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Post by packer on Nov 14, 2019 15:05:08 GMT -8
Does anyone have any other sources they use for prototype photos?
I have this so far:
rrpicturearchives.net
rr-fallenflag.org
railcarphotos.com
trainpix.com (really only good for BN/BNSF locos)
Trying to find more sources.
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ADK
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Post by ADK on Nov 15, 2019 5:53:44 GMT -8
Locophotos.com is a good one. You have to create an account, but it's free.
Railpictures.net can be useful as well, although more geared toward the photography side.
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Post by sd40dash2 on Nov 15, 2019 5:59:25 GMT -8
The question is kind of broad -- any particular prototype topics you are interested in?
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Post by jonklein611 on Nov 15, 2019 8:51:38 GMT -8
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Post by drsvelte on Nov 15, 2019 9:08:30 GMT -8
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Post by Colin 't Hart on Nov 16, 2019 3:52:03 GMT -8
flickr.com
facebook.com
You can actually search on Facebook, but you need to be a member of any private or secret groups if you want hits from those groups to show up in the search results.
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Post by edwardsutorik on Nov 18, 2019 12:18:23 GMT -8
for passenger car photos: passcarphotos.rypn.orghere's another freight car site: www.trainweb.org/nwrp/main2.htmGN/NP photos here: www.gn-npjointarchive.org/default.aspxThere are, of course, those "book" things. For GN, there was/is a great 3 volume set published by Four Ways West. In fact, there are a fair number of "color guides" for various useful railroads. I've got over 20 of them. And then there's the occasional "who knew?". I picked up a copy of "Chicago and Northwestern Final Freight Car Roster"--lots of photos. Books are good. Ed |
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Post by riogrande on Nov 19, 2019 9:37:47 GMT -8
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Post by packer on Nov 21, 2019 16:59:09 GMT -8
The question is kind of broad -- any particular prototype topics you are interested in? Usually I use them to look up freight cars to see if they are foobies and how they weather. |
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Post by sd40dash2 on Nov 21, 2019 17:17:41 GMT -8
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Post by Colin 't Hart on Nov 22, 2019 0:39:40 GMT -8
Be aware that Google doesn't index all of the sites listed above. But they do hit many others, so overall it's a win.
One tedious approach that has worked for me on occasion is to do a Google image search for reporting mark and road number. Of course, this works best when there aren't so many numbers to go through... but it doesn't take so long to go through 100 numbers.
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