Coming put of Chicago.
Ok Guys, it's a painting not real, but isn't it great!
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I have been thinking about cabooses. They are certainly an iconic part of railroading, and I would never consider modeling anything in the no-caboose era, but... I do not find them very photogenic.
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I can't put my finger on why, but as far as this topic is considered, they just are not the image that does it for me.
-Kevin
Living the dream.
Kevin ... Your thread is a good idea.
Ray Dunakin ... You suggested a caboose. Here is a shot of one on my layout.
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
Shock ControlFor me, it is probably the illustrations that appeared on Athearn boxes
You know, that illustration on Athearn Blue Boxes that I bought PLENTY of in the 1979-1981 time frame will always spark memories and a warm feeling.
That was right before we moved to South Florida, I switch to N scale, and then created the STRATTON & GILLETTE railroad for myself. Ah. the memories of anytime I had more than $3.00 in my pocket and buying another freight car. I could not get my bike the the hobby shop on 13th street fast enough.
For me, it is probably the illustrations that appeared on Athearn boxes and late 50s Tyco sets. When I see these images, it brings back the excitement I felt as a kid.
And iconic photo? And of the Reading Rail Rambles pulled by one of the T-1 steamers.
Steam was gone, except for the 0-6-0T that hostled locos in the shops, but there it was again, all over the system and sometimes even double-headed.
--Randy
Modeling the Reading Railroad in the 1950's
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I looked on the 'net but couldn't find it. In 1958 my father took me via rail to NYC and Penn Station . I remember streamliners and colored passenger cars of all sorts of railroads.
Henry
COB Potomac & Northern
Shenandoah Valley
MheetuThe B&O EM-1, well like by the crews and not too bad looking.
That is a true statement! I like the look of this locomotive so much that it is the only "non-generic" steamer on the STRATTON & GILLETTE railroad roster.
Beautiful picture.
The B&O EM-1, well like by the crews and not too bad looking.
SeeYou190 No, I have only been to Virginia once, earlier this year. . I visited the USS Wisconsin while I was there. That was amazing. I am going there again in April of 2018, I will try to make a visit to this museum. Thank you. . -Kevin .
No, I have only been to Virginia once, earlier this year.
I visited the USS Wisconsin while I was there. That was amazing. I am going there again in April of 2018, I will try to make a visit to this museum. Thank you.
Opposite side of the state - and it's a WIDE state. Roanoke is a great town thoough. My ex in-laws lived there for a few years while my father in law finished out his years with NS (2 months short on seniority when Conrail was split up, and it was Rooanoke and NS or Jacksonville and CSX.)
https://goo.gl/images/Jy9gdP
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This one
Paul
Heartland Division CB&Q Alantrains I am an Auzzie and a steam fan, but the image I regard as railroading is of a Santa Fe Warbonnet F unit ABA consist with some stainless steel behind it. Alan ... I hate to sound like a rivit counter, but Santa Fe passenger F-units were mostly ABB or ABBA, but almost never ABA. They had more warbonnet F7B's than F7A's. ... That said, I certainly agree with you the Santa Fe warbonnet scheme is icnomic. Kevin ... To me, an iconic railroad image is a Burlington stainless steel EMD E5 locomotive. ... Also, PRR had pictures of Horseshoe curve on its public timetables which were iconic in my opinion.
Alantrains I am an Auzzie and a steam fan, but the image I regard as railroading is of a Santa Fe Warbonnet F unit ABA consist with some stainless steel behind it.
I am an Auzzie and a steam fan, but the image I regard as railroading is of a Santa Fe Warbonnet F unit ABA consist with some stainless steel behind it.
Alan ... I hate to sound like a rivit counter, but Santa Fe passenger F-units were mostly ABB or ABBA, but almost never ABA. They had more warbonnet F7B's than F7A's. ... That said, I certainly agree with you the Santa Fe warbonnet scheme is icnomic.
Kevin ... To me, an iconic railroad image is a Burlington stainless steel EMD E5 locomotive. ... Also, PRR had pictures of Horseshoe curve on its public timetables which were iconic in my opinion.
