Magazine: Volume 01
[Download the volume 01] Download this issue : 21.01 Mo
Around the world : Swedish shortlines
François has lived in Sweden for years. In this article, he shows a colorfull view of the seasons through five chapters.
Contemporary railroading : Ac4400CW – AC traction by GE
GE’s AC4400Cs are the stars of this first pictorial. Discover some locomtives working all around North-America.
What if… ? “We talked about photography”
This chapter talks about Photography of Railways. In this issue, the author shares his opinion about common ideas.
New Horizons : High in the sky
Discover planespotting through Yves Cojan’s interview and pictures.
Do you want to learn more?
GE’s AC4400CW
If you’re not used with North-American geography, here is a map to help you with pictures locations :
Also, a 2005 roster that gives the AC4400CW users :
and some details about railroad companies which are illustrated (2005 datas from AAR) :
Canadian Pacifique Rwy : the second big company in Canada. CPR network is 22530 km (14000 mi) long and runs from Montreal to Vancouver and a part of United-States. 1669 locomotives are owned.
http://www8.cpr.ca/cms/English/default.htm?1
Cartier Mining : is a shortline that links Mt Wright Mine to Port Cartier (Quebec) with a 420 km network. 22 locomotives are owned for iron ore transport.
http://www.qcmines.com/default.aspx
Update : Cartier Mining is now owned by Arcelor Mittal. Locomotives should have new colours is 2010.
CSX Transportation : is a northeastern company that has a 28220 km (17535 mi) network. 3601 locomotives are owned.
http://www.csx.com/
Union Pacific : is the oldest of Class I railroads. Its network is 43370 km (26949 mi) long and runs all over United-States (but Atlantic Coast). More than 8100 locomotives are owned !
http://www.up.com/
General Electric Transportation website
http://www.getransportation.com/na/en/locomotives.html
About Planespotting…
Two links which show nice pictures and help to discover planespotting :
Airliners.net : “THE” worldwide website about pictures of planes.
Spottingzone : a french forum with high quality pictures.
“What if” article : the captions
For editorial purpose, there was no captions on François’s article. A PDF file is available for dowloading if you want to discover them.
Download the PDF file (0.4 Mo)
Photographers in this issue
Renaud CHODKOWSKI, Yves COJAN, Patrick DELARUE, François ILIOVICI, Scott LOTHES, Martin OSCARSSON, Benoit POULIN.
