Speechless Sunday - Train

Hi Jennifer, My husband and I do love trains!   We watch all movies about them, and even stop to watch them pass, sometimes.  Thank you for the nice picture. We like the old stuff:) Happy Holidays!

I grew up in a town that very frequently "came to a halt" because of a train, so to me they are often a nuisance. Of course I also learned patience. I do "undervalue" the great amount of product they transport.

We have 0800 trains, 3PM and 4PM trains - 3PM fast, 4PM slow, all three dissect the city of Titusville and stop traffic, so we have to plan our cross city trips around the train times.  Oh... then there is the 8PM train.  It used to stop me if I was running a bit late on my schedule for an 8PM dance lesson. 

Trains can be fascinating.. They haul all types of cargo.... Including the U.S. Army. I took this photo just the other day.

Jennifer, I also have always liked trains, but this guy looks like he needs a paint job :)

Jennifer there once was a time when nothing moved unless by train, but a great deal of goods still makes that ride. Those look like drop bottom cars, which could be hauling coal. George is right they need a little spit and polish.

Jennifer ~  We still have a couple of trains in Nashua... it is great to see them still operational.  I think it is ashame we have let so much of the tracks go to ruin.  We still don't have a train from So. NH to MA... and it doesn't look like it will happen any time soon... so off we all go in our cars!

I like your picture, Jennifer.  You have a lot going on besides the train.  I like how those cars in the background are framed by the tunnel. 

Trains, barges and the Great Lakes freighters do the heavy lifting that our truckers can't do.  Trains are NOT very fun to wait on, but they do make the economy go.

Hi Jennifer.  Speaking of trains... one of the towns that we sell and manage property in has train tracks that haul cargo from various locations... we used to get caught by the trains so often until i would say, there's plenty of TRAINing living here!  That same town has a railway that cargo can be transported across the country!

Hi Jennifer, Your fascination with trains is quite natural. For many in this country, they need to understand that rail transportation could be  quite efficient as in Europe with high speed rail travel. One day, trains may return to be a major mode for moving the populous here in the USA

Jennifer,

It's fun to imagine what's on the trains and where they are going. The nation's commerce. :)

Steve

I was commenting on your post on fire safety and the photo caught my eye. I have always wanted to catch one of these trains and see what it is like to ride the rails...one of them dreams from TV I guess.

I always love to see a train!

Merry Christmas from your friend in Charlottesville Virginia!

Jennifer - I'm smiling at Gary's comment about dreaming of riding the rails!  I know it is supposed to be one of those guy dreams, but I've always had that dream too!

Those are hopper cars. They are usually used for hauling coal, ore, rock ballast, grain, etc. Those are CSX Transportation tracks out by 9H, which end right there at Claverack. Claverack has a lot of cattle and orchards, so those hopper cars could be carrying something related to them, such as grain for the cattle or fertilizer for the orchards. I think there also are some coal mines there in eastern New York.