Earlier this year a railway magazine in Britain published a photo in which all five of the tracks near South Croydon Station (my local one) were occupied by moving trains. I’d like to ask the photographers out there what the largest number of moving trains they’ve managed in a single photo is.
Your question, Cricketer, is an interesting one.
Here in America, just recently I stumbled across the below link photo that makes one dizzy.
http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=195510
I wonder if anything like that is in Britain.
Nothing like that.
You could probably do equally well on the south approaches to Chicago Union Station during the afternoon rush when you have outbound suburban runs, inbound suburban equipment moves from 14th Street, and possibly an Amtrak move. The approaches to Randolph Street Station might be equally productive.
We had some visitors from New Zealand once who took videos out west of the north throat of Union Station (possibly from the Halsted bridge), catching everything on the MILW’s lines, and, going over them, everything on the CNW lines. This location should still be available, and the show should be even better with Metra’s North Central Service adding a few trains to the rush. I’m sure that at the right time of the rush hour one could do all right here!