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GN 400 the Hustle Muscle SD45 owned by the Minnesota Transportation Museum is in a storage line in Northtown yard in Minneapolis, MN.
George Pitarys posted his great shot of the Interstate heritage unit back on Oct 5, roaming around New England. I was happily surprised to see the 8105 roll by me in Chesterton, IN three days later on Oct 8. It was headed east on the point of 26N. Back to George, again?
Here's just another frame I like of train OSJT, the regular weekend all day excursion from Reading Outer Station over 60 miles to Jim Thorpe where passengers have 3 1/2 hrs to enjoy the scenic and popular tourist town before returning home. This day's train consisted of two of the three fully operational self propelled Budd RDCs the railroad owns, 9166 and 9168. The lead one is an RDC-3 blt. in Feb. 1958 as Boston and Maine 6305 and 9168 trailing is an RDC-1 blt. in Apr. 1951 as New York Central M499.
They are seen here headed east (railroad north) at a good clip here at about MP 117.7 on the modern day RBMN's Reading Division mainline. I'm standing on Mill Street as the train approaches the Allen Street crossing just behind me cutting through a residential neighborhood in the small town that owes its existence (just like the railroad) to the once mighty anthracite coal industry.
This trackage is former Central Railroad of New Jersey having been built in 1870 as Nesquehoning Valley Railroad Company. This stretch of the mainline is newly acquired having finally been purchased outright in June 2021 from Carbon County which saved the 18.5 miles of line from Packerton Junction to Haucks in 1981 when it was up for abandonment. Operated for a time by the Panther Valley Railroad and then the C&S Railroad, RBMN has been the defacto operator of the line under contract to C&S since 2004 so things really won't look different. The big changes will come in terms of infrastructure investment now that the railroad wholly owns the property they intend to upgrade the line and install signals so that it meets the same high standards as the rest of the mainline and is a fully CTC signaled continuous mainline from Reading to Pittston.
You can read more at this link: www.rbmnrr.com/s/Magazine-Final-Summer-2021-compressed_1.pdf
Nesquehoning, Pennsylvania
Sunday August 14, 2022
New England Central train #324 hustles through Roxbury, VT on July 15th 2001. Fujichrome Provia 100F, © Joe Geronimo
A couple of Alaska RR are making track speed, 40 MPH as they hustle south. Headed for Whittier and a date with the AML Barge and ultimately a 7 day trip back to Seattle where the cycle will repeat itself.
A lone EMD in DPU mode trails on the end of an eastbound empty coal train that is but a blur passing the old depot adorned with signature monads still standing proud beside this former Northern Pacific mainline that is now the division point between modern day BNSF's Stampede Subdivision to the west (MP 0.0) and Yakima Subdivision the east (MP 127.0). Once again a heavy duty mainline for 13 years between 1983 and 1996 this was just a lonely branchline operated by a shortline after the Burlington Northern closed down Stampede Pass and sold the line east through here all the way to Pasco to the new Washington Central. But the growing Northwest container trade and the BNSF merger changed all that and the line was bought back, rebuilt and trains have run ever since.
Work on the Northern Pacific's second Ellensburg depot began in 1909, and was delayed twice, first by flooding on the site in 11/1909 and then unexpected labor setbacks during the spring and summer of 1910. The opening was set for 10/31/1910. Projected cost in 1908 for the project stood at $52,000.
This two-story depot has elements of the Spanish Colonial Revival Style, most obviously its scalloped parapets. The Spanish Colonial was a popular style for Western American depots c. 1900-1910, particularly in the Southwest, along the Atcheson, Topeka and Santa Fe and Southern Pacific lines.
Having seen the arrival of its last passenger train in 1981 when Amtrak abolished the Northcoast Hiawatha it fell into a period of disrepair. The railroad sold the old depot in 1987 and it was placed on the National Register of Historic Places four years later. Now beautifully restored and safely in the hands of a nonprofit you can learn more here:
www.historicellensburg.org/home/train_depot
Ellensburg, Washington
Sunday January 7, 2018
Beyer Patton photo
During a train watching outing on Sherman Hill, some of photographer Patton's companions give a friendly wave to an oncoming UP freight. The trio of SD40s hustle along to keep things moving in a timely manner.
