@pennsyfan posted:Thanks the search engine doesn’t like CONDOT, keeps changing it to CONDOR. I then searched CT DOT 257 and I got some information but not a clear picture. It was reported as a GP38. I guess it’s a different nose; because I don’t see a GP38.
It is technically a GP38 ( probably from the internals)
this link should have what you’re looking for-
@Apples55 posted:Bob;
Try this link…
http://www.trainweb.org/railpix/cdot1.html
I searched for “ct dot diesel 257 2770” - not sure what the 2770 stands for, but it came up when I was searching.
P.S. METCA looking for its next project???
Not that I know of. After Andy posted the BIG BOY I went looking for my photos of when the Big Boy arrived from Bellows Falls VT ( through the efforts of Don Ball) to the Infant Steam Town. My Mom and Dad lived in Scotrun, so he and I went up to Scranton for the event. While I was looking I found these of the New Haven. That’s my story and I’m sticking to it. I also found photos of Portland, WA, Vancouver CN, and museum at Golden. When I traveled on business I’d go a day early and visit RR spots.
Thanks Paul! That link https://ogrforum.com/topic/rai...4#185846712077560854 took me right there and it was the 3 or 4 engine on the list. So it is a GP 38.
No new photos this week, instead here's a quick video from last March as well, when I caught the now-retired Ohio Central and P&W Super 7s on the ZVL-2 as they arrived in Zanesville.
I can't remember if I posted the pic below to this thread or not. Now the thread has gotten too big to scroll back through to see! SO, if I can't remember... then none of you can either?
LOL!
This was taken back in Dec of '21 while I was out in the mountains aboard one of my vintage enduro motorcycles. (In this case my '71 Zundapp GS125.)
The railroad is the KCS (now the CPKC). This photo was taken on the 17 mile mountain grade through the pass between Black Fork Mountain and Rich Mountain (in the background). The train in the photo is headed northbound, thus is going downgrade. It had just met an upgrade southbound, but I didn't get there quick enough to snap a photo of the upgrade train.
Andre
Ah yes, the enduros were game changers for novice hill climbers on Yamaha scramblers.
The Hoboken event?
@Xavi_SF3600 posted:
Any captions?
Yes this was in Hoboken, NJ. At the old Lackawanna Station.
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GP40PH-2 41O1 was repainted into its transition-era “Bluebird” scheme in September of 2022 to honor the role NJDOT and Conrail played before NJ TRANSIT Rail Operations was created.
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Built by Bombardier in 2011, the 4519 is a dual-power locomotive, meaning it can operate on any NJ TRANSIT line. In 2019, Rail Operations wrapped the 4519 in its classic Erie Lackawanna Railway gray, yellow, and maroon scheme found commonly on freight and passenger trains in the 1960s and 70s after the merger of the Erie and the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western railroads in 1960. When in service, the 4519 can be found operating on nearly every NJ TRANSIT line.
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Locomotive 4210 is the latest addition to NJ TRANSIT’s heritage fleet and made its first revenue run on November 8, 2023. Rail Operations repainted the locomotive into an adaptation of the Erie Railroad’s black-and-yellow scheme to honor one of the original NJ TRANSIT predecessor railroads with a main line running from New Jersey west to Chicago.
@Xavi_SF3600, Thank you for the captions. Now I know what I am enjoying looking at.
I finally got the video put together from my club's Big Boy trip to the Chicago area. It is a little long, but it does contain most of the footage we shot (6 guys with 7 cameras over 4 days), including some modern trains at the Rochelle RR Park and some non-UP steam action at the Illinois Railway Museum. Be advised that some of the footage is not great, and a few shots are shot in the dreaded vertical-cellphone-camera aspect. I included these to give the greatest number of perspectives.
Andy
Here are a few shots from the Illinois Railway Museum from 9/7/24:
As an experiment, and as a way to illustrate how big a UP DD40X is, one of my fellow club members and I took pictures of each other from each end of the DD40X at the same time.
Andy
@Andy Hummell posted:Here are a few shots from the Illinois Railway Museum from 9/7/24:
As an experiment, and as a way to illustrate how big a UP DD40X is, one of my fellow club members and I took pictures of each other from each end of the DD40X at the same time.
