Nice shots but a yellow caboose? that's just wrong.
Post your Train shots!
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Fortkentdad
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No, not yellow enough.....
I'm also a model railroader and my home railway is the TH&B (Toronto Hamilton and Buffalo) a little connector railway that eventually was a sub of the NYC and CP before it was absorbed into CP - their 'modern' cabooses were all yellow. The railway colours were yellow and black - which 'coincidentally' was the colours of the hometown Hamilton Tiger-Cat CFL football team.
Southern Railway caboose at Hendersonville, NC as scanned from a photo I took in the 1980's sometime. The train is headed toward Saluda, NC to contend with what was at the time, the steepest mainline railroad grade in the U.S.. Sadly, nothing has run on this line in a decade and the rails might be removed. On the upside though, the depot has been renovated and now houses the Apple Valley Model Railroad Club and a first-rate HO Scale layout.
![Hendersonville NC [DRK].jpg](https://nikonites.com/forum/data/attachments/122/122004-8d284a39bdce935b0f2fd74258b24b26.jpg "Hendersonville NC [DRK].jpg")
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RockyNH_RIP
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I was asked to get a photo and GPS coordinates for a Motorcycle Rally in GA. They needed the Savannah Railway Museum so I headed down and took these shots for him.
Pat in GA
Pat in GA
That's a surprisingly nice museum with a nice collection of equipment. Thanks for the shots!
Etowah has a nice "railroady" feel to it; haven't been there in many years. The L.& N. once maintained a diesel shop there and judging my your picture, it appears that CSX continues to service units there. Neat. Thanks for the picture!
Caught NS Train 156 [Savannah, GA => Linwood, NC] this morning at Killian, SC. The light was perfect for a southbound, but instead this northbound showed up. The shot turned out okay though and is only slightly backlit. This is a north <=> south railroad, so the lighting prefers southbounds and it sees only two or three trains a day in daylight, so photography is tough.
What the picture doesn't show is my wet shoes and the thorns in my pants! Rail photography sometimes brings discomfort, but it's all part of the hunt.
What the picture doesn't show is my wet shoes and the thorns in my pants! Rail photography sometimes brings discomfort, but it's all part of the hunt.
Fortkentdad
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Had a chance shoot a train near Fort Saskatchewan Alberta.
All shot with a Tammy 200-400 F/5.6 on my D610.
All shot with a Tammy 200-400 F/5.6 on my D610.
Southbound out of Clinton, Missouri...probably doing about 10 MPH...due to no warning lights or gates at crossings anymore. Lots of horn blasting...hope the Engineer has ear plugs! LOL
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This aluminum tag is on a Railroad Crossing Sign Post. Since it is labeled "MKT", I figured it had been there a while. Maybe @Sandpatch would know more about it...
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Found this, but nothing about the plate - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Missouri–Kansas–Texas_Railroad
Michael J.
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Maybe Missouri Kansas Texas
That's it alright. Most of it is now just a tiny component within the enormous Union Pacific Railroad.
I think these markers are evidence of a U.S. Federal regulation to identify all highway/rail grade crossings. Most markers I've seen also contain a toll free phone number to contact the railroad to avert trouble, say from a stalled vehicle on the tracks or malfunctioning flashers. The caller identifies the crossing code and the railroad knows its exact location so that nearby trains can be stopped or repairs made.
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It dawned bright and sunny, so I again went out to seek elusive perfectly-lit southbound Train 157 and once again poorly-lit northbound Train 156 showed up. Sigh. I think NS hides 157 until I'm not around. 
So anyway, here's another backlit shot of 156 snickering as she passes by:
So anyway, here's another backlit shot of 156 snickering as she passes by: