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These two F7s resting in Ranlo, NC in the Lehigh Valley scheme were purchased by the P&N to lead the annual Santa Train, but ultimately were determined to be unususable and were sent away. These units were originally built for the Chicago & N'western in 1949.
One year ago, I snapped this shot of a foraging Zebra Dove at a beach in Kauai. I didn't realize how cool the composition was until now. The low-angle shot and the grass blades framing the zebra finch, all made me feel as if I were foraging with that Zebra Dove.
Looking back in my camera roll also made me realize how much I improved. Many of my photos then were overexposed and out of focus. Also, why did I need to take 50 photos of the same plant? This makes me proud when I say my current camera roll is so much cleaner.
September 18, 1999 brings me back to Scott St watching trains with my grandparents. One of my better attempts at using a camera at the ripe old age of 9....
Little did I know at that time that the memories spent with my grandpa watching trains would so drastically steer my life in the direction it has. If it weren't for him, who knows where the hell I'd be in life. I still smile every now and then when I'm at work passing spots that we would watch trains together. Man, I miss them...
..to a couple months ago. Forgot to post this neat consist that was on the point of a LINGAL manifest, caught in Burlington, Ia.
25.7.2011
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Throwback Thursday to those hot Summer, halcyon days in Amsterdam. While we were there, we had the opportunity to experience a local record-breaking heatwave. The mercury hit 42°C for a couple of days straight. This week we have the polar opposite, where temperatures are barely going above -15°C during the daytime.
The end of a damp October day is near as Finger Lakes Railway GS2 rumbles west through Seneca Falls, NY with there New York Central inspired painted locomotives on NYC tracks passing NYC structures.
Sometimes it's fun to go back and re-edit pictures that you took when you were 16. I'm seriously craving some creative picture taking time. Focusing on class and graded photo projects can really take the creativity and fun out of making art. My goal for this upcoming break is to take photos just because, with no reason other than to marvel at the beauty and goodness of God.
This is my Throwback Thursday post for this week. This photograph was taken from the beach that is located at the point parking lot in the Cape Henlopen State Park. It was a very special sunset with the lines of cloud formations.
Here's a throwback to 2012, when State Line power plant still stood, and Norfolk Southern's heritage units were fresh out of the box. It may be front-coupled, but I thought NS 8103, the Norfolk & Western unit, looked pretty sharp sitting in Colehour Yard on the Chicago Line, right along the Illinois/Indiana border. A maintainer's truck passed by during this long exposure.
Just another take on this scene for the trip album from last May's adventure on the Range.
This would ultimately be the last train of our time on the Iron Range (for now) and it was quite the stunning way to end our time here. We'd manage it at three spots before calling it a day and heading to Duluth for a celebratory dinner and beers down on the waterfront
A U790 train of empty hoppers is heading to Minntac for another load of pellets to turn around and take back to Two Harbors. The train is crossing the fill over Embarsass Lake and approaching South Biwabik at about MP 58.6 on modern day CN's North Division Iron Range Subdivision mainline. The standard three pack of ex CNW C40-8s have a train of modern CN era ore cars (over 1000 of which were acquired between 2009 and 2018) on the historic former Duluth and Iron Range Railroad which was the other component half of the DMIR created in 1938 when the two roads long owned by US Steel were officially merged. Today Biwabik is home to a 6118 ft passing siding and a small little used yard, but in the old raw ore days it was bustling as a marshaling point for the mine branches seemingly radiating in all directions as well as the main continuing into Virginia. They will pull down past the remains of the yard and pause at the north (compass west) end to wait for a meet with a loaded southbound U789 counterpart.
This is a region that should need no introduction to even the most casual fan as the Duluth, Missabe and Iron Range Railway is in a word legendary. I won't bore you with pages of history as I couldn't do the road or region justice anyway. It simply needs to be experienced for oneself. But I will direct you to two resources. Absolutely check out the fabulous historical information here: www.missabe.com/
And for a fabulously well written overview of modern CN operations find yourself a copy of the April 2023 edition of Railfan and Railroad right now! shop.whiteriverproductions.com/products/rfr-202304
Biwabik, Minnesota
Friday May 12, 2023
Just a couple that I ran across this morning from 2014 that caught my eye.
This was the same day, at a restaurant where I stopped for breakfast.
BPRR 3881 descends the steep grade of Lewis run, leading RISI into Bradford as the last few minutes of sunshine fade away.
Pentax 67 I 105 2.4 I Kodak Ektar
Browsing through some Italy images from summer...would love to go there again...
at least summer come back to germany! :( Raining again...
Reading and Northern T-1 2102 is seen approaching the Hunter Street tunnel in Nesquehoning, Pennsylvania, on the southbound trip back to Reading.
May 28, 2022