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Jibba · #1 Posted **Jan 13, 2009, 6:33 PM**

Sorry for the corny title illustration (supposed to be an overhead view of a train on tracks...didn't work too well), but I thought I would start up a photo thread on trains. I like them. I like taking pictures of them. I like looking at other pictures of them. Please post train pictures here.

To start:

touraccuracy · #2 Posted **Jan 13, 2009, 6:35 PM**

chicago's the best

Nowhereman1280 · #3 Posted **Jan 13, 2009, 8:08 PM**

^^^ Have you all seen the map of all the train tracks around downtown Chicago in the 50's that Mr. Downtown posted a while ago in the general developments thread or somewhere while we were talking about covering the tracks in Grant Park?

BFHeadstone · #4 Posted **Jan 14, 2009, 2:32 AM**

from my flickr page

Jibba · #5 Posted **Jan 14, 2009, 2:53 AM**

^Excellent. What area is that? I am assuming in Canada somewhere (based on your avatar); it is quite beautiful.

BFHeadstone · #6 Posted **Jan 14, 2009, 4:40 AM**

That is the Shuswap Lake area in the interior of British Columbia

We vacation there every summer.

Jibba · #7 Posted **Jan 14, 2009, 5:07 AM**

Dang, lucky you! BC is such a beautiful place.

BTinSF · #8 Posted **Jan 14, 2009, 6:24 PM**

Here's a couple of shots of an "El" in Woodside, Queens, New York:

Jibba · #9 Posted **Jan 14, 2009, 6:57 PM**

^Kickin' it old-school. Any idea of the production year of that model?

Sekkle · #10 Posted **Jan 15, 2009, 5:01 AM**

weird... I love trains, but I have relatively few photos (except I do have lots of the MAX here in Portland.

British Columbia

Vancouver Skytrain (out the window of the car)

New York – LIRR in Forest Hills, Queens

New York – 7 Train in Jackson Hts, Queens

New York… maybe West 4th St, Manhattan

Portland

(not sure if the streetcar counts... probably not, but it's got rails!)

Phoenix

Jibba · #11 Posted **Jan 15, 2009, 8:40 AM**

Great shots! I wish we had street-cars here in Chicago. It would be such a cool/bizarre/intimidating site to see a train rolling down the street.

olga · #12 Posted **Jan 15, 2009, 12:24 PM**

Rome:

Siberia:

London:

Berlin:

Genoa:

Kiev:

Stockholm:

Volgograd:

Poland:

staff · #13 Posted **Jan 15, 2009, 1:48 PM**

Thanks olga...

Jibba · #14 Posted **Jan 15, 2009, 5:45 PM**

Berlin has the hottest trains by far--great pictures, olga.

Also, that collection of trains in Kiev is serious.

initiald · #15 Posted **Jan 15, 2009, 6:08 PM**

Our trains in Charlotte are small, er, "light"

Kamakura Enoden line

Baltimore

Traveling in Tokyo from Odaiba to Shinbashi by train, looking at another train.

Even the signs on the trains warning of closing doors are super kawaii in Tokyo.

Kingofthehill · #16 Posted **Jan 16, 2009, 2:15 AM**

LA

SF

arkhitektor · #17 Posted **Jan 16, 2009, 4:26 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by olga

What is "Metro" a rip-off of an IKEA or something?

Anyhow....
Here are some pics of the rolling stock in Salt Lake:

Sandy · #18 Posted **Jan 17, 2009, 7:58 PM**

A Metro is a store for pro, they sell everything for small stores, restaurants, offices... from cartridge to food, here's a link to Metro India, the only one I found in English http://www.metro.co.in/, but the Metro cash & carry group is present in 28 countries, mainly in Europ...

Here's my contribution to this thread

France

Our TGV (High Speed Train)

Our TER (Commuter rail)

and some from my US trips

Boston commuter rail

Amtrak

Sandy · #19 Posted **Jan 17, 2009, 9:15 PM**

Chicago

Sandy · #20 Posted **Jan 17, 2009, 9:24 PM**

Boston T