My Trip to Folkston, GA
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Meanwhile the Amtrak AutoTrain comes through.
Eventually the SD40-2s come back and took away their consist.
Here's something interesting, on Friday an Amtrak train came through and this happened.
:hehe: :hehe:
I'm not entirely sure what happened, the gate just ended up like this. It was either clipped by a car or it just did it on its own. BTW I took about an hour of video so I will make a video soon and post a link here.
Robby :wave:
Meanwhile the Amtrak AutoTrain comes through.
Eventually the SD40-2s come back and took away their consist.
Here's something interesting, on Friday an Amtrak train came through and this happened.
:hehe: :hehe:
I'm not entirely sure what happened, the gate just ended up like this. It was either clipped by a car or it just did it on its own. BTW I took about an hour of video so I will make a video soon and post a link here.
Robby :wave:
norfolksouthern37
what's a normal map?
nice pics. its fun there isnt it.
about the boxcars, are you sure they were not being taken up to be switched just beyond the jct there? ive seen them do this before and it kinda seems unlikely that they would happen to have the 2nd boxcar come up with faulty brakes and then haul it off to a yard seeing as how that would take i dunno, forever.
about the boxcars, are you sure they were not being taken up to be switched just beyond the jct there? ive seen them do this before and it kinda seems unlikely that they would happen to have the 2nd boxcar come up with faulty brakes and then haul it off to a yard seeing as how that would take i dunno, forever.
brickbuilder711
yard yobs
I wish I could head there one day, neat shots!
Thanks for the comments everyone. For the broken boxcar, all I know is that the SD40-2s took the boxcar away and they came back without it. There was a guy at the platform with the ATCS Monitor program (which allows users to see where each train is in a certain area, I highly recommend it) but he left before that train came through, so I don't know where they took it.
Robby :wave:
Robby :wave:
jadebullet
might be back?
Isn't that against safety regulations to be riding on the boxcar like that. It is on the railroad that I worked for.
As far as I know, you are very correct. It is against Occupational health and Safety, and is just damned dangerous.
I have seen people killed riding in that manner. I am also a bit curious about the clothes, they obviously do not have the same requirements for wearing PPE, or do they?
Good photos though, seems like a great spot.
Pete :wave:
jadebullet
might be back?
My brother in law lost a friend to being coupled. It isn't pretty because it crimps you, so you are technically alive as long as the cars stay coupled.
I finally got my two-part video of Folkston on youtube. Sorry for the shaking and blurring, I don't have a tripod (yet) and my camera kept auto-focusing during the night scenes.
Part 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e6gTOkqc1_E
Part 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VKuoaV0jbcA
Hope you all enjoy!
Robby :wave:
Part 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e6gTOkqc1_E
Part 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VKuoaV0jbcA
Hope you all enjoy!
Robby :wave:
Nice Pics!
I shudder whenever I see an Amtrak or CSX or any other form of American Railway transport. Whilst the world has left modernism for postmodernism, the US is just walking into modernism with Amtrak's new updates. I can't wait to see the Viewliner baggages and diners. I hope they will be on by 2010 when I go on my X-Country Trip
I shudder whenever I see an Amtrak or CSX or any other form of American Railway transport. Whilst the world has left modernism for postmodernism, the US is just walking into modernism with Amtrak's new updates. I can't wait to see the Viewliner baggages and diners. I hope they will be on by 2010 when I go on my X-Country Trip
Thanks, it is a Panasonic Mini-DV camera with 30X optical zoom. Funny that I just realized that there is in fact manual focus on it, I just didn't know where the switch was.
So I guess I'll make sure to switch to manual during night shooting.Thanks for the comments everyone!
Robby :wave: