Railroad Stuff/ BNSF/ all that?

[Chips_Mahoy]

I took a little road trip yesterday to go see this. It is very cool in person! Worth the trip! After I had left I stopped to take the next to last pic and heard the train coming, so I raced back to the trestle. I would've liked to have gotten back on the track for a pic but didn't want to risk it....

http://public.fotki.com/ChipsMahoy/tulip-trestle-green/

[heyslugger]

Risk it you say?


I was looking for one of the trestle but this is all I could find! Checking out the pics now.

[heyslugger]

GREAT PHOTOS!! Talk about no where to go but down if you heard a train...

[Chips_Mahoy]

Both of the boys kept referring to that movie. They thought I was nuts for walinkg out on it!

Here's the link I forgot to put in the other post with some info on it:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tulip_Viaduct

[raggedjim]

For the build-off I designed a train grapic for my chainguard. I love trains.

Rg

[Chips_Mahoy]

For the build-off I designed a train grapic for my chainguard. I love trains.

Rg

That is SWEET!!

[nhlkidds]

I work for a short line or class 3 railroad called the ann arbor Railroad. I used to work for the norfolk and southern.

[Bendix]

FWIW, my daughter just landed a job taking photos of tourists on the Durango to Silverton narrow gauge.





I'm curious to see how that works out for her, she's pretty excited...

[heyslugger]

I am pretty excited FOR her!!! Wow. I hope you will post up her work if at all possible! What a gig!

[heyslugger]

For the build-off I designed a train grapic for my chainguard. I love trains.

Rg

How's this coming along?

[johnp.smith]

FWIW, my daughter just landed a job taking photos of tourists on the Durango to Silverton narrow gauge.





I'm curious to see how that works out for her, she's pretty excited...

Can she get any discounts on tickets. I wanted to take my wife on that the last time we were down there, Its really expensive. A pretty part of the state for sure that hasn't caught fire yet. On the Front Range sub that goes from Denver to Cheyenne, there is a smoke cloud that we have to go through from Berthod to Wellington, about 25 miles, that even with the windows closed still makes my eyes burn. Im heading that way again in an hour

[raggedjim]

For the build-off I designed a train grapic for my chainguard. I love trains.

Rg

How's this coming along?

Check out my build thread in my signature. Right now it is lots of sanding, getting the frame ready for paint.

Thanks for asking, Rg

[heyslugger]

Wow looks JUST like the one on my forearm! Nice shot.

[Bendix]

I am pretty excited FOR her!!! Wow. I hope you will post up her work if at all possible! What a gig!

Interesting job. they shoot the passengers on the way to silverton, then sprint off to a little space in silverton where they process and edit the digital prints, ready the packets for sale, grab lunch somewhere if time permits, and then lug a big box o' pics back to the train where they hope folks will purchase them on the way back down to durango...

they're supposed to stick to business, so there's no personal train photography going on- but i did snap a shot of her going back to "the office" one day last week while i was jeeping in the area... dads are required to embarass their kids, right? i think it's the law...





another poster mentioned colorado fires- i read this article in the durango paper while i was there, it shows the lengths the railroad goes to in stopping the fires it starts. pretty interesting stuff.

http://durangoherald.com/article/201207 ... -wildfires

[heyslugger]

Great story and great photo! And yes, it's a law!