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If you have access to The History Channel, you may want to watch The Mega-Brands That Built America - Photo Bombs. It covers the...

I bought a 2001 Wrangler new and drove it 18 years. Detroit giveth, rust taketh away.

We (wife and I) have 2015 Grand Cherokee, 2006 Wrangler Unlimited, 2000 Wrangler, 1999 Cherokee, 1995 Jeep YJ, 1993 Jeep YJ, and 1971...

Very long time Nikon user getting back into active photography. I was around years ago, and faded away. Now found my way back. Though...

8-6-26: Sun Prairie, WI by Railroad Street. Wisconsin and Southern train stopped to pick up some cars on the side-track servicing Sun...

On 8-3-2026 I tried a Milky Way landscape photo. Problem was, I had forgotten about a quirk in the Z camera bodies when shooting a...

It's very possible I guess as i can't see any coal piled up but i can no longer ask because they are no longer here with us......

Oh, yes, I see it now. :)

A change of pace today. Had to visit Amish country. Yes the roads and highways have nearly as much to dodge as the parking spots. I...

Those are fine memories and wonderful photos. That's some amazing equipment your Grandfather built! I'm guessing the steamer was oil...

Very interesting. Thanks

My Father, his older brother and their father were all Train Drivers here in NSW Australia when the State Government used to run the...

The distant one is the (historic) grain elevator. What you see closer in range is Sun Prairie Concrete and their mixing plant. That is...

Taken today at Lowell, NC. I'm told that this classic Southern Railway signal bridge is one of the very few remaining on the entire...

Very nice @BF Hammer. The grain elevator does make for a nice composition and small railroads like the WSOR are fun to shoot. What is...