Cast your vote in Trackside with Trains Vol. 294: "Rust"! Which image best shows the working side of railroading? The poll is open through Sunday, Dec. 11. Once you vote, tell us how you made your selection in this thread.
http://trn.trains.com/photos-videos/trackside/2016/12/vol-294-rust
Brian Schmidt, Editor, Classic Trains magazine
I went with John Regan's photo. The rust streaks are a giveaway to the age of a working locomotive.
We normally think of “rust” in the “old” sense. Below are some rust views in the “new” sense, new BNSF Transcon truss bridges in the Grand Terrance, CA area that was installed just a few years ago.
If I had been thinking, I could have ran down there to those trusses and taken some photos that qualify in this contest, i.e., with a good camera, and submitted one. The above photos were taken with only a junky Sony in the 640 x 480 format. They are only shown to broaden our perspective, that rust is sometimes new. The qualifying photos that were presented for voting are a cool lot for sure ...
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Who at Kalmbach has been messing with photo posting again? Instead of the normal quick photo posting, things have changed AGAIN, and a conscious effort was needed in posting the photos a slightly different and slower way. Even the posting composition box malfunctionns now!
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Brian Schmidt Cast your vote in Trackside with Trains Vol. 294: "Rust"! Which image best shows the working side of railroading? The poll is open through Sunday, Dec. 11. Once you vote, tell us how you made your selection in this thread. http://trn.trains.com/photos-videos/trackside/2016/12/vol-294-rust
Should I presume those are not CORTEN steel which develops its own patina?
The criteria included the working side of railroading, and most of those rustbuckets were a long way from working. I went with the beat-up CF7.
The Czech locomotive appeared to be absolutely filthy rather than rusty. I have seen similar grime from units that worked around smelters, and sometimes hump yards.
John
I've been to the locomotive collection in Germany on a trip from the U.K. It's like Dai Woodham's Barry scrapyard but none of the locos are going anywhere. I was given the impression that they were used as parts for active engines.
No, Bernd won't part them out or even let a whole lok go to another home. He also has another location with another 30 loks.
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