Wyoming
June 1970
Train of the Day
2/4/24
Nearing the top of Ardglen Bank, SSR's RL304/442s1/L277 bank a grain train over the hill. The SSR banker set was added to the bank of the train at Werris Creek and helped all the way over the hill to Murrurundi. L277 is one of only two ever built back in 1967 by Clyde NSW, originally numbered R1001.
28/11/22
There were three guys and a girl working Barnardo Square today. The guy in the yellow top is one. It's not an easy life. I was not interested in attracting any attention to myself!
I decided on switching to a carney action shot series but now I have no idea what this might be but I decided this was a fitting title. I looked at all my unedited carney shots for one of my new captures and found this heavy action shot taken after dark that evening. Mostly, I can say that this was created by holding the zoom ring and spinning the camera back for maximum light movement. Maybe the title really is symbiotic? This is a new edit of favorite captures.
Can you believe it? It was county fair time that summer and again the carney (a different one) came to town, And again, here I was willing to try more tricks. I tried my latest attempts to rotate the zoom while hand holding and spinning the camera. I waited for a totally black sky and was aided by heavy weather obscuring the sunset. There is a lot more slack to impart action at 2-3 seconds than at 1 second. It seems that I can never get the experimentation done, another foray with different results. I shot at f:/22 over a second in the dark. I arrived at the parking at 7:30 but waited until 8:00 in the evening for the weather to soothe and people to get on the rides. It is difficult getting three rides running at once.but this technique overcomes that problem. I hope I don't need a description for this shot. I have no idea for a title until I look at the results on the monitor and good takes become obvious but this time, I had very few duds. I expect to delve into these takes at a later time. Each episode is a learning experience and I make a list of pointers to consider.
I never have finished my previous color lights or rose garden experiments. I will take the opportunity to try out more tricks before the next fair rides. I am still not out of snaps of other subjects but I hope my breadth has expanded. I did no warping and editing, to present these the way I wanted. I left it entirely alone. I boosted the lens setting to f:/22 but cut the exposure in Lightroom by 1/2 stop. Three seconds is about enough to accomplish a wide array of tricks if prepared and prepanned so to speak. Of course this digital experimentation is cheap. I had fun shooting all of these and they were a breeze to edit! I get mostly muted colors in the ag settings I have shot, so I revel in JUST COLORS.
I made my way down to the Boulder County Fairgrounds where the carny had been set up for the weekend. Now, to me, this podunk carney is becoming the same year after year, as far as the rides and setup. Boring. I was intent upon test shooting my lens but hand held and without the monopod I used for this shot last year. Nothing adventured, nothing adsorbed! I cranked the zoom ring and got the shakes as usual. The action of the rides added interest. The EXIF is meaningless.
This was an experimental shot, my new phone has a Motion setting so I tried it out. This is the result
Today I picked up the new group gift from zOOm and the moment I saw it I knew I had to team it with the Hustle! backdrop kindly given to me by the talented designer Belle of HerArt.
Body: Maitreya Mesh Body Lara V4.1
Head: -VA-FINAL-VISTA BENTO HEAD DIANA-V1.1
Shape: Own Shape
Skin: The Shape Bakery *Libby* Skin
Makeup: By Arte - in standard Vista Animations HUD with Diana head
Bodysuit & heels: zOOm - Starface Outfit (January Group gift)
Hair: [NYNE] Group Gift Hair - Rodri #23
Hairbase: Tameless Buzzed Hairbases
Nails: alme. Mesh Stiletto - Chromes [Wear me!]
Necklace: CODEX_VANITY CHOKER (wear)
Prop & Poses: CW Poses - Vivacious - Pole Dance poses [Pole Dance 8 anims]
Backdrop: HerArt Hustle Backdrop With Resizer
Location: Own photo studio
Standing still.................................................... Moving.................................................... Running......
Two worlds.
We relax like nothing happens at some points of time, and we live like racing at others.
She keeps moving, slowly, with a pile of dreams on her bike. She never knew the glowing past behind the windows, her past was sure different. She could never be the elegant woman on the wall. She's more beautiful. She has dreams.
...
I'm thus movin' on.
On Explore 04 Nov 2008 - #476