Thursday Proto Photo topic - Oct. 5, 2006

[3rdrail]

It's Thursday again, and time for some photos of the "real thing". This week, we have two photos of an Alco S6 on the FFCC Unidos del Sureste in Merida, Yucatan. Note the trucks on the tank car coupled to the switcher's nose. Those are indeed archbar trucks. Proof that you can see anything on the prototype if you look long enough!





 

[Mark5]

a few miles from where I now live ...


http://moosevalley.org/wmrhs

Emory Grove, Glyndon MD

[3rdrail]

BTW, I am posting two photos per week, there are still another 70 in my RailImages prototype album, if y'all don't want to wait another 35 weeks to see 'em all, go to:

http://www.trainboard.com/railimages/showgallery.php/cat/1023

  ;D

[up1950s]

Oh how I like the S6 model . I think its the nicest of all the S's

[wm3798]

a few miles from where I now live ...

Emory Grove, Glyndon MD

Long long ago in a galaxy far far away....

Here's the Maryland and Delaware, a few miles from where I now live...  A little CF7 goodness for you Santy Feh types.






http://www.wmrywesternlines.net/gallery/albums/userpics/10001/Train_Junk_064.jpg
(a larger view for you graffiti-philes...)

Those are hot off the press, I just took them before lunch.

Lee

[tokenbrit]

Diseasel Week:

[wes_sutton]

It's 5am Friday morning here in Adelaide and I can't sleep sooo...a change of pace this week

Melbourne May 2006



Adelaide April 2006 - new style



Adelaide April 2006 - old style



Blackpool, England January 2006



Manchester, England June 2004



Cheers, Wes

[3rdrail]

Great shots Wes, hadn't realized that the Blackpool trams were still operating. Somehow I'd gotten the impression they had all been scattered to museums around the world. Perhaps it was just the open cars.

Adelaide looks like a nice city to live in, with old trams running MU to boot! 

[Red Rock]

New Albany, Indiana 10/02/06

[John]

Coming out of the tunnel

[John]

Going into the tunnel

[John]

Getting a little work done ..????

[wes_sutton]

Great shots Wes, hadn't realized that the Blackpool trams were still operating. Somehow I'd gotten the impression they had all been scattered to museums around the world. Perhaps it was just the open cars.

Adelaide looks like a nice city to live in, with old trams running MU to boot! 

I first saw and rode on the Blackpool Trams in 1968 when I was 12. It only took me another 38 years to go back and photograph them. Unfortunately they have been spoilt somewhat by the all over advertising and the whole system is in urgent need of an upgrade.

The old trams in Adelaide (the H class) are running on borrowed time. Apart from the odd peak hour commuter run and tourist services at weekends, they will have been replaced by the newer models by the end of the year.

A few more trams next week......

Wes

Wes