Lets See Your Best Real Train Pictures

These are not the best quality as they were originally 35mm slides uploaded to my computer.

I want to remind everyone that this thread could potentially get some folks in trouble....copyright trouble.  So...please review the copyright thread within our featured topics.  Since the OP is asking for YOUR best real train pictures, make sure that you are the one that has taken the picture.  Googled pictures don't count...or any other picture that may belong to someone else...this should be your photograph that you took.

Thanks!

I love Sandpoint, ID

Here are a couple of my favorites...

#4014 waking up in Yermo, CA and being made ready to head down Cajon Pass. - Oct. 13, 2019

UP #4014 at Canyon on the Palmdale Cutoff in Cajon Pass. - Oct. 13, 2019

San Bernardino Railroad Historical Society's crown jewel... AT&SF #3751 on the ex-Santa Fe turntable in Redondo Junction (Amtrak's 8th Street Yard) on the final event before her "1472." This was taken on July 15, 2017.
They've almost got her ready for a hydro test, so she's moving in the right direction. 

Where to begin.

I took this pic of 614 at Somerset, Pa c.1980:

 Our Son same venue:

This one best only for it's poignancy. The last train on the old PRR Pittsburgh-Buffalo Mainline c. 1982:

Then they tore it up. It's a rail-trail now. My Sis one Friday evening rode the Buffalo passenger train up from Pittsburgh to Rimer ( half-mile to the left) and we rowed across the river and picked her up. It was dusk so we carried a kerosene lantern in case anyone was out late with one of those new-fangled motorboats. That was c. '58-'59 when she was in training as an Xray technician at Presby in Pittsburgh.

I like this one:

Black Hills Central June 7, 2014.

That is their 2-6-2T doing the honors that morning.

ICE TRAINS in Munich Train Station on 12/11. Picture is mine.

I took this picture on May 13 2008 with my brand new Sony Alpha camera from the car window. This is from the car window somewhere between Palm Springs and Cathedral City. We were on our way to pay our respects to Frank

Taken on various trips:

The cantilever signal bridge at Lubbock Junction.The RailRunner ready to depart Santa Fe, NMFW&D Rwy at Quanah, TX with REA building and QA&P headquarters.Restored Quanah, Acme & Pacific headquarters.From the cab, a place all Santa Fe people will know.

Christmas Eve 1964 at the P&LE station in Pittsburgh, waiting for the Eastbound Capitol:

Mom&I sitting, bottom right.

Christmas Dinner on the Westbound Capitol after Christmas Day in DC:

Hearst, Ontario September 1984:

Rusty

Western Maryland Scenic RR.  

My photo while I was fishing under the bridge. Camp Chase Railroad.

Not my best picture, but interesting because its from 2019.

     I took these shots passing thru Blissfield, Mi. one night, around Christmas time...

Train that I rode in April in the South of France.

Pere Marquette 1225...

   NYS&W Stack Train SU100 on Conrail's Hudson Secondary at Warwick, NY- Jan.87'. 

                                                                MY PHOTO

TGV at Gare' Lyon?

So fresh out of the paint shop that I could almost smell the paint (West Pelzer, SC):

I wish that I had had my sunglasses on with this one (Toccoa, GA):

These are both favorites, but I really do not know which one that I like the best.

It's hard for me to pick a favorite, so I'll show a few here that I think is some of my best work. This might be a bit long-winded but I hope you still find it enjoyable. All photos are mine and may not be reproduced without permission.

Starting off with last weekend, at the American Steam Railroad work session with Reading T1 no. 2100.

To start off with is probably my favorite from that day. Two of the Midwest Railway Preservation Society's roundhouse cats sit on the trailing truck of the 2100.

Although the Society hasn't had steam since 1990, the smell, the atmosphere, the look; everything about this place is enchanting to me.

One of the American Steam Railroad volunteers works to remove two of the foot pedals in the cab on the engineer's side. This was part of one of the tasks that was accomplished that day: removing cab appliances to make way for a new cab floor.

Show here are the guts of an ALCO RS3, built in 1950. This classic diesel still runs today thanks to the dedicated volunteers of the Society. Additionally, she still uses her original prime mover she was built with, so the famous ALCO smoke is a common sight around here!

Moving on to adventures last year, these were taken with an iOS device. The full videos of all of these can be found on my YouTube channel, linked in the signature.

Starting in November of last year, this is the second North Pole Express run of the season. On the head is Pere Marquette no. 1225, an unforgettable star in a certain Christmas movie.

The small town of Carland is perhaps the most sought-out place to film on the entire line from Owosso to Ashley. It's a scene that can be easily mistaken for a cold, wintry day in the 1940s. That is if you can find a shot without any people in it. 

The Steam Railroading Institute often lets the 1225 get quite dirty, as shown in this photo. If it was my choice, she'd be polished like a new penny, but it also adds to the "in-service" appearance of the engine.

Backtracking again to October, I find myself in Strasburg, PA, which for 5 weeks in the fall was the center of all things steam. A monumental reunion of Norfolk and Western J Class no. 611 and M Class no. 475 drew crowds from all over the world.

