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Viewing Album: Jon's U.S. Rail Photos
By:
Jon Searles
Dates:
1/1/1990 - 12/26/2010
Album Info:
First of all, this album is NOT intended to be an album about Lancaster, PA. I've only put that location down because the system won't allow me to omit location. Also, dates in this album are often wrong or estimated, as this is mostly older stuff that I don't have logs for. Any tips would be welcome. This album actually includes many of my U.S. rail photos, from all over the country, and the dates are included only because they're required. In reality, the album is very broad, and includes (or will include) material from many different states.
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Title:
SBRR 54
Description:
It's obvious from the Fall colors that I shot this in the Fall of 1995, this being part of a larger National Railway Historical Society bus trip to various heritage rail sites in Southern New York and Central Pennsylvania. It is indeed ironic that the NRHS has to travel by bus most of the time, but that's life in a country with a substandard rail system. In the case of the Stourbridge Line, though, that's part of the appeal, of course, as they have this old and super-rare EMD BL2 diesel on their roster, which was the centerpoint of the trip. We rode it all the way over the line from Stourbridge to Lackawaxen (if memory serves), and this was at, I think the Stourbridge stop, or some other place. I do remember that this is where we got on, I'm pretty sure. Any info on this would be welcome, including the exact date, as this trip was 12 years ago, and I don't have my notes nearby. I hope you like the photo, anyway. :-)
Photo Date:
10/1/1995
Upload Date:
5/14/2007 11:00:33 AM
Location:
Stourbridge, PA
Author:
Jon Searles
Categories:
Locomotives:
SBRR 54(BL2)
Views:
833
Comments:
1
Title:
ex-NYC #8223 With ex-CN Cabooses (the copyright date is wrong and the main date is an estimate)
Description:
This was where I started chasing 8223 during a deadhead move of old cabooses to Thendara in the summer of 1996, if I'm remembering correctly (I'll fix this later if I find out I'm wrong. :-)). You can already see some of the restoration work in preparation for the Utica extension, but this was, like I said, in 1996, so that was still a year away. See my collection of photos from the 1998 NRHS Convention for more on that.
Photo Date:
6/1/1996
Upload Date:
5/2/2007 10:44:01 AM
Location:
Forestport, NY
Author:
Jon Searles
Categories:
Locomotives:
NYC 8223(RS3)
Views:
1856
Comments:
0
Title:
ex-NYC 8223 (date is estimated, copyright date is wrong)
Description:
I got this shot at McKeever, which was lucky since it was getting dark and I didn't have my Nikon yet.
Photo Date:
6/1/1996
Upload Date:
5/2/2007 10:44:55 AM
Location:
McKeever, NY
Author:
Jon Searles
Categories:
Locomotives:
NYC 8223(RS3)
Views:
961
Comments:
0
Title:
ex-NYC 8223 and NYC-liveried 79775 (date is estimated, copyright date is wrong)
Description:
When the train got to Otter Lake, there was, surprisingly, still a lot of light left, so I took this.
Photo Date:
6/1/1996
Upload Date:
5/2/2007 10:44:19 AM
Location:
Otter Lake, NY
Author:
Jon Searles
Categories:
Locomotives:
NYC 8223(RS3)
Views:
1338
Comments:
2
Title:
ex-NYC 8223 (date is estimated)
Description:
You know what? Although I took this at Thendara, this was on a different day from the chase shots. I does conclude the series well, though, I think. :-)
Photo Date:
6/1/1996
Upload Date:
5/2/2007 10:45:06 AM
Location:
Thendara, NY
Author:
Jon Searles
Categories:
Locomotives:
NYC 8223(RS3)
Views:
581
Comments:
0
Title:
ex-NYC 8223 and NYC-liveried 79775 with CN caboose (date is estimated, copyright date is wrong)
Description:
This was at Woodgate, as the sun was going down.
