Union Pacific Big Boy 4014 under steam, photographed trackside by LVTrains

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IN THE FRAMEUnion Pacific Big Boy No. 4014

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Union Pacific Big Boy 4014 under steam alongside another steam locomotive

STEAMUnion Pacific Big Boy 4014

Steam locomotive 142 with passenger cars beneath a steel bridge

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Norfolk Southern 9898 leading an intermodal freight train

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FREIGHTMontana Rail Link 4315

Reading and Northern rail diesel car 9168 at the station

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STEAMBig Boy 4014 · Side profile

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04AUBURN / PUYALLUP, WASHINGTON

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Reading & Northern Steam 2102 Thunders Through Tamaqua & Nesquehoning, PA (10/17/26)

R&N RDC 9168 at Tamaqua Station

NYS&W Steam No. 142 & Diesel No. 811 on the Delaware River

NS 8087 Leads a Manifest Freight Through Macungie, PA

Reading & Northern F-Units 270 & 275 Lead a Vintage Excursion into Tamaqua

Reading & Northern RDC 9168 Arrives at Tamaqua Station

NS Local Job with a Single Trailing Unit — Bethlehem, PA to Manville, NJ (9/26/2026)

NS 9898 & UP 5763 Lead a Double-Stack Intermodal Through Macungie, PA (9/26/2026)

5 NS Units Westbound Through Phillipsburg, NJ — South Main Street Bridge (9/26/2026)

Norfolk Southern 9822 Leads Intermodal Through Macungie, PA (4K)

Norfolk Southern Intermodal on the Lehigh Line | Phillipsburg, NJ (4K)

Black River & Western GP9 811 Runaround & Departure | Phillipsburg-Easton, NJ/PA (4K)

CSX 7462-5492 Mixed Freight (Waste Containers, Steel, Tank Cars) Hudson River, Highland Falls NY

CSX Mixed Freight (790-716) Rolls Along the Hudson River at Highland Falls, NY

Multiple Passenger Trains at Garrison Station, NY 4K

Hudson River Trains — Highland Falls / Bear Mountain, NY (4K)

Sound Transit Sounder 921's Horn Sounds Off at Puyallup Station | 4K

Sound Transit Sounder 906 Arrives & Departs Puyallup Station | 4K

Sounder Push-Pull in Action — Auburn, WA [4K]

BNSF Crude Oil Unit Train w/ Montana Rail Link Power (MRL 4315) — Auburn, WA | 4K

TRIPLE TRAIN MEET: 2 BNSF Freights + Amtrak Cascades at Auburn, WA | 4K

Amtrak Cascades (NPCU 90250) Races Through Auburn, WA Station | 4K

CSX Freight Train (3389, 3353, 8136) Rolls Through Ridgefield Park, NJ Station | 4K

BNSF 1030 and NS 1090 Lead Mixed Freight to Rockville Bridge | Marysville, PA | 4K 60fps

NS "America 250" Leads Patriotic Heritage Locomotive Lashup Across Rockville Bridge | 4K 60fps

Long Intermodal Train Crosses Rockville Bridge Over the Susquehanna | 4K

NS & Union Pacific. Trackside Mixed Freight Near Rockville Bridge | Pennsylvania | 4K 60fps

Long NS Intermodal Train on Rockville Bridge | 4K 60fps

Amtrak Passenger Train Crosses Rockville Bridge | Harrisburg, PA | 4K 60fps

NS Intermodal Through Harrisburg Station Area | Pennsylvania | 4K 60fps

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