Akron Zoo
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It's about a 25 minute drive from my house but never been there in winter before, this is the first time.
Recently i found a few prints i made years ago while studying photojournalism at kent state, ohio and in orange, ca where i was editor, reporter, photographer and graphic artist for a community newspaper.
These were taken with a pentax camera system.
Looking at them today, almost 50 years later, brought back many fond memories of friends and places of my younger days.
I'm surprised the prints are still in good shape and the images worth another look.
Each of these photos has a story; maybe someday i`ll tell them,
Chelydra serpentina
Could you find a more perfect juxtaposition on a nature walk than a slow moving snapping turtle and a rapidly flowing waterfall? The little fella even stayed still long enough for me to take a half-second exposure!
Tripod. Not cropped. Not a composite. Not HDR. I was using an ND filter, but I can't remember which one.
Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio
Photos in this series:
- Autumn Leaves at Willey Creek Falls
- Autumn Leaves at Willey Creek Falls No. 2
- Autumn Leaves at Great Falls of Tinkers Creek
- Autumn Leaves at Great Falls of Tinkers Creek No. 2
Akron Barberton Cluster 1501 brings a healthy cut of cars through South Akron on former Akron Barberton Belt trackage.
An eastbound merchandise freight departing Akron after working at Akron Yard. This is the view from Mill St with the Quaker Square complex on the right. Just below the bridge, the double track on the left used by the B&O but also owned by CR (former PC and PRR) turn and trade places with the EL main. This was my last quarter of college and as I walked back to my college pad which overlooked the yard lead, I saw this train working. I hurried over here to Mill St only to be surprised that my Dad was already there waiting. Not surprised that he would pick the spot, but I didn't know he was out railfanning and had come into town.. I really like the combination of freight cars on this one. This was in April 1976, not long after Conrail started
There's no better burger in northeast Ohio than what you can get at Swenson's! Simply delicious!
Montrose, OH USA
Akron is over 1,000 straight line miles from Denver, and no one could mistake the largely horizontal topography of eastern Ohio for the Moffat Route or Tennessee Pass. And yet on the mountain-less, tunnel-less, canyon-less route of the WLE west of Akron, the Action Road image runs rampant, however out of place it may appear. Such a phenomenon is the holdover from longtime WLE executive Larry Parson's prior two-decade stint with the western mountain climber, formative enough for the chairman's career that the Wheeling has adopted the bands of gold and black as its corporate colors. Over 30 years since the Rio Grande faded into history, its aesthetics continue to live on, as one of the Wheeling's true DRGW tunnel motors powers late-day westbound freight 291 out of Akron bound for Hartland and overtakes the current incarnation of the livery resting dead in the hole at Summit Street.
One of four waterfalls that Steve and I visited on Saturday. (Did you see the snapping turtle that I photographed here?)
This waterfall is in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio. It's easy to get to the waterfall, but there isn't anywhere to park. You're either going to be breaking the law, parking in someone's driveway, or walking really far.
There is an upper tier and a lower tier. The upper tier is a cascade, but we didn't shoot it. What you see here is the lower tier.
Tripod. ND filter. Not HDR.
Photos in this series:
- Autumn Leaves at Willey Creek Falls
- Autumn Leaves at Willey Creek Falls No. 2
- Autumn Leaves at Great Falls of Tinkers Creek
- Autumn Leaves at Great Falls of Tinkers Creek No. 2
An ex DL&W passenger E8A that's been downgraded to freight service along with 2 F7B's making a setout at the yard in Akron in front of the still-standing but closed EL passenger station.
Ascending the grade on the ex-B&O mainline.
The track at lower right is the ex-Pennsylvania R.R., no longer extant. It ran from Hudson, Ohio and on downstate.
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February, 1990
This was the first time i was ever to the Zoo in Akron and got a shot of the peguin soaking up the spring time sun
Photo courtesy the Akron Firefighters Local 330 Facebook page. A W&LE yard job and an ABC local hit head-on in yard limits in Akron around 3:15pm on Nov. 19, 2018.
Source: www.facebook.com/246419792217494/posts/976785032514296/
This was taken after an intermediate photography workshop I did at the Akron Zoo. Unfortunately it was a very basic workshop where they just went over shutter speed and aperture and then just let us go around the zoo the rest of the day.
Akron's large stone and brick manor, built between 1912 and 1925 for Goodyear founder F. A. Seiberling, located on North Portage Path high above the Cuyahoga Valley. Its Tudor Revival design was heavily influenced by large estates in England. The name is derived from Olde English, meaning "stone quarry". It is currently a museum operated by a non-profit organization.
A D&I Railroad northbound rolls thru Akron, Iowa on August 9, 2019, bound for the L.G. Everist facility near Hawarden.
Remarks & Notes
A Wheeling and Lake Erie train, led by a "tiger" SD40-2 ducks through the tunnel under the CSX New Castle Sub in Akron, Ohio. The tangle of tracks in this area are a headache to figure out, but they provide some interesting railfanning opportunities. One could easily set up a lawn chair and watch trains on both the CSX and the Wheeling all day long, with an interchange between the two railroads right around the corner.