rotten's thread for TRAIN NERDS ONLY! NGC

[rotten]

some more selections from my collection. some of you will think this is lame but you suck anyway so i don't care.

[img]http://albums.photopoint.com/j/View?u=1535108&a=11628090&p=42259910&Sequence=0&res=high'>

[img]http://albums.photopoint.com/j/View?u=1535108&a=11628090&p=42259998&Sequence=0&res=high'>

[img]http://albums.photopoint.com/j/View?u=1535108&a=11628090&p=42259915&Sequence=0&res=high'>

[img]http://albums.photopoint.com/j/View?u=1535108&a=11628090&p=42260115&Sequence=0&res=high'>

[img]http://albums.photopoint.com/j/View?u=1535108&a=11628090&p=42260120&Sequence=0&res=high'>

[img]http://albums.photopoint.com/j/View?u=1535108&a=11628090&p=42260231&Sequence=0&res=high'>
this one's my favorite of the bunch check out those windows. silver repose. ill.

[img]http://albums.photopoint.com/j/View?u=1535108&a=11628090&p=42260285&Sequence=0&res=high'>
track workers in chicago after the elevated wilson repair yard burned down in 96. although i witnessed the fire, unfortunately i didn't have my camera with me.

that's all for now. there's much more goodies in the vaults.




[This message has been edited by rotten (edited 02-28-2001).]

[rotten]

one more

[img]http://albums.photopoint.com/j/View?u=1535108&a=11628090&p=42284003&Sequence=0&res=high'>
new york

[This message has been edited by rotten (edited 02-28-2001).]

[anode145]

that flick from NY is fresh as a fetus!

[lunr]

damn those are nice i love seeing old railcars

[BoB Hope ONER]

heh heh heh... nuff said.

[Ouija]

They aren't loading.

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[fr8oholic]

shit they were loading last nite...

[I_Lock_Kids_In_My_SELER]

Not loading.

[ASTISM]

not loading

[imported_El Mas Sucio De Todos]

not loading... all together now: "NOT LOADING!"

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[GRZAone]

remember the geocities web site tease set up and gave us all the user name and password to upload files? you could use that, or set up your own account like me.

[imported_ECROSBAKWARDS]

yea those are dope flix but..i would love to hit those .

[WebsterUno]

FUCK GEOCITIES!
That first flat sided one looks juicy!
So does the G&Y Great Western.
The colors on last NY flick are pretty, in a non-girlie-sorta-way, nah mean!
Paaaaaaace!

[imported_El Mas Sucio De Todos]

wha, wha, what!? YO! NICE FLICKS!!!!!
where is that abandoned double decker? or is that a building? hehe!
I dunno if anyone here is into HO modelrr'ing, but i have a few pullmans... nice!

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[juliousjammajamma]

dome cars are the shit!

[mister metallix]

is that NY picture the D yard?

[rotten]

bump to the top.

i've included a slightly less cropped new york flick, but you still don't get all the goodness.

[fr8oholic]

that's goodness in 2d babey.

[WebsterUno]

Rot, that last one reminds me of HAZE's
'New York Reality Check 101' album cover.
Dope album, dope flick.
props [img]http://www.12ozprophet.com/ubb//biggrin.gif'>

[Ski Mask]

rotten: impressive flicks. I think I know where those pullman shots were taken too...this post gets the train geek seal of approval [img]http://www.12ozprophet.com/ubb//biggrin.gif'>

[bettathanu]

What's the piece on the train in the New York flick? It looks good, I want know who did it.

[bettathanu]

What's the piece on the train in the New York flick? It looks good, I want know who did it.
Oh, and the other flix are pretty hot as well.

[imported_the short bus]

anode145: "that flick from NY is fresh as a fetus!"

Beep Beep!

[rotten]

Originally posted by bettathanu:
What's the piece on the train in the New York flick? It looks good, I want know who did it.

that information is being withheld upon request. if there is any online speculation posted about it, this thread will be immediately terminated. just enjoy the photo and don't worry about the piece.

[Bare]

Hey Rotten, remember me? That ny flick is dope, very inspirational. I would love to come across those scraps, I'm guessing they got touched...

