Street Running in the USA or Canada

[PhilJ W]

I can't remember if this has been posted before

Death Avenue NY

 

http://www.shorpy.com/files/images/eleventh_ave.jpg

 

Two railroad tracks alongside a single streetcar track

 

Keith

 

 

And another street runner:

 

Syracuse:

http://www.shorpy.com/files/images/4a19669a.jpg

 

Keith

I just get a message 'Not authorised to access'?

[PhilJ W]

I can't remember if this has been posted before

Death Avenue NY

 

http://www.shorpy.com/files/images/eleventh_ave.jpg

 

Two railroad tracks alongside a single streetcar track

 

Keith

 

 

And another street runner:

 

Syracuse:

http://www.shorpy.com/files/images/4a19669a.jpg

 

Keith

 

 

I just get a message 'Not authorised to access'?

I have Googled 'Shorpy' and found his blog on Facebook. Very interesting vintage USA pics.

[melmerby]

I just get a message 'Not authorised to access'?

I don't see why as it is not a restricted site.

 

Keith

[Wendell1976]

Here are some pictures of a Norfolk Southern freight train running down Scott Street in Bristol, Virginia. State Street separates the two Bristols; one in Virginia and the other in Tennessee. On the Tennessee side, Bristol is home to the Bristol Motor Speedway(NASCAR racing).

http://www.railpictures.net/photo/350334/

http://www.railpictures.net/photo/268988/

http://www.railpictures.net/photo/138793/

 

Wendell

Idaho, USA

[Wendell1976]

Here is a picture of Hampton Roads Transit's Tide light rail train in Norfolk, Virginia. The train is at the MacArthur Square station in Downtown Norfolk. City Hall Avenue, Plume Street, Bank Street, and Atlantic Street all surround the MacArthur Square station. The Tide light rail route is 7.4 miles(11.9 kilometers) long and it runs entirely in the City of Norfolk(to the City of Virginia Beach border). The Tide trains started running in 2011 well after my time of being in Norfolk for an extended time. I was stationed on a ship with the United States Navy at Naval Station Norfolk(the largest naval base in the world) back in the 1990's.

http://www.railpictures.net/photo/545083/

 

Wendell

Idaho, USA

[PhilJ W]

I just get a message 'Not authorised to access'?

 

 

I don't see why as it is not a restricted site.

 

Keith

At least two others are getting the same message as they have 'Agreed'. As I said above the person who is posting the pics is posting them on Facebook under the name of 'Shorpy'.

[melmerby]

At least two others are getting the same message as they have 'Agreed'. As I said above the person who is posting the pics is posting them on Facebook under the name of 'Shorpy'.

It's just an open website:

http://www.shorpy.com/

 

I have never had any problem accessing it from any computer.

Have you any restrictions set up?

 

Keith

 

EDIT It's been linked to on RMWeb before without a problem.

I can't view Railpictures because it says I have an adblocker. Yes I do but even if I switch it off I get the message (same on several sites)

Edited August 13, 2018 by melmerby

[PhilJ W]

It's just an open website:

http://www.shorpy.com/

 

I have never had any problem accessing it from any computer.

Have you any restrictions set up?

 

Keith

 

EDIT It's been linked to on RMWeb before without a problem.

I can't view Railpictures because it says I have an adblocker. Yes I do but even if I switch it off I get the message (same on several sites)

Must be something to do with those individual links. I use an Adblocker (Ad Blocker Plus) but it can be switched off on individual sites such as Railpictures and I have no problem accessing the site.

[melmerby]

I have just tried the Shorpy site on a Samsung tablet and it accesses it just fine.

Bit slower than my PCs but a lot less processing power!

 

Keith

 

EDIT I have completely removed my adblocker and it still claims I have one on Railpictures!

 

 

I've even tried a VPN set to US!

Edited August 13, 2018 by melmerby

[newbryford]

Here is a picture of Hampton Roads Transit's Tide light rail train in Norfolk, Virginia. The train is at the MacArthur Square station in Downtown Norfolk. City Hall Avenue, Plume Street, Bank Street, and Atlantic Street all surround the MacArthur Square station. The Tide light rail route is 7.4 miles(11.9 kilometers) long and it runs entirely in the City of Norfolk(to the City of Virginia Beach border). The Tide trains started running in 2011 well after my time of being in Norfolk for an extended time. I was stationed on a ship with the United States Navy at Naval Station Norfolk(the largest naval base in the world) back in the 1990's.

http://www.railpictures.net/photo/545083/

 

Wendell

Idaho, USA

 

That almost looks like a model with the ubiquitous roadworks cameo...…

 

Cheers,

Mick

[roundhouse]

That almost looks like a model with the ubiquitous roadworks cameo...…

 

Cheers,

Mick

Definitely a real place from ground level at that very stop this morning by coincidence

Edited August 13, 2018 by roundhouse

[steve1]

Here are some pictures of a Norfolk Southern freight train running down Scott Street in Bristol, Virginia. State Street separates the two Bristols; one in Virginia and the other in Tennessee. On the Tennessee side, Bristol is home to the Bristol Motor Speedway(NASCAR racing).

http://www.railpictures.net/photo/350334/

http://www.railpictures.net/photo/268988/

http://www.railpictures.net/photo/138793/

 

Wendell

Idaho, USA

 

A nice pair of Bristols...

 

steve

[Wendell1976]

"That almost looks like a model with the ubiquitous roadworks cameo."

