Midweek Photos 10/31/2018 Halloween Edition

A little action on the bridge just after sunrise

I've got a few, I guess.

1. Tulare, SD.  N/B BNSF manifest.  It had seven engines pulling a long train, but even with a 20mm lens I could only get four.

2. Hetland, SD.  RCPE e/b manifest.

3. Baltic, SD.  DAIR n/b pulling empties back to Dell Rapids.  I have since cut down more trees and hope to get another crack at this again this week.  All depends on the wind being calm, which is not typical.

4. Madison, SD.  Crew of the Prairie Village RR.  Camera:  1925 Gundlach Korona, Lens:  1938 Heliar 150mm, shot on 4x5 glass plate f8, 2 seconds, ISO 1.   All period-correct to the engine.

Kent in SD

A rainy day at Greenfield Village.  We took shelter in the roundhouse. A perfect place to ride out the storm. 

Nice composition.

Kent in SD

One more from last week in Fraser, MI

Michigan Central Depot • Halloween Week • 2018

Gary

Two23 posted:

3. Baltic, SD. . . . I have since cut down more trees and hope to get another crack at this again this week.  All depends on the wind being calm, which is not typical.

Kent in SD

Just another example of your determination to get the photo you envision, Kent.

We are fortunate to have a photographer who will plow through waist-deep snow, walk across frozen lakes, go out on dirt roads (dry and dusty or wet and muddy) at 2 A.M. for night photos, and now we know that you also carry a tree saw.  Additionally, you are usually alone, in very sparsely-populated territory.

Unstoppable!  I tip my hat.

Number 90 posted:

 

1. We are fortunate to have a photographer who will plow through waist-deep snow, walk across frozen lakes, go out on dirt roads (dry and dusty or wet and muddy) at 2 A.M. for night photos, and now we know that you also carry a tree saw.  

2.  Additionally, you are usually alone, in very sparsely-populated territory.

Unstoppable!  I tip my hat.

1.  Don't tell my wife about the chainsaw.  The levee was steep and the rocks were slippery. 

      (I'll add I prefer to drive across the frozen lakes.)

2.  Not alone by choice.  There's no one I know who's crazy enough to go with me.

The wind has been calm.  I have more shots for this Wednesday.

Kent in SD

Just watch out for activist members of the Sierra Club!