Train Nerds Only: A lot of nice photos, not a lot of graff

[imported_El Mas Sucio De Todos]

This is the kind of post you should look at while listeneing to Boxcar Willie or Johnny Cash...



I was just going thru some train sites today and collected a few flicks that caught my attention for one reason or the other. enjoy!


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[imported_El Mas Sucio De Todos]

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[imported_El Mas Sucio De Todos]

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Anyone wondering why postage is so damn expensive?

[IHATEU]

a few did not open but good none the less...that BN tank was interesting

[imported_El Mas Sucio De Todos]

which ones didnt open? they all look ok in my browser, but i prolly go them all cached! yo IHATEYOU, email me: [email protected]

[T.T Boy]

keep it up... im sure many of us just love these type of pictures....

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[WebsterUno]

Hey Im not a train buff, but my city had (it closed down a while back) one of those train stores, and I boosted a CONRAIL fridge magnet, and maroon and grey LIONEL sweater. My question is, what is CONRAILs purpose, I thought it hauled supplies to prison or something. Thats the first time Ive seen their car. Thanx.

[*ZEMONEDOE$]

conrail,are thr rails itself.they have headquarters,conrail police,cars,and engines.
they controll the majority of railactivity,here in the north east.
fuck amtrack......they can lick my balls

[Ski Mask]

"conrail,are thr rails itself.they have headquarters,conrail police,cars,and engines.
they controll the majority of railactivity,here in the north east.
fuck amtrack......they can lick my balls"

thats a big fat load of uneducated bullshit. Conrail (Consolidated Rail Corp.) was created by the government to take over the operations of the bankrupt PennCentral (a old attempt at keeping railservice alive on once great roads, New York Central, and Pennsylvania Railroad) and some other smaller carriers in the north east. That was back in 1976. In 1998 CSX and NS bought out conrail, and have split the assets between them. Conrail still exists in what are known as "shared assets" areas...where the need for an impartial carrier exists (CSX and NS cant be trusted to give each other fair treatment), but aside from that its dead now...

[WebsterUno]

My guess is no ones ever hit one?

[Ski Mask]

Webster: conrail got hit plenty...they just dont stray to far out west (or up here for that matter), so you may not see them at all. That explanation of conrail was for your benefit...I just noticed ZEMO's post as I was responding...

[Ski Mask]

El Mas: Nice selection of stuff. I'm gonna bless this thread later on with some odd yard shots and anyhting else I can dig up in the photo albums....

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[WebsterUno]

Thanx zemo and ese for responding. You guys are quick. Ive had those items for a minute (97-98), and wondered what the fuck CONRAIL was. I assumed it had something to do with jail, so I copped it. That train store closed, you guys would have loved it. IT was like a train SUPERSTORE, I swear. Im looking around for it, I dont know where it went. My last comment was intended for zemo, but after I posted it, I saw your reply too. Thanx for the info. So, next question, anybody have any flickz of some CONRAIL hitz. Lil request, pretty please. Ditto on the BN.

[imported_etchAsketch]

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DAMN! That car is hot!!

[cocaine & hookers]

Originally posted by WebsterUno:
Thanx zemo and ese for responding. You guys are quick. Ive had those items for a minute (97-98), and wondered what the fuck CONRAIL was. I assumed it had something to do with jail, so I copped it. That train store closed, you guys would have loved it. IT was like a train SUPERSTORE, I swear. Im looking around for it, I dont know where it went. My last comment was intended for zemo, but after I posted it, I saw your reply too. Thanx for the info. So, next question, anybody have any flickz of some CONRAIL hitz. Lil request, pretty please. Ditto on the BN.

conrail gets crushed. no question.

[imported_El Mas Sucio De Todos]

i went thru my book quickly... maybe not the freshest graff, but on ConRail nevertheless... one more thing worth pointing out about conrail: they painted the engines blue because blue is the chepest pigment you can buy. Even with that they were doomed from the get go...


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[imported_El Mas Sucio De Todos]

oh, here's another Conrail! too bad Kern went over the #'s, what a toy!

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[WebsterUno]

I take it back, Im pretty sure Ive seen a few hitz on conrail (the rust colored ones). I just overlooked the logo. Ive never seen any on the kind from up top, blue-grey? Thanx sucio.

WTF?!? Im bout to reply, and I notice sucios new reply, DAMN that mini is buttah. Did you add the rust effect, or did it come like that?
What do you want for that?

[xider]

i'll concur...

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[imported_El Mas Sucio De Todos]

I weather all my rolling stock myself (i mean i painted the rust myself)...

gimme U$7000 and its yours! i'll give Kern $10 and Rime $12 and the rest will cover shipping and handling! haha...
Sorry, man, its part of my "private collection", not for sale or trade. I have TONS more. Every writter that comes to my crib has to do one, but this is the only Conrail i have with graff on it.

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[imported_El Mas Sucio De Todos]

haha! i almost posted an Xide Conrail i have flix of! wierd...

[xider]

it's a small world, indeed. i checked my albums really fast and it turns out i rock most anything except the conrails most of the time... must be a psychological thing...


bump for conrail and there interesting workers...

[imported_BNSF 36]

real nice i like em all i never seen a BN tanker like that before keep em coming

[WebsterUno]

The fill on the last CTA is knock, knock, knockin…

[platapie]

nice one guys. i wish i had fr8s.

[imported_El Mas Sucio De Todos]

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The reason you hardly ever see BN tankers like this (well, beyond the fact than BN doesnt exist anymore) is that it is no regular tanker. it's actually a fuel tender. meaning they are used to carry extra fuel for the engine, much like coal tenders used to carry extra coal for the fire back in the steam days... you can tell its a fuel tender, since they used to paint them just like the engines (top black, bottom green) and the marking BNFT (Burlington Northren Fuel Tender) ... i'm gonna look to see if i can find a BNSF fuel tender to see how they are painting them nowadays...

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[imported_El Mas Sucio De Todos]

i found this beauty while looking for a BNSF tender (can anyone help me, i cant seem to be able to find a pic of one!)


this is such a classic photo, the old SF and the old BN making a sandwich of the new BNSF...


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[deznatori]

Nice post. I love that phot of all the engines pulling out.

[my sweetheart, the drunk]

interesting post...thanks ya'all!

[sectr]

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[dosoner]

third photo down........ nice

[Poop Man Bob]

Very nice! I appreciate the niceness.

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[GunDam1974]

yeah! thats what im talking about some education to go along witht the eyecandy! drop some knowledge this way Senor Sucio... if i'm in a yard and i see an old boxcar, say a BN or a PennCentral like the one up there; should i paint it, or should i assume it's just a matter of time before they paint over it with the new BNSF or NS scheme or whoever owns the rr now.

[BoB Hope ONER]

hi guys
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anyways some of those are some damn pretty trains.

old beautiful rusted and decrepid. cars..

dont know much about all this rail fan train junk.. but i can sure as hell see some pretty trains which i could look at longer without graf on them.

[Bumblebee]

Shit is dope. I'll post up some of my own catches when I get ahold of a scanner.

[imported_Jalerjuan]

tight flicks

[imported_El Mas Sucio De Todos]

Originally posted by GunDam1974:
yeah! thats what im talking about some education to go along witht the eyecandy! drop some knowledge this way Senor Sucio... if i'm in a yard and i see an old boxcar, say a BN or a PennCentral like the one up there; should i paint it, or should i assume it's just a matter of time before they paint over it with the new BNSF or NS scheme or whoever owns the rr now.

Thats a good question. The answer is it all depends on what you want. If you are like me, you paint mostly for the flick. If the thing runs, it's an extra added bonus that is important, but not criucial to some. Also, if that's all you have to paint, then paint it! However, if your yard if filled with BNSF boxcars painted last month and there is one rusty BN in there, i'd skip that one...

I'm still looking for a photo of a BNSF fuel tender, if anyone else wants to join the hunt, I'm offering a box of Carnation instand breakfast as a reward, but you gotta come to my house to retrieve it...



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[Average White Railfan]

i wish i had a scanner.

[HESHIANDET]

i guess growing up in the north east i have taken conrail (and my knowledge of it) for granted. some of you guys make it sound like a big deal to paint a conrail car. dime a fuckin dozen in the area known as the north east corridor. ummmmmm yeah, i'll shut up now

[imported_tEkRoCkS]

good post.

[Ski Mask]

el mas: I'm afraid no such beast exists...the only place BNSF uses fuel tenders any more is a small operation in nebraska apparently...they probably still run in the BN paint job. I'm glad I dug around looking though...I found some great images on railfan.net's archives of ABPT posts...lots of good BNSF photos by Joe Testagrose (he shoots alot of stuff for Trains mag) and some other strange stuff...I'll post a few in a little bit....

[Ski Mask]

first some classics that I posted on here before...but have been gone for awhile now...
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Altamont Commuter Express bi-level car, being shipped west from the bombardier plant out east....I catch these every so often...its always intresting...
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Old CN reefer...only one I've ever seen with this paint job. I think it was a promotional kind of deal, for use in service with apple producers in ontario...
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The dreaded all door car...

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[Ski Mask]

Stuff I pilfered from various sites on railfan.net this evening. They wont let me link directly to images, so I downloaded and resized the ones I wanted to use, so they wouldnt eat up all my space....

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Commuter cars in belgium...too bad you cant see the pannels...

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MBTA harvard square yard from the 70s

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old MBTA cars...taken in 1978

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MUNI car...probably on its way to SF from the Boeing plant it was made at...no year/location info on the photo...

