Alameda, CA - July 2019

Photo from today’s Latino Street Festival in the Dallas Arts District.

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Since it was rather dark, I decided to illuminate these flowers using my iPhone; certainly not a strobe light or softbox, but still effective.

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Enjoyed the Texas Steak Cookoff in Hico today. Some of the best cooking/eating around. This guy is making peach cobbler in a dutch oven on the back of his chuckwagon, it was awesome! Had plenty of ribeye steak to eat today as well.

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The building was one of the tallest structures on the Upper West Side when Henry Grimm, who operated a grocery on the ground floor and lived with his family above the saloon, had it built. The #diner has been in business since 1993. Photo from 2010 and full text appear in our book "New York Nights" #storefront #igs_nyc #ig_nycity #signgeeks #everything_signage #jj_texttypographical #signcollective #gas_food_lodging #ipulledoverforthis #myfeatureshoot #tv_retrotype #guardiancities

A gorgeous sunset as the storm clouds quickly approached.

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A long exposure of the McKinney Avenue Trolley rolling into the Cityplace/Uptown Station, with the amazing stairwell colors of The Richards Group office building in the background.

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The most recognized mouse around!

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Great day at the Dallas Arboretum, just after the rain had stopped.

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Can you feel it? In his intensity? Can you see it? In his face? At once exuding myopic focus, acute awareness, and singular concentration on the task at hand, in hand. And what about his, by today’s standards, ancient artesian pedigree de La Grange? A mere extension of his psyche and self: idiosyncracies of man and machine merged seamlessly into harmonic executions. Measured movements over wavering, mostly parallel silver streaks as the conductor orchestrates the to-and-fro in succinct, rhythmic motions of hand a short distance ahead. The impetus’ for the Hogger to perform as if a blue-collar musician; to cause his seasoned instrument with its famed, “blown,” throaty-throbbing tune as leitmotiv to rise and fall midst the discriminate din of air being pounded into compression, only to be exhausted in menacing serpentine hiss over clamoring, quarrelsome steel punctuated by an alerting bell and an affirming chime. (© 16Mar18)

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Normandie Bake Shop in Brooklyn had a great ‪#‎neonsign‬ complete with ‪#‎script‬ lettering that at one point must have brought in lots of customers. We could not find out much about the history of this ‪#‎bakery‬ except that it was known for its black and white ‪#‎cookies‬. We hope the relics of this great ‪#‎neon‬ ‪#‎sign‬ was saved. ‪#‎storefront‬ ‪#‎disappearingfaceofnewyork‬ ‪#‎80sixd‬ ‪#‎neongeeks‬ ‪#‎signgeeks‬ ‪#‎signage‬ ‪#‎type‬ ‪#‎typography‬ ‪#‎font‬ ‪#‎fontastic‬ ‪#‎jj_texttypographical‬ ‪#‎trailblazers_urbex‬ ‪#‎tv_retrotype‬ ‪#‎foundtype‬ ‪#‎neonbulletholes‬ ‪#‎ipulledoverforthis‬ ‪#‎everything_signage‬ ‪#‎trb_ipoft_signs‬ ‪#‎tv_typography‬ ‪#‎typevstime‬

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This ‪#‎diner‬ had a great ‪#‎vintage‬ ‪#‎neonsign‬ on its roof but it was recently replaced by an LED lit plastic version. We are not sure why it was replaced but imagine it has somethings to do with the high cost of maintaining a ‪#‎neon‬ ‪#‎sign‬ in New York City, where it is exposed to all types of weather including blizzards and heavy rain, which typically "shorts out" a letter or two. We loved its ‪#‎script‬ and block ‪#‎lettering‬ in both blue and red colors. Photo from 2010 appears in our book "New York Nights".

NEW YORK NIGHTS winner of The New York Society Library's 2012 New York City Book Award

The New York City Book Awards, established in 1996, honor books of literary quality or historical importance that evoke the spirit or enhance appreciation of New York City.

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Cum-u-what? Yeah, that’s Greek, I mean Latin for the ominous anvil cloud formation that hangs over the elevations of the pristine-pine-covered Coeur d’Alene National Forest, having the potential of delivering the blow of a pounding thunderstorm that would make Thor proud. Closer to the ground and the action at hand, the former Northern Pacific rails upon which a newly re-minted pair of second generation BNSF Geeps peen and ply are weather beaten and hammered beyond recognition not only having bowed laterally but kinked and buckled at the joints from over 100-years of usage and eventual non-usage and disrepair. A sorry state of affairs that does little justice to their past and present owner’s proud heritage. Post Falls, on the Coeur d'Alene branch, is just across the border from Washington in the Panhandle. Once served by several railroads, notably the Northern Pacific, Great Northern, Milwaukee Road, and Union Pacific (and their respective predecessors), is now a monopoly. The zenith of service over ten decades slowly, steadily tapering off from hard usage to a trickle: once a week. Down from as many as five days a week not too long ago. It is doubtful that branchlines like these will weather many more storms before succumbing to abandonment rendering images like this to the annals of railroad antiquity. Get your pictures while you can! If not this branchline, then one close to you. As rail enthusiasts, we have the responsibility to document these scenes for future generations of railfans. (27Jul16 ©)

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Dallas Skyline - found small pool of water along the Trinity River for somewhat of a reflection.

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Nice clouds, color, and still a little bit of reflection of Dallas, Texas.

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On a comfortable August night, the inbound and outbound crew having conferred, the all-but-two loads 57-car eastbound train HL03 is now the HL03-2 as it changes hands in Creston, technically the highest point on the CW. Hence the eponym. Having relieved engineer Zach Hastings, engineer Ted Curphey will continue the trek and make short shrift of bringing the HL03-2 into Highline grain with the triga of two second-gen SD45’s and a SD40T-2. (© 03Aug18)

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But what train am I waitin' for and where? (©21Sep19)

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Did you spend the day on #BeachTime? Hammock courtesy of Sirata Beach Resort, St Pete Florida.

