Another train pic for Belmondo

[latigid soe]

Seeing since you like trains so much here's one from the inside. Sorry I can't share your enthusiasm for train pics over birds or animal pics though :) Must have something to do with having to work on them all the time......
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Latigid Soe

[marie]

very nice to see the modern insides of a train engine Latigid Soe

:) looks not a bit like the old steam engine of blazing coal fires
and no draughts for the driver

are you a train driver/ engineer ?


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[stoneylonesome]

Cool shot, sure have come a long way from stoking the ole coal. :lol: :lol:

[belmondo]

That is a very interesting shot. It looks a bit like the inside of the space shuttle.

Clearly you have a leg up on your competition.

Thanks for the post.

[latigid soe]

Yes Marie I'm one of those engineer types........... I have a camera with me 90% of the time but have about 1/100th of a second to make a decision as to what to shoot and since those shots are made at 40mph generally I don't have many good ones to share here.

Maybe I'll post the engine room next time I go to work............if someone is interested in that sort of stuff of course......

Otherwise,,,,,,,,it's back to birds and flowers for me :)

[marie]

Yes Marie I'm one of those engineer types........... I have a camera with me 90% of the time but have about 1/100th of a second to make a decision as to what to shoot and since those shots are made at 40mph generally I don't have many good ones to share here.

Maybe I'll post the engine room next time I go to work............if someone is interested in that sort of stuff of course......

Otherwise,,,,,,,,it's back to birds and flowers for me http://www.photography-on-the.net/forum/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif


thanks latigid soe

good to know that :cool:

love to see whatever you post

[stoneylonesome]

Yes Marie I'm one of those engineer types........... I have a camera with me 90% of the time but have about 1/100th of a second to make a decision as to what to shoot and since those shots are made at 40mph generally I don't have many good ones to share here.

Maybe I'll post the engine room next time I go to work............if someone is interested in that sort of stuff of course......

Otherwise,,,,,,,,it's back to birds and flowers for me :)

Well as far as I'm concerned anything with any part of a train is cool with me. BRING IT ON.

[Andy_T]

Right!!!!

And pleeeeeze .... post some of the outside of the engine, as well!

Best regards,
Andy

[galin]

so, the shot is gone? you made me curious even if it's from 2005...

[Andy_T]

Yes ... that is the risk of digging out old threads ;-)

Best regards,
Andy

[s8langwo]

Wish I had my camera when I got a tour inside of a GG1 in Elkhar IN. It was in early restoration and was pretty much in the same condition as it was at the end of it's last run. Kinda sad considering the storied career these locomotives had.

If I correctly recall, this GG1 was in NJ and was the last one running as it towed it's sisters to storage. (I think 1983) The tour guide was a member of that crew. Both the GG1 and the crewman were reunited in Elkhart years later.

Here's a shot of the exterior scanned from an older print of mine.

Pennsy Fan
Kevin

[Jon Foster]

Cool shot.

Jon.

[belmondo]

I used to go to Villanova University which is right next to the old Pennsylvania mainline. This was in the early 1960s, and the engineering building was right next to the tracks. That portion of the Pennsy was electrified, and trains went by fairly often. The GG1 was the most common form of power.

I was always impressed by the fact that they were silent. The only noise was the sound of steel wheels on steel rail, and the wind. You didn't really hear them coming---they would just appear with a great rush, then be gone again.

Very impressive things.