Railroad Days, Durand Michigan • Inside the station. May 14, 2021
A local train club has a layout inside the station and main lobby. Volunteer Connie, shows a photo from the TV Show “Big Bang Theory”
The photo Shows a photo of Durand Station & a Coffee Mug that appeared in two episodes of “Big Bang Theory”
Gary
Following @trainroomgary 's lead. More from Durand Union Station.
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SP4449 Excursion, eastbound, arriving from Chicago on CN (GTW) rails; Sunday, July 19, 2009:
Mike
I thought I posted photos of the Skookum at Niles Canyon Railroad, but can't seem to remember where or when! Back in October my son and I decided to go the Niles Canyon to ride the train as it was steam that Saturday. Here's some photos of the Skookum 2-4-4-2 compound and articulated steam locomotive from Oregon on loan to Niles. I was a beautiful SF Bay Area day, too!
@Erik C Lindgren posted:
Not a whole lot going on here but some recent stuff this last month during the golden week at East portal
Erik, how in the world do you get to vantage points of some of your photos?
@BKA posted:Hello everyone, I took these in the late seventies at a crossing here in Grand Rapids, MI when a freight stopped for a moment. I used a small Kodak with Kodachrome film, those colors really did pop! I thought that these were so cool sitting there waiting to go into the yard in Wyoming, MI.
Kodachrome, gives us the nice bright colors, gives the green of summers...
@breezinup posted:Caught these two cars a couple weeks ago. A bit of an unusual coil car (or whatever is inside) I hadn't seen before. And a heavy duty 12-axle flatcar unlike any I've seen before.
NS coil car with a Gary Railway cover, two different reporting marks? Must have been a special load for that combo.
@M. Mitchell Marmel posted:Mystery solved.
Mitch
Mitch you crack me up! That fruit cake has been traversing the country atop that flat for years. "From our house to yours. Merry christmas!"
@coach joe posted:Erik, how in the world do you get to vantage points of some of your photos?
Great, wish I was there.
Conrail GP-38 crossing Schuyler St. Utica, NY 1970's just below the Utica Club Brewery. Trackage long gone was a Penn Central 7975.
Ex-Canadian National 89 from the air the Nov. 27th 2021
@coach joe posted:Erik, how in the world do you get to vantage points of some of your photos?
Erik, beautiful scenery there, we got nothing like that here in the rust belt State. Pictures actually look like you bought post cards and just put them out there for us. I know you didn't do that! Beautiful colors.
It's been a while since I've had time to go out and time to post, but I made a little time during this weekend's lead-up to final exams to relax and catch an interesting move.
The Ashland Toy and Train shop sponsored a holiday excursion from its namesake Virginia city to Williamsburg and return last weekend and today. The trip, hosted in the private cars Lamberts Point (ex-NS, N&W) and Colonial Crafts (PRR) ran as a charter on the back of the daily Northeast Regional trains 65 and 66. Today's train was powered by 40th Anniversary Phase III heritage P42DC 145, back on the Peninsula after at least two months up north mostly hauling the Lakeshore Limited. 
Approaching Williamsburg Station, southbound. The conductor called "Arriving Santa's workshop, Colonial Williamsburg, HO HO HO!" which I imagine startled the CSX dispatcher.
Colonial Crafts seen from the Capitol Landing Road overpass after departing the station.
Lambert's Point bringing up the markers as the blue hour approached for westbound 66.
Picture from on top of the West End Brewery Utica, NY maybe 10 yrs ago bringing Hoppers or taking empty's then heading back down Schuyler St. Thats a Susquehanna 2064. Thought I had some better shots can't find.
In keeping with the NYS&W (Susquehanna) theme, here are a couple shots I grabbed with my iPhone over the past couple months…
10/31/21…NYS&W #4060 (former Norfolk Southern locomotive) idling along Court Street in Binghamton, NY…
12/12/21…NYS&W #3634 idling in the Susquehanna’s yard in Binghamton, NY in front of the former Delaware & Hudson freight house. Note the freshly-painted locomotive truck frames on the track in front of the engine…
Hi Folks,
Another shot from the CN yard in Sarnia this past summer. Fallen flag GTW 5849 GP38-2 on switching duty. Have not seen this loco in awhile…
Elkhart, Indiana May 1991.
