO F40PH!
Description:  A GO transit F40PH leaves the yard. Date is approximate.
Photo Date:  7/7/1989  Upload Date: 8/26/2025 1:43:04 PM
Location:  Toronto, ON
Author:  Jacob Jablonski
Categories:  Roster,Passenger
Locomotives: 
Views:  166   Comments: 0
Cowl In The Mountains
Title:  Cowl In The Mountains
Description:  Leading a freight through the scenic British Columbia montains. No info with the photo, so date and location are approximate.
Photo Date:  6/23/1992  Upload Date: 9/16/2025 11:26:28 AM
Location:  Unknown, BC
Author:  Unknown
Categories:  Roster,Scenic
Locomotives:  BCOL 4612(C40-8M)
Views:  243   Comments: 0
A Curve & Phase III
Title:  A Curve & Phase III
Description:  An Amtrak train rounds a bend in the west with a F40PH and P42DC for power. Date and location are approximate. Scanned from the over of the DVD "America by Rail Volume 2"
Photo Date:  3/4/1994  Upload Date: 9/24/2025 2:43:31 PM
Location:  Unknown, UT
Author:  Greg Scholl Video Productions
Categories:  Roster,Scenic,Passenger
Locomotives: 
Views:  184   Comments: 0
A Conrail Quality Shop
Title:  A Conrail Quality Shop
Description:  Back when the Altoona Works sign wasnt so dark and depressing. Date is approximate.
Photo Date:  7/8/1994  Upload Date: 8/26/2025 1:41:29 PM
Location:  Altoona(Juniata), PA
Author:  Jacob Jablonski
Categories: 
Locomotives: 
Views:  192   Comments: 0
Warbonnet Closeup
Title:  Warbonnet Closeup
Description:  A closeup of the nose of BNSF 708, albeit with the Santa Fe on the front, leading an intermodal with a fellow Warbonnet and a leaser. Date and location approximate.
Photo Date:  3/6/1998  Upload Date: 9/16/2025 11:14:48 AM
Location:  unknown, WA
Author:  Unknown
Categories:  Roster,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 708(C44-9W)
Views:  210   Comments: 0
BNSF On A Bridge
Title:  BNSF On A Bridge
Description:  BNSF 4770 leads a train over a bridge. No info with the photo, so date and location are approximate.
Photo Date:  8/7/1998  Upload Date: 9/16/2025 11:11:20 AM
Location:  unknown, MO
Author:  Unknown
Categories:  Roster,Scenic,Bridge,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 4770(C44-9W)
Views:  183   Comments: 0
Pure Chicago Railfanning
Title:  Pure Chicago Railfanning
Description:  A sharply painted Metra F40PHM heads out of Chicago Union Station. Date approximate.
Photo Date:  8/7/1998  Upload Date: 6/3/2025 8:41:34 AM
Location:  Chicago Union Statio, IL
Author:  Unknown
Categories:  Roster,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  METX 201(F40PHM-2)
Views:  339   Comments: 0
Triple Genisis
Title:  Triple Genisis
Description:  Three lines of parked Amtrak power at Chicagos Union Station.
Photo Date:  4/4/2003  Upload Date: 5/30/2025 2:13:02 PM
Location:  Chicago Union Statio, IL
Author:  Unknown
Categories:  Roster,Yard,Passenger
Locomotives:  AMTK 144(P42DC) AMTK 809(P40DC) AMTK 161(P42DC) AMTK 794(SW1000R) AMTK 792(SW1000R) AMTK 504(B32-8WH)
Views:  751   Comments: 0
Quadruple Genisis
Title:  Quadruple Genisis
Description:  Four lines of parked Amtrak power at Chicagos Union Station.
Photo Date:  4/4/2003  Upload Date: 6/3/2025 2:31:49 PM
Location:  Chicago Union Statio, IL
Author:  Unknown
Categories:  Yard,Passenger,Track
Locomotives:  AMTK 33(P42DC) AMTK 144(P42DC) AMTK 809(P40DC) AMTK 161(P42DC) AMTK 792(SW1000R)
Views:  698   Comments: 0
A Fake Diesel
Title:  A Fake Diesel
Description:  Potawatomi Zoos steam outline locomotive is currently out of service.
Photo Date:  8/6/2025  Upload Date: 8/11/2025 9:33:11 PM
Location:  LaPorte, IN
Author:  Jacob Jablonski
Categories:  Roster,Track
Locomotives:  PTZ 1863(UNKNOWN)
Views:  225   Comments: 0

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