Post your Train shots!

[wildshots]

Seems like most are going with a couple up front and a link back. I've never linked back but I think I can. All of them are not in one album. I'll do that first on flickr, then put up a couple here and try to link back to one album for those interested in viewing the rest.

Thanks everyone for the response and suggestions.

Oh, and the series is in two parts. The second part is from a remote location across a river from the derailment. That group is shot with my Panasonic Lumix FZ80. I needed the reach (1200mm). I won't post the Lumix shots if that isn't proper.

Sam

 

[wildshots]

Here's a link to CNN's coverage using my photos taken with my old D7100. They did give me credit, as did all the networks.

https://www.cnn.com/2023/03/08/us/csx-train-derail-injuries/index.html

 

[crashton]

Very good shots wildshots. I saw those on CNN. Hoping the crew was uninjured.

 

[nikonpup]

IMO POST THEM ALL.

 

[wildshots]

Very good shots wildshots. I saw those on CNN. Hoping the crew was uninjured.

Thank you crashton. One conductor had injury to his back but is expected to make a full recovery. Luckily neither of my sons were working that run.

 

[wildshots]

IMO POST THEM ALL.

Thanks nikonpup. I'll go back over the replies this a.m. and put something up. Being new, I just don't want to rankle anyone.

sam

 

[wildshots]

For the CSX derailment near Sandstone WV, I'll put up a couple then try to link to an album I just created in my flickr account.





Following link should be to album. The images you might have seen on CNN or network (or even international feed) were somewhat cherry picked. This album has more content.

03-08-23 CSX DERAILMENT

Explore this photo album by awenaturale on Flickr!

www.flickr.com

 

[Sandpatch]

Wow, probably a challenging wreck to clear, hard up against the New River and all? Glad that no crewmen were seriously injured.

 

[wildshots]

Thanks for your response Sandpatch. The clean up took some heavy equipment that all went right by my house. The area is remote, the only access is the railroad itself. Lots of work to clear and rebuild that section of track. And, as you said, the best part was no serious injuries.

 

[Sandpatch]

Thanks for your response Sandpatch. The clean up took some heavy equipment that all went right by my house. The area is remote, the only access is the railroad itself. Lots of work to clear and rebuild that section of track. And, as you said, the best part was no serious injuries.

You live in a beautiful area. It's been many years since I visited there. Caught this 04/10/1988 at CW Cabin just west of Hinton. [Kodachrome, Nikon N2020, Nikkor 43-86mm]

 

[crashton]

Great picture Sandpatch! I bet CW cabin is long gone along with that signal bridge. Bet that U boat is gone too.

 

[Sandpatch]

Great picture Sandpatch! I bet CW cabin is long gone along with that signal bridge. Bet that U boat is gone too.

Thank you. I seem to recall that CW did indeed meet its fate, sometime recently. I'll bet you're right on the other two things as well. I took this slide the same day as the other.

 

[wildshots]

Thank you. I seem to recall that CW did indeed meet its fate, sometime recently. I'll bet you're right on the other two things as well. I took this slide the same day as the other.

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Thanks for the great memories of the old CW cabin. Yes it's been gone for some time now. About 3 miles from me. All those redbud bushes still decorate our highways each year.

 

[Sandpatch]

Same day, 04/10/1988 at Meadow Creek, WV.

 

[Sandpatch]

A few days later on the former N&W main at Broderland, WV on 04/12/1988 when position light signals still stood proudly. [Kodachrome, Nikon N2020, Nikkor 80-200]

 

[Sandpatch]

and on the same day at Chattaroy, VA. On one of my trips to WV, either Kodak or the U.S. Postal Service lost an entire 36-exposure roll of Kodachrome with numerous shots of N&W power at Bluefield and on the road.

 

[Sandpatch]

From 07/20/1976 at Princeton Jct., NJ when Amtrak was just over five years old, these Metroliners were just seven years old and I was just a teenager. [Nikkormat FTn, Nikkor 50mm, Plus-X, processed in basement darkroom]

 

[Fred Kingston_RIP]

I love this thread, just simply for the history.

 

[Sandpatch]

I love this thread, just simply for the history.

Glad you're enjoying it. I guess it's a sign of my increasing age, but railroading was a lot more interesting decades ago.

 

[Sandpatch]

As the years passed, Amtrak did improve its image. Here's a snazzy-looking Metroliner train in January 1981 at Princeton Jct. I think I was shooting with my Dad's Nikon EL-2 here. This scene is very much changed today, with a new station, high level platforms, new signals and new trains. Those signals are classic Pennsylvania Railroad "Position Light Signals", hard to find in service today.