SD40-2 No.3553 works an afternoon local passenger service to Fort Kent as it is seen passing Boyles Point on 20th August 2023:
A pair of New Haven FL9s out of Grand Central Terminal with a service toward New Haven. Note how the cab casts shadow, but the engine cover doesn't. A BR 151 in oceanblue-beige paint with a matching set of UIC-X coaches tours the Semmeringbahn. The top of the coach affects the shadows in a slightly cute way. A Class 33 with Mk2 coaches on the Portsmouth Direct Line during the Network Southeast era. Shooting from this angle reveals that there is a driver on both ends of the loco. Closing off is a duo from a winter run on the NJCL - a welcome sight in current scorching summer. (It could also be salt from the sea during a very dry season, between bone dry trees. Our bleak future?)
On a bleak, wet, rainy morning of Autumn; Rio Grande EMD GP9 '5951' is in charge of assembling a train of empty coal wagons together at Roper Railway Yard in Salt Lake City, Utah to form an empty coal train later headed for Provo. Loco: EMD GP9 Route: Salt Lake City
Earlier today, I bought two items on sale at Caledonia Works, one being its fairly recent GER S69 / LNER B12. The below images were captured during two short run attempts from London Kings Cross to Peterborough on . . . get ready for it . . . ECML: London to Peterborough steam-store route. Traveling on the EMCL, the loco is seen in one of its numerous LNER configurations. In a departure from norm, image 1 is devoted to a pre-departure glimpse of the B-12's interior. Side windows have already been slid open and the cab lamp turned on. Auto Fireman should be engaged, but lack of firebox glow puts that in question: Departing Kings Cross. The B12 is here coded as a Stopping Service: The remaining captures show the loco coded as an Express Service, the train being deemed too long for a Stopping Service: Two at Finsbury Park: The run proceeded little further. It dawned on me that I probably should have opted for London-Peterborough (FAST) rather than London-Peterborough (SLOW), so I threw in the towel, to begin afresh another session.
Do you know about simonmd's BR's ECML in the workshop? Has a few signaling issues but otherwise could suit your run.
Thanks for the suggestion. I had not known about the Workshop route you mention. It looks right up my alley. Alas, I'll need to wait for a good discount on the one requirement I currently lack before DLing it.
Route: Semmeringbahn Train: OBB 1116. Testing RWEnhancer on Semmeringbahn. VS the original (the last one actually looks surprisingly good) :
The southbound "Coast Starlight" waits at Oakland Jack London Square - coming soon on the Peninsula Corridor route extension.
Route: WCML Over Shap, WCML North, Frankfurt-Koblenz, Settle-Carlisle. Train: AP Class 150, AP Class 92, AP Class 66, DB BR 429 , AP Class 90. Random Picture Compilation! 1) Nighttime run. 2) Fueled up! 3) Viaduct views. 4) Aggregate carrier. 5) Swiss crafter!
I hoped to buy one more Caledonia Works locomotive, after the month change, to take advantage of its almost-ended sale. Only, I couldn't decide which loco most interested me. Then, at the last minute, CW announced that it has revamped its LSWR T3 pack to include Loco No. 563, in honor of the T3's first overhaul in 75 years. It's what I settled on. For a quick look-see I plopped No 563 down at Bournemouth on GAD's Dorset Coast route. It hauls a short rake of AP's MK1 coaches. All images were captured very early in the run, at or within sight of Bournemouth Central, on a cloudy summer morning. The session began at 0550 local time, to give me time to fuel the boiler before a theoretical 0600 departure. (The T3 being an older CW release, I didn't have Otto the Fireman to rely on.) Two views of the train stationary at the station, pre-departure. AP's SW2 Cloud add-on is quite appealing here: Departing Bournemouth, cylinder cocks engaged: Images 1-3 were captured with the camera in roaming mode (k8), pre-positioned for good composition and framing. I can't recall if image 4 was captured thusly or is one of my typical (k2) catch-as-catch-can grabs. Either way, it is my overall pick of the litter, the one added to my Win10 Desktop Background folder. Bournemouth station remains visible at distance, on the far side of the overpass: I did not save this run in progress. There was no real need to, me shutting it down within sight of point-of-original. I might well tackle it again within the next few days, driving to completion, both for the fun of the drive and its potential for excellent capture opportunities.
