765 shots from Memorial Day trips

Cool pics thank you.  I saw the  765 last August going over the Rockville bridge, great site.

Great shots.  This was a difficult excursion to photograph since the train was running west in the morning and east in the afternoon, making most locations back lit for head on shots.

Absolutely beautiful pix.  I really like how the blue skies, lush/rich new green on the trees, and the white smoke/steam play off of each other.  An outstanding job with the natural lighting.

The 765 looks especically nice.  The Pennsy and Conrail units are a nice touch.

Some of your locations are just wonderful.   A++.

Thanks all, and glad you enjoyed them! Yes Dick, these are my shots from the weekend. The line is a challenge to shoot with the way the train was running, but as you can see, with a little planning, some help from some friends, and a little luck, you can do all right out there! The crew had the engine looking and sounding outstanding all weekend, and everyone I talked to that rode had nothing but rave reviews. Hopefully NS and FWRHS can keep this partnership up. Maybe move to a different area of the system each year. I know people around Philly where I am would love to see 765 back between Reading and Allentown again like back at the Convention in the 80s. Again, thanks for taking the time to check out the photos, and I am glad you liked them!

THANKS so much!!!! I was on NS-26 Saturday and the trip was great but you don't see 765 much!!! Very nice work....thanks for sharing!!!

nice photos, I saved a few. 

 I saw a lot of black smoke, guess Rich was not at the throttle.

Great shots! I hope you don't mind, I saved the bridge shot to use as my desktop background. Mike

Yeah, I found out Sunday - if you want to take pictures of the train, don't ride it, like I did.  Thanks for posting them, Darryl.  I have been spoiled by riding trains on private lines where you can walk around the engine when it's at rest and take it all in.  This long train and short loading platforms and being next to a mainline made it nearly impossible to do that, which is understandable.  Next time, I will be on the sidelines.  And after asking, they said Rich was "on the ground" today.  I think he would have made the supposed run-by in Altoona station a lot more exciting.  NS and the 765 staff did an outstanding job in coordinating parking, people movement, passenger comfort, etc. 

No problems at all with you using it as a desktop, the Brickyard shot is mine currently. As for riding vs photographing, I love the photography aspect of the hobby, and unless I can get an open car, the riding part loses interest for me. I want to hear the engine and smell the smoke. But I usually try to make a donation to the organization running the trip as a gesture of thanks!

Nice photos. Thanks for posting.

Darryl,

Very nice photos.  Would you mind sharing your camera setting and lens used to get those shots?

Thanks,

Dave

I was carrying two lenses with me, a 70-200 and a 17-35. So obviously the more wide angle ones were with the 17-35. Settings just depended on the sun and such, but I was around 1/320-1/400 of a sec most of the day and tried to keep the F stop around 7 or 8. Adjusted the ISO as needed but tried to keep around 250 or so.

Excellent photos....the 765 never disappoints....  Again great pics....thank you.

Chris

Great photos! Sometimes I think I have a nice photo I took, then I see photos like these that shows me how a real photographer composes a photo.

Awesome photos, I enjoyed seeing them very much.

Thank you for sharing them.

Bob 

lol, no problem Bob! It wa sa blast last weekend capturing these images. And it was good to see a large number of younger railfans out there instead of sititng in front of a video game system somewhere!!!