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Neat photographs with the fisheye lens, Gary!

At the crest of Carson Hill, climbing out of Ashtabula, Ohio in 2015. The 765 is down on her knees at about 8 mph here, but she made it!

Colorado Springs in late December.

Just north of Pueblo last week.

Hocking Valley steam locomotive no. 3 making its first runs of the year in Nelsonville, Ohio. This is the only regularly operating standard gauge steam locomotive in the state.

The Joliet Rocket 765 coming into Lasalle Station in Chicago…🚂😉😺

Frames in gondolas let wide plates be hauled without clearance routings.

John

@Rich Melvin posted:

At the crest of Carson Hill, climbing out of Ashtabula, Ohio in 2015. The 765 is down on her knees at about 8 mph here, but she made it!

That was a great couple of days.  Waited two hours down on the 322 crossing to see 765 for the first time.

I have not seen the 765 since 2016, but I have been "bonding," with its older sister 755.

Sweet!

Ive taken a liking to rail photography the last few years again and especially enjoy others work!

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Some shots from a trip to the Wind River area of Wyoming a few years ago.

Nice to see a Rio Grande caboose so recently, even if it no longer has any windows! Looks relatively clean, too. Wonder what they use this for?

JUST A FRIENDLY REMINDER:  This thread is for photos  that you have taken.

Cheyenne, WY

North Platte, NE

Pete

Curious to know how this thread is different from the "Real Trains" one. A very fine distinction, it seems. It's much easier to check one thread than two. There's gotten to be such a proliferation of threads that it's gotten time-prohibitive to skip all over to peruse even the ones you're interested in.

On a trip down to Nashville, Tennessee, to see the Colts play the Titans, this was on the train tracks near our hotel.

MERF!

I live near the Indianapolis Union Railway (part of CSX) line that goes through downtown Indianapolis, and I captured this video while waiting for the train to pass. We get a lot of autoracks come along this line.

I kinda wish that dumpster wasn't right there, but I can live with it. Some may say it adds to the grit of the railroad.

Some of those graffiti people must spend a fortune on cans of spray paint, which aren't cheap, not to mention ladders. I wonder how much overspray gets on the cars inside. I would think they cover them with a protective wrap of some type.

Beautiful shots, as always, Erik. I know these represent a lot of time, as well as a lot of hiking! Amazing that you're able to get to the right place at the right time. My favs:

Honorable Mention

Some meets from way back when...

I sincerely tried to take a few snaps every now and then of my railroading experiences, but then that idiot "engineer" out in CA texted his psgr train into the back of a freight, and that was that: The FRA decided I could no longer take snapshots of my life on the railroad.

Andre

Better add in a short line - the unique Iowa Traction. From a 2012 trip to the US.

Ian Munro

Metra's new bicycle car.

Metra's Burlington Route Heritage unit "Thunder Box" (as railfan's have taken to calling these pleasingly loud locomotives)  and Amtrak's Illinois Zephyr train to Quincy, IL, with new Siemens Charger locomotive. Both making their Naperville, IL stops.

Tehachapi CA in 2014.  NH Joe

Below:  Looking West toward the loop.

Below:  Looking East toward Mojave.  There are mountains in both directions.

UP Track Numbering:  Main 1 and 2.

A west bound BNSF train:

The lead engine.

The lead engines running toward the loop.

Mountain power:  6 engines on the front.  An old SF War Bonnet.

Deer Lodge, MT

Pete

Lugano, SW

Pete

Cass and Durbin, WV

Pete

From my office window here in downtown Akron

A nostalgic look back at a 611 trip from Atlanta in 1993 and the photo run-by.

Here are a couple quick grab shots taken with my iPhone during recent travels…

Two NYS&W (Susquehanna) units idling behind McDonald’s on Court Street in Binghamton, NY…

Pan Am Railways B40-8 #5963 idling in the yard at Fitchburg, MA…

I Just couldn't resist. Another short line shot - this time on the Wellsville Addison & Galeton - crossing Route 6 enroute to Ansonia to interchange with the Penn

Central. From another railfaning trip to the US - this time in late 1976. Enjoy. Ian

The last RBBX train. Parked on the Central Extension, Uniondale NY 5/12/17. This was the last stop before the circus closed down.

Here are some pics of our recent trip to Ely.

Baggage cars are showing up on Amtrak, again.  SW Chief, Naperville, IL

Strasburg 2017:

Tom

2014 at the yards of the now fallen Iowa Pacific in Wolfforth, TX.

The lonely railroad crossing.

North of Graybull, Wyoming

Nebraska Sandhills

A little east of Moffat Tunnel

Connecticut Valley Railroad – Essex, CT 2018.

The builder’s plate says American Locomotive Company.

MELGAR