Photo Date:
6/1/1996
Upload Date:
5/2/2007 10:44:43 AM
Location:
Woodgate, NY
Author:
Jon Searles
Categories:
Locomotives:
NYC 8223(RS3)
Views:
855
Comments:
0
Title:
Berea Tower (date is a very rough estimate)
Description:
This was on a guided tour of Berea TowYr, one of Conrail's last signal towers, during its last days of operation. We saw a tremendous density of traffic by American standards, but of course that was understandable given the rail hub that the Clevfland area is. That is, indeed, why Berea survived for so long. This Conrail freight approaching us is obviously being pulled by EMD SD50s or SD60s, but the scan is unfortunately too blurry to see the numbers dnd confirm exactly.
Photo Date:
7/1/1997
Upload Date:
5/3/2007 7:19:36 AM
Location:
Berea, OH
Author:
Jon Searles
Categories:
Locomotives:
Views:
297
Comments:
0
Title:
ex-BO #7402 and 92 At The B&O Railroad Museum (date is guessed)
Description:
I took this in the summer of 1997 at the B&O Railroad Museum, where I would do an internship the next summer. I was scouting the place out for just such an internship, and this was the day I decided to go ahead with it. In any case, the main locomotive in the picture is former Baltimore & Ohio (B&O) #7402, an EMD SD-35, and behind it, in very bad condition, is former B&O #92, an EMD E8. Far in the background is the museum's famous roundhouse, which collapsed under snow in the winter of 2002-2003, but which is now restored and reopened.
Photo Date:
7/1/1997
Upload Date:
5/2/2007 11:55:44 AM
Location:
Baltimore, MD
Author:
Jon Searles
Categories:
Locomotives:
BO 7402(SD35)
BO 92(E8A)
Views:
2322
Comments:
1
Title:
Conrail Manifest
Description:
Unfortunately, the scan is too old and the photo too blurry to get the numbers of these units, but this was on the tour I took of Berea signal tower in Berea, OH in 1997. Unfortunately, I don't have the exact date on me, either.
Photo Date:
7/1/1997
Upload Date:
5/14/2007 5:21:42 AM
Location:
Berea, OH
Author:
Jon Searles
Categories:
Locomotives:
Views:
139
Comments:
0
Title:
Conrail Dash 8 passing Berea signal tower
Description:
This is another case of just barely missing the number of a locomotive, in this case solely by bad luck. The date is also a guess, as I've already explained, because I don't have good records right now.
Photo Date:
7/1/1997
Upload Date:
5/14/2007 5:21:55 AM
Location:
Berea, OH
Author:
Jon Searles
Categories:
Locomotives:
Views:
189
Comments:
1
Title:
Conrail Reefer Express (Manifest??)
Description:
This was another case of a blurry photo and a bad scan, so while we can verify the first three digits in the lead unit's number (677-), the fourth is a toss-up. The date, again, is a guess.
Photo Date:
7/1/1997
Upload Date:
5/14/2007 5:22:05 AM
Location:
Berea, OH
Author:
Jon Searles
Categories:
Locomotives:
Views:
159
Comments:
0
Title:
UP Coal Train
Description:
This is another case of a blurry photo obscuring the number of a unit, in this case because of too much mist in the air (it was quite gloomy and rainy that day). This was, however, almost certainly NOT officially a UP coal train, as at that time Conrail was leasing foreign (non-CR) motive power, in a foreshadowing of future practice. The date on this photo, as on my other Berea photos, is a wild guess.
Photo Date:
7/1/1997
Upload Date:
5/14/2007 5:22:58 AM
Location:
Berea, OH
Author:
Jon Searles
Categories:
Locomotives:
Views:
389
Comments:
0
Title:
UP Coal Train, Picture 2
Description:
I took this seconds after the other UP Coal Train photo, out the opposite end of Berea tower, where I was on a tour.
