Your most treasured sighting

[Anonymous]

Well nothing really stands out as a super shot or a super subject.

I guess I would have to say the two pics I just took of the 3985 under steam. I was on a hiway bridge and the train passed under it. They are ok pics but not super special. The shots just don't do justice to the steam and smoke plume because the weather that day was cold and the plume was an awsome sight but didn't really come across that way on the pics.

[Anonymous]

I saw some old Penn Central coaches on an industrial siding off the NEC between Wilm, DE and Philly. They were behind a locked fence. They were in very bad condition.

[JoeKoh]

The N&W 611 J . Without a doubt.
stay safe
Joe

[Anonymous]

It would have to be Norfolk Southern GP-59 4610 - the Southern tribute engine. I got several great shots while it was in Canton, NC.

[Anonymous]

Panama Railroad RSC-3. First Alco I ever photographed.

[espeefoamer]

1.The SP black widow GP9 I shot in Long Beach harbor.[:D]
2.The Southern Crescent pulled by two GG1s shot from an open vestibule.[:p]
3 The 4449,south of Dunsmuir, pulling 4 cars on its way east to pick up the Freedom Train. This was my first time to see big steam![:D][:p][8D][:D]

[Anonymous]

The "Riverain" F series locomotive... (AMT)

[Mikeygaw]

let's see... there was the Amtrak GP40 pushing the single MOW car... and I saw an AMD-103 parked in 30th Street station

Oh wait, on film? woops [xx(]

[vsmith]

After Union Stations 50th anniversery celebration, being in Cajon Canyon when UP 8444 came storming up the canyon at 50mph and roared past me less than 15 feet away, whistle blasting and a wave from the engineer....WOW! You could FEEL the heat from the boiler as it went by. I've never forgotten that.

I saw Santa Fe's restored steamer go thru Old Town Pasadena before they closed the line down, was even closer to it when it left the station, but just didnt have the same impact.

[Anonymous]

ATSF GP60 and SD40-2 a few months ago.

BNSF Dash 9

UP SD70M flag

[eolafan]

A couple of sightings come to mind. Being in the far northern area of Metro North and seeing an FL9 and a few cars come blasting through a grade crossing and then later catching the same unit at a station stop on its return trip North. Second would have to be my memories of catching many F units in Wisconsin back in the 1970's in Wausau, Wisconsin Rapids, Stevens Point, etc. on SOO, CNW, MILW, etc., and third would be F45 and FP45 units in Run-8 coming through LaCrosse also back in the 1970's on BN (some in GN sky blue scheme).

[Dough]

Ah, much more positive than my "Fi***hat Got Away" post. I am a big MW nut so that is what most of mine are. However, they have been doing a lot of work around here so things keep getting topped.

SD40 with trac hoe and ramp car for unloading ties

Loram rail grinder

CR Jorden Spreader

CSX, UP, and a Santa Fe in original paint. Rare in my neck of the woods...

And I could go on and on about other misc MW stuff.




Glad to see the Conrail 250 ton crane, still mad about not having any film in the camera...[;)]

[bnsfkline]

Okay, heres one for all of you out there.

What was you most tresured sighting that you got on film? Was it a work train? A rare locomotive? Or maybe something that you would NEVER expect to see in your neck of the woods? I have 3 tresures that I got on film.

The Union Pacific 3300 United Way locomotive 2 years ago today

The BNSF 9647 "Barfbonnet"

An Illinois Central SD28 (One of 6 made)

I hope there will be ALOT of posts for this topic?