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RC Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-16-05 08:40 PM
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How about having trains some month?
Edited on Sat Jul-16-05 08:45 PM by RC

BTY this engine & a mile of cars behind it was doing around 35 mph when I shot it.
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Blue_In_AK Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-16-05 11:44 PM
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1. I trust you were using a telephoto lens?? n/t
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RC Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-17-05 05:15 AM
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3. You outed me.
I was, 10X. However I was about 3 feet from the tracks at a city crossing. I stayed where I was and took more pictures as the train was passing. I figured I was safe because I was leaning against a metal post for that shot.
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F.Gordon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-17-05 02:11 AM
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2. You and..... RetroLounge
That's a very kewl perspective. Makes me a little nervous just looking at it.
:scared:

Someone suggested "Planes, Trains, and Automobiles" one month. Would be a good theme. IMO
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RetroLounge Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-07-05 09:36 PM
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7. Yes! Trains!!!
I'm still here lurking, just haven't taken many pics lately...

RL
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peacebuzzard Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-08-05 07:40 AM
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8. Like the idea.
I am still rummaging through my old photos. It is a process destined for years of cataloging.

I like the amplified "Planes and automobiles" included...I am sure I can find something.
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Mutley Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-17-05 07:56 AM
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4. Scary!
It reminds me of that scene in Stand By Me where they're running on the bridge and the train is only a few feet behind them. :yoiks: Great shot! I love the idea of a train theme. We have a pretty big trainyard near my house, so I wouldn't have too hard of a time getting some shots.
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Blue_In_AK Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-17-05 01:01 PM
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5. Sadly we just had an incident here
where a 13-year-old boy and his friend in Wasilla north of here fell asleep (!) on the railroad tracks after a day of fishing. The friend heard the whistle and got off the track just in time with minor injuries, but the other boy was run over and killed. The engineer had tried to stop but was unable to. The train crew is in shock and are being counseled.
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Mutley Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-11-05 08:39 AM
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17. Wow. That's awful!
:wow: :cry:
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peacebuzzard Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-08-05 07:45 AM
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9. That movie is one of my all time favorites. The music is great.
I have a train track about 1.5 miles away, down the valley, and still the most soulful sound is a train blasting its horn in the stillness of the night. Many times I have been outside at around 2 a.m. and there is something about that sound that shakes out all the deserted feelings of the soul.
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Mutley Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-10-05 03:24 PM
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11. It's one of my favorites, too.
And the short story it's based on is great, too. It's by Stephen King, but I can't remember the title.
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TahitiNut Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-10-05 10:45 PM
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15. "The Body" I think.
It's a classic -- the birth of some excellent actors.
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Mutley Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-11-05 08:38 AM
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16. That's right, 'The Body'.
What ever happened to the kid that played Gordy in that movie, and Wesley in Star Trek: TNG?
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ET Awful Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-12-05 09:05 AM
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18. Well, according to IMDB, he's been doing video game voices
and cartoon voices lately . . . In February, he did a voice for . . . get this . . .

"Super Robot Monkey Team Hyperforce Go!"

LMFAO

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000696/
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Mutley Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-12-05 05:40 PM
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19. Wow. He did an episode of "Family Ties" in '87.
:rofl:

That's a great site, thanks!
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Mutley Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-10-05 03:24 PM
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12. Now I'm really curious about this one...
What snarky thing are you going to say in this thread?!?
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intheflow Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-08-05 05:09 PM
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10. I'd love to do a "Planes, Trains, and Automobiles" contest some month.
I have a special fascination with trains, and there are a few train museums fairly close by. I also have some neat photos I shot years ago at a classic car show. I think it'd be a challenging contest--much more so than flowers. :)

Love your train shot, btw. Aside from the heart-stopping framing, it looks like a two-headed man is engineering it. Creepy... but cool!
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DS1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-10-05 04:13 PM
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13. I have a shot of a train going by that made it into the local museum's
permanent collection. I never thought it was anything special, but I guess others did :shrug:
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blueraven95 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-10-05 05:51 PM
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14. I would love to do a train contest
seeing how I live right across the street from a train museum.
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Eurobabe Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-28-05 04:52 PM
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20. Here's two OLD retired trains from Snoqualmie
Probably from the high days of logging industry:



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