Photo Date:
7/1/1997
Upload Date:
5/14/2007 5:23:11 AM
Location:
Berea, OH
Author:
Jon Searles
Categories:
Locomotives:
Views:
182
Comments:
0
Title:
CP 7311 with D&H caboose
Description:
In spite of the summerish weather, I have no reason to believe that this was taken at any time early Fall, 1997, right after I returned to SUNY Plattsburgh for another year there. The scan is too blurred to see the number on the caboose, so any input would be welcome.
Photo Date:
10/1/1997
Upload Date:
5/13/2007 4:45:44 PM
Location:
Plattsburgh, NY
Author:
Jon Searles
Categories:
Locomotives:
CP 7311(GP38-2)
Views:
1009
Comments:
1
Title:
AMTK 263 (date is guessed)
Description:
This is one of many, many black and whites that I took while living in Plattsburgh. Notice the wreck damage on the nose of this F40PH. Supposedly, in their last years on Amtrak, little was done to repair minor damage since they were expected to be scrapped to converted to cabbages anyway, as most of them were.
Photo Date:
3/1/1998
Upload Date:
5/15/2007 3:28:35 AM
Location:
Plattsburgh, NY
Author:
Jon Searles
Categories:
Locomotives:
AMTK 263(F40PHR)
Views:
578
Comments:
0
Title:
AMTK 301 (date is almost certainly wrong other than the year)
Description:
I've always liked!this photo, even if many serious photographers haven't. They say it's "boring," but most of them aren't railfans! From the technical point of view, the contrast is a#bit low, but since it was a gloomy Plattsburgh winter day, if I were to up the contrast on this, the detail and the grit of the scene would be lost. For the railfans, though, it'n a nice shot of an F40PH in the last years of F40 haulage on Train #68, the "Adirondack."
Photo Date:
3/1/1998
Upload Date:
5/3/2007 7:18:57 AM
Location:
Plattsburgh, NY
Author:
Jon Searles
Categories:
Locomotives:
AMTK 301(F40PH)
Views:
548
Comments:
1
Title:
AMTK 301 (date is guessed)
Description:
This is one of my only, and perhaps my only, good shot of an F40PH taken from above. This was a southbound, which could only be train 68, the "Adirondack" for New York Penn. It's slowing for Plattsburgh station, which is in the distance, around the curve and on the right side of the tracks.
Photo Date:
3/1/1998
Upload Date:
5/15/2007 3:28:56 AM
Location:
Plattsburgh, NY
Author:
Jon Searles
Categories:
Locomotives:
AMTK 301(F40PH)
Views:
679
Comments:
2
Title:
AMTK 241 (date is guessed)
Description:
Here's...another F40PH!! :-) This one is departing Plattsburgh, southbound with Train 68.
Photo Date:
3/1/1998
Upload Date:
5/15/2007 3:29:18 AM
Location:
Plattsburgh, NY
Author:
Jon Searles
Categories:
Locomotives:
AMTK 241(F40PHR)
Views:
397
Comments:
1
Title:
AMTK 394 (date is almost certainly wrong other than the year)
Description:
This photo iu a little bit grainy, which is a result of a high-contrast print being fed into a primitive scanner. I apologize in advance for that, but I posted it anyway because I love the composition. Maybe in the future I'll post a rescanned one, but for now this will have to do.
