Bryan, I like both of the night shots but I like the yellow look of the first one. I guess I am a little wierd and I like the yellow sodium vapor color at night. BUT, either version is cool.
vin14, is that the newest Shinkansen in Kyoto? Last time I was in Tokyo, I saw a couple versions of the Shinkansen but not that one.
cpurves, that is not something you see every day. I like the perspective looking down on that CN train.
Bryan G. Hunt wrote:
Chris, Great perspective! Bryan
Thanks guys:- yes the perspective is definately different.
I was leaning over the railing on the overpass. CN is really protective of their property. They have cameras all over and are right there if you are poking around taking photos.
Keith,
Love the old B&O color position lights! The rainbow shot is cool, but my favorite is Last Light - you can just feel the ground shake! So many mountain grades; so little time....
Ron
Man, Keith, your last set of shots are wonderful. I love the foggy morning. Like rjb, I like the last light one also. And the Morning Meet, is that somewhere on the Cajon pass? It looks like anolder one because I still see a SP (RIP, SP was always my favorite RR) diesel in that mix.
I am so jealous of everyone that gets out and gets these wonderful shots. BUT, at least I can look at them and live vicariously through the photographer. :-)
who me wrote:
Man, Keith, your last set of shots are wonderful. I love the foggy morning. Like rjb, I like the last light one also. And the Morning Meet, is that somewhere on the Cajon pass? It looks like anolder one because I still see a SP (RIP, SP was always my favorite RR) diesel in that mix.
I am so jealous of everyone that gets out and gets these wonderful shots. BUT, at least I can look at them and live vicariously through the photographer. :-)
Thanks
Morning meet was taken in Echo Canyon in Utah. The SP was very cool and I'm bummed that I never got to shoot it before UP bought them out.
Railroading in a smaller scale. This is a longview of the mixed gauge Kern Valley Eastern Railroad. The KVE is built in HO and HOn3, and this view shows some of the HO workings...
The DDA40X is the longest diesel locomotive design ever built, at 98 ft 5 in came through Rochelle, IL today. Here is a shot of the Union Pacific Corporate train taken today at sunset. Lighting was difficult because the train was heading east to Chicago.
A close up of the The DDA40X from today. Awesome Power! As long as a 10 story building is tall, weighs 545,000 lbs and produces 6,000 horsepower. When I took this picture today it was moving at about 50mph. Cool ain't it?
O, thats nothing. We have a DDA40X too here in Pomona Ca. OH...Wait.... yours was working. Ours is just a shell so I guess you have us beat..
Must have been really neat to see that classic rumbling down the road. I didn't think there were any of those still functioning. What a neat train with all that old varnish too.
NOW, if the big turbine was still running, that would be some wonderful sights and sounds too.
who me wrote:
O, thats nothing. We have a DDA40X too here in Pomona Ca. OH...Wait.... yours was working. Ours is just a shell so I guess you have us beat..
Must have been really neat to see that classic rumbling down the road. I didn't think there were any of those still functioning. What a neat train with all that old varnish too.
NOW, if the big turbine was still running, that would be some wonderful sights and sounds too.
This is the last one in service and is used for the Union Pacific "Business Special." It's pulled out for Executive Travel by U.P. It's a lot cooler than a Corporate Learjet for sure. The last car has a glass wall on the back and I could see the U.P. execs sipping drinks and talking rail business. Imagine how nice that is? It left Omaha yesterday morning and was in Chicago by 6:00 p.m. that day so, I was told. I took this picture about 95 miles west of Chicago.
Wow - I've been off the thread for a couple of weeks and so many posts with so many great shots - its just fantastic!
Haven't had much time for railfan shots - thoug i did get out last night in time to catch the end of the Amtrak as it flew through Norcross. I had set up two 580Exs with pocket wizards and clamped them to either signposts or these little urns the city put up along the roadway.
thought I'd try to slow the shutter enough to capture the feeling of speed and use the strobes to stop the action... next time I'll use second curtain sync and see what happens.
