Railway odds and ends...

[dpc]

1. Stairway leading to the top of railway bridge
2. Snow covered tracks on railway bridge

 

[distant.star]

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Conductor Paraphernalia

 

[tolusina]

California State Railroad Museum, Sacramento, CA

http://www.csrmf.org/

 

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Railway track

 

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Oilfield pipe on flatbed car

 

[AcutancePhotography]

Very nice, indeed! I really like steam engines. We have only diesels here and that's been the case since I was a small boy (and I'm by no means a spring chicken). There's just something about steam that impresses itself on my senses in a way the diesel doesn't.

It is getting harder and harder to find steamers these days outside a museum... and even finding a steam museum close by is getting harder. :'(

The museum up in Baltimore, MD is nice.. despite being in Baltimore that is. ;D

 

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Graffiti

 

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Flatbed car loaded with oilfield pipe.

 

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Railcars by inland grain terminal.

 

[Valvebounce]

Hi dpc.
Nice shots.
Some of these graffitists are quite talented, if only they would refrain from defacing private (public) property. I would think some of them could make money from their talent.

Cheers, Graham.

Graffiti

 

[dpc]

Hi dpc.
Nice shots.
Some of these graffitists are quite talented, if only they would refrain from defacing private (public) property. I would think some of them could make money from their talent.

Cheers, Graham.

Graffiti

Thanks. Yes, there is some real talent out there. It is indeed too bad that they don't exercise their abilities in a less destructive way.

 

[RustyTheGeek]

I have to admit that I am not getting the "Bourbon & Creosote" composition. Does it have another meaning or context?

I'm not sure what's to get or not get, but agree with others that it's a nice image. IMHO, it would have been better without such a busy / unattractive background (houses & power lines / poles).

Ditto. Great colors, neat shot but I immediately wanted the background gone. I suspect this was merely a quick fun experiment shot before the bottle was "less full".

 

[distant.star]

Ditto. Great colors, neat shot but I immediately wanted the background gone. I suspect this was merely a quick fun experiment shot before the bottle was "less full".

Rusty, you are essentially correct.

I had recently gotten a Powershot A1200, Canon's bottom-of-the-line P&S camera. I was looking for a few test shots. The bourbon was there, the light was right, etc. It's a jpg sooc so processing a RAW file wasn't possible. That camera doesn't do RAW, by the way.

As for the background, there's a point. It's a contrast to the elegant, seductive packaging of a product that has the power to destroy lives. I don't want to get into an argument about responsible use of legal drugs, etc. The point is the sophistication of marketing in contrast to the gritty reality of a world where such products often live.

I took a few shots in a liquor store a while back, and I was astounded at the lushness of the presentation of these products. I know the guy who owns the store, and and said to him, "It's a good thing I don't drink. If I did, I wouldn't know where to stop given how amazing they make this stuff look."

Here's an example of what I saw in that store...

 

[distant.star]

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And now, back to railroad pictures...

Since the snow is making a comeback in the northern climes...

 

[Valvebounce]

Hi distant.star.
I like this shot, but it did just cross my mind how it might look in B&W as so much of it is already black or white?

Cheers, Graham.

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And now, back to railroad pictures...

Since the snow is making a comeback in the northern climes...

 

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And now, back to railroad pictures...

Since the snow is making a comeback in the northern climes...

I really like this shot. Nicely done distant.star.

 

[hgraf]

With winter coming I thought this might be appropriate...

http://www.herbgraf.com/2014/03/06/entering-the-analog-world-developing-your-own-film-part-3/

 

[RustyTheGeek]

Well, I want to contribute but my 8MP jpg images are too large to even upload one. (And I don't have time to export smaller ones.)

So here are a few links to see some on zenfolio. These are pics of a scout trip we took last year to see the TX State Railroad. Enjoy!

http://rustythegeek.zenfolio.com/txrr#h19cc6fd5
http://rustythegeek.zenfolio.com/txrr#hfb57fb4
http://rustythegeek.zenfolio.com/txrr#h18655b0e
http://rustythegeek.zenfolio.com/txrr#h121f670e
http://rustythegeek.zenfolio.com/txrr#h370a3b1d
http://rustythegeek.zenfolio.com/txrr#h3feebbf6

 

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Hopper cars in fog

 

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Wheel stops and warning sign at end of tracks