Thursday Proto Photo topic - July 27, 2006

[3rdrail]

Well it's Thursday again, and we're in Bellevue, Ohio, on August 29, 1957, photographing Nickel Plate Road steam power:






Full explanations of the photos are in my RailImages file at: http://www.trainboard.com/railimages/showgallery.php/cat/500/ppuser/3148

[Red Rock]

[Lenny53]

[Mark5]

1973



from:

http://www.michaeltaylor.ca/Ontario/acr-gps.shtml

[wes_sutton]

Some narrow gauge bits and pieces from around the world......



An 0-8-2 on the 760mm system in the former Yugoslavia photographed in 1976



In 1978, one of the 300 or so narrow gauge locomotives that were used on the sugar cane railways of Indonesia. Around 50 are still at work during the annual cane season.



At the time (1979) this metre gauge, 1873 built 0-4-0 was believed to be the oldest locomotive in the world in regular use - at the Saraya Sugar factory in India.

Wes

[train1]

Westbound CN 5550 SD60 with Draper Taper waits for green at Paris Junction


And here's my sub topic- "What's idling in my yard today" - part of an westbound 82 trailer roadrailer

[MrKLUKE]

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[Ian MacMillan]

Quick stop at the Rt. 128 Amtrak stop in MA on my way back from Ikea.   I'd never railfanned a high speed line before and wanted to try it out. Unfortunately Emma was a little cranky and I did not get to catch any express trains through the station at speed.

[Chris333]

Gregg,

In that first photo, the turnout has no guard rails at the frog. Up until this point I had thought "no guardrails" was a modern thing.


Wes,

I love those funky steam loco's

[wes_sutton]

Some interesting shots there all. Makes me want to hop on a plane

Chris333, I'll obviously have to dig out some more funky little critters for next week.

Wes

[3rdrail]

Some interesting shots there all. Makes me want to hop on a plane

Chris333, I'll obviously have to dig out some more funky little critters for next week.

Wes

Yes, indeed. Please do! Love to see unique power never shown in books or magazines before. 

[fulltritty]

Union Pacific AC44CCTE No. 6074 leads CSX coal train, N886, eastbound on the Greenwich Subdivision in Berea, Ohio on 21 May 2006.



Norfolk Southern MP15 No. 2373 is the third locomotive of Norfolk Southern manifest freight train, 133, westbound through Berea, Ohio on 21 May 2006.

[wm3798]

Greetings from New Stanton, PA!!  This little fella is outside my hotel room.  Looks like a job for Randy to come up with a power chassis...

We're here for a wedding tomorrow afternoon, then we start picking our way east on Sunday.  We'll be stopping in Johnstown on Sunday, and should be trackside at the Curve on Monday.  Depending on how the schedule and cash goes, we might get a few other locales in.

I'll have some pics up for next Thursday.

Lee