Railway pictures (12)

Here you go Pieter, although not the usual stuff
Nevada State RailRoad Museum, Carson City

Virginia City streetcar




Virginia City streetcar




Virginia City streetcar




Virginia City streetcar




Deluxe passenger car





Thanks for viewing___Joseph

Sorry Alan, I don't know, the shots were taken in the shop. I thought a little earlier
thats why the photos look so cramped
Virginia City was in the heart of the gold and silver rush, really quite distant from any popular civilization. Must have took an effort to get it there. But they had the money. Kind of like the tech people of today

AudioDoc wrote: A kind of rail bus, as is the vehicle Pieter photographed in Poland.

This is a cart from commuter train, Kelly. These trains were in use in Poland until not too long ago.

AudioDoc wrote: You are from Poland and living in the US -- or the other way around? Kelly

Retirement is (?) nice thing. It let you live here and there.

Winter Photo Freight at the "Wig-ways"! 17 Feb 2023

Sony A7rIIIa, Tamron 28-200mm f2.8-5.6 @35mm 1/1000, f8 ISO 100

These rail crossing signals were restored by American Restoration in Las Vegas and can be viewed online. The NNRW posted a short video on the items that they have had restored in Las Vegas here: NNRW Restoration Projects

Thank you, Alan!
I did see a few regular steam trains in my younger years living in Germany. Probably the last ones in the 60s. We didn't live near a rail line so I didn't see many. My father moved our family to Germany in 1955. I was about 6 years old. There may still have been steam where we lived in Virginia, though it would have been near the end for steam, but I never saw one, or at least I don't remember any. I received my first HO scale model locomotive and train from Dad as a Christmas gift shortly after moving to Germany, It was a Fleischmann BR-01 which I still have. On the chassis it says, "made in US Zone" (not made in Germany or West Germany)! Dad loved trains and cameras and photography. I suppose that is where my interests come from!
In the mid 60s our High School band was invited to a band festival in Berlin. We had to travel by train at night. The train was pulled by an electric locomotive, but at the border, the locomotive was switched over to an East German steam engine. We were told to keep the coach's shade's down and not look out the windows (east German paranoia). But we were kids, so of course we did! I saw steam engines, and smelled cinders -- very exciting for me.
As for the Nevada Northern Railway -- the copper mine was closed about 1983 and the railroad ceased operation and was given to the city of Ely. It didn't take long for the railroad to take locomotive No. 40 out of retirement and pull trains for excited rail fans. Through grants and donations they have managed to keep the railroad operational and have been awarded the title of National Historic Site. One can find a lot of info about the railroad on their website here: https://www.nnry.com/
Of course, the Union Pacific Railroad operates two steam engines out of Cheyenne Wyoming, that occasionally pass through Utah pulling excursion trains on their mainline. Those are No. 844 adn 4014 (Big Boy).
Regards,
Kelly

Edited by AudioDoc - 15 March 2023 at 11:09

No. 40 is Alive! 15 February 2019 at the Wig-Wags. A major snow storm was rolling in!

Sony A7III, Zeiss Batis 40mm f2 CF, 1/320 f8 ISI 200

Edited by AudioDoc - 18 March 2023 at 16:40