Your favorite place to rail fan...

[PennsyHoosier]

Agreed--I've picked up some new places to go from this thread. Though Horseshoe Curve will always be my nostalgic favorite.

[Budliner]

trains.com

[cwclark]

hey tracklayer...get on IH 10 west and there is a town called Flatonia just before Seguin and after Schulenburg ...get off the freeway and go south into town and follow the tracks west on the road adjacent to the tracks...There's a real nice place to railfan at the yard lead track...there is a pavilion for railfanner's there to keep you out of the rain if need be and the trains go thru about once every 10 minutes...there is also a yard, a wye, and a crossover ..the Old SP (now UP) mainline from Los Angeles to New Orleans (San Antonio subdivision) and the Victoria to Dallas (via Hearne - Dalsa route) mainlines cross paths at the crossover...tower 3 used to stand at the crossover but has been moved and reconstructed in the town square in Flatonia...it's a great place to railfan within a three hour drive from Houston....now boys!...play nice now!...sheez!...now i got to sound like someone's mama!....chuck

[Anonymous]

Columbia Gorge of Oregon and Washington you get BNSF, Amtrak, and UP all in one spot.

[duiker]

Depot Street in Berea, Ohio. Mainlines of the CSX and NS converge in this area. According to the Plain Dealer, approximately 120 to 140 trains pass through this region per day.

Rudy

[tjsmrinfo]

ummmmmmmmm trackside?? i live a mid sized town in north texas and we used to ahve frisco slsf and t&p (mp) in the area now its bnsf and a shortline and hard to railfan here/

06archerd get a life as you were told earlier if you dont like the post dont friggin reply tou a$$hole


tom

[BigRusty]

Well Dan, I won't be so blunt. BUT, if you don't like the thread just don't read. I, personally, gleaned some great spots to visit in my travels.

[canazar]

QUOTE:

not flaunt what you got, .

For someone who doesnt like flauting your stuff.... Your doin a great job flautin your stuff for the world too see with tha tbig ole pic in sign line. Double standard or do your wishes not apply to you?

I'd cut back on the bowl of cranky for breakfast and lighten up a bit? Just folks havein fun...

[AggroJones]

My bedroom. Where its always the 1950s.

I don't actively seek real modern freight trains.

[Todd McWilliam]

Boone Iowa is a great place to watch trains. In the 80's when I grew up in iowa I would go down to the Boone yard and watch trains.

[Javern]

Boone, IA

[Anonymous]

My favorite place to railfan is-in my basement (i guess i'm an "indoor railfan")- i can catch the same train go by for an hour straight

[Todd McWilliam]

I live next to the depot in Atlanta Texas. I see 4 trains an hour on the UP main line. The BNSF and NS have trackage rights and I see verything come through here. In the evening I go over and sit on the benches at the depot and watch the trains go by. Life is great!![:D]

[Anonymous]

QUOTE: Originally posted by 4884bigboy

QUOTE: Originally posted by 06archerd

QUOTE: Originally posted by modlerbob

QUOTE: Originally posted by 06archerd

here we go again more worthless topics!

May be worthless to you but this was one of the few "What's your Favorite __? topic I thought interesting enough to respond to.

How does one get educated on what's out there if they don't go watching trains. Our club schedules several trips a year to different localles where the train watching is good.



One is sure to get blasted when they get so critical of what makes a good topic. If a topic is truly bad DON'T READ IT. Otherwise I would recommend keeping your opinions in that area to yourself

Bob DeWoody

Its a free country i can do what i want

Stop bull***ing around and do us all a favor, you don't like the topic, DON'T POST.

As for railfanning locations, the end of Judd St. in Wyoming, MI, is by far the best place to railfan CSX in Michigan. You get to see Wyoming yard, the mainlines, the car shops, the diesel shops and more. Another great spot is the Durand Union Station in Durand Michigan. Located right at the diamond of the double track CN Flint Sub and single track CN Holly Sub.

well why dont you use reverse pychology on yourself, why dont you not post iof you dont like me posting!

[Anonymous]

QUOTE: Originally posted by 06archerd

QUOTE: Originally posted by modlerbob

QUOTE: Originally posted by 06archerd

here we go again more worthless topics!

May be worthless to you but this was one of the few "What's your Favorite __? topic I thought interesting enough to respond to.

How does one get educated on what's out there if they don't go watching trains. Our club schedules several trips a year to different localles where the train watching is good.

One is sure to get blasted when they get so critical of what makes a good topic. If a topic is truly bad DON'T READ IT. Otherwise I would recommend keeping your opinions in that area to yourself

Bob DeWoody

Its a free country i can do what i want

Stop bull***ing around and do us all a favor, you don't like the topic, DON'T POST.

