In these sort of jobs, there always seems to be one person working, and the rest watching Interesting pics of an important chore, Pierce.
Xingman likes to play with his signals...here he is teaching Signals 101 at CORPMEET 2002. Having people in photos adds interest, scale and realism..
I agree. Although I have seen many great railroad pictures without people, there is that dynamic extra when a person is present. The caution is, of course, the people must not looked posed, even if they are. In your picture, you have accomplished the unposed look. Moreover, your picture fits this topic excellently by demonstrating the importance people play in running a railroad.
After the day's tourist run, the crew of the Great Smokey Mountain Railroad's GP-7, number 777, are bringing the loco over to the service area.
Earlier that same day - The GSMR engineer is returning to GP-7, number 777, after stopping to give the passengers and crew a lunch break alongside the Nantahola River,in the western part of North Carolina.
This engineer is at the controls of a GP-9, owned by the North Carolina Transportation Museum. A close-up of the control stand.
Here are two essential Amtrak people. A conductor (r) and a car host are boarding passengers in Washington, DC.
I'll bet you have more material for this topic. You have had all summer, and then some, to gather it.
Good idea to resurrect this topic Pierce. Hopefully pics can be restored to get rid of the dreaded red "X" in several posts. Probably several were on the old railimages.
Okay, my red X's are fixed on this thread, and here's another for the collection! Shot on the 28th June, at Bletchley. Electric 87003 'Patriot' has suffered a failure. Happily one of Virgin's 'Thunderbird' diesels was close by, and 57305 'John Tracy' soon turned up to take the train forward with only a small delay. The driver is just swapping cabs on the diesel, whilst the train's conductor readies the connections on the front of the electric.
Alan - I believe you are correct that many of the red "X" occurances are because of the old Railimages. Martyn - Thanks for fixing your collection of red "Xs," and adding more pix as well. Everyone - Please let me know if you find any of my pix missing. Most of the time I can repair, or revise the link.
