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Trains. That is all. Not actually a bot. Just some guy aggresively archiving.

six black blocky high hood diesel locomotives of the norfolk & western railroad round a bend over a bridge.
N&W high hood GP38AC 4100, GP9 502, ex-NKP GP7 2439, GP40 1383, GP35 1304 and what appears to be a GP40
At North East, Pennsylvania, an older gentleman rides on the steps of N&W high hood U30B 8491 as they work local industries along the lake shore
Three black Penn Central locomotives, and a third in the grey and maroon livery of the old Erie Lackawanna Railroad, lead a train of new automobiles on flatcars.
It's winter, there is snow. Three black Penn Central diesel locmotives push a train uphill (note the green caboose). All three are products of the American Locomotive Company (ALCO), an RS27 and 2 C425s
You can see at least three reminders of the PRR on this unit: there's a Keystone on the long hood under the radiator grills, there's another on the short hood and the yellow PRR letters are poking through under the PC applied ones under the cab window.
A large black diesel locomotive, marked for scrap by the text chalked on the cabside that reads: " Naporano Iron & Metal Co, Foot of Hawkins St., Newark, New Jersey, Conrail Delivery, 25 Miles Per HR"
Penn Central 73600, an old F7B cabless 'booster' locomotive, rebuilt into a special freight car to transport large diesel motors used in locomotives. Small text on the side reads "WHEN EMPTY RETURN TO JUNIATA LOCOMOTIVE SHOP"
two black diesel locomotives push a green caboose and a line of hopper cars from behind, in the midst of a heavy snow
Monongahela Railway GP38 2001 sits on the stub track at the south end of Maidsville Yard, waiting for the morning and a crew to shift out the yard.
Monongahela Railway GP38s 2003 and 2001 at Maidsville, WV Behind them, the lights from the beltway of the Humphrey Mine can be seen spanning the yard.
A black diesel locomotive with an orange M on the side and the number 200, with red white and (out of frame) blue #2002 behind it.
a black diesel locomotive sits next to a large building.
For such a small road, the Pittsburgh and Lake Erie sure had many variations of its paint scheme. U28B 2808 has the yellow cab and nose stripe here at Connellsville, PA
Pittsburg & Lake Erie General Electric U28B diesel locomotive More paint scheme variants at play here: sub-lettering under the window, road number is jade green with a white background, yellow cab door and no lettering at all on the long hood
A two tone green diesel switcher locomotive BELCHES a plume of exhaust smoke like a steam engine.
two green caboooses (cabeese?)
A massive twin engine DDA40x diesel locomotive next to an old train station
A massive shop complex full of yellow locomotives of the Union Pacifc Railroad. Visible are EMD GP7/9s, General Electric 'U-boats', six axle SD models, an SW10 switcher, the primed hood of SD40-2 #3749 on a flat car, and an old passenger car
Union Pacific 2933, a General Electric U30C diesel locomotive, painted yellow with get and red trim, sits among many Cascade Green locomotives of the Burlington Northern Railway.
An amtrak train passes a row of trees on the left, and a large grain elevator on the right, with a yellow diesel locomotive parked next to them.
A very square high hood diesel locomotive, painted yellow with a blue stripe and frames
A very square high hood diesel locomotive, painted yellow with a blue stripe and frames, marked "PTS 122" coupled to a green hopper car.
a dark red center cab diesel locomotive.
an emd sw1200 switcher diesel locomotive painted red white and blue
B&LE SD7 803 is spotted right at the bumper block at North Bessemer, Pennsylvania.