For a couple of hundred thousand dollars, you can have the excellent craftsman at the Hillcrest Shops build you this beautiful 15” Gauge “Davenport” 0-6-0 Diesel-Hydraulic locomotive for service on your railroad. This one was built for the ATT&NW 15” gauge railroad, the largest of its size in North America.
Photo by Andy Dickson, portraying an ex-Canadian National EMD SD40-3 locomotive. He explains how he took this unusual photograph.
No, this is not Photoshop trickery. This is some creative light painting. With camera in Bulb I opened every car body door and painted the guts of the engine with a flash light. A technique I discovered while searching the web. They did it to a car, I just super sized the concept. Taken with permission.The McKeen Motor Car. A railroad motorcar many years ahead of its time. Built in 1906, this fantastical looking machine was bought by many railroads, particularly Union Pacific and Southern Pacific. Excellent collection of photos of by Marty Brenard. I personally love the “wind-splitter” design as described in period advertisements (before the term “streamlined” was coined.) with the brass portholes and imposing cow-catcher (pilot).
The McKeen Motor Car. A railroad motorcar many years ahead of its time. Built in 1906, this fantastical looking machine was bought by many railroads, particularly Union Pacific and Southern Pacific. Excellent collection of photos of by Marty Brenard. I personally love the “wind-splitter” design as described in period advertisements (before the term “streamlined” was coined.) with the brass portholes and imposing cow-catcher (pilot).
V&T McKeen Motor Car, #22 by ScottSchrantz on Flickr.
McKeen Motor Car, built for the Virginia & Truckee RR of Nevada.
This HO scale (1:87) model railroad car takes your iPod/iPhone for a ride around your layout. It cleverly has a mirror that allows for a realistic view forward using the rear-mounted camera. If the front camera is used, it provides a splendid “out the window” view. The car is offered for $27.95 from Minute Man Scale Models, the photos of the built car are by Matt Goodman.
Aerial shot of one of 57 sections of BART (Bay Area Rapid Transit) Transbay Tube being towed from the Sacramento River delta to its resting place near the SF-Oakland Bay Bridge, over 130 feet underwater. What most people don’t know about the Transbay tube is that it’s not underground, it actually sits on the sea bed to allow the tube to flex in an earthquake, it’s loosely covered with gravel and soil.
(Photo from SFgate)
Frame and Drive Assembly of a Pennsylvania Railroad DD1 Electric Locomotive. From Railroad Electrification and the Railroad Locomoitive
Buster Keaton sits on the pilot of an ATSF (Santa Fe RR) steam locomotive.
Source: maudit
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