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Katy trains meet on the T&P In February 1953, the Katy Komet redball freight holds the main to meet the Fort Worth section of Katy’s Texas Special, heading in at Keller, Texas, on Texas & Pacific trackage rights. Wallace W. Abbey photo
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ホーム上で編成で撮ろうとすると難しいですね。そもそも編成で撮ろうとしても、先頭部が尖った形をしてるので、あの滑らかに伸びる曲線をうまく拾えない。近接戦ですね。
ハヤブサをイメージして制作されたこのシンボルマーク。ステッカーなんですって。確かに拡大すると縁取りが見えます。
一番下の写真は木古内で撮ったもの。木古内のホームもホームドアが設置されてましたが、端の部分は柵状だったのでローアングルから撮影できました。マジョーラカラーではないみたいですが、ツヤッツヤのきれいな塗装です。初め、E5系が出た時、派手だなぁと何とも言えない違和感があったのですが、慣れですかね。帯色はピンクよりもラベンダー色の方が似あいますね。
乗り心地はいいです、最高です。静かで滑るように走ります・・・と、ここでふと思ったのですが、乗り心地がいいのは当たり前ですね。他の新幹線よりも新しい路盤且つ、速さもゆっくり260km/h。これで暴れているようなら、保線区何しとんねんって話になっちゃう。
でも実際、先月、東北→東海道と乗り継いでみたのですが、東北のほうが揺れない気がします。さて、これで北海道から九州まで新幹線が繋がることになります。一度、休みとって乗り継いでみたいですね。ダイヤも下調べしてみます。
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Long one of Godzilla’s favorite snacks, many train cars provide vital minerals and vitamins.  Photo above from Godzilla vs. Megaguirus (2000), gif from Gojira (1954)
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comrades in arms, drawn to a close together
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Mallet compound locomotive, Southern Pacific Railroad.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cab_forward
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Coast Starlight Union Station Los Angeles, CA 1980
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CR 22822, Horseshoe Curve, west of Altoona, PA
9-3-1977
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Bozeman, Montana
I was shocked today to see an image of the Bozeman passenger station falling into disrepair. I have two images of the station in better times—when Amtrak's North Coast Hiawatha still ran.
In my shots here we first see an eastbound Burlington Norther freight on the former Northern Pacific line, and then the Amtrak passenger trains arrives. I would ride the NCH between Bozeman and Milwaukee.
[Being a locomotive geek, I see that the BN GP9 on point is a former Northern Pacific engine, running on home rails, built in 1957. The power for the passenger train is a relatively new F40PH built in October of 1977, just shy of two years old.] It should be said that this Amtrak train was named in honor of earlier passenger trains on both the Milwaukee Road and the Northern Pacific—as its long journey would use the tracks of those two railroads. The train operated for Amtrak between 1971 and 1979. Again, sorry to see the station falling into disrepair. I hope it is saved and that passenger trains return to the line. Two images by Richard Koenig—made in August of 1979.
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