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I switched the wig out for this girl with a wig from Kit 2, as I liked it on her better than the blonde wig. I may have to dig through my wig stash and look for another, as this one isn't quite perfect either. She's a beautiful sculpt though!
Conrail Quality EMD GP15-1 1662 was working Continental Paper in downtown Chicago in 1999.
This local job was out of Ashland Avenue and no longer runs.
Lhoist's road train is seen spotting the loads they brought from the mine for NS to pick up before they grab ahold of the empties for the return trip. Since the arrival of the 3043, it's been rare for either of the high hoods to appear on the point of the road train, so to have both of them powering the days train is certainly a plus, especially since the 4021 is rarely seen on it dating back to its Franklin days. This would also turn out to be the first day for about a month that these engines would be the road power while the 3138 was getting radiator repairs & the 3043 would serve as the plant switcher. 10-30-20
Here is just another from last summer when GP40-2LW MEC 507 showed up on the docks in Everett to work BO-1 in her sparkling brand new paint. Truly one of the most improbable things to happen in New England railroading in 2020.
The red white and blue unit beside them is the Ciment Quebec plant switcher. This unit is the last privately owned plant switcher to be found in daily use in the immediate Boston area. It is a cabless 125 ton Alco blt. in 1960 and acquired from the bankrupt James River Coal company. The unit is remote controlled and has a hostler stand on it and once worked at a coal mine in Kentucky whose lettering it still wears. I'm not sure of the exact history of of the switcher. Some sources say it was ex Baltimore and Ohio but another says that it was originally Lehigh and New England Alco S2 616 before being sold to the Louisville and Nashville that eventually traded it in to GE that rebuilt it as an 'auto-haul 335.'
To read the whole story check out the original post here: flic.kr/p/2jtoazu
Everett, Massachusetts
Wednesday August 5, 2020
Switch Escape was my entry into The 100 Project | 2019 .Original works of 100 Community Toy Photographers.
Running behind a snoot-nosed SD40N, the MKSTP-15 pulls up to the Squirrel Switch in Topeka, KS. This is the switch that leads into the east end of the yard, and it's directly across from the Great Overland Station.
CEFX 1569 and NECR 3840 work the yard at Brantford.
1569 was pinch hitting for a power short SOR and would be returned in a couple months to CEFX. It would then end up in Cardinal Ontario.
I was headed to an estate sale last weekend and unbeknownst to me it was located in a shop in the Subtropolis district of Kansas City, MO. On the long drive in through the tunnel complex we passed this switcher engine parked on a siding in one of the tunnels. I stopped and shot two frames with my Mamiya C330 TLR...this one turned out the best. This was the first time I've been in Subtropolis and it is an amazing underground limestone cavern that is big enough to accomodate this train engine and semi trucks that service the businesses at this location. I shot this at f16 for 8 seconds and I was using Foma 400 film.
Once switching has been completed, Union Pacific's LDI04 "Local 4" with a pair of SD40N's begin to shove back to their train on the siding at Greeley, Colorado after picking up some gondolas and a box car at a couple of industries on January 25, 2017.
The conductor is throwing the switch so that CP 1608 can lead Exporail's excursion train to Hays Station to lay over after the last run of the day.
Before starting their snow busting journey south to Eagle Bridge the Batten Kill Railroad Alco duo had to spot up some loads at the Cargill plant and cleat the mainline. The SNE RS32 runs remarkably clean but still will give a bit of that signature Alco smoke when throttling up. But you have to be ready and quick with your camera to capture it!
This was my first time getting to shoot the privately owned Southern New England Railroad unit working here since the day earlier in the year when I was lucky to shoot her arrival to the Batten Kill dead in tow. SNEX 5012 is ex Atlantic & Danville Alco RS36 (blt. 12/59) and is coupled up with Batten Kill's own G&J 4116 an RS3 (blt. 9/52) built 1952 for the D&H that has spent all of her life on the rails for which she was built.
Salem, New York
Saturday December 19, 2020
A dual in-line package (DIP) switch. Dual in-line packaging is a standard style for many electronic devices and DIP switches are often used to set various options on the device. Standard spacing between pins is 0.1" or 2.54mm.
Slightly less than 1.5:1 reproduction ratio.
Strobist info: the switch is lying on its back (side away from the numbers) on the diffuser on an EX 430 III at 1/64 power. A second bare EX 430 III at 1/128 power is touching the side of the lens and aimed almost directly toward the nearest pin-side corner to light the front and create slight shadows. The front of the second flash about 1.5" from the switch and about 1.5" in front of the lens.
Looking back toward Boulder City with the River Mountain Trail switchbacking between Red & Black Mountains. An easy trail, mostly because of the work of the Civilian Conservation Corps between 1935-1937. They built quality, and they built to last.
A pair of GP38-2s switch Catawba, SC at Resolute's Bowater Yard.
This yard is now switched by RJ Corman.
Gefunden in einer alten Fabrik in Görlitz / Sachsen
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Just another view from the East Randall Wobbe Ln. crossing into little five track yard north of town where the Arkansas and Missouri Railroad classifies its traffic.
I really wanted a good sunny shot here but they were all filtered light except for this one. Alas I didn't have my long lense on so had to settle for this wide view, but it's kind of grown on me over time. I like the brightly lit train and the foreground shadow of the cloud that is moments from swallowing the scene. This view of the whole yard shows its rather diminutive size that belies its role as the main hub of A&M operations.
This is train SFLO (the Springdale local) which was on duty at 11 AM with this pair of classic Alco C420s, numbers 56 and 57 both built for the Lehigh and Hudson River Railroad in Dec. 1965 as their numbers 25 and 26 respectively. They are seen here kicking up dust in the sand coated yard near MP 341.9 (measured from the Frisco's historic corporate headquarters city of St. Louis).
To learn more check out the long caption with this shot: flic.kr/p/2mmJMoD
Springdale, Arkansas
Thursday September 2, 2021
MP15AC 1187 shoves loads of asphalt into the Owens Corning Trumbull Asphalt plant. The company uses it to make asphalt coatings and shingles. A few months ago they received covered hoppers as well on a second spur, but it doesn't look like that's currently being used.
A 500mm zoom shot of a Seven Cities Scot Rail HST passing Greenloaning signal box working a Dundee to Glasgow service. The box has been switched out for a number of years, and despite the fact the passing loops have been disconnected, the loop signals are still in place. I suppose it is only a matter of time before it all disappears.