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NKP 2-8-4 765 approaches its destination of LaSalle St Station as it passes by the remnants of the old Rock Island intermodal/coachyard facility located near the intersection of Roosevelt and Clark in Chicago IL.
Views from the Peekaboo Loop Trail -
Bryce Canyon National Park, Utah, United States
I'm revisiting the photos I took of Bryce Canyon back in 2009, reprocessing many, adding a few, and deleting others.
59102 seen passing Hungerford loop with the 7C77 1240 Acton - Merehead Quarry 26/2/19. (Taken using a pole)
View upon the Elbe River and Königstein, a German town located in the Saxon Switzerland. The mountain visible in the distance is the table mountain Lilienstein. Panoramic image resulting from 6 merged single shots taken in october 2012 after early snowfall in this region of Germany.
Since I have a few days to spare before departing Europe and my next appointment, I made a wish-list of places that would be neat to visit.
High up on the list was the metre-gauge Rhaetian Railway of Graubünden canton in southeast Switzerland, with its clean red rolling stock and wild scenery.
One of many ridiculously photogenic, model-railwayesque, 'must see' spots is the Brusio viaduct, part of an incredibly steep line over the Bernina Pass that will keep you highly amused for a few hours. Even if you don't come to take pictures, the section between St Moritz and Brusio is one of the most impressive rail journeys around. Perhaps 'the' most impressive if you catch some sun and snow about. (The Italian town of Tirano is only another few km down the line.) Minimum radius is 45 metres (148 feet) and max grade is 7% (something like 1 in 14.5 if my googling is accurate) - all normal adhesion with no cogs. This section is UNESCO listed, and appears on Google streetview.
Here, one of the grunty Allegra railcars and five attached passenger cars swing up the Brusio Viaduct with a St. Moritz-bound train.
Considerable gardening and resultant personal bloodletting was required to poke a suitable sized hole in the trees up here. It looks like there might have been a potentially easier path but, there you have it. This is 11:20am, and with a few stops for pictures, it took me two and a half hours to walk back down to Brusio station.
Brusio, 7 April 2018 Switzerland
The Silver Falls Loop is a notable trail in Mt. Rainier National Park. Aside from the falls and river, it features a traverse of a wonderful forest.
I camped above Henson Creek, about 5 miles east of Engineer Pass, in the San Juan Mountains of Colorado. The Alpine Loop is a 65 mile dirt road (4 wheel drive, high clearance) that goes over Engineer Pass and Cinnamon Pass through memorable mountain scenery.
The forest is predominantly Engelmann spruce with smaller components of white fir and subalpine fir.
View of the impressive rock face just below the Pinnacle Loop lookout in Grampians National Park. At this stage, the weather was drizzly and windy but just created a more dramatic look. What an awesome place to visit.
The Star Hope Loop Rd makes a big loop in Copper Basin The west side is at the base of the mountains on the other side
I wish the mountains looked like this in June
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The MBTA's office car special is backing around the dry loop track at Widett Circle after coming up from Readville for the inaugural run with their new theater car number 535 (former 1515) named 'Mayflower'. The train also includes the other two office cars number 529 'Constitution' and number 525 'Minuteman' along with 534 (former 1503), one of two specially wrapped revenue geometry cars (only along to meet timetable minimum axle requirements). All four cars are rebuilt 500-series MBBs, among the few survivors of a fleet of 67 cars (33 blind and 34 cab control) built new in Germany in 1987-88. Leading the train are heritage units 1129 and 1030, the former a GP40MC dressed in the 'cranberry' scheme and the latter an F40PH-3C dressed in Boston and Maine Minuteman livery.
The train operated from South Station down the Dorchester Branch to Readville, then via the Franklin Line to Walpole, the down the Framingham Secondary to Mansfield, then Amtrak's Northeast Corridor to Davisville to the Seaview Transportation Company where it was turned on their wye before returning straight back via the direct NEC route. On board were MBTA and Keolis officials inspecting recent track and signal projects and looking at the new platform at Foxboro station recently installed to support the flood of passengers for next years World Cup matches to be held at Gillette Stadium.
The long tan building above the train is Amtrak's wash rack and the appropriately named wet loop track is the one that passes through it.
Boston, Massachusetts
Friday November 14, 2025
you find the nicest things around the university 😄
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Went to Ruthven Park for some birding and to tour the inside of the mansion today with Bea and Len...the stairwell didn't disappoint. No flashes allowed and it was quite dark... hand held at ISO1600, F8 on a Nikon 16 to 35mm at 16mm...not many birds around the park either but worth the trip and great company of course!
UP 4686 leads a long southbound intermodal train around Tehachapi Loop. At the time Walong siding still existed at the loop. Today this view would include a second main track (Main 2) where the access road is located to the right of the train. This effectively eliminated Walong siding and replaced it with two main tracks through this area.
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March batt of the month from Steph (Loop) It's just incredible!!!
It's greens, and coppers and these rich teals and burgandys.. with copperishgreenish sparkles and shredded money!! She even sent a little bag of sequins to spin in with it!! It's really breathtaking!
I'm SOOOOO excited to see what next month brings!!
Someone looped this wire back at a break in the fence. To the right of the fence post is an animal trail frequented by deer, feral cats and occasional runaway chickens.
Having completed a trip around the Loop, CTA Purple Line run 512 crosses the Chicago River above Wells Street, approaching Merchandise Mart station. Tower 18, and a Pink Line train stopped at Washington/Wells, are in the background.
ČD Cargo Škoda 363 526 had charge of a military transport train from Strakonice that was being looped at Nepomuk to await a path onwards towards Plzeň.
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It's a single quick grab shot, not a multiple or composite image.
Not really a "loop-de-loop" either... as two birds flying one way and two the other.