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I caught the Lehigh Valley unit crossing the Delaware River in Easton, Pa (or Phillipsburg, NJ) on Wednesday morning.

@CarGuyZM10 posted:

I caught the Lehigh Valley unit crossing the Delaware River in Easton, Pa (or Phillipsburg, NJ) on Wednesday morning.

Great photo. I hope you had a fishing pole in the other hand.

Probably the last remaining PRR coaling tower and the soon to be demolished PRR shops from Renovo, PA.

Here’s a few from 2018 taken along the road.  BNSF 9695 serves a power plant shuffling coal cars around.  More info on the engine here if interested.  BNSF 9695

It never fails.  You take the time to carefully scout an area looking for the perfect place for a shot, you get yourself set up, some passerby asks what you are doing, you make the mistake of mentioning you are waiting to photograph a steam engine and ...presto!  half the county shows up and ruins your shot! 

Pikes Peak Cog Railway - July 3, 2021

My daughter just emailed me this photo of the Cog Railway on Pikes Peak, Colorado. She is from Michigan and she flew out to Denver Colorado for the 4th of July Weekend.

Her and her friends spent all day walking up to the peak and walking back down. I wish she had more photos of the Railway.

Her mother and my wife are from Ouray, Colorado. Just north of the Durango & Silverton Railroad.

Gary

I was there for an hour on Friday, saw two looooong NS trains, and an Amtrak.

How about some Black River & Western action here in New Jersey? I was talking to one of the guys taking pictures(who also helped on the 5 year restoration) that they almost did not have her running for July 4th. The dedication of the crew worked through Friday into Saturday morning to get her running. When I got back from shopping yesterday morning between 8:30 and 9AM, I heard the distinct whistle from her and wanted to get pictures. I just had way too much going on and there was no way to do it. So here are some photos followed up by some videos. Enjoy.

I'm at Highland, NY at High Bridge park. I caught a CSX train on the former river line.

Here's a train coming down from Jungfraujoch to Kleine Scheidegg in Switzerland.

Winter Park Colorado a few days ago.

4th of July on the White Pass and Yukon Route.

Silverton and Durango CO. On the Durango and Silverton RR. July 2019.

My wife and I drove across country 2 weeks ago to see our new grandson.  We stopped in North Platte, Nebraska so I could check off a bucket list item of mine to see the Bailey Yard.  Here are a few pics from the tower.

Sheridan Wyoming

Wow, great pictures of beautiful railroad diesels, steamers, passenger trains… here’s a steamer on the DMZ near Seoul Korea that I took a few years ago on vacation with my wife. This is a great thread. Happy Railroading Everyone

Hard to pick a favorite, trains or golf, but its fun when I can combine the two.

During a 2014 trip to the UK, I went to the Bluebell Railway, south of London. This is a steam line which is frequently used in British TV and film dramas—for instance, Downton Abbey, 102 Dalmatians, The Woman in Black, Goodbye Christopher Robin, The Innocents, numerous BBC dramas, for instance, Endeavour—during which they change the station names.

The main station has a train shed with literally dozens of old locomotives inside.

If you're ever in London, the railway is a half hour train trip south. See website:

https://www.bluebell-railway.com

Switching at the Coors plant in Golden CO.

Right before (circa 2008) the semaphores were to be replaced up and down the Monon.  The replacement is just barely visible. My wife actually snapped this shot by accident as she was backing away from the track.  Best shot of that day.

Brendan

@Brendan posted:

Right before (circa 2008) the semaphores were to be replaced up and down the Monon.  The replacement is just barely visible. My wife actually snapped this shot by accident as she was backing away from the track.  Best shot of that day.

Brendan

That's a great shot!

Whereabouts on the old Monon was it? I'm guessing somewhere in Northern Indiana.

Thanks!

Thurmond, WV   #24 turnout.  Stores fronts on the top left edge of photo,  coaling tower on top right edge of photo.

