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N&W 50ft Bx MOW
Title:  N&W 50ft Bx MOW
Description:  N&W 50 footer on a camp train. The now-gone Pillowtwx smokestacks loom in the background
Photo Date:  1/26/2006  Upload Date: 6/6/2007 10:21:59 PM
Location:  Kannapolis, NC
Author:  Danny Robie
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Views:  178   Comments: 0
NS 118
Title:  NS 118
Description:  An increasingly rare GP50 along with the help of two foreign GE's bring 118 up the hill at Kannapolis.
Photo Date:  2/24/2006  Upload Date: 6/29/2006 8:10:04 PM
Location:  Kannapolis, NC
Author:  Matthew Robie
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Locomotives:  NS 7069(GP50)
Views:  611   Comments: 0
SD60 Downpour
Title:  SD60 Downpour
Description:  SD60 #6635 is greeted with heavy rain as NS 338 runs through town on a miserable day.
Photo Date:  3/22/2006  Upload Date: 11/8/2006 9:32:46 AM
Location:  Kannapolis, NC
Author:  Danny Robie
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Locomotives:  NS 6635(SD60) NS 9748(C40-9W)
Views:  611   Comments: 0
Amtrak 73
Title:  Amtrak 73
Description:  Amtrak 73 passes What-A-Burger #10, a local drive-in, just south of downtown Kannapolis. The local What-A-Burger chain is known for Cherry-Lemon Sundrop, the Witchdoctor, and (of course) burgers.
Photo Date:  3/26/2006  Upload Date: 3/26/2006 11:02:32 AM
Location:  Kannapolis, NC
Author:  Marcus Neubacher
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Locomotives:  RNCX 1792(GP40P-2)
Views:  1221   Comments: 0
NS 154
Title:  NS 154
Description:  Birmingham-Linwood train 154 leans into the curve at the site of the old Ebenezer Road crossing in Kannapolis.
Photo Date:  3/26/2006  Upload Date: 3/26/2006 11:01:53 AM
Location:  Kannapolis, NC
Author:  Marcus Neubacher
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Locomotives:  NS 9800(C40-9W)
Views:  442   Comments: 0
BDRV 780 on NS 337
Title:  BDRV 780 on NS 337
Description:  Belvidere & Delaware River GP7 780 is the trailing unit on NS 337.
Photo Date:  3/26/2006  Upload Date: 3/26/2006 4:23:31 PM
Location:  Kannapolis, NC
Author:  Marcus Neubacher
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Locomotives:  BDRV 780(GP7)
Views:  657   Comments: 2
NS 337
Title:  NS 337
Description:  NS 337 passes "KN Tower" south of downtown Kannapolis, led by an ex-Conrail SD50. These units have been running frequently through here. Two are on this train and one is tied up in downtown Kannapolis for local P41.
Photo Date:  3/26/2006  Upload Date: 3/26/2006 4:22:25 PM
Location:  Kannapolis, NC
Author:  Marcus Neubacher
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Locomotives:  NS 5409(SD50)
Views:  539   Comments: 1
NS 913
Title:  NS 913
Description:  A veteran C39-8 runs solo on empty rail train 913 as it passes under the signals at Kannapolis.
Photo Date:  3/26/2006  Upload Date: 3/26/2006 5:17:16 PM
Location:  Kannapolis, NC
Author:  Marcus Neubacher
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Locomotives:  NS 8608(C39-8)
Views:  721   Comments: 0
NREX 6415/NS 214
Title:  NREX 6415/NS 214
Description:  NREX 6415 in bluebonnet paint is fourth out on a scraped together lashup on NS 214.
Photo Date:  4/1/2006  Upload Date: 4/6/2009 5:16:45 PM
Location:  Kannapolis, NC
Author:  Matthew Robie
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Locomotives:  NREX 6415(SD45) NREX 9931(SD40-2)
Views:  509   Comments: 0
NS 213, P41, P40
Title:  NS 213, P41, P40
Description:  A three-way meet in Kannapolis as the hot southbound intermodal 213 flies by the stationary P40's and P41's power on a sunny Sunday afternoon.
