Post your Train shots!
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Browncoat
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As found on an Alco locomotive at Cornelia, GA in November 1989, a McIntosh & Seymour engine component. McIntosh & Seymour was a pioneer and developer of large 4-Cycle diesel engines. Alco purchased McIntosh & Seymour in 1929 and their designs became the foundation for Alco's entry into the diesel locomotive market. [Kodachrome, Nikon N2020]
Good to see you're back trackside Chuck. 
Recent NS schedule changes here have reduced the train count by our house to only two per day and both run in darkness. Several days ago the northbound ran in two sections, so maybe that bodes well for our national economy and restoration of normal service. At least our local still runs in daylight and a grain train runs through every now and then.
Backlit from a rising sun, N&W 611 is northbound at Ridgeway, SC in November 1991. [Kodachrome, Nikon N2020]
Recent NS schedule changes here have reduced the train count by our house to only two per day and both run in darkness. Several days ago the northbound ran in two sections, so maybe that bodes well for our national economy and restoration of normal service. At least our local still runs in daylight and a grain train runs through every now and then.Backlit from a rising sun, N&W 611 is northbound at Ridgeway, SC in November 1991. [Kodachrome, Nikon N2020]
Great picture of that J class Sandpatch!
My wife & I were kind of feeling the effects of cabin fever so we headed NW from home in hopes of shooting some trains. We packed a picnic lunch & off we went on a beautiful day. Only trouble was in 200 miles of driving we saw exactly 2 trains. Willard was dead & so was Bellevue since they've shut down the humps. I kept thinking about all those rail workers who have lost their jobs.
Watching the beans grow in Willard.
My wife & I were kind of feeling the effects of cabin fever so we headed NW from home in hopes of shooting some trains. We packed a picnic lunch & off we went on a beautiful day. Only trouble was in 200 miles of driving we saw exactly 2 trains. Willard was dead & so was Bellevue since they've shut down the humps. I kept thinking about all those rail workers who have lost their jobs.
Watching the beans grow in Willard.
I thought I was done scanning my slides ..... until I found a box full of my "seconds" in a closet.
Ends up that after decades have passed, I like some of the shots and will scan them. [March 1997 - Franconia, AZ]
L&N Alco RS-11 [November 1978 - Knoxville, TN]
Ends up that after decades have passed, I like some of the shots and will scan them. [March 1997 - Franconia, AZ]
L&N Alco RS-11 [November 1978 - Knoxville, TN]
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Trains pass on Norfolk Southern's "Rathole" near Tateville, KY in April 2005. This is an extraordinary line, both in its engineering and its traffic density. The nickname "Rathole" was earned as the line was built in the 1870s, with 27 smoke-filled tunnels and twisting, difficult grades. In the early 1960s, the Southern Railway embarked on a huge project to modernize the line, resulting in scenes like this one.
Bikerbrent_RIP
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I'll second crashton's comments. The past was so much more interesting than the present.
Today is tomorrows past. Keep shooting folks.
