Wendell1976 Posted September 13, 2020 Share Posted September 13, 2020 Here's a 1995 picture of a BC Rail train in Lillooet, British Columbia, Canada. The train is crossing the Fraser River. Lillooet is about 157 miles(251.2 kilometers) northeast of Vancouver via British Columbia Highway 99(BC-99). https://www.railpictures.net/photo/239039/ Wendell Idaho, USA 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium jamie92208 Posted September 13, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 13, 2020 1 hour ago, Wendell1976 said: Here's a 1995 picture of a BC Rail train in Lillooet, British Columbia, Canada. The train is crossing the Fraser River. Lillooet is about 157 miles(251.2 kilometers) northeast of Vancouver via British Columbia Highway 99(BC-99). https://www.railpictures.net/photo/239039/ Wendell Idaho, USA It's a lovely spot is Lillooet. Unfortunately the film I took in that area on our trip through, got ruined in the camera but it was well worth visiting. Jamie 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pH Posted September 14, 2020 Share Posted September 14, 2020 I can’t work out what direction the light is coming from in this picture. Is it perhaps a composite? https://www.railpictures.net/photo/747937/ 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PhilJ W Posted September 14, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 14, 2020 Reflected light? Off of high cloud or possibly moonlight. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Smith Posted September 14, 2020 Share Posted September 14, 2020 Agreed, reflected light from clouds still illuminated by the sun below the mountains. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wendell1976 Posted September 21, 2020 Share Posted September 21, 2020 Here's a 1992 picture of a Southern Pacific Railroad train in Walong, California. The train is circulating the world famous Tehachapi Loop. Walong is a suburb of Bakersfield. https://www.railpictures.net/photo/216544/ Wendell Idaho, USA 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pH Posted September 29, 2020 Share Posted September 29, 2020 Train in the desert: https://www.railpictures.net/photo/749451/ 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pH Posted October 4, 2020 Share Posted October 4, 2020 This photographer (Michael Forster) has put up several pictures of the Rio Tinto Iron Ore railway in Western Australia on the Railpictures site today. Here’s a sample: https://www.railpictures.net/photo/749851/ 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wendell1976 Posted October 5, 2020 Share Posted October 5, 2020 On 28/09/2020 at 23:35, pH said: Train in the desert: https://www.railpictures.net/photo/749451/ Nice picture of West Wendover, Nevada. I have driven through that city a lot of times along Interstate 80(I-80). Wendell Idaho, USA 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Smith Posted October 5, 2020 Share Posted October 5, 2020 It is amazing to me that lines like this are not just straight.... The S curve was presumably prompted by the terrain and was cheaper to build than an embankment. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pH Posted October 5, 2020 Share Posted October 5, 2020 6 hours ago, Jeff Smith said: It is amazing to me that lines like this are not just straight.... The S curve was presumably prompted by the terrain and was cheaper to build than an embankment. Or it was done to decrease a gradient. 1 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wendell1976 Posted October 27, 2020 Share Posted October 27, 2020 Here's a picture of a Canadian Pacific Railway train in Crown Point, New York. The train is traversing through some beautiful autumn scenery in the Northeast. Crown Point is about 107 miles(171.2 kilometers) north of Albany along Lake Champlain. https://www.railpictures.net/photo/751318/ Wendell Idaho, USA 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pH Posted October 28, 2020 Share Posted October 28, 2020 Spot the train https://www.railpictures.net/photo/752204/ 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wendell1976 Posted October 28, 2020 Share Posted October 28, 2020 Here's a 1988 picture of a Conrail train near Altoona, Pennsylvania. The train is traversing through the world famous Horseshoe Curve. Altoona is about 100 miles(160 kilometers) east of Pittsburgh. https://www.railpictures.net/photo/403053/ Wendell Idaho, USA 4 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Keith Addenbrooke Posted October 28, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 28, 2020 10 hours ago, Wendell1976 said: Here's a 1988 picture of a Conrail train near Altoona, Pennsylvania. The train is traversing through the world famous Horseshoe Curve. Altoona is about 100 miles(160 kilometers) east of Pittsburgh. https://www.railpictures.net/photo/403053/ Wendell Idaho, USA My knowledge of contemporary US railroads is very patchy - I didn’t know the Horseshoe was no longer a four track curve. I’m guessing someone will tell me it was rationalised a long time ago now! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikjd Posted October 28, 2020 Share Posted October 28, 2020 19 minutes ago, Keith Addenbrooke said: My knowledge of contemporary US railroads is very patchy - I didn’t know the Horseshoe was no longer a four track curve. I’m guessing someone will tell me it was rationalised a long time ago now! It was rationalised a long time ago now .......... 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Keith Addenbrooke Posted October 28, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 28, 2020 (edited) 2 hours ago, mikjd said: It was rationalised a long time ago now .......... 1981 apparently! (It was one of the places featured in Kalmbach’s 1978 book: “More Railroads you can model” - when there was also still a K4 Pacific on display). I’ve not kept up to date since - looks like I have a lot of catching up to do. Edited October 28, 2020 by Keith Addenbrooke 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wendell1976 Posted October 29, 2020 Share Posted October 29, 2020 Here's a couple more pictures of the Horseshoe Curve near Altoona, Pennsylvania. This time it's the Norfolk Southern Railway running the show. https://www.railpictures.net/photo/216657/ https://www.railpictures.net/photo/162995/ Wendell Idaho, USA 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wendell1976 Posted October 29, 2020 Share Posted October 29, 2020 Here's one more picture of the Horseshoe Curve for now. This overhead scene would be impressive for a N scale or even a Z scale layout! https://www.railpictures.net/photo/658094/ Wendell Idaho, USA 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pH Posted November 2, 2020 Share Posted November 2, 2020 The detailed comments about the locos’ colour schemes seem rather pointless! https://www.railpictures.net/photo/752746/ 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium martin_wynne Posted November 13, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 13, 2020 linked from: http://img.radioparadise.com/slideshow/720/36763.jpg 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pH Posted November 28, 2020 Share Posted November 28, 2020 Landscape, railroad, train and not much else: https://www.railpictures.net/photo/755490/ 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wendell1976 Posted November 30, 2020 Share Posted November 30, 2020 Here's a picture of Amtrak California's Capitol Corridor train with a CalTrain locomotive in Oakland, California. The Downtown Oakland skyline is in the background. The heavy rush-hour traffic is driving on the Nimitz Freeway(Interstate 880 or I-880). https://www.railpictures.net/photo/319342/ Wendell Idaho, USA 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wendell1976 Posted November 30, 2020 Share Posted November 30, 2020 Here's a panned picture of a CalTrain commuter train in San Francisco at night. The San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge(Interstate 80 or I-80) is in the background. https://www.railpictures.net/photo/377189/ Wendell Idaho, USA 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pH Posted December 6, 2020 Share Posted December 6, 2020 The most prominent landscape feature is the railroad embankment. Nice collection of units, as well: https://www.railpictures.net/photo/756271/ 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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