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Jan 3, 2010 20:29:28 GMT
Post by Deleted on Jan 3, 2010 20:29:28 GMT
Grazie B. The irony of the whole thing is I got "stuck' by this same train twice in the course of trying to get somewhere...get out of the f'n car and just enjoy!! OH,yes,the camera!!!
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Jan 3, 2010 22:56:50 GMT
Post by imec on Jan 3, 2010 22:56:50 GMT
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Jan 3, 2010 23:03:53 GMT
Post by bixaorellana on Jan 3, 2010 23:03:53 GMT
Oh ~~ classically great shot, Imec.
I am loving how each single theme brings out such variety, from everyone & from individuals.
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Jan 4, 2010 1:36:47 GMT
Post by imec on Jan 4, 2010 1:36:47 GMT
Oh, I was in such a rush to post a quick pic earlier that I missed casimira's terrific images. Beautiful cas! Isn't the graffiti great?
Was out with the kids this afternoon and my son asked a lot of questions about graffiti - why do they do it? who does it? when do they do it? - questions I didn't have a lot of answers for. He even asked "Did you and Mom do graffiti? ;D ;D ;D
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Jan 4, 2010 3:49:33 GMT
Post by imec on Jan 4, 2010 3:49:33 GMT
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Jan 13, 2010 21:33:17 GMT
Post by Deleted on Jan 13, 2010 21:33:17 GMT
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Jan 13, 2010 21:37:05 GMT
Post by Deleted on Jan 13, 2010 21:37:05 GMT
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Jan 13, 2010 23:12:51 GMT
Post by spindrift on Jan 13, 2010 23:12:51 GMT
Oh! I love trains and it seems that American trains are so much more exciting than those here in england. You all seem to have easy access to trains judging by the pictures you've taken. It's difficult in my town to photograph a train unless you're standing on the platform waiting for it. I'll see what I can find in my files.
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Jan 14, 2010 23:55:10 GMT
Post by Deleted on Jan 14, 2010 23:55:10 GMT
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Jan 15, 2010 1:52:29 GMT
Post by bixaorellana on Jan 15, 2010 1:52:29 GMT
Nice! (although very soon I'm going to be sick of the Arlo Guthrie earworm)
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Jan 20, 2010 6:27:55 GMT
Post by Deleted on Jan 20, 2010 6:27:55 GMT
Here is an old yellow TGV at Gare du Nord. I have no idea what it was doing there, because those are generally only used on the Gare de Lyon lines. This is the Thalys, which runs to Brussels, Amsterdam and Cologne. These are the oldest commuter trains still in service. The French call them "les petits gris" (the little gray ones) and despise them, because they are always too cold or too hot. The last ones are being phased out this year. This is the regional train that serves Picardy.
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Jan 22, 2010 2:37:13 GMT
Post by imec on Jan 22, 2010 2:37:13 GMT
Beauties kerouac - all of them.
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Jan 25, 2010 4:05:00 GMT
Post by imec on Jan 25, 2010 4:05:00 GMT
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Jan 25, 2010 5:59:10 GMT
Post by bixaorellana on Jan 25, 2010 5:59:10 GMT
Holy receding perspective, TrainMan!
Those are super-duper, Imec. Where were you standing to get those shots?
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Jan 25, 2010 6:12:19 GMT
Post by Deleted on Jan 25, 2010 6:12:19 GMT
I've been trying to figure out where to get some shots of freight trains around Paris. Obviously they do not come into the train stations here.
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Jan 25, 2010 13:48:10 GMT
Post by imec on Jan 25, 2010 13:48:10 GMT
I took these from the 100 year old Arlington Bridge
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Feb 5, 2010 18:29:45 GMT
Post by Deleted on Feb 5, 2010 18:29:45 GMT
Here is a photo I took recently of our local train station. The building you see used to be the actual Station Building and opposite (I'll get a picture of that later), is what used to be the Station Masters house. Although trains still run on these tracks, they no longer stop here in the village. The Old Station is now a hotel owned by a local man and the old Station Masters house is a grocery store.
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Feb 18, 2010 3:04:50 GMT
Post by Kimby on Feb 18, 2010 3:04:50 GMT
The Kuranda Railroad, pulling into Kuranda. Heard the whistle and climbed up the bank to snap the train as it arrived. And when we got back to Cairns it was pulling into town (a far less scenic setting):
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Feb 18, 2010 3:21:35 GMT
Post by bixaorellana on Feb 18, 2010 3:21:35 GMT
Oh ~~ nice pictures, Kimby! That first one could be any time in the last hundred years, couldn't it? Did you all take any trains while you were in Australia?
