Post your Train shots!

From exactly 30 years ago today on 05/16/1992 at Ridgeway, SC, what I'm thinking is #156 advances north. [Nikon N2020, Kodachrome or Fujichrome]

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Very nice! SD 40's pulling hard & there is no sign of vandalism on any of those freight cars. Perfect Sandpatch....

Today's 238 featured NS 4000 on the point, the road's first AC44C6M DC to AC conversion unit, as completed in 2015. NS took the time to paint the first handful with gray carbodies and blue, yellow and black noses.

Caught today in gloomy overcast on the former SAL main in SC, another very late northbound combined Silver Star/Silver Meteor.

My D5100 has always struggled to fire in poor light when set to continuous shooting mode and this shot was no exception. The first shot was blurry because it had trouble focusing, the second shot was this one and the third shot was too late. If this would have been in better light, I'd have captured perhaps 4 or 5 decent shots as it passed by. The buffer loads up pretty quick no matter what.

Oh well, no big loss and this gives me reason to buy a new camera someday.

Today's 238 at Hopkins, SC, destined for Charleston. I'd been wanting this shot for a while, as I like the composition with the old jointed light rail sidetrack. South Carolina's flat "lowcountry" makes this a very fast piece of railroad.

Nice catch Sandpatch. Looks like they're hauling ballast.

Originally Posted by crashton

Nice catch Sandpatch. Looks like they're hauling ballast.

Thank you. Yes, 238 handles everything it seems, with today's train including ballast, some stacks (20D is the line's primary stack train), baretables and tank cars. 238 makes for a better picture than 18D which is solid graffiti-covered auto racks.

When I arrived, I found the entire foreground littered with dozens of beer cans. I hurriedly gathered up as many as I could before train time and piled them behind me. Someone likes their Bud Light a bit too much.