Wendell1976 Posted July 17, 2018 Share Posted July 17, 2018 (edited) Back in 2006 we visited Alaska Whilst not strictly street running here is the train to Whittier being switched in ANchorage station Anchorage2006 (25).jpg In Fairbanks the old passenger station still existed despite passenger services had been stopping at a new station on the edge of town with a bus connection to downtown. We didnt see any locos in the streets but there was a solitary boxcar. FairbanksOldStation2006 (7).JPG FairbanksOldStation2006 (1).JPG Nice pictures of Anchorage and Fairbanks. I have seen that white sign in the Fairbanks picture on a video before marking "north end of main line." Wendell Idaho, USA Edited July 17, 2018 by Wendell1976 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wendell1976 Posted July 17, 2018 Share Posted July 17, 2018 Here's some more pictures of the Alaska Railroad in Anchorage, Alaska(alongside 1st Avenue). Enjoy! http://www.railpictures.net/photo/302261/ http://www.railpictures.net/photo/282701/ http://www.railpictures.net/photo/270877/ Wendell Idaho, USA 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wendell1976 Posted July 18, 2018 Share Posted July 18, 2018 Here's some pictures of the Chicago Terminal Railroad doing some street running down Kingsbury Street in Chicago. http://www.railpictures.net/photo/447166/ http://www.railpictures.net/photo/419719/ http://www.railpictures.net/photo/216880/ Wendell Idaho, USA 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pH Posted July 22, 2018 Share Posted July 22, 2018 Deceptively rural - if you look at the 'Location Map' on the page, it's actually in town: http://www.railpictures.net/photo/665013/ 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wendell1976 Posted July 22, 2018 Share Posted July 22, 2018 More pictures from the State of Illinois. Here are some pictures of the Union Pacific Railroad in Rockford, Illinois. Rockford is about 90 miles(144 kilometers) northwest of Chicago via the Interstate 90(I-90) freeway. http://www.railpictures.net/photo/632903/ http://www.railpictures.net/photo/632899/ http://www.railpictures.net/photo/154405/ http://www.railpictures.net/photo/154431/ Wendell Idaho, USA 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wendell1976 Posted July 25, 2018 Share Posted July 25, 2018 (edited) Here are two pictures of a TriMet(Tri-County Metropolitan Transportation District of Oregon) MAX light rail train in Portland, Oregon. The first picture is the train doing street running in Downtown Portland. The second picture shows the light rail train crossing the Steel Bridge over the Willamette River. TriMet runs five light rail lines, a commuter rail line, and a local bus system. All of the light rail lines serve Downtown Portland. The MAX Red Line in both pictures serves Portland International Airport(PDX). http://www.railpictures.net/photo/545169/ http://www.railpictures.net/photo/264452/ Wendell Idaho, USA Edited July 25, 2018 by Wendell1976 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wendell1976 Posted July 25, 2018 Share Posted July 25, 2018 Here are two pictures of a Portland & Western Railroad freight train running down A Street in Rainier, Oregon(many streets in this town are named alphabetically). Rainier is about 50 miles(80 kilometers) northwest of Portland via U.S. Highway 30(the historic Lewis & Clark Trail). The Portland & Western(Class II railroad) is owned by Genesee & Wyoming. http://www.railpictures.net/photo/69079/ http://www.railpictures.net/photo/334422/ Wendell Idaho, USA 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mullie Posted July 25, 2018 Share Posted July 25, 2018 I live in Portland, just not that one! Thanks to those who post on this thread, I find the photos fascinating, can't believe more don't follow. Martyn 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold roundhouse Posted July 25, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 25, 2018 Here are two pictures of a TriMet(Tri-County Metropolitan Transportation District of Oregon) MAX light rail train in Portland, Oregon. The first picture is the train doing street running in Downtown Portland. The second picture shows the light rail train crossing the Steel Bridge over the Willamette River. TriMet runs five light rail lines, a commuter rail line, and a local bus system. All of the light rail lines serve Downtown Portland. The MAX Red Line in both pictures serves Portland International Airport(PDX). http://www.railpictures.net/photo/545169/ http://www.railpictures.net/photo/264452/ Wendell Idaho, USA One of our favourite cities in the USA. We were riding the MAX and Streetcars only just back in March. Superb system and so cheap at just $5 for a day pass. