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Good Light, Good Scenery, and a Train
Landscape photography is difficult due to the challenge of combining good light and good scenery. Good railroad photography enters another level of complexity since it requires the first two while there is a train in view.
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Photo ID: 878872

The California Zephyr runs through Tunnel 29 at Pinecliffe, Colorado as it heads into the Colorado Rocky Mountains on the Moffat Tunnel Sub.

Railroad: Amtrak
Locomotive: GE P42DC
Location: Pinecliffe, Colorado, USA
Locomotive #: AMTK 51
Train ID: Unknown
Photo Date: March 02, 2025


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By: BUFFIE

Added: Mar 05, 2025

Views: 1,179
Comments: 0

Favorited: 13
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Photo ID: 877690

Reading 2102 steams out of Reading Outer Station with its first excursion of the year on a cloudy February morning.

Railroad: Reading Company
Locomotive: Steam 4-8-4
Location: Reading, Pennsylvania, USA
Locomotive #: RDG 2102
Train ID: Unknown
Photo Date: February 08, 2025


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By: Mark Turkovich

Added: Feb 14, 2025

Views: 1,457
Comments: 4

Favorited: 21
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Photo ID: 877460

A New York Transit 7 Train, the Flushing Local and Express, heads out of Manhattan and into Queens shortly after sunset. NYCT 7854 leads this train as it approaches the system's 40 Street-Lower... (more)

Railroad: New York City Transit
Locomotive: Kawasaki R188
Location: Queens, New York, USA
Locomotive #: NYCT 7854
Train ID: NYCT 7 Line
Photo Date: February 09, 2025


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By: Craig Walker

Added: Feb 10, 2025

Views: 1,327
Comments: 0

Favorited: 11
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Photo ID: 876741

At 7:15, just after sunrise following a snowfall the previous evening, Connecticut DOT train 6506 rolls into the Metro-North Harlem-125th Street Station on its way from Manhattan's Grand Central T... (more)

Railroad: Metro-North Railroad
Locomotive: Kawasaki M8
Location: New York, New York, USA
Locomotive #: CDOT 9390
Train ID: CDOT 6506
Photo Date: January 20, 2025


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By: Craig Walker

Added: Jan 31, 2025

Views: 1,081
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Favorited: 7
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Photo ID: 876429

Morning Parade of Passenger Trains The Moffat Sub now carries 2 passenger trains a day each way on most days. A miracle in our time but like old times standing in the golden waves of g... (more)

Railroad: Amtrak
Locomotive: GE P42DC
Location: Denver, Colorado, USA
Locomotive #: Unknown
Train ID: AMTK 1105
Photo Date: December 28, 2024


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By: Coloradorailphotographer

Added: Jan 25, 2025

Views: 1,648
Comments: 2

Favorited: 18


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Photo ID: 876212

In the early morning, SY1772 and SY1770 are heading together in the morning sun to Diaobingshan Station, where they will be connected to the YZ22 and YZ1 compartments to prepare for the day's sigh... (more)

Railroad: Tiefa (Diaobingshan) Coal Railway
Locomotive: SY
Location: Diaobingshan, China
Locomotive #: SY1772
Train ID: Unknown
Photo Date: January 19, 2025


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By: Counting Stars

Added: Jan 22, 2025

Views: 861
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Favorited: 4
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Photo ID: 876136

Norfolk & Western 475 leads its passenger train through the snow at Esbenshade on a windy January day.

Railroad: Norfolk & Western
Locomotive: Steam 4-8-0
Location: Ronks, Pennsylvania, USA
Locomotive #: N&W 475
Train ID: Unknown
Photo Date: January 20, 2025


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By: Mark Turkovich

Added: Jan 21, 2025

Views: 1,676
Comments: 2

Favorited: 21
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Photo ID: 874951

At sunrise on October 8, 2024, a westbound Union Pacific freight slowly climbs Peru Hill west of Green River, Wyoming.

