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Arps said:
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Did that train only have two shells and the rest containers? Specifically, a Spirit airliner shell in front?

Edit: Also, two locomotives pulling everything?
 
Poke said:
You all actually have train pictures? :lmao:
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I live in a town with lots of train traffic. It is amazing the people that stand for hours taking pictures of trains. And if they hear that some special train is coming through you better get there early!
 
ntaylor said:
I live in a town with lots of train traffic. It is amazing the people that stand for hours taking pictures of trains. And if they hear that some special train is coming through you better get there early!
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So what does one do with thousands of pictures of trains?

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ntaylor said:
I live in a town with lots of train traffic. It is amazing the people that stand for hours taking pictures of trains. And if they hear that some special train is coming through you better get there early!
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I could see being a rail fan in Fostoria, Ohio with the Iron Triangle right there in town or maybe somewhere that has a large maintenance facility.

But just a line through town? Freight passing by all day? Unless you're a huge fan and can tell the types of diesel- electric locomotives apart, I don't get it myself.


And that's coming from someone who has traveled to, dragged people to, ridden, driven/operated, photographed, written about, and chased more monorails than most of you even know exist. But with few exceptions, monorail systems are wildly different from each other in almost every way.
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Trashman said:
I swear I have seen that number running through Flagstaff. Maybe not. I used to try to memorize them when I was working up there.
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This is why I started the thread. Seeing trains in our travels from different areas throughout the country that another member saw too.

I swear the one Arps posted was the one in front of the train in my initial post. Waiting for his response to my quote.


Steve300xcw said:
Sounds like the OP:laughing:
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Im probably on the spectrum but I don't wait for hours waiting to snag train pics. :homer:
 
do trains have a rout they tend to stick to? or are they like a uhaul, and they go where they go

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do trains have a way to track them, like aircraft with adsb?
 
SomeGuyFromOlympia said:
do trains have a rout they tend to stick to? or are they like a uhaul, and they go where they go

also
do trains have a way to track them, like aircraft with adsb?
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They tend to stick to designated routes. Hell, they don't even have a steering wheel.


You can track them. Just gotta follow the tracks.
 
There's a BNSF mainline thru Missoula so BNSF, Ferro Mexicana, CP, Norfolk & Southern and ATSF engines meander thru between the E and W coast and from the fracking fields and the coal beds in the state...then theres the MRL (Montana Rail link) that "used" to own the rails but got bought by BNSF.
 
The only trains I see usually involve your mom. :flipoff2:
 
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