Category Archives: locomotive

VINTAGE HUMBOLDT TRAINS:

Posted on August 22, 2020 by Thomas Bethune

THE EUREKA SOUTHERN RAILROAD Central California Traction number 70 at Eureka CA c.1992. I think this locomotive was purchased from CCT for use by the Eureka Southern Railroad (former Northwestern Pacific Railroad). Sadly this unit was ultimately trashed and bashed … Continue reading →

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4449

Posted on April 24, 2019 by Thomas Bethune

SP 4449 at Sacramento 1991.

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HAND TINTED TRAIN

Posted on April 7, 2019 by Thomas Bethune

Colorized train at Laws Museum near Bishop, CA. Pardon me if I shared this before.

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OCTOBER EXHIBIT AT F STREET FOTO GALLERY

Posted on September 13, 2018 by Thomas Bethune

Here is an example of the images that I will exhibit next month. I took most of them in the nineteen-eighties. Some were color slides, and others were large format black and white. These locomotives were parked at Simpson’s Korbel … Continue reading →

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NORTHWESTERN PACIFIC RAILROAD TRAIN AT DEL NORTE STREET

Posted on January 31, 2018 by Thomas Bethune

There were a couple of tracks at Del Norte Street (the dock is behind me and to the right). I assume that this was an inbound freight. The railroad was still active in the nineteen-eighties as the timber industry was … Continue reading →

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CHIEF OF THE SANTA FE

Posted on May 5, 2017 by Thomas Bethune

These are some of my photographs that are in the new music video Chief of the Santa Fe. To watch go to this link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=88KlrcgkriE

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LOCOMOTIVE

Posted on November 15, 2015 by Thomas Bethune
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AWAITING THE TORCH

Posted on April 29, 2015 by Thomas Bethune

I understand that this locomotive is heading for the scrap yard soon.

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