[fr8oholic]

timeless..

[AeRoSoL JuNkiE]

I drooled.

[nuke1_sb...chicago]

Great flick of the workers! That is my favorite.

[Ski Mask]

train geek mafia...
Just got this in a pack from tictactoe today...its a fire damaged u-boat (with the comfort cab conversion job...) passing through saskatoon...
[img]http://www.escape.ca/~cmillar/fireengine.jpg'>

[rotten]

yeah, they were loading last night. something must be fucked with photopoint because i don't see anyphotopoint stuff loading.

damnit!!!!

anyone know of any free services other than postmypic and photopoint?

[rotten]

Originally posted by Bare:
Hey Rotten, remember me? That ny flick is dope, very inspirational. I would love to come across those scraps, I'm guessing they got touched...

sure do. still living large out east i presume?

i didn't paint any of those old trains although it would've been more than easy to pull wholecars there.
they are property of a railway museum. their restoration is the result of countless hours of work by unpaid railfans who love trains equally as much, if not more than i do. they spend their weekends fixing those up.

i support the preservation of history of the rails. some of those cars are one of a kind. i feel fortunate to have seen them in pristine condition and i wouldn't want to take that away from other railfans.

don't think i'm on too high of a horse though. i had to have my girl lock up my paint so i wouldn't go do them. no shit.

[rotten]

how did this get all the way onto the second page?

fools are sleeping.


bump

[peat]

i wanna paint on the trains

[rotten]

what's a kid gotta do to stay on top these days.? some more from the archives:

[img]http://albums.photopoint.com/j/View?u=1535108&a=11628090&p=42598290&Sequence=0&res=high'>
freight

[img]http://albums.photopoint.com/j/View?u=1535108&a=11628090&p=42598291&Sequence=0&res=high'>
chicago

[img]http://albums.photopoint.com/j/View?u=1535108&a=11628090&p=42600666&Sequence=0&res=high'>
new holy rollers. look how low to the ground these puppies are. and check where the reporting marks are. a dream come true.



[This message has been edited by rotten (edited 03-03-2001).]

[imported_fartus]

should they be called holey rollers?
theres no holes..

[imported_El Mas Sucio De Todos]

man, those "holy rollers" autoracks are nice. i had see pics of them before like about two years ago, but i still have not seen one rolling.. this is a nice, nice thread!

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[rotten]

bump it up

[Jaunt]

Those are nice pictures. I can't wait till I get some of those rollers. And I know I will for sure. mmmmmm.

[imported_BeefUSDAcrew]

Moo. There is only paint on one train. Fuck you. Moo.

[imported_cipha]

I saw a freight today that maybe you guys could identify. The top half was rounded like a tanker, but the bottom was flat, kinda like a gondola. I've never seen one before and it was the only one on the line.

[imported_cipha]

I saw a freight today that maybe you guys could identify. The top half was rounded like a tanker, but the bottom was flat, kinda like a gondola. I've never seen one before and it was the only one on the line.

[dumb hot]

i like freight cars

[worthlessoner]

What was its height?

[Ski Mask]

Since rotten really brough out the quality flix I thought I'd try and do the same to keep this topic going...

This is the storage yard next to the Wychwood carhouse in toronto circa 84-85, all these streetcars (PCCs) are surplus and in the process of being auctioned by the TTC (toronto transit). I grew up during the end of the PCC era, and let me tell you, the newer light rail style street cars cant hold a fucking candle to these joints. You'd have to ride one to know what I mean...
[img]http://www.escape.ca/~cmillar/pccoutside.jpg'>
Here's a shot of the inside of one of the PCCs. These things were sweet...big cushy seats...windows that rolled up so you could catch a nice summer breeze...even the lights were better, with these molded glass covers, and real bulbs (none of this neon tube shit...)
[img]http://www.escape.ca/~cmillar/pccinside.jpg'>
People are always asking me how I know all this shit about trains, and I tell them I've been a train geek since I was little...here's what I'm talking about...I'm about 6 in this photo I think...
[img]http://www.escape.ca/~cmillar/meyoung.jpg'>
more photos in a few minutes....