Railroad: Union Pacific
Locomotive: GE ES44AC
Location: Green River, Wyoming, USA
Locomotive #: UP 5448
Train ID: Unknown
Photo Date: October 08, 2024


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By: Mike Danneman

Added: Jan 04, 2025

Views: 1,007
Comments: 0

Favorited: 13
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Photo ID: 874686

What a way to end 2024! The daily VR freight train from Siilinjärvi to Uusikaupunki has stopped at Saakoski siding to let a passenger train pass while a show of rather rare red aurora borealis ma... (more)

Railroad: VR-Yhtyma Oy
Locomotive: Sr3
Location: Jyväskylä, Finland
Locomotive #: 3355
Train ID: T 54036
Photo Date: December 31, 2024


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By: Vertti Kontinen

Added: Jan 01, 2025

Photo of the Week

Views: 4,732
Comments: 3

Favorited: 63
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Photo ID: 874414

A golden sunrise and fresh snow on the tracks creates glow as the Amtrak Winter Park Express Ski Train heads through Leyden, Colorado on the Moffat Tunnel Sub.

Railroad: Amtrak
Locomotive: GE P42DC
Location: Leyden, Colorado, USA
Locomotive #: AMTK 146
Train ID: Unknown
Photo Date: December 27, 2024


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By: BUFFIE

Added: Dec 27, 2024

Views: 1,601
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Favorited: 30


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Photo ID: 874104

A golden sunrise catches the Amtrak Winter Park Express Ski Train notching up as it makes the turn at Leyden, Colorado and heads west on the Moffat Tunnel Sub.

Railroad: Amtrak
Locomotive: GE P42DC
Location: Leyden, Colorado, USA
Locomotive #: AMTK 75
Train ID: Unknown
Photo Date: December 20, 2024


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By: BUFFIE

Added: Dec 22, 2024

Views: 1,476
Comments: 0

Favorited: 19
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Photo ID: 873480

Steamscape: The Highline. Denver & Rio Grande Western K-28 #477 takes a Durango-bound mixed train through the most famous stretch of track on the 45-mile Silverton Branch, that being the hi... (more)

Railroad: Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad
Locomotive: Steam 2-8-2
Location: Rockwood, Colorado, USA
Locomotive #: DRGW 477
Train ID: Photo Charter
Photo Date: October 19, 2024


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By: Kevin Madore

Added: Dec 12, 2024

Views: 2,399
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Favorited: 15
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Photo ID: 872040

Here comes the Silverton. In weather conditions that could best be described as "atmospheric", a Denver & Rio Grande Western, Silverton mixed train slowly snakes its way north thr... (more)

Railroad: Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad
Locomotive: Steam 2-8-2
Location: Cascade, Colorado, USA
Locomotive #: DRGW 477
Train ID: Photo Charter
Photo Date: October 18, 2024


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By: Kevin Madore

Added: Nov 21, 2024

Screener's Choice

Views: 7,024
Comments: 3

Favorited: 32
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Photo ID: 871604

An orange sunset falls over the California Zephyr #6 train as it runs through Crescent on the Moffat Tunnel sub towards Denver, Colorado.

Railroad: Amtrak
Locomotive: GE P42DC
Location: Crescent, Colorado, USA
Locomotive #: AMTK 44
Train ID: Unknown
Photo Date: November 13, 2024


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By: BUFFIE

Added: Nov 15, 2024

Views: 1,519
Comments: 1

Favorited: 21
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Photo ID: 871460

The blue hour catches the California Zephyr #6 train as it runs into Coal Creek Canyon on the Moffat Tunnel Sub.

Railroad: Amtrak
Locomotive: GE P42DC
Location: Coal Creek Canyon, Colorado, USA
Locomotive #: AMTK 44
Train ID: Unknown
Photo Date: November 13, 2024


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By: BUFFIE

Added: Nov 13, 2024

Photo of the Week

Views: 3,535
Comments: 6

Favorited: 34
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