Andy
Great pictures Andy, I'm going to have to go before the years end. It's only an hour & 1/2 away from me. I should effort the trip more than once a year.
Andy, thank you for the great photographs and video. That was a great trip!
@Andy Hummell posted:I finally got the video put together from my club's Big Boy trip to the Chicago area . . . Be advised that some of the footage is not great, and a few shots are shot in the dreaded vertical-cellphone-camera aspect. I included these to give the greatest number of perspectives.
Andy
Haha, good work in forestalling a rain of zingers, Andy. I think you made the right call. Your video is an interesting compilation of viewpoints.
To many who have never thought much about photo composition, it's all about the subject, and vertical works for everything. They know what they know and like what they like. So, it's better to include the vertical frames for their worth in other ways.
Mejor que nada, as they say.
@Number 90 posted:To many who have never thought much about photo composition, it's all about the subject, and vertical works for everything. They know what they know and like what they like. So, it's better to include the vertical frames for their worth in other ways.
That was my thought as well. The one instance in this video where I thought that vertical was somewhat appropriate was the footage taken from inside the IRM train as it captures the feel of looking out the window looking forward. I did think for a bit on whether to include the vertical shots, but in the end I wanted to include as much of everyone else's footage as I could. There was one shot that I wish I could have included in the video that was ruined by a "rail fan" (I use quotation marks here because he did it on purpose) -- one of our guys had his camera set up on a tripod for a great view of 4014 coming around a bend, and he got just about a couple of seconds of footage before the "rail fan" planted himself right in front of the camera (you can see him filming with two cell phones in the next to last clip in the video). People were pretty spread out along the line, so crowding wasn't an issue (reason #1 that I say he did it on purpose). Also, he was hanging around and chatting with some of our members for some time beforehand and well after the camera and tripod was set up (reason #2 that I say he did it on purpose). In the ruined footage, he turns around and looks directly into the camera twice and at the end makes a face that tells me he knew what he was doing (reason #3).
Andy
@Andy Hummell posted:That was my thought as well. The one instance in this video where I thought that vertical was somewhat appropriate was the footage taken from inside the IRM train as it captures the feel of looking out the window looking forward. I did think for a bit on whether to include the vertical shots, but in the end I wanted to include as much of everyone else's footage as I could. There was one shot that I wish I could have included in the video that was ruined by a "rail fan" (I use quotation marks here because he did it on purpose) -- one of our guys had his camera set up on a tripod for a great view of 4014 coming around a bend, and he got just about a couple of seconds of footage before the "rail fan" planted himself right in front of the camera (you can see him filming with two cell phones in the next to last clip in the video). People were pretty spread out along the line, so crowding wasn't an issue (reason #1 that I say he did it on purpose). Also, he was hanging around and chatting with some of our members for some time beforehand and well after the camera and tripod was set up (reason #2 that I say he did it on purpose). In the ruined footage, he turns around and looks directly into the camera twice and at the end makes a face that tells me he knew what he was doing (reason #3).
Andy
Andy- great compilation video. Yea- your "friend' at the end was definitely there to photo-bomb your shot. He barely held his phones up long enough to catch the front drivers pass. I doubt he was even filming.
Thanks for sharing.
I reminder that some of you may need....this is the REAL trains forum so please post your model trains .... particularly photos of them ... in the photo / video forum.
Some shots from Rochelle this weekend. Saw a VIA train set being moved. Have it on a short video. Not sure how to get it here except with YT at the moment. Train ON!
Bogart, nice photographs in Rochelle.
Here are mine for this week -
On Saturday, September 14, 2024, a set of Budd built R32 cars were part of the NY Transit Museum's “Celebrating 60 Years Of the Brightliners” nostalgia special. A pair of excursions ran a round trip from 96th Street in Manhattan to Coney Island via the Brighton and West End lines. The afternoon trip is seen here on the Brighton Line at West 8th Street, just one stop away from Coney Island.
NJ Transit assembled a collection of some of their special locomotives and equipment at the former DL&W Hoboken Terminal this past weekend. This overview shot gives a good view of the terminal along with the skyline of Midtown Manhattan.
A 4 pack of helpers (snappers in PRR parlance) are running light through downtown Altoona on a beautiful July morning.
Clean NS AC44C6M 4821 is leading an early morning eastbound stack train past the former PRR station in Lewistown, PA on the Pittsburgh Line.
During Conrail's final winter, GP40-2 3363 is in charge of an eastbound manifest as it rolls through Hummelstown, PA on the Harrisburg Line. GP40-2 3363 was sent to CSX post merger.
That overview shot of the terminal is impressive! Thanks for sharing. 8-)
I chased a northbound Vermont Rail System freight on Monday evening, September 9th. VTR SD70M-2 #432 led GMTX 2022 on its return run from Bennington to Rutland with intermittent sun, clouds and rain showers along the way. Here are some photos I took with my iPhone…
North Bennington, VT…
Shaftsbury, VT…
Arlington, VT…
Manchester Center, VT. This is my favorite shot!
Here are the corresponding videos…
Earlier this month we rode the Empire Builder from Chicago to East Glacier MT, toured Glacier National Park, then reboarded the Empire Builder and rode to Portland OR.
Stop in Minot ND
The white truck is refueling locomotive 2
Glacier Lodge in East Glacier MT. The Great Northern RR built this lodge in 1913. The vertical structural timbers are 500 - 800 year old Douglass Fir
Amtrak station, street side, in Whitefish MT
Track side of Amtrak station. When we reboarded the Empire Builder (westbound) here it had 3 locomotives.
Final stop in Portland OR. The westbound train splits at Spokane WA. The section to Seattle has the Dining Car while the section to Portland has the Sightseeing Lounge
On display on the grounds of the Amtrak station in Whitefish
Here are mine for this week -
Red Bank, NJ -
Deshler, OH -
Hoboken, NJ -
Red Bank, NJ -
Hummelstown, PA -
Queens, NY - Queensboro Plaza -
Wabun, VA -
Christopher, great photographs as always! However the composition and lighting of that beautiful station in Redbank are outstanding!
@Mark Boyce posted:Christopher, great photographs as always! However the composition and lighting of that beautiful station in Redbank are outstanding!
Thank you Mark. That shot was a long exposure on a tripod. The modern station lighting makes for a tough shot with the shutter open, but I was pretty pleased with how it turned out.
The station dates to 1875 and was built by the CNJ. It is still in use for NJT today!
@Christopher2035 posted:Thank you Mark. That shot was a long exposure on a tripod. The modern station lighting makes for a tough shot with the shutter open, but I was pretty pleased with how it turned out.
The station dates to 1875 and was built by the CNJ. It is still in use for NJT today!
Thank you for your method and the date of the station!
Earlier this afternoon, I got back from my first time attending "Monongah-Con," a gathering of railfans who shoot the coalfield lines in West Virginia, Pennsylvania, and western Virginia, mostly centered on ex-B&O lines. Before the evening presentations from prolific photographers like E Roy Ward and Everett Young (my heart hurt after so many Alco RSD-12 and WM shots), the gathering of about 40 or so folks spent the days shooting the action on the CSX lines that radiate from Grafton, WV. On Saturday, I trailed 3 different groups of folks as they chased trains on the "Mountain Subdivision" between Grafton and Cumberland. Early in the afternoon, I snagged this shot of E744, an empty coal train with five units on the front, rumbling over the Cheat River as they charged west through Rowlesburg, WV. In the lead was one of CSX's heritage units, whose design dictated this angle.
Our daughter recently moved south to Pensacola Florida. She needed to take her car as well so she and her boyfriend took the Autotrain from Lorton.
I've taught her well.......
Nice to see new equipment on the point. She said the cars have been refurbished (new seats), but the bathrooms are still the same. Amtrak has changed food service on the Coach side of the train. The full diners are gone and a cafe car has replaced them. Basically the same lounge car with the bar, and an extended selection of sandwiches and snacks. Continental breakfast is available in the morning.
Sleeper class still has full diner service.
