Train Pics

[GrauGeist]

Nicely done, man...good job!

When you say fuzzy, perhaps the originals might be (I assume the originals are about 3000x2000), but these look nice and sharp, definately ones to be proud of!

 

[mkloby]

Those are some awesome pictures dude.

 

[Aaron Brooks Wolters]

Thanks guys. If I'd have left them at their original size you could see what I'm talking about. Mr. C, I believe it is the Union Pacific 844 that still runs today but I may be mistaken. Oh, and Lucky, I missed the drags. They shut down early and I got there too late, sorry. I'll post a few I have from last week some time later today.

 

[Lucky13]

Oh d*rn! Nae worries mate! Looking forward to the pics!

 

[evangilder]

Nicely done, just be careful out there. One of my relatives was killed in a train yard by a passing train that had a metal piece sticking out of the front guard that made it wider than expected. Took his legs right off below the knee. He bled to death before anyone found him.

 

[Gnomey]

Nice stuff!

 

[Aaron Brooks Wolters]

Nicely done, just be careful out there. One of my relatives was killed in a train yard by a passing train that had a metal piece sticking out of the front guard that made it wider than expected. Took his legs right off below the knee. He bled to death before anyone found him.

I always watch myself in those areas and if I cannot find anyone of the yard crew I don't wander around. Too dangerous. Thanks Evan.

 

[Lucky13]

Just a random question here fellas. Any idea what 15 volumes of THE OFFICIAL PULLMAN STANDARD LIBRARY would be worth? Seen some crazy prices on ebay, from $35 to $449 for one book! They're not for sale, just wondering.
Same as with the book, Union Pacific Streamliners, that's a book that I'm trying to get my hands on, d*mn difficult!

 

[syscom3]

I need to find this video clip made from some "foamers" who were taking pictures of a passing train, and they are on the embankment a safe distance away .... when all of a sudden the train derailed and a car dumped on the ground just several feet from them!

 

[Lucky13]

Have some N&W videos that I bought ages ago, there they're so close, or the camera, that the film shakes when the Y's are passing by...8)

 

[Aaron Brooks Wolters]

Got a few shots on the way home from work today.8)

 

[syscom3]

I like the pic of the hopper cars.

Being from the midwest, I remember seeing train after train, 100 hopper cars long.

 

[wheelsup_cavu]

I like the pic of the hopper cars.

Being from the midwest, I remember seeing train after train, 100 hopper cars long.

Another displaced midwesterner !
Relocated to CA from Illinois in 79.

My Grandfather worked on trains so I like seeing them too. ( GM&O )
Great pictures in this thread.


Wheelsup

 

[syscom3]

Another displaced midwesterner !
Relocated to CA from Illinois in 79.

My Grandfather worked on trains so I like seeing them too. ( GM&O )
Great pictures in this thread.


Wheelsup

GN for me!

Remember the CB&Q? EJ&E? All those grain trains in late summer and early fall ..... I have lots of nice memories of those!

 

[wheelsup_cavu]

GN for me!

Remember the CB&Q? EJ&E? All those grain trains in late summer and early fall ..... I have lots of nice memories of those!

You lost me with the GN abbreviation ??

I remember the grain trains.
I just don't remember who was running them.
I only remember GM O because I was constantly hearing about it before it was bought out.
Several of my uncles ended up working for them too.

You knew when you got caught by one of those grain trains you were going to be waiting forever.
At least it seemed that way.
It was great when you were on the school bus though.


I just found out a week ago there is a train museum in Perris.
I am thinking about checking it out.

Wheelsup

 

[syscom3]

You lost me with the GN abbreviation ??

I remember the grain trains.
I just don't remember who was running them.
I only remember GM O because I was constantly hearing about it before it was bought out.
Several of my uncles ended up working for them too.

You knew when you got caught by one of those grain trains you were going to be waiting forever.
At least it seemed that way.
It was great when you were on the school bus though.


I just found out a week ago there is a train museum in Perris.
I am thinking about checking it out.

Wheelsup

GN = Great Northern.

 

[vikingBerserker]

The thing I really loved about living in Germany was we always got to ride the trains As a kid, it really was a blast.

 

[GrauGeist]

Hey syscom, you have any photos of the Sunkist grower's locomotives that used to operate in Orange County back in the 60's?

I remember the trains when I was a kid. There was a packing house not far from where I lived there in Fullerton (which blew up and burned to the ground in the mid 60's) and I used to hear it's whistle as it crossed Acacia street. The cool thing about it was that it was a steam locomotive, not diesels like the Santa Fe locomotives that were operating down there at the time.

I know they had some similiar ones out in Pomona/Riverside, too.

 

[GrauGeist]

While I was out and about today, I figured I'd grab a shot of a cool locomotive at our local museum. On display at the Tutle Bay Museum, is a logging locomotive that was in this area for years. It's one of many types that were in use by the logging outfits in this region for decades.

One of these days, I'll go in there and get some better detail photos and grab the info about this engine.

And, on my way home, I saw a group of UP locomotives at the Redding station. I'm not too sure, but it looks like the one locomotive in the rear, on the right, is a Great Northen. This shot was taken at the Shasta Street crossing.

 

[Cota1992]

A series I took here in DC as I crossed the tracks on a bridge above as a CSX south bound started moving with the Capitol dome in the back groundon the RF&P below.

Art in DC