Moving on to the Southern Pacific SD45. It has been released in two more variants, UP and Southern, the latter maybe suitable for Saluda. They come with a similar set of wagons. This loco has a lot of nice little details, probably showing it off next week. Just like with the Cab Forward, some wagons (the caboose, probably) have excessive brake effort, so it's a bit tricky to stop at. The sun angle isn't fortunate in the first scenario, but overall I like this scene in Reno. Technically an intro, story-wise taking a short mixed consist towards Colfax. (Why do we take lumber up to Donner Pass?) The EWS Executive Class 67 moving Caledonian Sleepers over Settle-Carlisle. Let's call it a Director Special. (Wow, it was already 16 months ago! Time is flying.) I also took the Alco RS-11 to Donner, seen here leaving Reno for the climb up the eastern slope. You can apply brakes slowly and precisely with this loco, so it's suitable for descents. On a rainy autumn day, NJ Transit GP40PH-2B with Comet coaches approaches Newark. River Rail Photo (Marc Glucksman) on Facebook shares plenty from this area. Another NJ Transit train - an ALP-46 shoves bilevels on the Coast Line.
National Railway Museum Gresley Class A3 '103' 'Flying Scotsman' leads an eight coach long Christmas railtour along the Brighton Main Line from London Victoria to Brighton during the Winter morning hours of 2012. Loco: LNER Gresley Class A3 Route: London to Brighton
A Metronom Bombardier Double-deck Coach leads a short passenger train on an Uelzen to Hamburg Hbf service as the sun begins to rise during an Autumn morning of 2013. Heavy focus on the moon for this group of screenshots as I was trying to get some good opportunities to submit in this week's unofficial screenshot competition with the theme being of the moon. Locos: Bombardier Double-deck Coach, DB Class 146 Route: Hamburg-Hanover
Light showers rain down in Scotland as British Railways Class J50 '68978' leads a 3 coach long Autumn morning passenger train from Stranraer Town to Newton Stewart covering a distance of around 23 miles with stops at Castle Kennedy, Dunragit, Glenluce and Kirkcowan in between. Loco: LNER Class J50 Route: Western Lines of Scotland
Part 2 of a chronological pictorial depiction of a recent early daylight Stopping Service QD from Bournemouth Central to Swanage on GAD's Dorset Coast route. Our train is headed by LSWR T3 No.563, newly available as an update to Caledonia Works LSWR T3 Pack, in honor of the real-life T3's first overhaul to working condition in 75 years. It hauls four AP MK1 coaches. Part 1 saw the train depart Bournemouth circa 0600 on a cloudy summer morn. Now, a few stops later, we glimpse the train as it stands paused at . . . Parkston: Pulling out of Poole, cylinder cocks engaged: Camera location unchanged, we swivel to capture the train slightly further along, just prior to closing cylinder cocks: Steaming through a more rustic landscape, not terribly far beyond Poole station: TO BE CONTINUED . . .
Melrose to Haynes Yard on the Saluda Grade - Pt Two... I do love this route. It is great to see another mainline for Norfolk Southern in TSC. Most likely my new favourite route for a time I guess. Many great views and great to see in QD that the yards are populated. Of course, I'll still have to revisit some old favourites, as well.
Yes I would recommend the route, regardless, The grade is challenging, but the whole route has some great views. One of the trains was a Saluda consist, the others more modern though. Below is another, with the new NS SD70ACu leader (SD70ACu: Which I like as well - I have read some bad reviews, but I do like it & reading the manual, it operates well)
Part 3 of a chronological depiction of a recent early daylight Stopping Service QD, from Bournemouth Central to Swanage, on GAD's Dorset Coast route. Our train is headed by LSWR T3 No.563, newly available as an update to Caledonia Works LSWR T3 Pack, in honor of the real-life T3's first overhaul to working condition in 75 years. It pulls four AP MK1 coaches. Hamworthy Junction Station: Same locale, different camera position: Not far beyond the station: This was added to my Windows Desktop Background folder: This wasn't (but is still an OK capture, imo): RW Enhancer 2, AP S&W 2 + Cloud Pack TO BE CONTINUED . . .
Route: WCML south, WCML Over Shap, GEML London-Ipswich, WCML Trent Valley, Frankfurt Koblenz. Train: APT Class 370, DB BR 429, Class 47, Class 321, VT Class 390. Random Picture Compilation! 1) Swiss Crafter Pt.2! 2) A Pleasant Train. 3) Ipswich tunnel. 4) Good old Virgin trains. 5) 80s style.
Side view of the black'n'red SD45-2. Since the DLC supplies a livery introduced during the late 1980s, these engines are supposed to be weary by now. I like the weathering and detail touches on it, even if it certainly isn't entirely perfect. I was pondering a couple causes as to why the same author is putting less effort to their offerings; maybe some railroads would prefer pristine models, also the antialiasing plays a huge role in displaying grilles and lattices - visible here, too, but particularly affecting the supplied covered hoppers. Really happy with this never perfect shot / location on the Canadian Mountain Passes. Leading, you'd get headlights but multiple locos. Trailing, this. Regardless, those are nuances. Tehachapi might be famous but the Yoho Spiral Tunnels are just as fun! Except when the leading loco derails inside, downhill, in real life, like a few years ago. The claret Class 67 leads a rake of Mk1s. I think these are from Falmouth branch, showing the color variations. And now it rolled, so it goes from the pool. Late afternoon on Bristol-Exeter sees a BR Class 33 leading some Mk2s. I also added one to the rear this run, creating Poor Man's HST. A BR Green Class 33 leads a branch service on Weardale & Teesdale.