The train left on time and arrived in Sanford almost an hour ahead of schedule.
Bob
Dan, it sounds like you had a good day indeed!
Bob, that sounds good that Amtrak has done some updating on the auto train.
Here's some from me for this week -
Boonton, NJ -
Fleetwood, PA -
New York, NY - 125th Street -
Swatara, PA -
Traveled to some fantastic railfan spots this summer and fall including Mine Dock, Horseshoe Curve, Sand Patch, Magnolia Cutoff, Cumberland, Macungie, Berea, Bellevue, Marion, Fostoria and Deshler. All of these railroad haunts were fantastic, and I'd readily go back in a flash. But on this October Saturday I took a late day detour to a local spot in W. Springfield, MA just west of the CSX yard and a manifest with 7 engines came through. As the saying goes, "There's no place like home."
This one really strikes a chord with me. Growing up Dad had three different GM products that had, "Body by Fleetwood" with a coach on the door sill covers. I don't remember if the '75 Caddie Fleetwood had it on the door sills, it would have been very apropos.
@coach joe posted:This one really strikes a chord with me. Growing up Dad had three different GM products that had, "Body by Fleetwood" with a coach on the door sill covers. I don't remember if the '75 Caddie Fleetwood had it on the door sills, it would have been very apropos.
I also Joe. My father mostly had and loved his Cadillacs and I remember quite clearly seeing that emblem on the chrome type sill plate.
Great picture Chris, thanks for posting.
Gene
Back again with another video, a compilation of my catches of the Allegheny Valley Railroad's GP59s leading trains from 2020 through 2023. Norfolk Southern was the only railroad to roster these units, and still owns several GP59E rebuilds, but many were sold in late 2019 and 2020. To my knowledge, AVR, Mass Coastal Railroad, Wisconsin Central, and a grain elevator in Kansas City all picked up some units, but the AVR ones are of course closest to me in Virginia. The high headlights (vs. nose headlights on the GP-11s and GP40-3s), boxy dynamic brakes, and large radiators make these units (in my mind, at least) more visually appealing than CLXX's other power, and the vintage K-series horns and bass-heavy 710 engines make them sonically appealing as well. And, for a while, 4552 retained its Operation Lifesaver insignia from its NS days.
I made this compilation to mark ten years of posting videos on YouTube which, ironically, started because back on October 13th I wanted to post a video from the D.A.R.E. Model Railroad club that exceeded the forum's 100 MB attachment file size limit.
For fun, here's a shot of the East Broad Top Railroad's M-1 motorcar heading back west with an afternoon run at the end of August, just south of the wye at Colgate Grove.
@coach joe posted:
From what I've read, that is where the name originated. Here is what I found out for more of a backstory -
The company began business on April 1, 1909 and continued as an independent automobile body builder until acquired in 1925 by the Fisher Body Company, a division of General Motors. The company continued in Fleetwood until 1931 at which time General Motors moved the entire operation to Detroit.
Long before acquisition by Fisher Body Company, the Fleetwood Metal Body Company had established its reputation as a builder of fine wood and aluminum auto bodies. Its built-to-order product was sought after by many notables both here and abroad, some of whom were royalty from India and Japan, presidents of Poland and the United States and some well known American movie idols.
Unique, was the magic word that attracted the wealthy. One could purchase a chassis with wheels and motor from the best builders abroad, Isotta Fraschini, Bently, Mercedes, Rolls Royce or Fiat. American makers were Duesenberg, Packard, Cadillac, Pierce Arrow or Stutz. There were also Reading makers of the S.G.V., the Chadwick and Daniels. The purchased chassis with engine and wheels was shipped to Fleetwood while the purchaser met with one of the company’s designers, usually in New York, to put onto a drawing the customer’s ideas of what the finished design should be. Once accepted, the plans were sent to Fleetwood where the body would be created, mounted on the chassis and finished in the colors, upholstery, and appointments chosen by the new owner. The car was “unique” to the likes of the proud possessor.
Eventually, under Fisher’s directives, the company also made production models with the celebrated Fleetwood name. General Motors’ most notable Cadillac model was the “Fleetwood” until it was recently discontinued.
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