Some Conrail action on the tracks between the depot and the National New York Central Railroad Museum.
@JohnBr posted:Hi Folks,
Another shot from the CN yard in Sarnia this past summer. Fallen flag GTW 5849 GP38-2 on switching duty. Have not seen this loco in awhile…
Check out the Waupica Wi. camera on Virtual Railfan, occasionally a GT Geep switches the foundry across the tracks.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BaJAArmMZ_k
@Jerry Williams posted:Elkhart, Indiana May 1991.
Some Conrail action on the tracks between the depot and the National New York Central Railroad Museum.
Elkhart is another favorite camera. Looks like the trackage has changed over the years.
I took this photo of 734 at the Western Maryland Scenic Railroad about 20 years ago. Thought it would make a good Christmas greeting. Happy holidays, everyone.
Lee, where was that "inside the bridge" shot taken?
The shop I work at closed early today because a third of the guys are sick and it's spreading fast. But I get to wait for a truck to arrive that should have been here three hours ago. How long does it take to drive from Kansas City to St.. Louis?? My consolation prize is taking this photo of the local heading back to Lindenwood yard.
-Nathan
Starring Train Room Pam & Train Room Gary
Play time: About one minute
🎅🏻 Merry Christmas & Happy New Year from Detroit, Michigan 🎄Gary 🚂
The lackawanna station/ferry terminal in Hoboken. 
Following on @biscuitag97's lead, this is also from Hoboken, although several years earlier:
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C&O 614 Excursion arriving from Port Jervis, NY , I believe on EL rails; Sunday, June 15, 1997 (Father's Day):
Although I've taken quite a few photos on excursions over the years this lower one is my most favorite. Little did I know when I snapped it that a few short years later the scene across the river behind C&O 614 would change so dramatically, and tragically.
Both have been posted previously, 3/5/2018, follow this thread:
Do You Have Some Favorite Train Photos? | BandOB
Mike
🎅🏻 Merry Christmas & Happy New Year from another part of Detroit, Michigan (Thanks Gary!) 🎄Mike 🚂
Some recent captures
Some pictures of CN and CP equipment while riding on the Rocky Mountaineer from Banff to Vancouver.
Got lucky and had to wait for a train on my way to work this morning. The crossing gate's shadow cast by a waiting car's headlights caught my eye. Pacific MO, BNSF heading southwest toward Springfield MO.
-Nathan
Photos of the North Pole Express train at the Railway Museum of British Columbia December 2021.
Amtrak #350 Arriving from Chicago, Pontiac Michigan • Snow & Fog
Today • December 27, 2021
Just hanging out at the Amtrak Station & testing out a new Uniden Railroad Scanner. More about this later.
Every model railroader started out rail-fanning!
Hope to see you out rail-fanning and posting your images on “Rail-fanning on The OGR Forum”. Any day and time. 😎
Gary 🚂
About 25 minutes before the Southbound Amtrak pictured in my post above, a CSX quartet of power pulling empty coal hoppers passed Lee Hall Depot going Northbound and I grabbed a few shade-side images--this was the best of a poor lot.
Yesterday • December 27, 2021
My wife, “Train Room Pam” along with “Santa Claus” give me this scanner for Christmas. This is a quick overview.
{1} The Uniden Scanner & BingFu Antenna
{2} This scanner can be program by hand using the keypad on the scanner. I did a few channels this way but the process is too slow. A faster method is to use a PC computer, this will not work on a Mac. Use https://www.radioreference.com/ and https://www.bearcatwarehouse.com/ You must set up an account with Uniden / Bearcat. The scanner comes with a USB cable that is used to program the scanner & charging the 2300 mAh - (2AA) NiMH batteries.
{3} This is a roof mounted BingFu Antenna with a magnetic base.
{4} During the programing process a Alpha Tag is assigned to each channel. This is showing the Amtrak Police & Channel 160.3650
Every model railroader started out rail-fanning!
Hope to see you out rail-fanning and posting your images on “Rail-fanning on The OGR Forum”. Any day and time. 😎
Gary 🚂
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