Welcome To My City: Railfanning in Cincinnati

[cookiemae]

Welcome to my city, The Queen City, The 513, Porkopolis, The Nasty Nati...
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CINCINNATI, OHIO!!!

You guys are not ready for how us railfans in the Queen City get down!
Over 100 trains a day, who can mess with us? Its time to show you guys how its done in my hometown...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=57LBQe3tZWQ

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M1LxSOOdmTo

 

[0099]

Was the top left photo used in the now dead wheres wally thread ??

 

[tdstaylor]

Sweet! I live in Mason on the Indiana & Ohio line. My 2 favorite places in the area are Glendale in the parking lot across from the old station on the CSX, and Hamilton where CSX and NS come together. Cool thing about Glendale is the parking lot is like 200 feet from some old B&O era signals! (And yes, they still operate!) Cool to see a native around here! You have any reccomendations for me? You can never have enough railfanning spots!

 

[cookiemae]

Was the top left photo used in the now dead wheres wally thread ??

I have no idea.

 

[cookiemae]

Sweet! I live in Mason on the Indiana & Ohio line. My 2 favorite places in the area are Glendale in the parking lot across from the old station on the CSX, and Hamilton where CSX and NS come together. Cool thing about Glendale is the parking lot is like 200 feet from some old B&O era signals! (And yes, they still operate!) Cool to see a native around here! You have any reccomendations for me? You can never have enough railfanning spots!

Cool man, nice to see someone in my area around here. Glendale is a really good spot, I often go to the station and watch trains from the platform which puts you within 3 feet of the actual train. There is a fence there ofcourse.

Another good spot is the dirt road off of Clifton ave in Winton Place, just south of Krogers and Blockbuster on Mitchell ave. It is the same spot where "Sunrise to Sunset" filmed at.

Also check out Tower A in Union Terminal, which is open to the public.

 

[cookiemae]

Also check this out...

Newly added this one to the main post already.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M1LxSOOdmTo

 

[rjhowie]

Caught the pride in 100 trains a day. In Glasgow the Central Station alone handles 600 passenger trains a day and 5 minutes walk away is Queen Street Station which although unsure of the number of passenger trains will well run into 3 figures with it's smaller offering of 8 passenger platforms!

 

[illinoiscentral]

Very nice pics! Railfanning is awesome I'll have to come see it for myself!
PS ever heard of Wild Hogs?LOL

 

[cookiemae]

Very nice pics! Railfanning is awesome I'll have to come see it for myself!
PS ever heard of Wild Hogs?LOL

Yeah man, come and check it out!

No, never heard of Wild Hogs.

 

[illinoiscentral]

Wild Hogs is a movie filmed or based on four guys from Cincinnati! Funny movie! Check it out sometime at your local video store!

 

[007007]

I've railfanned at Winton Place before. Action was steady but slow speeds kinda put a damper on the fun. I was also scared for my life. Not a good neighbor hood...

 

[cookiemae]

I've railfanned at Winton Place before. Action was steady but slow speeds kinda put a damper on the fun. I was also scared for my life. Not a good neighbor hood...

Every once in a while, a train will come in at about 30 or 40 MPH, but most trains going out of Queensgate are either stopped at Winton Place, or are throttling up thru Winton Place.Action is very constant, and no, Winton Place is not the most pleasant neighborhood in the city.

 

[cookiemae]

Newly added this one to the main post already.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M1LxSOOdmTo

Disregard.

 

[007007]

Here is the only shot I really liked from my trip to Cincinnasty! :hehe:

http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=192828


Steve

 

[cookiemae]

Here is the only shot I really liked from my trip to Cincinnasty! :hehe:

http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=192828


Steve

Thats a nice catch, those C39-8s are becoming rare to see on the point of a train these days.