Midweek Photos 7/9/2014

The Reading & Northern ran The Mountain Top Rotary [Club] Steam Excursion between Penobscot, PA (southeast of Wilkes-Barre), and Jim Thorpe on Saturday, July 5. "The Four-and-a-Quarter" put on a great show with trucks and piston valves rebuilt at Strasburg. Here is the first RBM&N private car (rebuilt from a DL&W "Edison" coach) during runaround moves in Jim Thorpe. Later the RBM&N obtained a private car with 6-wheel trucks built for Jay Gould's daughter from a restaurant at the former Jersey Central station in Wilkes-Barre.

Here's something you don't see every day - a private car being turned for the return trip.

Then No. 425 was turned.

Cool pics,  I would like to go to Steam town some day, maybe after retirement.  Round table looks neat too ReadingFan.  All I have this week is of some cars left on a siding south side of Lincoln  and a Santa, Fe GP-39 waiting at the Amtrak station.  One car caught my attention, Apalachicola Northern boxcar.  Never heard of that RR.  I did do some research on it, also in the group of cars where two old North Western hoppers.    Nick     

Some shots of new RR construction to service a new grain receiving and shipping elevator.  First is the new elevator under construction.  Second is the current grade crossing highway 81 25 miles n. of Norfolk Ne.  Was Burlington, then leased out maybe now to return.  Line goes from Sioux City Ia. to ONeill Ne.  Third is the new grade under way, curving off the main line and around the elevator.  Fourth is the new grade going to the loading chute off the elevator.  The tall silver thing in the back of the elevator will be the high capacity grain dryer.  More as construction continues. 

Pictures of a Pittsburgh and Ohio Central train from earlier today. You can see my video here. https://ogrforum.com/t...s-you-just-get-lucky Sorry Rich, the hyperlink wasn't working for me. These are all taken from my phone.

July, 7, 2014, A BNSF iron ore train has just departed Dupo, IL on UP's Chester Sub. This is an unusual move as the ore train usually take an all BNSF route and use the parallel BNSF River Sub across the Mississippi River. It will regain BNSF rail at Rockview .MO, about 130 miles south. The train originates in Minnesota and is destine for the steel mills in Birmingham, AL.

Dan

Glacier Discovery in Bear Valley.  They just got the Green Light to enter the tunnel.

Rail Barge arriving in Whittier.

One of my favorite railfanning shots.

Art 

This is a modern shot but it is great,

I love this photo, it reminds me of Howard Fogg's work.

I grabbed a pic of that same train...how funny.