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Reliving the Past [EXPLORED]
I have always been a fan of photographing trains from inside of buildings and what is a better place to do it than an old interlocking tower? One of the troubles with photographing through a window is evenly lighting the room and matching it to what’s out that window. What I found to work best is to use off-camera flashes. This helps reduce window-glare and it puts the photographer in complete control of the light (at least on the interior). In this instance, I used AC Tower in Marion, Ohio, which still stands as a popular railfan hangout. Former tower operator, Peter “Pete” White, was nice enough to pose in the structure just as he did when he controlled AC Interlocking. The nearly 110 year old structure has the original, functioning interlocking board, equipped with the levers for signals and switches. Of course, the tower is not connected to any tracks, today, but it is still fun to pretend like it is!
Reliving the Past [EXPLORED]
I have always been a fan of photographing trains from inside of buildings and what is a better place to do it than an old interlocking tower? One of the troubles with photographing through a window is evenly lighting the room and matching it to what’s out that window. What I found to work best is to use off-camera flashes. This helps reduce window-glare and it puts the photographer in complete control of the light (at least on the interior). In this instance, I used AC Tower in Marion, Ohio, which still stands as a popular railfan hangout. Former tower operator, Peter “Pete” White, was nice enough to pose in the structure just as he did when he controlled AC Interlocking. The nearly 110 year old structure has the original, functioning interlocking board, equipped with the levers for signals and switches. Of course, the tower is not connected to any tracks, today, but it is still fun to pretend like it is!