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Neat photographs with the fisheye lens, Gary!

At the crest of Carson Hill, climbing out of Ashtabula, Ohio in 2015. The 765 is down on her knees at about 8 mph here, but she made it!

Colorado Springs in late December.

Just north of Pueblo last week.

Hocking Valley steam locomotive no. 3 making its first runs of the year in Nelsonville, Ohio. This is the only regularly operating standard gauge steam locomotive in the state.

The Joliet Rocket 765 coming into Lasalle Station in Chicago…🚂😉😺

Frames in gondolas let wide plates be hauled without clearance routings.

John

@Rich Melvin posted:

At the crest of Carson Hill, climbing out of Ashtabula, Ohio in 2015. The 765 is down on her knees at about 8 mph here, but she made it!

That was a great couple of days.  Waited two hours down on the 322 crossing to see 765 for the first time.

I have not seen the 765 since 2016, but I have been "bonding," with its older sister 755.

Sweet!

Ive taken a liking to rail photography the last few years again and especially enjoy others work!

https://ogrforum.ogaugerr.com/...-the-dome-etc-6-5-21

Some shots from a trip to the Wind River area of Wyoming a few years ago.

Nice to see a Rio Grande caboose so recently, even if it no longer has any windows! Looks relatively clean, too. Wonder what they use this for?

JUST A FRIENDLY REMINDER:  This thread is for photos  that you have taken.

Cheyenne, WY

North Platte, NE

Pete

Curious to know how this thread is different from the "Real Trains" one. A very fine distinction, it seems. It's much easier to check one thread than two. There's gotten to be such a proliferation of threads that it's gotten time-prohibitive to skip all over to peruse even the ones you're interested in.

On a trip down to Nashville, Tennessee, to see the Colts play the Titans, this was on the train tracks near our hotel.

MERF!

I live near the Indianapolis Union Railway (part of CSX) line that goes through downtown Indianapolis, and I captured this video while waiting for the train to pass. We get a lot of autoracks come along this line.

I kinda wish that dumpster wasn't right there, but I can live with it. Some may say it adds to the grit of the railroad.

Some of those graffiti people must spend a fortune on cans of spray paint, which aren't cheap, not to mention ladders. I wonder how much overspray gets on the cars inside. I would think they cover them with a protective wrap of some type.

Beautiful shots, as always, Erik. I know these represent a lot of time, as well as a lot of hiking! Amazing that you're able to get to the right place at the right time. My favs:

Honorable Mention

Some meets from way back when...

I sincerely tried to take a few snaps every now and then of my railroading experiences, but then that idiot "engineer" out in CA texted his psgr train into the back of a freight, and that was that: The FRA decided I could no longer take snapshots of my life on the railroad.

Andre