That's a good question. I found several other slides with long trains like the one below and they caught my eye as well. This one too was at the Barrington coach yard. I can no longer recall if such lengths were normal on rush hour trains, but they look legit, with all cars coupled together. Nonetheless, I'd imagine that trains as long as these might have stretched beyond most platforms.
Love it SP 9811! Looking at my old Chicago area slides, I see that semaphore signals were still in use at some locations in the mid-to late 1970s. Being a dumb kid, I never thought to capture them on film. They'll be there tomorrow, right?
Niiice Russell! I'm glad that each of you got your shots while you could. I did find these upper quadrant semaphore signals at Troy, AL in February 1984 on former CofG track. I was puzzled by the arrangement and never knew if they actually worked or were permanently fixed with a restricting indication. That's the ACL to the right. In October 1988 I found these nice C&O cantilevered signals at Quinnimont, WV. In April 1988, the former C&O MD Tower at Meadow Creek, WV had these splendid signals in service. I'm not sure if they were train order signals, but they look positioned for that.
Starting in the late '70s, the SCL successfully rebuilt over 150 aged geeps into "GP-16" models at their shops near Tampa. They were deployed everywhere, as in these shots taken at Montgomery, AL in 1989 and 1990.
Just some random shots of SOU geeps working in AL at Montgomery [1985], Attalla [1988] and Maplesville [1986].
Looks to be 7 cars. Most Metra trains and its predecessors were at least this long during rush hour. Not everyone got on or off on the platforms! Lived here most of my life, that is how they roll(ed).
Yeah I think you are right. I miscounted and the camera angle made it seem longer. Seven cars is usually how it is now, especially on the BNSF line to Aurora.
View attachment 223804 [/QUOTE] I couldn't narrow down the dates, but the "400" ran with a consist like this for awhile, but dunno if it was pre or post Amtrak? https://www.katousa.com/N/400/index.html Kato just came out with this train in N-scale.
AMT (which became RTM, then ARTM, finally Exo) runs commuter trains up to nine cars long during rush hours. But the platforms around here are at least as long - in Sainte-Therese they're plenty long, and one stop at De La Concorde the platforms have been extended right across the bridge over the neighboring major thoroughfare! But they're pulling trains with F59PH/PHIs, and the occasional ALP45DP, up on the St-Jerome line. They have plenty of HEP power to feed those longer trains.
I hoped this shot would have been better with the freshly-harvested wheat field, but it didn't turn out the way I wanted. This one, a bit tighter, was better: This was the keeper:
I like that one too: big sky, tiny train, breathtaking view, and a nice moon as a bonus. I gives a sense of perspective. We might think that we and our things are big, but we're specks in this big, fantastic world we live in. That's the photographer in me talking. The train nut in me likes the second photo.
Found two more rainy day slides of MG Tower that was built by the PRR during WW-II west of Altoona, PA on the east slope. I broke out the 400 ASA Ektachrome film this day. [April 1989]
Three more tower slides from my "seconds" box that I almost threw away. The B&Os SA Tower at Sand Patch, PA. Gone. [11/1981] The PRR's MO Tower at Cresson, PA. A relocation was attempted, but the structure fractured. Gone. [April 1989] The PRRs AR Tower at Gallitzin, PA. Slated for demolition. [April 1989]
Seven units on CP 475 this morning near Cotter, IA, including the lead unit, #7022. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk