Sep 22, 2013 at 14:36, Osaka 阪堺線

Nov 3, 2014 at 12:08, Nara 平城宮

This apparatus was a curious find east of North Platte, NE on the Union Pacific Railroad. I caught this empty ethanol train returning from Norfolk Southern and running through this complex multi-camera system just east of town. As best I can tell, this is a Beena Vision TrainView train inspection system. The next-generation system is able to take high-resolution images of the entire outside of the train. From their website:

"The system uses several sensors and algorithms to pinpoint axle position, car beginning and car end positions, car components such as safety appliances, ladders and handholds, hopper door and their handles, brake hose, truck components such as side frame, springs, and car components such as brake, etc."

The scanner is able to pick up on defective car parts or foreign objects and let the railroad know about them quicker.

#Trainviews from Amtrak's 2015 Autumn Express rare mileage excursion on the former Boston & Maine Hoosac Tunnel route between Albany, NY and East Deerfield, MA.

Staubachfall Wasserfall

Sep 13, 2014 at 17:29, Osaka 南茨木

It was snow and conifers and conifers and snow for miles.

Southern Oregon Cascade Mountains

The photos in this series were taken on the trip leg from Seward to Anchorage, Alaska. We were seated in the upper observation car, giving us a panoramic view of the quickly-passing Alaskan Fall landscape. The time of year meant that there would be gray sky and showers intermixed with sunshine. It was beautiful.

A couple of comments about the photo-taking process. I soon found that it took too long to focus my Canon camera and I had missed shots as the train went onward. That caused me to switch to my iPhone so that I could take shots more quickly. The other element in the process was that I was shooting through train windows that were sometimes rain-streaked and other times had small printed bits of information. I decided that their presence made the images authentic similar to those I posted when traveling by train in southern Spain.

View across the tracks while stopped at the small Canadian border station for Amtrak / VIA Rail passengers in Niagara Falls, Ontario

A neon sign on the old Woodward & Lothrop Service Warehouse. Seen from the train as we cross M St, on the way back into DC. Washington, DC.

An abandoned brick building, originally the American Ice Company. Seen from the MARC train. 2100 W Franklin St, Baltimore, MD.

Sep 13, 2014 at 17:17, Osaka 茨木

Sheffield Forgemasters

Apr 17, 2016 at 9:57, Ehime 松山

Mar 10, 2024 at 11:30, Kanagawa 平塚市

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