Another Train Thread

[KG4CGC]

http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c79/bebop5/Train_Easley/TR0027.jpg
http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c79/bebop5/Train_Easley/TR0026.jpg

Dump all your train and or track pics here. I'll have more coming.
ETA: The two pics above are of the trestle over Saluda Dam.

[N2CHX]

Sunday morning my son and I went to Tim Hortons to pick up some doughnuts for breakfast. We go under the main line (old NY Central) to get there. This was sitting on the track over Central Ave here in the village so I snapped some pics. Very rare to see anything other than a CSX engine around here on this track.

http://storage.kellimcmillan.com/kmcmillan/kel/rails/DSC00827.JPG
http://storage.kellimcmillan.com/kmcmillan/kel/rails/DSC00829.JPG

[KG4CGC]

↑ Cool. ↑
I've been considering catching the Amtrak passenger line that passes through here at 11PM every night. It's very fast!

[N2NH]

Sunday morning my son and I went to Tim Hortons to pick up some doughnuts for breakfast. We go under the main line (old NY Central) to get there. This was sitting on the track over Central Ave here in the village so I snapped some pics. Very rare to see anything other than a CSX engine around here on this track.

http://storage.kellimcmillan.com/kmcmillan/kel/rails/DSC00827.JPG
http://storage.kellimcmillan.com/kmcmillan/kel/rails/DSC00829.JPG

Nice Pix Kelli. Is that near Chatham?

[N2NH]

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I've been considering catching the Amtrak passenger line that passes through here at 11PM every night. It's very fast!

I was on that train on the way back up north. It is fast, and is usually early because they made the schedule less challenging than it used to be. But once it gets north of DC it really moves since it only drops off passengers so it doesn't matter if it's early. Also, the old Pennsy mainline is electrified and still some of the best maintained track around.

[N2CHX]

Nice Pix Kelli. Is that near Chatham?

Thanks. Actually it's right here: http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&q=lancaster+ny&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Lancaster,+Erie,+New+York&gl=us&ei=jKGOTLKLE8H_lgep9LzJAg&ved=0CB0Q8gEwAA&ll=42.913464,-78.671819&spn=0.0033,0.010568&t=h&z=17

Lancaster NY. I took the pictures from the east side of Commerce Parkway W.

[N2CHX]

↑ Cool. ↑
I've been considering catching the Amtrak passenger line that passes through here at 11PM every night. It's very fast!

Amtrak has a station just about a mile and a half from me in Depew. I'm pretty much surrounded by railroad tracks here.

[N2NH]

Thanks. Actually it's right here: http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&q=lancaster+ny&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Lancaster,+Erie,+New+York&gl=us&ei=jKGOTLKLE8H_lgep9LzJAg&ved=0CB0Q8gEwAA&ll=42.913464,-78.671819&spn=0.0033,0.010568&t=h&z=17

Lancaster NY. I took the pictures from the east side of Commerce Parkway W.

Ah, wrong end of the state. Beautiful country. Too bad it's in the snow belt. I know a lot of refugees from Buffalo. Ran from the Lake Effect. But otherwise a great place to live. I remember back in the sixties, there was so much snow being generated by Lake Effect that trains were getting stalled and they almost ran out of food here when they couldn't get it into the city. They finally took the long way around, but things weren't as good or fresh as it took days longer and cost a lot more.

[N8GAV]

Has anyone been to the B&O Railroad museum and have pictures?? I been by there at lest a dozen times but never had time to check it out

[N2CHX]

Ah, wrong end of the state. Beautiful country. Too bad it's in the snow belt. I know a lot of refugees from Buffalo. Ran from the Lake Effect. But otherwise a great place to live. I remember back in the sixties, there was so much snow being generated by Lake Effect that trains were getting stalled and they almost ran out of food here when they couldn't get it into the city. They finally took the long way around, but things weren't as good or fresh as it took days longer and cost a lot more.

I love the history and beauty of the area. The snow isn't that bad. 1977 was bad (I was six) and a couple of other years, but really the snow isn't bad. I lived in Virginia and it was about 10 degrees warmer there and grey and brown all winter. I'll take pretty snow over brown mud all winter. The biggest thing this area has against it is politics and the economy.

[KG4CGC]

http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c79/bebop5/Train_Easley/TR0028.jpg
http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c79/bebop5/Train_Easley/TR0029.jpg

The one showing the asphalt is part of the new bridge that they just finished building. Oh no, there is no new infrastructure happening! The crane in the background is where the old bridge was and the new one is 15 feet taller. They raised everything surrounding the intersection 15 feet.
The picture of the tracks is from the new bridge.

