I like trains

[I used to be a stranger 7,994]

Locomotives are awesome.

Personally I still think steam is the better looking half of rail history. Though modern electrics are catching up...

Are there any trainspotters on this forum, or rail fans?

[Loriem 639]

 

I like trains too, trains are awesome, trains are just so, train like. I mean, how could one deny the train-ness of locomotives? Trains are just too epic to deny!

[Prince Midnight 817]

my train is larger and more powerful than ALLL of your trains put togehter....its like, the ultimate train of train-ness, and it is bucking awesome, so you should worship it.

 

[Descant 1,898]

 

Since ASDF was already taken, I had to go with a Big Bang reference. Can't beat Sheldon Cooper.

 

Shame they're becoming less and less used, really.

Edited March 15, 2013 by Flareon

[Planty 1,053]

i love train to!

This one looks so cool! like it has a massive jet engine on the back of it, defiantly the most wacky design for a train ive seen at least

[Prince Midnight 817]

i love train to!

This one looks so cool! like it has a massive jet engine on the back of it, defiantly the most wacky design for a train ive seen at least

its a snow plow, looks to be a self propelled version (steam), ive seen that one up close, it is weird looking, but it preforms its job perfectly.

 

[Nothing&NoOne 695]

I love trains. Trains were my childhood

I love the old Steam Engines myself, I just love how they look.

 

Now, let's see...ASDF is taken, Sheldon is taken..I'll step in with Pinkie Pie.

 

 

 

 

[Betez 1,734]

I think they're pretty cool. It's interesting to watch a train go by, whether it's a freight train or a passenger train. I think train travel is pretty underrated. Although I've never seen an active steam train. Only diesel trains.

[Planty 1,053]

@, Wow that's amazing, i watched that video 3 times and in the comments it said that sometimes it has to go through 14ft snow drifts!!!!!

 

Trains are awesome!

[Scootalove 10,689]

I enjoy trains as well. Especially, the trains that are used for trolling. I like trains for their transportation uses, but not underground trains.

[Michael DeSanta 258]

I like trains. Ive been on every type of train except a steam train and freight train. I love hearing the sounds of the freight train and the bells on the front of it as they ring along as you listin to them at night. Personally I wish i could hijack the trains in red dead.

[Zygen 6,066]

When i was young I use to be really into trains, I'm not as much anymore, but they are still cool.

 

Plus while riding them its so relaxing to listen to the trains driving over the tracks, that constant rhythm is one of the best things to put me to sleep .

 

Electronic trains don't look as good typically, although that MLP one might come close .

[EndtheRaven 161]

I LOVED trains as a child. I still find them fascinating and nostalgic. It amazes me that they use to be the primary transportation for so many people 

Hahaha I love all you people.... This thread basically combines the two best things in the world... MLP and trains. Never would have thought

[Prince Midnight 817]

we still use trains as the main transport, beacuse ive never seen a normal transport truck carry hundreds of tons of freight across the entire country. trains will always be used for passenger and freight service.

[TailsIsNotAlone 3,695]

I love trains. I'd take one over a plane any day. And there's no better sound in the world than a train whistle blowing in the distance.

[Virulence 254]

Trains are cool. I like the sprinters near my area. They kind of act like trolleys but they only go short distances. I do want to ride an actual train though.

 

[truth is life 76]

I was like AviatorRaven and loved trains as a kid; even had a model railway set. Nowadays I mostly confine myself to doing a little bit of trainspotting, mostly on a freight route paralleling a road I travel on fairly often. Still think they're cool and would take a train if practical (but I don't travel long distances often and live in the US, so...)

[Prince Midnight 817]

I was like AviatorRaven and loved trains as a kid; even had a model railway set. Nowadays I mostly confine myself to doing a little bit of trainspotting, mostly on a freight route paralleling a road I travel on fairly often. Still think they're cool and would take a train if practical (but I don't travel long distances often and live in the US, so...)

living in the US shouldnt be a problem, we have AMTRAK, its a very decent way to travel

 

also, if you really want something cool theres a bunch of songs i listen too, by a man named james coffey, and some of his songs are featured on the kids videos (that i watch) called "i love toy trains."

 

one of my particular favorites, legends of the rails, my favoite line, "a black sillouette against the moonlight, a whistle echoing into the night."

 

then theres another that i love called "streamliners." another one of his famous songs

 

 

"people stared in awe and wonder, they were fast and sleek and full of thunder, they followed the path of smoke and fire, they were called, streamliners."

Edited March 20, 2013 by Queen Nightmare

[EndtheRaven 161]

I live in Oklahoma, and the only passenger rail service we have is Amtrak from OKC to Dallas, which I have taken before and loved it. It's such a relaxing, efficient way to travel. And you see so much more in terms of scenery, rather than just highways and billboards. I've also ridden the commuter trains around Dallas, Metra and the CTA overhead trains in Chicago, and rode a commuter train on the northeast corridor once. (wasn't one of the high speed electric amtraks, it was Maryland something-or-other commuter, I was young. 

I was like AviatorRaven and loved trains as a kid; even had a model railway set. Nowadays I mostly confine myself to doing a little bit of trainspotting, mostly on a freight route paralleling a road I travel on fairly often. Still think they're cool and would take a train if practical (but I don't travel long distances often and live in the US, so...)

I still have a shitton of HO scale stuff in my closet. I'll have to sort through it sometime. I use to always take the apart as a kid, and take the electric motors out and wire them back in and such. try to mod them to be faster

[Coffee Cream 74]

I really enjoy trains too! I've ridden a couple of trains and it's actually quite nice.

I'm surprised that nopony has posted a picture of this famous train yet:

[Prince Midnight 817]

I really enjoy trains too! I've ridden a couple of trains and it's actually quite nice.

I'm surprised that nopony has posted a picture of this famous train yet:

ehh, the hogwarts express is okay, its just basically a repainted flying scotsman.

 

its a beautiful locomotive, but i prefer more american steam,, they just have power behind them.

[mycarhasaMoustache 449]

I feel quite lucky now Im from England and we have this

 

 

Mallard the fastest steam locomotive in the world. Well it was only 125.8mph but still considering it weighs more then 100tons and runs on coal and water thats still pretty quick.

[I used to be a stranger 7,994]

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Edited May 6, 2021 by Blue

[Prince Midnight 817]

biggest and best steam locomotive in the world, the Up 4006 big boy, a 4-8-8-4 steam locomotive, capible of pulling fully loaded trains 1 mile long without help.

 

@blue

 

actually i think the ICE is faster, they got it up to 300-400 KPH, but i dont think either of them compairs to the japanese bullet train XD

Edited March 21, 2013 by Queen Nightmare

[FriscoPony 20]

I have seen 4006 many times, considering the fact i live literally 3 miles from it's current residence here in St. Louis. Anyhow, since we are on the topic of steam locomotives, I thought i'd share some of my photos of steam trains that have rolled through St. Louis.

 

NKP 765, Maintained by Fort Wayne Railroad Historical Society in Indiana. September 2012

 

Union Pacific 844, Maintained by the Union Pacific Steam Program based in Cheyenne. June 2011

 

Union Pacific 3985, the closest relative to the Big Boy, maintained by the Union Pacific Steam Program based in Cheyenne, June 2010

 

To see any of the steam locomotives in person, check to see if their running near you on their respective websites:

http://fwrhs.org/

http://upsteam.com/

 

 

Edited March 30, 2013 by FriscoPony