The layout of track actually fascinates  me as much as trains.  Not the detailing but more the configurations.

The loco was just sitting there idling

Thurmond from a Zip line 800' above New River.  WV is one beautiful state.

Thurmond or what is left of it, is tucked literally against the steep mountain side.  A prototype for  our building  fronts which we glue on our wall.

At the Hinton terminal one of the most fascinating things was the phone number at the "Transportation Center".

Now that is something to model!

Not an area code but rather the entire phone number.  Period correct !

Last night Iowa Interstate rolling through Tinley Park  Illinois  at 7:45 pm with #813 on the point in heritage Rock Island colors. I barely had the chance to get my phone out of my pocket as it passed. Less than a half mile from my house and on my evening walk.

@Up & Down the Monon posted:

That's a great shot!

Whereabouts on the old Monon was it? I'm guessing somewhere in Northern Indiana.

Thanks!

Correct.  Between South Raub and Romney.

Brendan

Craignor - sometime you should drop by the Rockville Bridge at night - you can watch traffic streak by on Rt. 322 in the background and see FRED flash as he rolls across the bridge.

Third Rail, Bill T, it’s great to see you on this thread and I’m sure hoping your feeling lots better, I love the Rock Island paint scheme, today, pictures from a visit to the famous Horseshoe Curve, 2018 before York in October. Happy Railroading Everyone

This consist was put together about 2012.  Placed in an old strip mall parking lot, it was intended to be a restaurant.  The next year it was a Halloween "Escape the Haunted Train."  Following that, it was badly vandalized.  Now it is being cleaned out before removal.  I want the front half of the ALCO.   I want it to appear as if was driving out of my mountain side.

2017 we rode the 765 from Joliet Illinois to Chicago's LaSalle Street Station.  Lucky enough to get seats in the Hickory Creek observation car.

@third rail posted:

2017 we rode the 765 from Joliet Illinois to Chicago's LaSalle Street Station.  Lucky enough to get seats in the Hickory Creek observation car.

Curiosity concerning track detail...

Those rails in the sunlight, no ties?  Mounted directly on a concrete slab/base?  So, do  I see a slight depressed trough between the rails for runoff?   Interesting.

Here are some I took...

From Pittsburgh

From Pittsburgh's West Park.

One more of the prototype for the "Gold Polar Express"

Today (well, yesterday at this hour) along the NEC near the SEPTA Levittown station in Pennsylvania.

David

“Winter in July” - From Southeast Michigan.

Amtrak at Pontiac • CN Yard just north of Detroit • Amtrak Conductor • The Night Train, Ann Arbor • CP Railroad tunnel, Detroit - Windsor.

Gary: Hope to see you out rail-fanning and posting your images on “Rail-fanning on The OGR Forum”. Any day and time. 🚂

Beautiful pictures Everyone, wow , Trainroomgary  snow/winter in July is amazing, beautiful trains Amtrac, GN, and the tunnel shot, thank you. Now South Korea, Seoul Station, Happy Railroading Everyone

Quanah, Texas

REA building

former Fort Worth & Denver Railroad R-O-W in the foreground

Quanah, Acme & Pacific Railway depot and headquarters. (the tracks passed by on the righthand side of the depot in this photo).

While in Seattle visiting my Grandson, we made a day trip to Portland to see the Oregon Rail Heritage Center.  Here are a few pics from our visit there on Thursday, July 8, 2021.

@NH Bill posted:

While in Seattle visiting my Grandson, we made a day trip to Portland to see the Oregon Rail Heritage Center.  Here are a few pics from our visit there.

The date of your visit would also be helpful, besides the nice photos.

@Hot Water, all set.  I added it to my post.  Thanks!

Lockport, NY

NH Bill - Having witnessed both #4449 and #700 under steam, it is extremely gratifying to see both of them in absolutely pristine condition, under roof, and not rusting away in some city park.  Thank you for the photos