Steamshots USA..Lets See Some Steam Shots..

[Railwoodman]

Ken..... you continue to prove to us you just can't take a bad shot . Jezzes Fantastic shots again sir .. jacksonbarno Your shots all ways have me asking ? Where dose he get such toys , and will he let us play with some of these ? ( only kidding ) Fantastic shot sir .

Between the two of you , dang if I could do half as good .


Matt

 

[evilcrow]

re post #2781 Railwoodman

Thank you Matt.

Ken

 

[normhart]

Brr! Enough snow, #606 hauls a short sleeper section on a nice, hot summer's day. The engineer has got his door open and his head out the window enjoying the breeze.

 

[daylightrain]

Nice shots Norm.

And yes, I can agree with you, enough snow! We just got another 5-7 inches the other day and now its bitter cold. Need to retreat to a warm, tropical climate.

 

[flyboy559]

Brr! Enough snow, #606 hauls a short sleeper section on a nice, hot summer's day. The engineer has got his door open and his head out the window enjoying the breeze.

You got that right. I got two inches of snow after 9 inches of rain.

 

[evilcrow]

NKP......507 local pick up

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[evilcrow]

PRR....... Heading to the sun

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[evilcrow]

SP.........Night meet

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[dundun92]

Nice shots Norm.

And yes, I can agree with you, enough snow! We just got another 5-7 inches the other day and now its bitter cold. Need to retreat to a warm, tropical climate.

No snow over here...

 

[daylightrain]

Consider yourself lucky.

Now for some Trainz:

In 1918-1919 the Union Pacific acquired 40 Alco-Built USRA Standard 2-8-2 Mikados after absorbing the Oregon Short Line and Oregon Washington Railroad & Navigation. Although only a small portion out of the 600+ built, the UP substantially modified them throughout their service lives, giving them quite a unique appearance. Changes included tall Sweeney stacks, extended coal bunkers, Union Pacific standard appliances and fittings, and minor aesthetic changes. Some locomotives were refitted with Nicholson thermic syphons to increase firebox heating surface and increase horsepower.

Here we see ex-OSL Mikado #2480 heading a fast freight. By 1955 all but a few Mk-Specials where left on the UP mainline, with most being reassigned to branchlines or downright scrapped.

 

[HTF_SETH]

 

[jcbeytien]

That's what I like to see steam engines back in action, even though photo charters didn't seemed to be real for me

 

[Qwerty123456789]

 

[ktain.ny]

I'm so happy I have this. Behold, the beautiful stormsirens2 Big Boy, #4006. Changed the whistle, looks and sounds awesome now.

Don't ask me for it, some one who's permitted to give it out gave it to me

 

[Railwoodman]

Matt

 

[evilcrow]

RE POST #2795 Railwoodman

Very nice, Matt

Ken

 

[Mark1223]

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Qwerty123456789, I love the photo of the D16sb and P70 coaches! Very nice!

 

[Qwerty123456789]

Qwerty123456789, I love the photo of the D16sb and P70 coaches! Very nice!

Ah thank you, thank you. This is just a little diorama I quickly mocked up. Shame about all the trees and their alpha textures in TS12.

Don't mind the freeintcam numbers

 

[mikelj001]

 

[daylightrain]

The unusually hot summer this year has left the earth scorched. Thankfully, a northwestern storm has made its way to the UP mainline, renewing the earth and replenishing precious water, which had been running quite low for the mighty UP. In this storm we catch UP Mk-Special #2480 bringing a 55 car coal train to Cheyenne. Being a smaller, less resource intensive locomotive, She and her kind have been worked hard this summer trying to keep the traffic flowing without the big engines for help.

The signals show green as UP #2840 accelerates, ready to charge the remaining mile or so of grade. After that its downhill. The engineer will have to careful, as wet, slippery rails and heavy coal trains are not a good combination.

After 2 or so hours of rain, the storm finally lets up as #2480 approaches the 20 mile mark away from Cheyenne.