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43317 leads the 1B58 15.45 Nottingham-St Pancras service away from its booked stop at East Midlands Parkway (along with 43251 and ex-East Coast set NL51). Ratcliffe Power Station dominates the scene which appeared to be operational on this particular afternoon, with discharged steam appearing from the plant's cooling towers. This was rather surprising contemplating that the burning of coal only accounts for a small percentage of the UK’s energy production.
A seemingly popular choice of location over the previous year, I thought I‘d try for a scheduled test train movement. Unfortunately this failed to materialise until an hour later than booked, by which time I had moved to a different spot. However, it's no exaggeration to say I was very pleased with this image.
Taken with the aid of a pole, fully extended to its functional length of 5m.
DRGW 5771 leads the Rio Grande Zephyr, just having exited Tunnel 1 at Plainview, CO. 815am Dec 9 1976. Of note, much of the area behind the tracks is now slated for dev elopment.
NS Dash-8 8450 (ex CR 757) pops out of Montgomery Tunnel as it leads 201 on the Christiansburg District.
BNSF 7211 leads the relatively new Q-PTLALT (Portland, OR - Alliance, TX) south near Monument, CO.
This train started running on 12 Sep between the Pacific Northwest and Dallas-Ft. Worth, but this is my first time actually shooting it. Early on, the train lengths were maybe 12 or 13 cars, but it's been slowly increasing in length as time moves forward.
Oh, that guy in the lower right? A fellow railfan who inadvertently wandered into the shot! If that was you, sorry about all the GEs on this particular morning...
BNSF 8219 leads the Empire Builder down the Milwaukee Road-built Short Line at Merriam Park seen here crossing the bridge passing over I-94 and Fairview Avenue.
BNSF 573 leads the southbound Pikes Peak Local just south of Monument, CO while snow showers loom to the north.
The B40-8 wore the H1 paint scheme better than any other unit, in my opinion, so it's great to still catch one running the rails these days. The PPL is a good bet to catch classic EMD standard cab power, but a standard cab GE in H1 paint is more than acceptable! This was a great afternoon along the Joint Line as just before shooting this train, I caught a KCS ACe leading a southbound military train...
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Špania Dolina is a village in central Slovakia, near the city of Banská Bystrica. Although its permanent population does not exceed 200 people, it is a picturesque historic village consists of a unique set of miner houses built of wood and stones. The former mining village is undoubtedly one of the most beautiful in Slovakia. Copper and silver ores were mined here in the past. Along with the walled structures once owned by the mining administration a substantial part of local architecture is formed by houses of miners mostly built of logs on stone foundations. The tall tower of the church of Conversion of the Lord built on Romanesque foundations dominates the wonderful panorama. In order to reach the fortified church, one can choose to climb 160 stairs of a roofed staircase. The entrance is situated in a little park with the Renaissance building of the former klopačka from the 16th century. A walk over the mining nature trail in a beautiful nature is a nice experience.
Spania Dolina lies in the southern part of Low Tatra Mountains close to the town of Banska Bystrica in Central Slovakia , 782 m above the sea level. It's an old mining town and there is a beautiful Catholic church. A covered stairway leads to this fortified church.
Špania Dolina is een Slowaakse dorpje in de regio Banská Bystrica. Hoewel de permanente bevolking niet meer dan 200 mensen overschrijdt, is het een pittoresk historisch dorp dat bestaat uit een unieke set van mijnwerkershuizen van hout en stenen. Het voormalige mijnbouwdorp is ongetwijfeld één van de mooiste in Slowakije. Koper en zilveren erts werden hier in het verleden gedelfd. Samen met de ommuurde structuren die ooit in handen zijn van de mijnbouw, wordt een wezenlijk deel van de lokale architectuur gevormd door huizen van mijnwerkers. De hoge toren van de kerk domineert het prachtige panorama. Om de versterkte kerk te bereiken, kan men kiezen uit 160 trappen van een overdekte trap. De ingang is gelegen in een klein park met het Renaissance gebouw uit de 16e eeuw. Een wandeling over het het natuurpad in een prachtige natuur is een leuke ervaring.
