1. All challenges close at 12 midnight (24:00 hours) Eastern Standard Time on Monday 12th February 2007, and will be noted with a "Time's up!" post within the thread. 2. Please use the challenge as a motive to take a new photograph rather than using a photograph that you have taken in the past. 3. Challenges are open to everyone, have fun!! 4. Though not required, commenting on other peoples pictures is encouraged. 5. Only one image per participant so please choose the image carefully. 6. Any posts with images taken before the commencement of the challenge will be deleted.
OK I will be the first to ask a dumb question. Loads? any thing loaded on the rail or open flat bed loads? I don't want to have egg on my face again because I didn't read to rules. :embarassed:
Plaining a trip to our youngest daughters in Springfeild Sat, and the weather suppose to be some better. I'm like MR Train and would like to know alittle more about what your considering loads. MR. TRAIN, what part of Illinois do you live in. I'm in E. central by Martinsville. inch
Where are we suppose to post? Right Here!!! Were all waiting for the post to start. Or were out looking for things to capure and post before Monday!:lightbulb:
Man. so far I have struck out. I have seen trains full of empty coal gons, empty gravel gons, tank cars and covered hoppers. No open loads unless you want to count the bulk head flat car I saw full of post holes for power poles.
Ok, I'll get this one going. Didn't think I was going to get anything today till I ran into this Willamette & Pacific Log train leaving Salem, Oregon and heading south to Albany. Would have been a solid log train except for the 6 empty Centerbeam flats on the end!
Here's a continuous rail load in the IC&E yard just west of the Mississippi swing bridge in Sabula IA.
Hemi,Steve,J. Those are excellent shots! I had cruddy light and a moving subject. I'm glad you guys had better hunting weather! :embarassed:
SOuth end of Minto siding, River Road S. on the other side of the tracks......I shot the same train a mile or so south of you. A similar 664 train yesterday had a long cut of logs bracketed by empty centerbeam flats on eother side. Had two ex-StL&A GP40s on the point
