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The Virginia & Truckee Railroad's Consolidation #29 slows her speed as she approaches Haywards Siding at Milepost 45.0, with a short, northbound passenger train. Historically, there was an 875 ft. passing siding here to allow north and southbound trains to pass each other and that siding has been recreated with the reconstruction of the present-day railroad. This location is also a spectacular spot from which to photograph trains as it offers a commanding view of the valley to the east.
This image was captured during a February 2012 photo shoot on Nevada's reconstructed Virginia & Truckee Railroad, which was organized by Lerro Photography.
Another Cross Contry `Super Voyager' approaches Coseley Station working 1V61 1507 Manchester Piccadilly to Bristol Temple Meads.
508139 & 507008 seen approaching Blundellsands & Crosby working the 2U26 1407 Southport - Hunts Cross 17/4/21. (Taken using a pole)
About 25 miles west of Glenwood Springs, the Zephyr is approaching the east switch of Rifle. Once upon a time, the Rio Grande Zephyr stopped at Rifle. When the Rio Grande Zephyr retired in April 1983 and Amtrak ran the California Zephyr through here, Amtrak's California Zephyr initially stopped at Rifle as well. However, just six months later, in October 1983, Amtrak removed Rifle as a station stop.
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Rail Adventure Class 43 HST powercars 43468 and 43480 approach Catholme Lane, with 2 barrier vehicles, running as 6Z48 10.10 Burton Wetmore Sidings to Kings Norton On Track Plant Depot. The powercars had moved classmates 43308 and 43296 from Eastleigh Works to Nemesis Rail at Burton-on-Trent the previous day arriving in the early hours.
The Umhlanga Promenade is approximately 3km long and spans the popular apartment and resort complexes that line the golden sands of this premier beach resort destination. It’s a pretty brick pathway lining the beach, with the Umhlanga Lighthouse and Whalebone Pier as its centerpieces. From the south, the path starts at Durban View Park, reaching Umhlanga Lagoon Nature Reserve after 2.5 km.
PLANE APPROACHING SAN SEBASTIAN AIRPORT (SPAIN), FLYING OVER THE BEACH OF HENDAYE (FRANCE).
AVION APROXIMANDOSE AL AEROPUERTO DE SAN SEBASTIAN (ESPAÑA), SOBREVOLANDO LA PLAYA DE HENDAYA (FRANCIA).
Western Railway YP 4-6-2 No. 2178 (Krauss-Maffei 1954) on the 06.15 Ujjain Junction - Mhow fast passenger.
Took this just before it started raining. Added a slight surreal feel to it with the post edit, dont normally do that but wanted to bring out the clouds and emphasise the stormy-ness.
During the 2013 Centenary of Rail of the Manning Valley, 3237 snakes through the trees nearing Taree
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Just a simple clean boring wedge shot I kind of like from this splendid day. At least the old school MEC flange lift sign at right ads a bit of interest.
Having traveled 29 miles from North Conway and run around beside the historic former Maine Central depot at Fabyans, Conway Scenic Railroad's 470 Railroad Club is starting their eastbound return trip. They are seen here approaching the gateway at MP 84.5 of the old Maine Central Railroad's Mountain Sub, having just departed from the Crawford's depot at the 1900 ft high point of the railroad. Ahead looms the long 1400 ft 2.2% descent down the mountain through Crawford Notch.
Both units are owned by the 470 Railroad Club and are original Boston and Maine locomotives wearing their as delivered EMD designed scheme. 4266 was built in Mar. 1949 and was acquired for preservation in 1981 off the Billerica deadline. Restored a couple years later, she has called North Conway home ever since and has been operational off and on for the past four decades.
4268 was built in Oct. 1949 and ran for the very first time in almost a half century just earlier this year. I'm not sure when her last run was, but I can find no photos of her in service after about July 1974. She languished for a decade behind the Billerica shops after being stripped of all major components including prime mover, main generator and traction motors. In 1986 she finally left Billerica by truck after being acquired by George Feuderer who displayed her in a field in East Swanzey, NH until acquired by the 470 Club and trucked to North Conway in October of 1991.
She received a cosmetic restoration in 1993 and had been prominently displayed at the Conway Scenic in the company of her operational sibling ever since. After years of planning, the club began restoration in earnest in 2018 with the full support of the railroad and its shop using ex New Hampshire Northcoast GP9 1751 (ex PRR) as a major parts donor for the four year long restoration project.
Addendum: thanks to Carl Byron for supplying the fascinating historical information below that I'd never read about before.
The 4268A was actually built in March, 1949 as Engineering Test Dept Locomotive #930. Used for high altitude component testing on the DRGW's Soldier Summit among other locations. It spent some of that summer masquerading as a CB&Q locomotive leading their passenger car display at the 1949 Chicago World's Fair. It was then was cleaned up, re-engined, and made into to a standard F7A and offered for sale at a "slightly used demo" price. The B&M bought it and it was renumbered and painted into the B&M livery and shipped east, so while the builders plate may well say 10/49 but it certainly had a prior interesting career.
Crawford Notch
Carroll, New Hampshire
Saturday October 22, 2022
Bad weather approaching after a good sunny day, this was on way home after crossing the Oslo fjord.
We were lucky, the winds didn't start until we were back at the club and not one drop of rain caught us on the sea :)
On the way home safely inside a vehicle, it poured down in town.
One of Kenneth Field's superb photos taken on the Standedge route. LMS 7F 0-8-0 No. 49343 (LNWR G2a) on a Liverpool - Leeds freight coming off the Micklehurst Loop. It was probably taken in the early 1950s when it was shedded at Widnes.
This exit sliproad from the West Approach Road curves around to come out at a busy junction right by the iconic Diggers Pub in Gorgie.
The Approach Road follows a former railway line, and part of that heritage is still visible here with this old, railway pedestrian footbridge, which now takes people over the road rather than train tracks. I love these little bits of previous history which sit right in plain sight, yet many people never seem to notice them.
Another improvised night shot, walking home from work, sitting the camera on the edge of the wall above the road to steady it for a long exposure.
Here's a view of Western Maryland Shay #6, the largest Shay Locomotive ever designed from scratch, as she approaches the summit of Bald Knob, the third highest point in West Virginia, at 4,843 ft above sea level, with a short log train. Bald Knob, the terminus of today's Cass Scenic Railroad, is also the highest point east of the Mississippi River, that is served by a standard gauge railroad. Although the grade right here, just a few hundred yards from end-of-track, appears relatively mild, the grade just below this point is one of the steepest on the entire 11 mile railroad.
Interestingly, although Shay #6 was designed for steep grades, she's one of the few Shays that was not built for the logging industry. The "Big Six", as she is sometimes called, was built for the Western Maryland Railway, to drag heavy coal trains from the mines on its Chaffee Branch, near Elkins, WV, where the grades were as much as 9%.