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About an hour before sunset and the refraction of light within and through a veil of cloud cover makes for a surreal winter scene. Engineer Jerry Miller is poised to swing his butted 45’s down and ‘round the bend westward. He and his conductor have just spotted five covered hoppers under the Hite spout. With everything buttoned up, handbrakes spun on the spot, Fred hung, a quick set and release, the conductor gives Miller the highball to proceed into a boreal martianscape. (01Mar17 ©)

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Belmont, CA - October 2020

Having just whipped around apply named 1572’ Black Butte some 300-odd-feet below, three olyphanting motors bring good things to life as they make short shrift of the 1300’ but HOT, “Baby Q” symbol QSSEALT6-20, (Seattle-Alliance, Texas). Racing towards Stratford – just below my vantage point – the succinct train is on a flap of land skirted and irrigated by Crab Creek, typical of middle-Washington where every fraction of fertile acreage is cultivated. On either side buttes, that, if spied from above on Google maps, look like dry leprosy where erosion of the repeated prehistoric Missoula Lake floods and receding ice shelves have literally eaten away earth’s living tissue leaving nothing but rock like petrified bone. In the distance, rising up and out of the frame at 3617’ is partially snow-covered Badger Mountain where, on the other side, is nestled-nicely Wenatchee on either side of the Columbian flow. In unincorporated city-block-big Stratford, one of the homeowners of respectably inhabited structures along its main drag had the foresight to preserve the former Great Northern station sign while just a few hundred feet further down Stratford Road, a propped up, must-be century-old gas station, succumbs, very slowly, to time indifferent. (20Jan18 ©)

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Spent the morning capturing a few tulips at the Dallas Arboretum. This one began to glow as the sun peaked through the clouds.

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So how relaxing is this!

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Antelis Pharmacy in Midwood, Brooklyn is sadly no longer operating out of this ‪#‎storefront‬. We loved its ‪#‎vintage‬ ‪#‎neon‬ ‪#‎sign‬ with its ‪#‎script‬ lettering which was left behind when they moved further down the street. The fact that they left the ‪#‎signage‬ behind does not surprise us because all of the ‪#‎store‬ owners we have interviewed over the years have repeatedly told us that it is a "real labor of love" to maintain these ‪#‎neonsign‬ because they need constant work to fix broken transformers, fuses and other things that get broken when exposed to rain & snow. This photo taken in 2011 appears in our newly published book "Store Front II- A History Preserved". We hope that someone like @lettherebeneon saves this beauty from the dumpster! ‪#‎signgeeks‬ ‪#‎type‬ ‪#‎typography‬ ‪#‎tv_typography‬ ‪#‎tv_retrotype‬ ‪#‎signcompany‬ ‪#‎fontlove‬ ‪#‎typevstime‬ ‪#‎ipulledoverforthis‬ ‪#‎jj_texttypograhical‬

We amble worked and tired into Almira ahead of schedule. Our fellow rails rested, hadn’t but barely left the office and still over an hour away from relieving us. My trusty wristed analog shows 2216. Enough for us. We tied down our diesel and oil sweated sky blue steel mares and wagon train just as it seemed the sun was rising from out of the southern hemisphere. Breaking the day prematurely, instead the nocturnal waxing gibbous tangerine orb reflecting, posed as her while roving “Super” Conductor Scott Rohrig finished his meticulous M-Crew housekeeping to ensure the wheel is in good order so too our spots duly spotted and clocked. As I work quickly to capture the ephemeral scene, I retrospect on what it is to “run” a train. Alone. Spartan, as compared to “modern” motors, engineering your train from the cab din and controls dim of a Millenial Dash-2 can get monotonous at times. Everthemore, even bumbling along, the immutable whining turbo and growling DB intermittently at your back, needle bouncing on the ten, rocking, clacking and clicking, truck springs squeaking, endlessly, rolling, on 100-year-old joints ad infinitum, my attentiveness, unwavering. Sure, I don’t have a Class One 8k or 10k train in tow or meets to manage nor signals to spy, but the principles of effective train handling come to bare regardless if it's 60 some odd empty 80’s PS2’s or 115 286k covered hoppers gliding over seamless 132# CWR. Slack run in or run out can and does have negative ramifications. The constant concentration of a single mind and vigilance of a single set of eyes over 10-12 hours strains even the most seasoned railroader coming off of a mere 10 hours rest. So, safe to say, ignoration of the obvious downside to one-man crews can only be defined as the epitome of the Cassandra Complex. And though my conductor doesn’t ride with me I’m always relieved to know that he’s watching our train, constantly and consistently rolling it by to ensure all is well. (© 18Jun19)

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Still a fair amount of rain today but I was lucky enough to catch 3 rainbows when the sun came back out

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Belmont, CA - October 2020

Category: Single/Stacked (sort of? I'll explain)

STORY:

I had planned a photo down in Quechee, Vermont with the Milky Rising over the gorge, but I was too early and didn't have the energy or motivation to wait 3 hours. I also live about 2 hours away, so I decided to try and capture the Milky Way rising over the bridge. I couldn't believe how much traffic came through at 11:30 pm EST. This was my favorite shot of the light trails crossing the bridge. This is a single frame, but as I was editing the photo in Lightroom I saved multiple edits. I liked the last 5 edits and blended them together in PS to get blend the golden core and the faded bluish night sky. So that's why I added "stacked" as a category even though it's the same still frame.

I think I'll go back in a few months to try and get the shot I had originally planned.

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