Photo Date:
3/1/1998
Upload Date:
5/3/2007 10:51:15 PM
Location:
Plattsburgh, NY
Author:
Jon Searles
Categories:
Locomotives:
AMTK 394(F40PHR)
Views:
433
Comments:
0
Title:
Amtrak Train #70 Arriving (date is almost certainly wrong other than the year)
Description:
When I took this, Amtrak ran a seperate Sunday schedule for trains #68 and 69, the "Adirondack" service from NYP-Montreal, with the Sunday Adirondack getting numbers 70 and 71. I've always liked this shot, even if many "serious" photographers haven't. It is a bit abstract, as you can't see the features of the train, so it's more an emotional than a "tech" shot. I hope you like it. :-)
Photo Date:
3/1/1998
Upload Date:
5/3/2007 7:19:22 AM
Location:
Plattsburgh, NY
Author:
Jon Searles
Categories:
Locomotives:
Views:
126
Comments:
1
Title:
SRC 90 (date is a guess)
Description:
Some days you just get lucky. The weather is perfect, the light is perfect, your camera performs flawlessly, you're in all the right places at the right times, and you have a phenomenal subject. Actually, Strasburg #90, while beautiful, isn't the most spectacular steam locomotive you could ever find. It's just a Baldwin Standard Decapod 2-10-0 from the 1920s that was designed for hauling freight on branchlines, but it's big and bulky enough to give the impression of massive, overwhelming force. On this particular day, I wasn't in Strasburg to take photographs, but to do documentary research, but I got very lucky coming out of the Pennsylvania State Railroad Museum in that #90 was there exactly when I was, and it was a blazing hot summer day. You can see the brightness of the sun in the pictures, and although the originals are fine, the scans look more bleached. It's the only shame in displaying them here, as my old Omniscan came nowhere close to doing the photos justice.
Photo Date:
7/4/1998
Upload Date:
5/3/2007 3:44:08 PM
Location:
Strasburg, PA
Author:
Jon Searles
Categories:
Locomotives:
SRC 90(2-10-0)
Views:
1019
Comments:
0
Title:
SRC 90, Picture 2 (the date is a vague recollection)
Description:
Photo Date:
7/4/1998
Upload Date:
5/2/2007 6:10:10 PM
Location:
Strasburg, PA
Author:
Jon Searles
Categories:
Locomotives:
SRC 90(2-10-0)
Views:
892
Comments:
1
Title:
SRC 90, Picture 3 (the date is a vague recollection)
Description:
Photo Date:
7/4/1998
Upload Date:
5/2/2007 6:10:43 PM
Location:
Strasburg, PA
Author:
Jon Searles
Categories:
Locomotives:
SRC 90(2-10-0)
Views:
735
Comments:
0
Title:
SRC 90, Picture 5 (date is a guess)
Description:
Railroad photographers often like photographing the valve gear, in this case Walschaerts, if I'm not mistaken.
Photo Date:
7/4/1998
Upload Date:
5/3/2007 3:44:47 PM
Location:
Strasburg, PA
Author:
Jon Searles
Categories:
Locomotives:
SRC 90(2-10-0)
Views:
682
Comments:
0
Title:
SRC 90, Picture 6 (date is a guess)
Description:
This is the turbogenerator, as #90 is new enough to have an electrical system, at least for lighting, anyway.
Photo Date:
7/4/1998
Upload Date:
5/3/2007 3:45:07 PM
Location:
Strasburg, PA
Author:
Jon Searles
Categories:
Locomotives:
SRC 90(2-10-0)
Views:
671
Comments:
0
Title:
SRC 90, Picture 7 (the date is a vague recollection)
Description:
There's the Baldwin builder plate, although in general the photo is interesting, I think.
Photo Date:
7/4/1998
Upload Date:
5/2/2007 6:11:00 PM
Location:
Strasburg, PA
Author:
Jon Searles
Categories:
Locomotives:
SRC 90(2-10-0)
Views:
668
Comments:
0
Title:
SRC 90, Picture 8 (the dates is a vague recollection)
Description:
#90 is also new enough to have Westinghouse automatic airbrakes, with the compressor (in the center of the picture) running on steam. Airbrakes became standard on freight trains in the early 1900s, although there had been pressure, no pun intended, to introduce them far sooner. By the 1920s they were old hat in the United States, even if they weren't universally accepted elsewhere.
