Katy Lovers and UP Haters (Railroad)

I had resigned myself to another day of watching yellow locomtives parade back and forth over Beaumont pass when I saw this. I actually chased the train so I could get more shots of it. I haven't done that for years.

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Excellent work, Tom. I like the composition and lighting.

Armour Yellow is such a hideous color.

Long live Lark Grey and Scarlet Red!

belmondo wrote in post #4768155

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Wow -- look at that heat!

Karl C wrote in post #4768175
Excellent work, Tom. I like the composition and lighting.

Armour Yellow is such a hideous color.

Long live Lark Grey and Scarlet Red!

Ah. A kindred spirit. I actually used to like the yellow when all I saw were SP bloody nose units. I really wish I lived closer to the BNSF

belmondo wrote in post #4768191
Ah. A kindred spirit. I actually used to like the yellow when all I saw were SP bloody nose units. I really wish I lived closer to the BNSF

Move up here! We have a BNSF yard about 20 miles from where I am at... and the yard is also about... 5 miles from ProPhoto Supply

Camera store and train yard so close together... deadly combo!

Very nice Chief. I like the colors and comp of all of them...and you told us your 300 2.8 stays in the closet all the time...glad it doesn't.

belmondo wrote in post #4768191
Ah. A kindred spirit. I actually used to like the yellow when all I saw were SP bloody nose units. I really wish I lived closer to the BNSF

Like a dumbass, all of my Espee shots from years ago got lost in a move. I had a lot of shots of the now long-gone Taylor Yard.

Karl C wrote in post #4768226
Like a dumbass, all of my Espee shots from years ago got lost in a move. I had a lot of shots of the now long-gone Taylor Yard.

Oh, the Taylor yards. One of the saddest days in my life.

A couple of us 'snuck' into the engine facility many years ago, and we saw our first 'Bloody Nose' Alco PA units just coming out of the paint shop. It almost made me sick. Obviously it had previously been painted in Daylight colors, and the bas***ds painted it grey. I've hated the SP ever since.

Alco PAs were my favorite loco ever.

Beautiful images. I love the contrast of the different engines. Your framing is awesome!

belmondo wrote in post #4768257
Oh, the Taylor yards. One of the saddest days in my life.

A couple of us 'snuck' into the engine facility many years ago, and we saw our first 'Bloody Nose' Alco PA units just coming out of the paint shop. It almost made me sick. Obviously it had previously been painted in Daylight colors, and the bas***ds painted it grey. I've hated the SP ever since.

Alco PAs were my favorite loco ever.

Way back when, gaining access to Taylor Yard wasn't a problem. In fact, one time, I was on the pedestrian bridge near the hump and the tower operator invited me upstairs. I didn't take him up on his offer - didn't want him to get into trouble.

Never got to see the PA's in my time watching the Espee. I would've loved to see an A-B-B-A set of F7's though.

belmondo wrote in post #4768191
I really wish I lived closer to the BNSF

This will have to do...

https://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthre​ad.php?t=441832

Nice shots Chief. We never get any wildly painted locos here...always the dull yellow ones....orange sometimes.

Karl C wrote in post #4768277
Way back when, gaining access to Taylor Yard wasn't a problem. In fact, one time, I was on the pedestrian bridge near the hump and the tower operator invited me upstairs. I didn't take him up on his offer - didn't want him to get into trouble.

Never got to see the PA's in my time watching the Espee. I would've loved to see an A-B-B-A set of F7's though.

Saw lots of them in 'my day.' I actually got a short ride in one in Truckee. I was bugging the train crew for old copies of division timetables while my parents waited in the car. The crew invited me up into the cab, and while they were giving me a tour of the engine room, they got a call from the dispatcher to move to the other end of the yard. Mom and Dad followed along in the car and picked me up after my 1 mile cab ride. I though I'd won the lottery.

Karl C wrote in post #4768292
This will have to do...

https://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthre​ad.php?t=441832

Very nice. Thanks for the link to the SP site. I've bookmarked it.

Thanks for posting your train shots. When I was a kid there weren't any trains near where we lived. I always looked forward to seeing the trains when we visited my grandparents in Portland. Seeing the engine, waving at the engineer, counting the cars, waving at the people in the caboose... it just seemed so neat!