Wats your favorite RR land mark or scen of intrest??

[Anonymous]

My "other" vote is for the Keddie Wye on the UP (originally Western Pacific) in the fantastic Feather River Canyon. Wish I could find more space on my layout to do this area justice even with selective compression.

[Vampire]

I like Fostoria, Ohio and its "Iron Triangle". Lots of trains running on former C&O, B&O and NKP lines, now run by CSX and NS. Tehachapi Loop and Horseshoe Curve probably tie for second.

[Anonymous]

Actually, my favorite RR site isn't anything famous. In fact, there's not much left to it. It's what's left of the yard at Mechanicville NY. I found it by accident one evening ten years ago after making a wrong turn down an old gravel road. Most of the track has been either ripped up or is in ruins, but among the remains are an interlocking tower, a sanding facility, and a huge 2-stall engine house that's mostly intact. Granted, the place is a wreck, but just walking around really makes your imagination wonder[^]. Recently I've tried to find out more about the yard and what roads used it. Any info would be great.

[cjcrescent]

Although for now it is closed and in the Railbank, my absolute favorite is Saluda Grade in NC. The grade average is over 4.5% and in places it goes to 5%. And this is on a mainline. While active you could go there and see manuevers than haven't been seen in years, like tripling the hill with a 50 car train, 3 SD-70's or GE C40-W's struggling up the hill with twenty cars in notch-8 and you can walk faster than the train is moving.
Rumor has it that NS will be reopening the grade due to increased traffic from port of Charleston SC, and expansion at the ballast quarries in and around Ashville. Plus there is the matter of any trip by rail to avoid the grade adds 150-200 miles to a trip.

[Anonymous]

QUOTE: Originally posted by yankeejwb

Actually, my favorite RR site isn't anything famous. In fact, there's not much left to it. It's what's left of the yard at Mechanicville NY. I found it by accident one evening ten years ago after making a wrong turn down an old gravel road. Most of the track has been either ripped up or is in ruins, but among the remains are an interlocking tower, a sanding facility, and a huge 2-stall engine house that's mostly intact. Granted, the place is a wreck, but just walking around really makes your imagination wonder[^]. Recently I've tried to find out more about the yard and what roads used it. Any info would be great.

It used to be a D&H/B&M interchange yard, after Guilford took over both railroads the yard was ripped up, today CP (the present owner of the D&H), NS, and Guildford interchange at nearby Mohawk Yard.

[vsmith]

Los Angeles Union Station.

[DavidH]

CP's spiral tunnels. Can't believe no one has mentioned them.

David

[trainfan1221]

Horseshoe is the only significant one I've been to. Lots of trains there...