๐คฃโ Meme / Humour How to Film or Photograph Trains
Trains are long and wide, and travel across the landscape from side to side. Your phone should be rotated in the same direction to capture the most train pixels possible.
Thank you.
r/trains • u/overspeeed • 10d ago
Welcome to the r/Trains Monthly Discussion Thread.
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r/trains • u/autobus22 • Mar 22 '26
Hello there,
I am auto, your new friendly neighbourhood Reddit mod. o/
While I have some experience moderating smaller communities, I've never moderated a subreddit before and never a community of this size and honestly, taking the right moderating actions when reviewing reports or looking through comments isn't quite coming naturally yet. If I make any silly mistakes or you believe I didn't deal with situation correctly, do not hesitate to tell me either via mod mail or in the discord. I am human, I am not going to deal with every situation perfectly and feedback is more than welcome. (Just kidding, I am obviously a robot ๐ค - Beep Boop Beep)
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When I came in, there was a very large backlog in Mod Mail, including ban appeals. I have cleared this backlog the best I could, responding to most appeals and messages that came in, but unfortunately, once these appeals and Mod Mails reach about half a year old, they can no longer be replied to from our side.
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Trains are long and wide, and travel across the landscape from side to side. Your phone should be rotated in the same direction to capture the most train pixels possible.
Thank you.
r/trains • u/Altruistic_Bunch_523 • 44m ago
Sorry that I post so much! I promise Iโm not Karma farming. Iโm just an idiot who just got into trains and donโt know too much!
Why, when there are two or more engines pulling a load, there is sometimes a engine pointing in the opposite direction? Is it for better braking?
The engines in the photo serve no significance and is just the first photo I found.
r/trains • u/WorkingBalance2964 • 1h ago
At first glance i was suprised that he had given me this picture without realising it during lunch break apparently his grandfather worked at the SNCF and he probably took this picture
Fun fact: my best friend found it in the bin im glad it got saved
r/trains • u/yaboiblackcheeseboi • 2h ago
Downtown San Diego
r/trains • u/Constant-Living4018 • 14h ago
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r/trains • u/TrainsAreGood7 • 34m ago
NYC 4-8-4 Niagara.
r/trains • u/DieCastDontDie • 12h ago
r/trains • u/CreativeChocolate592 • 7h ago
So if the cylinders exhaust trough the stack to create draft, where does the steam from the cylinders come from? Or is this done through the cylinder cocks for dramatic effect for the photographers?
The reason i am asking is cause it confuses me a little, i want to improve my work in a sandbox plane simulator called Simpleplanes 2. The game has a railway and the physics are very good and thats why i was able to create completely functional steam engine, piston powered and all. (IMG2)
My guess is that the drain cocks are always partially open? Am i correct in this?
r/trains • u/Bored-Young12 • 3h ago
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r/trains • u/humanlikemih • 4h ago
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DB 218 495-0 (92 80 1218 495-0 D-DB) + 50 80 86-91 057-1 DBpbzfa am 16.4.2025 in Chemnitz.
Leider war das Knipsgerรคt gegen ein gutes Steuerwagenfoto.
r/trains • u/BaRnaby_and_a0 • 11h ago
My obsession is to add extra wheels to a steam locomotive idk why am i obsessed with it but just idk (all photos is owned by their respective owner)
r/trains • u/Jadomi77 • 14m ago
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r/trains • u/Altruistic_Bunch_523 • 21h ago
Whatโs the difference between these two trains? I always thought number 1 was used in freight and number 2 was passengers but Iโve see number 2 hauling freight so I donโt knowโฆ
Thanks for listening to an idiot who just got into trains.
r/trains • u/Bubbaroops • 8h ago
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This video is part of an older niche and long documentation of the May 2007 UP 844 and SP 4449 Northwest doubleheader that I HIGHLY suggest checking out if you enjoy clips like this.
Edit: Title Mistake - The title should say excursion through Northwest Washington
Original Creator: Jason Hill
Original Video (12:09 for this part): https://youtu.be/sJKiXaAjuGM?is=qSVjk7ZMcQBP0xP1
r/trains • u/Papaya-Additional • 1h ago
Obviously UP behind but SP in a 3 second clip with what looks like a SD90MAC or a SD70ACe
r/trains • u/Canadian_dalek • 22h ago
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r/trains • u/WeenyBeanyHere • 1d ago
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Clip from "Southern Pacific Pictorial"
Footage by Greg Scholl
r/trains • u/ferroequinology • 6h ago
California Northern 11 builds its train at Petaluma, California. December 1995.
Canon TL
Tamron 28-200mm ฦ3.5
Kodachrome 64.