| Posted by Hill 57 on February 17, 2009 | |
Downgrade indeed!!
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| Posted by Ray Peacock heartlandrails.com on February 17, 2009 | |
What a neat shot.
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| Posted by BMARK99USA on February 17, 2009 | |
That's incredible. I didn't realize the grade was that steep.
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| Posted by Nicholas O Sullivan on February 17, 2009 | |
Neat photo!
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| Posted by Martin Bennet on February 17, 2009 | |
Very unusual perspective, really shows the grade!
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| Posted by Jan Hart on February 17, 2009 | |
Great perspective and to quote Jim Carey "Smokin' ".
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| Posted by Cliff Gray on February 18, 2009 | |
Nice shot Mr. Hagen. Just one correction though. The locomotive is a SDP45.
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| Posted by Todd Keyser on February 18, 2009 | |
The locomotive is an ex-Erie Lackawanna SDP-45. The spotting features are the brake wheel cut-out in the nose and the lowered edge of cab position of the horn.
...awesome photograph!
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| Posted by Dennis A. Livesey on February 18, 2009 | |
I have never seen a shot like this before. Outstanding. PCA and Favorite from me!
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| Posted by Derek Stewart on February 20, 2009 | |
Wow, when I went there I never thought that it was that steep. Just Wow!!
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| Posted by AtlantaRails on February 20, 2009 | |
Thats an insane grade, looks more rollercoaster than railroad with that kind of telephoto zoom, the clouds of brake shoe smoke really make this an amazing picture.
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| Posted by Jamey Rickens on February 20, 2009 | |
Talk about purple haze!
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| Posted by J. Alex Lang on February 21, 2009 | |
This is a great angle, and I love the brake smoke. This is an interesting case where it's tough to judge where the horizon line is. My guess is that this image needs to be rotated CCW about a degree or two - the tracks at the curve are superelevated and so the cab of 6652 should actually be leaning in a bit.
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| Posted by David Nutter on February 24, 2009 | |
Beautiful!
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| Posted by Willie Brown on February 26, 2009 | |
Outstanding!
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| Posted by on March 3, 2009 | |
Photos usually don't give true grade any justice, yours is the exception! Great eye for an awesome shot!
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| Posted by M.G. on March 6, 2009 | |
Great shot A. Hagen.
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| Posted by Jeff Sell on March 7, 2009 | |
When I saw this thumb nail photo, I knew this had to be an Altoona Horseshoe Curve photo from from the 80's because I haven't seen brakeshoe smoke like this since I took some photos around the same era. You just don't see a lot brake shoe smoke on the 'Curve' anymore. Thanks for sharing.
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| Posted by Joel M Podlaski on June 4, 2009 | |
Great shot! This is definately one of my favorites
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