Here we see refurbished Fist Great Western Class 143 '143617' leading an afternoon Paignton bound service from Exeter St Davids to Dawlish covering a distance of 12 miles on the way with stops at Exeter St. Thomas, Starcross and Dawlish Warren in between during the Summer of 2014. Loco: British Rail Class 143 Route: The Riviera Line: Exeter - Paignton
A 1969's Summers morning sees Santa Fe GE U28CGs '350', '353', '351' and '357' in charge of Train 100, Santa Fe's eastbound intermodal Super C freight service with a total of 34 freight wagons. Beginning at East Flagstaff; the train departs from a signal after waiting for the Super C's westbound counterpart; Train 99, to pass by. Afterwards, the train continues on to Winslow for a crew change covering a distance of around 55 miles. Loco: EMD GP35, GE U28CG Route: Arizona Divide: Winslow - Williams
Part 4 of a chronological depiction of a recent early daylight Stopping Service QD, from Bournemouth Central to Swanage, on GAD's Dorset Coast route. Our train is headed by LSWR T3 No.563, newly available as an update to Caledonia Works LSWR T3 Pack, in honor of the real-life T3's first overhaul to working condition in 75 years. It pulls four AP MK1 coaches. Holton Heath: Pulling in to Wareham station: Wareham Station, a more traditional view: Two typical traveling-through-the-countryside captures: RW Enhancer 2, AP S&W 2 + Cloud Pack TO BE CONTINUED . . .
New South Wales 422 Class leads the afternoon Orange to Sydney train at Wimbledon (NSW) in October 1988:
Part 5 of a six-part chronological depiction of a recent early daylight Stopping Service QD, from Bournemouth Central to Swanage, on GAD's Dorset Coast route. Our train is headed by LSWR T3 No.563, newly available as an update to Caledonia Works LSWR T3 Pack, in honor of the real-life T3's first overhaul to working condition in 75 years. It pulls four AP MK1 coaches. Three standard traversing-the-countryside captures: Corfe Castle, our penultimate stop, its ruins seen perched atop a mound at distance: Another view of the train at Corfe Castle station: RW Enhancer 2, AP S&W 2 + Cloud Pack TO BE CONTINUED . . .
The afternoon sun begins to set on NJ Transit Bombardier ALP-45DP '4501' leading NJ Transit Train 645 originating from Hoboken with NJ Transit Bombardier Comet IV '5022' on the rear of the 6 coach long train. Here the train has made its first stop of the journey at Newark Broad Street and will stop at another 10 stations on the Morristown Line before joining the Montclair-Boontoon Line and reaching its final destination of Dover covering a distance of around 32 miles during the Autumn of 2017. \ Locos: Bombardier ALP-45DP, Bombardier Comet IV Route: North Jersey Coast & Morristown Lines
Fluff time - Saturday evening mood (fortunately, not). Challenge - Find me a smile! ps.: Did this thread stopped loading pictures for other people as well, again? For a few days now it shows a mix. It works without the # but it's a bit annoying.
Yeah, it began happening to me too. I've tried to see the who of this post (of yours) during several visits, with no success. Oddly (or not), The two posts immediately below yours (just above this reply) load just fine.
Weekly time. While I stick to sharing recent ones in sequence, it might be helpful to note that old Kuju summer assets work particularly well as late summer, early autumn, being a bit on the dry side, slightly brown. I also had an interesting discovery. There is some nostalgia weekend for us yet again, I was lucky to be enjoying my view when our class 424 (photo) was passing by. Minimal smoke and steam, nice and efficient. I personally find clag polluting and thus usually classify steam engines as polluting ones, given photos. Apparently the practical reality is much cleaner. Also, the whole train made less sound than a random car, certainly less than any electric. (Our old ones are pretty loud.) To finish the experience however, I was startled today morning by the loudest ship horn ever. Whistle, my bum. It was a proper steam whistle, no mistake, but it was as loud as any horn these days. Story time over. First, here is an SD45 leaving the storage at Truckee, to pick up its consist and leave for Reno / Sparks. Of more recent history would be an SD70M leading with a Dash 9, up-grade. Autumn colors on the new PDL are a bit earlier, like late September. A BR Blue Class 421 splits the view. Class 67s certainly needed a lot of repainting - EWS to DB this to DB that. On top of a fleet already as colorful as the string of containers behind Santa Claus (I always associate schenker with Geschenk, which means present, gift). Like last week, random gave me a shot that I've shared a few times in competitions. (I kept these because I was also sharing on Steam.) The loco is from the Class 33 pack, the Mk2 from the Class 47, but it's all about the girl.
