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Blockades in Canada had forced a significant amount of reroute traffic from the Moosehead to the Bangor Sub. To help with the added tonnage, CM&Q had augmented the usual GP38 variants and B23's with 6 axles on the 202/203 turns. With the blockades lifted, the 202 on the night of 2/24-25 was likely the last of 2 weeks worth of turns to trundle along behind the barns.
Of course the schedule has been haphazard and largely nocturnal, which limits the opportunities to shoot the big power in unusual places.
After an evening with limited results, an opportunity presented at Brownville wye. The Millinocket turn had taken off north, and left the West Wye in reverse position, requiring 202 to return the switch to normal.
I figured I'd have maybe 90 seconds to compose and then run an exposure. I stuck the tripod in the snow berm along side Quarry Rd in what I hoped would be something close to the right spot, took a wild guess at my F-stop and exposure settings and waited.
Luck stopped the train almost perfectly, and I fired my first shot off. 15 seconds later I had a shallow and over exposed photo. Quickly adjusted and fired a second shot. The exposure looked much the same as this, except the train settled back, blurring my result. I squeezed off this, the 3rd and final frame, the results of which I'm quite happy with.
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Blockades in Canada had forced a significant amount of reroute traffic from the Moosehead to the Bangor Sub. To help with the added tonnage, CM&Q had augmented the usual GP38 variants and B23's with 6 axles on the 202/203 turns. With the blockades lifted, the 202 on the night of 2/24-25 was likely the last of 2 weeks worth of turns to trundle along behind the barns.
Of course the schedule has been haphazard and largely nocturnal, which limits the opportunities to shoot the big power in unusual places.
After an evening with limited results, an opportunity presented at Brownville wye. The Millinocket turn had taken off north, and left the West Wye in reverse position, requiring 202 to return the switch to normal.
I figured I'd have maybe 90 seconds to compose and then run an exposure. I stuck the tripod in the snow berm along side Quarry Rd in what I hoped would be something close to the right spot, took a wild guess at my F-stop and exposure settings and waited.
Luck stopped the train almost perfectly, and I fired my first shot off. 15 seconds later I had a shallow and over exposed photo. Quickly adjusted and fired a second shot. The exposure looked much the same as this, except the train settled back, blurring my result. I squeezed off this, the 3rd and final frame, the results of which I'm quite happy with.