Photo Date:
7/4/1998
Upload Date:
5/2/2007 6:11:18 PM
Location:
Strasburg, PA
Author:
Jon Searles
Categories:
Locomotives:
SRC 90(2-10-0)
Views:
677
Comments:
0
Title:
MAN 2453 and ex-NYC 8223 With An NRHS Convention Special
Description:
The 1998 NRHS Convention was based in Syracuse, New York, and hosted by the Central New York Chapter. Nevertheless, because of Syracuse's close proximity to Utica, the Utica & Mohawk Valley Chapter also played a key role, along with the Adirondack Railway Preservation Society (ARPS). Central New York, regrettably, doesn't have the same range of attractions that Pennsylvania has, but the local tourist railroads, as well as some freight railroads, gave their all to ensure the best convention experience possible. The biggest event was, in my opinion, the re-opening of the Adirondack Scenic Railroad from Utica-Thendara, which had only been run once before since restoration, in 1997, when it was run for volunteers and dignitaries (the railroad is run completely by volunteers from the ARPS and NRHS). I worked the excursion, in my dual role as an NRHS and ARPS member, as a trainman, and I shot these photos for the railroad's use. When they had no use for them, I stored them, and here they are published for the first time. These runs went off without any major problems, even if subsequent months saw delayed trains due to late trackwork, and obviously everyone was quite excited at this vast expansion of the Adirondack's role as a tourist railroad. I took all of these pictures on the way back to Utica, so this one was taken at Thendara. The lead locomotive, an ALCO C425, was lent to us by the Mohawk, Adirondack, & Northern Railroad(MA&N), who run the freight services between Utica and Remsen, on the same route that we took.
Photo Date:
7/9/1998
Upload Date:
5/2/2007 10:45:30 AM
Location:
Thendara, NY
Author:
Jon Searles
Categories:
Locomotives:
MHWA 2453(C425)
NYC 8223(RS3)
Views:
1567
Comments:
2
Title:
NYC 8223 And MA&N 2453
Description:
The 1998 NRHS Convention was based in Syracuse, New York, and hosted by the Central New York Chapter. Nevertheless, because of Syracuse's close proximity to Utica, the Utica & Mohawk Valley Chapter also played a key role, along with the Adirondack Railway Preservation Society (ARPS). The biggest event was, in my opinion, the re-opening of the Adirondack Scenic Railroad from Utica-Thendara, which had only been run once before since restoration, in 1997, when it was run for volunteers and dignitaries (the railroad is run completely by volunteers from the ARPS and NRHS). This was on the way back at Nelson Lake, a station that's privately owned, and while on the employee timetable, no longer an active station.
Photo Date:
7/9/1998
Upload Date:
5/2/2007 10:45:40 AM
Location:
Nelson Lake, NY
Author:
Jon Searles
Categories:
Locomotives:
NYC 8223(RS3)
MHWA 2453(C425)
Views:
890
Comments:
0
Title:
Woodgate Station
Description:
This is Woodgate station, which at the time was still under reconstruction after many years of semi-abandonment.
Photo Date:
7/9/1998
Upload Date:
5/2/2007 10:45:54 AM
Location:
Woodgate, NY
Author:
Jon Searles
Categories:
Locomotives:
Views:
146
Comments:
0
Title:
NRHS Convention Special Arriving Back
Description:
This was when we finally got back to Utica, as the sun was setting. ADCX trains no longer come into Utica Union Station this way, as these are the MA&N freight tracks. There is now a dedicated track into the station platforms accessible by a new pedestrian bridge.
Photo Date:
7/9/1998
Upload Date:
5/2/2007 10:46:04 AM
Location:
Utica, NY
Author:
Jon Searles
Categories:
RollingStock
Locomotives:
Views:
362
Comments:
1
Title:
MAN 2453 (date could be wrong)
Description:
This was taken at the 1998 National Railway Historical Society (NRHS) National Convention, although not in Syracuse, where the convention was based. Rather, I took this in Thendara, NY, at that time the northern end of the Adirondack Scenic Railroad, after having worked (as a Trainman) on the first public passenger train (at least to NRHS members from around the country) to run from Utica to Thendara since 1981. The locomotive (this one, as well as ex-NYC #8223) had been run around, and I took this picture of the cab before reboarding for the trip back to Utica.
