Post your locomotive shots

[Owen Lucas]

I take Photos of trains whenever possible. IDK why. It's a man thing. I think it has something to do with these massive machines, almost autonomous in nature, technical, powerful, and even historical.

 

[Toy4x4]

In the Forney Museum of Transportation in Denver.

 

[Astro_Guy]

And here we have the opposite extreme...

 

[02SE]

The locomotives which are used reenact the driving of the Golden Spike.

 

[2005jettatdi]

The engineering and design that went into steam locomotives from the mid 1850s on is amazing. There was nothing simple about them. Many had double expansion cylinders to maximize fuel efficiency. This called a compound locomotive. There was even a design of a triple expansion drive. One was built in 1933 for the Delaware & Hudson Railroad. Sadly, it was not successful.

 

[Big E]

I volunteered at the Niles Canyon Railway (CA)from 2005 until we moved in 2024.

Started out as a Student Brakeman and worked my way up to Engineer.

This is Western Pacific GP7 713. One of my favorites to run.

 

[ka9mnx]

I volunteered at the Niles Canyon Railway (CA)from 2005 until we moved in 2024.

Started out as a Student Brakeman and worked my way up to Engineer.

This is Western Pacific GP7 713. One of my favorites to run.

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The GP7 is my favorite work horse on my N scale layout. Second is the SD40-2 on the main line.

 

[Opelman]

This guy is on a tiny local short road. The Rochester & Erie. Used to be Elkhart & Western.

 

[opus1]

Silverton, CO, October 2011. Back when I was able to use vacation time to actually take a vacation...

 

[User_19876]

Silverton, CO, October 2011. Back when I was able to use vacation time to actually take a vacation...
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Is this the excursion that runs to Durango?

 

[opus1]

Is this the excursion that runs to Durango?

It is. I took the trip from Durango to Silverton and back one day, and the next day I headed north to Grand Junction and realized that I'd beat the train to Silverton by about a half hour so I stopped to get some shots of the train arriving.

 

[User_19876]

It is. I took the trip from Durango to Silverton and back one day, and the next day I headed north to Grand Junction and realized that I'd beat the train to Silverton by about a half hour so I stopped to get some shots of the train arriving.

I'm hoping to make it back to the bluegrass show in Telluride next year. We've thought about that excursion for years. I'd like to work it in one trip.

 

[tcp71]

My older son spent last summer as an intern with CPKC. Travelled to a bunch of depots in western Canada. I cycle past the rail yards in Calgary on my way to work and see that CP/Kansas engine combo moving cars between the ogden and shepherd terminals all the time. One morning this engine (not my picture, I was riding and didn't stop) was attached to some cars on the rails. CP's hydrogen test locomotive.

 

[shortyb]

The Southern Belle paint on the former KCS is one of the most appealing to me of any modern schemes. The new CPKC red/black/white is really drab in comparison. I also love any Heritage painted units and have seen quite a few from both Norfolk Southern and CSX. I railfan locally and have both Class 1s in my area, including a few places where they are within 100 feet of one another. I used to pass the time on night shift watching the Genesee and Wyoming owned Carolina Piedmont switch cars along the businesses in my town. Made friends with all the conductors and engineers on the night crews and learned quite a bit about local railroading from them.

If you have an interest, some of my favorite YouTubers that I watch religiously, are Danny Harmon of Distant Signal Productions, and Christian Martinez of MultiColor Films. Christian's buddy Dakota Lovern does Sunshine State Rails as Kotabeaner, along with working at the Florida Railroad Museum and makes a great railfan video too. I learned way more than I ever needed to about Florida's Bone Valley operations watching his videos. All are Central Florida based and I have been to almost every place they film as I have relatives in that part of the Sunshine State.

 

[shortyb]

CSX now runs through our area in South Carolina.

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Are you talking about the CSX A-line? If so, they've been there since the turn of the twentieth century. (as the Atlantic Coast Line road).

 

[opus1]

Snagglefoot opened a can of worms with this thread... Found a couple more pictures I took in 2010 when I was in Janesville, WI. This is from the Wisconsin & Southern yard, visible from public property, of course.

 

[B6_Dolphin]

Yes, the tracks cut through the east side of campus.

Iirc, that's the intersection of W Laurel & Mason.

I'm a CSU Alum - graduated Fall '91. Spent freshman year in Allison Hall, sophomore year in Parmalee Hall, before moving off-campus in my junior year.

The Junction, CB Potts, Wash Bar, and Fort Ram were just some of the go-to local hang-outs.

The campus and area around the college has changed alot since those days.

Oh wait, this is a rail-fanning thread - carry on!

 

[wwillson]

Iirc, that's the intersection of W Laurel & Mason.

Yes, we were just leaving DGT Tacos. Best tacos ever.

 

[Big E]

After retiring from my day job and becoming a decent Engineer at the museum, I found myself working part time at the Napa Valley Wine Train.

Here is Alco RS11 #62. Originally belonging to the Southern Pacific. It is powered by a V12 Alco 251 Engine, originally rated at 1600Hp. While still fun to run, this poor thing had seen better days, and could use some serious TLC.

Another old relic is #52. This is a GE 65 ton switch engine powered by two Cummins N14 engines rated at 250Hp.

Btw both of these engines used Chevron Delo 400 15W40.

 

[walterjay]

Ma&Pa RR (Maryland Pennsylvania) No longer in business. This sits in a yard awaiting farther restoration. It was last used when they built the Peach Bottom Nuclear Reactor.