Was just in Banff a couple of weeks ago; beautiful up in those Canadian Rockies. Saw plenty of CP power. Question: who is Canotek (Sp?) and what do they manufacture? I saw a unit train of their covered hoppers passing through between Canmore and Banff along the Trans Canada Highway.
Duplicate post.
That would be (campotex) Potash from Saskatchewan.
Between all the coal and potash and wheat and Canola, we send to China, we are sending the whole country one railcar at a time.
Another shot I took.
Between trains, there is no other scenery in the world that makes sitting on the side of a hill more enjoyable. July 25, 2015, spent the day with the kid watching bears and trains.
One of my great pleasures is the reaction of tourists from elsewhere on the planet as they seem to be in such awe of the size of the trains and sheer power used to push them. The line from Banff through to Revelstoke is filled with train nuts on vacation, including me.
Turn up your sound.
Excellent models from NARC.
Here are a few pictures I found. Where I work is right next to the BNSF 2 main line track running through the Kent valley in Washington. Everything comes through, BNSF, UP if their track is getting worked on, Amtrak, Northwest Cascade, and the Sounder. Everytime something unique comes pass by I dont have the cell phone. A Ferromex came through last week. Month ago there was a CSX.
Nickel Plate 765, dressed as 767, at Cuyahoga Valley Railroad, Cleveland, Ohio:
IMG_5440_fix1 by Edmund, on Flickr
Thank you, Ed
Durango & Silverton
I like them all as I’m sure you do too.
Milwaukee Road number 261 Gourmet Express & MR 32A stopped in St Louis Park Minnesota to pick up passengers 2 weeks ago.
TF
Do they have to be living engines?
The Spiral Tunnels replaced the “Big Hill” which was a 4.5% grade on the CPR mainline. Needless to say, such a grade left a trail of carnage. Still there today and may be taken in with a short 3km hike where you will see many ghosts from the past.
A Baldwin 2-6-0
Take your Bear spray.
[(-D]No… old parts are good Brent or the unrunning. That’s the way I feel in the morning before I have my coffee[(-D] So why not?
Mandan Railroad Museum, Mandan North Dakota 2018
TF
I wonder if this little baby could even pull itself through the Rockies.
Only two wheel drive, I’m not so sure about that one Brent. May need a sister as a pusher.
Maybe this little guy, 4-wheel drive might make it.
The Minnetonka, Duluth Depot 2017.
TF
So is this a road locomotive or a lake locomotive.
I liked all the pics posted by everyone but I need to pick one in particular before I hit the rack here.
Ed, it’s not often when a model is mistaken for the real thing. This prototype picture I almost mistaken for a model. When I zoomed in on the rail joiners and the tree tops I realized that it was not.
Beautiful picture, the first words that came to my mind was “Midnight Rider”
TF
Thank you, TF!
Treetops?
OK, this view has treetops, and headlight beams in the steam.
Great stuff, everybody [Y]
Regards, Ed
The CP Rail locomotive definitely looks like it put in some time but it’s the surrounding drop dead gorgeous scenery that gets me.
The whole reason I try to go up fishing in Canada as much as I can. My mother used to say the further north you go the more beautiful it gets. You’re a lucky man Brent to live in such surroundings.
Saint Paul, last August.
TF
Very nice pictures, everyone.
I just want to take a moment to remind participants to be sure that they only post their own pictures. Nothing from outside sources like rrpictures.net. It seems like everyone here is good so far, but I have to give everyone the standard disclaimer. It’s a copyright thing.
Carry on, as you were!
While on vacation last Christmas, drove up to Nederland and found these units idling on the old Rio Grande.
Rick Jesionowski
Oops, there is my truck getting its butt in the way again.
It’s funny, I sent some of my photos off to rail pictures and they wouldn’t take any of them so I am going to make you guys look at them.[(-D]
Brent the tan color of your truck already matches that locomotive beautifully. I think you should paint the bottom perforation of your truck and around the wheel wells the BNSF grey blue color with a red pin stripe. Also the topper and the hood. Then put the BNSF Insignia under your cab window.
After that resubmit your picture to rail pictures[(-D]
Branson Missouri, Christmas Eve 2018
TF
Forgive me for double posting but was there ever a better built piece of Railroad art than this?
I didn’t think so either. The Old West… yeah!
TF