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Jacob Lyman's photography. Trains, landscapes, and whatever I find interesting. Contributor to Desert Empire Project on Facebook. Flickr: https://www.flickr.com/photos/96380166@N07/
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The Big West oil refinery with their SW600 switcher at dusk on a summer's day in July 2023. #railfan #photography #trains

A freight train rolling through Tooele, Utah on the 26th. #railfan #photography flic.kr/p/2qNWMV9

"Darkness on the Edge of Town" Union Pacific freight train passing through Rush Valley, Utah. #railfanning #photography flic.kr/p/2qNqAWN

A Union Pacific local passing through Garfield, Utah with the Rio Tinto Kennecott smelter in the background. #railfan #photography flic.kr/p/2qKGkqX

A BNSF detour over Union Pacific's former LA&SL through Erda, Utah on February 21, 2018. #railfan #photography flic.kr/p/2qMiNfs

A local freight returning to Salt Lake City on the former Western Pacific mainline on the south shore of the Great Salt Lake. #railfan #photography #lake flic.kr/p/2qKN5mo

A self propelled Ohio Crane on Union Pacific's Cache Valley branchline in June 2016. #railfan #photography flic.kr/p/2qKbYdr

A BNSF train with a Citirail lease locomotive leading empty intermodal cars through Kingman in March 2019. #railfan #photography #BNSF flic.kr/p/2qK1ndd

Articulated Faces: Wales v. Wyoming Parallels between two very different (yet some ways similar) steam locomotives, a Ffestiniog Double Fairlie and Union Pacific's Big Boy. #railfan #photography #steamtrain

Two Mikado locomotives slugging on the final approach to Cumbres Pass on July 21, 2024; crossing a wooden trestle. flic.kr/p/2qH4nnW #photography #railfan #steamtrain

Queensway Station as seen on April 16, 2024; originally opened by the Central London Railway in 1900, hosting the regular traffic of travelers and commuters in London. #photography #blackandwhite #railfan flic.kr/p/2qH55RZ

A train departing Silverton, Colorado on July 23, 2021 on the Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad. #railfan #photography flic.kr/p/2qFSrUP

Modern Porthmadog on the Ffestiniog Railway with visiting Lily and Chuquitanta (and a lot of reminiscing with the full caption posted on Flickr). #railfan #photography flic.kr/p/2qFpNKM

Parallels, narrow gauge steam trains, rolling hills; and greenery. From the Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad (with 'Indiana Jones star' 484) and the Ffestiniog Railway (with Hunslet's Blanche and Linda) respectively. #railfan #photography #steamtrain Full res: flic.kr/p/2meYvwH flic.kr/p/2pMrwbu

Virginia & Truckee 29 on July 2, 2022 engulfed in the scenery of the Comstock Lode. #photography #railfan #steamtrain flic.kr/p/2nvPKHR

ALCO diesel locomotive purchased from the White Pass & Yukon, leading a passenger train on the Durango & Silverton in 2021. #railfan #photography #train flic.kr/p/2mdzSCu

Western Pacific 3002, the newest addition to the Utah State Railroad Museum completes a family line-up. #photography #railfan #museum #trains flic.kr/p/2qCuLCE

Freight trains on the Union Pacific in Peterson, Utah last Saturday. #railfan #train #photography flic.kr/p/2qCp7uP

UP 119 crossing the road at Golden Spike National Historic Park yesterday during the annual winter steam event. #railfan #steamtrain #nationalparks #photography flic.kr/p/2qCifRQ

It's a beautiful spring day in Wales on April 20th, and a small Double Fairlie moves through the @festrail.bsky.social station at Porthmadog. #railfan #travel #photography flic.kr/p/2qA75fY

Union Pacific's Big Boy departing Evanston, Wyoming on the Fourth of July. www.flickr.com/photos/96380... #railfan #bigboylocomotive #steamtrain #unionpacific #UP4014 #photography

Dolgoch at the end of the @talyllyn.co.uk at Nant Gwernol station on April 19th this year. flic.kr/p/2pPGMY8 #railfan #heritagerail #photography #narrowgauge

Disneyland Street Railway, a horse powered streetcar attraction; this November. #travel #Disneyland #streetcar #California #photography flic.kr/p/2qyJVnc

Long time Nevada Northern Railway conductor Bill Hohlt turned 86 today. Here is a photo from two years ago of conductor Bill in his natural element! flic.kr/p/2nnsAjs #photography #railfan

The cry room insides the Ritz in Tooele, Utah. This 1939 movie theater is now owned by the city art council. #photography #historicbuilding www.flickr.com/photos/96380...

Kennecott ALCO 109 leafing a rental freight on the Nevada Northern Railway this September. #photography #Nevada #railfan www.flickr.com/photos/96380...

A Union Pacific freight train through a snow storm at dusk yesterday in Tooele, Utah. flic.kr/p/2qwz48j #photography #winter

A member of The Bootstrappers, a pirate themed live music group at Disneyland; during a performance in the park earlier this month. #themepark #photography #Disneyland flic.kr/p/2qvVtvo

UTA TRAX Blue Line at the end of the line yesterday in Draper. The light rail route is on the former Union Pacific mainline. More here: flic.kr/p/2qvHJBU #lightrail #railfan #photography

The iconic Randy's Donuts in Inglewood, California earlier this month. The donut shop has been used in films such as Iron Man 2, where the titular hero was eating a box of donuts inside the massive donut shaped sign. #travel #California #photography #donut

A female broad-tailed #hummingbird at a feeder during the summer in Utah. flic.kr/p/2pXB8gm #bird #photography #nature

Nevada Northern 93 in Robinson Canyon on September 21st. More info here: flic.kr/p/2qi17sB #steamtrain #photography #railfan #landscape #heritagerail

A double Fairlie at @festrail.bsky.social (welcome to Bluesky!) on April 20th, 2024 during my international trip this year. More info here: flic.kr/p/2pMFq1b #steamlocomotive #narrowgauge #railfan #photography #wales #travel #heritagerail

Union Pacific's Big Boy locomotive traveling through a desert landscape near The Great Salt Lake on July 6, 2024. More details available here: flic.kr/p/2q2Cizo #photography #steamtrain #bigboy #landscape #unionpacific