RMweb Premium melmerby Posted March 31, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 31, 2021 57 minutes ago, F-UnitMad said: If they did, then I guess the Strasburg Railroad would never have got off the ground? https://www.strasburgrailroad.com/ Now one of, if not the, oldest Railroads in the USA still operating under it's original charter. Oh and still uses steam to haul modern revenue freight occasionally, too. As in a few days recently 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mdvle Posted March 31, 2021 Share Posted March 31, 2021 4 hours ago, Michael Hodgson said: I thought Lancaster was Amish country where they believe new-fangled contraptions like steam engines are the work of Satan? As with many things, it's complicated. See this reference about Amish and cell phones for example https://amishamerica.com/do-amish-use-telephones/ 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium melmerby Posted March 31, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 31, 2021 5 hours ago, Michael Hodgson said: Great photo I thought Lancaster was Amish country where they believe new-fangled contraptions like steam engines are the work of Satan? There's an Amish community near La Plata MO station and you can frequently see them boarding Amtrak. I notice the men just swagger about while the wives carry all the luggage, quite often carpet bags. Last year on a nice day there was quite clearly an outing to Horseshoe Curve with several families, so they even do leisure. I doubt the car park was full of buggies. I suppose they could've been Mennonites, rather than Amish. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
F-UnitMad Posted March 31, 2021 Share Posted March 31, 2021 2 hours ago, mdvle said: As with many things, it's complicated. See this reference about Amish and cell phones for example https://amishamerica.com/do-amish-use-telephones/ A very interesting article. I couldn't help smiling at this bit, though - most Amish have developed ways to use phones while still keeping the potentially threatening technology at arm’s length. Sorry but I now have a mental picture of a person in 19th Century dress shouting at his mobile, held waaay out in front of him.... 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johann Marsbar Posted March 31, 2021 Share Posted March 31, 2021 This has gone sufficiently off-thread to introduce this into it.... 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wendell1976 Posted May 26, 2021 Share Posted May 26, 2021 Here's a picture of a Union Pacific Railroad local train in Turlock, California. The train is running down Castor Street. Turlock is along the California State Route 99(CA-99 or SR-99) freeway; about 90 miles(144 kilometers) southeast of Sacramento and about 80 miles(128 kilometers) northwest of Fresno. https://www.railpictures.net/photo/215600/ Wendell Idaho, USA 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pH Posted May 26, 2021 Share Posted May 26, 2021 (edited) "Yield to opposing traffic": https://www.railpictures.net/photo/772640/ Edited May 26, 2021 by pH 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wendell1976 Posted May 26, 2021 Share Posted May 26, 2021 Here's a picture of a Union Pacific Railroad train in Torrance, California. This local train is doing some quasi street running in the median of Sartori Avenue. Torrance is a beachfront suburb of Los Angeles. https://www.railpictures.net/photo/730381/ Wendell Idaho, USA 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wendell1976 Posted June 19, 2021 Share Posted June 19, 2021 About two days ago, I had spent much of the day having fun in the Portland, Oregon metropolitan area. Here's two pictures of a TriMet Westside Express Service(WES) commuter rail train in suburban Beaverton, Oregon taken from my smartphone. The train does street running for about two blocks along Southwest(SW) Lombard Avenue. In these pictures, I am standing at the intersection of Southwest Lombard Avenue and Southwest Broadway Street. I had ridden down this commuter route to Wilsonville, Oregon and back to Beaverton. Tammie's Hobbies model train store is about 200 feet from where I am standing. I had bought some N scale cars at Tammie's Hobbies and at The Hobby Smith model train store in Portland. Wendell Idaho, USA 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wendell1976 Posted July 13, 2021 Share Posted July 13, 2021 Here's a new picture of the Florida Northern Railroad in Ocala, Florida. The train is running down Osceola Avenue. Ocala is about 90 miles(144 kilometers) north of Tampa and about 75 road-miles(120 road-kilometers) northwest of Orlando. https://www.railpictures.net/photo/775556/ Wendell Idaho, USA 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johann Marsbar Posted July 13, 2021 Share Posted July 13, 2021 On 19/06/2021 at 06:59, Wendell1976 said: About two days ago, I had spent much of the day having fun in the Portland, Oregon metropolitan area. Here's two pictures of a TriMet Westside Express Service(WES) commuter rail train in suburban Beaverton, Oregon taken from my smartphone. The train does street running for about two blocks along Southwest(SW) Lombard Avenue. In these pictures, I am standing at the intersection of Southwest Lombard Avenue and Southwest Broadway Street. I had ridden down this commuter route to Wilsonville, Oregon and back to Beaverton. Tammie's Hobbies model train store is about 200 feet from where I am standing. I had bought some N scale cars at Tammie's Hobbies and at The Hobby Smith model train store in Portland. Wendell Idaho, USA Do they still use any of their RDC's on that line, as I believe they have cut the service back compared to when I was there in 2017, and it was Peak Hours M-F only even then.... That WES line uses former Oregon Electric and SP "Red Electric" trackage. 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wendell1976 Posted July 13, 2021 Share Posted July 13, 2021 2 hours ago, Johann Marsbar said: Do they still use any of their RDC's on that line, as I believe they have cut the service back compared to when I was there in 2017, and it was Peak Hours M-F only even then.... That WES line uses former Oregon Electric and SP "Red Electric" trackage. The WES uses diesel multiple units(DMU) from the former Colorado Railcar. I don't think they use the old RDC's anymore if I am not mistaken. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/WES_Commuter_Rail Wendell Idaho, USA 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve1 Posted August 11, 2021 Share Posted August 11, 2021 Someone sent me this image. Lots of modelling potential! steve 14 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
