Ozexpatriate Posted October 4, 2017 Share Posted October 4, 2017 This photo essay appeared on the CNN International Edition today. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pH Posted October 16, 2017 Share Posted October 16, 2017 On CN's ex-BC Rail line, above the Fraser River: http://www.railpictures.net/photo/632941/ 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pH Posted December 21, 2017 Share Posted December 21, 2017 A looong way down! http://www.railpictures.net/photo/641093/ 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozexpatriate Posted December 21, 2017 Share Posted December 21, 2017 A looong way down! And presumably a looong way up to get there! "Italian narrow gauge railways of Africa" - now that's a specialized interest. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pH Posted December 21, 2017 Share Posted December 21, 2017 "Italian narrow gauge railways of Africa" - now that's a specialized interest. There's probably somebody on here modelling them! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pH Posted December 26, 2017 Share Posted December 26, 2017 And another long drop - http://www.railpictures.net/photo/642267/ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
F-UnitMad Posted December 26, 2017 Share Posted December 26, 2017 (edited) This is my sort of take on "Giant Landscape"... http://www.railpictures.net/photo/43866/ The wide open spaces of the American Mid-West, with distant, low horizons and nothing around for miles. Extremely difficult to capture the look of such landscapes in model railway form. This is one of my attempts, looking across the tracks to an Industrial Park 'somewhere in Minnesota', on a 24" wide board, in O Scale. Edited December 26, 2017 by F-UnitMad 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Regularity Posted December 26, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 26, 2017 Does this mean you have recovered your mojo, Jordan, and will we therefore be seeing updates soon? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
F-UnitMad Posted December 27, 2017 Share Posted December 27, 2017 Does this mean you have recovered your mojo, Jordan, and will we therefore be seeing updates soon? It's an older photo from my "Portway Center" layout of about 3 or 4 years ago... but the mojo is slowly returning & yes I will have a significant update for my loft layout to post soon. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pH Posted January 3, 2018 Share Posted January 3, 2018 From today's batch of pictures on Railpictures.net - http://www.railpictures.net/photo/643227/ 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Boucher Posted January 4, 2018 Share Posted January 4, 2018 And another from Railpictures.net... The Alaska RR jordan spreader is prominent, but those mountains in the background... http://www.railpictures.net/photo/642450/ 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pH Posted January 16, 2018 Share Posted January 16, 2018 Look at that hill (and it's only 1-in-100!) http://www.railpictures.net/photo/644687/ 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Boucher Posted January 18, 2018 Share Posted January 18, 2018 (edited) Hard to find a "Giant Landscape" in New England, but here's a photo I took this AM that I think fits this thread... (for a larger view, click on the photo, its larger than displayed here) Edited January 18, 2018 by Mike Boucher 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pH Posted January 31, 2018 Share Posted January 31, 2018 T-scale in western Canada: http://www.railpictures.net/photo/646395/ 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Oldddudders Posted January 31, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 31, 2018 T-scale in western Canada: http://www.railpictures.net/photo/646395/ I think the photographer was once a staffer at Trains magazine? And when Model Railroader put a cautious toe in the video waters in the mid-80s, Mike and father Herb were showcased with a DRGW narrow gauge layout, featuring sound. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pH Posted January 31, 2018 Share Posted January 31, 2018 I think the photographer was once a staffer at Trains magazine? And when Model Railroader put a cautious toe in the video waters in the mid-80s, Mike and father Herb were showcased with a DRGW narrow gauge layout, featuring sound. Yes, he did work at TRAINS - http://www.2ponies.net/2_Ponies/Mike.html . I didn't realise he painted as well as taking photographs. And he appears to have moved on to standard gauge D&RGW - https://youtu.be/517kVM_m-28 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allegheny1600 Posted February 19, 2018 Share Posted February 19, 2018 Here's what I call a landscape - in Europe to boot. https://www.flickr.com/photos/62327313@N05/27352576133/ Cheers, John. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gerbil-Fritters Posted February 19, 2018 Share Posted February 19, 2018 And another from Railpictures.net... The Alaska RR jordan spreader is prominent, but those mountains in the background... http://www.railpictures.net/photo/642450/ Never mind the mountains, look at that short-tank GP38! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike at C&M Posted February 19, 2018 Share Posted February 19, 2018 Here's what I call a landscape - in Europe to boot. https://www.flickr.com/photos/62327313@N05/27352576133/ The mountain on the extreme right hand side of this picture is part of a fantastic geographical feature - the Lapporten, or Lapland gate, which stands over the Narvik - Kiruna iron ore line. If ever you need proof for your Geography 'O' level that glaciation produces U shaped valleys, then here it is. Picture below is from Wikipedia. 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allegheny1600 Posted February 20, 2018 Share Posted February 20, 2018 Hi Mike, So it is! It was while 'looking in to' (rather than "researching!") the Narvik - Kiruna iron ore line 'Malmbanan', that I came across pictures of this type. It is a truly fascinating and remarkable railway - with a long-term goal of turning itself into a 40T axle load line (currently 30T). That's heavy! Plus, as you saw in my linked picture, passenger trains run along it too. Cheers, John. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium J. S. Bach Posted February 21, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 21, 2018 I just found this thread and thought that I would contribute two pictures from a trip I took through west Texas a few years ago. The last photo just shows the miles and miles of nothing but miles and miles of West Texas. 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gerbil-Fritters Posted February 21, 2018 Share Posted February 21, 2018 A couple of mine, in a similar vein. Two trains at Caliente, 2003. Both are running downhill, the right hand train has pulled up directly behind the one in the valley to help fix a broken brake hose. An eastbound stack passing Picacho Peak in Arizona on the old single track Sunset Route (2005) An eastbound stack at track speed climbing out of the Mojave sink just east of Daggett, Ca. (2005) 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Boucher Posted February 21, 2018 Share Posted February 21, 2018 The mountain on the extreme right hand side of this picture is part of a fantastic geographical feature - the Lapporten, or Lapland gate, which stands over the Narvik - Kiruna iron ore line. If ever you need proof for your Geography 'O' level that glaciation produces U shaped valleys, then here it is. Picture below is from Wikipedia. Lapporten_2.jpg I thought it was Slartibartfast who produced those. (or was that the fjords?) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allegheny1600 Posted February 21, 2018 Share Posted February 21, 2018 That was on the original, on the Mk 2 version, they gave him Africa to do, he did the same thing and they said it was not equatorial enough! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pH Posted March 11, 2018 Share Posted March 11, 2018 Colorado: http://www.railpictures.net/photo/651050/ and British Columbia: http://www.railpictures.net/photo/650957/ 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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