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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.
GARRY
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AlantrainsSanta Fe Warbonnet F unit
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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
Living the dream.
I'd have to say a Nickel Plate Road Berkshire pulling a good freight consist on a crisp and clear winter morning in the latter 1950s...
Alan Jones in Sunny Queensland (Oz)
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SeeYou190What is "the shot" for you?
So MANY images come to mind, difficult to choose only one—
While not exactly "The Centuries Pass In The Night"* this shot has always been one of my favorites.
P-C_1000 by Edmund, on Flickr
I'm on a heavyweight excursion train and we're passing what remains of the Century, Penn-Central train No. 27 westbound near Cleveland.
The friendly wave, E-8s and Budd diner and sleeping cars, the kerosene markers on our train.
The only thing missing is the smell of the steam heat, brakeshoe smoke and diesel exhaust. That— and of course, the sounds.
Regards, Ed
*The famous W. H. Foster painting made for New York Central Lines.
http://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/pass-in-the-night-the-twentieth-century-limited-of-the-new-news-photo/526780534#pass-in-the-night-the-twentieth-century-limited-of-the-new-york-by-picture-id526780534
An H-10 2-8-2 Mike...
Tom
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Time...It marches on...without ever turning around to see if anyone is even keeping in step.
What is the image that to you just invokes the feeling "now that is railroading?"
For me, it is the image of a steam locomotive on a turntable. Nothing else looks more "railroady" to my eye.
It seems like Model Railroader rarely features a turntable on the cover. I must be in the minority on this one.
What is "the shot" for you?