[Ski Mask]

This is the old trainshed at the Miluakee Road station in Minneapolis. This photo was taken a few years ago, before they started restoring the station. Take a look at the ducts in the back, they were built so that when the engine pulled in, it would be underneath, so all the smoke (we're talking steam era here) would be funneled out through the roof. Some nice detail work on the steel supports on the side too.
[img]http://www.escape.ca/~cmillar/trainshed.jpg'>
Here's a long shot of the station. the shed is on the left. the building with the Chode bomb on the roof is the luggage/freight dock. the station itself is below the clock tower.
[img]http://www.escape.ca/~cmillar/chodestation.jpg'>
Here's a line of Budd RDC units in toronto this may. the photo is a little blurry, sorry.
[img]http://www.escape.ca/~cmillar/rdcunits.jpg'>

[Ski Mask]

this is the last chunk of photos...
For those of you who've never lived anywhere with streetcars, heres a shot of a typical intersection...
[img]http://www.escape.ca/~cmillar/wires.jpg'>
This is the garbage train, parked outside the davisville shops on yonge st. These cars are the same as the original Glouster Cars (Red Rockets) that were bought in the 50s when the subway opened. these two were purchased as part of a small order of a newer version of the glousters that was painted silver, to look more like the new stainless steel units, but they ended up purchasing cars from another company, so these saw service for a few years before being retired for use as maintenance equipment.
[img]http://www.escape.ca/~cmillar/garbagetrain.jpg'>
World of cheese motherfuckers!! this probably wont mean anything to anybody but me...if anyone can tell me where this is I'll hook you up with some flix or somthing...
[img]http://www.escape.ca/~cmillar/worldofcheese.jpg'>
Heres a shot of some cars at greenwood yards. I had a nice long shot of the whole yard but I put it in a pack I sent to somebody...havent bothered to get another print of it yet...if that person happens to read this post do me a favor and scan it will ya?
[img]http://www.escape.ca/~cmillar/greenwood.jpg'>
this is a view looking east from keele station. The tracks on the right used to be the keele yards, back when the line ended at this station. its no longer used, except to store some scale/maintenance equipment that doesnt get much use.
[img]http://www.escape.ca/~cmillar/keele.jpg'>

[seven.13]

Oh man....Rotten and Ese made my day
The inside shots of the trains are interesting too
Yummy silvers...

[Jaunt]

Ink Lunatic is hot. Bumpertrains.

[rotten]

ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhgggggggghhhhhhhhhhhhhh. i'm bugging out.!!

ese don't make me break out the reserves.. please.

check your mail fool

[Ski Mask]

*Bump* this needs to be right up top....

[HESHIANDET]

those street jawns look like the old ones here in philly they take out at christmas time. I dunno, cool shit.

[guise]

WOW! great stuff! the Silver Repose! ThE wInDoWs On EvErY oThEr OnE, real vintage art deco stuff, that great northern passenger car is fucking great. Ese, those street cars are classic! I can't believe they ran those that late, they look like they were 50s era.

-newly converted train geek!

[Ski Mask]

those PCC streetcars are the product of the depression when streetcar designs varied wildly from one system to the next. a confrence of the presidents of the major transit systems sat down to come up with a design for a new standard streetcar. They came up with the PCC (President's Confrence Car). Toronto started getting PCCs in 1938 (two years after they first came out) and by the 50s had the largest fleet in the world. When other systems with PCCs shut down toronto bought out tons of them. some of the scraps in that yard were originally made for systems in Cincinnati, Cleveland, Kansas City, and Birmingham. The last PCC in regular service in toronto was in 96 or so, but they were being phased out since the begining of the 80s. I just caught the tail end when I was growing up riding them...
they got replaced by the CLRV (Canadian Light Rail Vehicle):
[img]http://transit.toronto.on.ca/transit/streetcar/images/clrv4063.jpg'>
and the larger version called the ALRV (Articulated Light Rail Vehicle):
[img]http://transit.toronto.on.ca/transit/streetcar/images/chart14.jpg'>

for anyone wondering about the skytrain in Vancouver/People mover in Detroit/RT in scarbourough this is what it looks like...
they all use ICTS (Intermediate Capacity Transit System) cars/technology, so the only difference is the paint job.
[img]http://transit.toronto.on.ca/transit/subway/images/srt10.jpg'>
all these flix are ripped off...not mine...

[This message has been edited by ese (edited 03-08-2001).]

[Ski Mask]

Just like the streetcars, the best subway cars were phased out during the 80s. The Red Rockets (known officially as Glousters) had way more character then the generic new stainless steel cars...here's an example of what they look like...
[img]http://transit.toronto.on.ca/transit/subway/images/subw5089.jpg'>
the garbage train shot I posted was later versions of the same type of car, but they dont look the same without that paint job.
[img]http://transit.toronto.on.ca/transit/subway/images/subw5104.jpg'>
I can remember waiting on the platform at eglington forcing my parents to wait till a red rocket came through before getting on...shit. I think they stopped using them in regular service just after I left in 89. they used them in rush hour service for awhile but their all gone now. shit.
heres a photo of greenwood yard, its the same as mine essentially...this yard is so nicely set up for getting photos...the streets around it slope from being above the shops/yard at one end to being below at the other end, so you can see it all...
[img]http://transit.toronto.on.ca/transit/subway/images/gywide.jpg'>

[rotten]

those red rockets are boss!

[rotten]

those red rockets are boss!

[peat]

man. all those old skool trains at the beggining of this sitting in the yards make me want to trough rocks. you nkwo your shit. thats hip!

[imported_El Mas Sucio De Todos]

nice, nice... im gonna post some shit i got from austria last time i was there... the S line, street cars and their ubahn... just you waint and see!

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[rotten]

best thread...ever.

[BoB Hope ONER]

oh so true.

bumpism.

[imported_sonny fisher]

ahhh the trains..they are blank..it i rotting my mind!

[blahblahblah]

how did i miss this...those new auto's are big pillows...good stuff from everyone..

[fr8oholic]

big bump for the man rotten. one of those flix up there is worth 15 toys alone... heh...

[peat]

i member tihs thread hehe

[Ski Mask]

this IS the best thread on here...I love it...
[img]http://www.nycsubway.org/us/newark/shops/ncs-109-106.jpg'>
oh. my. god.
[img]http://www.nycsubway.org/us/newark/shops/ncs-114-111.jpg'>
[img]http://www.nycsubway.org/us/newark/shops/ncs-115.jpg'>
I'm on the next plane to jersey....

[boxcarwilly]

uh i gotta get a pic of the new green lines in boston for you guys
uh.
again
j.

[kidlugz]

bump.

ese. is that world of cheese located in bloor just east of bathurst? or it could possibly be the cheese shop in kensington market? i love cheese shops. thanks for the post.

[imported_Flubug Starski]

WHAAAAAT!! Those new autoracks are on some Star Wars hobo-alien desert trader type ish!! Sick!!! (oh yeah, bump for T.O.)

[rotten]

are those nj transits in service yet?

[Ski Mask]

rotten: as far as I know its not in service yet. but we both know whos gonna take a run at popping that cherry! [img]http://www.12ozprophet.com/ubb//biggrin.gif'>

lugz: both guesses are wrong....it no longer exists(its a Tims now) but it was in the pape subway station out on danforth...just a childhood memory cause I lived near there when I was really little...

[imported_destroy1]

oh my god,i'd be in heaven if i seen one of those trains

[canadian retard]

yeah yeah yeah....
thanks ese and rottn for the slick photos

i ll take this opportunity to brag about nailing those new autoraks...

muahaha

[imported_tEkRoCkS]

WOW!

[imported_ghoulsnightout]

badabing!

[imported_suburbian bum]

Bump.. This is a very interesting thread...

[fr8oholic]

hahahahahahahhahahahahahahhahahahahahahahahahahaha hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha hahahahahahahhahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahah ahahahahahahhahahaha... he said cherry...

those lite rail jawns are in service actually.

