Awrightchewguys! Yeah yeah. Once I get over the Coast Range there's the Willamette Range, then a whole bunch of nuthin', then the Rockies, more nothin', and then a whole bunch of whonoze what, then finally the Cass. It's all 'scenic' though, right?
Hey now... out there in what some call flyover country - you can see a beautiful sight only seen on the vast prairies the midsection of this amazing country can offer... that being a mile long or longer freight train pulled by 6 or more "locomotives" - from end to end!
Its a sight in my mind's memory that I've seen a lot of times from a lot of angles. Silhouette against a pure blue Kansas sky on a bed of golden wheat, with the sun streaming through the cars. A scene I wish I had captured in pictures long ago. Maybe someone yet still will do it justice!
Just posting so I can find the thread again, I should have some train pictures coming in a few days. Hopefully I take some as good and or interesting as you guys.
I did some shooting this morning with my 80-400 Zoom-Nikkor. I like the compression a long lens gives for some shots. These are down at the "Folkston Funnel" just south of Waycross Georgia.
This is CSX's north/south mainline, and here's a southbound train coming from Waycross on the North Northwest mainline turning south toward Jacksonville, FL.
Nice work everyone. I thought I would do my part and keep the post going. I’m deep into aviation but love chasing steam when I can. These are from an October trip to Steamtown.
Best thread on here this year! As a railfan and model railroader (and infrequent landscape photographer) I could look at these kind of images all day long.
Hey that's nice work Jack! It makes me want to get out and hang around a ROW whike the airshow season is down for the winter. Nice pics and looks like an ideal place to shoot them.
Eric - wow man - you gotta contribute more -those are fantastic! I especially like #3, 8 & 10 - but they are all wonderful.
I'd hate to say it - but my friend Jim Wilson may have some competition on most popular threads here before long. Too bad locomotives can't do a barrel roll or an inverted knife edge pass. ... well they could - but i don't think i want to be there to photograph it... ;0
jbear2000 wrote:
Eric - wow man - you gotta contribute more -those are fantastic! I especially like #3, 8 & 10 - but they are all wonderful.
I'd hate to say it - but my friend Jim Wilson may have some competition on most popular threads here before long. Too bad locomotives can't do a barrel roll or an inverted knife edge pass. ... well they could - but i don't think i want to be there to photograph it... ;0
Thank you. It is a pleasure looking at all the train images.
It doesn't snow that often or that much in B.C.'s Lower Mainland (Vancouver/Fraser Valley) but once in a while we get a good taste of winter's nastiness. Today was one of those times. It started snowing yesterday and came down continuously till about 6:30 tonight. We ended up with about 35 cm on the ground (nearly 14" for the non-converted). Not a huge amount by some standards but enough to have a pretty major impact in this area. Local railroads have been experiencing the usual problems--stuck switches, poor traction, non-functioning detectors and signals. Makes for interesting listening on the scanner.
I did manage to get out this afternoon and get a few shots at a spot right on the road between my home and Fort Langley. Took along my shovel and some patience since I expected to get stuck--road was not bad but I had to pull off to park. First shot shows eastbound CN 2674 (GE C44-9W) and a buddy bringing a loaded intermodal off the Rawlison Sub onto the CN main at Hydro junction.
Second shot from the same location looking east. CN 2669 (also a C44-9W) and a sister engine lead a loaded westbound coal train off the CN main on to the Rawlison Sub bound for Roberts Bank coal loading terminal in Delta.
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... well they could - but i don't think i want to be there to photograph it... ;0
