Midweek Photos 2/15/2012

Rochelle, IL in May, 2007.

The Capital Limited came slipping into Cumberland last Saturday, and had a

surprise on the rear of the regular passenger car consist. What a way to travel! 

Taken this past Sunday night in Vasser, MI.  These two Huron and Eastern GP-38-2's idling next too these silos as the sun set.

Ed,

Every time you post a picture like your first shot of the Amtrak train I get jealous.  I think that setting of trains coming through Cumberland is so photographic.  Good photos.

John

Two surprise units on the Reno Fun Train today in Sparks. 

Nice catch, Greg, the two of them together. Glad to see that camera is getting out!

Ed Mullan

NS 8343 (ex CR 6101) leads 21T   as it approaches CP Port  - 

Eastbound 20V w/ an SD70M-2 on the point rounds on one of the curves just east of Newport, PA -

Nice stuff this week, as usual.

Lee

Around Kenwood Yard at the Port of Albany, NY.

Inbound ethanol.

A rare SOO sd60M; these are being repainted into CP.

Much further north on the old D&H.

This is the high bridge near Lake Luzerne on the North Creek line, now the Saratoga and North Creek Railroad.

The BL2 with the ski train in North Creek.

The ski train.

Back south again, NS crosses the Mohawk River in Schenectady on its way towards Saratoga.

Ed, I like that first shot a lot.  I don't really have anything like that around here.  Well, this has been a tough winter on me.  No snow, and it hardly ever gets below zero.    There's been a lot of blue skies, which aren't my favorite.  SO.....I can just switch to black & white!  For this week I have something a bit different.  I'll call it "130 years".  Below are three photos taken with lenses made 130 years apart, using my Chamonix 45n-1 camera (4x5) and Ilford HP5 film (ISO 400.)  First shot is from my local Sioux Falls BNSF yard, and made with a Voigtlander 175mm Petzval lens made in Germany in 1865.  Second shot is of a BNSF coal train south of Marshall, MN.  Shot was made with an 1890s E&HT Anthony ~100mm rapid rectilinear lens.  Final shot is from inside K.C. Union Station and made with a modern Nikon 180mm f5.6 lens from 1996.  Snow is forcasted for Monday, and I'm keeping my fingers crossed!

Kent in SD

I do miss the original Huron & Eastern, Pere Marquette inspired paint scheme...

Jeff C

Great photo's everyone.  Thanks for posting them all.

Great photos everyone. Thanks for making this thread something to look forward to every week.

Here is my pick.

http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=241440

http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=254920

http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=245634

http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=283813

http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=373810

http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=300536

http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=287607

http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=389510

Great photo with the symbolism of the light. Light as we know it now, is a given and it makes me think about the day when cavemen got a fire started and generated light.

http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=360177

NKP 765 mystery lady? Looks like she needed some cheering up... possibly a wave from the engineer....      Looks like Rich's signature yellow glove to me...

http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=300300

Prairie

I went to Cooke Rd in Columbus, OH last Friday (as I do every Friday).  I was able to catch a few NS trains. 

I would have liked the train a little more to the right but I also wanted to reflection of the Loco in the water...I will keep practicing this shot and hopefully master it.

Unfortunately my break from school is right at midday so sometimes the sun really makes good photography difficult.  This is often overcame using black and white hence this black and white photo:

Great selectin of pictures as always!  Thanks.