Tim's Trains Trains, Parktrains and More

On October 10, 2004 I was on the Capitol Limited traveling from Elkhart Indiana to Washington D.C. With no express cars on this train I was able to take pictures from the window of the door of the last car. Along the way, we were delayed for almost 4 hours in Connellsville PA because of a freight train derailment. CSX finally routed us through the freight yard there to get us around the wreckage. Here are some pictures from the trip, starting with the freight yard in Connellsville.

My son Peter and I attended the annual Railfan Weekend/Labor Day Weekend at the Illinois Railray Museum on September 4, 2004. Here are the pictures from our trip, including pictures of Frisco #1630.

The Little River Railroad has their 0-4-0T running again in White Pigeon, MI. Here are some photos.

The latest addition to the website is a sales boot from the Lima Locomotive Works published in 1946. This book is from the collection of Tim Bainter.

The lastest addition to the site are some pictures from a visit to the Hoosier Valley Railroad Museum in North Judson. All photos by Tim Boshart.

This month the Indiana Model Railroad Visitor's club visited the Mishawaka Rail Yard in Mishawaka, IN. This is a model railroad hobby store with an O gauge model railroad in the store. Click here to see the pictures.

The latest album in the Railroad Pictures area is on the Wellsboro Junction in Indiana where CSX and GTW meet.

Canadian Pacific #2816 passed through Northern Indiana on the CSX railroad. I was able to get pictures of it passing over the Wellsboro crossing with the Grand Trunk Western. Pictures are in the Railroad Pictures section.

With all of the current talk about terrorist threats to the rail systems, there are more and more stories about rail photographers being stopped by police. If you are a rail photographer, I would recommend that you read the Photographer's Bill of Rights by Bert Krages, an attorney in Oregon. On this page is a downloadable pdf document that you can print out and carry with you.

On May 31, 2004 the Illinois Railway Museum brought out it's Nebraska Zepher.