The Real Terminator
from now on.
A couple weeks back, I noticed an influx of shots of the Indiana Railroad here on Flickr, and they really had me eying the railroad seriously for the first time. Most of what runs on this railroad isn't easy to find information on by any means, but their two flagship SAHW and HWSA manifests have been covered widely enough that you can find them with relative ease. But that was about it, as far as me looking for weekend movements were concerned.
A close friend of mine and I made the 2 1/2 hour drive down to Indianapolis, my state's capitol, on Sunday morning, to celebrate his new job, the coming of warmer days, and to scope out the INRD for both of our first time. We waited around the first public vantage point to get the Senate Avenue-based SAHW leaving the yard. As expected, they left right at 1430, and the properly-lit chase was on. But if you know me well enough, properly-lit subject matter and my camera hardly ever make contact. Chasing the train south of Morgantown and into the state forests revealed to me that this railroad was much much much more scenic than I originally anticipated - certainly blowing any other railroad I've ever shot out of the water! What I also noticed though, was that many more shots (at least from the perspective of my chase route) existed for northbound moves as opposed to southbounds, like the one I was chasing. So, I decided to chase the train to Tulip Trestle and wait for the northbound, backlit HWSA to appear.
And the chase thru (my personal) preferred hazy blown out light was on.
Here is HWSA, the northbound Hiawatha-Senate Avenue Yard manifest, heading east thru what is technically unincorporated Monroe County, Indiana. Lake Lemon can be seen to the right of the frame, while the lush in-bloom greenery of Vaughn Hollow is seen at left.
This railroad is amazing, and I will certainly be back very very soon. If there's enough interest, I'll probably post a few more shots, though they are generic, well-lit scenes that others have shot. This was by far my favorite of the day though!
from now on.
A couple weeks back, I noticed an influx of shots of the Indiana Railroad here on Flickr, and they really had me eying the railroad seriously for the first time. Most of what runs on this railroad isn't easy to find information on by any means, but their two flagship SAHW and HWSA manifests have been covered widely enough that you can find them with relative ease. But that was about it, as far as me looking for weekend movements were concerned.
A close friend of mine and I made the 2 1/2 hour drive down to Indianapolis, my state's capitol, on Sunday morning, to celebrate his new job, the coming of warmer days, and to scope out the INRD for both of our first time. We waited around the first public vantage point to get the Senate Avenue-based SAHW leaving the yard. As expected, they left right at 1430, and the properly-lit chase was on. But if you know me well enough, properly-lit subject matter and my camera hardly ever make contact. Chasing the train south of Morgantown and into the state forests revealed to me that this railroad was much much much more scenic than I originally anticipated - certainly blowing any other railroad I've ever shot out of the water! What I also noticed though, was that many more shots (at least from the perspective of my chase route) existed for northbound moves as opposed to southbounds, like the one I was chasing. So, I decided to chase the train to Tulip Trestle and wait for the northbound, backlit HWSA to appear.
And the chase thru (my personal) preferred hazy blown out light was on.
Here is HWSA, the northbound Hiawatha-Senate Avenue Yard manifest, heading east thru what is technically unincorporated Monroe County, Indiana. Lake Lemon can be seen to the right of the frame, while the lush in-bloom greenery of Vaughn Hollow is seen at left.
This railroad is amazing, and I will certainly be back very very soon. If there's enough interest, I'll probably post a few more shots, though they are generic, well-lit scenes that others have shot. This was by far my favorite of the day though!