Midweek Photos 2/29/2012 "Leap Day"

Here are Reading FP7A's at Steamtown

And a handmade HO scale model of Tunkhannock Viaduct in Steamtown Mall

Yesterday, friends and I went out to catch some freight action in Connecticut.  First, we went to the Norwich area, where we saw New England Central 608, but lighting was bad, so we headed over to the Providence & Worcester, to check out their trains NR-2 and NR-3.  In this view, NR-2 rolls along the Thames River with mostly stone:

Dang!  I'm having trouble uploading more than one photo in the reply!

Anyway, here's NR-2 farther south, rollin' down the river:

Here is 608, arriving Palmer, MA yard from the south:

608 rolling into the yard, while the plow, which has had no use this winter, watches and waits:

Standoff!  Northbound 608 and southbound 611 arrive at the same time at the CSX diamond at Palmer Union Station:

611's crew with NECR 437 and 6281, returning to the yard, after dropping off some boxcars in the Mass. Central interchange:

And a few miles north, Amtrak 55, the Vermonter with 165 on the point, rolls southbound around a curve as it approaches downtown Three Rivers, MA:

UP #1995 and UP #8646 (one of the last two C&NW-liveried units) on display at IRM in July,2009.

CTA #4391, the only remaining CTA PCC car, on a rainy 4th of July, 2009, at IRM.

From Sunday February 26th At Button's Bluff Overlook on the CSX James River Line. This is looking north from over the portal at Little Tunnel.

On President's Day, February 20th, there was a light coating of snow and the scene looked almost like Christmas.  There was just no reason to leave a near picture perfect scene intact without adding a good train to it; therefore, I cloned in a coal train from another shot taken on the 26th - see below, or view the larger view at

the following link: http://classiclights.org/CSX-S...ed-1024x768-text.jpg

Otherwise, the scene today awaits a little greening from another couple weeks of spring:

Since it's Leap Day

An hour at Fairhope, Pa, on the east slope of Sand Patch Grade.

First two are of a helper set climbing the hill, west bound.

Next two are a coal drag east bound down hill. The rail fans have

built a bench on a small cliff there, and the last four were taken from

there using a 28mm lens for the long shots, a 200mm for the closer

up photos.

One usually thinks of the uphill battle with loads..but once you view, from my perspective here, downhill tonnage under control, it's awesome.

Ed Mullan

Dang Bob, that second shot of yours is killer!  I missed last week; my computer had a blow out.  My wife was going through a bunch of photos and it fried the video card!  So, I just got a bigger one.  Anyway, winter has finally arrived.  Not very cold, but at least I finally have my beloved snow!  A few shots.  First is from Lester, IA, a tiny town on the SD/IA border.  Second shot is from Mitchell, SD.  Third is from Sioux Center, IA.  I was busy standing in line at that third door and didn't see the train go by. 

Kent in SD

No train photography on the 29th of February 2012 for me but my files produced this.

February 29, 2004 found this in Sparks NV on the Reno Fun train.  Today the Amtrak Heritage unit on the Reno Fun train is in Sparks with this paint scheme. 

Greg

A couple shots from my Friday railfanning adventures:

This one actually has won a couple honors and has been posted on some different websites including fallstonflagstop.com

Same train but different angle:

Great photo's everyone....

NS SD40-2 3434 (ex CR SD40-2R 6977, exx CR SD40 6330, exxx PC/PRR SD40 6077) leads JR2 through Parlin on the Amboy Secondary as it heads to Browns Yard - 

Shared Assets transfer run JR2 heads across the Raritan River on the North Jersey Coastline. Once it reaches South Amboy, it will swing off the NJCL & on to the ex PRR Amboy Secondary for the final leg of the trip to Browns Yard. NS SD40-2 3434 (ex CR SD40-2R 6977, exx CR SD40 6330, exxx PC/PRR SD40 6077) is the lead unit

Here is a leased rent-a-wreck motor that was on the trash local last week. It had a sister being used here in a helper set until it blew up shoving my train up the hill last week....

Great photos everyone! Thanks for sharing.

I like this shot - the light and shadow combo: 

Here is my pick for this week:

http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=390551

http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=389306&nseq=3

http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=386745

http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=317507

And my favorite:

http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=385232

Prairie