Esther's photos with the keyword: track

Commuter rail (Explored)

11 Dec 2022 20 16 170
A small commuter rail train chugs past a city warehouse on its way to tree-lined suburbia The Sunday Challenge: Trains SC24 SC20221204 144210-4

Around the bend

01 Jan 2014 6 6 328
On the Devil's Nose Train Ride. Nariz del Diablo, or Devil's Nose train - was named after the near vertical mountain of the same name which blocked the route. Engineers designed a series of switchbacks which allowed the train to climb nearly 2700 feet at a gradient of 1-in-18 by going forwards then backwards up a second set of tracks. tracks. AIMG 9952

Switchback

31 Dec 2013 4 1 341
On the Devil's Nose Train Ride. Nariz del Diablo, or Devil's Nose train, was named after the near vertical mountain of the same name which blocked the route. Engineers designed a series of switchbacks which allowed the train to climb nearly 2700 feet at a gradient of 1-in-18 by going forwards then backwards up a second set of tracks. tracks. The train ascends from the lower level on the the right, stops, then proceeds upwards on the tracks on the left. AIMG 9945

Devil's Nose

31 Dec 2013 1 3 316
The Devil's Nose is the mountain on the right. Nariz del Diablo, or Devil's Nose train, was named after the near vertical mountain of the same name which blocked the route. Engineers designed a series of switchbacks which allowed the train to climb nearly 2700 feet at a gradient of 1-in-18 by going forwards then backwards up a second set of tracks. tracks. AIMG 9935

Deep gorge

29 Dec 2013 4 9 482
On the Devil's Nose Train Ride. Nariz del Diablo, or Devil's Nose train - was named after the near vertical mountain of the same name which blocked the route. Engineers designed a series of switchbacks which allowed the train to climb nearly 2700 feet at a gradient of 1-in-18 by going forwards then backwards up a second set of tracks. tracks. AIMG 9924

Follow the river

29 Dec 2013 3 10 377
On the Devil's Nose Train Ride. Nariz del Diablo, or Devil's Nose train - was named after the near vertical mountain of the same name which blocked the route. Engineers designed a series of switchbacks which allowed the train to climb nearly 2700 feet at a gradient of 1-in-18 by going forwards then backwards up a second set of tracks. tracks. AIMG 9923

Waiting for the iron horse

29 Dec 2013 2 6 394
On the Devil's Nose Train Ride. Nariz del Diablo, or Devil's Nose train - was named after the near vertical mountain of the same name which blocked the route. Engineers designed a series of switchbacks which allowed the train to climb nearly 2700 feet at a gradient of 1-in-18 by going forwards then backwards up a second set of tracks. tracks. AIMG 9931

Alausi

26 Dec 2013 7 13 658
Alausi, Ecuador sits at an altitude of over 7677 feet (2340 meters). It is the starting station of the Nariz del Diablo, or Devil's Nose train - so named after the near vertical mountain of the same name which blocked the route. Engineers designed a series of switchbacks which allowed the train to climb nearly 2700 feet at a gradient of 1-in-18 by going forwards then backwards up a second set of tracks. tracks. AIMG 9897

Past her prime

13 Oct 2013 1 5 436
This retired snow plow car, now on a side track in Lincoln, New Hampshire, USA, has seen many winters. AIMG 0166B

Sugar cane train

23 Jul 2013 1 295
Sugar cane train hauling its cargo to the mill in Mossman, Australia. For more information about this narrow gauge railway, see www.lrrsa.org.au/LRR_SGRz.htm . AIMG 7574