Mine is a passenger car on the NH Cog railroad.
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@Oman posted:Mine is a passenger car on the NH Cog railroad.
Except,,,,,,,,,,,,that Avatar does NOT meet the requirements specified by the OGR Forum, i.e. your Avatar is supposed to be a recognizable "head shot" of yourself.
@Hot Water posted:Except,,,,,,,,,,,,that Avatar does NOT meet the requirements specified by the OGR Forum, i.e. your Avatar is supposed to be a recognizable "head shot" of yourself.
Ah, that's a photo of the rail car in my avatar. Do you not see my ugly mug in my avatar?
The green plaque in my OGR avatar marks the entrance to South Station in Boston, Massachusetts. Dedicated in 1899, it is the largest railroad station in New England and is served by Amtrak and commuter trains of the the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority. For many years, it was the Boston terminus of the New Haven and New York Central (Boston & Albany) Railroads.
MELGAR
Mine was taken looking out the window of a coach on the Virginia & Truckee in NV when we were in Reno. Does that count as a railroad theme?
I'm in the cab of C&O No. 1604, Allegheny.
-Greg
My background is the blue sky of the West Virginia mountains above my Blackwater Canyon Line!
Disclaimer: Actually it is a photographer's background when they took photographs of everyone in the Sales and Engineering Departments at work in late 2014. I know it was that long ago, because it was before they pushed the early retirement package on me and then hired me back as a contract engineer. I never did figure out corporate finances. 
My avatar photo was taken inside the East Stockbridge, MA. railroad station, a former New Haven RR station. The photo depicts my two great passions ... trumpet and trains .... hence my moniker ... trumptrain.
My Avatar is me standing on the back platform of a MA&PA caboose in Muddy Creek, PA.
My avatar photo was taken on one of the several occasions when the Canadian Pacific Holiday Train visited Scranton. With me on the front of the engine, just out of view on either side, are Joe Walsh of the CP Safety Committee aka Santa Clause on the leg from Scranton to Binghamton and Norm Barrett Road Forman for the CP. I was the pilot all but one of those visits from the famous train. I used to really enjoy this job as I pretty much go to run the show from arrival the night before and all the day of the show. The dispatcher put the runner and associated trackage under my charge so I could move other trains around us as we serviced the cars and engines and worked with the onboard crew. After our last move, just an hour before the crowds gathered, it always felt good to have the CP folks tell us how pleased they were to work us. I do miss those days, but I have that photo remind me of them.
Mine is Santa Fe red!
I should make something up, but only my home, no trains
Mine does not. It is my other passion, Star Trek and the bridge of the classic Enterprise. No bloody A,B,C, or D.
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@Catdaddy posted:I should make something up, but only my home, no trains
You and I need to come up with something better. Oh well; We still see who you and I are.
Guess I would qualify. Hard to tell from how small the image is compressed here on the forum.
This is the image full size.
The image through the widow is the south end of the backshop at Southern's old Spencer Shops (now NCTM).
This is the image cropped this from.
I am in the engine's seat of the 0-6-0 drove around for the better part of a haft hour back in November 2011. This was one of the NCTM's "At the Throttle events.
This is the tea pot.
Here is my crew. Teachers, firemen, and guardians !
My one big disappointment was not getting to blow/play the whistle!!!
Setting up for my first run I check that the cylinder cocks were open. notched it two clicks into reverse, released the brake. Then reached up to the whistle cord to blow three blast to indicate intention to back, but no sound. I pull harder and shouts from the ground yelled STOP! Apparently was pulling the whistle over toward the cab. Had to use the air horn. Opened the throttle and went using the air horn signaling the first pass. Then went silent for the others passes until my time was up. Sure wanted to play that whistle!!!!
Ron
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I just changed mine as the powers that be actually let me drive N&W 611 yesterday.
-Greg
Mine is the vista-dome of a California Zephyr car, back when they were on the West Coast and ran excursions through the Feather River canyon from time to time.
@Greg Houser posted:I just changed mine as the powers that be actually let me drive N&W 611 yesterday.
-Greg
Woah, Greg!!! You have joined the ranks of the exalted few!! I'll bet that was a great experience!!! I would be satisfied just seeing the 611 again.