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wendell1976 Posted July 25, 2018 Share Posted July 25, 2018 (edited) I live in Portland, just not that one! Thanks to those who post on this thread, I find the photos fascinating, can't believe more don't follow. Martyn I am guessing that you live in Portland, Maine? Wendell Idaho, USA Edited July 25, 2018 by Wendell1976 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wendell1976 Posted July 25, 2018 Share Posted July 25, 2018 (edited) "One of our favourite cities in the USA. We were riding the MAX and Streetcars only just back in March. Superb system and so cheap at just $5 for a day pass." Yes, indeed! Portland, Oregon is a very nice city with a superb public transportation system(including rail lines). I rode the MAX light rail train many years ago when I was an over-the-road truck driver. For the size of the metropolitan area Portland is, I think it is amazing that there are so many passenger trains in that area including Amtrak. Portland is a major city, but it is not a Los Angeles, San Francisco, Chicago, or New York City. Wendell Idaho, USA Edited August 12, 2018 by Wendell1976 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold roundhouse Posted July 25, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 25, 2018 I am guessing that you live in Portland, Maine? Wendell Idaho, USA Looking at Mullies location of Dorset I reckon its the Portland just south of Weymouth, Dorset, UK. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mullie Posted July 25, 2018 Share Posted July 25, 2018 I am guessing that you live in Portland, Maine? Wendell Idaho, USA I do live on Portland in the UK, the place that probably gave the US places their name. This is the view from just up the road, I live at the top of the hill known as Tophill strangely enough, 285 feet above sea level and the approaches. This is the famous Chesil Beach around sixteen miles long: The road that runs along Chesil Beach is our only connection with the mainland at Weymouth. It is a stony beach with big stones at our end and tiny stones at the other, fishermen used to know where they had landed by the size of the stones. This is the view across the harbour where the 2012 Olympic sailing was based looking towards Portland: This is what Portland is famous for, the stone that built many famous buildings in the UK and beyond: There was a railway from Weymouth to Portland that finally closed in 1965. We moved here in 2004, I'm originally from Brentwood in Essex, there is at least one Brentwood in the States that I know of (in Tennessee I believe). Martyn 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wendell1976 Posted July 26, 2018 Share Posted July 26, 2018 I do live on Portland in the UK, the place that probably gave the US places their name. This is the view from just up the road, I live at the top of the hill known as Tophill strangely enough, 285 feet above sea level and the approaches. This is the famous Chesil Beach around sixteen miles long: DSC_0012.JPG The road that runs along Chesil Beach is our only connection with the mainland at Weymouth. It is a stony beach with big stones at our end and tiny stones at the other, fishermen used to know where they had landed by the size of the stones. This is the view across the harbour where the 2012 Olympic sailing was based looking towards Portland: DSC_0037.JPG This is what Portland is famous for, the stone that built many famous buildings in the UK and beyond: iur.jpg There was a railway from Weymouth to Portland that finally closed in 1965. We moved here in 2004, I'm originally from Brentwood in Essex, there is at least one Brentwood in the States that I know of (in Tennessee I believe). Martyn Very nice pictures, Martyn! I had forgotten that it is a city called Portland in the UK. Yes, there is a city called Brentwood in the State of Tennessee. There is also a city called Brentwood in the State of California(suburb of San Francisco/Oakland). Wendell Idaho, USA 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wendell1976 Posted July 26, 2018 Share Posted July 26, 2018 Here's some more pictures of the Portland & Western Railroad in the State of Oregon. http://www.railpictures.net/photo/593141/ http://www.railpictures.net/photo/593908/ http://www.railpictures.net/photo/502958/ http://www.railpictures.net/photo/147842/ http://www.railpictures.net/photo/616945/ Wendell Idaho, USA 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wendell1976 Posted July 26, 2018 Share Posted July 26, 2018 Here's three freight pictures from the Seattle area. http://www.railpictures.net/photo/614610/ http://www.railpictures.net/photo/338576/ http://www.railpictures.net/photo/113772/ Wendell Idaho, USA 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wendell1976 Posted July 26, 2018 Share Posted July 26, 2018 More pictures from my native metropolitan area of Los Angeles. Here are some pictures of a Southern Pacific/Union Pacific train running down Olive Street in Anaheim, California past and present. Anaheim is about 35 miles(56 kilometers) southeast