Needham Heights Commuter Rail east of Roslindale Village: Be patient It's coming: Almost here: Can feel it now: Bilevels hove into veiw: Ahhh You can tell it is outbound because the steps are ready for the stop in Roslindale Village. Gone:
BR Mk1 coach - BR's 'standard' 1950's coach design. This is an FO (First Open - First class, open saloon) and it's part of a charter rake. No Mk1 hauled coaches are in 'main line' use by franchised operators, but they are common in charter use and on preserved railways.
NS OLS special This is an operation lifesaver special that was run from Decatur, Il. to Lafayette, In. and return to Decatur last fall (2006). This photo was taken at Attica, In.
Here is the interior of one of these coaches used in EWS charter service. Two students from the group I was with, having a good time.
Alaska GP49 and I sat alongside I-70 for a half hour to bag this going-away shot of a very late Amtrak #6:
The steam generator at the head end of this train is sure putting out a lot of smoke. Private Varnish, the Intrepid, parked in Houston.
2006 Holiday Express, Portland, OR, with SP&S 700 on the lead. Taken from the baggage door of a car painted in Daylight colors
Rear end of NB Amtrak Cascades train (yep those are Talgo cars, and the lead unit is a "cabbage") about to depart the station at Vancouver, WA, for Seattle and points in between.
Two new photos that were accepted to RP.net: The westbound Capitol Limited, #29, at Harpers Ferry, WV: MARC commuter train at Point of Rocks, MD:
I like to archive cars we have ridden. This is the Dover Harbor which once ran on the NY Central. Shot in 1993 during a backup for a runby on the New River trip. This car is great to ride, a heavyweight six wheel bogeyed smoothy. Operated by the Washington DC chapter NRHS.
The #1 was running late. The 7AM arrival in LA was pushed to mid afternoon. What to do about all the connecting passengers? Put them on busses in Palm Springs to chase down their trains.
