Ohio- Berea, Crestline, or the Hullets
illinois: Rondout, West Chicago, ok there's a lot in Chicago
indiana: burns harbor/Gary/hammond
Wisconsin: Byron hill
MI (Upper): sualt ste marie lift bridges, escanaba
MI (lower): Durand
iowa: Dubuque bridge, fort Madison bridge
kentucky: Paducah bridge
louisiana: lake ponchtrain bridge
minnesota: Duluth, steelton hill
We like these areas as they are spectacular, but the railroads want straight lines and track speed
I'm glad that I didn't answer this question, and that's not because I'm in a province rather than a state....my interpretation of the question was that there was supposedly one identical location in every state, which would have required only one answer, rather than a list.
Wayne
My intent on this topic has been skewed trough readers interpretation. I was looking for locations that everyone would know not just locals. That being said I have learned about locations that I did not know about before. But the premise still holds. For example one I just thought about that is easily recognized is the Columbia river gorge.
ndbprr My intent on this topic has been skewed trough readers interpretation. I was looking for locations that everyone would know not just locals. That being said I have learned about locations that I did not know about before. But the premise still holds. For example one I just thought about that is easily recognized is the Columbia river gorge.
I have no idea what that looks like and would not recognize it. I agree that quite possibly the only example would be Horseshoe curve, and even then it's quite likely not every railfan would recognize it. I belive the only truly correct answer is, there isn't any. This is a flawed premise: That railfans study every location in the US closely enough to be able to recognize it from a photo
If you see a picture of the Statue of Liberty, you think "New York"; if you see the Golden Gate Bridge, you think "San Francisco" - whether you've actually been there or not, you still know the image.
I think the OP's question is what railroad-related places are there like that in each state - something so iconic any fairly knowledgeable railfan would see it and know where it is, even if they'd never been there and had just seen pictures or video of it.
For example, I suspect most railfans seeing a picture of Grand Central Terminal would think "New York City" right away. It's been used in so many movies and TV shows even many non-railfans would know it right away.
If you are looking for one anyone could recognize, from their state or any other, I would say it's very limited.
Hoseshoe Curve, Tehachapi Loop, Cascade Tunnel, Moffet Tunnel, Jack London Square, Keddie Wye, NY Grand Central Station, Fostoria. I'd be very hard pressed to recognize other locations by sight out of my region.
Ricky W.
HO scale Proto-freelancer.
My Railroad rules:
1: It's my railroad, my rules.
2: It's for having fun and enjoyment.
3: Any objections, consult above rules.
Well, I borrowed this picture from Railpictures.net, and always loved the descent into Butte, MT on the NCL via Homestake Pass. Unfortunately, I doubt many of today's railfans could ID the location as the line has been embargoed for quite some time.
Don; Prez, CEO or whatever of the Wishram, Oregon and Western RR
Wisconsin: Duplainville crossing and Brookfield Depot in suburban Milwaukee, and the middle of the lake crossing on Lake Monona in Madison.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/lothes/51821840743/
Iowa: the iconic Kate Shelley bridge on the UP near Boone.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/jjpetric/48295357481/in/photolist-2gBTeJ4-2gNYMSM-2gBQdx1-2gzGkcg-2gMYmnV-2gUk5QD-2gPJ2Zc-2gMYmeD-2gMYm8S-2gK5zPL-2gNZvP1-c6TF2f-2gP5g5g-2gP1r5R-2gP65sD-2gP5gt2
Illinois outside of Chicago: the great CGW tunnel at East Dubuque.
EDIT: I don't know how I could have forgotten about Cut-Off tower at Muskego Yard in Milwaukee. Must be thousands of photos taken there.
Andy
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Milwaukee native modeling the Milwaukee Road in 1950's Milwaukee.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/196857529@N03/
BEAUSABRE California - Keddie Wye Where the Western Pacific's Feather River mainline and Great Northern's Inside Gateway met
California - Keddie Wye Where the Western Pacific's Feather River mainline and Great Northern's Inside Gateway met
for Maryland I'd guess Helmstetter Curve on the Western Maryland line.
50 years living in Maryland and I never heard of it, although I was on the other side of the state. Besides Thomas Viaduct, which is in my avatar, as a Baltimoron I would think of the old B&O Mt Royal station, now a part of an art college.
Point of Rocks
or Camden Yards, before baseball.
Henry
COB Potomac & Northern
Shenandoah Valley
BigDaddy or Camden Yards, before baseball.
It's a free country, you're entitled to your ignorant, wong, southern Californian opinion
Metro Red Line BEAUSABRE California - Keddie Wye Where the Western Pacific's Feather River mainline and Great Northern's Inside Gateway met No no no no no...The Tehachapi Loop.
No no no no no...The Tehachapi Loop.
Absolutely agree!
Tehachapi is instantly recognisable as being "California" - all over the world. It's almost unique, I understand there's a smaller version in Switzerland and as the photo above shows, that ain't Swiss!
Another classic location (for me) is the C&NW's approach into downtown Chicago on a long viaduct, it does shout "Chicago" to me.
Sorry, I have no pictures to post of it.
John
OvermodFlorida had the Key West Extension.
And that is about all we had.
-Kevin
Living the dream.
Metro Red Line BigDaddy or Camden Yards, before baseball. Whoa, I always thought the stadium was built over the rail yard, but it looks like was really built over a factory. The old rail yard was really replaced by the parking lot. Laugh
Just getting back to the thread.
You are Correct! As you look at the picture, there are only 2 tracks to the right of the warehouse these days. The stadium was built on the left side of the warehouse and there was consideration given to tearing down the warehouse.
I think the smokestacks were from the "Pyrolysis Plant" Something that was supposed to burn trash and turn it into useable recycle substances. It didn't work out. No idea what the larger building is on the left. I can ask on a Facebook page, Old Baltimore Photos.
Early returns are a steam generation plant. The building is windowless.