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BNSF 7037 leads a trio of Cascade Green SD40-2s and a long manifest west toward Hawley, MN.
This is just the more telemash'd version of my previous upload. If I remember correctly, I was on my way to grab lunch when a westbound SD60M was on its way so I stopped to shoot it. This train was not far behind, and while I don't remember having a heads up on the power, I stuck around to shoot it. Good choice, I'd say...lunch can always wait!
More black and matched "NW" dip leads a westbound freight through the interlocking known as "The Puzzle", just west of the East 55th Street yard. This is the former Nickel Plate Road "High Speed Service" mainline. One thing I always thought was wild (and great for railfans) about the N&W guys is that they really seemed to love their geeps! More often than not, you'd get that geep leading the newer power.
CSX (ex-Conrail) SD60i #8726 leads a east bound Q358 on the ex-B&O Keystone sub at Ohiopyle, Pennsylvania. April 8, 2012. Jack D Kuiphoff © photo
CSX #8726 was built as Conrail #5585
This is the path that leads me into the magic of our ravine. My Wolfhound, Ben and I would venture down into the ravine all throughout the year, even in the frigid cold of winter, and with much stealth, we would spend hours in silence, amongst the animal pathways - discovering even more pathways that would take us even further into the depths.
We would run into the occasional coyote, moose, deer, beaver, woodpecker, owl and of course, way too many obnoxious squirrels that took great pleasure to announce our otherwise, covert presence. There was always an adventure to be had!
The ravine used to be a place of solitude.
Since Covid has reared its ugly head, our ravine has been discovered. It is incredibly busy now. Entourages of families, walking or biking. Children hooting and hollering as they gain momentum, biking down the hill, the sweet, musky perfume of the ravine awakening their senses. Lovers, hand in hand, hiding in the bush - or so they think, stealing kisses amongst the many hiding places. I know them all. Photographers, hired to take photos of children, families, couples and wedding parties amongst the falling wardrobe of my favourite trees. Joggers. People with their dogs.
So many people! People that I have never seen before! How did they find our ravine?
My husband and I took our dogs to the ravine last night, just as we have done thousands of times before. There were so many people! We paused by the creek, away from everyone and immersed ourselves in the unfolding symphony of Autumn. I had a euphony. I told him.
“I feel like every time I come down here, I am not making
memories anymore, instead, I find myself recalling the memories.
I must be getting old…”
He didn’t say anything.
I want to covet my ravine. I want to keep it for myself. I don’t want to share it! I want to come into the cathedral of trees, and remember the years I shared with them, my husband, my children, my dogs, my family, my friends.
I know there are many life lessons to be learned in this ravine. It is a place of refuge. A place of discovery. A place to talk, to pray, to wish, to hope. It is a place where I found snippets of peace in a world gone mad.
Life is about change - I am keenly aware of that fact. I know I need to adapt. I know that I need to, in quiet resignation, share my ravine with the intruders and those that dare to walk the path into the magic. They too could benefit from the many gifts that the forest has to offer and perhaps if they learned to respect this hallowed place then the legacy of it would carry on.
I will snicker to myself though, for there is one thing that I know that these new people will never know and it comes from walking these paths for hours, days, years. In the darkness of the evening the sentinels of the forests, our beautiful trees, clock out, and go off duty. They uproot themselves and to the lull of the wind and the music of the night they become as children, liberated, dancing, and frolicking in unabated abandonment, casting shadows throughout the forest. When the whimsy is over they take their positions - but not in the same place as the day before. They are always just a tad off. Perhaps, they too, have come to the realization that we do not live in a perfect world and that change is necessary. They don’t fool me though! I have walked the paths way too long to know better. I can see what they are up to in their quiet rebellion and you can be sure this is one secret I will not share…
Utah 9011 leads loads west as they climb the grade of Soldier Summit. Before long a six pack of mid-train helpers will roar by my location at Castle Gate
G520-G519-G527 leads 4CM5 loaded PN grain from Oaklands to Geelong Grain Loop (via Anakie Rd Loop for runaround) has already departed out from McIntyre Loop after stable overnight earlier at Sunshine Nth, taken on Thursday 26th January 2023 (Australia Day).