 

Cheers,

Mick

 

By looking at how some of the streets are formed(with one car driving in each direction) and the tracks being embedded into a reddish clay-looking concrete, that picture looks like a model railroad.

 

Wendell

Idaho, USA

Edited August 13, 2018 by Wendell1976

[Wendell1976]

"Vintage" photo, from the Boston and Maine facebook group...

 

B&M SW-9 #1223 pulling a freight down Commercial St. in Portland, ME. Heading for the Grand Trunk interchange (using former Portland Terminal trackage) on October 10. 1983. Photographer (and B&M Conductor): Russ Monroe

 

1223 Commercial St Portland ME 10-10-83.jpg

 

One interesting element to this photo is that by 1983, the B&M, Maine Central, and Portland Terminal had all been purchased/absorbed into Guilford. 1223 lasted all the way thru the McGinnis era with its Maroon and Gold paint, it hadn't been repainted into the "blue dip" paint scheme.

 

Tracks are now gone.

Nice picture of the Boston & Maine in Portland, Maine. Paul Boehlert had made a layout modeling Portland, Maine in the Model Railroader magazine(about two years ago).

 

Wendell

Idaho, USA

[Wendell1976]

Definitely a real place from ground level at that very stop this morning by coincidence

Nice pictures of the MacArthur Square station from today.

 

Wendell

Idaho, USA

[Wendell1976]

My first Canadian picture. This is a GATX Corporation train in Guelph, Ontario doing some quasi-street running down Kent Street. Guelph is between Toronto and Kitchener near Ontario Highway 401(Macdonald-Cartier Freeway).

http://www.railpictures.net/photo/419891/

 

Wendell

Idaho, USA

Edited August 13, 2018 by Wendell1976

[Wendell1976]

Here are some more pictures for this thread of Brantford, Ontario. The inventor of the telephone was the late Alexander Graham Bell and he lived in this city. Brantford is not too far from Hamilton. The Canadian National Railway(CN) used to do street running down Clarence Street in Brantford(in these pictures). Today, the Southern Ontario Railway does the street running and is owned by Genesee & Wyoming.

http://www.railpictures.net/photo/419900/

http://www.railpictures.net/photo/420314/

http://www.railpictures.net/photo/463068/

 

Wendell

Idaho, USA

[melmerby]

I've just sent an e-mail to Railpictures to ask what could cause the adblock message when I am not using an adblocker.

I uninstalled Adblock Plus it and did a refresh of Firefox, which has since also updated itself and Railpictures still shows as blocked.

 

I'll see what they say.

 

Keith

[PhilJ W]

I've just sent an e-mail to Railpictures to ask what could cause the adblock message when I am not using an adblocker.

I uninstalled Adblock Plus it and did a refresh of Firefox, which has since also updated itself and Railpictures still shows as blocked.

 

I'll see what they say.

 

Keith

Try re-installing Adblock Plus, go into Railpictures and it should show the ABP symbol (a red octagon), click on that and it will show an option 'Disable on this site.' Click on that and the octagon should change to grey. If you still cannot view Railpictures try coming out of the site and re-entering.

[melmerby]

Try re-installing Adblock Plus, go into Railpictures and it should show the ABP symbol (a red octagon), click on that and it will show an option 'Disable on this site.' Click on that and the octagon should change to grey. If you still cannot view Railpictures try coming out of the site and re-entering.

That was what I did originally when ABP was still installed. As I was still getting the site blocking me I uninstalled it completely. As you can see from my post #309 there isn't much left in FF

I suppose I could try it again, I have nothing to lose!

 

Cheers

 

keith

[melmerby]

That was what I did originally when ABP was still installed. As I was still getting the site blocking me I uninstalled it completely. As you can see from my post #309 there isn't much left in FF

I suppose I could try it again, I have nothing to lose!

 

Cheers

 

keith

Right.

Just added Adblock plus to FF again

Went to Railpictures site.

Clicked on ABP and "disable on this site"  It has turned grey.

Click on Railpictures photo - "You're using an adblocker" (ABP is still grey.)

 

Keith

 

EDIT

Just tried it on IE which has no add-ons whatsoever and it is just the same as is a Samsung tablet with an adblocker turned off.

Seems like the site has some serious issues!

Edited August 14, 2018 by melmerby

[melmerby]

I manage to get the tablet to work after turning the adblock off, then on and then off again.

However I cannot get the one PC to work with railpictures.net with any settings.

 

Both my other computers (a Laptop & a Desktop PC) work fine if you turn ABP off once you are on the site.

There must be something about the one basic PC that triggers something in railpictures to make railpictures site think there is an adblocker when there isn't.

 

I have been catching up on those many posts I haven't been able to see before. A feast of street running!

 

 

Keith

Edited August 14, 2018 by melmerby

[melmerby]

Here is another from Shorpy

Death Avenue NY complete with mounted pilotman

 

http://www.shorpy.com/files/images/02884u_0.jpg

 

Keith

[Wendell1976]

More pictures of Phoenix, Arizona. In the first picture, a Valley Metro light rail train is running down Jefferson Street next to Chase Field(the home of MLB's Arizona Diamondbacks) in Downtown Phoenix. The second picture is a BNSF local freight train running down 11th Avenue just south of downtown.

http://www.railpictures.net/photo/606274/

http://www.railpictures.net/photo/386164/

 

Wendell

Idaho, USA

[melmerby]

The thing I have noticed is the appaling state of the track in many of these in street sections.

Foreshortening with a zoom doesn't help though!

 

Keith