TRAINS in the RAIN

Peirce Jul 10, 2005

  1. ddechamp71

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    Thank you Kurt. ;) It's also the fact here in my home country France, trains are far less interresting to me as those you have in North America (here these are mostly passenger trains, furthermore self powered passenger trains that have the look of a modern automobile, so that's no thrill to me). So the few days I spend every year in Canada or US are monetized, whichever the weather. :)

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  2. BNSF FAN

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    Here's a wet westbound UP at Truckee CA in October 2016.
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  3. Kurt Moose

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    And I thought Cali is always sunny, like the commercials!:cool:
     
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  4. Hytec

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    Yeh, R-I-G-H-T. I was even caught in a Thunderstorm in The Valley just north of LA proper, and watched the totally concreted LA River overflow its banks and flood streets. I was told it was one of the heaviest "FOGs" ever seen. Uh Huh, Sure. :rolleyes:
     
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  5. Doug Gosha

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    You get a tan from standing in the California rain. (Sorry, Beatles).
     
  6. BNSF FAN

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    Ha, the two weeks I was in Reno NV (just about 30 miles east from Truckee and Lake Tahoe) in Oct 2016, that area got about 20% of it's yearly average rainfall. Guess I had brought it west with me.
     
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  7. r_i_straw

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    Outside Dublin, Ireland at Dun Laoghaire.
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  8. badlandnp

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    Just waiting for a coal train to pass by and then crews. PIC_0030.JPG
    And it may need a repaint?! PIC_0031.JPG
     
  9. r_i_straw

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    Today in Rosenberg. A Draper Taper in the rain.
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  10. HemiAdda2d

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    A steady drizzle falls at CP 10.6 west of Minot as a heavy frac sand train climbs the grade in the distance. The signals' beams are highlighted by the falling rain, just as they did with snow in the winter months:

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  11. BNSF FAN

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    NS 9508 leads a westbound through the town of North East PA in a steady drizzle on Sunday June 24, 2018
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  12. r_i_straw

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    From a rainy day in July of 2007 in Rosenberg. Steam from rain on a hot radiator.
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  13. r_i_straw

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    A BNSF local waits on a siding in the rain for track clearance in Rosenberg.
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  14. RailMix

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    On an unseasonably warm (for Michigan at least) December Sunday punctuated by off again on again showers, Pere Marquette 1225 has just returned to Owosso with a North Pole Express trip. Bet the A909's coal stove did a wonderful job of driving the dampness out. The SRI makes a habit of running A909 and their two Ann Arbor cars right behind the engine on most excursions.
     
  15. badlandnp

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    Ooooohhhh....FUN! That would be a great time!
     
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  16. Mike VE2TRV

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    Oh, my, that's a purty lady!:)
     
  17. RailMix

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    Looks like she's been working fairly hard, too. They've been running two trips per weekend all through November and will continue through December. Add the layer of soot and road grime to the rain streaks and now three year old paint job and we get to see this engine in something other that her usual spotless condition. I will be posting a couple more photos on Friday. I like this series of photos because it gives a rare glimpse of what she might have looked like in freight service 70 years ago.

    It should be noted that an entire caboose can be reserved. A co-worker reserved one for a family group some time ago. She said it was not cheap, but everyone had a great time. The train runs from Owosso to Ashley, MI where there are attractions set up for the holidays. Unfortunately, Ashley no longer has a wye or a passing siding, so a Great Lakes Central diesel tacked onto the rear pulls the train on the return trip.
     
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  18. txronharris

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    Here's BNSF#6531 and BNSF#7242 leading a southbound stack train through the rain at Ponder, Tx 12/8/18. [​IMG][​IMG][​IMG]

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  19. r_i_straw

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    A light rain on April 29, 2012 somewhere south of Chicago from the tail end of Amtrak's Texas Eagle. A BNSF local with a "shoving platform" on its end.
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  20. r_i_straw

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    This one is from Dunedin, New Zealand while riding the Taieri Gorge Railway in the rain.
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