nikonpup
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some trains seem to run forever, it would be a super shot to see the train on the upper and lower track.
Post your Train shots!
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I was hoping that would be the case at Old Fort, but the trains aren't quite long enough!
I like the signals in these shots. Really nice. Signals are excellent photo props.
Just-Clayton
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Here are a few from the last few days.
Just-Clayton
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Two from the other day.
Graffiti makes me cringe; I think it a symbol of social decay. When I look at my slides from 30 years ago, it was rare to see such vandalism. Freight trains looked handsome and even prized old equipment could be preserved on film just as it had been painted decades prior. Today, the only clean equipment that can be found are tank cars ("artists" find their curved sides an unsatisfactory canvas) and unit coal trains which spend little time in yards.
Here's a low-rez sampling of some of my slides showing how things once commonly looked in a better era.
Here's a low-rez sampling of some of my slides showing how things once commonly looked in a better era.
Such beautiful railway viaducts in Great Britain Jonathan, and Europe too I suppose. I've never traveled outside of the U.S. and Canada and would love to see Europe some day.
When U.S. railroads were built, capital was short and lines were built with minimum standards into the wilderness. In Europe by contrast, capital and population were more plentiful and higher engineering standards were maintained. On many U.S. lines, it wasn't until the early years of the 20th Century that well engineered lines became more common. A number of U.S. railway line building efforts in the teens were truly magnificent feats of construction, miracles of a new age made possible with steam powered shovels, air powered rock drills, nitroglycerin, low cost steel, modern cement formulas and coffers full of cash.
When U.S. railroads were built, capital was short and lines were built with minimum standards into the wilderness. In Europe by contrast, capital and population were more plentiful and higher engineering standards were maintained. On many U.S. lines, it wasn't until the early years of the 20th Century that well engineered lines became more common. A number of U.S. railway line building efforts in the teens were truly magnificent feats of construction, miracles of a new age made possible with steam powered shovels, air powered rock drills, nitroglycerin, low cost steel, modern cement formulas and coffers full of cash.
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Thanks Sandpatch. I've been able to travel a great deal, either on holiday or business (the latter having taken me to America, Canada and Australia). You are, I think, right but in Britain we are still enjoying the magnificent legacy of our Victorian (19th century) ancestors. We have built nothing on their scale since. To give a small example of their can-do attitude, I am told that Birighton Station (above) was measured in umbrellas as that was all the architect/engineer had to hand at the time!
Similarly, the first person to climb the Eiger was a Victorian Englishman who was in the Alps and bored. He asked the local Swiss what they did for entertainment and they jokingly told him they climbed the big mountain. So he did.
Similarly, the first person to climb the Eiger was a Victorian Englishman who was in the Alps and bored. He asked the local Swiss what they did for entertainment and they jokingly told him they climbed the big mountain. So he did.