Post Your Best Train Shot......

yea same here even though i *do* it depending on who i'm with. Was recently on a new UP engine, 8726 SD70ACE

PS- you an engineer or conductor wilbur?

Beautiful image.

RadAL wrote in post #14274818
I know that most Class 1 railroads (don't know if you work for a railroad) you can't use any electronics while on duty (I work for a Class 1). I do when I know who the engineer is and if hes a cool guy.

The rule doesn't just apply to the Class 1 railroads, but to all railroads that operate on part of the national rail network. I volunteer at a museum in San Diego County, CA and because we operate on a line connected to the rest of the nationwide system, all the same rules apply to us as well.

Other museums are insular, i.e., not connected to the national rail system, and because of that they can write their own operating rules (within reason.)

RadAL wrote in post #14274818
I know that most Class 1 railroads (don't know if you work for a railroad) you can't use any electronics while on duty (I work for a Class 1). I do when I know who the engineer is and if hes a cool guy.

No I do not work for a railroad, but my father retired from Penn-Central in 1975. Before that he worked for NYC. He had 40 years total in the RR industry mostly a frieght conductor. I have many items of his from the RR.

For a short term he was a passenger conductor for NYC, and I have his full uniform.

I would hate to wear that, it was made from heavy wool! (I am much taller than my dad so it would not fit me anyway)

i didn't know it was for all railroads.... i only said class 1 cause i know that much.

i operated over 30 miles of swamp/no one around for 30 miles so when theres a sunset its nice, we also have a 9 span (3000 +/- foot long) drawbridge out there too.

I can't claim this as a great rail shot by any means, for one thing the lighting is all wrong, but these guys always go west in the morning and east in the afternoon - so I took a few this week anyway just because I love RJ Corman's equipment. Here two GP16's from 1951 and 1952 lead a short train near Clarksville, TN. These units look better than they did when they were brand new!

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the lighting on it is fine....

I struggled for lighting here. This is "Bittern", now running as she would have looked in the late 1930s when almost new. I think she looks great. She was due at my chosen location at 1928 local, which would have had a nice low sunlight on the side I chose. Sadly it didn't work out, as she was 50 minutes late and came by some time after sunset. I moved to the nearby station to use the station lights to give me some help, but I still needed to go all the way to ISO 25600 on the 5DII to get a reasonable shutter speed. It's still a bit grainy, but I like the atmosphere of the shot.

Getting ready for its run from San Bernardino to LA

It's worth a repost.

Belmondo wrote in post #14274967
I had to drive over to Felton (Northern California) yesterday, so I made a short side trip to Roaring Camp where I was fortunate enough to catch the #7 Shay and #2 Heisler (both ex-Westside Lumber locos) steaming up in preparation for the day's excursions.

the wife and i rode those years ago down to Santa Cruz pier while on a 3 week motorcycle trip.

Madweasel, I love that shot of yours! The Grain plays well with old locos and especially that colorful streamlined steamer, it looks like early color (colour) film of that time period would look. Or even a pointilism style painting. Be proud of that shot! Lots of other good shots on this page too of course.

yowzer wrote in post #14196322
Playing a bit in LR4 on an older shot from June 2010. I'm not that good at removing items like the no parking sign on the right side. May try and do that in the near future.

I took out the No Parking sign with Photoshop CS5, and it turned out really well using just the cloning too. I won't post it since you haven't given authorization, but for just a couple minutes work, you can easily eliminate that one distracting element.