Foggy Friday
Newcastle, California in the fog. F59 2013 (I think) leads Capitol Corridor train 729 west through Newcastle. I'd hiked from the grade crossing west to where the tracks split and set up expecting the
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Mike Tisdale
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Devore Thursday
A? couple of trains at Devore, Cajon Pass, California in April 1982 https://www.flickr.com/photos/10813293@N08/albums/72157712068623928 Mike Tisdale
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Mike Tisdale
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Foggy Night for Wednesday
A foggy January 1981 night in Davis, California image016-Davis | | | | | | | | | | | image016-Davis A couple waits in the valley fog at the SP/Amtrak station in Davis, California. It is 21 January
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Mike Tisdale
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Lobato to Cumbres for Tuesday
Climbing the 4% grade of Cumbres Pass through the golden aspens of autumn behind a pair of K-36 2-8-2s. Lobato to Cumbres on C&TS, 9 Oct 2019 | | | | | | | | | | | Lobato to Cumbres on C&TS, 9 Oct
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Mike Tisdale
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Caliente from Cliff Monday
A southbound freight rounds the horseshoe curve at Caliente, California as seen from the detouring Coast Starlight at Cliff. The Starlight went down the valley and over Tehachapi that day due to UP
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Mike Tisdale
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Swiss Sunday
Trains of the Bern-Lotschberg-Simplon Railway at Kandersteg, Switzerland.? Kandersteg is located at the north end of the Lotschberg Tunnel. bimage078-Kandersteg | | | | | | | | | | |
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Mike Tisdale
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Roseville Sunset for Saturday
Some photos taken on Friday of UP at Roseville in the late afternoon and early evening. Roseville Sunset, 29 November 2019 | | | | | | | | | | | Roseville Sunset, 29 November 2019 I stopped by
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Mike Tisdale
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CZ Friday
Day two of our trip on the California Zephyr to Glenwood Springs in October 2019 California Zephyr, Book Cliffs to Glenwood Springs, 5 Oct 2019 | | | | | | | | | | | California Zephyr, Book Cliffs to
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Mike Tisdale
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Cumbres and Toltec for Thanksgiven
Let's take a ride on the Cumbres and Toltec.? Chama and first bit of the 4% grade out of Chama to the Lobato Trestle. C&TS Chama, New Mexico to Lobato Trestle, 9 Oct 2019 | | | | | | | | | | | C&TS
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Mike Tisdale
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Waterfront Wednesday
UP 5113 leads a westbound manifest train along San Pablo Bay at Herculdes, California on a sunny day in July 2016.?? DSC_0456-Hercules-5113 | | | | | | | | | | | DSC_0456-Hercules-5113 Oakland,
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Mike Tisdale
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Re: Book Page Counts
This SPF (slobbering Pennsy fan) admits to a huge admiration for the NYC, earned by being able to visit so many hotspots when I lived in and around the Big Apple. But seriously, 800 pages? Mother of
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David Reaves
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Re: Book Page Counts
Yes, I think 800 pages is more than a bit excessive. If you divided this up into two or three volumes, then a slipcover might be justified. Unfortunately, many people with great subject knowledge do
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Ernest H. Robl
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Re: Book Page Counts
Dave, I'm also a born and raised New Yorker (Brooklyn and Queens). I never thought much of the "I love NY" slogan, because I couldn't see the point. Another slogan, "If you see something, say
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Phil Burton
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Re: Book Page Counts
800 pages?? Yeah, I'd think volumes 1 and 2 would be in order.? David Myrick did multiple volumes for his Railroads of Nevada and Railroads of Arizona books, rather than have a massive book that
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Mike Tisdale
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Re: Book Page Counts
Phil, greetings, again. "Silver Rails Through the Heart of the Park" is the title, published by the NYCSHS. The price through Ron's Books is $112.00, postage free. The USPS Media Mail rate is probably
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Dave Saums
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Re: Book Page Counts
Dave, What you are saying, I think, is that Metro-North has more historical awareness than say Caltrain. Kudos to NJ Transit for its recent Heritage loco paint schemes. But it's not fiddle-faddle,
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Phil Burton
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Book Page Counts
Okay, let's get serious. Enough about the Black Widow fiddle-faddle, you wild optimists. We had New York Central lightning stripes on Metro North FL9s and on E8s, so us East Coast types have died and
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Dave Saums
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Re: Rainy Day SD9 for Tuesday
I would be thrilled to see an F40 in black widow paint, even with the Caltrain logo on the side. But I doubt that the Caltrain board, which is actually a ¡°subsidiary¡± of SamTrans, the San Mateo
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Phil Burton
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Re: Rainy Day SD9 for Tuesday
Who know, maybe Caltrain might give us a black widow F40 or red/scarlet MP36.? :-)? I doubt if anyone would complain.? The cabbage cars Caltrans uses on the San Joaquins with the Comet cars are in
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Mike Tisdale
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Re: Rainy Day SD9 for Tuesday
Mike, That is one beautiful SD9. I sure miss the old SP from the time that they ran the SF-SJ commuter service. I guess it¡¯s too much for Caltrain to paint some engines and passenger cars in SP
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Phil Burton
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