Wilbur leads the descent down the steep slope to Twin Lakes. Normally I make every effort not to step on wildflowers. But there were so many, and the incline so precipitous, I had no choice but to trample them.
LSL 37521 leads Greater Anglia 720531 and 37688 'Great Rocks' with barrier vehicles working 5Q19 Derby Litchurch Lane to Wembley Inter City Depot pass Kibworth on 9 December 2021.
The 37's were on hire to GBRailfreight from Locomotive Services Ltd due to a shortage of traction.
Vermont Railway 307 leads the AAPRCO special through the mountains on a beautiful fall afternoon, I had to give the trout a break for an hour to grab a shot of this train!
BNSF 8208 leads a Clay Boswell coal empty out of the yard and around the wye for the Hillsboro Sub as it departs Grand Forks, ND.
I had previously caught this train thundering west across the border in Minnesota:
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This was typical power for northern plains coal trains in the mid-2000s (SD75s, Oakways, SD60Ms), but there was a period in 2007 that saw a glut of AC-power leading coal...a harbinger of things to come. Soon, the era of DC-powered coal trains would come to an end.
43308 leads a diverted Edinburgh-London LNER HST set past Bodsbury crossing in the Clyde Valley 15th September 2019.
Ice clings to the grass as LTEX 4465 leads an eastbound KYLE train between Edson and Brewster. The jointed rail and train glint the setting sun as golden hour falls over the frozen plains. NW Kansas faired pretty well from what was predicted with Winter Storm Blair. I was hoping for some winter action but minimal snowfall and freezing fog is all we received.
43093 leads 2P16 13.15 Penzance – Plymouth through the reverse curve at Trenowth between Truro and St Austell on 17 November 2025. 43198 is the rear power car.
37218 leads 37716 past the remaining North Eastern Railway steel lattice signal gantry at Harrogate. Returning to York, the train is Sundays 3S29, an out and back 08:27 from York to Hellifield via Harrogate and Leeds. November the 6th 2022.
Thanks to Gordon Edgar for pointing this one out.
In the old abandoned tunnels of Moorgate station this staircase leads down to the lower levels, which hold their own mystery.
Washington State DOT Siemen's SC44 #1401 leads a northbound Amtrak Cascades service across the Columbia River and into Washington for its station stop here at Vancouver. The Vancouver, WA Amtrak station is a great spot to watch trains, located in the middle of a very busy wye and at the south end of BNSF's yard. Lots of action!
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70806 leads today's 3J11 off the curve at Moss Bay and toward Harrington station. 70811 was on the rear.
This was Plan "B" after Plan "A", shooting the train at Long & Small's, was scuppered by the approach of the cloud bank seen in the background.
I was fortunate that the train was 10 minutes early here as the first wisps of cloud, ahead of the main bank, had already begun to block the sun, but allowed it to pop out for just as long as it took the train to pass me before occluding it for good.
One of DB's re-geared fleet, 66652 (ex-66164), adds a splash of colour as it rolls past Oatfield Lane with a late running 6E01, the 10.05 steel hoods from Wolverhampton Steel Terminal to Boston Sleaford Sidings.
A delightfully clean CN 5794 leads loaded grain train G815 west through one of the many tunnels on CN's Ashcroft Subdivision, and over Ainslie Creek trestle. Around the time I pressed the shutter release on my camera, the conductor would have been calling out 'Advance clear to stop to Martinson' as the searchlight signal around the corner from the train came in to view.
The location I shot this from is rather precarious, so I was quite pleased to be rewarded for the effort with a clean leader, and only moderate shadows on the dark side of the train due to the high, cloud filtered sunlight.
DBZ2311 leads 5604 empty woodchip train at George Street level crossing, Robinson on 19 May 2022. The area cleared and pegged is for works for the Albany Ring Road project. Photo: Phil Melling.
