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Trains & Trails' photostream
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Formerly known as Mtnbiker09.
I'm a single male from southwestern PA with a variety of interests including music, Steelers, Penguins, trains, camping, mountain biking, hiking, or pretty much anything outdoors in general. My interest above all others is photography. I am here to share my work with others and to appreciate and comment the photos of others. I am glad for all the new contacts and friends I have met here. Just try to bear with me as sometimes it is hard to keep up with what everyone has recently uploaded. I try to keep my range of photography subjects very diverse. It could be railroads, nature, abandonment, bridges, bike trails, industry. Just whatever I find that is interesting.
The things I really don't care for are Photoshop or HDR. I believe in using the camera itself to take a quality photo rather than doctoring it up with all kinds of software.
My photos are All Rights Reserved unless otherwise noted, and not to be used for any commercial or website posting without my express consent as to how they are being used.
"Our culture is discouraging interests like railfanning. People who visibly do anything outside the norm are no longer just curiosities, they are either publicly-shunned weirdos or threats to public safety and security. Conformity is comforting to the masses. So go be a sports nut at the ol' ball game or at the bar, or hide yourself away in your house to play video games or watch movies. But don't dare do anything that makes people wonder what you are doing. They do not like unknowns, it causes straining of the brain." --- A quote found on Trainorders.com.
IF YOU HAVE NO PHOTOS POSTED ON HERE AND/OR NO PROFILE, OR NEVER LEAVE A COMMENT, PLEASE REFRAIN FROM ADDING MY PHOTOS AS FAVORITES. I'M TIRED OF THE PHOTO HARVESTING GOING ON. IT IS A QUICK WAY TO GET BLOCKED.
Photos of Trains & Trails (6)
Trains & Trails' favorite photos from other Flickr members (1,110)
Contacts (120)
Groups (50)
- Canadian Pacific Railway 4,696 photos, 251 members
- Police & Fire Departments of the USA 13,712 photos, 159 members
- Cola with attitude 1,297 photos, 214 members
- Railroad Trailers 28 photos, 14 members
- I Love History 382 photos, 88 members
- mail pouch 1,530 photos, 212 members
- Dixie Iron Fist 2,396 photos, 146 members
- Travis Conner 1,064 photos, 165 members
- Trucks & Pickups ETC. 20,246 photos, 695 members
- Railroad Photography Gallery International 18,743 photos, 1,078 members
- Train Simulator Game Screenshots 215 photos, 13 members
- General Electric [GE] 2,753 photos, 86 members
- Classic trains 10,249 photos, 145 members
- Trains on Bridges 2,327 photos, 158 members
- Norfolk Southern Gallery 1,777 photos, 42 members
- Winter on the Railroad 1,252 photos, 157 members
- Making Tracks 152 photos, 11 members
- The Boxcar Gallery 203 photos, 16 members
- Budgie Antics 1,115 photos, 123 members
- ***BUDGERIGAR*** 1,901 photos, 160 members
- parakeets 900 photos, 96 members
- Keeties Galore! 1,163 photos, 69 members
- 1,000,000 Locomotives 1,561 photos, 27 members
- Trainz 168 photos, 13 members
- Train Simulator 1,132 photos, 62 members
- Trainz Railroad Simulator Screenshots 268 photos, 23 members
- Flickr's Railway World Journal 711 photos, 222 members
- Quality and Exceptional Railway Photographs 11,665 photos, 324 members
- Sleepy Kitties 112 photos, 6 members
- Caterpillar Construction Equipment 1,492 photos, 82 members
- Flickr 11|11|11 2,297 photos, 3,612 members
- I Love Train Videos 1,697 photos, 195 members
- EMD: GP30s 350 photos, 31 members
- Steam Locomotives 44,265 photos, 1,529 members
- Steam Trains 57,417 photos, 2,318 members
- Colored Glass 5,230 photos, 536 members
- Glass Insulators 242 photos, 91 members
- Photography is not a crime 2,213 photos, 2,509 members
- Old fire trucks 6,230 photos, 465 members
- B&O Color Position Light Signals 723 photos, 27 members
- P&LE Memories 150 photos, 6 members
- Streamliners 2,075 photos, 130 members
- FARMALL-INTERNATIONAL TRACTORS 1,966 photos, 162 members
- International Harvesters 4,074 photos, 344 members
- Excavators 1,682 photos, 171 members
- CHEVROLET 62,570 photos, 2,992 members
- County Fair 6,064 photos, 519 members
- Ford Fairlane / Torino 15,627 photos, 645 members
- Fire Fighting 7,216 photos, 227 members
- Fire Departments & Gear 11,282 photos, 195 members
Galleries (4)
- The C&O/B&O Gallery 3 12 photos
- The C&O/B&O Gallery 2 12 photos
- Railroad Bridges in nature 1 photo
- The C&O/B&O Gallery 18 photos
Testimonials (6)
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KooKoo4ChooChoo says:
"Curt is a super person and a great Flickr friend. I've learned a lot from him. He not only has a diverse portfolio of great photography, he puts it all to life with comprehensive details and history on his subjects. Curt is more than a photographer!
Thanks Curt!"14th October, 2010
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pawprints says:
"I really admire Curts work. He has a way of using creative composition and natural lighting to take a scene that normally would be passed by without much thought and turning it into a work of art. He has a talent to not only see the beauty in something but to show that beauty to others threw his work. The way he can capture light or turn a scene of something abandoned into a work of art amazes me. HIs diverse work from his unique train pictures, to his creative pictures of nature , to the artistic pictures of abandoned things really has become an inspiration to me."
11th October, 2010
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DeathofObsession says:
"All of Curt's pictures are amazing and beautiful. I especially love all the different angles and perspectives he uses when photographing trains and historic objects. He's super nice and always has something good to say. Definitely a great person to know and share interests with."
29th July, 2010
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lionel682 says:
"Curt, fun ride having met you. Obviously great pix, but love them more because I can't visit the old stomping ground today and they conjure up such wonderful memories."
17th August, 2009
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Cheri ~ says:
"I'm so very glad I have had the chance to see the world through Curt's eyes. His wonderful photography has taken me on several exciting journeys. Besides Curt's photography I have gotten to know his love of the world around him, and his wonderful personality. He's more than a flickr contact he is a friend and I never use that term losely"
18th May, 2009
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bulletproofsoul67 says:
"What a great photographer! You are talented and interesting,picking diverse subjects and possesing a great "eye"!"
12th May, 2009
- Joined:
- December 2008
- I am:
- Male and Single