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2016 Railroad Photos

SD40-2 Locomotives and Cabooses in 2016

It's great that we an still photograph SD40-2 Locomotives (or SD40N now)and Cabooses in 2016! The SD40-2s are sharp looking too, nice paint and not tagged!

1. 2/20/2016, I caught the 1988 in Downtown Omaha
Image20160220SC8A2941 by Brad Williams, on Flickr

2. 2/23/2016, I caught a pair of Amtrak Locomotives in Downtown Omaha.
ImageSC8A3543 by Brad Williams, on Flickr

3. 2/28/2016. An SD40-2 in front of the Omaha Skyline
Image20160228SC8A5675 by Brad Williams, on Flickr

4. Former Missouri Pacific Caboose in Action in Downtown Omaha
Image20160228SC8A5692 by Brad Williams, on Flickr

5. Better light on the MP Caboose
Image20160228SC8A5699 by Brad Williams, on Flickr

6. Not sure what all this UP power is doing over on the track that goes to the Union Station
Image20160228SC8A5702 by Brad Williams, on Flickr

7. The pair of SD40-2s in Downtown Omaha
Image20160228SC8A5711 by Brad Williams, on Flickr

8. UP1623
Image20160228SC8A5717 by Brad Williams, on Flickr

9. UP1583
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10. The pair of UP SD40-2s in Downtown Omaha
Image20160228SC8A5725 by Brad Williams, on Flickr
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Love that first shot.
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skinzfan23 wrote:Love that first shot.
Thanks!
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July thru September 2016

I was going back through the summer of 2016 and found several images I never posted. I was actually quite surprised I took this many photos because it doesn't feel like I got track-side much at all this summer...

1. 7/3/2016 - Missouri Pacific Heritage Unit just crossed the Missouri River from Iowa in to Omaha, Nebraska
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2. 7/3/2016 - Missouri Pacific Heritage Unit downtown Omaha, Nebraska
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3. 7/3/2016 - Missouri Pacific Heritage Unit near 96th and I80
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4. 7/23/2016 CEFX 1034 in Council Bluffs, Iowa working a KCS Grain Train
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5. 7/23/2016 CEFX 1034 in Council Bluffs, Iowa working a KCS Grain Train
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6. 8/14/2016 BNSF near Waverly, Nebraska
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7. 8/14/2016 BNSF near Waverly, Nebraska
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8. 8/14/2016 BNSF near Waverly, Nebraska
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9. 8/22/2016 IAIS Installing the new Switch that will connect to the BNSF
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10. 8/22/2016 New BN Connection
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11. 8/22/2016 New BN Connection
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12. 8/22/2016 Where the new track will meet the old track
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13. 9/17/2016 From my trip to the Nebraska Sandhills! Beautiful Scenery!
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14. 9/17/2016 From my trip to the Nebraska Sandhills! Beautiful Scenery!
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Its been way too long since I have posted any photos, but I actually made it out to the tracks with my camera 3 times since Thanksgiving!

First off Black Friday:

1. BNSF Bayard Train in the foreground, IAIS CBBI in the background. BNSF has just returned and waiting a crew to take it back to Omaha, IAIS is just departing town.
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2. IAIS CBBI departing Council Bluffs, IA
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3. Road Power siting in Council Bluffs
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4. A bunch of CSX power in Council Bluffs
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5. BNSF Gibson Yard in Omaha
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Now on to 12/3/2016 - Our first snow of the season in the Omaha Council Bluffs Metro Area.

6. UP intermodal train making a setout in Council Bluffs
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7. A new or clean GE in the old CNW yard, now UP North Council Bluffs yard
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8. CN Local power in Council Bluffs
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9. A UP Stack train coming out of the IAIS Yard in Council Bluffs.
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10. Same UP Stack train coming out of the IAIS Yard in Council Bluffs with a KCS locomotive.
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11. The Prize of the set!!! My wife actually took this one... We were driving down the road and I saw the IAIS BICB rounding the corner so I put the camera in her lap and said quick, take a photo. I'd say she did good!
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Today 12/4/2016:

12. Downtown Omaha. Not quite sure what local this is, but it backed up out of Gibson with a caboose in the lead and after it cleared the switch it pulled forward and eventually went to Council Bluffs.
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13. Downtown Omaha. Same train, showing an older GE here.
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14. Downtown Omaha. In this shot you will see the same BNSF trian on the right side of the photo, it waited for this UP train to clear before it could head over to Council Bluffs.
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15. CN Road Power left, local power right, Council Bluffs, Iowa
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16. A pair of UP SD40-2 that have been floating around Council Bluffs lately. This is in the old CNW yard in North Council Bluffs. There is another 17XX SD40-2 down in the other UP Yard too.
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Been cold an cloudy around here, but that's not always a bad thing.

12/17/2016
1. Love this scene at Abel on the Sioux City Sub. Something about the trees and grass mixed with the snow really do it for me.
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2. Just north of Abel, also on the Sioux City Sub
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3. West of Ashland on the Creston Sub
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12/10/2016

4. BNSF newly shared section of IAIS in front of the former Rock Island Depot. Previously BNSF had their own line about a 1/2 block east (Behind) the depot.
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5. Herzog train at Pacific Junction. For those not familiar with the area, this train is parked on the old main line that went up to the diamond. While the diamond is gone, all 4 of the legs of the connecting tracks are still in place and in service.
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Nice photos Brad!

Why does the Herzog say "do not hump"?
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HR Paperstacks wrote:Nice photos Brad!

Why does the Herzog say "do not hump"?
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Coyote wrote:
HR Paperstacks wrote:Nice photos Brad!

Why does the Herzog say "do not hump"?
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Interesting. I was thinking there were just some people who really like trains.
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HR Paperstacks wrote:Interesting. I was thinking there were just some people who really like trains.
This guy would definitely hump a train... I would be willing to bet everything on it!

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Brad wrote:
HR Paperstacks wrote:Interesting. I was thinking there were just some people who really like trains.
This guy would definitely hump a train... I would be willing to bet everything on it!

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:lol: Oh wow.
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Nice find....for a second there, without watching the video, I thought Brad meant himself...haha. :lol:
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skinzfan23 wrote:Nice find....for a second there, without watching the video, I thought Brad meant himself...haha. :lol:
Lol, no...
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There are times during the video that it sounds like Dave Coullier.

Brad: is there a way a person could go about purchasing images you have taken, but aren't listed as 'for sale' on your page? I love the photo your wife took of the bnsf in the snow, and would consider having it as a print. It may even be something others here would be interested in, too :) Thoughts?
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thenewguy wrote:There are times during the video that it sounds like Dave Coullier.
Not sure I know Dave Coullier, but Googled him and he is a comedian. At first I thought it was a comedian, but then he refers to this video "The Day That Made Me Famous":
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thenewguy wrote:Brad: is there a way a person could go about purchasing images you have taken, but aren't listed as 'for sale' on your page? I love the photo your wife took of the bnsf in the snow, and would consider having it as a print. It may even be something others here would be interested in, too :) Thoughts?
Shoot me an email brad@bradwilliamsphotography.com

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Brad wrote:
thenewguy wrote:There are times during the video that it sounds like Dave Coullier.
Not sure I know Dave Coullier, but Googled him and he is a comedian. At first I thought it was a comedian, but then he refers to this video "The Day That Made Me Famous":
Dave Coullier is Joey from Full House.
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