SOO 6036 leads a leaser and fellow 60 out of the tunnel on Main 2 under gorgeous fall sun. I had followed this train over twelve hours earlier out of Glenwood and through the night up to Dickinson. At Dickinson the plan was for 497 to setout the 6036 in order for the train to continue East, as the 6042 had developed issues. After getting the power all shuffled around, the train was tied down for a relief crew.
I woke up the next morning to find the train was approaching Humboldt, so I decided to go grab some shots of it during normal hours as well. This is always a good spot to nab an Eastbound after the sun swings, and this day was no different.
Just another night on the West Side.
33116 leads two 4-TC sets and 33115 into Grateley in Hampshire while working the 0839 Yeovil Junction to Waterloo service.
This was a regular diagram until the end of push-pull operation on the Waterloo to Salisbury/Gillingham/Yeovil Junction route: the service commenced with a single 4-TC set propelled by a class 33/1, but joined with a further 33/1 and 4-TC at Salisbury to operate through to London.
VB SANDON leads Boluda Towage flotilla out of Gladstone Lock on March 26, 2023.
Photographed during the DANIEL ADAMSON Mersey Dock and River Cruise on Sunday March 26, 2023.
After concluding a tour of Liverpool North Docks the DANIEL ADAMSON ran down in the large Gladstone Lock in the company of 8 tugs from both Svitzer and Boluda Fleets.
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Union RR 34 leads a 5 pack with the loaded coke train from Clairton at Dravosburg, PA on March 29, 2024. I was heading back to Port Vue after chasing the AVR-3 to Bruceton, and saw a headlight in the distance as I was coming down the hill at Dravosburg. I had enough time to get in position, which involved pulling the car up tight to an old chain link fence so that I could stand on the hood to shoot over it.
37706 leads 92042 "Honegger" passes Breaston with the 6T19 1230 Chaddesden Sidings - Toton spoil empties which is also carrying old sleepers in the back wagons on 14th Dec 99.....I'm not really sure why the Dyson was being moved to Toton ,but it wasn't for painting although the loco does seem to have a non standard black square panel on the center bodyside .....While both locos are still with us....the footcrossing has since been replaced with a bridge
CP 2203 leads a nice consist through Newport, Minnesota on local H19 towards Canadian Pacific's St. Paul yard on BNSF/CP's St. Paul Subdivision.
Locomotives:
CP 2203 (GP20C-ECO), CP 2218 (GP20C-ECO), SOO 4444 (GP38-2), CP 2206 (GP20C-ECO)
July 18, 2013
UP 1995 leads the southbound MNYPU (North Yard (Denver), CO - Pueblo, CO) into Castle Rock, CO.
A surprise visitor in the form of the CNW heritage unit, this train brought out the foam, yours truly included! This was a massive train, clocking in somewhere in the neighborhood of 606 axles; this was the first train I've seen that filled the straight stretch of track here and formed an actual "S".
Photoshop alert: the right ditch light was turned on.
B75 leads P16, T363 and S312 into Kangaroo Flat on the 19/9/22 with 9097 empties from Tottenham Yard to Deniliquin, adding the hoppers from the workshops in Bendigo and detaching S312 for attention.
Video available at: www.youtube.com/watch?v=rtJSdQBhGRg
Amtrak 160 leads the 1333 west through CP Vermillion along CPKC's River Sub and will soon reach Saint Paul Union Depot about 20 minutes late.
Spotless AC44C6M 3309 leads CN Train P90091-24 around the curve in downtown Dongola on the CN Centralia Sub. with the sleek business train in tow headed for New Orleans. This train was originally slated to have CN's new semiquincentennial units on the head end, but were substituted at the last minute by the now wafer logo-less GE. Oh well, some day.
After getting frustrated by the sun and the other mediocre photo angles down here with what we could work with under both clouds and sun, we settled for this equally mediocre angle since the power was less cool than originally planned.
Locomotive: CN 3309
2-24-26
Dongola, IL
NS 9777 leads a short, but heavy NS 054 under the PRR signal bridge at PT225 near Tipton, PA. This special high/wide move contained brand new Case combines in the front, and steel slabs in the back.
The start of a lovely early morning walk in Dunham Park, the path leads past the Clocktower and Stables to the Mill.