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California Zephyr territory west of Helper: on the fomer Rio Grande main line ascending to Soldier Summit. Kyune tunnels    Castle Gate   Note the Rio Grande lettering; on the back side it says that last painting took place in 1949...  Edited by user 02 September 2017 23:28:54(UTC)
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Black Mesa and Lake Powell Railroad south of Kayenta, Arizona.   P.S.: Internet stock photos reflecting what I actually saw when keeping both hands on the steering wheel of my private motor vehicle. Edited by user 09 September 2017 12:56:31(UTC)
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Rio Grande Southern narrow gauge in Colorado.  Galloping Goose in Dolores.   Ophir, formerly home of the now disappeared Ophir loop. |
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Siverton, standard gauge. ;o)    |
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Former Rio Grande (now Union Pacific) main line in the Glenwood Canyon along the Colorado River.    Why waste any money on tunnel portals? |
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Once again and for the last time the Rio Grande in Glenwood Springs, Colorado:  The west wing houses AMTRAK ...  ...and the east wing (in the rear) houses a small Rio Grande museum...  ... documenting the era when locos were still Maeklin-compatible. |
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Truly inspiring and revealing and enlightening were the maps. My favorite one helps me understand the maze and craze of former and present RR lines in central Colorado.  The below are more Glenwood Springs-centered.   This one was only drawn days before my visit because the author was annoyed by explaining over and over again the late Funston yard.  |
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Concluding the Utah-Colorado trip. (1) Own photos:  Georgetown narrow gauge loop under a rainbow.   Denver Union Station with eastbound Amtrak California Zephyr and commuter train.  (2) Wikipedia stock photo: Not covered before, since I did not take any photos at that time:  The trip began at Salt Lake City, Utah. |
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And I thought that the train chasing part would be over after having left the Rocky Mountains. Then, I found this contender for the MU thread on short train with large locos.  Amtrak yard, Portland, Maine. |
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When leaving I-95 at Portland, Maine, and driving overland near the coast, I was wondering about rail lines all over the place. Finally, On our way to our nearby motel, I stumbled over this turntable cum wedged roundhouse in Rockland, Maine: https://en.m.wikipedia.o...rntable_and_Engine_House   Until 2015, the was even a seasonal FL9-hauled streamliner passenger service - see videos in post no. 49. Rockland depot, where the streamliner used to terminate.   Note the columns on the street side. |
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And now really the ultimate USA trip photos. On another day, there was a loco parked next to the roundtable.  From the yard one line spins off the downtown depot (see post above) and one to the port of Rockland. The right of way leads through a residential area, where trains rattle right through the back yards of homes.   Scenicking proposals.   Two tracks are good enough to represent a decent industry.  End (or beginning?) of line.   Historic map.  |
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Good to see you made it to Maine. Hope you are enjoying the lobsters and blueberry pie!
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Modeling Immensee, mile/km 0 on the Gottard. SBB Era V.
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Parma, Italy.   |
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Athens, Greece. Where others see ancient ruins, I see modern ones.  Where other see monuments, I see rails.   Akropolis narrow gauge railway.  Light rail cutting through excavations.  Note the PuKo rails.  Subway rails in front of Stoa of Attolos in front of Akropolis.  Is it just because of my tunnel vision? |
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Timmendorfer Strand, Germany - Easter Holidays 2018 Selected passenger trains you can model: Class 648 (LINT) DMUs, local train Luebeck - Neustadt (Holstein), Class 218 pushing seven IC coaches, IC Cologne - Burg (Fehmarn), Class 218 pulling four double-deck coaches, regional express Puttgarden - Hamburg. |
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Florida: Orlando  Miami  |
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 The Miami train station blob on Google maps. |
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Originally Posted by: Alsterstreek  Recently in Portugal:
Greetings Ak, Thanks for the interesting video - I recognised some areas along the Douro, particularly around Pinhão. We were cruising the Douro last month (that is like us you can see at 0:44 !) and encountered this more modern loco at Pinhão:  As your tank engine went over this bridge at Pinhão :  Your video captured our lookalike at 1:16 -  The local railway station at Pinhão :  is adorned with beautiful ceramic tile artwork:  all whilst taking a walk in 40degC heat ! Kind Regards from the southern hemisphere, Philip
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Dear Philip, You were a step ahead. :o) I add some bonus pictures: Tua turntable  Ship chasing  Loco maker  Pinhâo  Régua narrow gauge loco  Régua junk yard  |
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Shortly before that in France: Viaduc de Gabarit (right) by a certain Monsieur Eiffel, who used to be into towers, too.  Viaduc d’Aguessac a little bit further south.  |
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Shortly before that in Spain: Canfranc Estacion in Spain on the Franco-Spanish border. Small rectangular station, big deal?  But hey, what is on the far side?  A humongous Art Deco station building.  Once envisaged as state-of-art border railway station, it is now abandoned. |
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Santa Apolónia terminus in Lisbon, station throat and coach yard.  |