Yes: The avatar background was photographed in my train room. This Lionel streamline loco belonged to my wife's Dad. When he was a kid in 1932.
Gary
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Yes. It's me with NKP 765 in the background at Akron, OH. That day Rich Melvin was driving. I got a couple of really great shots later during the run by.
Yep- the layout from Christmas a few years ago.
Somewhere in the digital stratosphere I have some pix of my son and I in front of Thomas at Strasburg from many years ago. Gotta hunt them down one day.
Bob
@RSJB18 posted:Yep- the layout from Christmas a few years ago.
Somewhere in the digital stratosphere I have some pix of my son and I in front of Thomas at Strasburg from many years ago. Gotta hunt them down one day.
Bob
Bob, Thanks for reminding me about Thomas! I got some good shots with my Godson and Thomas at Greenfield Village. I completely forgot about that wonderful day! 
@Gandalf97 posted:Bob, Thanks for reminding me about Thomas! I got some good shots with my Godson and Thomas at Greenfield Village. I completely forgot about that wonderful day!
No problem. We got lucky that day. Thomas was in the shops for service, not on public display, and as we were heading past SRR I caught a glimpse of a bright blue steamer. The shop guys had it out behind the sheds doing a boiler blowdown. I hung a quick U turn and grabbed some pix. The Strasburg guys were great and allowed us some time around the engine. My son was about 3 or 4 and ate and slept Thomas. It was the highlight of the trip that year.
Bob
@Mark Boyce posted:Woah, Greg!!! You have joined the ranks of the exalted few!! I'll bet that was a great experience!!! I would be satisfied just seeing the 611 again.
It was a great experience. The best part was that a fellow club member had booked the same time slot to ride in the jump seat unbeknownst to either of us. What are the odds of that happening!
We met a couple up from Alabama and another down from Vermont so folks really come from a long way away for the opportunity. Another plus was that they were running late and when it was our turn we had to undertake several extra moves into and out of a siding to accommodate a regular excursion train reaching the end of the line and having to move the engine to the other end of the train for the return trip. We were on 611 a good 45-50 minutes....no argument from any of us!
I highly recommend the experience if you are able. They did have a portable stairway so if you aren't able to climb the ladder up to the cab you can still participate. My understanding from speaking to folks is the last time it was in Strasburg everyone had to climb the ladder.
-Greg
Mine was from a trip on the Virginia & Truckee from Carsen City to Virginia City.
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Kind of...My avatar picture was taken at the six manual console of the Wanamaker Organ at Macy's Department Store in Philadelphia. How is this train related? The nucleus of this organ was the instrument built for the 1904 St. Louis World's Fair in St. Louis Missouri. It was the largest pipe organ in the world at the time. After the fair closed, it was to be installed in a proposed convention center in Kansas City. These plans fell through and the organ was orphaned, being put into storage in St. Louis. John Wanamaker, an avid organ lover, was building a new department store in Philadelphia. He wanted a pipe organ installed to provide background music for the shoppers. He purchased the orphaned St. Louis instrument and had it shipped in a special train of eleven boxcars to Philadelphia. Ironically, the organ proved to be too small for the store's Grand Court. A series of additions was undertaken with the final result being the second largest pipe organ in the world. (It is currently the largest fully functioning pipe organ in the world)
So yes, my avatar picture is somewhat train related.
Tom
My pic was taken in the concourse of the Lackawanna Hoboken Terminal. I cropped it from this photo of me and my Conductor…
Tom
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If you go straight behind me the Union Pacific and Amtrak rails are about 5 miles through the woods. You can here the horn blast going through the little town of Irondale and listen to the cars rattle along very neat to hear in the far distance when I’m in the garage running trains or sitting outside at night.
I think it is a train theme LOL .
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I'm at the throttle of ALCo RS-3 number 109 on the Nevada Northern Railway.
S.Islander
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@lee drennen posted:If you go straight behind me the Union Pacific and Amtrak rails are about 5 miles through the woods. You can here the horn blast going through the little town of Irondale and listen to the cars rattle along very neat to hear in the far distance when I’m in the garage running trains or sitting outside at night.
That works for me, Lee! Even better than my hokey avatar explanation!
