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Sans Headlight

This is a northbound Amtrak Floridian on the former Monon (Louisville & Nashville at the time) in southern Indiana. While there is a sign that looks like a milepost, I believe this is for some other purpose as the the location is between National and Diamond, south of Bloomington, Indiana.

As for the headlight, often these are turned off when one train meets another, and the engineer most likely forgot to turn it back on.

One image by Richard Koenig; taken August 13th 1977.

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National Limited

Here's a shot of a westbound Amtrak National Limited on the former Pennsylvania Railroad (Penn Central/Conrail) in central Illinois. The train is two miles east of Teutopolis.

One can see that new welded rail has been installed recently, here in June of 1979. One image by Richard Koenig.

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Northbound Floridian

This is a northbound Amtrak Floridian on the Louisville & Nashville, former Monon, in southern Indiana. The first image was taken at the well-known (to Monon fans) sweeping curve north of Harrodsburg, while the next was taken with the train crossing over Clear Creek south of the town of the same name.

Two images by Richard Koenig; taken May 22nd 1976.

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Northbound Amtrak Floridian

When the Amtrak Floridian was first moved to the Louisville & Nashville, former Monon, through my town, it ran under the cover of darkness. Not having the wherewithal, knowledge, nor experience of an O. Winston Link, we would simply make long exposures to allow the train to flow-through the frame over time. I should say, however, we may have popped one flash bulb to illuminate the depot in the second image here above.

The first photograph shows the northbound train rolling away from us in Bedford Indiana—the train is gliding by the Monon depot there, not far the the crossing with the Milwaukee Road. The order board is lit and paper flimsies are being “hooped up”. The second imaged has the same train, coming toward us this time, passing the little frame depot in Clear Creek, Indiana, just south of Bloomington. The camera was held open long enough to trace the movements of an automobile through the scene as well as that of the train.

Two images by Richard Koenig; taken April 24th 1976.

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I knew they swayed under acceleration but daaammn

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Philadelphians refilling the earths core with Cheez Whiz during the Great Cheez Whiz shortage of 1912

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Get DRINKED (don't tell the Philadelphians)

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Pokémon Crystal Game Freak Inc. / Nintendo Game Boy Color 2000, 2001

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what if you were redder

orange you glad I’m not though

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whatever man, you're a fake creator. you're not playing spore, you're playing something else entirely

i made this anon in spore [2008]

next time show your face

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Hustling Across Illinois This is a westbound Amtrak National Limited in Altamont, Illinois. We know we’re on the former Pennsy due to the distinctive signal. That's an EMD F40PH on the point of the train, which means the legacy cars here have been retrofitted for HEP.

As I understand it, F O R D stands for "fix or repair daily". One image by Richard Koenig; taken in February of 1979.

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Get an external hard drive.

I may be a data hoarder

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She has a name @transit-fag

Butch train conductor, is this anything?