W/NW: Trains and Train Stations

[underlord]

 

[ChrisPlatt]

On a related note, if you like live railcams here's one that's far more picturesque than most:

Link: Chester MA Live Railcam

Chester is a former station on the historic Western Railroad, later the Boston & Albany Railroad.
It's now the Berkshire subdivision of CSX Railroad.
Norfolk Southern and Amtrak trains will soon operate there as well.
MBTA passenger service between Boston and Albany is also planned.

Link: Chester Railway Station and Museum

I like watching the forested mountain and lovely ever-changing sky as much as the trains...

Chris

Please note the webcam URL has changed:

Link: https://www.youtube.com/live/wuPEBUNnATE

Chris

 

[Coldkennels]

(Yashica 24, Ilford Ortho 80 in Rodinal)

If I remember right, steam engines need to have these little lamps left on the front so that they're visible in tunnels. I'm not sure just how helpful that little thing would be, to be honest!

 

[underlord]

Crossed Lines by Philip McAllister, on Flickr

 

[Photar]

Daintree Rainforest, Queensland, Australia



Leica CL | Elmarit-M 24mm ASPH

 

[Wenge]

A7r5, Auto mamiya/sekor 55mm f/1.8
(Nat'l Museum of Transportation, St Louis, MO)

 

[Solanum]

 

[Axel]

 

[BernardL]

 

[Wenge]

D700 + 55/2.8 ais @f/5.6
1955 General Motors Aerotrain EMD LWT-12; three were built, two remain (other one's in Green Bay, Wisc.)
(St Louis Nat'l Mus. of Transportation)

 

[Jonathan R]

Found this old one from 2006 while searching for a different negative. Train and station and passengers! Tri-X at 800 ISO in Emofin.

 

[BernardL]

Bourgeade, Puy-de-Dôme, France (2012) Fuji GS645W, Portra400.

 

[BernardL]

Felletin, Creuse, France. 2012. Fuji GS645W.

 

[Ray Vonn 2023]

Summicron iv 35mm/ M9

 

[BernardL]

De-commissioned station on the line between Grenoble and Gap in the Alps. (2014, Yashica T4)

 

[Jonathan R]

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Summicron iv 35mm/ M9

Great shot! Permanently unresolved and fascinating.

As a Brit, it has always amazed me that in other countries passengers are allowed to cross the track to reach the other side. We have footbridges and subways. Having known the effect on an engine driver who hit a suicide, I completely understand why.

 

[Axel]

 

[Pentudlian]

Stoke Newington station, north-east London.
November 2025.
Olympus 35RC and expired Kodak XX.

 

[Pentudlian]

St Pancras, London.
October 2025.
Zeiss Ikon Ikonta 521 and Ektar 100.

 

[Ray Vonn 2023]

Great shot! Permanently unresolved and fascinating.

As a Brit, it has always amazed me that in other countries passengers are allowed to cross the track to reach the other side. We have footbridges and subways. Having known the effect on an engine driver who hit a suicide, I completely understand why.

Many thanks - I think we're at one here insofar as the fear of even going over a level crossing which stretches back to childhood, as well as the fact that a good friend of mine, a train driver has depressingly succumbed to a "jumper" in front of his train.