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Sometimes the memory of some place you visit or some scenery you saw will become more & more subtle though it's used to be very clear & beautiful, and to the end the left memory in your brain and mind maybe just a bundle of light, a streamline of wind or a splash of colors.......
Continue to the 4th bunch of the overlayering experiments of "Memory of Autum 2008", and the 5th bunch I try to deliver a unique impressionism style & suburban feel by multiple images overlayering. Let me know how you feel about this bunch of creation. Thank you & have a great coming weekend.
S311, B80, N464 and N466 head down the main street of Wycheproof, or more affectionately known as "Broadway", with empty SSR grain train 9195 to Nullawil.
Thursday 27th February 2025
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Nickel Plate 190 (Alco PA-1)
Norfolk Southern 4271 (F9)
Erie 833 (E8)
Southern 6900 (E8)
Pennsylvania 5711 (E8)
Central of Georgia 812 (E8)
Pan Am 1 (FP9)
A spectacular lineup of EMD streamliners sits on display at the end of Yard 5 at the Illinois Railway Museum during Showcase Weekend in 2015. Whoever lined up these locomotives like this, you are a hero.
The full Pacific Limited Group excursion to Bend, Oregon highballs Oregon’s Memaloose State Park in the Columbia River Gorge. This impressive Union Pacific streamliner had seven domes and 19 cars, including two from the recently acquired Chicago & North Western.
A review of some Official Guides revealed that UP never had a scheduled streamlined train that went east from Portland in the morning. In 1950, for example, the hallowed City of Portland streamliner departed the Rose City at 5:30pm eastbound, with the Portland Rose following later in the evening. If you wanted to see the Columbia River Gorge in the daytime from the Oregon side, UP train 12, the Idahoan, was for you. It had an 8:10am departure, but it was definitely not a streamliner. The train's listing in the Official Guide revealed a mix of standard heavyweights and streamlined cars. Five years later, UP 12 was a nameless mail train with only a rider coach for passengers.
Just before Amtrak, the Portland Rose schedule changed to a morning departure out of Portland. During this same time period, the City of Portland departed eastward at 2:45pm. However, by 1970, the "streamliner" UP called the Portland Rose consisted of two coaches and a cafe-lounge car, pulled by a lone E unit. That model railroad-sized train had nothing on the monster we saw here between Hood River and The Dalles.
If only there were a train across the river on BNSF. Well, the streamliner was making a return trip the following day...
Delaware-Lackawanna PA4 no. 190 and Delaware, Lackawanna & Western F3A 664 are seen on adjacent tracks near Steamtown National Historic Site in Scranton PA. The former is posed for display as it as a busy weekend while Union Pacific 4014 was visiting, and the latter is returning to the Steamtown Yard after running Iron Horse Society excursions to Moscow.
The future was retro
The Saturn streamliner is a passenger train operating on a suspension railway during an alternate retro-futuristic timeline. The name “Saturn” was chosen based on the distinctive ring shape of the support pylons, which are made using Technic curved gear racks that mimic the look of cast iron and are strong enough to hold the weight of the train. The locomotive and passenger car can slide freely on the rail. A single minifig walks across the Art Deco display stand to provide a sense of scale and setting with his sensibly styled suit.
First being purchased by CPRail for their flagship passenger train, the iconic stainless steel set of 1960's streamlined cars built by the Budd company are still in service on the same train today. The tail end bullet dome car brings up the rear of VIA Rails 'Canadian' as it crosses one of the many spectacular vistas deep in the Fraser Canyon.
Rock Island was one of the railroads that didn't join Amtrak in 1971. They thought that their annual shortfall was more manageable than the cost to buy in and have Amtrak operate their trains. So in 1975, they and the Southern and Rio Grande were still running their own intercity passenger operations. Here we have the Quad City Rocket making it's Joliet station stop on September 4, 1975.
This was the last day of a trip around Lake Michigan with 4 guys, 3 1/2 serious railfans and 1 serious beer can collector (the half railfan). We made the trip in a three on the tree Chevy pickup with a camper cap.. Many of the details are a little fuzzy but some are preserved in the pictures that were taken. Whatever pair that wasn't taking their turn driving and navigating in the front bench seat rolled around in the camper cap, often emptying the cans collected that day. Lots of roster shots but a morning at Joliet provided some action.
Milwaukee Road E9 32A takes over and brings the train back North from Winthrop to Arlington and then eventually Chanhassen to conclude the day's run.
This is my first time seeing 32A in action after seeing it stationary many times. A beautiful locomotive wearing a 261 inspried MILW scheme. Originally it was UP yellow, that wouldn't match.
Steam is good, but a nice streamlined diesel is the next best thing.