[W3MIV]

http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c79/bebop5/Train_Easley/TR0028.jpg
http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c79/bebop5/Train_Easley/TR0029.jpg

The one showing the asphalt is part of the new bridge that they just finished building. Oh no, there is no new infrastructure happening! The crane in the background is where the old bridge was and the new one is 15 feet taller. They raised everything surrounding the intersection 15 feet.
The picture of the tracks is from the new bridge.

Kudzu?

[W3MIV]

Has anyone been to the B&O Railroad museum and have pictures?? I been by there at lest a dozen times but never had time to check it out

Yeah, I got a bunch, but they're not digital. Fillum. 'Member that stuff?

I have not been in the roundhouse since the roof collapsed in the big snow a few years back. It is repaired, and I am told that the smashed exhibits have been refurbished, but I have not been in. If you get the opportunity, it really is worth the hour or two.

[N8YX]

The ABB road - which served my hometown for many years - is now a fallen flag:

http://station76.net/abb/images/1203-04.jpg


Bicentennial colors. This engine received a HUGE writeup in our area newspapers:

http://station76.net/abb/images/1501-02.jpg


I don't know if the caboose is still in existence or not. No one runs them any more:

3301

[KG4CGC]

Kudzu?
Absolutely.

[kc7jty]

Saluda is a very famous name for the steepest grade on a main line railroad.

[KG4CGC]

Saluda is a very famous name for the steepest grade on a main line railroad.
Ah yes, the Saluda grade is well known in highway-eese too. When you get off of hwy 26 East to take a more southerly route on StHwy 25 South, the grade reaches 7% and you can coast the whole thing down to where StHwy 11 crosses over it, well almost. I wouldn't actually coast because you'd reach a pretty good speed but in gear, you can ride without touching the gas for about 18 miles.

I've heard tale ... of people trying to ride their brakes and when they start smoking them, they keep it up until total failure.

[n2ize]

I love the history and beauty of the area. The snow isn't that bad. 1977 was bad (I was six) and a couple of other years, but really the snow isn't bad. I lived in Virginia and it was about 10 degrees warmer there and grey and brown all winter. I'll take pretty snow over brown mud all winter. The biggest thing this area has against it is politics and the economy.

What happened was that tornado alley moved from Kansas to New York during the 80's. That has had a major effect on the lines running through NY. These days those whirlwinds are bringing major derailments and flooded and downed equipment from the Canadian border to New York City.. The tornadoes have even had a major impact on the NYC subways... Its a bad scene.

[kc7jty]

you can ride without touching the gas for about 18 miles.
Only time I ever did that was on US 395 in Ca. We were going from Yosemite to Death Valley. Had a 1967 Opel Kadett wagon in neutral loaded with camping gear and a skinny wife. We got to going too fast so we rolled the windows down and stuck our hands and arms out. It worked perfect.

[KG4CGC]

Only time I ever did that was on US 395 in Ca. We were going from Yosemite to Death Valley. Had a 1967 Opel Kadett wagon in neutral loaded with camping gear and a skinny wife. We got to going too fast so we rolled the windows down and stuck our hands and arms out. It worked perfect.
HAAH!

[kc7jty]

that's my line

[KG4CGC]

that's my line
Well then it's crap!
remember that one?

[kc7jty]

How can I forget, I deal with it every day.




It rings a bell but can't put my finger....

[W1GUH]

Only time I ever did that was on US 395 in Ca. We were going from Yosemite to Death Valley. Had a 1967 Opel Kadett wagon in neutral loaded with camping gear and a skinny wife. We got to going too fast so we rolled the windows down and stuck our hands and arms out. It worked perfect.

Ya gotta be carful how you hold you arms and hands -- might create lift and you'd take off.

[W2NAP]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C5qqaR5PJtk&feature=related

[NQ6U]

train hits cows

So that's where they get hamburger!

[kc7jty]

Railroad tits

[W2NAP]

So that's where they get hamburger!

we discovered the secret lol

[NA4BH]

Stoopid cowz. They were probably putting pennies on the track.

[KG4CGC]

Stoopid cowz. They were probably putting pennies on the track.
True story.

[W2NAP]

Stoopid cowz. They were probably putting pennies on the track.

im sure even the cows cant spare a penny to put on the track.