Photo Date:  4/2/2006  Upload Date: 8/22/2006 4:39:16 PM
Location:  Kannapolis, NC
Author:  Matthew Robie
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Locomotives:  NS 3552(B32-8) UP 4373(SD70M)
Views:  824   Comments: 0
NS 172 with DPU
Title:  NS 172 with DPU
Description:  Dash-9's 9214 and 8890 are in the mid-train position, 87 cars (by my count) back from the head end. Another 73 cars follow. NS is testing DPU's on Trains 172 and 153.
Photo Date:  4/3/2006  Upload Date: 4/3/2006 8:25:59 PM
Location:  Kannapolis, NC
Author:  Marcus Neubacher
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Locomotives:  NS 9214(C40-9W) NS 8980(C40-9W)
Views:  640   Comments: 1
NS 172 with DPU
Title:  NS 172 with DPU
Description:  NS 172 is testing with DPU units midtrain as it passes Kannapolis, NC.
Photo Date:  4/3/2006  Upload Date: 4/3/2006 8:26:49 PM
Location:  Kannapolis, NC
Author:  Marcus Neubacher
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Locomotives:  NS 9214(C40-9W) NS 8980(C40-9W)
Views:  641   Comments: 1
NS 172 with DPU
Title:  NS 172 with DPU
Description:  On a stormy evening, NS 172 thunders through Kannapolis with 160 cars. There are 87 cars between the lead units and the DPU power being tested. 73 cars trail the DPU's.
Photo Date:  4/3/2006  Upload Date: 4/3/2006 8:27:44 PM
Location:  Kannapolis, NC
Author:  Marcus Neubacher
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Locomotives:  NS 9226(C40-9W)
Views:  498   Comments: 0
NS 153
Title:  NS 153
Description:  NS 153 leans into the curve at Cooks Crossing behind three fresh SD70M-2's.
Photo Date:  4/9/2006  Upload Date: 4/9/2006 6:45:30 PM
Location:  Kannapolis, NC
Author:  Marcus Neubacher
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Locomotives:  NS 2724(SD70M-2)
Views:  539   Comments: 0
gate#lights
Title:  gate#lights
Description:  Spare crossing gate lights sitting by the old depot in Kannapolis, the bricks in the background are being used on the new Research campus being built
Photo Date:  4/14/2006  Upload Date: 4/14/2007 5:27:28 PM
Location:  Kannapolis, NC
Author:  Steve Heelis
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Views:  111   Comments: 0
disused signals
Title:  disused signals
Description:  Old decommisioned signals from the piedmont Division lay rot|ing outside the old depot in Kannapolis
Photo Date:  4/14/2006  Upload Date: 4/14/2007 5:28:02 PM
Location:  Kannapolis, NC
Author:  Steve Heelis
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Views:  129   Comments: 0
old signals
Title:  old signals
Description:  An old signal from the Piedmont Division,lays on the ground having signalled her last trains long ago
Photo Date:  4/14/2006  Upload Date: 4/14/2007 5:28:31 PM
Location:  Kannapolis, NC
Author:  Steve Heelis
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Views:  157   Comments: 0
unsignalled
Title:  unsignalled
Description:  an Old signal looks into the sky with empty eyes having not been lit for a fair xhile, new shiny ones have taken her place along the piedmont Division
Photo Date:  4/14/2006  Upload Date: 4/14/2007 5:29:21 PM
Location:  Kannapolis, NC
Author:  Steve Heelis
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Views:  109   Comments: 0
NS 154 Swoosh
Title:  NS 154 Swoosh
Description:  A new locomotive with a new logo as BNSF "pumpkin" power leads 154 through North Kannapolis on tax day.
Photo Date:  4/15/2006  Upload Date: 11/7/2006 11:02:57 PM
Location:  Kannapolis, NC
Author:  Danny Robie
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Locomotives:  BNSF 5883(ES44AC)
Views:  449   Comments: 0
Blue Morning
Title:  Blue Morning
Description:  NS P40 lays over at Kannapolis with a trio of ex-Conrail SD50s sharing the morning with a balloon rally
Photo Date:  4/17/2006  Upload Date: 11/7/2006 10:23:53 AM
Location:  Kannapolis, NC
Author:  Danny Robie
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Locomotives:  NS 5411(SD50)
Views:  459   Comments: 2
NS P41 and NS 337
Title:  NS P41 and NS 337
Description:  NS P41's crew has just arrived back at the Kannapolis depot and is locking up for the day as NS 337 rolls by on Track 1 with three Big Blue SD50's and a whiteface OLS GP59.
