Trackside with Trains.com Vol. 196 - Ghostly or eerie train shots - is now live to view and vote

Trackside with Trains.com Vol. 196 - “Ghostly or eerie train shots” - is now live to view and vote

The latest round of our biweekly photo competition is now live. Five photographers submitted images for the theme “Ghostly or eerie train shots.”

View the selections and vote for your favorite, then return here to discuss Vol. 196!

Tom’s gotta be if only because of the effect of B&W…others, well, we’ve seen them so often…

I really liked Kieth Schmidt’s photo of the 4449. The photo looks like it could have been taken in the setting for a wide variety of mysterious events, or a movie promo shot (except for that wire running thru the image) for a spooky film set on or near a railroad.

I can’t say I was too crazy about any of the entries, but thought that Tom Nanos’ submission came closest to fitting the theme for the week. He got my vote.

Tom in Nashville

A difficult subject theme for sure … But, Tom Nanos’ shot seemed most eerie to me.

Hey, want something really eerie? Check this photo out:

The residence on the left is angled, and unlike the others on the street. In the early- to mid-1970’s, Santa Fe Railway’s line through the famous Pasadena, CA (town of the nationally televised Rose Parade on New Year’s Day) was relocated because of a freeway construction project. Now, the eerie part: Can you image all the famous starlets and handsome stars that have gone through in the past what is now this house’s front room … or bedroom?

Getting back to the theme of this thread … I wonder if Tom Nanos had anyone with him when he snapped his ghostly photo …

I couldn’t vote for any of them. None really seemed to it the theme at all.

I thought someone would at least submitted a photo of an Erie painted engine.

How about a haunted tunnel?

Kevin