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Right before (circa 2008) the semaphores were to be replaced up and down the Monon.  The replacement is just barely visible. My wife actually snapped this shot by accident as she was backing away from the track.  Best shot of that day.

Brendan

@Brendan posted:

Right before (circa 2008) the semaphores were to be replaced up and down the Monon.  The replacement is just barely visible. My wife actually snapped this shot by accident as she was backing away from the track.  Best shot of that day.

Brendan

That's a great shot!

Whereabouts on the old Monon was it? I'm guessing somewhere in Northern Indiana.

Thanks!

Thurmond, WV   #24 turnout.  Stores fronts on the top left edge of photo,  coaling tower on top right edge of photo.

The layout of track actually fascinates  me as much as trains.  Not the detailing but more the configurations.

The loco was just sitting there idling

Thurmond from a Zip line 800' above New River.  WV is one beautiful state.

Thurmond or what is left of it, is tucked literally against the steep mountain side.  A prototype for  our building  fronts which we glue on our wall.

At the Hinton terminal one of the most fascinating things was the phone number at the "Transportation Center".

Now that is something to model!

Not an area code but rather the entire phone number.  Period correct !

Last night Iowa Interstate rolling through Tinley Park  Illinois  at 7:45 pm with #813 on the point in heritage Rock Island colors. I barely had the chance to get my phone out of my pocket as it passed. Less than a half mile from my house and on my evening walk.

@Up & Down the Monon posted:

That's a great shot!

Whereabouts on the old Monon was it? I'm guessing somewhere in Northern Indiana.

Thanks!

Correct.  Between South Raub and Romney.

Brendan

Craignor - sometime you should drop by the Rockville Bridge at night - you can watch traffic streak by on Rt. 322 in the background and see FRED flash as he rolls across the bridge.

Third Rail, Bill T, it’s great to see you on this thread and I’m sure hoping your feeling lots better, I love the Rock Island paint scheme, today, pictures from a visit to the famous Horseshoe Curve, 2018 before York in October. Happy Railroading Everyone

This consist was put together about 2012.  Placed in an old strip mall parking lot, it was intended to be a restaurant.  The next year it was a Halloween "Escape the Haunted Train."  Following that, it was badly vandalized.  Now it is being cleaned out before removal.  I want the front half of the ALCO.   I want it to appear as if was driving out of my mountain side.

2017 we rode the 765 from Joliet Illinois to Chicago's LaSalle Street Station.  Lucky enough to get seats in the Hickory Creek observation car.

@third rail posted:

2017 we rode the 765 from Joliet Illinois to Chicago's LaSalle Street Station.  Lucky enough to get seats in the Hickory Creek observation car.

Curiosity concerning track detail...

Those rails in the sunlight, no ties?  Mounted directly on a concrete slab/base?  So, do  I see a slight depressed trough between the rails for runoff?   Interesting.

Here are some I took...

From Pittsburgh

From Pittsburgh's West Park.

One more of the prototype for the "Gold Polar Express"

Today (well, yesterday at this hour) along the NEC near the SEPTA Levittown station in Pennsylvania.

David

“Winter in July” - From Southeast Michigan.

Amtrak at Pontiac • CN Yard just north of Detroit • Amtrak Conductor • The Night Train, Ann Arbor • CP Railroad tunnel, Detroit - Windsor.

Gary: Hope to see you out rail-fanning and posting your images on “Rail-fanning on The OGR Forum”. Any day and time. 🚂

Beautiful pictures Everyone, wow , Trainroomgary  snow/winter in July is amazing, beautiful trains Amtrac, GN, and the tunnel shot, thank you. Now South Korea, Seoul Station, Happy Railroading Everyone

Quanah, Texas

REA building

former Fort Worth & Denver Railroad R-O-W in the foreground

Quanah, Acme & Pacific Railway depot and headquarters. (the tracks passed by on the righthand side of the depot in this photo).

While in Seattle visiting my Grandson, we made a day trip to Portland to see the Oregon Rail Heritage Center.  Here are a few pics from our visit there on Thursday, July 8, 2021.

@NH Bill posted:

While in Seattle visiting my Grandson, we made a day trip to Portland to see the Oregon Rail Heritage Center.  Here are a few pics from our visit there.

The date of your visit would also be helpful, besides the nice photos.

@Hot Water, all set.  I added it to my post.  Thanks!

Lockport, NY

NH Bill - Having witnessed both #4449 and #700 under steam, it is extremely gratifying to see both of them in absolutely pristine condition, under roof, and not rusting away in some city park.  Thank you for the photos