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Posted by trainfan1221 on Wednesday, March 19, 2008 11:39 AM
Northern New Jersey here, home of the changing rail scene.
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Posted by RicHamilton on Wednesday, March 19, 2008 11:18 AM
 THayman wrote:
 THayman wrote:

Johnstown, Ontario....

right at MP 110 on CN's Kingston Subdivision (VIA's Quebec City- Windsor Corridor) 

..... in Antigonish Nova Scotia....not great railfanning,

Hello to Antigonowhere from Berwick in the balmy Annapolis Valley.  At least you have trains to watch....

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Posted by THayman on Monday, March 17, 2008 1:18 PM
 THayman wrote:

Johnstown, Ontario....

right at MP 110 on CN's Kingston Subdivision (VIA's Quebec City- Windsor Corridor) 

I should add to this....I'm currently studying at St.FX University in Antigonish Nova Scotia....not great railfanning, especially since VIA cancelled the Bras D'Or....but I can see the Cape Breton and Central Nova Scotia Railway's line from my window....the CB&CNS often runs one train in each direction each day through town.

 It's quite a change from the 30-40 + CN and VIA trains that run past my house every day at home....

-Tim

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Posted by THayman on Monday, March 17, 2008 12:50 PM

Johnstown, Ontario....

right at MP 110 on CN's Kingston Subdivision (VIA's Quebec City- Windsor Corridor) 

-Tim

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Posted by tomikawaTT on Saturday, March 8, 2008 2:34 PM

Sin City, on the UP, LA&SL route.

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Posted by ValorStorm on Saturday, March 8, 2008 6:04 AM
East Missoula (try to say THAT with a lisp) Montana.
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Posted by frontierfan on Friday, March 7, 2008 7:15 PM
Red wing MN great railfaning spot CP on one side of the river and BNSF on the otherSmile [:)]
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Posted by Flint Hills Tex on Friday, March 7, 2008 9:52 AM

I live in Dinkelsbühl, a small, lovely medieval town in the province of Central Franconia, Bavaria, Germany. The 52.4 km long Imperial City Branch line runs through town. It connects the main line running from Nuremberg to points West and the Augsburg-Stuttgart main. Unfortunately, daily freight traffic only serves customers at the northern and southern ends of the line, which are switched from the respective mains, leaving a big chunk of the railroad unused. Except, of course, in the Summer, when the Bavarian Railroad Museum of Nördlingen runs steam excursions. If you're interested, you can check out the Web-site at:

www.eisenbahn-woernitz-franken.com

P.S. The picture at left shows a vintage DMU departing the Dinkelsbühl depot.

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Posted by Amtrak77 on Friday, March 7, 2008 9:10 AM

Fontana, Ca.

10 Min from the El Cajon Pass
7 Min from the San Berindino, Riverside, Colton yards
40 Min from Mission Tower in Union Station

All great places to watch trains go by 

 

Timothy D. Moore Take Amtrak! Flying is for upper class lazy people
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Posted by SSW9389 on Friday, March 7, 2008 7:37 AM
Crestwood, Kentucky within three miles of the Ford Kentucky Truck Plant on CSX. It's a little further to CP O'Bannon on the CSX line between Louisville and Cincinnati.
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Posted by steam_marc on Friday, March 7, 2008 7:12 AM
St. Louis, Missouri. #3 railroad freight city in America.
1 mile northeast of BNSF
1/2 miles north of UP
1/2 miles north of Amtrak run-throughs
3 miles west of the McArthur Bridge
2.5 miles west of TRRA

Did I leave anyone out?
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Posted by caduceus on Thursday, March 6, 2008 10:40 PM
Baudette, Minnesota.  One mile south of the CN.
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Posted by Lord Atmo on Thursday, March 6, 2008 9:27 PM
Eau Claire, Wisconsin, the worst railfanning location in the whole world Banged Head [banghead]

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Posted by mj5890 on Thursday, March 6, 2008 9:07 PM

I live in Middleton WI, which acording to Money magazine is the Best place to live in America!!!

And since some would say that America is the best place to live in the world, that means I live in the best city in the world!!!!Wink [;)]

 

Joe

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Posted by CNW 6000 on Thursday, March 6, 2008 7:02 AM
 ShopsYardMaster wrote:

 wisandsouthernkid wrote:
i thought that i should throw a question out there for fits and giggles. where is everyone from??

 Just up the road from you......Cool [8D]

BTW-my ex-wife lives in Iron Ridge....[censored]

North of both of you in Oshkosh, WI.  If I spend much more time in NFDL taking pics of trains at the yard I might have to change my address.

Dan

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Posted by bigbird_1 on Wednesday, March 5, 2008 10:37 PM
Winnipeg, Manitoba about 1 km west of the CP Rail Winnipeg Beach sub and 5 km north of the Weston yards.
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Posted by JoeKoh on Wednesday, March 5, 2008 5:22 PM

defiance ohio(between toledo and ft wayne on us 24) on the garrett sub of csx.

stay safe

joe

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Posted by espeefoamer on Wednesday, March 5, 2008 5:01 PM
L.A. CA.Dead [xx(]
Ride Amtrak. Cats Rule, Dogs Drool.
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Posted by ShopsYardMaster on Wednesday, March 5, 2008 12:17 AM

 wisandsouthernkid wrote:
i thought that i should throw a question out there for fits and giggles. where is everyone from??

 Just up the road from you......Cool [8D]

BTW-my ex-wife lives in Iron Ridge....[censored]

Jim North Fond du Lac WI Home of the late, great Wisconsin Central
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Posted by J. Edgar on Tuesday, March 4, 2008 10:25 AM
1.47 miles due north of milepost CH 52 Plymouth sub Detroit div CSXT
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Posted by chad thomas on Monday, March 3, 2008 5:42 PM

I am from California, but spent some time in Washington and Nevada. Just about everywhere I have lived has been a stones throw from a SP line (or subsidiary line). Lets see.....

Oxnard on the SP coast line.

Belmont, Ca. on the SF-SJ commute line.

Alturas, Ca. on the Modoc line.

Anaheim, Ca. on the Anehiem branch.

Modesto, Ca. on the east Valley line.

Van Nuys,Ca. on the Coast line.

San Jose, Ca. on the Coast line.

Palm Springs, Ca. on the Sunset Route.

Palmdale, Ca. on the Palmdale cutoff.

Stevenson, Wa. about 45 miles from Portland, Or. (furthest I ever lived fron an SP line)

Dorris, Ca. on the Shasta Line.

Lathrop, Ca. on the Altamont Line.

Elko, Nv. on the Overland route.

Chula Vista, Ca. on the SD&IV (a SP subsidiary)

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Posted by bobbo on Monday, March 3, 2008 2:48 PM
I'm from Slough, Berkshire, England. Bobbo.
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Posted by wisandsouthernkid on Sunday, March 2, 2008 6:14 PM
me, i am from iron ridge wisconsin
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Posted by joe-daddy on Sunday, March 2, 2008 5:32 PM

 wisandsouthernkid wrote:
i thought that i should throw a question out there for fits and giggles. where is everyone from??

 

Sure, you go first. . .

 

Joe 

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what is your 10-20
Posted by wisandsouthernkid on Sunday, March 2, 2008 12:17 PM
i thought that i should throw a question out there for fits and giggles. where is everyone from??
the happiest people in the world dont have the best of everything, but make the best out of everything they have

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