Photo Date:  4/20/2006  Upload Date: 7/6/2006 5:39:47 PM
Location:  Kannapolis, NC
Author:  Matthew Robie
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Locomotives:  NS 5565(GP38-2) NS 5422(SD50)
Views:  684   Comments: 0
UP 9720/NS 173
Title:  UP 9720/NS 173
Description:  a UP C44-9W leads two NS SD70s south on 173
Photo Date:  5/1/2006  Upload Date: 4/6/2009 5:19:16 PM
Location:  Kannapolis, NC
Author:  Matthew Robie
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Locomotives:  UP 9720(C44-9W)
Views:  282   Comments: 0
NS 3552/NS 212
Title:  NS 3552/NS 212
Description:  NS 212 races through Kannapolis in the last light of the day with two B32-8s and two GP60s.
Photo Date:  5/1/2006  Upload Date: 4/7/2009 4:14:28 PM
Location:  Kannapolis, NC
Author:  Matthew Robie
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Locomotives:  NS 3552(B32-8)
Views:  377   Comments: 0
BNSF 4911/NS 213
Title:  BNSF 4911/NS 213
Description:  two BNSF dash 9s lead 213 south at kannapolis
Photo Date:  5/1/2006  Upload Date: 4/7/2009 4:16:48 PM
Location:  Kannapolis, NC
Author:  Matthew Robie
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Locomotives:  BNSF 4911(C44-9W) BNSF 4996(C44-9W)
Views:  450   Comments: 0
May 6, 2006 - Falling Icon
Title:  May 6, 2006 - Falling Icon
Description:  Demolition is underway of the massive Fieldcrest Cannon textile mill in Kannapolis. Once a major employer in the community now with jobs probably in China. Typical scene in the southeast, loss of textiles yet we pay high price for gas because China gets most the oil too...go figure.
Photo Date:  5/6/2006  Upload Date: 5/7/2006 8:29:54 PM
Location:  Kannapolis, NC
Author:  Carter Buchanan
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Views:  207   Comments: 0
May 6, 2006 - NS 5565 and NS 3209 P41 power
Title:  May 6, 2006 - NS 5565 and NS 3209 P41 power
Description:  P41, the Kannapolis switcher, power lays over near the old Southern station in downtown Kannapolis.
Photo Date:  5/6/2006  Upload Date: 5/7/2006 8:29:55 PM
Location:  Kannapolis, NC
Author:  Carter Buchanan
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Locomotives:  NS 5565(GP38-2)
Views:  470   Comments: 0
May 6, 2006 - UP 4567 leads train M72
Title:  May 6, 2006 - UP 4567 leads train M72
Description:  Train M72 has a UP leading two NS SD60s past off duty P41 motive power and the Kannapolis station sign.
Photo Date:  5/6/2006  Upload Date: 5/7/2006 8:29:56 PM
Location:  Kannapolis, NC
Author:  Carter Buchanan
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Locomotives:  UP 4567(SD70M)
Views:  358   Comments: 0
May 6, 2006 - NS 6673 on M72
Title:  May 6, 2006 - NS 6673 on M72
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/6/2006  Upload Date: 5/7/2006 8:30:00 PM
Location:  Kannapolis, NC
Author:  Carter Buchanan
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Locomotives:  NS 6673(SD60)
Views:  376   Comments: 1
May 6, 2006 - NS 6657 on train M72
Title:  May 6, 2006 - NS 6657 on train M72
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/6/2006  Upload Date: 5/7/2006 8:30:02 PM
Location:  Kannapolis, NC
Author:  Carter Buchanan
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Locomotives:  NS 6657(SD60)
Views:  332   Comments: 0
Conrail Blues
Title:  Conrail Blues
Description:  Three ex-Conrail SD50's are matched up on NS P40, tied down for the weekend at Kannapolis.