The 611 puts on quite a show as she accelerates her 3-car train west out of Groundhog Cut. The regularly scheduled hourly train would soon follow, putting on an equally stunning show.

Well, would you look at that? A sugar-beet-hauling Decapod from Colorado passing one of the finest 4-8-4's ever built. No wonder they call this place "Paradise".

For only 50 cents, you too can climb up in an old Amish grain silo and experience a spectacular view of the landscape.

Now in September, I chased Nickel Plate Road no. 765 on the Cuyahoga Valley Scenic Railroad. This chase was unforgettable, and not everything went according to plan.

It began on September 22 with this. Unexpectedly, the train came to a stop right in front of the camera. This was the farthest north the train went, and just a few minutes later, the 765 began leading the train back down south.

The 765 drew quite the crowd on that sunny Sunday morning. My chasing plans had gone way off track, but I had come up with a revised plan based on the previous run, and the rest of the day almost went to plan.

The 765 put on a spectacular show that afternoon at Indigo Lake, but my good microphone broke and I had to settle with camera audio. The camera mic didn't like the 765's Nathan 6 Chime, so I deemed the shot unfit for publication. I redid this the next weekend, with NC&StL no. 576's whistle attached.

My final shot of that day was here, at Ira Road. This was one of two shots I did that went according to plan, which is quite interesting considering I was chasing the engine for 8 hours that day.

Now in the second weekend, this was another shot I had attempted the previous week and gave another try. It was a nice, sunny day right up until the 765 entered Peninsula. Then, the clouds began rolling in. For the shot after this, it was raining.

At the Friday night photoshoot that was held in Akron, I was able to catch a soldier lighting his pipe one last time before heading off to war.

For one Ohio teenager, these two weekends were the best chasing experience he ever had. He caught the steam bug from this very locomotive a year prior, and it doesn't seem to be going away anytime soon. As Led Zeppelin's "The Rain Song" put it, it was "the summer of my smiles".

And on that note, I end my collage for now. Looking forward to presenting more in the future. Keep 'em coming! 

Back in 1956 I took this shot on what was billed as the Boston & Maine 3713's final run. I think it was one of the best RR photos I've taken.

Lew Schneider

Some great stuff guys! 

some recent work, I’ll be presenting at Winterail in Corvallis OR in March also  

Facing south on Kennedy Avenue in Highland, Indiana

 Burnham Yard on the South Shore

East/West tracks just north of Sibley Boulevard in Hammond, Indiana

CN Hazelcrest yard. These may be instruction cars.

Alongside Kennedy Avenue in East Chicago, Indiana

Burnham Yard. Racks are for hauling sheet steel or track switches if wider than 10'.

North/South tracks in Homewood, Illinois

In the Calumet Region we can hardly travel five miles without either crossing or running parallel to tracks.

John in Lansing, Ill

Repainted engine at A&M's shops in Springdale, Arkansas.  I think the unit is an ex CSX.

Dinner Train in Bardstown, Ky

From a couple of fan trips I took in the 70's.

Pictures of NKP 765 at LaSalle street station June 2017(?) fan trip. Where I first met rattler 21 also not quite a train but photos I took of different trolleys and street cars in San Francisco Labor day weekend 2014

Bill T

#403  Royal Gorge, Co. 8/2018

#1512  Verde Canyon, Co. 9/2018

I took this picture in the pouring rain at the Owasso, Mi. 2009 TrainFestival.

  " Working hard up outa' Cumberland!": 

"Split the switch!":

Alder Gulch RR, (a two mile museum pike) was operated in Virginia City by the state of Montana until defunded.

"Ready to signal Washout! Bighole it!"

Our then 2yr old Granddaughter on the B&P, nee B&O, nee BR&P:

"Pic of a guy taking a pic of a train!":

"Westbound Septa @80 per":

My favorite pic of my Grandfather sitting at his Telegrapher's desk at Enslie Tower, Pa on the PRR, c.1910:

I was unsure of the spelling until I consulted his 1917 Employee Timetable:

His handwriting says: "E E Johns   Rose Tower"

Fifth from the bottom. Fourth from the bottom, Dents Run is where Grandad met Grandma at the boarding house she helped her mother run.

Haysi Coal Mine Switcher..

I took this I think in 2017 when I went to Seattle on my bike. The first one is on the ocean side of Steven's Pass, i annoyed a BNSF work crew that were replacing stolen batteries. The 2nd was taken on the South Skagit Hwy right by Hwy 9 out of Sedro-Woolley. No trains, just amazing scenery. 

                 Marci's photo's...

Steel mill in East Chicago

No more putting a stick of dynamite in the coal to make small pieces.

East Chicago(Indiana) Fire Department training department car.

John 

Aha! Brian. So that little engine is a GE, a 20/25 tonner.

What fooled me was the high engine hood, not like a GE at all. But if you look at this pic:

http://www.rrpicturearchives.n...ture.aspx?id=3122510

you can see that the engine Marci photographed doesn't have an unusually high hood but rather an unusual low cab. 

Another pic of a guy taking a pic of a train:

An excursion out of Clearfield, Pa c. 1999-ish.

This Budd car was being nicely kept up by Mid America Railcar Leasing  of Quad Cities.

A nice touch: