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QUOTE: Originally posted by TheS.P.caboose This is part of why I never really got into photography or videos. I'm one who wants to see the entire train, not just the head end and or helper power on the trains.
Carl
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QUOTE: Originally posted by dblstack Good evening - I was trying to find a photo of a TOFC intermodal train and went to the Railpictures.net website as well as a few others. FAR AND AWAY - the phtos were locomotive shots. Primarly 3/4 views of oncoming train, very focused and often cropped / framed to capture the power and very little else. Lots of roster shots too.
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QUOTE: Originally posted by chad thomas OK we all love the locomotives. They are the heart of the train and to some the most interesting part. For me the head end has become a monotonous berage of almost identical wide cabs wearing the same paint. They come in orange or yellow in my neck of the woods. But the locomotives are just part of a train. There is so much more to it than that.
QUOTE: Originally posted by dldance Instead of looking at train photos - I looked at the latest 100 topics with posts on this forum. Yes, we are locomotive fans - but not predominantly so: 29% Locomotives 15% Operations 14% Railfanning 12% Passenger Trains 10% Equipment other than Locomotives 9% ROW/MOW 6% Other 3% Accidents (standard statistical note - may not total to 100% due to rounding error) dd
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QUOTE: Originally posted by CShaveRR And as Eric will attest, I'm a notorious freight-car freak, and my responses can be found in most of those threads. Did somebody mention MMA 117? This car was built by Pullman Standard in 1979 for the Rock Island, and, prior to being lettered MMA, had been in the CNW 718000 series. I, too, prefer the manifest trains for the variety of equipment that can be seen on them. But just when the coal, auto, or intermodal trains are about to become completely boring, something new (or relettered) will come along and make them exciting again. These freight cars are the reason railfans are around today--they bring in the bucks, and provide a lot more than something for the locomotives to pull!
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