Western Railroad Discussion > Planes & Trains

The Seattle has a few good places for getting photos of planes and trains in the same photo. In this case, the power for the local that switches the Boeing plant at Paine Field, Everett WA is sitting underneath a British Airways 787-8 landing after a pre-delivery flight last Tuesday. The very steep (4%+) branch that serves the plant comes off the main at Mukilteo.

The second shot a second or two later with a Russian Air Bridge Cargo 747-8F holding short waiting to depart on its delivery flight with an Air Force KC-46 and an unidentified (by me) 787 in the background. All were produced behind the painted doors in the photo.

Jim B



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 09/24/17 12:11 by jimB.

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Dan, thanks. Yes, of course it was a 747-8F holding. I have corrected it.

Jim B

Very nice! Thanks for sharing...

James Nelson
Thornton, CO
www.flickr.com/mojaveflyer

Believe that other aircraft is South Africa Airways.

My vote is Ethiopian.

Great photos. I can't believe the wing flex on that 787.

Great shots, Jim. I love the wing flex also...

Those are gorgeous shots, Jim!! Thank you very much
for taking them and posting them here. those planes
are gorgeous -- much beautiful shape! And yes, that
wing flex is impressive! But only what an aircraft
is designed to do. Still amazing to see.

I loves me the 747!! What a beauty! And the ROAR
their engines make is incredible!!

Margaret_SP_fan Wrote:
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> Those are gorgeous shots, Jim!! Thank you very
> much
> for taking them and posting them here. those
> planes
> are gorgeous -- much beautiful shape! And yes,
> that
> wing flex is impressive! But only what an
> aircraft
> is designed to do. Still amazing to see.
>
> I loves me the 747!! What a beauty! And the
> ROAR
> their engines make is incredible!!

United is about to retire their last 747. It will fly from Seoul to San Fran on Nov 7. Flight Attendants will be in period garb. And yes, it's sold out!

https://www.avweb.com/avwebflash/news/United-Gives-747-Special-Send-Off-229647-1.html

SPMemphisFreight Wrote:
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> United is about to retire their last 747. It will
> fly from Seoul to San Fran on Nov 7. Flight
> Attendants will be in period garb. And yes, it's
> sold out!
>
> https://www.avweb.com/avwebflash/news/United-Gives
> -747-Special-Send-Off-229647-1.html

Personally, I don't want to be within 2500 miles of Korea
since Slump is talking about blowing the N Koreans to hell
and back!

Larry Dodgion
Wilsonville, OR

Margaret, those new 747-8's don't roar as much as you might expect. The 787 & 747-8 engines (same) are very quiet. A 777 is much louder taking off.

The next generation of 777's will use composite wings like the 787 but longer. The flex on them may be impressive! They will have a folding wing tip capability.

I do hope to drive up the road to SFO to get photos of the last 747-400 flight. That's if my daughter's due date doesn't intervene!

Jim B

jimB Wrote:
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> Margaret, those new 747-8's don't roar as much as
> you might expect. The 787 & 747-8 engines (same)
> are very quiet. A 777 is much louder taking off.
>
> The next generation of 777's will use composite
> wings like the 787 but longer. The flex on them
> may be impressive! They will have a folding wing
> tip capability.
>
> I do hope to drive up the road to SFO to get
> photos of the last 747-400 flight. That's if my
> daughter's due date doesn't intervene!
>
> JimB

JimB --

Best wishes to your daughter with the arrival of
Child Within". I hope she has as easy a tome as
I did, and that the little darling will be healthy
and fine. Her first?

And I do hope the little one does not arrive until
a bit after that Nov. 7 UAL 747 retirement arrival!

Yeah, I have noticed that the relatively few aircraft
that now fly over my home on their way to SFO are not
all that loud. Rather disappointing to me, but time
does march on, and sooner, rather the later, the very
last 747 to fly over my home will have flown into
history.

I will never, ever forget the night a little less than
2 years ago when I went outside to hear a rather loud
aircraft -- and it was a 747-400, at around 5,000 feet
AGL! The ROAR her 4 big FE engines made was incredible!!
It filled the air from top to bottom with the most beautiful
and awe-inspiring and deep and majestic sounds that I had
ever heard. And not even one tiny part of that sound was
unpleasant; the whole symphony was gorgeous and full and
resonant. THAT 747's engines had incredible "gravitas"!
And as she got farther away, the echoes of her engines
rolled away and sounded like the deepest and softest very
deep bass drum ever made -- and those beautiful deep and
soft echoes kept on for some time. I will never, ever
forget that as long as I live.