Do You Count Train Cars When You See A Train ? (Page 2): Your trains make ours look like 'OO' models, Australian trains make yours look like 'OO' models. The record (Australian) was...

John N Loc: HP14 3QF Stokenchurch, UK

Your trains make ours look like 'OO' models, Australian trains make yours look like 'OO' models.

The record (Australian) was 682 loaded ore wagons containing moving 82,000 tonnes. It was just over 4.5 miles long.

Better than counting sheep!

FLBill

Florida Coastal is a dedicated route connecting the ports of Miami and Jacksonville.
Barely 350 miles end to end.
They get real busy during the orange crop season when we can have 4 or 5 trains an hour ALL night long.

jefffs

As silly as this sounds....and even though I’m not really superstitious at all
When I was a kid, someone told me that counting train cars would bring you horrible luck. They may have mentioned death.
And for whatever reason...I can’t find it in myself to count them....

Bill_de Loc: US

jefffs wrote:

As silly as this sounds....and even though I’m not really superstitious at all
When I was a kid, someone told me that counting train cars would bring you horrible luck. They may have mentioned death.
And for whatever reason...I can’t find it in myself to count them....

Are you sure they didn't say counting sheep could put you to sleep?

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hassighedgehog Loc: Corona, CA

I count cars if I am stopped and catch the beginning of it. Longest seen was 139 cars with 4 engines in front, one in the middle and 2 in the rear. This is a main line going to San Bernardino and east from Orange county. This crossing is eventually going to be separated as it is a bottleneck in Corona. Another crossing of the same line has already been separated with a bridge over it on Magnolia. That was an even worse bottleneck as the line crossed at an angle to the street.

Nikoneer

Serious OCD: I have a tendency to count things but please don't haul me away after reading this. I used to live in Slidell, LA and worked just south on I-10 in New Orleans. I had the habit of counting guardrail supports and would even slow down to do so on the Twin Span bridge. One day and almost late for work anyway, I found myself counting the concrete slabs that I was driving over. Well, I lost count and drove the remainder of the 5 mile or so span, turned around and headed towards home, followed by doing a repeat drive south on the same bridge so I could get an accurate count. No, I don't remember the result.

nervous2 Loc: Provo, Utah

Nikoneer wrote:

Serious OCD: I have a tendency to count things bu... (show quote)

Nothing wrong with a little OCD. A hassle at times but, hey, that's life.

rehess Loc: South Bend, Indiana, USA

hassighedgehog wrote:

I count cars if I am stopped and catch the beginning of it. Longest seen was 139 cars with 4 engines in front, one in the middle and 2 in the rear. This is a main line going to San Bernardino and east from Orange county. This crossing is eventually going to be separated as it is a bottleneck in Corona. Another crossing of the same line has already been separated with a bridge over it on Magnolia. That was an even worse bottleneck as the line crossed at an angle to the street.

For reasons of safety, I believe there should be lots of investment in underpasses - then most of us wouldn’t be counting the length of trains stopping us.

Earnest Botello Loc: Hockley, Texas

rehess wrote:

For reasons of safety, I believe there should be lots of investment in underpasses - then most of us wouldn’t be counting the length of trains stopping us.

Where's the fun in that.

rehess Loc: South Bend, Indiana, USA

Earnest Botello wrote:

Where's the fun in that.

Honestly, sometimes we have to think of more than just fun.

Until a few years ago, we lived in New England. Amtrak runs "high speed trains" {including Acela} that do have grade-level crossings and sometimes run right next to station platforms. Here, the powers-that-be elevated tracks downtown when they rerouted tracks to make Union Station possible {almost 100 years ago} but we still have grade-level crossings on the edges of town, including one where I photographed one of the crude oil trains that go through town regularly.
https://www.uglyhedgehog.com/t-610316-1.html#10499562

Watching trains is in danger of losing its "fun factor" if we keep killing the occasional person.

Earnest Botello Loc: Hockley, Texas

rehess wrote:

Honestly, sometimes we have to think of more than ... (show quote)

Rehess, death doesn't stop people from watching auto races, motorcycle races, airshows or any other type of racing. One airline crash kills more people than the others combined, nobody stops flying.

rehess Loc: South Bend, Indiana, USA

Earnest Botello wrote:

Rehess, death doesn't stop people from watching auto races, motorcycle races, airshows or any other type of racing. One airline crash kills more people than the others combined, nobody stops flying.

The last time I went to California, I took a train instead of flying.

ClarkC

Good afternoon. I have been tracking the restoration of 4104 since 2016, and have always been interested in steam and photography. I as well would be interested in taking some photo's at the Tehachapi Loop. Any information you could provide would be greatly appreciated, such as anticipated arrival times at that location. How we would be able to track it's location.
Thanks
Clark
rollna7@gmail.com

russelray Loc: La Mesa CA

Nikoneer wrote:

Serious OCD: I have a tendency to count things bu... (show quote)

I have a few billion relatives in Slidell.

russelray Loc: La Mesa CA

ClarkC wrote:

Good afternoon. I have been tracking the restoration of 4104 since 2016, and have always been interested in steam and photography. I as well would be interested in taking some photo's at the Tehachapi Loop. Any information you could provide would be greatly appreciated, such as anticipated arrival times at that location. How we would be able to track it's location.
Thanks
Clark
rollna7@gmail.com

I do not believe that 4014 (not 4104) is going to be going on the Tehachapi Loop. It will be going through Cajon Pass twice. Keep track of 4014 and the U.P. steam program here:
https://www.up.com/forms/steam-trace.cfm
and here:
https://www.up.com/heritage/steam/schedule/index.htm