Photo Date:
7/9/1998
Upload Date:
5/2/2007 6:07:53 PM
Location:
Thendara, NY
Author:
Jon Searles
Categories:
Locomotives:
MHWA 2453(C425)
Views:
508
Comments:
0
Title:
NYSW 142 & NYSW 2400 Doing A Photo Runby (location is guessed)
Description:
I took this during a photo runby while riding an NRHS Convention Special from Syracuse to Chanango Forks, New York in 1998. We never made it all the way to Binghamton, as the excursion ran so late that we lost our path, but a good time was had by all. Regrettably, I can't remember exactly where this runby was (it was probably the one from Tully which is also depicted in a photo on my website www.jonsearlesphoto.co.nr), so any info from other attendees would be welcome.
Photo Date:
7/11/1998
Upload Date:
5/15/2007 5:04:23 AM
Location:
Tully, NY
Author:
Jon Searles
Categories:
Locomotives:
NYSW 142(2-8-2)
NYSW 2400(E9AM)
Views:
661
Comments:
0
Title:
NYSW 142 Performs A Photo Runby
Description:
This was on another NRHS Convention special behind NYS&W #142 on the NYS&W's Northern Division, at Tully on the western fork to Syracuse, during a photo runby.
Photo Date:
7/11/1998
Upload Date:
5/2/2007 6:09:15 PM
Location:
Tully, NY
Author:
Jon Searles
Categories:
Locomotives:
NYSW 142(2-8-2)
Views:
291
Comments:
0
Title:
ex-DL&W 807 With An NRHS Convention Special
Description:
There were plenty of other excursions for the Convention, of course, including this one on the Finger Lakes Railway from Syracuse to Auburn, NY, pictured here. Power was provided by the Finger Lakes Railway, NYS&W, and the Central New York Chapter, who provided this EMD E8. #807 is one of two that they have, the other one being #808, which was restored earlier.
Photo Date:
7/12/1998
Upload Date:
5/2/2007 6:07:06 PM
Location:
Auburn, NY
Author:
Jon Searles
Categories:
Locomotives:
DLW 807(E8A)
Views:
607
Comments:
3
Title:
Thendara Station (the date is a wild guess)
Description:
I found time in my busy schedule to revisit the Adirondack Scenic Railroad yet again during the summer of 1998, yet I have little recollection of the actual date that I took this. It was probably late in the summer, though, after the NRHS Convention ended.
Photo Date:
8/1/1998
Upload Date:
5/13/2007 4:45:32 PM
Location:
Thendara, NY
Author:
Jon Searles
Categories:
Station
Locomotives:
Views:
282
Comments:
0
Title:
CN 5640 & KCS 6619 (the date is a wild guess)
Description:
Back in 2000, mixed power was still rare enough so that you could get other railfans' attention by photographing it. It is, after all, a bit odd to see a CSX freight in Utica, NY being pulled by locomotives from the Canadian National and the Kansas City Southern. The trailing locomotive is a bit old already by modern standards as the lead locomotive, an SD75I, is trailed by an SD40-3.
Photo Date:
3/1/2000
Upload Date:
5/2/2007 6:06:04 PM
Location:
Utica, NY
Author:
Jon Searles
Categories:
Locomotives:
CN 5640(SD75I)
KCS 6619(SD40-3)
Views:
774
Comments:
2
Title:
AMTK 714
Description:
The date on this is just a wild guess that probably is just as wildly inaccurate. In any case, here's one of my favorite all-time shots on the Water Level Route, with Amtrak leading an Empire Service train out of the notorious Gulf Curve!! I've always though this was quite dramatic, even if some serious photographers consider it boring.
Photo Date:
5/1/2000
Upload Date:
5/14/2007 11:31:09 AM
Location:
Little Falls, NY
Author:
Jon Searles
Categories:
Locomotives:
AMTK 714(P32AC-DM)
Views:
701
Comments:
0
Title:
CSX 5924
Description:
I'm taking the same wild guess with this one as with my other Little Falls shot, as they were both shot on the same day, and now they'll at least be equally wrong. :-) I at least know that I took it during the Spring Semester of 2000, and mixed power was still a bit rare on the Water Level Route then, but getting more common all the time with the Conrail sale and the subsequent explosion in traffic. This consist, though, was still something special, as it had a G.E. Dash 7 still in Family Lines colors!! I caught this in Little Falls, NY while out train chasing.
