Grabbed a few shots of this CN train switching out some cars on the Mt Clemens subdivision. This GP9 is still in her GT paint.
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Thank you for starting the thread this week, JDev!
It was a beautiful day yesterday, when I decided to photograph Steamtown's Scranton Limited train. The dilemma is where should I go? I figured the most photo angles would be from my house, so I put on the Telephoto lens to capture the 10:30 run.
Canadian National 2-8-2 3254 backs over Bridge 60 on the west end of town.
A few minutes later, the three car train charges up the china wall near the old DL&W train sheds.
... and the 1908 station. This train rarely runs on my day off. I was going to get closer to trackside for the later runs, but gardening and laundry took over the rest of my day.
These trains will run everyday for the next couple of weeks, and outbound excursions begin running again weekends in October.
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Great catch....I'm surprised that scheme is still around.
CB&Q 4-6-4 3007 at the IRM
A future restoration perhaps...?
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About 30 minutes before the steam train arrived, Delaware-Lackawanna RR ran a short freight train to Portland, PA. Two of their former D&H RS3s and Lehigh Valley C420 lead the train on the same tracks.
Why so much power for such a short train? Possibly for a longer train to pick up when they make the swap at Slateford Junction with Norfolk Southern.
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Originally Posted by CWEX:
A future restoration perhaps...?
A dome car has always been on the aquisition list since the 1980's. With their popularity for tourist, dinner train and PV owners, they're hard to come by.
Rusty
The dome car that Chris posted is the "Silver Pony" (former D&RG), and it is, indeed, slated for restoration at IRM. The museum is acquiring trucks now, so as to get it down off that flat car.
Had posted this earlier but many may have missed it
Here is a video clip posted on an Asheville TV station of the special excursion train that left this morning headed to Chattanooga TN for a passenger car convention. Asheville was just one stop for an excursion put together by the American Association of Private Railroad Car Owners
Ah okay, great news for sure. Thanks for the information.
Originally Posted by jay jay:
The dome car that Chris posted is the "Silver Pony" (former D&RG), and it is, indeed, slated for restoration at IRM. The museum is acquiring trucks now, so as to get it down off that flat car.
Killing time Saturday morning, waiting for the Nebraska Zephyr:
Just missed the misfortune of the having the NZ sandwiched between two trains:
Rusty
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Nice shots, gentlemen! Thanks for sharing.
Rusty nice photos, where were they taken at?
Looks like this is turning into shortline week. OK, I have a couple maybe. Last Saturday afternoon I went horizontal on our living room sofa, hoping to catch a quiet nap while my wife went out shopping. I was awakened by the sound of strange horn on the BNSF tracks a mile from my house. I jumped up, put my shoes on, and ran out the door. I intercepted the train a few miles away. It was a Dakota & Iowa train pulling UP ballast cars using UP run through power. OK, nap is over! I got ahead of it and pulled my car around to the back of the abandoned elevator at Fairview, SD, a town too small to even have a gas station. Much to my astonishment there was a small crowd of well dressed people standing on the tracks there. What the heck? Turned out it was a wedding party and a photographer was taking photos. I set up for a shot and warned them about the oncoming train. So, I got a shot of a wedding party and a train--my first! Later, I talked to engineer Tom about it, and he said it freaked him out! I got conductor Steve to pose for me while throwing the switch at the wye in Elk Point, SD. I had plans for more shots in Sioux City, IA but my wife called. Her tone was pretty frosty. Turns out I had been gone for six hours. Ooops! Tempus fugit. It's starting to get dark here at 7:30 PM. As the sun goes down, I'm starting to get that itch again. Time to start charging up my battery packs and checking out flash equipment.
Kent in SD
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Originally Posted by CWEX:
Rusty nice photos, where were they taken at?
The pedestrian crossing a few blocks west of the Western Springs depot.
Rusty
Ok, Thanks Rusty.
As Upstate New York heads into fall:
Some interesting foriegn power is visiting the area.
In Saratoga, sd40's wait on the scrap line.
While some much older units still see revenue service.
And dome cars (3 in this picture) are used to view the turning leaves!
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Great photos as usual!
Prairie
Some shots at Berea Ohio this afternoon.
