I Told Her, “Watch where you are driving errrr flying.” But did she listen, noooooooooooooooo. [}:)] (In my best Ray Stevens’ voice.) Too late, she impacted the pole. [:0]
Well we certainly take some odd photos at times. [:(] [^] [}:)] [;)]
If you have one a little out of the ordinary post it here in this thread. Hey, post some of your really bad ones if you want to do so. I have one or two I might post like that myself (yes, even I take some awful very bad photos at times [B)] [:(] [8] [V] [xx(] )
Come on now, don’t be afraid. Show us some funny railfanning photos or some really bad shots you took. [:p]
No, I am not laughing AT you, I am laughing WITH you. [;)] [8D] [:D]
Those two units were pushers on a loaded coal train. BNSF uses 2 to 4 units on the front end and 1 to 3 units on the rear end of a loaded coal train. Many times when they return all the units will be on the point.
This photo was taken from my parents farm at Bois D’ Arc, Missouri. This was the former Frisco line from Kansas City to Springfield, Missouri.
Here is a train with tons of power on the front end. [;)]
Here’s another view from Gallitzin, but in the other direction from the tunnels. The SD80MAC appears to be running the wrong way on track 3, but it’s really pushing. The front of this train was lead by another SD80MAC and a GP38-2. What I wanted to point out though is the pink building in view above the locomotive. It’s a place where people gather to, … to … to worship themselves? [}:)] http://www.esm.psu.edu/~ajmiller/trainpics/gallitzinathei80mac.jpg
Under the category of “I wish I could have taken that”
One Saturday afternoon while driving home from the California Speedway I was cruising along Interstate 10. I passed the UP West Colton yard and saw something not common out here in Southern California.
It was a 3 unit consist with a UP locomotive in the lead, a Norfolk Southern in the middle, and a CSX engine in the rear. It was nice to see three Class I’s getting along like bosum pals.
I don’t know why I took this pic, but the nice thing about a digital camera is that there’s no additional expense in taking a crappy picture or two, or ten.
Hey AJ…
Nice fence…I love the way you brought the texture of the rust out!
And the color…so muted, subtle, but making a bold statement at the same time![:D]
Just when you figure you got the auto focus to work the way you want it to…
I loved the way my old Cannon F series manual focus worked…split screen, you turned the focus ring till the images lined up, it was quick and easy.
My digital Minolta uses the soft focus/fuzzy screen systen, you focus till the image gets sharp…not as easy as the split screen, on moving objects almost impossible.
Hey, if we all had a dollar for every “fence detail” photo, we could all by new cameras…
That’s a pretty good screw up. In fact, had you not told me it was an autofocus issue, I would have never known that it wasn’t intentional. The shot could be symbolic of the seperation between you and the railroad. Or it could be an artsy fartsy look at an interesting, rusty, textured chain link. At any rate, I wish my screw ups looked like that!
I had been eating lunch at the time the train showed up, and I rushed to take the pic through the fence. I don’t think I looked at the view screen carefully. I got a better one by standing on a snow pile near my car. The location was the Amtrak station in Altoona, and I was in a parking lot on the north side of the tracks. I think the train was the Three Rivers and it was eastbound. http://www.esm.psu.edu/~ajmiller/trainpics/altoonaamtk91a.jpg
As you can see, it’s in focus, but not much better quality with all the foreground clutter.
It was a rather lousy day for pictures, but I’d had the camera for only 3 months at the time and I felt obligated to take pictures of every train I saw.
Apparently the train was stopped at a signal so that it could cross over to the the westbound track. It must have needed to stop at the next station which is at Tyrone Pa. I think all the stations on the Pittsburgh line are on the north side of the tracks which means that eastbound passenger trains have to cross over to make stops.
But don’t think that all my pics are this bad. I have gotten a few on RailPictures. Most of them I took recently, but I hope to get some of my older good ones up there at some point.
see for my pics: http://www.railpictures.net/showphotos.php?userid=3158
AJ…before I looked at your description of where you were located for the “wire fence” photo I thought to myself…"that must be Altoona as I noticed the museum type rail cars beyond the tracks and I’ve boarded Amtrak there at that station and it sure seemed familiar…
