Down Main Street

wurlitzer153 Jun 19, 2007

  1. wurlitzer153

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    Post your street running pictures here! It can freight or passenger, diesel or traction, as long as the rails are in the street.

    Lets start things off with West Brownsville, PA, which has nearly a mile of track 'Down Main Street...'
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    The same empty coal train a little closer:
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    This line south from Pittsburgh serves several coal mines in southwest Pennsylvania.
     
  2. Stourbridge Lion

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  3. E&NRailway

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    Nice! I love that "Weight Limit: 8 tons" sign.
     
  4. fitz

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    Here's SP&S 700 running down the street in Salem, OR a couple of years ago.
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  5. Mr. SP

    Mr. SP Passed away August 5, 2016 In Memoriam

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    Street Running

    In Rainier there is street running on "A" Street from 2nd. St. W to 6th. St. E a total of eight blocks.
     

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  6. wurlitzer153

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    Just found this, Santa Cruz, CA:
    [ame="http://youtube.com/watch?v=prn5UkL7XXY"]http://youtube.com/watch?v=prn5UkL7XXY[/ame]
     
  7. SteveM76

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    Very cool picture of a very cool locomotive:shade:
     
  8. DanRaitz

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    Street running in Visalia California during the late 1970's.
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    Dan
     
  9. Kurt Moose

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    Wow! That's the oddest place for a Mar's light I've ever seen!
     
  10. Wolfgang Dudler

    Wolfgang Dudler Passed away August 25, 2012 TrainBoard Supporter In Memoriam

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    Thank's for the pictures. I like street running.

    Wolfgang
     
  11. wurlitzer153

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    Just found a few videos that include 19th street in Erie [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=33GSFWn0qMQ"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=33GSFWn0qMQ[/ame]
    [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3NJrQFaggIA"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3NJrQFaggIA[/ame]
    At 3:10 [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mKxxWQDRaQY"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mKxxWQDRaQY[/ame]
    [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qwUXmEDZMhM"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qwUXmEDZMhM[/ame]

    La Grange, Kentucky: [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wOYa2YD_2Gk"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wOYa2YD_2Gk[/ame]
     
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  12. Old Reliable

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    I thought that I might add the obligatory LaGrange, KY photo.

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  13. DRGWEngr

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    Here's a couple on Mason St. in Ft. Collins, CO on the BN (C&S).

    BN 8126 June 1984
    BN 6563 Dec 1981
     

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  14. wurlitzer153

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    Video showing the West Brownsville track:
    [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qAZ8cJDW65E"]YouTube - Norfolk Southern Train Chase[/ame]

    Augusta
    [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BsrBdtVg7G0"]YouTube - NS Street Running in Augusta AWESOME HORN! 1/5/08 pt1.[/ame]
    [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gnRVS8VRlXQ"]YouTube - NS Street Running Action in Augusta pt2 1/5/08[/ame]

    Maryland Midland Railway
    [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7EJ9-SSDkLI"]YouTube - Street Running in Union Bridge[/ame]

    Riding Amtrak in Lafayette, IN:
    [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XVyCfPx0lho"]YouTube - Amtrak in Lafaytte, Indiana 1994[/ame]

    Jack London Sq. Oakland:
    [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8xEg5rj9TCs"]YouTube - Freight at Jack London[/ame]

    More Erie 19th St:
    [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GlAe9bNKWeg"]YouTube - Railroad Action Clip Series 30. NS 19th St Running Erie, PA[/ame]
    The last train ever gets a police escort
    [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YPvXVOSYkd0"]YouTube - Railroad Action Clip Series 31. The Last Train over 19th St.[/ame]
     
  15. Stourbridge Lion

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