[Ski Mask]

More stuff ripped off from railfan.net

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rusty old Conrail Caboose

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A brightly painted CSX MOW engine. note the engine behind it, with B&O markings still on it...

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Found this shot intresting....Det/Pen/Kojak/Onu?

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the GG1s are hands down the best looking engines ever made. Funits are a close second however....

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Sorry the photo is so shitty...Kept on a CNW

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I'd kill to hit one of these...no idea on what type of boxcar (reefer perhaps? it doesnt look like a mechanical one however) this is, other than a BN one.

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Paps? character....the photo said it was shot in toronto in may this year...

[imported_El Mas Sucio De Todos]

nice shit ese.... there is a GG1 parked in a NJ transit station in Newark, NJ. Just chillin there! i saw it i couldnt belive it! Of course I didnt have my camera but im planning to go back and flick it. It didnt look like it went enywhere.


Talking about GG1's and ConRail, look at this guy here! Proud to be an american, taky paint scheme and all!


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[WebsterUno]

*bump*
nice train photos.
I really like that white BN, and ConRail caboose.
I think thats BABS? I could be wrong?

[Astroe]

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i'll concur...

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where did u catch that? i got the same flick i thought those trains didnt roll anymore im a few cars down w/ my boy fesup i saw it in indianapolis...

[imported_suburbian bum]

While at union station I saw a double decker Amtrack passenger car i got flicks too,I will scan them once they get developed.

[GunDam1974]

thanx Mr Sucio...

[Good Morning Captain]

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conrail

[brown twinkie]

wicked. when i see fucked up old rusty dead trains it makes me
really think about how i should start paying attention
to fr8s and maybe make some effort to putting art on
them in the future. backrounds like that are just fuckin' gorgeous,
something thats really hard to find in the cityscape sometimes.
its interesting, you can see a few people
doing fills and backrounds to mimic this kind of effect on
walls these days...transcend comes to mind etc....
that apple fr8 was amazing(by itself, i wouldn't like it with graff on it).... and same with that rusty
old baby blue engine out in the middle of nowhere(maybe?).....
dope shit. post some more old ass rusty trains please.

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[imported_El Mas Sucio De Todos]

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[fr8lover]

ese: i read that UP bought 50 or so of those huge reefers...they are about 8000 cubic feet, based on those northern stars that i guess were a bit of a test project for BN. so if you see one of those shits, its a rarity.

[imported_El Mas Sucio De Todos]

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the beautiful Acela... too bad they choose an ugly paint scheme and a stupid name, but I'm glad TGV technology is finally here!

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[Ski Mask]

I saw some sweet business cars here the other day...I dont wanna disclose what railroad however...not till they are long gone. I got flix...I'll post them when they get developed.

[imported_El Mas Sucio De Todos]

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[imported_El Mas Sucio De Todos]

There is a really, really cool site out there called railarc.org . These guys are SERIOUS trainspotters... they basically collect photos of all kinds of rolling stock. They have a HUGE archive. If you have the # of a freight you want flicks of, try looking for it there. Here's a few random things i found by doing a search for RBOX and BNSF and stuff like that... they also scan them at a very high res, so you can actually see what is going on. Check them out



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[imported_El Mas Sucio De Todos]

Did a search for KCS and IC ... this is sorta like benching, you look at tons of shit, once in a while there is some graff, mostly crap, but once in a while you see something cool...



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[IHATEU]

this shit keeps getting better! such quality for those who dont sleep...and belive me the acela looks better with my paint scheme...

[Big Mac]

What awate of space.
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[Ski Mask]

that railarc.org site is nuts...thanks for pointing that one out. I spent like 2 hours browsing through flix on there...all the exotic cars I never see....UPFEs,BNFEs,GVSRs,VCYs and so on....

[imported_El Mas Sucio De Todos]

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[imported_muthafuckinfatso]

i've peiced all those cars!

[imported_SecretAgentX9]

whoa, those gg1's are hot.. f that amtrak paint job tho... great posts everyone.. i'm drooling now

[HESHIANDET]

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this is a herzog car that operates the dumping of ballast cars. all done by remote controll in the comfort of air conditioning.
stolen from one of my lists

[imported_ruEtbeer]

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whoa who is this...

[imported_ruEtbeer]

email me el mas!!!!!!

[blahblahblah]

heven, jbue, and asher...rail fans love EMS.

[GunDam1974]

this post is so dope,, im gonna add to it soon, i promise...

[LICKERISH]

those santa fe autoracks lok very TASTY

[GunDam1974]

from railArc...
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[DrDopez MD]

i like the yummy smoothe sided cars makes me feel all warm and fuzzy. i still see con rail running through the dirty sizouth but have yet to hit one... or maybe i have drugs and trains dont mix i guess....

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