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Welcome to the RRPictureArchives.NET contributor site of Vincent Partin.
Welcome to my RRPictureArchive page. My name is Vince, and I currently live in Virginia, with a decent amount of train history and heritage.
My photos, albums, and interest in general surrounding trains is a MASSIVE mix. I'm into just about every aspect of Railroading; Motive Power, Rolling Stock (as seen by my countless albums haha), Signs, Signals, Crossings, Buildings, and a lot of other stuff. Applying to EVERYTHING I listed, I am much more into the classic/old school things if I'm being honest. One of my biggest missions is to document all the old that still remains. I am in the last days of a lot of cool things on the railroad, such as Signals, Rolling Stock, Locomotives, Crossings, etc. And these who know me personally, know I really wish I was born way earlier then I was, to be a railfan in the 80s-mid 2010s. A man can only dream . . . Many things and eras and versions are extinct in today's world, like B&O CPLs in Brunswick MD, Standard Cabs on road trains, and Mechanical Bells being on literally every single crossing... But all these years later, in the mid 2020s, there is STILL, plenty of old to be seen, and cool stuff to see. And that is exactly why I'm out here.
The information I put in my captions, and the information I put in "equipment notes", I try to have as accurate as possible. I often update the equipment notes of the Rolling Stock that I see, with the information I am able to discover about them, so other rolling stock enthusiasts like me can know the info, such as Build Date/Maker/Lineage, because I know what it is like to want to know cool stuff about a railcar, and then be disappointed to find nothing on it. It is however sometimes hard, and sometimes impossible to find information on rolling stock/specific railcars. I rely heavily on Railcarphotos.com, other photos on this site, and trying to capture the Build Date on the cars that I photograph. A tip for all my fellow rolling stock enthusiasts; If you see a cool car, it always tells the build date on the right side of the car, usually on a black sticker with white outline, but if the car has been repainted, then its just the text in very SMALL lettering.
I'm going to end my introduction with this important reminder that I have been told by my best friend's dad, who has been a railfan for many many years; Take photos of EVERYTHING. Even the boring stuff of today (Like C6Ms!) because everything, even the boring of today, will be gone one day. And one day in the distant future, when the boring thing from today's world is gone, you'll be wishing you got more photos. Railfans in the 90s and 2000s looked at wide cab Dash 8s like the railfans of my time look at AC44C6Ms, boring plain and common. And that's unfathomable to me because I love Dash 8s!!!! But I've come to realize, the way I look at Dash 8s VS the way I look at C6Ms, is exactly the way railfans of the distant future will view AC44C6Ms compared to whatever they have then. (I don't even wanna know, probably some electric Wabtec slop . . . .). So take photos of everything, because nothing really lasts forever, and once the thing is gone, it's better to not live in regret about not shooting them enough.
You may browse my collection of pictures via the menu located on the left hand side of the page. I hope you enjoy the collection and thanks for stopping by!
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