As for railfanning locations, the end of Judd St. in Wyoming, MI, is by far the best place to railfan CSX in Michigan. You get to see Wyoming yard, the mainlines, the car shops, the diesel shops and more. Another great spot is the Durand Union Station in Durand Michigan. Located right at the diamond of the double track CN Flint Sub and single track CN Holly Sub.

[Anonymous]

QUOTE: Originally posted by modlerbob

QUOTE: Originally posted by 06archerd

here we go again more worthless topics!

May be worthless to you but this was one of the few "What's your Favorite __? topic I thought interesting enough to respond to.

How does one get educated on what's out there if they don't go watching trains. Our club schedules several trips a year to different localles where the train watching is good.

One is sure to get blasted when they get so critical of what makes a good topic. If a topic is truly bad DON'T READ IT. Otherwise I would recommend keeping your opinions in that area to yourself

Bob DeWoody

Its a free country i can do what i want

[tomikawaTT]

While I love Tehachapi and have fond memories of Harmon, NY; my favorite railfanning spot of all time was a place called Nogata, in Fukuoka-ken, Japan. At any given time I could see three or four locomotives moving, some with trains, some without. Of course, that was in the late '60's, so all those locos were coalburners. Today things are probably very different - certainly so in the motive power department.

[Anonymous]

QUOTE: Originally posted by 06archerd

here we go again more worthless topics!

May be worthless to you but this was one of the few "What's your Favorite __? topic I thought interesting enough to respond to.

How does one get educated on what's out there if they don't go watching trains. Our club schedules several trips a year to different localles where the train watching is good.

One is sure to get blasted when they get so critical of what makes a good topic. If a topic is truly bad DON'T READ IT. Otherwise I would recommend keeping your opinions in that area to yourself

Bob DeWoody

[Anonymous]

QUOTE: Originally posted by bcammack

QUOTE: Originally posted by 06archerd

here we go again more worthless topics!

Oops! I guess we'd better just get right back on the straight and narrow, eh?

btw - could you post up your guidlines for appropriate topics on forum of yours here? This is your forum, no?

these are so fasr of topic its nor funny, topic are supposed to help people, and tlak about products, not flaunt what you got, and to ask what is the best railroad or worst, or where you railfan.

[bcammack]

QUOTE: Originally posted by 06archerd

here we go again more worthless topics!

Oops! I guess we'd better just get right back on the straight and narrow, eh?

btw - could you post up your guidlines for appropriate topics on forum of yours here? This is your forum, no?

[Anonymous]

here we go again more worthless topics!

[BigRusty]

I second the Tehachapi Loop overview. It is accessible from a road over the hill to Bakersfield and offers a fabulous view. Equally exciting was on the street above the motor stoage area just west of the New Haven Station. Steam and electric changes, drag freights coming through from New York and Maybrook and lots of excitement. Long gone days.

[Anonymous]

QUOTE: Originally posted by orsonroy

Anyplace there's steam running!

Better get your time machince out. I saw a layout that had a train go through a time machine and land in dino land. Each module was different. Indians fighting USA people, etc. It was funny.

I like to watch at the oredock in town Marquette, MI. Also Eagle Mills crossing heading towards Marquette. which is in Negaunne, MI.

[zgardner18]

I've seen a lot of places. Being in Southern California I have Cajon Pass,where you get a train every five to ten minutes; Tehachapi Loop, by far the best for something that isn't normal; and finally by far my favorite place to see some trains is sitting on my surfboard waiting for a wave at 15th street in Delmar, watching Amtrak, BNSF and the San Diego Coaster run the coastline.

[orsonroy]

Anyplace there's steam running!

[Anonymous]

Fostoria, Ohio, the iron triangle. Non-stop CSX and NS action, with loaned/leased UP, BNSF, CP, and other motive power on a regular basis. Whenever my grandson visits from out-of-state, we always reserve a day for Fostoria.

[Anonymous]

Thanks Shay I forgot about Strasburg LOL

[bcammack]

Second the vote for Folkston, GA. Otherwise I enjoy watching the FEC trains run past where I work.

[shay6]

Steve-

Isn't Strasburg close by? And you don't know where to go to railfan? [:D]


Head West to York, Harrisburg, Lancaster, The NS mainline parallels the Susquenhanna through there and right where the rte 30 bridge crosses the river there are 4 mainline tracks.

I've had pretty good luck there at some times and nothing at other times.

I like Brunswick MD. Close to Harpers Ferry, the MD Marc line, and I've heard foreign power from the UP, BNSF, etc comes through on occasion. Never seen it myself though.

Was there on Monday, saw 8 CSX trains in about 5.5 hours.