Steamshots USA..Lets See Some Steam Shots..
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shebashetan7
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Anyway...
-Ben
Is the setting of that shot late 1940's? The St. Louis-San Francisco gave up steam earlier than most in the 50's; '51 to '52 was the twilight of steam on the Frisco.
Trainz_12_fan_100
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That's a sexy shot Ben
jacksonbarno
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UP 3710 roars out of tunnel number 2 at Alray, California, holding back 97 cars destined for Los Angeles. Maintenance on track 2 necessitated the temporary re-route of westbound traffic over the newer 1913 line, between Summit and Pine Lodge. It's the summer of 1940, and as the effects of the depression are beginning to fade, traffic is beginning to pick back up again. With war brewing on the horizon, it wont be long before railroads are stretched to their capacity.
shebashetan7
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October Sky - Norfolk & Western 4501
Whistles a' blowin and bells-a-ringing, Southern Railway-leased N&W Ms-1 Mikado #4501 steams past the camera en route to Parker, WV with a full coal drag, 1957.
Whistles a' blowin and bells-a-ringing, Southern Railway-leased N&W Ms-1 Mikado #4501 steams past the camera en route to Parker, WV with a full coal drag, 1957.
jacksonbarno
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ATSF 3789 waits in the siding at Gish with a westbound extra in 1954. Both the siding at this location and the 2-10-2 in charge of the train do not have much time left. The Santa Fe eliminated the siding in 1955, and a year later the massive 2-10-2s were all taken off the roster.
Trainz_12_fan_100
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Thats a beautiful shot norm. May I ask, what route it that?
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I do believe that it is camouflage for amphibious operations, after all, who would question rubber duckies floating around in their harbor?
Note this is the "Steamshots" thread and the dirigible is steam powered.
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That, along with the ducky tanks and the older style battleship, are from MilitaryTrainz, <kuid2:201734:50418:1> Heinkel globo 813 by coutumariee https://www.militarytrainz.com/
They take a little digging to find.
She is a magnificent craft.
on my to do list is add some crew and smoke at some point.
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Yeah, I couldn't find it again either. Perhaps you should drop coutumariee a PM or something.
Add my to the list! This would be a perfect addition to Zinzinnati Zeppelin's executive private dirigible line
.Dave
About 10 miles out of town is where many of the railroads start to converge to gain access to the Cincinnati stations; Cincinnati Grand Central and Cincinnati Union Terminal.
Here we catch the Midwest Hiawatha blasting through one of the city's industrial areas.
She's heading for the Western Hills viaduct and another converging line is just to the west of her.
Just passing the stockyards/ slaughterhouses and Zinzinnati Zeppelin.
She's in town now.
Passing the big wye and getting ready to back in to her track.
Dave
Here we catch the Midwest Hiawatha blasting through one of the city's industrial areas.
She's heading for the Western Hills viaduct and another converging line is just to the west of her.
Just passing the stockyards/ slaughterhouses and Zinzinnati Zeppelin.
She's in town now.
Passing the big wye and getting ready to back in to her track.
Dave
jacksonbarno
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UP 3812 leads the first section of the all-Pullman Los Angeles Limited up Cajon Pass in the spring of 1942. While streamliners epitomized the glitz and glamor of the rails, even in wartime, the burden of moving passengers, troops, and mail fell on secondary trains like this. Second, third, and fourth sections of secondary tier passenger trains became the norm, and railroads sometimes struggled to keep up with travel demand.
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