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Feb 18, 2010 4:20:49 GMT
Post by Kimby on Feb 18, 2010 4:20:49 GMT
Oh ~~ nice pictures, Kimby! That first one could be any time in the last hundred years, couldn't it? Did you all take any trains while you were in Australia? Nope, though we wanted to ride the steam train in Ravenshoe on the tablelands. Unfortunately a fire of suspicious origin had burned a wooden trestle under the train tracks a few days earlier and it was out of service for the next month or so. (We realized belatedly that we were there on the wrong day of the week anyway, as it only runs on Sundays.) There is a good little museum in Ravenshoe in which we spent quite a bit more time than we would have if the train had been running. I did take a bunch of pics of the steam train, but hadn't uploaded them to image-shack for my much-anticipated illustrated Australia travelog, because this thread didn't exist when I selected the photos. Will have to find those pics and add them to this thread.
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Feb 22, 2010 1:28:48 GMT
Post by Deleted on Feb 22, 2010 1:28:48 GMT
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Apr 24, 2010 10:54:41 GMT
Post by Deleted on Apr 24, 2010 10:54:41 GMT
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Apr 24, 2010 11:44:00 GMT
Post by bjd on Apr 24, 2010 11:44:00 GMT
Commuter train in Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Apr 24, 2010 11:47:03 GMT
Post by bjd on Apr 24, 2010 11:47:03 GMT
And a subway train at the Berlin train station And another shot in Berlin train station
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May 4, 2010 21:05:47 GMT
Post by imec on May 4, 2010 21:05:47 GMT
This train did not carry paying passengers. Rather it was used to carry workers who maintained the aqueduct which supplies all of the drinking water for the City of Winnipeg (from Shoal Lake). The railway is still in operation although this particular vehicle has been retired.
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May 22, 2010 23:59:14 GMT
Post by Kimby on May 22, 2010 23:59:14 GMT
The old and the new. The black one is permanently side-tracked. The blue Montana Rail Link engines are "helper engines" waiting to help underpowered trains over the pass before returning to sit here, chuffing idly. The brick street is where the Farmers' Market is held.
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May 23, 2010 0:01:14 GMT
Post by Kimby on May 23, 2010 0:01:14 GMT
The logo of the Northern Pacific Railroad, on the building that used to serve as its depot.
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May 23, 2010 17:12:00 GMT
Post by Deleted on May 23, 2010 17:12:00 GMT
Hmmmm.... is it run by Koreans?
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May 24, 2010 18:08:24 GMT
Post by Kimby on May 24, 2010 18:08:24 GMT
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May 24, 2010 18:13:38 GMT
Post by Kimby on May 24, 2010 18:13:38 GMT
Story of the Monad A mystic symbol, the Monad, lies in the center of Northern Pacific's trademark. this symbol dates back nearly 1,000 years, and traces of it can be found at least 4,000 years before that. The design is called the great Chinese Monad or the diagram of the Great Extreme. Traces of this design appear in the bead work of the American Plains Indians. Modified versions of the design are used as good luck tokens in Japan. Northern Pacific sees it not merely as a symbol of good luck but as a symbol of good transportation.
In 1893, Edwin Harrison McHenry, Chief Engineer of the Northern Pacific, was visiting the Columbian Exposition in Chicago. He chances to visit the Korean exhibit. Seeing the Korean flag which bore the Monad in red and blue, he was impressed by the simple but striking design. At that time, the Northern Pacific was searching for a suitable trademark. When he returned to St. Paul, he submitted his idea to Charles Fee, then General Passenger Agent, and together they worked out the emblem which is today so familiar to Americans.
The symbol has deep philosophical meaning. The two comma shaped halves represent the dual powers of the universe – two principles called Yang and Yin. Their primitive meanings were: Yang, light; Yin, darkness. Philosophically, they stood for the positive and the negative. Many interpretations are assigned to these: male and female, heaven and earth, motion and rest. To the Chinese, the colors of the two elements were apparently unimportant. Everything you ever wanted to know about the Northern Pacific Railroad - and then some -can be found here: pw2.netcom.com/~whstlpnk/first.html
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