SP&S 700 Steam Train

MrChevy · 15th of May 2005 (Sun)

Shot this out the window while driving down the street this morning (05/15/05). Not a very good shot, but love those steam engines!

Enjoy!

More photos of the train are at http://MrChevy.com/sps700/

No PS done on any of them yet, just used BreezeBrowser Pro to extract/resize/create HTML file. I was hoping to get at least 1 good shot, but it doesn't look like I did

Maybe next time.

Tom W · 15th of May 2005 (Sun)

Always like a good train image. Especially steam!
It looks like the crossing gate didn't seem to be working in a couple of those images.

mjordan · 15th of May 2005 (Sun)

I didn't realize they had the 700 out this weekend. I have pictures I took of it when it was out during Christmas last year and stopped at the Portland train station. It's really a photogenic steam engine.

Mike

RockOne · 16th of May 2005 (Mon)

Nice photo. Looks like a fairly large train.

Jim700 · 2nd of March 2007 (Fri)

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tom W

Always like a good train image. Especially steam!
It looks like the crossing gate didn't seem to be working in a couple of those images.

Tom, the crossing gates were working just fine. I'm in a position to know as I'm the one who was running the steamer. What you don't know is that the locomotive was shoving the train. A close examination of the stack exhaust in that series of four photos (at http://mrchevy.com/sps700/) which include the crossing, as well as the following photo, will indicate that the 700 is backing up. Because there are no turning facilities at Salem we had to back up nearly 40 miles to Tigard where we headed forward toward Brooklyn (SE Portland). The Portland & Western Railroad required a diesel-electric locomotive to be on the leading end during the shoving move because they didn't want our steamer running tender-first over the road crossings. Too many accident-chasing money-hungry lawyers nowadays, you know! I realize that your posting was a long time ago but I just discovered it and thought that your crossing gate comment deserved an explanation.

ajbalazic · 2nd of March 2007 (Fri)

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jim700

Tom, the crossing gates were working just fine. I'm in a position to know as I'm the one who was running the steamer. What you don't know is that the locomotive was shoving the train. A close examination of the stack exhaust in that series of four photos (at http://mrchevy.com/sps700/) which include the crossing, as well as the following photo, will indicate that the 700 is backing up. Because there are no turning facilities at Salem we had to back up nearly 40 miles to Tigard where we headed forward toward Brooklyn (SE Portland). The Portland & Western Railroad required a diesel-electric locomotive to be on the leading end during the shoving move because they didn't want our steamer running tender-first over the road crossings. Too many accident-chasing money-hungry lawyers nowadays, you know! I realize that your posting was a long time ago but I just discovered it and thought that your crossing gate comment deserved an explanation.

Fascinating! I think this is so cool that the Engineer who was running the steamer found this thread (1st post too!) and was kind enough to give some insight. Hope you stick around- are you into photography too?

15th of May 2005 (Sun)	#1
MrChevy Member Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Salem, Oregon Posts: 655	SP&S 700 Steam Train Shot this out the window while driving down the street this morning (05/15/05). Not a very good shot, but love those steam engines! Enjoy! More photos of the train are at http://MrChevy.com/sps700/ No PS done on any of them yet, just used BreezeBrowser Pro to extract/resize/create HTML file. I was hoping to get at least 1 good shot, but it doesn't look like I did Maybe next time. __________________ Ken Ken Chevy http://MrChevy.com WinXP w/PS CS for editing, Ati All-in-Wonder 9600, LaCie electron22blueIV, LaCie electron19blueIV, MonicoEZcolor w/OPTIX for profiling the monitors. Feel free to edit my photos to show an alternate treatment is Ok as long as they are re-posted in their original thread. Most of us are here to learn! Canon owner/shooter since 02/1967

15th of May 2005 (Sun)	#2
Tom W Canon Fanosapien Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Chattanooga, Tennessee Posts: 12,745 IMAGE EDITING OK	Re: SP&S 700 Steam Train Always like a good train image. Especially steam! It looks like the crossing gate didn't seem to be working in a couple of those images. __________________ Tom 5D III, 7D, & various lenses

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mjordan Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Hillsboro, OR Posts: 1,315	Re: SP&S 700 Steam Train I didn't realize they had the 700 out this weekend. I have pictures I took of it when it was out during Christmas last year and stopped at the Portland train station. It's really a photogenic steam engine. Mike __________________ Hillsboro, OR Canon 1DMKII and lots of "L" http://www.sitnprettyphoto.com

16th of May 2005 (Mon)	#4
RockOne Goldmember Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: New South Wales,Australia Posts: 2,842	Re: SP&S 700 Steam Train Nice photo. Looks like a fairly large train. __________________ Steve EOS300D / EOS30Dx2 / 100-400 L / EF-S 17-55IS /A75 / 75-300mmII / 18-55mm / 28-80mm / 50mm 1.8II / 50-500mm / FinePix S9500.

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