A small heart beats fast as the train arrives at the station, about to take a certain little girl on her very first train ride! For a shot of her brother's first train, see #Railroad: CalTrainLocomotive: Cab CarLocation: Menlo Park, California, USALocomotive #: UnknownTrain ID: JPBX 135Photo Date: August 13, 2009
Quiet no more! A quiet Sunday morning is disrupted by a passing freight which is cresting the grade and heading for the tunnel.
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Eastbound autoracks on Q276 pass by the Vulcan aggregates facility where, contrary to earlier reports that I passed on (oops!), VULX 2779, a U23B, ex-CR 2779, ex-LV 503 (ex-Wimpey, ex-Tarmac), con... (more)
An Acela comes NB off the two-track Susquehanna River Bridge. Even given the extreme telephoto compression, impressive how the track fluctuates. I'd love to see a similar shot of, say, a TGV or ... (more)
An approaching train lights up the rails as the local engine rests after taking on water. A Peter Lerro photo charter.
First shot of the Montour on RP! Only Montour shot I have. Another tiny fallen flag, controlled by the P&LE at the time of its demise.
Carrying around the cheap-o Canon "nifty fifty" made all the difference in terms of catching this rainy day low light shot. My first precipitation-defined-headlight-beam shot! Empty oil heading b... (more)
The hopper feeds sand to the tower, which feeds the power, which sands the rails ... .
One of the benefits of doing a morning shop tour at the Western Maryland Scenic Railroad's 25th anniversary was getting to see the 734 getting ready for its trip up the mountain!
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I've been going with the family to Dutch Wonderland for years and had tried repeatedly to get a monorail shot, only for weather or light or family (rides first, photography last) to conspire again... (more)
Crazy fast, just insane! How dare a local passenger run go this fast up a local branch line? And on a trestle! Isn't this against some rule?
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In 9 minutes the TGV to Paris DeGaulle Airport will depart.
The Capitol Limited heads west under the Talbot Road bridge, an upside down turntable.
For other views at Georgetown Junction, go Railroad: AmtrakLocomotive: GE P42DCLocation: Silver Spring, Maryland, USALocomotive #: AMTK 176Train ID: CSX P029Photo Date: April 24, 2016
MARC train 880 arriving at Rockville, pushing toward Washington DC, about to take a certain little boy on his very first train ride. For a picture of his sister's first train, see #more)
A workman prepares to clean the headlight. Note the detail in the various lights. A Peter Lerro photo charter.
