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Video taken from Dutch television: Achteruitrijden.
In the 1970s reverse driving rallys were popular to watch on Dutch television. Almost all cars didn't survive the race.
Now we would regret getting demolished such nice cars.
I have to warn you for watching this!
Broadcasted by: Tros, Dutch public television, July 16, 2016.
Location: Circuit Zandvoort.
Voice-over: André van Duijn.
Amsterdam, July 16, 2016.
© 2016/2020 Sander Toonen Amsterdam | All Rights Reserved
Bear with me, this is quite the story,
When I had received word that Amtrak Midwest's new venture cars were making their wolverine debut on Tuesday, May 24th, 2022, I wanted to make sure to get a good shot of them. Unfortunately, the train they first came in on, Amtrak 350, arrives at Pontiac before school is over, and it was finals week for seniors, so I had to miss that. However, Amtrak 355 is 350's counterpart (when it comes to the consist). What I didn't know was that 350 got into Pontiac late due to various reasons (from what I've heard, there were problems with the cars...uh oh...). However it still wasn't late enough to for me make it from school, so I gave my broski Sonny (who's a photographer) a call asking if he wanted to go see it on 355.
We met up at a pretty cool place, Charing Cross, and we waited, and waited, and waited. About 30-40 minutes after it was supposed to pass, the headlight finally became visible where we were standing (the abandoned platform at the old SEMTA/GTW station). However, it took nearly 15 minutes for the train to get there. As it got closer, I noticed that the marker lights were lit on the lead engine, and also it was going VERY SLOW (15 miles per hour when they normally go 60 miles per hour through there), which at that moment I put two and two together and realized this was a reverse move.
The conductor on the train was running it from the headend (he gave us some horn taps and a wave). The actual engineer was on the rear gave us a light show...? I dunno, still pretty cool though!
During the winter, C&NW would run a couple trains backwards into Chicago for snow removal. I believe Metra still does this today. Here a reverse train heads west through Mayfair in March of 80.
From the back side, looking back at the trail (must have had the polarizer on for this one.)
A new (to us) arch, found on the Frying Pan Trail in Capitol Reef.
Only reference I can find on the web is in the NABS, there unnamed except for "NABS Arch 3".
Taken in March 1962
Glasgow Corporation Tramways ‘Coronation’ car 1148 at Tollcross, on a rainy day in March 1962. The car is in the process of reversing, and the bow collector is momentarily vertical..
The entire system closed down on September 4th 1962, and four of the 'Coronations' were preserved, along with several other types..
Restored from an orange-colour-shifted original..
Original slide - property of Robert Gadsdon
My friend was fixing his old Lloyd's amplifier for his record player, and I took the opportunity to get some shots of the motherboard. Unimpressed with the original photos, I decided to have some fun digitally mirroring them.
Etihad A380 has just been towed from the International Terminal at Sydney Airport and is seen being pushed back out of the way on a very hot Sydney morning.
Saturday 5th January 2019.
Or she could be just arriving, but I'm going to go with the former. Some grannies and grandads are on their way for a holiday in Minehead, by the look of it, at the old Marlborough Street bus station in Bristol. This is a Bristol LH6L with bodywork by Marshall in the fleet of Royal Blue, which was the coach service "brand" inherited by the Western National Omnibus Co Ltd. I regret not taking more photos of the part of the bus station we can't see here, i.e. the bays, newspaper stall and so on that lay behind the camera, but who knows what else will turn up as I work through my old slides? Saturday 28th May 1977.
CSXT 1712 makes another appearance on Pan Am’s network, this time with better conditions.
Here’s another post glossing CSXT 1712, one of CSX Transportation’s SD40E3 ‘Eco Units.’ 1712 took another spin around New England, trudging through Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Maine for the second week in succession. On this cold Saturday, time was on the side of many young railfans who swamped North Central Massachusetts for a glimpse of the Eco’s second go at handling M427.
Following a less-than-ideal shot at CPF-309, it was in the best interest to take advantage of one of Ayer’s unique structures for a frame. West Main Street Bridge (MA A19003) suspends a brief portion of the 98.5-mile-long Massachusetts Route 2A across MBTA’s Fitchburg Line and has been doing so since its construction in 1949. Roughly 16,500 vehicles traverse the 115ft deck daily while remaining uninterrupted by Ayer’s rail traffic. Sometime between 1990 and the early 21st century, the bridge was painted from an oxidized-looking green into a red-bronze.
Today, MA A19003 serves as one of many staples in Ayer’s historic collection of buildings and structures. Thousands of rail photos have integrated the bridge as a backdrop, as Ayer’s MBTA Commuter Rail Station lies nearby giving easy access for a frame. I highly recommend exploring this ‘iconic’ mid-20th century structure, and one of my all-time favorite bridges in Massachusetts.
[March 11, 2023 at 14:21:48]
Ayer, Massachusetts
From the four mile trail looking west, you can see the reverse of the classic Tunnel View. On the right is El Cap, and Cathedral Rocks to the left
After switching in Armstrong, the OK freight is backtracking towards Larkin where the balance of train is waiting. The spur in the foreground leads to the Tolko mill.
56113 and 56051 now seen going away having past Naas crossing working 3S32 10:50 Cheltenham Lansdown Loop to Swindon Transfer Yard.
42107 looking resplendent in reverse tuscan livery leads 9L03 empty cars from Chullora to Sydney Terminal before departing with Sydney Rail Service’s Picnic Train to Moss Vale.
At Enfield 42107 would be replaced with R766 and 5917 for the run south.
Visible in the background is K98 filling in for an unavailable S set for Historic Electric Tractions’ Charter train.
16/04/2023.
My LGMS reverse loop module!
I started work on this massive undertaking back in early 2020, and it was finally completed in July of 2021. My intention was for it to showcase the full potential of this LGMS module type in order to promote its adoption. It features a rural landscape with a massive forested hillside, crop fields, a lake, a farmhouse, a small town main street, a grain elevator and feed mill served by the railroad, and a small Catholic church based on one I attend in real life! I couldn't be happier with how it turned out!
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Reverse Dive Pike
This Adobe Photoshop Creation took me a couple of hours on the computer to create. I wanted something that could show the whole dive in one frame. Its a very graceful sport and I really wanted to capture it. Luckily I had an awesome athlete to photograph.
My entry for the third week of Rogue Olympics 2025. The theme is "Backwards", and I used 99 pieces, including 4 that are just used for keeping the thing level when photographing.