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» EMD GP38-2 (more..)

» South end of Argo Yard
» Seattle, Washington, USA (more..)
» April 14, 2017

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This is another of those shots I'd always wanted and just got luck this day and stumbled upon it. It seems a bit like honorary street running and just had an incongruous charm about it.

Down in south Seattle there is a funky cool little neighborhood called Georgetown. The UP's Argo yard has a lead track that extends about six blocks south down an alley one block to the west of Airport Way. It's amazing to see a locomotive wobbling out through the dirt and puddles as pedestrians, garbage trucks, taxis, and even the USPS weave around them. This little geep sure has come a long way from hustling across Texas from her days on the old Katy.

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