Midweek Photos 7/22/15

Nice, summer-y photos, Dan.  I can hear the cicadas in the trees.

Here are a few photos from last weekends "Diesel Days" at the Illinois Railway Museum.

And a few more...

A little vacation fun in the white mountains of NH.   Pics of the Conway Scenic and Mt. Washington Cog RR

Hello everyone. Hear are a few shots I took the other day in Aurora,Ill

That SW looks familiar, Scot. The picture is from the Southwest Chief in 2012. Also included are a few random shots from Harrisburg, Pa.

Not much of a chance to photograph trains this week so I have decided to do something a bit different for this weeks MWPF.

It is a throwback Thrusday!  Here are just a few shots I took at Trainfestival 2009.  

Trainfestival 2009! One of my first major railroading events. I wasn't into photography yet but after this trip I went out and bought my 1st SLR and started photographing trains.

Want to see more from Trainfestival 2009, visit my page:http://www.trainphotography.net/Trainfestival-2009

Thank you Diesel Dan for getting things started this week.  

Here are some shots I took at RailCamp in Pennsylvania two weeks ago.

Thursday of RailCamp is at the Strasburg Rail Road. It is a work session, although the work is not too complex.  

After a briefing with Rick Musser outside the Strasburg Locomotive shop, the kids laugh number 89, a 2-6-0 getting coal at the coal dock.

Not long after, the Cagney 4-4-0 steam crew arrived to give everyone some throttle time.

Alex Merrill rides along with us while still qualifying for his engineer's test.

Alex and Ryan Merrill take on turning the locomotive on the wye.

Later in the day, the RailCamp took on track inspection, repair and replacement of ties.

Many techniques were employed in spiking along with stabilizing the ties.

It takes teamwork on the track gang.

CN 89 arrives at the depot ready for another run to Leaman Place.

Now on to switching and coupling.  Each of us was put through the paces of signaling to the engineer what our desired task would be.

Still one of my favorite cabooses - Oops, I mean "cabin car" - the PRR N8. This one currently resides in Stewartstown, PA

A couple more....

Is it just me, or is nearly 70% of the photos on this page not showing? I used two different browsers (Chrome, Firefox) and most of the images are not showing (shows the broken image icon instead). 

Everything is showing on my end.

A bad pic might be better than no pic.  Rainy day yesterday, cruised by the Anchorage Depot. 

Same train 2 days earlier in Bear Valley waiting for the green light to enter the tunnel.

Great ride July 17th, Took Silver Vista up/Bus back.  Hope to do it again in the Fall season.

Here is a hopper in which the coal caught fire.  It was left to burn and subsequently buckle. It was finally cut up yesterday and today.  This is between the BNSF and UP tracks along old Route 66 east of Pacific MO.

I also caught a Warbonnet nearby waiting on the old mainline, now siding.  For the life of me, I don't know why they didn't keep this catchy paint scheme. 

Lastly, I was excited to see a tank car painted in something other than black.  And clean too.  -Nathan