Gallery: "Rarest" Catch

[Chase55671]

Originally Posted by TheRoadForeman

That rail is shiny and you're deaf, correct? Anyone else see the impending issue here?!

I know it's wrong, but I'm sure he could feel the train coming, and could see the gates going down in the background. It's still trespassing regardless if you are deaf or not.

Nice shots from everyone! Glad to see this thread receiving some attention.

Chase

[J Douglas Moore]

Originally Posted by TheRoadForeman

That rail is shiny and you're deaf, correct? Anyone else see the impending issue here?!

You may be making some untrue assumptions here. I doubt that he travels alone much, if at all.

Here is my Rare Catch..... Just Google it up and see how many other pics you can find............

PhotoID: 283037 Photograph © J Douglas Moore

[KevinM]

Originally Posted by TheRoadForeman

That rail is shiny and you're deaf, correct? Anyone else see the impending issue here?!

Despite 28 years of flying airplanes, my hearing is still pretty good....but I always look both ways before crossing RR tracks. I'm guessing that David is even more careful about that.

[Mgoldman]

A few come to mind:

Most recently my rejected Northern Pacific steam engine photos - other then NP #328, there is currently only one single NP steam engine in the database. And none that can be found searching "Northern Pacific". RP didn't like the fence in front of the displays. There's always Steamlocomotive.com.

Back to rare catches:

Perhaps rarest of the rarest -

PhotoID: 228545 Photograph © Mitch Goldman

PhotoID: 142216 Photograph © Mitch Goldman

/Mitch

[Gear]

Does this one count? An abandoned SP coach. I wish I'd had more time to tend to the composition of the shot, but I do like the addition of the sun rays that were captured. Also, if someone could enlighten me as to what exactly this car's purpose may have been, that'd be interesting.

[Dennis A. Livesey]

Rare for me, last time I was in this part of the world was 26 years ago...

PhotoID: 287569 Photograph © Dennis A. Livesey

And this little filly gets out of the house only two days a year...

PhotoID: 282501 Photograph © Dennis A. Livesey

PhotoID: 282496 Photograph © Dennis A. Livesey

PhotoID: Photograph ©

Rare in number on the planet though not rare on RP...

PhotoID: 210606 Photograph © Dennis A. Livesey

I think there is only one each of these...

PhotoID: 207685 Photograph © Dennis A. Livesey

[ExNavyDoc]

I don't think this one leaves GE property very often:

PhotoID: 232793 Photograph © ExNavyDoc

[asis80]

PhotoID: 290932 Photograph © Ben Sutton

I did the best I could with a cloudy day, and blown out skies, and just over all dark without the processing being worse than it is. Just read the description. And yes, I know it says "Norfolk Southern". I emailed the RP crew about fixing that, since you can't fix it with the photo management.

Ben

[WembYard]

Originally Posted by Dennis A. Livesey

And this little filly gets out of the house only two days a year...

Nice little loco, it appears about as often as this

PhotoID: 257099 Photograph © Janet Cottrell

Only available on Maria Himmelfahrt (national holiday in Austria) and the lines "gala" weekend a month or so later.

I have quite a few pictures that could be termed unusual or "rare", I do like searching for the more oddball or quirky stuff off the beaten track; and UK tour operators tend to specialise in getting certain types of locos to places they would never have gone to in normal service.

PhotoID: 248072 Photograph © Janet Cottrell

I'll bet these two GM-engined locos would have rarely (if ever) met up if it was not for the special train which brought them together.

PhotoID: 161647 Photograph © Janet Cottrell

Almost certainly the first (and probably last) member of it's class to traverse the line to Serpins.

PhotoID: 288321 Photograph © Janet Cottrell

The only way somebody would have seen one of these in Scotland thirty years ago would be by partaking of too many "wee drams"!

[railfanzone]

Originally Posted by Dennis A. Livesey

I think there is only one each of these...

Dennis - FYI, 4 of the CDOT P32ACs in New Haven paint exist - 228, 229, 230 & 231

Anyways, mine would be getting a train and a Los Angeles class sub in the same frame. Rare in that the Navy usually requests an opening of the drawbridge so there's no trains around...

PhotoID: 201903 Photograph © Thomas J. Nanos - www.nanosphoto.com

[nikos1]

Some of mine,
First production GP38

PhotoID: 286442 Photograph © Nikos Kavoori

Untouched Chessie GP9, rare for most people, not really for me

PhotoID: 286088 Photograph © Nikos Kavoori

Matching pair of YN1 GP38-2 and caboose

PhotoID: 225429 Photograph © Nikos Kavoori

Valenta engined HST Class 43, almost all have now been reengined

PhotoID: 221875 Photograph © Nikos Kavoori

Snow in Georgia!

PhotoID: 274256 Photograph © Nikos Kavoori

First KCS units, which are rare on the Piedmont Division but not Atlanta in general

PhotoID: 290761 Photograph © Nikos Kavoori

[Dennis A. Livesey]

Originally Posted by railfanzone

Dennis - FYI, 4 of the CDOT P32ACs in New Haven paint exist - 228, 229, 230 & 231

This proves I've gotta get out more!

[norfolksouthern]

Originally Posted by TheRoadForeman

That rail is shiny and you're deaf, correct? Anyone else see the impending issue here?!

Thank you for saying!

And, yeah I am deaf

- David

[norfolksouthern]

Originally Posted by KevinM

Despite 28 years of flying airplanes, my hearing is still pretty good....but I always look both ways before crossing RR tracks. I'm guessing that David is even more careful about that.

Kevin,

Yeah, I always could more be careful about by myself and be positive!

- David

[wab1189]

I thought this to be rare. UP 2002 heading west on the BNSF Chillicothe Subdivision on point.

PhotoID: 224569 Photograph © Jason Myers

This guy showed up just before UP 2002.

PhotoID: 224922 Photograph © Jason Myers

Another rare one for my area seeing IAIS power on the BNSF.

PhotoID: 217989 Photograph © Jason Myers

Yet another rare one. A passenger train on the I&M. I think the C&IM ran one in the early 70's on this line and before that it had been back in the 50's.

PhotoID: 243535 Photograph © Jason Myers

Oh and to top it off it's being pulled by a pair of SD18's