Post your Train shots!

[Chucktin]

Bleh indeed. Anything over mid 80s and I sweat do much I don't want to touch a camera!

 

[Sandpatch]

In view of the heat, I recently started carrying a bottle of drinking water in my vehicle. I greatly dislike the heat as well, but I've wanted a better overhead shot from the bridge, so toughed it out when I came across the train. Local P85 is my sole bet for a southbound here and I've not yet figured out its schedule.

Yep, Needa and [FONT=Verdana,Arial,Tahoma,Calibri,Geneva,sans-serif]Marilynne, I hope that Dorian is kind to your neighborhoods.[/FONT]

 

[Marilynne]

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Yep, Needa and Marilynne, I hope that Dorian is kind to your neighborhoods.

Yes, it was kind. Lots of on and off rain.

Hope it's kind to you also. Stay safe.​

 

[AxeMan - Rick S.]

Here the fall trip for the Big Boy. I hope you folks on the east coast get a tour this year.

https://www.up.com/heritage/steam/s...HGtAucGnG0EZfBRsx8WHIluN31n6Sa6Ove_o_f8BNGvGE

 

[Sandpatch]

The Union Pacific's system runs no further east than their gateways at Chicago, Memphis and New Orleans, so us easterners are out of luck. It's a cryin' shame. Norfolk Southern once had a similar steam program and fielded a number of notable locomotives, but it all came to an end in 1994.

 

[Needa]

The Union Pacific's system runs no further east than their gateways at Chicago, Memphis and New Orleans, so us easterners are out of luck. It's a cryin' shame.

Go west young man. LOL

Norfolk Southern once had a similar steam program and fielded a number of notable locomotives, but it all came to an end in 1994.

Probably expensive and didn't add to their bottom line.

 

[Sandpatch]

Missed NS's Penn Central Heritage Unit this morning [ ], but heard the Dispatcher give clearance for another freight to leave the yard. I raced north to a spot I'd picked out and made it with one minute to spare. That's MP 101, 101 Miles from Charlotte Junction, NC.

 

[crashton]

Nice catch Sandpatch! When you get that new GTI you'll have 2 minutes to line up your shot. layful:

 

[Sandpatch]

Yay -- I caught up with NS's Penn Central Heritage Unit this afternoon, taking empty rock train 63R through Columbia. She's diverging on to the W Line to Spartanburg here.

 

[Needa]

Yay -- I caught up with NS's Penn Central Heritage Unit this afternoon, taking empty rock train 63R through Columbia. She's diverging on to the W Line to Spartanburg here.

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Why is it I remember PC being green & white?

 

[crashton]

Why is it I remember PC being green & white?

PC used green with white lettering on its box cars & cabooses as I recall. Their engines were black & lettered like this one although their locomotives really looked pretty ratty. At least that is how this old guy remembers them.

 

[Needa]

PC used green with white lettering on its box cars & cabooses as I recall. Their engines were black & lettered like this one although their locomotives really looked pretty ratty. At least that is how this old guy remembers them.

Could be the case. Thanks.

 

[Sandpatch]

PC used green with white lettering on its box cars & cabooses as I recall. Their engines were black & lettered like this one although their locomotives really looked pretty ratty. At least that is how this old guy remembers them.

Your memories are spot on. I was shooting b&w back then (why waste unaffordable color film on b&w locomotives ) and found this one taken at Union Station in Chicago in about 1975.

 

[Needa]

Your memories are spot on. I was shooting b&w back then (why waste unaffordable color film on b&w locomotives ) and found this one taken at Union Station in Chicago in about 1975.

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When you mentioned PC the image that popped in my head was the green and white.

 

[Sandpatch]

When you mentioned PC the image that popped in my head was the green and white.

Here's one of their Jade Green boxcars like you remember. I think I shot this in Montgomery, AL in the mid-1980s. Their logo was known as the "mating worms".

 

[Needa]

Here's one of their Jade Green boxcars like you remember. I think I shot this in Montgomery, AL in the mid-1980s. Their logo was known as the "mating worms".

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That's the color that came to mind. Thanks.

 

[Sandpatch]

The PC unit was out for a joyride this afternoon. Wheee! Actually, she's serving on local P85 and is returning running light after dropping some cars at an industry.

 

[crashton]

Caught this guy as I was driving through Marion last week. He is on the Galion sub that was once the Big 4, pounding the NS diamonds & then the old C&O diamonds now owned by CSX.

 

[Patrick M]

Rocky Mountaineer 2 weeks ago...and a freight train

 

[Sandpatch]

Rocky Mountaineer 2 weeks ago...and a freight train

I'm glad to see that they allow photographers to "dutch door" it to get photos. Safety concerns have increasingly limited this traditional photo perch. My wife and I want to ride the Rocky Mountaineer some day.

If you missed it, you might enjoy this episode on the Smithsonian Channel.

https://www.smithsonianchannel.com/shows/mighty-trains/rocky-mountaineer/1004949/3472979