Random Railfan Prototype Photos For All

Hardcoaler Mar 26, 2015

  1. r_i_straw

    r_i_straw Mostly N Scale Staff Member

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    The tracks on the right in the above photo belong to the Galveston-Houston Electric interurban line. You can make out the centenary in the lower left corner of the billboard "Welcome" sign painted on the counterweight of the bascule draw bridge. To the right of the dividing wall are the two lanes of the vehicle highway. At the bridge the wall opens up and the traffic lanes swing over to use the interurban right of way over the bridge. On the other side they move back over behind the wall to continue on Galveston. To the right of the oncoming vehicle you can see the gate that closes when an interurban car is coming or the bridge is open to marine traffic.

    This image is looking back the other way towards the mainland.
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  2. r_i_straw

    r_i_straw Mostly N Scale Staff Member

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    “Katy’s Houston depot, adjacent to the M&M Building, now the University of Houston downtown. The 1955 Chrysler New Yorker most likely is in service for the superintendent in Smithville, where it is headed. I think it backed behind the inbound passenger train, number 21, which would have arrived at 530 pm. The superintendent is probably inside the depot talking to the operator while the driver waits in the car. Jesse Patton photo from early 1956.” Commentary provided by former MKT engineer, Bruce Blaloc.
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  3. SP 9811

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    Helpers shove hard as an SP east makes its way toward the Tehachapi Loop. Crossing Tehachapi Creek.
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  4. Tad

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    Northbound at Columbia, Louisiana 19 October 2024.

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    Southbound sitting in the hole, Columbia, Louisiana 19 October 2024.

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  5. SP 9811

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    Geep 9E's 3338 and low nose 3877, are being picked up at Mojave yard CA, to be taken SP west. Both units were alive. The smoke show leavin town looked like a steam engine.
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  6. BNSF Hi Line Sub

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    Essex, MT earlier today...

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  7. Mike VE2TRV

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    At least one looks like it was repowered (or pretending to be so) with an Alco 244... :ROFLMAO:

    Maybe it was momentarily possessed by the ghost of an RS-2...:eek:
     
  8. BoxcabE50

    BoxcabE50 HOn30 & N Scales Staff Member TrainBoard Supporter

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    Glad to see those two items are untouched. Hoping the NP caboose also survived. This "GN" caboose (built as BN #12041 in 1975) should have been assembled by PC&F in late summer of 1975. If so, it and the ex-MRL caboose would have a bit of history for me. I would have helped build both if them.
     
  9. BNSF Hi Line Sub

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    A Z train at Marias Pass with Summit Mountain in the background and the Roosevelt Memorial Obelisk in the foreground...

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  10. Hardcoaler

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    Wow, that's beautiful. My eyes will no doubt bug out if I ever travel to that area.
     
  11. Hardcoaler

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    From about 1975 in my black and white days, MILW E-9 38A at Fox Lake, IL. After retirement, she was kept at the National Railroad Museum at Green Bay, WI, but her condition worsened over the years and she was eventually scrapped.

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  12. Mike VE2TRV

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    Oh, that is a magnificent view. Almost makes one forget the train...

    That would have been a great photo for my Mom - she was an artist and did some very nice paintings, and that place would have been right down her alley.
     
  13. BoxcabE50

    BoxcabE50 HOn30 & N Scales Staff Member TrainBoard Supporter

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    The photo settings between Summit and Glacier Park (East Glacier) are fabulous.
     
  14. SP 9811

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    SSW SD45T-2, and an SP AC in the morning sun at SP Mojave yard.
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  15. Hardcoaler

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    From 06/23/1975 at Mt. Prospect, IL, another cab unit in suburban service on a road dear to my heart, C&NW F7-A 425.

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  16. HemiAdda2d

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    This was on a westbound yesterday morning in Minot, and my first sighting of one!
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  17. Mike VE2TRV

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    On the left edge of the photo: Yankee Doodle Dandyburgers? o_O

    Almost sounds like a fictitious business name from someone's layout...:ROFLMAO:
     
  18. Mike VE2TRV

    Mike VE2TRV TrainBoard Member

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    I've seen smaller photos from farther away, it looks pretty good. Close up, even better! (y)

    A shame it's going to be eventually toasted by that GE!:LOL:
     
  19. Hardcoaler

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    Ha! I saw that too. :) They were a Chicagoland chain and had quite a presence at the time. They're gone today.
     
  20. HemiAdda2d

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    Arty fartsy in Gassman Coulee west of Minot, ND. Photo from private property, with permission.
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