Photo Date:  5/13/2006  Upload Date: 5/14/2006 6:10:09 PM
Location:  Kannapolis, NC
Author:  Marcus Neubacher
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Locomotives:  NS 5424(SD50) NS 5427(SD50) NS 5411(SD50)
Views:  704   Comments: 1
New RWSX hoppers
Title:  New RWSX hoppers
Description:  NS 77Q brought a train of brand-new aluminum Georgia Power empties through Kannapolis. These were built this month at Roanoke, VA. Freight Car America builds the cars in the former N&W East End Shops.
Photo Date:  5/14/2006  Upload Date: 5/14/2006 6:11:11 PM
Location:  Kannapolis, NC
Author:  Marcus Neubacher
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Views:  139   Comments: 0
NS 77Q
Title:  NS 77Q
Description:  NS 77Q rolls through Kannapolis with a solid train of brand-new RWSX (Georgia Power) aluminum hoppers fresh out of Freight Car America's shops at Roanoke, VA.
Photo Date:  5/14/2006  Upload Date: 5/14/2006 6:12:30 PM
Location:  Kannapolis, NC
Author:  Marcus Neubacher
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Locomotives:  NS 9541(C40-9W)
Views:  396   Comments: 0
NS 6194 leads 337
Title:  NS 6194 leads 337
Description:  An NW SD40-2 that was recently overhauled for yard service, finds it's way out of the yards on the lead a manifest 337.
Photo Date:  5/19/2006  Upload Date: 6/2/2006 12:12:27 AM
Location:  Kannapolis, NC
Author:  Jonathon Russell
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Locomotives:  NS 6194(SD40-2)
Views:  539   Comments: 2
NS 338
Title:  NS 338
Description:  Some "Southern Cookin" as NS 338 rolls up the hill at Kannapolis with a GP59 running long hood forward, just like its predecessor, the great Southern Railway. I could get used to this!!
Photo Date:  5/27/2006  Upload Date: 6/29/2006 11:26:21 PM
Location:  Kannapolis, NC
Author:  Matthew Robie
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Locomotives:  NS 4614(GP59)
Views:  597   Comments: 1
UP 3804/NS 172
Title:  UP 3804/NS 172
Description:  NS 172 stopped at North Kannapolis with a UP SD70M, a NS GP40-2, a NS SD40-2, and a NS SD40.
Photo Date:  6/1/2006  Upload Date: 4/6/2009 5:10:48 PM
Location:  Kannapolis, NC
Author:  Matthew Robie
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Locomotives:  UP 3804(SD70M)
Views:  259   Comments: 0
NS 8814/NS 214
Title:  NS 8814/NS 214
Description:  A tophat leads two CRIX units north on NS 214 at kannapolis
Photo Date:  6/1/2006  Upload Date: 4/7/2009 4:17:58 PM
Location:  Kannapolis, NC
Author:  Matthew Robie
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Locomotives:  NS 8814(C40-9)
Views:  391   Comments: 0
NS 338
Title:  NS 338
Description:  338 climbs the hill at Kannapolis with a very nice all EMD lashup.
Photo Date:  6/2/2006  Upload Date: 5/22/2007 4:01:04 PM
Location:  Kannapolis, NC
Author:  Matthew Robie
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Locomotives:  NS 5445(SD50)
Views:  509   Comments: 0
NS 119
Title:  NS 119
Description:  A nice SD60 running long hood forward brings 119 screaming through downtown Kannapolis on a warm June day.
Photo Date:  6/16/2006  Upload Date: 10/10/2006 2:49:34 PM
Location:  Kannapolis, NC
Author:  Matthew Robie
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Locomotives:  NS 6619(SD60) NS 2558(SD70)
Views:  893   Comments: 0
End of an Era
Title:  End of an Era
Description:  SD40-2 #6133 shares the scene with the smokestacks of Pillowtex. In two months, they would be gone.
