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Miss Joey Black at a fundraiser for the Marquette Women's Center. That's a local alpaca farmer looking up at her adoringly.
This CPKC daily local runs from Ashcroft to Kamloops ,on the CPKC mainline, Thompson Subdivision. Savona, BC.
DME Rochester Local
The DME based a wayfreight out of Rochester for my entire memory. It lasted into the CP days, but in the past few years it's been run 3 days a week out of Waseca.
In this shot from the early 1990s, the brakeman guides the train to the covered loading dock at Seneca to pick up. The loaded gon came from the scrap yard just north of here.
Photo by Ben Pennington. Collection of Ryan Heath.
Nifty Fifties...
Our local photography group is getting ready for a 50mm film shoot so I was digging around in the camera cabinet to get ready: meetup.charlottephoto.org/events/106615242/
These are the cameras that I couldn't live without but couldn't afford back in the late 1990s. Sorry if Canon isn't represented. Can someone tell me which Canon would be appropriate in this group?
Pentax MZ-S (2001): A quirky, clumsy attempt to redefine the SLR interface. The top plate is angled back toward the user so that settings are easy to see. There is an LCD panel inside (!) one of the control knobs on the top plate. Bunches of custom functions that you can set, but which are confusing if you don't have internets handy. Easy to use, nice ergos, and wins for having the best vertical grip, which attaches with a simple latch. AF is fast in good light, miserable indoors and under tungsten. Has a goofy array of AF sensors where five are in a horizontal line and a sixth above the center (for faces ?) Has a built-in flash for a little fill when needed.
Nikon F100 (1999): The lighter alternative to its big brother the F5, this is a great film companion to your modern Nikon DSLR. It just takes pictures... It's weather-resistant and built like a tank, though it is bulky and hefty. AF is fast, although there are just 5 points to choose from. The AF points light up nice and red unlike its big brother the F5. Fast framerate if you care (5.5 fps or sumthin like that) and controls are easy to learn.
Minolta Maxxum 7 (2001-ish): Yes, that's an LCD screen on the back. It actually shows meter readings from its 14 metering zones back there. AF is nice and fast, perhaps better than the F100. Nice control knobs for compensation, bracketing, and so on. Three easy-to-access user modes. The big fat screen on the back actually walks you through setting the custom functions. Minolta is long gone as an SLR/DSLR manufacturer, but their acquisition by Sony means that you can use new Sony a-mount lenses on your old Maxxum. The built-in flash actually works...
The Pentax wins for its compact size and clever vertical grip. The Nikon wins for compatibility with your current lenses and for fast, silent AF (but it's a pig size- and weight-wise). The Minolta is a great camera all around but is a little fiddly.
Like I said, I couldn't afford these back then, but they are pennies on the dollar, now. Interestingly enough, the vertical grip on the Pentax cost as much as the rest of the gear combined. They didn't make enough of them, I suppose...
Yesterday I got to visit a lovely wee pop-up shop here in Edinburgh - Ziggy Aeroplane. Find out more on my blog.
Blasting west through the intermediates at Appleton, a pair of B40-8W's and two EMD's have a good sized local in hand on their way back to Galesburg. Moments later, the sun was gone, and another day on the always busy TransCon came to an end.
Ivanhoe Park is a popular reserve that accommodates active sport, passive recreation and play. It's home to a number of sporting clubs including, Ivanhoe Junior Football Club, East Ivanhoe Bowling Club, Ivanhoe Croquet Club, Ivanhoe Tennis Club and Step into Life group outdoor personal training. It has a neighborhood playground, BBQ facilities and public toilet.
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Le panache des orignaux est éclaté, le local des MOOSES ne l'est pas. J'aime bien le panaché du «banc public» et du tibécik!?!
Having shunted the scrap yard, local shunter 08648 is in charge of the trip up the short branch back to the BR network.
Bachmann Class 08 weathered and detailed with laserglaze and etched arrows and wipers from Shawplan with Bachmann POA scrap wagons, weathered to look battered and pitted to (hopefully) look like the real thing.
A Minnesota Commercial local is about to cross Cleveland Ave. as it swings around the wye by the shops on its way to Midway Yard.
With only my mobile phone camera upon my person, I decided to squeeze out the best possible image quality. I am not a fan of phone cameras, they take twice as long to use than a DSLR and produce results a fraction of the quality. Yet, if the compisition and light is good and the colour true, then it is worth sharing the result.