Weekly Prototype Photo Challenge "Steel" Ends Sunday, May 1st

Mark Watson Apr 26, 2011

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Choose Your Favorite Photo(s)!!

Poll closed May 7, 2011.
  1. Kurt Moose - Yes, that's rail from 1906!

    4 vote(s)
    23.5%
  2. Jim Wiggin - Old trucks rust away in the "yard"

    8 vote(s)
    47.1%
  3. Scott Stutzman - Twisted Steel

    5 vote(s)
    29.4%
  4. BuddyBurton - How about a joint?

    6 vote(s)
    35.3%
  5. Keith - How about a wheel lathe?

    2 vote(s)
    11.8%
  6. Mark Watson - Tracks at San Francisco King St. Station

    4 vote(s)
    23.5%
  7. baldylox - Just some wheel sets

    6 vote(s)
    35.3%
  8. HemiAdda2d - Alpine Steel

    2 vote(s)
    11.8%
  9. bravogjt - Steel Rails

    4 vote(s)
    23.5%
Multiple votes are allowed.
  1. Mark Watson

    Mark Watson TrainBoard Member

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    Pardon the delay. :eek:
    This weeks topic chosen by HemiAdda2d, last week's challenge winner.
    The winner of this week's challenge gets to pick the topic for next week!

    Show us Railroad Steel!

    New photos are highly encouraged. ;) One photo per member.

    "Times up" will be posted next Monday so don't wait until the last minute. After the "times up" I'll post the poll for everyone on TrainBoard to choose their favorite image.
     
  2. Kurt Moose

    Kurt Moose TrainBoard Member

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    Taken last week in Kennewick, WA. BNSF ex-Northern Pacific. Yes, that's rail from 1906!
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  3. Jim Wiggin

    Jim Wiggin Staff Member TrainBoard Supporter

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    Old trucks rust away in the "yard" at Franklin Falls NH along with various other artifacts slowly yielding to time and the elements. The line south of here was taken out in 1936, the portion north was taken out in 1977-78. This is the old Franklin Falls branch of the Concord & Montreal then B&M.
     
  4. Scott Stutzman

    Scott Stutzman TrainBoard Member

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    Twisted Steel

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  5. Mark Watson

    Mark Watson TrainBoard Member

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    My goodness! What WAS that? :D :D
     
  6. RailMix

    RailMix TrainBoard Member

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    I suspect it was a covered hopper and I know I'm glad I wasn't there when it happened. Ouch!
     
  7. BuddyBurton

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    How about a joint?
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  8. Keith

    Keith TrainBoard Supporter

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    How about a wheel lathe??
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    Have to use a fairly old photo this time.
    Still NOT able to et out and around without help.
     
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  9. Mark Watson

    Mark Watson TrainBoard Member

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    Well I think it's gonna be hard to compete with that crumpled thing posted by Scott, but I found myself out near the CalTrain Station this week so I figured I'd snap an entry! :D

    Tracks at San Francisco King St. Station.
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  10. baldylox

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    Just some wheel sets
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  11. HemiAdda2d

    HemiAdda2d Staff Member TrainBoard Supporter

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    Alpine Steel

    In Garmisch, Germany is a sleepy little tourist town. It hosts a lot of tiny Bed & Breakfasts, souvenier shops, and Germany's highest point, the Zugspitze. To reach the summit, or "Gipfel", you must take either a 10 min cablecar ride to the 9718' summit, or a 40-min cog railway ride up and through the mountain to 9000 feet elevation. The rest of the way to summit is by way of another cable car ride.
    I took the cog, and the cog trains went by my hotel each day. Here's one, and the grade on the Bayerische Zugspitzebahn is just as steep as it looks. (up to 25%!)

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  12. Scott Stutzman

    Scott Stutzman TrainBoard Member

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    That's what coming off the rails at 60+ mph does! Scary.:tb-ooh:
     
  13. bravogjt

    bravogjt TrainBoard Member

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    Steel Rails

    Steel rails sit on a MOW flat car in Delta, CO.

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    Ben
     
  14. Mark Watson

    Mark Watson TrainBoard Member

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    Poll is up! :D
     
  15. SteamDonkey74

    SteamDonkey74 TrainBoard Supporter

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    Buddy, that looks like a 1:1 version of a Code 80 to Code 55 joiner.
     
  16. Mark Watson

    Mark Watson TrainBoard Member

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    Congratulations Jim Wiggin! This one's a very cool photo!

     
  17. Jim Wiggin

    Jim Wiggin Staff Member TrainBoard Supporter

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    Thanks Mark and everyone else. This picture was from one of my trips to NH to study the Franklin - Tilton branch of the Boston & Maine. If your interested, you can read more about it in my blog.

    There was some great pictures here, good job everyone on some quality pictures!:thumbs_up:
     
  18. bravogjt

    bravogjt TrainBoard Member

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    Congrats Jim!

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