Tim Hairston.
Curtain Call
Although Pan Am's FP9's were the stars of the show this past Monday on the Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey circus train's last trip through New England, it was very difficult to shoot that leg of the trip given the lighting. Prior to the handoff of the train from the P&W to Pan Am at Worcester, however, there was an opportunity to shoot the train in proper lighting with another form of interesting power. P&W job WX-1 put the train together and brought it up to Barber Station north of town with B23-7 2201 and "Super 7" B23-7R 2216, two engines that aren't likely to survive too far into the G&W era on the P&W. They obviously don't beat the set of power offered by Pan Am, but it was a great opportunity to shoot a few classics of their own kind.
Curtain Call
Although Pan Am's FP9's were the stars of the show this past Monday on the Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey circus train's last trip through New England, it was very difficult to shoot that leg of the trip given the lighting. Prior to the handoff of the train from the P&W to Pan Am at Worcester, however, there was an opportunity to shoot the train in proper lighting with another form of interesting power. P&W job WX-1 put the train together and brought it up to Barber Station north of town with B23-7 2201 and "Super 7" B23-7R 2216, two engines that aren't likely to survive too far into the G&W era on the P&W. They obviously don't beat the set of power offered by Pan Am, but it was a great opportunity to shoot a few classics of their own kind.