Midweek Photos 11/23/2016

Wow! Some very nice photos, Tim.

Hope you didn't catch cold!

Ed

Wow, they came out great. Especially this one

Tim has inspired me to get thru a lazy phase and post this one up.

The locomotives on the empty coal haul are 3211 and 311, a little play on numbers there!

This E726, at twilight, waiting for signal to do work in the interchange, the signal is at the east end

of the interchange. The conductor has tied down the necessary cars on E726, and the dispatcher will

light 'em up and the 3211 and 311 will pickup all the parked locomotives in the left of the photo.

They will do their work in the interchange, back down the main where the hoppers sit now, couple up         

and the dispatcher will line 'em up for the main, and then light 'em up for Grafton.

Ed

My second visit to the Everett RR's steam operation was on Oct. 15th, 2016, when I photographed 2 of the 4 trips #11
handled between Hollidaysburg and Kladder (Monastery Rd.)

The theme was pumpkin patch trains, and the kids would disembark, claim their personal small pumpkin, pose for pics, then reload for return. The trip covered about 5 miles of the Everett's route, normal excursions go farther.

If you like operating steam, the Everett's operation is 1st class. Altoona, Horseshoe Curve, and even Sand Patch are all close by or within an hour drive.
All images by Warren W. Jenkins
Nikon D-7000, Nikkor 50mm

Tim, great shot! Worth the effort I'm sure.

Warren, looks like that D7000 likes that nifty fifty! Images nice and sharp, and to my eye,

very nicely composed.

Ed

...Down by the station early in the morning....

Nice photos so far. Since Tim started this off with a snow theme, I'm submitting these from a past trip to Wyalusing. These hoppers a loaded with sand for "fracking" in the nearby Marsalles Shale formation. 

A blast from the past since it's Christmas time.  Dec of 2011 at the Valley RR

I miss the American steam at the Valley RR

Black Friday in the Hudson River Valley was bleak and cold, with lots of mist and drizzle. Still, I took the opportunity to take a brisk walk on the Walkway Over the Hudson. If you have never done that, it is the former New Haven Railroad bridge at Poughkeepsie, now made into a great hike/bike trail. I was hopeful I'd see trains, and was not disappointed on the Poughkeepsie side.

The bridge closes at 4:30 PM, and I didn't think I'd get lucky with CSX as I hustled back across as the Rangers began their task of advising people of the impending closure. But, as I neared the West end, a distant headlight appeared.  It would be a successful day with train photos on each end of the Walkway.