Tag Archives: IF YOU LIKE “TRAIN PICTURES”

UNION PACIFIC PHOTOGRAPHS

Posted on July 15, 2017 by THE OLD MACHINIST

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OLDIES, BUT GOODIES – MY FAVORITES

Posted on December 24, 2015 by THE OLD MACHINIST

From time to time, I visit my collection of slides and other image formats that I have accumulated since the year I started taking photographs, 1961, and select my “favorites” of the day. Here are today’s selections. Click to enlarge. … Continue reading →

Posted in FAVORITES OF THE DAY | Tagged FORTY YEAR OLD COLORSLIDES, IF YOU LIKE "TRAIN PICTURES", MY FAVORITE PHOTOGRAPHS, YOU WILL LIKE THESE | Leave a comment

OVER THE TRANSOM A PICTURE CAME

Posted on February 22, 2015 by THE OLD MACHINIST

A good friend of my wife, from high school days, sent me a photograph she found in the house she bought. Knowing my interest in railroads, she sent it to me. Bingo! It is a photograph of UPRR #3657, a “bull … Continue reading →

Posted in HISTORICAL PICTURES, RAILROAD HISTORY IN PICTURES, STANDARD GAUGE RAILROADS, THE WAY IT WAS, THIS IS A MODEL WAITING FOR A BUILDER | Tagged IF YOU LIKE "TRAIN PICTURES", LIKE SPITOONS - THIS WAY WILL LIVE FOREVER., STEAM LOCOMOTIVE, YOU WILL LIKE THESE | 3 Comments

METRO’S BLUE LINE WILLOW St. STATION IN LONG BEACH, CALIFORNIA

Posted on February 20, 2015 by THE OLD MACHINIST

My wife has breast cancer and is receiving chemotherapy at the Todd Cancer center in Long Beach. The Metro blue line runs nearby and I walked over to the Willow St. station to check it out. I spent a little … Continue reading →

Posted in HOW THIS & THAT IS DONE, MODERN RAILROADS, ORANGE EMPIRE RAILROAD MUSEUM PHOTOGRAPHS, RAILROAD STRUCTURES, RAILROADS AT WORK, STANDARD GAUGE RAILROADS | Tagged COMPETENCE IS A MUST HERE!, IF YOU LIKE "TRAIN PICTURES", LIKE SPITOONS - THIS WAY WILL LIVE FOREVER., MODERN RAILROADS, THEN AND NOW IN PICTURES | Leave a comment

TWO AND ONE HALF HOURS AT BEVERLY, CALIFORNIA

Posted on November 15, 2014 by THE OLD MACHINIST

The UPRR main line to Las Vegas, and points east, crosses the San Gabriel River west of Beverly and circles around to the north of Rose Hills on its way to Riverside Junction. The branch line to Los Nietos yard … Continue reading →

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SOUTHERN PACIFIC RAILROAD DIESEL – HYDRAULIC LOCOMOTIVES – CIRCA 1964 IMAGES

Posted on October 19, 2014 by THE OLD MACHINIST

The SPRR bought diesel – hydraulic locomotives from a West German locomotive builder as an experiment. The concept of using diesel engines, as the primary power source for railroad locomotives, was relatively new in 1964 when compared to steam engines. … Continue reading →

Posted in DIESEL LOCOMOTIVES, HISTORICAL PICTURES, MODERN RAILROADS, SPRR LOCOMOTIVES, STANDARD GAUGE RAILROADS, THE WAY IT WAS | Tagged EXPERIMENTAL LOCOMOTIVES, IF YOU LIKE "TRAIN PICTURES", YOU WILL LIKE THESE | Leave a comment

OLD SLIDES (RECENTLY SCANNED) EQUALS NEW IMAGES

Posted on October 13, 2014 by THE OLD MACHINIST

Click on any image to enlarge I picked these images from today’s slide scanning session for no other reason than I like them. Perhaps you will also.

Posted in DIESEL LOCOMOTIVES, HISTORICAL PICTURES, RAILROAD HISTORY IN PICTURES, RESTORED RAILROAD EQUIPMENT, STANDARD GAUGE RAILROADS, THE WAY IT WAS | Tagged IF YOU LIKE "TRAIN PICTURES", YOU WILL LIKE THESE | Leave a comment