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MC'S UST - Graffiti Art On Trains

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Comments(2) May 17, 2012

Train to Hestra Sweden (Alvesta Station) Sweden

So during my Europe trip (the Scandanavian Portion) we stopped in Alvesta Station to change trains from Stockholm before going on to Hestra. The train ride was REALLY strange. It was a train car of a TON of students. It was completely full, standing room only (though strangely our tickets said we were SEATED) and there was this one young woman.. probably 18 or so with headphones on rocking back and forth on a step and quietly singing right next to us. It felt a bit twilightzoneish. Thats all I have for this photo..

Oh.. wait.. the red thing on the right witht he black. I think it was my backpack and jacket. The red is a little too saturated but I didnt have time to fix.
I was going to clone stamp the whole bit out but in the end decided it adds a certain amount of depth to the whole thing.

Comments(2) May 16, 2012

miss the train, catch a photo

Our reward for sprinting up the steps to catch our train was to watch in dismay as it chugged along and out of sight. So... we had a lot of time to kill at the station and i took a few photos of this empty train on the opposite platform.

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Comments(2) May 15, 2012

WWII Pennsylvania Railroad, 453 Gave Their Lives - 1945

More than just a classic railroad ad, this series of magazine ads placed by the Pennsylvania Railroad truly demonstrate the patriotism, hard work, and sacrafices that were made by our families, industry, and our nation in fighting for freedom when the whole world was at war.

Produced throughout 1945, these ads posted the running total of Pennsylvania Railroad employees that had entered the Armed Forces and the number that gave their lives for our country.

Numbers for this ad: 49,917 served - 453 gave their lives.

Being too young to have experienced this era directly, I am always awed and humbled by these ads.

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from kocojim

Comments(2) May 13, 2012

Railroad Snow Plow

Railroad Snow Plow, La Veta, Colorado.

La Veta History:

Colonel John Francisco (1820 – 1902) and Judge Henry Daigre (1832 – 1902) formed a partnership and purchased land under the Vigil-St. Vrain Land Grant in 1868. The land was located on a Native American trail used by the Ute tribe (and earlier the Comanches). Joined by Hiram Washington Vasquez (1843 – 1939), Francisco and Daigre built a plaza known as Francisco Fort to supply the Denver mining camps with products from ranching and farming. Ranches and farms like that of the Bela and Fain families were located nearby.

In Spanish, La Veta, translates as “the mineral vein”, which is apropos, given the town's association with mining claims; like the abandoned mining camp of Ojo which is located a few miles from the town. The concrete foundations of the camp can still be seen upon close inspection. Hiram Vasquez said that the town was named by Mexican settlers from a vein of white mineral which they called “La Veta Tierra Blanca”.

By 1876 the Denver and Rio Grande Railway Company -- later the Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad -- built a narrow gauge railroad through a right-of-way to the plaza and 200 acres (0.81 km²) for a town site donated by Francisco and Daigre. The tracks continued over what is known today as “Old La Veta Pass”, completing a trek up to an elevation of 9,382 feet (2,860 m) to a depot built by 1877 in a place known as “Uptop”. The old road, though gravel, can still be traversed by passenger vehicles in good conditions. The new pass, dubbed North La Veta Pass (9,413 ft.), is traversed by US Highway 160, which is paved the entire way. (Wikipedia)

Comments(2) May 10, 2012

Furness Railway Sharp Stewart Class A5 0-4-0 20

Furness Railway Sharp Stewart Class A5 0-4-0 20 approaches Swithland on 28 May 2010

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Comments(2) May 08, 2012

railway 1

abandoned railway that runs from walsall to dudley, i have done a bit of research andi believe this railway has been here since 1847.

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Comments(2) May 07, 2012

Train Ride Back

I'm kinda on a theme here with the train shots...

For some reason we had a steamie pulling us, but on the return trip there was a diesel. I was actually happy about this because it gave me a chance to hang out of the side of the "open car" and shoot some shots. You don't want to do this with a steamie leading the way...you'll be cleaning soot from your face, hair and camera.

Link: MBesantPhoto

Comments(2) May 06, 2012

The Yass Town Railway Bridge - 6

The Yass Town railway truss is highly significant because it was the major component of infrastructure on the historic (infamous) Yass Tramway. It is a highly visible and imposing structure and it set the course for the adoption of American bridge technology in lieu of the previous dominance of British bridges so favoured by John Whitton. Despite being abandoned, it still retains its original fabric. It is a landmark structure in the history of railway bridges in New South Wales.

Historical Notes: When the extension of the Main South Railway from Goulburn to Cootamundra was being planned in 1870 it was intended to take the line into Yass Town. However, following a site visit by Engineer-in-Chief John Whitton who recognised the route would involve more than one crossing of the Yass River by expensive iron bridges, the line was shifted 5 kms (3 miles) north which required no crossings of the river but bypassed the town. Despite the vehement protests of the townsfolk, the Departmental route was adopted and the line was completed to Bowning (north west of Yass) in July 1876 with a station about 3 km (2 miles) north of Yass Town.

So, although the Yass residents could not have the main line through their town, they persistently petitioned successive governments to have a branch line and were eventually successful. In 1889 the Minister for Public Works authorised construction of a lightweight railway or tramway from the renamed main line station, Yass Junction to the town. It could have stopped at the Yass River with passengers and goods transhipped the short distance into town via the existing iron lattice road bridge. But no, the tramway had to go into the town, so a large (200 feet) span steel truss was built over the river.

The bridge represented a gross over capitalisation of a line that would prove to be operationally expensive and never showed a profit. Contractors Kerr & Cronin completed the line in July 1891 for £13,156 and McMasters’ bridge cost £5,412 in an all up cost of £27,318. So the bridge represented 20% of the final cost, just to satisfy town ego and have a grand opening ceremony in the town by the Governor, Earl of Jersey, on 20th April 1892.

Despite the Railway’s displeasure with the line, the bridge was in fact a technical milestone. Prior to this, the dominant main line metal bridge was the heavy wrought iron lattice truss, fully imported from England. But on the eve of John Whitton’s retirement, the winds of change were blowing. The technical and economic merits of American bridges was widely recognised and independent groups of engineers in the Railway Construction Branch under Henry Deane, the Existing Lines Branch under George Cowdery and those in the Tramway Branch were designing and planning to construct large American steel trusses and Yass got the first.

Physical Description: A single span, lightweight steel Pratt truss of 61m (200ft) span on brick piers with timber beam approaches.

Source: NSW Office of Environment & Heritage, Heritage Branch Website online database at www.heritage.nsw.gov.au/07_subnav_01_2.cfm?itemid=5012296.
Photos: Yass Rail Bridge – views by John Immig 2005

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Comments(2) May 05, 2012