WessexEclectic Posted August 13, 2021 Share Posted August 13, 2021 On 11/08/2021 at 15:24, steve1 said: Someone sent me this image. Lots of modelling potential! steve Do you happen to know When and Where it was taken? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johann Marsbar Posted August 13, 2021 Share Posted August 13, 2021 Guilford livery - so part of the PanAm network in MA/NH at a guess, though I'm sure I've seen it before somewhere. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve1 Posted August 13, 2021 Share Posted August 13, 2021 3 hours ago, WessexEclectic said: Do you happen to know When and Where it was taken? Sorry, I have no idea. steve 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mdvle Posted August 13, 2021 Share Posted August 13, 2021 4 hours ago, WessexEclectic said: Do you happen to know When and Where it was taken? So first step in a situation like this is to go to images.google.com and click on the camera icon in the search box - this gets you what Google calls reverse image search where you can either provide an URL or upload an image and Google will attempt to match it. This failed with this image, so next I did a search on the photographers name (Dave Blaze) and I found his Flickr page, which quickly lead to this image. https://www.flickr.com/photos/151111185@N04/51356737456/in/album-72157712081870086/ He provides full details in the description. His album page is at the link below, lots of potentially interesting photos. https://www.flickr.com/photos/151111185@N04/albums The Grafton & Upton might be of interest - a 16 mile shortline that in the last 5 or so years has been reborn, originally with an eclectic mix of first generation power though now apparently using more suitable MP15AC units - but a browse of the album reveals that the MBTA has been using part of the G&U for deadhead moves to transfer its equipment for inspection purposes - so an excuse for an occasional passenger movement on your shortline. 1 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mdvle Posted August 17, 2021 Share Posted August 17, 2021 (edited) courtesy the steam era freight car list, CIty of Boston Archives - 1948 https://cityofboston.access.preservica.com/uncategorized/io_37d51774-8dce-487e-ab96-ff5d376ef386/ (also available on Flickr - Edited August 17, 2021 by mdvle 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mdvle Posted August 17, 2021 Share Posted August 17, 2021 Same train, different direction and place 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Keith Addenbrooke Posted August 18, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 18, 2021 9 hours ago, mdvle said: courtesy the steam era freight car list, CIty of Boston Archives - 1948 https://cityofboston.access.preservica.com/uncategorized/io_37d51774-8dce-487e-ab96-ff5d376ef386/ (also available on Flickr - 9 hours ago, mdvle said: Same train, different direction and place John Pryke’s Kalmbach Book “Building City Scenery for your Model Railroad” (2000) told the story of the street running modular section of his layout that was based on this line - great to see more prototype photos of it here. Thank you. 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mdvle Posted August 18, 2021 Share Posted August 18, 2021 For anyone interested in those Boston pictures, some more courtesy the steam freight car list. It was the Union Freight Railroad, and is only ran along Atlantic Avenue and Commercial Street with a roster of 5 GE 44-ton locos and served the dock area and connected with 2 other railroads to the north and south. And another picture - this time dismantling an elevated railway that used to run along the street 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarcodelic Posted August 19, 2021 Share Posted August 19, 2021 (edited) The Union Freight Railroad is also the subject of the eponymous chapter of Frank Kyper's The Railroad That Came Out at Night, which is published by Carstens. The rest of the book is also about Boston area railroading. https://www.google.com/search?q=The+railroad+that+came+out+at+night&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiN3qCb4b3yAhWURkEAHXBKAO8Q_AUoAnoECAEQBA&biw=1067&bih=475 Edited August 19, 2021 by Sarcodelic To add Google image search link 2 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mdvle Posted August 20, 2021 Share Posted August 20, 2021 For those who haven't look into it this new layout thread may be interesting - some interesting sort of street running (more in a median in the centre of the street with sidings) from Pittsburgh https://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/166552-south-side-flats-having-a-go-at-an-h0-scale-shelf-layout/&tab=comments#comment-4549590 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pH Posted September 12, 2021 Share Posted September 12, 2021 I know this isn’t in North America, but rather than starting a new topic for it: https://www.railpictures.net/photo/781794/ 8 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wendell1976 Posted September 13, 2021 Share Posted September 13, 2021 Here's a picture of a Kansas City Southern Railway train in Shreveport, Louisiana. The train is running down Lake Street. https://www.railpictures.net/photo/269485/ Wendell Idaho, USA 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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