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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 (5)
Trains & Trails' favorite photos from other Flickr members (966)
Contacts (139)
Groups (50)
- Classic trains 9,596 photos, 137 members
- Trains on Bridges 1,623 photos, 129 members
- Norfolk Southern Gallery 1,422 photos, 35 members
- Winter on the Railroad 828 photos, 145 members
- Making Tracks 86 photos, 10 members
- The Boxcar Gallery 140 photos, 10 members
- Budgie Antics 1,180 photos, 118 members
- ***BUDGERIGAR*** 1,903 photos, 157 members
- parakeets 811 photos, 86 members
- Keeties Galore! 1,136 photos, 68 members
- 1,000,000 Locomotives 102 photos, 10 members
- Trainz 151 photos, 13 members
- Train Simulator 1,124 photos, 60 members
- Trainz Railroad Simulator Screenshots 259 photos, 20 members
- Flickr's Railway World Journal 308 photos, 216 members
- Quality and Exceptional Railway Photographs 5,660 photos, 211 members
- Sleepy Kitties 104 photos, 6 members
- Caterpillar Construction Equipment 1,344 photos, 76 members
- Flickr 11|11|11 2,346 photos, 3,733 members
- I Love Train Videos 1,431 photos, 186 members
- EMD: GP30s 332 photos, 31 members
- Steam Locomotives 40,430 photos, 1,411 members
- Steam Trains 53,259 photos, 2,184 members
- Colored Glass 5,145 photos, 527 members
- Glass Insulators 225 photos, 85 members
- Photography is not a crime 2,181 photos, 2,476 members
- Old fire trucks 5,984 photos, 461 members
- B&O Color Position Light Signals 258 photos, 19 members
- P&LE Memories 117 photos, 5 members
- Streamliners 1,817 photos, 119 members
- FARMALL-INTERNATIONAL TRACTORS 1,871 photos, 153 members
- International Harvesters 3,733 photos, 323 members
- Excavators 1,543 photos, 162 members
- CHEVROLET 57,446 photos, 2,829 members
- County Fair 6,055 photos, 517 members
- Ford Fairlane / Torino 14,550 photos, 611 members
- Fire Fighting 6,077 photos, 207 members
- Fire Departments & Gear 10,197 photos, 184 members
- All Things Trains 7,824 photos, 94 members
- Train and Railway Lovers 96,650 photos, 409 members
- Summer time captures 3,940 photos, 606 members
- Railfanning Northeast Indiana 286 photos, 56 members
- Smokin it Up! 1,300 photos, 61 members
- Railroaders - Gettin' it Done (Please read the rules) 1,313 photos, 149 members
- Conrail Blue Memories 1,367 photos, 102 members
- Railway 230,649 photos, 3,849 members
- Railyards 1,122 photos, 104 members
- Rinky Dink Industrial Switchers 2,678 photos, 118 members
- Kansas City Southern (KCS) Railfans 1,363 photos, 112 members
- Amtrak 40th Anniversary Heritage Units 336 photos, 75 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