No problem Garry,
Can't say exactly what consists there were, as I only saw pictures in books when I was a kid.
Alan Jones in Sunny Queensland (Oz)
An ABBA set of F units pulling a long string of boxcars.
BMMECNYC Unfortuneately rods were up when I snapped this one.
Unfortuneately rods were up when I snapped this one.
Or a streamlined NYC Hudson taking water from a track pan at speed.
Okay, I'll add a pic I find rather iconic from this side of the pond. My layout is based on an over the pass theme with a pusher facility the centre of attention. So here is a pic I call "gettin her done".
Brent
"All of the world's problems are the result of the difference between how we think and how the world works."
Lots of good suggestions here! I would add one more: Any shot of caboose at the tail end of a train, with the train receding into the distance.
This:
http://www.railpictures.net/photo/602452/
Larry
Conductor.
Summerset Ry.
"Stay Alert, Don't get hurt Safety First!"
Good thread Kevin.
First off, I really like this pic of a turntable in the Rockies at Field B.C. Note the rings in the pit that help melt the 50+ feet of snow they get every year.
While I model railroads from this side of the pond. I tend to think of the British when it comes to the more iconic railroad pic's. My brain makes me think with a more historical point of view when the word iconic is thrown into the mix. The more I read, the more I realize that we are still the "Johnny come lately" in many things on this side of the pond. Just look at high-speed rail as an example.
I love the dirt and grime of the steam era and spend hours looking at old photo's, however iconic to me is where it all began.
Stephensons Rocket comes to mind.
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The original
From my collection,
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These are the opinions of an under 35 , from the east end of, and modeling, the same section of the Wheeling and Lake Erie railway. As well as a freelanced road (Austinville and Dynamite City railroad).
The J crossing the CNW at JB Tower in West Chicago. I cn still hear the sound.
To me the iconic "this is railroading" photo is the black and white one the great David Plowden took out on the praries, with a boilingly stormy looking sky, and a string of boxcars in silouette on the horizon, one of which had its doors open on both sides you could see a sliver of white sky. It conveys all the size and scope of the west, the pure desolation of the places "in between" the cities, and the intrusion of the railroad into that desolation. It is viewable on Google images but I chose not to copy and paste it here as Plowden's copyright should not be violated, at least not by me.
Here is a link to one version: http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2011-10-07-plowdenboxcarscopy.jpg
Many Plowden photographs could qualify as the most iconic, but that is one I return to.
Dave Nelson
SeeYou190 carl425 Like this one? . Oh Yeah, Baby! . That is a picture made just for me. . -Kevin .
carl425 Like this one?
Oh Yeah, Baby!
That is a picture made just for me.
Have you been to the O. Winston Link museum? Its across the tracks from the Virginia Museum of Transportation.
carl425Like this one?
SeeYou190I was told once, by someone who was in a position to know, that when Trains Magazine put a Santa Fe Warbonnet F Unit on the cover, sales would bump up slightly. I have often wondered if that was actually true.
"One difference between pessimists and optimists is that while pessimists are more often right, optimists have far more fun."
SeeYou190For me, it is the image of a steam locomotive on a turntable. Nothing else looks more "railroady" to my eye.
Like this one?
Anything by O. Winston Link is awesome.
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SeeYou190 Alantrains Santa Fe Warbonnet F unit . I was told once, by someone who was in a position to know, that when Trains Magazine put a Santa Fe Warbonnet F Unit on the cover, sales would bump up slightly. . I have often wondered if that was actually true. . -Kevin .
Alantrains Santa Fe Warbonnet F unit
I was told once, by someone who was in a position to know, that when Trains Magazine put a Santa Fe Warbonnet F Unit on the cover, sales would bump up slightly.
I have often wondered if that was actually true.
It is true. I see it when I post videos in FaceBook or YouTube for the Lake Shore Model Railroad Association(Chicago,IL). Between UP and SF it is a hard choice because they both have huge followings. They each lead over other railroads hands down.
Also, while not officially, the first railroad each of my sons could identify was Santa Fe and it was due to the red and silver warbonnet colors.....
I'm diehard UP and even I admit the red and silver looks good!