TRAINS - TRAINS - TRAINS

[Labonte]

SJ X2000 are speeding thru Ljungaverk

7 links -- all gone now

 

[BadRotation]

Local narrow gauge railroad.

No longer for us to see


And here is one of the locomotives I work on, taken dec. 2005 while waiting for passengers on one of our excursions... It is the locomotive used for the sounds, and CGI model in the 'Polar Express'. 400 tons, 101ft. long, 18ft. high, burns a ton of coal every 10 miles, and 200 gallons of water every mile.

And two more broken links

 

[nvr2low]

my first train shot

 

[2framesbelowzero]

molested cow - i really like #1;;

nice series all together bad rotation;;

nvr2low - that first one is real nice...like it

 

[Red Snapper]

Apologies for the largeness of this pic, am in work and couldn't resize it.. plus it is pixelated enough as it is!!

Not much train in the pic but this is in Liverpool Central, part of the cities underground railway..
http://www.freewebs.com/undergroundartdotnet/Liverpool/central.JPG

 

[Kevin D Burns]

Edited due to broken link

 

[jack lumber]

Toot.Toot
The Vegas sky train was taken on the strip, The 2nd is a compressed air driven engine, at an abandoned coal mine near Banff

 

[Orgnoi1]

LOL at least I wont get into trouble for posting my train shots full size here...LOL will get on this one later... heh

 

[Orgnoi1]

Ok heres a bunch for your enjoyment...!!

Right out of the 1950's!

Conway Scenic RR's Steam... little extra processing to give an old effect...

1950's Postcard, via 2006 and Medium Format Film...

http://www.northeastfoto.com/gallery/files/4/3/2006_07_02-R04b.jpg

"On the job"

"Coupler"... this shot caused quite the controversy on a few message boards as to the safety of myself while taking the shot. It was actually taken from the work pit during inspection of the locomotive, so it WAS safe and no animals were hurt during this shot either...LOL

 

[Orgnoi1]

Heres the last bunch for now...

"Forgotten Steel"

These shots were taken at various locations depicting (IMO) a total waste of our railroading history. Everything you see is salvagable and my firsthand knowledge is that they have been inquired about, but will not be moved to places that will give the TLC needed to bring them back to operation.

B&M RS-3

http://www.northeastfoto.com/gallery/files/4/3/2006_06_27-R10.jpg

Beautiful NY Central Pullman

http://www.northeastfoto.com/gallery/files/4/3/2006_06_27-R14.jpg

L.I.R.R. Engine in Shambles

http://www.northeastfoto.com/gallery/files/4/3/2006_06_27-R15-Moody.jpg

This last shot isnt a forgotten piece, but actually a semi-restored (I think) one...

Ulster & Delaware Caboose (thought to be burned to the ground-by records)... at the Catskill Mountain Railroad Museum

http://www.northeastfoto.com/gallery/files/4/3/CMRRFramePicture-Moody-Post.jpg

 

[jack lumber]

Orgnoi1, Great images, I cant for the life of me understand why such marvelous pieces of engineering are simply left to rot.!!

 

[Alex_B]

Orgnoi1, Great images, I cant for the life of me understand why such marvelous pieces of engineering are simply left to rot.!!

because maintenance is expensive! and if there is no profit to be made anymore, they are left to rust away.

that is capitalism, or business for you

 

[Orgnoi1]

because maintenance is expensive! and if there is no profit to be made anymore, they are left to rust away.

that is capitalism, or business for you

BUT... scenic railroads are doing fairly well in the states, we turned a record year at ours, with having over 10k riders from 7 countries, 46 states, and the majority of the counties in the state the railroad is in. Regardless the people that currently own them refuse to sell them to places that will make use either in whole or in part. :thumbdown:

 

[Alex_B]

BUT... scenic railroads are doing fairly well in the states, we turned a record year at ours, with having over 10k riders from 7 countries, 46 states, and the majority of the counties in the state the railroad is in. Regardless the people that currently own them refuse to sell them to places that will make use either in whole or in part. :thumbdown:

ok, that is a different story then ...

my statement did not imply that i like them to be rottig away anyway ... I'm always sort of nostalgic myself... i do like things from the past and technology from the past ...

 

[LaFoto]

I think this will have to be merged with an already existing thread on trains in the Photo Themes, for that is what our Photo Themes are there for: to collect as many members' photos on a particular theme (all in one thread) as we can ... well, we don't actively collect, but the threads are there and can be looked up and filled with new contributions at ANY time!

I will now go and merge this one with the corresponding thread in the Themes.