Sandpatch's latest activity

A lot changed after 9/11. There was a memo or something from CSX informing security to chase down and question anyone with a camera...

In April of 1988 I came across this ancient C&O car shop at Thurmond, WV along the New River. Nobody was around, so I cautiously...

How neat to have seen that. You're right, turntables and roundhouses are rare and to find one in its native state is something special...

Found some oldies, circa 2009. I call this series: "That time I jumped the fence at CSX Parsons Yard and got chased by security."...

I miss 'em too and the friendly waves we used to get. Heck, even pulpwood racks as seen ahead of the SOU hack here are gone. These...

This is one of my biggest disappointments as a railfan. No more cabeese. That silly little EOT device sucks.

Closing out the day at Childersburg, AL in October 1988. The caboose era is in sunset too. Train is on the former Central of Georgia...

Tough spot here. My mind goes to sensor clean mode where you activate to raise the mirror and open shutter before turning it off to...

At work in Cresson, PA. [10/1994, Nikon N2020, Kodachrome]

The Cresson, PA engine terminal in April 1989. With pusher locomotives on station and two coal-heavy branchlines, it was a busy spot.

You came away with some really nice shots @Browncoat , even capturing CSX's WM Emblem unit in the first photo. (y) Yeah, ya never know...

A few shots from the Iron Triangle Rail Park in Fostoria, OH this morning. This place is nuts - the intersection of three double main...

Beautiful!