Your favorite place to rail fan...

[Tracklayer]

Somerville and Hearne Texas - especially Hearne. On a busy day there's a train through about every ten minutes...

Tracklayer

[Budliner]

somerville MA I like the amtrak
fast Commuter rail
Amtrak's Lake Shore Limited is a daily train that serves Boston from points west along the CSX Boston and Albany line.
http://massroads.com/gallery.php?page=rail_mass

[Tracklayer]

QUOTE: Originally posted by Budliner

somerville MA I like the amtrak
fast Commuter rail
Amtrak's Lake Shore Limited is a daily train that serves Boston from points west along the CSX Boston and Albany line.
http://massroads.com/gallery.php?page=rail_mass

"Hey Budliner". How's it going tonight ?.

I thought I was about the only Amtrak fan on the forum... I model it, but it doesn't run around this area anymore. Oh well. Thanks for the memories...

Tracklayer

[Budliner]

MBTA Commuter Rail I see the F40PH
man that thing is cooking
did you see that acela

:O)

[canazar]

Shawmut, Arizona.

A wicked S curve up a grade on the Old SP Sunset route. Killer place to watch 16,000 horsepower pound.

[Jetrock]

The old WP mainline, downtown Sacramento--the local freight turn, usually pulled by a pair of Geeps (ex-SP or Rio Grande) happens on Wednesday mornings, including paper service to the Sacramento Bee (who pu***he cars into position with a dinky little critter) and a freight interchange with the Sacramento Southern, accomplished via a piece of panel track dropped at a tangent to the UP mainline at the eastern end of the I Street Bridge.

[Tracklayer]

QUOTE: Originally posted by Budliner

MBTA Commuter Rail I see the F40PH
man that thing is cooking
did you see that acela

:O)

No Budliner. All I've ever seen down here where I live was the older type F-40 units pulling the double deck passenger cars on it's run from Dallas to Houston and back to Dallas again.

Tracklayer

[waltersrails]

Mt Vernon IL or Princeton IN IF you want to see a little of everything go to MT. Vernon they NS, EVWR = Evansville Western Railway and UP on the UP track i see more NS, CSX, and CN then UP.

Princeton mainly NS and CSX with a little BNSF and CP.

[fiatfan]

Anywhere there's a train!

Tom

[Anonymous]

I wish I new of a good place to go and watch around my area but I dont. Anyone around the Reading PA area that can tell me a good location.

Steve

[Anonymous]

Folkston, Ga. This location is known as the Folkston Funnel. Just about every train going into or coming out of Florida along the east coast goes through there. It's a small town and is friendly to rail fanners. They even built a viewing platform with a roof and fans for us to watch from. A lot of the trains have to stop here and wait for higher priority consists to run through. Usually the engineer or conductor will run to a nearby fast food burger joint to grab a bite and sometimes they will come over to the platform to talk with us rail fanners.

Bob DeWoody

[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.

[bcammack]

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

[Anonymous]

Thanks Shay I forgot about Strasburg LOL

[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.

[orsonroy]

Anyplace there's steam running!

[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.

[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.

[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]

here we go again more worthless topics!

[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]

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.

[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

[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 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

[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 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!

[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]

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

[Javern]

Boone, IA