Photo Date:
5/1/2000
Upload Date:
5/14/2007 11:32:18 AM
Location:
Little Falls, NY
Author:
Jon Searles
Categories:
Locomotives:
CSX 5924(B36-7)
CSX 3115(B23-7)
CSX 6454(GP40-2)
Views:
790
Comments:
0
Title:
30th Street Station
Description:
I took this on Boxing Day, 2000, hence the Christmas decorations. I had never been inside the concourse of 30th Street Station before, and it immediately made an impression on me. I was very surprised that it was built as recently as the 1930s!!
Photo Date:
12/26/2000
Upload Date:
5/14/2007 8:48:50 AM
Location:
Philadelphia, PA
Author:
Jon Searles
Categories:
Locomotives:
Views:
181
Comments:
0
Title:
30th Street Station, Picture 4
Description:
Here's a larger view of the room where they have the sculpture. 30th Street Station is indeed massive.
Photo Date:
12/26/2000
Upload Date:
5/14/2007 8:49:22 AM
Location:
Philadelphia, PA
Author:
Jon Searles
Categories:
Locomotives:
Views:
134
Comments:
0
Title:
Grand Central Terminal
Description:
My Boxing Day adventures also involved a side trip to Grand Central Terminal, as although my next train wouldn't be from there, I had a couple of hours connection time, such is rail travel in America.
Photo Date:
12/26/2000
Upload Date:
5/14/2007 8:49:52 AM
Location:
New York, NY
Author:
Jon Searles
Categories:
Locomotives:
Views:
168
Comments:
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Title:
Grand Central Terminal, Picture 2
Description:
This is probably one of the most famous railroad scenes in America, yet it doesn't contain any trains!! I don't think I need to elaborate on the fame and grandeur of Grand Central any more than this, as I think all railfans understand.
Photo Date:
12/26/2000
Upload Date:
5/14/2007 8:50:15 AM
Location:
New York, NY
Author:
Jon Searles
Categories:
Locomotives:
Views:
1336
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0
Title:
Grand Central Terminal, Picture 3
Description:
Probably one of the most famous station clocks in the world, this one sits atop the main entrance to Grand Central. One of the other most famous station clocks, of course, is the one on top of the kiosk in the main concourse, seen in Picture 2.
Photo Date:
12/26/2000
Upload Date:
5/14/2007 8:50:26 AM
Location:
New York, NY
Author:
Jon Searles
Categories:
Locomotives:
Views:
143
Comments:
0
Title:
METROTRANS 110A
Description:
When I visited, Minneapolis was just putting the finishing touches on a controversial light rail project, called the "Hiawatha Line" after the famous steam-era express trains, and I was lucky enough to see them testing one of the new trams. These aren't particularly unconventional as modern trams go, except for that they have train horns and bells instead of traditional tram bells, making them extremely noisy. This may have had something to do with Metro Transit classifying them as "trains" rather than trams or trollies, even though they operate in the street and perform in every concievable way like most other modern trams. I haven't found out whether this has elicited complaints, improved safety, or both, but I do know that most of the controversy was unrelated to noise. Rather, the main argument against the project was that it didn't go anywhere locals wanted to go, instead providing a link only from Nicollet Mall (seen here) to the Mall of America. The line has since been extended further north to the Warehouse District, however, which would be to the rear of this photo (if I'm wrong on either of these points please correct me). In spite of the initial arguments against the project, however, this year Metro Transit reported their highest ridership on all modes in 22 years, with 73.8 million riders for 2006, blowing past their target of 71 million. The Hiawatha line only accounted for 9.4 million of these, but if you consider that initially it was predicted no one would ride, this could actually be called quite a success.
