a picture a day....

Unloading a 20’ Container in the Valmeyer IL. Caves last Friday 

geysergazer posted:

"The Royal Gorge":

         

On the left, IN Royal Gorge. On the right, climbing towards Tennessee Pass.

The train always stopped for 10min in the Gorge so people could get off and look around. Directly overhead and a thousand feet above was the highway bridge over the Gorge. I have an early childhood memory (age 4) of walking across that bridge and looking straight down through the steel-grate deck. It is a suspension bridge and when a car crossed I remember feeling the bridge bouncing  a bit. 

My wife and I rode that last June, such an amazing ride!

For today: " In the still of the night."

I took this yesterday

Lee, that is a superb photograph!  Catching the engine between the trees is absolutely outstanding!  You don't those trains or trees here in Western Pennsylvania and West Virginia!!!

Lee, I agree with Mark. Superb photo. It took split-second timing to get that shot. 

Mark, Lew, thanks for the kind words!

We're having excellent weather this week, and I took the day off from work, to go hang around with a few train fan pals of mine, all keeping our proper distance from each other. We hung around at the end of a bridge just north of Winlock, WA. It's just shy of the crest of the 1% grade on Napavine Hill. Lots of trains coming back and forth. This photo was taken at the second to the last train that I saw before I left.

I just happened to see the Gap in the trees, and tried for the shot. It turned out to be the best one all day.

That was the northbound Amtrak coast starlight. That, the southbound of the same train earlier and the one Cascades train had no passengers to be seen in the Windows.

I got a few other shots on the bridge, but most were uninsupring.

For today: " As the sun rises in Patsburg."

The end of a hard day's work on the Island of Sodor.

"UP, Santa Fe, Rio Grande":

UP Domes from a UP Dome:

Santa Fe Superdome with San Fransisco Peaks in background:

CZ Dome on the Rio Grande:

A busy day on a small railroad!

Just for the Easter holiday without festivities this year...

More photos with natural sunlight:

Just another day in Patsburg: " Clark Kent steps out of phone booth ... man is running late, sees his train coming, thinks " no time for a hot dog now! "

Randy Harrison posted:

trumptrain posted:

For today: " SW1 working the yard just before sundown." 

Pat:

This photo is superb. The effect of what I assume is natural sunlight juxtaposed with the darkening background is striking.

Thanks so much Randy!  I'm having lots of fun exploring with taking photos in natural light with my cell phone. 

Happy Easter!

                      Some additional sun down pre dusk shots'.....

Quarter Gauger 48 posted:

                      Some additional sun down pre dusk shots'.....

 

Ted, great lighting effects

 

 

sidehack posted:

Quarter Gauger 48 posted:

                      Some additional sun down pre dusk shots'.....

 

Ted, great lighting effects

 

 

 

Thanks Ray, the sun comes through the west side of my basement window around 16:00.  I took these shots a couple years back... It only hits a small area of the layout...  Once the summer sun gets here, 6:AM, on the east side, lights up a good portion of the layout.  I will try and get some Dawn shots''

Took these yesterday

Randy. What a GREAT Castle!!  Did you make that?  Really looks cool.  

Happy Easter

Don McErlean 

The Erie Shore and Ironton over the weekend...

The Erie Lakefront near Cleveland.

The locals wait for a freight to crawl through the cornfields.  Route 4 southbound near Sandusky.

As witnessed by the condition, this rarely used siding near Huron, Ohio is a nice break for many train crews.  They always keep a Caboose pole on hand so they can "wet-a-line".

For today: " Great day for a motorbike ride!" 

Yesterday

REMCO ships out valve order

Coming back from a fishing trip.

Randy Harrison posted:

Coming back from a fishing trip.

Randy, I LOVE this shot!

Prerun inspection before The Mohawk goes out for a run. He always makes sure to check everything out before it goes.