Bikerbrent_RIP
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Post your Train shots!
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Maybe this should be in the almost thread
Maybe this should be in the almost thread
Michael J.
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Looks like a great postcard from the old good days. Beautiful captured and composed.
Yesterday I found this old snapshot from the early 1990s as taken by my Dad in western North Carolina. That's Norfolk & Western 611 having just climbed Saluda Mountain and is headed for Asheville. My wife and I are aboard the train.
This section of track is essentially out of service today, used only for railcar storage when needed.
This section of track is essentially out of service today, used only for railcar storage when needed.
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My mother was closer to the tracks and fired off this shot moments later as my wife and I crowded the dutch door. I'd outfitted us with safety glasses and handkerchiefs to escape the cinders. Our hair was like concrete at day's end. (PS -- 25 years later we no longer look this young.)
(PS -- 25 years later we no longer look this young.)
I see the words Ace Toys on the car. Coincidentally I was in Ace Hardware yesterday. They had an indoor train set up and running. I considered asking them if I could go back with my camera but decided against it. I really should ask though as I've never photographed one.
I don't know if this Ace Toys train set is supposed to represent Ace Hardware, but I might look into it. I'll have to see what type of train set they are running at my Ace Hardware store.
Please share with a beginner. Thank you
Here is a share. I was out & about Tuesday in search of trains to feed to my camera. Found this southbound BNSF train crossing SR4 heading towards Attica Jct Ohio where the NS tracks cross the CSX.
The signals in the distance is Attica JCT.
OK now my photography tip for the day. Wait for the end of the train there may be something interesting on the end. I figured this train just had a FRED on the end so after I shot the engines I jumped in my car & headed out. As I drove north I passed a pusher engine bringing up the rear DOH! Pusher are rare to nonexistent in these parts & I missed it.:shame:
The signals in the distance is Attica JCT.
OK now my photography tip for the day. Wait for the end of the train there may be something interesting on the end. I figured this train just had a FRED on the end so after I shot the engines I jumped in my car & headed out. As I drove north I passed a pusher engine bringing up the rear DOH! Pusher are rare to nonexistent in these parts & I missed it.:shame:
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Went out yesterday to see what I could find on NS's "Loops" east of Asheville, unaware that a mudslide had shut down the railroad for the day. I packed it in late in the afternoon and drove to the bottom of the grade at Old Fort to look around and found evidence of trouble. I saw a damaged lead unit being serviced, then headed up the grade and found a four unit set had arrived from Asheville to assist the stranded train down to Old Fort.
Here's the 7257 with mud on her pilot and hoses sheared off:
One of the units in the set brought in from Asheville was the SOU Heritage Unit! I'd not seen this one before. I had to shoot it through the trees with diminishing light, but I was happy to get any kind of shot of her.
![2018-12-22 Old Fort NC [West of] SOU 8099 - for upload.jpg](https://nikonites.com/forum/data/attachments/271/271604-b1e06c373aceb3dcb2f12c31653fa571.jpg "2018-12-22 Old Fort NC [West of] SOU 8099 - for upload.jpg")
The good news is that nothing derailed and there were no injuries.
Here's the 7257 with mud on her pilot and hoses sheared off:
One of the units in the set brought in from Asheville was the SOU Heritage Unit! I'd not seen this one before. I had to shoot it through the trees with diminishing light, but I was happy to get any kind of shot of her.
The good news is that nothing derailed and there were no injuries.