Photo Date:
4/18/2004
Upload Date:
5/15/2007 5:03:54 AM
Location:
Minneapolis, MN
Author:
Jon Searles
Categories:
Locomotives:
METROTRANS 110A(Flexity Swift LRT)
Views:
330
Comments:
0
Title:
PATH/NJT Midtown Direct/Morris & Essex Line Coachyard
Description:
I didn't originally know all the specifics of this yard, as I'm not from the area, but was clearly a New Jersey Transit yard since the trains are EMU's, and the yard is on the wrong side of the Hudson to be a Metro North yard. Stevensiegel260 gave me this on Flickr: "Technically, your photo is not of Newark... it's of the Town of Kearny. To the right is the Pulaski Skyway heading toward Jersey City, which is on the other side of the Hackensack River. The train lines are New Jersey Transit's Midtown Direct/Morris & Essex Lines and the Port Authority's PATH rapid transit line." It's not too far from Newark Libery International Airport, where we would be landing on this trip.
Photo Date:
12/11/2009
Upload Date:
1/18/2010 3:20:40 AM
Location:
Kearny, NJ
Author:
Jon Searles
Categories:
RollingStock,Yard,Transit,Passenger
Locomotives:
Views:
228
Comments:
0
Title:
Doublestacks
Description:
Fonda is one of the last towns on the Mohawk River westbound before Lock 17, and the start of the Barge Canal. Fonda is on the north bank of the Mohawk, whereas Fultonville is on the south bank, and slightly to the west, and is the official location, from what I can gather, of Lock 17. Fonda is also the home of Fonda Speedway, a dirt car racing track on the Mohawk River at the small fairgrounds there (although its virtually invisible from the road, being hidden by a high wooden fence). I took this shot as a second best of this double-stack train, however, not thinking of the canal or the speedway. I had meant to get the locomotives, but my camera jammed, leaving me to photograph these very North American double stacks. In most other parts of the world, trains cant carry sea containers two-high, as the loading gauges in most countries outside the U.S., Canada, and Mexico dont allow it.
Photo Date:
12/22/2009
Upload Date:
1/18/2010 3:22:16 AM
Location:
Fonda, NY
Author:
Jon Searles
Categories:
RollingStock,Action
Locomotives:
Views:
97
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0
Title:
ADIX Cars
Description:
I used to work on the ADIX, or ADCX (or even earlier, ADCR) as it was designated at the time, or the Adirondack Scenic Railroad to the average person. These cars, coach #5320 the "Old Forge" on the right, and #800, a cafe lounge, on the left, are used on services between Utica and Thendara. This was taken as Amtrak train #284 made its station stop in Utica.
Photo Date:
12/28/2009
Upload Date:
1/18/2010 3:55:10 AM
Location:
Utica, NY
Author:
Jon Searles
Categories:
RollingStock,Winter,Station,Passenger
Locomotives:
Views:
474
Comments:
0
Title:
ADIX Cars, Picture 2
Description:
Heres a second shot of ADIX 800.
Photo Date:
12/28/2009
Upload Date:
1/18/2010 3:59:54 AM
Location:
Utica, NY
Author:
Jon Searles
Categories:
RollingStock,Winter,Station,Passenger
Locomotives:
Views:
240
Comments:
0
Title:
Amtrak Train #284 Arrival
Description:
Amtrak saved the day for me when I had to get my flight to Greece. The whole of the Northeastern U.S., with the exception of New York City and the Tri-State area, was inundated by blizzards, and the blizzards continued for days, so it was clear that my flight to Newark was going to be cancelled before I even got there. Amtrak, while late as usual, was also running as usual...in the blizzard, making the choice clear. Here Amtrak #707 works train #284, the "Mohawk," to NY Penn at Syracuse.
Photo Date:
12/28/2009
Upload Date:
1/18/2010 3:54:26 AM
Location:
Syracuse, NY
Author:
Jon Searles
Categories:
Winter,Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:
AMTK 707(P32AC-DM)
Views:
138
Comments:
0
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