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Category Archives: southern pacific
More Eureka Southern/NCRA/ Northwestern Pacific Railroad Equipment Decomposing in Eureka
Part of the North Coast Rail Authority fleet of neglected locomotives. 2014
VINTAGE HUMBOLDT TRAINS:
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
4449
SP 4449 at Sacramento 1991.
HAND TINTED TRAIN
Colorized train at Laws Museum near Bishop, CA. Pardon me if I shared this before.
ARTS ALIVE THIS SATURDAY
Here is a sample of my images that are part of the exhibit at the F Street Foto Gallery (upstairs at Swanlund’s Photography in Eureka). Most of my images are scanned negatives and color slides from the nineteen eighties and … Continue reading
Posted in abandoned buildings, acv, aircraft, alternative view, black and white, buildings, california history, film photography, fine art photography, historic eureka, historic humboldt, historic railroad, humboldt bay, humboldt county, humboldt county history, northwestern pacific railroad, old military, p-51 mustang, pacific ocean, photography exhibit eureka, railroad, southern pacific, train, Uncategorized, vintage aircraft
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NORTHWESTERN PACIFIC RAILROAD TRAIN AT DEL NORTE STREET
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
Posted in color photography, eureka, film photography, fine art photography, historic eureka, historic railroad, history of humboldt county, humboldt bay, locomotive, northwestern pacific railroad, nwp, pacific coast, pacific ocean, railroad, railroads, southern pacific, sp, train, trains, Uncategorized
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HUMBOLDT BAY IN THE NINETEEN EIGHTIES
This image is a scanned 35mm color slide from about nineteen-eighty. I used to ride my bicycle to the Del Norte dock to watch and photograph the harbor activity. I took this photograph from the bluff above Broadway. The … Continue reading
Posted in color photography, fine art photography, historic eureka, historic humboldt, historic railroad, history of humboldt county, humboldt bay, northwestern pacific railroad, nwp, pacific coast, pacific ocean, pulp mill, railroad, railroads, simpson pulp mill, southern pacific, trains, Uncategorized
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NWP TUNNEL NUMBER 40 AT LOLETA
Taken earlier today this is the north entrance. The rest of the tunnel is relatively dry and clean.
LOCOMOTIVE
Posted in cab forward, california state railroad museum, locomotive, southern pacific, sp 4294, sphts, steam engine
Tagged locomotive, railroad, state park, steam engine
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AWAITING THE TORCH
I understand that this locomotive is heading for the scrap yard soon.
Posted in locomotive, railroad, southern pacific, trains
Tagged eureka, historic trains, trains
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