B61 rides the turntable at Goulburn during the fantastic fireworks demonstration at the 2016 Streamliners Festival
Sitting around the Goulburn turntable during the Streamliners 22 event are 42105,4201,4204,S311,GM19,GM10,S303 during the Saturday night fireworks spectacular on 1-10-22
Close to sunset on 19 February 2015, Genesee & Wyoming Australia locos GM42/2216 approach the Angle Vale Road LX near Virginia South Australia, with a Snowtown to Port Adelaide loaded grain train.
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Doug Harrop Photography • July 28, 1979
A Union Pacific E9 pilots Amtrak's San Francisco Zephyr along the Weber River west of Gateway, Utah.
VIA train #74 rips through Appin, Ontario near Glencoe with FPA4 6788 leading a pocket streamliner consist. Seen here passing the old stock pens that had seen service not too long before on September 14, 1986.
In May 1995, Union Pacific sent the E units to the Northwest for a series of Operation Lifesaver specials. Once the trips concluded, the Es were going to return to Cheyenne. The word on Friday in Portland was that it was going to be an early call Saturday eastbound - 3 to 4 am - so the train would probably greet the rising sun somewhere east of the Columbia River Gorge. Knowing that the big excursion to Bend with the Es was coming in the fall, I decided to let it go.
I woke up that morning a little before 6 am. For fun, I dialed the UP's phone equipment trace to see how much progress the train had made. To my great surprise, UP 951's status was "ready to depart" at Portland's Albina Yard. I leaped out of bed, jumped in the car, and zoomed to Troutdale. After a short wait, the Es and their train filled my viewfinder.
The chase was on...
CPKC Business Train 41B (I think?) heads west around the curve in Maple Lake, continuing its journey from Kansas City to Calgary.
This might've been the one time I was happy with the clouds rolling in. This would've otherwise been a terribly backlit shot.
At first I thought I had no chance to see this one, fearing I missed it. As it turned out, I had to wait 40 minutes... but the wait was worth it.
Could've used the DSLR, but the ProCam app on the iPhone is handy too. There was for a short while uncertainty if one of the heritage SD70s would lead due to battery issues on one of the Fs. But all 3 Fs were running nicely as they rumbled through town without an assist.
Atlantic Coast Line 501 EMD E3 sits underneath the stars during the night shoot at the Streamliners Event in Spencer, NC.
TCRM's Wine train slowly eases towards Carthage Junction, taking a breather after a fast paced run on Nashville & Easterns well maintained track. The sweeping curve does a good job of hiding the less attractive trailing units, one can hope that someday this train will run with matching L&N painted cab units.
In fall 1995, Union Pacific ran a big excursion train to the Northwest with Challenger UP 3985 and the E unit trio. The highlight of the visit was a weekend side trip to Bend down the Oregon Trunk, using the Es as sole power. This was probably the event of the year for the Portland railfan community. Most of us that chased the train spent Saturday night in Bend.
During the trip south on Saturday afternoon, we had covered the iconic shot at the Crooked River Gorge. However, in order to score that image, we had to bypass the massive Willow Creek Trestle at Madras. Since we had the Es at the Crooked River, the other morning photo opportunities between Bend and Madras paled in comparison to that big silver structure in the sagebrush. So, our plan for Sunday morning was to drive straight to Madras and have the train crossing the trestle be our first shot of the day.
One of the angles from the vantage we chose had the Three Sisters mountains in the distance. It was a perfect morning with a practically perfect train, and three iconic Central Oregon landmarks. The excursion held their photo run-by for the day here. It enabled us to get several different images.
SSR freight 1877 to Kelso rolls though Mascot with GM27 leading VL353 and C508. GM27 was later taken off the train en route at Lithgow.
The Rio Grande Zephyr train No. 18 meets Rio Grande 5329 West at the crest of 7440 ft. Soldier Summit on May 7, 1976.
All built by Clyde Engineering between 1952 and 1960, and all EMD-powered, seen at the Streamliners 22 event in Goulburn, NSW, on 1 October 2022
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A great blue heron in Everglades National park, Florida.
It's always fascinating to observe these large slender but powerful birds flying.
Streamliners of the diesel and steam variety rest side-by-side at the B&O Railroad Museum. While steam locomotive C&O 490 was technically built before the diesel, it wasn't streamlined until 1947 when it was also extensively rebuilt. The EMC EA (B&O 51) was built 10 years prior in 1937. The EA sparkles as it was recently restored to its as-delivered appearance.
Inspired by the Streamliners event held in Spencer, NC back in 2014, four years ago a similar event, Streamliners 2016, was held in Goulburn, New South Wales on the 2/3 October.
Just a small part of the line up included ex NSWGR DL500Bs 4477/4490 and two former Victorian Railway EMD products.
4490 remains in heritage use, 4477 and B65 are in long term storage, and S302 is in regular use hauling broad gauge grain trains in Victoria.
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