[Ski Mask]

for the sake of keeping this thread around, I bring you conclusive proof that I am a big hopeless train nerd...
[img]http://www.escape.ca/~cmillar/cardpacakge.jpg'>
thats right...trading cards....
[img]http://www.escape.ca/~cmillar/sd40-2card.jpg'>
CP SD40-2
[img]http://www.escape.ca/~cmillar/f3card.jpg'>
CN F3
[img]http://www.escape.ca/~cmillar/cardback.jpg'>
heres whats on the back of the cards...

[HESHIANDET]

are those the cars tha are going to be run on the light rail out of camden? (if it ever gets built)

[imported_Pineapple Chik]

ohhhhhhhhhh how PURRRTYYYYYY

[AidsIsDeadlyShit]

hey rottn, im kinda new to graff i guess and i live around you ... i just wanted to know why no one bombs busses.. there is a bus yard right by my house .. and it looks really easy to get into .. is there hot security or something?

sorry about off subject post

by the way .. dope fliks of classic trains .. i admit when i was young i used to be inlove with trains .. i guess i jsut lost interest for soemreason

also .. if anyone has somewehre to go and doesnt have mad bank for a plain ticket.. take a train.. they are DOPE. about a year ago itook one cross country (its called the california zephyre) and it was fun as hell... i got to see all these cool as canyons and the utah salt flats .. just some cool shit you dont see in the big cities... well im just talking about nothing now so ill shut up...

[This message has been edited by AidsIsDeadlyShit (edited 05-17-2001).]

[Ouija]

Bump.

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[imported_suburbian bum]

I had to go back and bump this up cause it was such a dope post.

[imported_IwearPinkShirts]

good lord. that nj transit shit makes me think of euro transit. lucky lucky lucky europeans.

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[img]http://albums.photopoint.com/j/View?u=1682414&a=12907782&p=49161904'>

[SNOee]

Best thread I've seen in a LONG time. LOOK AT THE FUCKING HOLY ROLLER!!

[Remi Martin]

[img]http://web.presby.edu/~jtbell/transit/SanFrancisco/BART/GlenPark.jpg'>

[Remi Martin]

[img]http://www.wam.umd.edu/~chaohwa/set4/r36_7.jpg'>

[img]http://www.wam.umd.edu/~chaohwa/set4/r32_3847.jpg'>

[img]http://www.wam.umd.edu/~chaohwa/set4/r68a_q.jpg'>

[img]http://www.wam.umd.edu/~chaohwa/set4/r40m_m.jpg'>

[img]http://www.wam.umd.edu/~chaohwa/set4/r62a_9.jpg'>

[img]http://www.wam.umd.edu/~chaohwa/set4/f5676.jpg'>

[img]http://www.wam.umd.edu/~chaohwa/set3/nyc107.jpg'>

All Photographed by Chao-Hwa Chen


[img]

[Remi Martin]

[img]http://www.wam.umd.edu/~chaohwa/set2/nyc018.jpg'>

[img]http://www.wam.umd.edu/~chaohwa/ncturail/seac049.jpg'>

[img]http://www.wam.umd.edu/~chaohwa/set4/r26_5.jpg'>

[img]http://www.wam.umd.edu/~chaohwa/ncturail/seac053.jpg'>

[img]http://www.wam.umd.edu/~chaohwa/set3/nyc116.jpg'>

[img]http://www.wam.umd.edu/~chaohwa/set2/nyc006.jpg'>

photos by same person as above


[This message has been edited by Remi Martin (edited 06-09-2001).]

[imported_SecretAgentX9]

i love nyc

[Remi Martin]

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[willy!wonka]

Originally posted by rotten:


[img]http://albums.photopoint.com/j/View?u=1535108&a=11628090&p=42600666&Sequence=0&res=high'>
new holy rollers. look how low to the ground these puppies are. and check where the reporting marks are. a dream come true.

()[/b]

ARE THOSE FUCKIN FOR REAL?!DOES ANYBODY SEE ALOT OF THOSE AROUND?!

[Remi Martin]

post some trains allready,
sheesh, and you call yourself a train nerd...

go pilfer sites, come on now, i live in cali and just laced 15 flicks of nyc.....

show your internet worth and steal some flicks of trains............