Conceptual art image.

go off the rails (informal)

to start behaving strangely or in a way that is not acceptable to society He went off the rails in his twenties and started living on the streets. By the law of probabilities if you have five kids, one of them's going to go off the rails.

See also: off, rail

130 317 Suisse Bern

© D Gilson 2011

These are the tracks I grew up on the wrong side of!

Clapper Rails are often heard but not seen, in the thick reeds

that they call home...they have a loud clicking call and a rapid abrupt call...I can't believe I managed to catch this one in the middle of the rapid call to another Clapper Rail on the other side of the slough!

Here's a Youtube video of their loud, abrupt call...it starts around 40 seconds in...it can startle someone, especially when several hidden Clapper Rails chime in at the same time!

youtu.be/Z-bkCHzK9yI?si=4VaVv2bBGdTDPH-k

Shot in Tarhanka. East Kazachstan.

I wanna shot a rails from centre, but car moved and i shot this way.

Image cropped a bit.

© All rights reserved. A low-res, flatbed scan of a 6x7 (2 1/4 x 2 3/4 inch) transparency

Thanks to my talented contact cormend for inspiring the title from a shot from last year.

I didn't find time to shoot too many compositions with the Train of Lights on the Niles Canyon Railway this year. But, it was quite an adventure procuring this one.

I wish everyone an enjoyable and meaningful holiday season and---already---happy new year!

As always, thanks for your support!

Their website: www.ncry.org/

Rest in peace, Fremont Mayor Bob Wasserman.

Central Oregon and Pacific RR near Gazelle, California. Mt Shasta in background. From a 2012 roadtrip.

Sirius 28mm lens.

Rolleiflex

Kodak trix

Xtol

Two Rails in 4 days...not so elusive 😊

Howth, Dublin

Train bridge in Catlettsburg, Kentucky.

Heber Valley Railroad, Heber, Utah, 23 May 2025

Military Appreciation Train (Memorial Day special) featuring reenactors from the Utah Military History group.

waiting for future installation.

A section of the St. Maries River Railroad curves thru a colorful autumn scene.

Happy Friday!

Olympus OM-2

Olympus OM-system G.Zuiko Auto-s 1:1.4 f=50mm

Rollei R3 ISO 400 U41-0 (expired film)

Maenofferen slate quarry, Blaenau Ffestiniog. This track formerly led to the top of Rhiwbach No 2 incline. The line on the bridge over continued on to the tips. On the right, over the bridge, was the start of Rhiwbach No 3 incline.

I just liked the way all the lines lined up here. Contax IIIa, Ferrania P30, Rodinal 1:50.

Reminds me of a Johnny Cash song...

After the dark comes the light

Canon EOS 300

Canon EF 35mm f2 IS USM

Kodak Ultramax 400

Handheld

View palette of this photo.

Looks like the deer are railfans too!

50 005 Collingwood passes the former MSWJR bridge abutments at Wolfhall with a Paddington bound working

Borgfelder Straße, Hamburg

The Penn Central heritage unit, NS 1073, ran south on it's once home rails of the Norfolk Southern Buffalo line under a gorgeous sunset and a fresh blanket of snow.

WWRFP 3/11/16

Signs, posts and rails against the sea

USA Redux

Flickr Friday, Diagonal

6X01 zips by Tyseley delivering new rails from Scunthorpe to Eastleigh.

Metro North 's Bridgeport Railroad yard in the eastside of the City. Hot muggy morning with haze in the distance. There were workers working on the track and it was not in service. You do not want to stand on a live track and chance it being killed. Canon 70-200mm f2.8.

View in Lightboxx.

Rails.

A parting shot of the ZBRLC as they race southbound towards Los Angeles.

WAMX 4219 hits home rails in Slinger leading a very late T003 - probably something like 18 hours late - as they make their way toward Horicon.

With the relief crew on board, they would wait at least 4 hours in Waukesha before the CN dispatcher would let them head north.

WAMX 4219

WAMX 4223