DanielB Posted December 2, 2014 Share Posted December 2, 2014 Something to do with mining, if I remember rightly. There are loads of shots of these trains on Railpictures, have a search for them - one of the descriptions is bound to explain it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrian Wintle Posted December 2, 2014 Share Posted December 2, 2014 Those are ore cars - I'd guess the cargo is nitrates. The major ore traffic on the line is copper and nitrates. Adrian Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PhilJ W Posted December 2, 2014 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 2, 2014 Metal ores can be very heavy, hence the load concentrated over the trucks. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stadman Posted December 6, 2014 Share Posted December 6, 2014 .One from a scanned slide a few years ago. https://www.flickr.com/photos/kevin-staddon/4354125553/ 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pH Posted December 9, 2014 Share Posted December 9, 2014 An unusual shot of the 'Big Ten' curves on the UP (ex-D&RGW) Moffat route through the Rockies: http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=232817&nseq=40 The more usual view is pretty spectacular too: http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=413466&nseq=25 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pH Posted December 12, 2014 Share Posted December 12, 2014 More from Railpictures: http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=510025&nseq=27 http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=510019&nseq=33 http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=510020&nseq=32 http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=509964&nseq=88 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allegheny1600 Posted December 12, 2014 Share Posted December 12, 2014 You can get some big landscapes in Europe (Norway) too! http://bahnbilder.ch/picture/7697 Brrr! Cheers, John E. 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pH Posted December 18, 2014 Share Posted December 18, 2014 Really simple scenic treatment: http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=510760&nseq=98 I wondered whether to post this here or in the "Easy trains to model" topic: http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=510839&nseq=17 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PhilJ W Posted December 18, 2014 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 18, 2014 Really simple scenic treatment: http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=510760&nseq=98 I wondered whether to post this here or in the "Easy trains to model" topic: http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=510839&nseq=17 They are just coming up blank? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold roundhouse Posted December 18, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 18, 2014 Came up Ok for me at home and on this PC. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
F-UnitMad Posted December 18, 2014 Share Posted December 18, 2014 Really simple scenic treatment: http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=510760&nseq=98 I wondered whether to post this here or in the "Easy trains to model" topic: http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=510839&nseq=17 The train in that second picture is just wonderful..!! Most people's impressions in the UK of American trains are of mile-long freights with 5 locos on the point..... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold roundhouse Posted December 18, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 18, 2014 The train in that second picture is just wonderful..!! Most people's impressions in the UK of American trains are of mile-long freights with 5 locos on the point..... They are... the kadee failed between the 1st and 2nd freight car Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PhilJ W Posted December 18, 2014 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 18, 2014 Came up Ok for me at home and on this PC. It is now, the internet having a funny moment perhaps. Or perhaps the North Koreans mucking about? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pH Posted January 23, 2015 Share Posted January 23, 2015 "Photo of the week" on Railpictures: http://www.railpictures.net/photo/514477/ 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pH Posted February 7, 2015 Share Posted February 7, 2015 It's a good job BNSF engines are orange: http://www.railpictures.net/photo/517784 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pH Posted February 14, 2015 Share Posted February 14, 2015 Not quite as 'giant' a landscape as some in this thread, but IMO a great picture from a US-centred website: http://www.railpictures.net/photo/518111/ 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pH Posted March 4, 2015 Share Posted March 4, 2015 (edited) In the summer of 1968, I walked over Kicking Horse Pass and down to Field, BC. I was short of sleep, food, water and oxygen (the top of the pass is over 5300 feet), and had walked more than 20 miles in the day, all of which would have affected my judgement. However, looking at the mountains and the trees on them, I was thinking "Well, it's bigger than the Scottish Highlands, but not that much bigger". Then I saw a CPR freight crossing this slope and suddenly realised that my perception of the scale of things was way out! Freight descending the western slope of the pass, below the Spiral Tunnels: http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=479035&nseq=12 Edited March 4, 2015 by pH 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium jamie92208 Posted March 4, 2015 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 4, 2015 In the summer of 1968, I walked over Kicking Horse Pass and down to Field, BC. I was short of sleep, food, water and oxygen (the top of the pass is over 5300 feet), and had walked more than 20 miles in the day, all of which would have affected my judgement. However, looking at the mountains and the trees on them, I was thinking "Well, it's bigger than the Scottish Highlands, but not that much bigger". Then I saw a CPR freight crossing this slope and suddenly realised that my perception of the scale of things was way out! Freight descending the western slope of the pass, below the Spiral Tunnels: http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=479035&nseq=12 That's a great picture pH. I went over that by train in 78 and went back to Lake Louise for my honeymoon in 79 and drove round the area which is fabulous. I agree wholeheartedly about the perception of distance in such places. I found exactly then same cycling in Colorado and Wyoming probably due to the clear high altitude air. Jamie 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium BR60103 Posted March 5, 2015 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 5, 2015 pH We found that you could see a mountain just ahead, drive 20 miles and it would be no closer. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium jamie92208 Posted March 5, 2015 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 5, 2015 pH We found that you could see a mountain just ahead, drive 20 miles and it would be no closer. It's even worse on a pushbike when you think that the grain elevator on the horizon is only a couple of miles ahead and you are pedalling against a headwind. The one that I remember though is looking across the South Park in Colorado from the top of Kenosha Pass and thinking that the far rim is about 15 miles away, more like 40. Jamie Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold roundhouse Posted March 5, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 5, 2015 It's even worse on a pushbike when you think that the grain elevator on the horizon is only a couple of miles ahead and you are pedalling against a headwind. The one that I remember though is looking across the South Park in Colorado from the top of Kenosha Pass and thinking that the far rim is about 15 miles away, more like 40. Jamie Much easier in Ford Mustang 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium jamie92208 Posted March 5, 2015 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 5, 2015 (edited) First of all a Mamil (middle aged man in lycra) warning to all viewers of a sensitive nature) Re the previous posts here are a few photos from my bike ride along disused lines in Colorado in this case the South Park Line over Kenosha and Boreas passes. Looking west across South Park from the top of Kenosha. The old railway hotel at the station area in Como. The view from Rocky point part way up Boreas. The track has been relaid by a historical society. The summit of Boreas pass (11,500') viewed from the tree line at about 10,000'. Me at the summit. Two days later I rode down Glenwood canyon and took this one of the mid train helpers int eh depths of the canyon on a coal train. Many happy memories of 10 years ago this year. Jamie Edited March 5, 2015 by jamie92208 11 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pH Posted March 10, 2015 Share Posted March 10, 2015 Another picture from the Andes (could as easily be the Moon). http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=522461&nseq=2 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockershovel Posted March 20, 2015 Share Posted March 20, 2015 I do find these very evocative of my personal images of American railroading. Quite a few show that classic American feature, the 90deg or more curve in a wide-open landscape Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ohmisterporter Posted March 23, 2015 Share Posted March 23, 2015 Not the giant landscapes we have seen in other parts of the world but not bad for the UK is this shot from the Welsh Highland Railway in the Aberglaslyn pass. http://www.isengard.co.uk/images/JPEGS/Aerial%20view_NPAS15-3-15.jpg 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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