IMAGES OF LTEX's LOCOMOTIVE STORAGE LINES IN McDONALD, OH ARE HEREBY BANNED FROM THE INTERNET!!!
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"I know this line like the back of my hand. I know all the roads that
parallel it and lead to it. I know all of the photo angles. I have memorized the
schedule. I listen to the traffic every day on the scanner. Therefore, it is I
that will submit all of the photographs of activity on this line to Railpace. If anyone else comes into my
territory and publishes a picture, I will become very upset, because they don't
know this line like I do." --The Idiot Railfan Creed
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You have found the home of the Idiot Railfan. The purpose of this website is to try to put a little more personality into the hobby (and I know that there are some railfans out there that need a good spike of personality!). There's no doubt that trains retain those bold, powerful, and colorful characteristics which attract us to them; the photo galleries that are provided here exemplify that. I just want to poke fun at the people that go ga-ga over them (me, included)!
Below is a list of feature photo essays that I have put together from my own collection or from other guest idiot railfans. With the addition of about a zillion megs of webspace added to the site, I will be randomly adding photos here-and-there (particularly into the archives), so be sure to visit the site frequently!!!
After several career and/or residency changes, I have landed in the town made famous by Glen Miller - namely, Chattanooga, TN (and, yes, I have seen the "Chattanooga Choo Choo"). Its a good distance from my previous stomping grounds of Pennsylvania, Connecticut, and New Jersey, but it offers a very diverse portfolio of operations - from Class I's to shortlines to historical museums and operations.
I have come to realize that, as a webmaster, if I do not have a link list on any of my websites, then I will rot in hell. I have therefore initiated one for this site, which is not all-inclusive (and is usually in dire need of frequent updating), but lists a few sites that have "big" link lists. The purpose of my list is to trade URL's with other webmasters. I will refer to and highlight specific links in the galleries and articles if I know that there is more info or pictures out in cyberspace on that particular subject. If there are any links that are dead or need updating, please let me know.
THE ALMIGHTY (severely outdated) LINK LIST |
01/01/12 - HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!
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Chicagoland!NEW GALLERY! Images that were taken during my April 2010 visit |
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Tennessee Valley Railway Museum Various photos of TVRM's equipment and excursions from the past several years. |
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Southern Appalachia Railway Museum These photos were taken during railroad photographer's weekend events in both 2004 and 2009. Plenty of Alco action!!! |
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A Wild Day in the Scenic City My own backyard of Chattanooga became quite the place to 'fan on Sunday, March 9, with a heavy amount of traffic; a variety of motive power and rolling stock; and a lot of friends to share the experience with! |
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A Day In North Georgia For CTC Board's ADINA project, I decided to capture a typical day in North America by photographing in the North Georgia area, particularly between Atlanta and Dalton. |
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Perspectives of the CNO&TP UPDATED GALLERY! A collection of photos taken along NS's CS main (aka "The Rathole") between Chattanooga TN, and Cincinnati, OH - all images cover the second and third districts, south of Kings Mountain, KY. |
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Austell Railfan Bash 2004 I have some photos posted of the 2004 Austell Railfan get-together. This was an opportunity for close friends from around the region to get together, do some railfanning and exploring, and sit back and drink beer and eat bad food at "FC TOWER". |
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Pennsylvania Roadtrip 2004 During the first week of July, I took a trip back to my home state to meet up with some old friends, to check out the traffic on NS's Pittsburgh main between Tyrone and Cresson, and to hunt down action on The Nittany & Bald Eagle, The Bessemer & Lake Erie, and various operations of The Buffalo & Pittsburgh. Kicking off the trip was a visit to the O. Winston Link museum in Roanoke, VA. |
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TVRM in the Hiwassee River Gorge The Tennessee Valley Railway Museum ran several excursions on the L&N's former "Hook & Eye" line out of Etowah TN during the month of May. While the trains never did make it to the famous loop, they still traversed plenty of spectacular scenery. Motive power included TVRM's newly restored NC&StL GP7 #710. |
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Camp Nickajack During the last weekend in April, A couple of friends and I decide to go camping at a scenic location along the Tennessee River, where CSX's "J" line from Chattanooga to Nashville passes by. NS has trackage rights over this line, which adds to the variety of traffic. |
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Wandering around northwestern Atlanta During the first two weekends of October 2002, I had volunteered my house and dog sitting services to my brother and sister-in-law, whom live near the Woodstock area. Since the dogs were able to fend for themselves during "business hours", I made it my business to check out the rail activity in that part of the metro Atlanta area. |
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Vacation California! In March of 2002, I took on the challenge of railfanning a new territory: California. For ten days, three of my friends took me on an excellent photographical adventure across the interior of the state. |
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New Haven in the '90's I had lived in the state of Connecticut between March '97 and April '98, and during all of my railfan expeditions there I had found an incredible amount of New Haven Railroad equipment on display and in everyday operation. Heck, there's even equipment that was never effected by the railroad which wears the McGinnis scheme today! |
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The GE Transportation Systems facility in Erie, PA These are shots that I have taken around the GE plant over the past eighteen years. Pictures include East Erie Commercial Railroad operations, locomotive demonstrators and other kitbashings, new locomotives, and lash-ups out on the multi-gauged, electrified test track. |
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The Railfan Scene around DALTON Some photos I have taken over the past year in downtown Dalton, GA, as well as some of the outlying areas. |
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AlcoFoamerFest 2001 The Alco/Lackawanna Anniversary excursion weekend in August of 2001. |
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Folkston Railwatch Photos from the Spring 2003 Folkston, GA Railwatch. |
Temporary postings of various recent pictures - kind of a "Catch-all" until I can relocate them into newly-created pages.
Over 300 photos of some of my better scans and digital images
Yes, I do take pictures of other topics besides trains. This link now takes you to my professional website.
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