Photo Date:  6/16/2006  Upload Date: 11/7/2006 10:40:10 PM
Location:  Kannapolis, NC
Author:  Danny Robie
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Locomotives:  NS 6133(SD40-2)
Views:  588   Comments: 1
6133 @ Kannapolis
Title:  6133 @ Kannapolis
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/17/2006  Upload Date: 6/18/2006 3:50:02 PM
Location:  Kannapolis, NC
Author:  cooper dwiggins
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Locomotives:  NS 6133(SD40-2)
Views:  396   Comments: 1
338 at KNTower
Title:  338 at KNTower
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/17/2006  Upload Date: 6/18/2006 3:50:03 PM
Location:  Kannapolis, NC
Author:  cooper dwiggins
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Locomotives:  NS 2711(SD70M-2)
Views:  480   Comments: 0
Morning Crescent
Title:  Morning Crescent
Description:  Amtrak #19 is really running late this day for it to make a daylight appearance in Kannapolis
Photo Date:  6/28/2006  Upload Date: 11/8/2006 8:00:35 AM
Location:  Kannapolis, NC
Author:  Danny Robie
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Locomotives:  AMTK 158(P42DC)
Views:  503   Comments: 1
NS P41 Night
Title:  NS P41 Night
Description:  P41's power at rest by the old depot
Photo Date:  6/28/2006  Upload Date: 11/7/2006 10:24:26 AM
Location:  Kannapolis, NC
Author:  Danny Robie
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Locomotives:  NS 5565(GP38-2)
Views:  461   Comments: 0
BNSF 9544/NS 172
Title:  BNSF 9544/NS 172
Description:  Executive BNSF SD70MAC 9544 third out on NS 172 at Kannapolis
Photo Date:  7/1/2006  Upload Date: 4/6/2009 4:21:50 PM
Location:  Kannapolis, NC
Author:  Matthew Robie
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Locomotives:  BNSF 9544(SD70MAC)
Views:  248   Comments: 0
TFM 1673/NS 154
Title:  TFM 1673/NS 154
Description:  TFM 1673 leads a catfish and KCS AC44 north on NS 154 at kannapolis
Photo Date:  7/1/2006  Upload Date: 4/6/2009 5:18:26 PM
Location:  Kannapolis, NC
Author:  Matthew Robie
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Locomotives:  TFM 1673(SD70MAC)
Views:  278   Comments: 0
NS 4142/NS 337
Title:  NS 4142/NS 337
Description:  A sweet quartet of GP38s lead NS 337 at Kannapolis.
Photo Date:  7/1/2006  Upload Date: 4/7/2009 4:18:57 PM
Location:  Kannapolis, NC
Author:  Matthew Robie
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Locomotives:  NS 4142(GP38AC)
Views:  370   Comments: 1
NS 337
Title:  NS 337
Description:  It's a hot and hazy July 4th, 2006, as NS 337 rolls south through Kannapolis. No doubt the arm out the window affords some relief from the stifling heat of the 3280's cab.
Photo Date:  7/4/2006  Upload Date: 7/4/2006 5:00:15 PM
Location:  Kannapolis, NC
Author:  Marcus Neubacher
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Locomotives:  NS 3280(SD40-2)
Views:  582   Comments: 0
NS 214
Title:  NS 214
Description:  NS 214 screams through Kannapolis with a C40-9 and a pair of ex-UP EMD leasers in charge.
Photo Date:  7/5/2006  Upload Date: 7/5/2006 7:27:37 PM
Location:  Kannapolis, NC
Author:  Matthew Robie
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Locomotives:  NS 8814(C40-9)
Views:  616   Comments: 0
Amtrak 73
Title:  Amtrak 73
Description:  Amtrak 73 slows down on its approach towards it's daily station stop at Kannapolis, NC.
Photo Date:  7/7/2006  Upload Date: 7/8/2006 1:39:19 PM
Location:  Kannapolis, NC
Author:  Matthew Robie
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Locomotives:  RNCX 1792(GP40P-2)
Views:  722   Comments: 1
NS 154
Title:  NS 154
Description:  Adios, amigo!, as NS 154 rolls by with a visitor from south of the border along with a catfish and a KCS GE.
Photo Date:  7/7/2006  Upload Date: 7/8/2006 1:39:43 PM
Location:  Kannapolis, NC
Author:  Matthew Robie
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Locomotives:  TFM 1673(SD70MAC)
Views:  407   Comments: 0


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