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Weather | Album Views: 5,644 |
Rain, fog, snow. it's always happening, somewhere.
As long as it's still in the air.
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Prototypes | Album Views: 12,317 |
Possible RR modeling sites.
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Chicago & Northwestern | Album Views: 5,221 |
CNW painted locomotives (one of my favorite railroad(RIP)'s paint schemes) |
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Concrete Ties | Album Views: 4,995 |
Railroad ties are traditionally made of wood, but pre-stressed concrete is now also widely used, especially in Europe and Asia. |
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Commuters | Album Views: 7,515 |
Time to go to work.
Or home. |
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Street Running | Album Views: 3,643 |
One of those circumstances where train and auto traffic must "share the road". |
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Most Excellent! | Album Views: 13,259 |
The photos in this album are simply excellent, at least in my mind. |
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Sand Patch | Album Views: 3,626 |
Sand Patch Grade is an approximately 100-mile-long (160 km) section of railroad track known for its steep grades and curves through the Allegheny Mountains of Pennsylvania and Maryland, and is currently part of CSX. |
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Vacation | Album Views: 8,669 |
Now here's where I'd like to go on vacation...if I could afford it. |
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Intermodals | Album Views: 12,097 |
Containers or trailers on either flat cars or in well cars. |
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Auto Racks | Album Views: 6,350 |
And you've been wondering how ho
those dealer's lots get filled, haven't you. |
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Meets and Passes | Album Views: 6,111 |
Pictures of trains heading the opposite directions on separate rails (a meet) or travelling the same direction (a pass). |
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Coast Rails | Album Views: 3,598 |
Pictures of trains traveling along a coast. (Such as the Pacific Coast).
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Fall Colours | Album Views: 3,347 |
Pictures which show off the fall colouration of the surrounding leaves. |
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General Electric Safety Cab Locomotives | Album Views: 49,761 |
GE manufactured safety cab locomotives, refer to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_GE_locomotives for a complete list.
NOTE: This album includes photos of modern GE passenger locos. |
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Snow | Album Views: 7,532 |
Either coming down or a
still in the air.
Pictures of snow removal equipment will be kept here. |
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Turntables | Album Views: 13,507 |
In rail terminology, a railway turntable or wheelhouse is a device for turning railway rolling stock, usually locomotives, so that they can be moved back in the direction from which they came.
If I run into a transfer table, that might get included. |
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Tunnels | Album Views: 6,279 |
For those times when you would rather take the direct route, even if it does get dark. |
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High Speed Rails | Album Views: 12,456 |
Acela (US), TGV (FR), Velaro (Ger, although there are British, Chinese and Russian versions as well)
There are other systems, such as the Japanese Shinkansen. |
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Love it! | Album Views: 10,786 |
Hard to define why, but these are some of my favorite photos. |
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British Rails | Album Views: 8,233 |
Trains around the British Isles, (including Ireland) |
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Rail Yards | Album Views: 6,769 |
A classification yard is a railway yard found at some freight train stations, used to separate railway cars on to one of several tracks. From there the cars are sent through a series of switches called a ladder onto the classification tracks. |
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Crossings | Album Views: 4,387 |
A cross-over structure is sometimes called a diamond junction or diamond crossing in reference to the diamond-shaped center. A diamond crossing is also used as a component of a double junction. |
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the 'Burgh | Album Views: 7,289 |
Pittsburgh and its environs. |
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Mixed Consists | Album Views: 8,767 |
The horsepower-hour is still used in the railroad industry when sharing motive power (locomotives.) |
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Horseshoe Curve | Album Views: 4,893 |
Horseshoe Curve, the Gallitzin Tunnels, Altoona, and the surrounding environs. |
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Nordic Rails | Album Views: 6,099 |
Swedish, Norwegian, Finnish & Danish rails go here |
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Signals | Album Views: 11,136 |
Searchlights, semaphores and cab signals. |
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RR Workers | Album Views: 18,759 |
Someone's in the kitchen with Dinah, someone's in the kitchen I know-ow-ow.
This album includes pictures of individual traincrew members as well as MOW equipment. |
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Swiss Trains | Album Views: 10,440 |
Nestled deep in the Alps you'll find some of the most fantastic scenery around. |
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North American Passenger Trains | Album Views: 19,407 |
Amtrak & Via Rail, along with commuter trains go here. Also their predecessors.
PS. I only like diesels or electric. |
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Urban Sites | Album Views: 7,251 |
North American big city trains |
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Bridges | Album Views: 13,288 |
Bridges over rivers or other crossings. Does not include drawbridges or other brides capable of opening to let river traffic thru. |
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Chicago | Album Views: 6,667 |
Rails in and around Chicago, Illinois, too. |
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Desert SW | Album Views: 6,381 |
Trains from UT, AZ & NM go here. |
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Left Coast Rails | Album Views: 13,723 |
Trains from California, Oregon, Washington & British Columbia go here |
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