Post your Train shots!

[crashton]

Forgot to include this one. :shame:

 

[crashton]

Speaking of the Big Boy anybody have a route of the "tour"? I haven't found anything so far. Is it coming south at all?

I believe the farthest south it was going was Des Moines IA. Did a loop up to Duluth & then down though Wisconsin to Chicago & them back to Cheyenne. No idea where it is now.

 

[Marilynne]

Speaking of the Big Boy anybody have a route of the "tour"? I haven't found anything so far. Is it coming south at all?

Here's the schedule
https://www.up.com/heritage/steam/schedule/index.htm

 

[Chucktin]

Thanks. Nothing to the SE, pity.

 

[Sandpatch]

A snapshot from my teen years in about 1976 shows Soo Line 777 at Deval Interlocking at Des Plaines, IL. Taken with a Nikkormat FTn. I miss open cab windows and friendly waves.

 

[crashton]

Thanks for that great shot from the time machine Sandpatch.:encouragement: Made me smile & remember chasing the Soo in the UP of Michigan. Good times. :adoration:

 

[Sandpatch]

Caught Norfolk Southern train 192 today at the south end of the siding at Simpson, SC. Railway signal hounds will note that the signal lacks a number plate, so is an "Absolute" signal, aptly named because a train cannot stop upon a red signal here and then proceed at limited speed. NS adds an extra red signal below the other to amplify the importance of Absolute signals.

 

[Sandpatch]

From the wayback machine, blue flagged Southern Railway units in Prattville, AL await the call to duty in March of 1983.

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[crashton]

That's a couple of beautiful high hood GP's. Great catch Sandpatch. Thanks for the trip back in time. :encouragement:

 

[Needa]

Repurposed section of Delray FEC RR station.

 

[Marilynne]

Repurposed section of Delray FEC RR station.

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Can't remember the last time I was downtown. Wonder what they did with the model train layout that was inside.

 

[crashton]

Can't remember the last time I was downtown. Wonder what they did with the model train layout that was inside.

Beautiful little station-freight house Marilynne. I don't see any tracks, was it moved there for preservation?

 

[Marilynne]

Beautiful little station-freight house Marilynne. I don't see any tracks, was it moved there for preservation?

Not my shot Chuck, @Needa posted it.

The tracks are on the other side of the street.

 

[crashton]

Not my shot Chuck, @Needa posted it.

The tracks are on the other side of the street.

Sorry Needa, my bad. :witless:

Thanks for the info Marilynne.

 

[Needa]

Can't remember the last time I was downtown. Wonder what they did with the model train layout that was inside.

The sign on the building indicates its being used as a surf shop. Did not go inside.

 

[Needa]

I don't see any tracks, was it moved there for preservation?

 

[crashton]

Thanks for filling me in Needa. Now I know the rest of the story. :encouragement:

 

[nikonpup]

​Tough shooting around Yakima yard.

 

[crashton]

Nice catch nikonpup. :encouragement: That engine looks very fresh, maybe just back from the rebuilder.

 

[nikonpup]

​somewhere in nikonites there should be a shot showing a couple of CBRW engines just out of the paint shop.