of Los Angeles via the Santa Ana Freeway(Interstate 5). Anaheim is home to Disneyland, NHL's Anaheim Ducks, and MLB's Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. http://www.railpictures.net/photo/241821/ http://www.railpictures.net/photo/369795/ http://www.railpictures.net/photo/152699/ http://www.railpictures.net/photo/77715/ http://www.railpictures.net/photo/101391/ http://www.railpictures.net/photo/218173/ Wendell Idaho, USA 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium newbryford Posted July 26, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 26, 2018 Very nice pictures, Martyn! I had forgotten that it is a city called Portland in the UK. Yes, there is a city called Brentwood in the State of Tennessee. There is also a city called Brentwood in the State of California(suburb of San Francisco/Oakland). Wendell Idaho, USA Apologies for the OT. I was researching UK names in the US for my East of the Atlantic project (particularly a north of England name would be my preferred choice). This is an English/US list https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Locations_in_the_United_States_with_an_English_name Cheers, Mick 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
40019 Posted July 26, 2018 Share Posted July 26, 2018 Apologies for the OT. I was researching UK names in the US for my East of the Atlantic project (particularly a north of England name would be my preferred choice). This is an English/US list https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Locations_in_the_United_States_with_an_English_name Cheers, Mick There's a couple of Warrington's in the US Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mullie Posted July 26, 2018 Share Posted July 26, 2018 Apologies for the OT. I was researching UK names in the US for my East of the Atlantic project (particularly a north of England name would be my preferred choice). This is an English/US list https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Locations_in_the_United_States_with_an_English_name Cheers, Mick I knew about Brentwood Tennessee because the composer Arnold Schoenberg lived there and I had to study him as part of my degree over thirty years ago. The Portland where I live is a truly stunning place, the photos I posted last night are part of my drive to work every day. It is a small place place approximately 4 1/2 miles X 1 almost entirely surrounded by sea. No street running trains sadly. Sorry for going off topic. Martyn Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wendell1976 Posted July 26, 2018 Share Posted July 26, 2018 Here are some more pictures from Anaheim, California with the train now running down Santa Ana Street. http://www.railpictures.net/photo/455598/ http://www.railpictures.net/photo/241105/ http://www.railpictures.net/photo/113789/ http://www.railpictures.net/photo/83228/ http://www.railpictures.net/photo/64667/ http://www.railpictures.net/photo/353698/ http://www.railpictures.net/photo/329663/ Wendell Idaho, USA 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium melmerby Posted August 2, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 2, 2018 Apologies for the OT. I was researching UK names in the US for my East of the Atlantic project (particularly a north of England name would be my preferred choice). This is an English/US list https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Locations_in_the_United_States_with_an_English_name Cheers, Mick You could include Hollywood as the UK had places with that name before the US. Keith Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Boucher Posted August 12, 2018 Share Posted August 12, 2018 "Vintage" photo, from the Boston and Maine facebook group...B&M SW-9 #1223 pulling a freight down Commercial St. in Portland, ME. Heading for the Grand Trunk interchange (using former Portland Terminal trackage) on October 10. 1983. Photographer (and B&M Conductor): Russ Monroe One interesting element to this photo is that by 1983, the B&M, Maine Central, and Portland Terminal had all been purchased/absorbed into Guilford. 1223 lasted all the way thru the McGinnis era with its Maroon and Gold paint, it hadn't been repainted into the "blue dip" paint scheme. Tracks are now gone. 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium melmerby Posted August 12, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 12, 2018 I can't remember if this has been posted before Death Avenue NY http://www.shorpy.com/files/images/eleventh_ave.jpg Two railroad tracks alongside a single streetcar track Keith Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium melmerby Posted August 12, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 12, 2018 And another street runner: Syracuse: http://www.shorpy.com/files/images/4a19669a.jpg Keith Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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