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Mini Train Pedras d'el Rei, Santa Luzia, Algarve, Portugal  “Inland” terminus.  Faux steam locomotive #2.  Passenger train on layover siding.  Right of way through sandflats and marshland to the Praia do Barril.  The anchor graveyard adjacent to the railway’s beach terminus. |
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I guess they anchor the dunes to prevent erosion... |
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The other day I captured this diesel in 1970s livery pulling a red double-decker commuter train in Timmendorfer Strand, Germany.  The shroud of mystery may finally be lifting, as „Lok Repot“ reported (own translation): "On 01.10.2022 DB 218 330-9 (Krupp 5323/1975) was in service at Kiel central station. Since its last overhaul in Cottbus (Unt./BCS X/25.02.2022), the blonde [sic] locomotive based at Kiel depot has been repainted in ocean blue/ivory according to the 1975 DB color scheme. This color scheme was worn by the four-axle diesel-hydraulic mainline locomotive from its delivery in 1975 until 1988. Exotic 218 330-9 is the last operational remotized BR 218, which is still equipped with a CAT 3516B HD engine with 2,060 kW (2,800 hp). In 2001 and 2002, the three DB locomotives 218 329-1 (Krupp 5322/1985), 218 330-9 and 218 339-0 (Krauss-Maffei 19728/1975), which were all based in Lübeck at the time, received the newly developed engine variant from Caterpillar for comparison purposes. This was not able to prevail over the MTU variant, so that no further BR 218s were remotized with the CAT engine. DB 218 329-1 has been parked since the deadline expired, DB 218 339-0 was already dismantled in 2017.“ https://www.lok-report.d.../36129-db-218-330-9.htmlMore images by other people: https://www.bahnbilder.d...chbegriff/218+330-9.htmlhttps://www.flickr.com/p...s/lumixfan68/51915609353 |
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Originally Posted by: Alsterstreek The other day I captured this diesel in 1970s livery …. Thanks for the post Ak  
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Just today "Lok Report" published a post about the train I photographed. Translation: "The last days of February were used again to visit the replacement train of the regional train RB85 on the disused "Vogelfluglinie", and finally two desired motifs could be implemented. The first with the disused signal box in the northern entrance to Bad Schwartau station, and the second, south of Timmendorfer Strand station, at the end of the town there. The consists were to be seen in each case again with DB Regio 218 330 and the regional train RB11619 at the signal box in Bad Schwartau and the regional train RB11615 at the exit of Timmendorfer Strand on the way to Lübeck." Link to post with pictures: https://www.lok-report.d...vogelfluglinie-rb85.html |
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Hello Ak and Philip, Märklin released a museum locomotive in 2018, BR 217 014. It has the same colouring. # 39270But I am not sure what differentiates a 217 from a 218. Kimball |
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Originally Posted by: kimballthurlow Hello Ak and Philip,
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But I am not sure what differentiates a 217 from a 218.
Kimball Hello Kimball, Some info : 217218Regards, Philip
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Baltic Sea coastal freight cars: 1) Rostock sea port, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany  2) Wismar sea port, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany  |
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In Germany, DB AutoZug ceased to operate in October 2016 as these trains were not considered to be profitable. New motorail operators stepped, taking over the now abandoned motorail services claiming a sufficient market for motorail services in Germany. Last week at the motorail terminal Hamburg-Altona, Germany:  On track #11, an ÖBB (Austrian Federal Railways) mototrain is loaded, destined to Vienna and Innsbruck in Austria.  A litle bit later, after the departure of the ICE, an UEX (Urlaubs-Express) mototrain backed into track #10.  Once the lower deck was loaded, the ramp was lifted to reach the upper deck.  Edited by user 03 September 2023 19:34:10(UTC)
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However, I was meant to travel by UEX (Urlaubs-Express) train to Lörrach, ...  ...which in th meantime had been made available on track #10  When securing and lashing the vehicles, the flaps were folded up, too.  European Locomotive Leasing provided motive power.  Many ICE trains arrived and departed while I was waiting for my train to leave.  Edited by user 03 September 2023 19:22:30(UTC)
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My home for that night was a Couchette car, ...  ... registered in the Netherlands while managed by German operator UEX.  The interior of the couchette compartment, with the beds folded up to the day-time configuration.  A litte bit of youth hostel appeal, but it was sufficient for one night.  And off we went. |
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The next morning after the 900 km ride to Lörrach, a town in the tri-border area, where France, Germany and Switzerland meet.  The loco pushed the four auto racks into a siding before placing the four passenger cars - three couchettes and one sleeper - in another parallel siding.  Then the loco picked up the ancient movable ramp inherited from Deutsche Bahn (This mototrain is run by a small competitor). Note the lady throwing the switch by hand.  Once the wheeled ramp was in place, ...  ... the unloading could begin.   Edited by user 07 September 2023 17:50:15(UTC)
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Marstallbrücke in Lübeck, Germany:  The vertical lift bridge was built between 1896 and 1900 carries, inter alia, a port railway track.  Note the curved rails on the straight bridge.  Edited by user 12 July 2024 11:57:03(UTC)
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I remember now, while reviewing this thread, that I have some pictures of the tourist train that opens this thread, with the steam locomotive  
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And here are a couple of locomotives of the same Riotinto mining railway, one preserved, and an abandoned Garratt. You can watch others at the museum.  
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