One of the Work-Horses.....
......of the Southern Pacific pulling a load of lignite coal out of Texas, no fancy paint job here, just brute strength.....
thanks for the clicks and comments.....a tune to take ya down the tracks:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rsfg6oIPOAg&index=5&list=PLXLkjAuQOlW3CcQLD8NbLuV_wNxQr9zXt
Gerlinde Weninger 03/01/2015 17:04
Two locomotives for the waggons and a bigger and more beautiful than the other!strong pic.!
Ein Servus von Gerlinde
MAURICE CLEGG 02/01/2015 18:31
wow, they are magnificent mechanical beasts.great capture and composition.
regards, Maurice.
Lawson McCulloch 02/01/2015 12:26
Yes they are definitely built for strength and not for looks, real monsters of the tracks.best wishes,
Lawson
Adele D. Oliver 01/01/2015 21:24
great from this angle showing the details andstrength of this engine well ... no matter how
advanced technology will get, we will always
need these workhorses to pull the heavy loads ...
Happy New Year,
Adele
Wolfgang Weninger 01/01/2015 17:47
wow ... double action for a long and heavy train ... must be a special kind of feeling to ride on those powertrainsServus, Wolfgang
archiek 01/01/2015 16:14
Very nicely taken and edited. I remember those midwest coal trains that have 100 coal cars or more in them. None of those near where I am at now.-Regards,
Archie
Lila 01/01/2015 11:43
tolle Perspektive !!!L.G. Lila
Mauro Tomassetti 01/01/2015 9:23
Wonderful photo of the train and excellent b&w!Regards Mauro
Sue Thompson 01/01/2015 9:23
Big [very big] dirty, smelly and noisy....but I suppose they do the job and they do pull a great many wagons....and those horns.....every crossing the get to they blow those darned horns....day and night.......An excellent shot of this big brute :))))
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Harold Thompson 01/01/2015 9:19
Power good detail:-)) Harold
norma ateca 01/01/2015 6:57
Tolles Foto und also the starke Horses LG Norma