May 2021
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Slovak Express at Drahotuse, Czech Republic
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I made this view of a westward Slovak express under wire using my FujiFilm XT1 with 18-135mm zoom. In the distance is a Czech Railways maintenance train led by a diesel.
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Photo Freight Second Edit
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During the course of last weekends special Railfans Photo Freight at Conway Scenic Railroad, I made several hundred images of the train and its preparation.
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Over and Under Five Years Ago!
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Five years ago on this day, May 28, 2016, I paid a visit to the Berkshire Scenic at North Adams, Massachusetts to photograph their historic Budd RDC at work on the old Boston & Albany branch. In this trailing view,…
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Speeders over Crawford Notch
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This my second installment of photo covering the private speeder trip on Conway Scenic Railroad over Crawford Notch. I acted as pilot on this rare opportunity to travel on the railroad using vintage Fairmont rail motorcars.
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12mm view at Oberwesel,
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Perched high in a medieval watch tower in the old town wall at Oberwesel, Germany, I exposed this view of northward DB (German Railways) Intercity 2026 along the ‘Left Bank’ of the Rhein.
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Retro Photo Freight
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On Saturday, May 22, 2021, Conway Scenic Railroad operated a retro-photo freight for railfan photographers.
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Four Forty Eight in a Verdant Scene!
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On this day in 2012 (May 24, 2012), I exposed this digital image of the train on the final leg of its journey from Chicago to Boston as it rolled east of Palmer, Massachusetts near CP79. (Control Point 79, as measured in miles from South Station, Boston).
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Speeder Trip-Part 1
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On Friday, May 21, 2021, I served as the pilot for a private speeder trip over the Conway Scenic Railroad.
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Red Electric
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One morning at Grygov, near Olomouc, I set up on the busy east-west electrified Czech mainline, and caught a procession of trains, including this RM Line Class 121 electric leading an eastward grain train.
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Roping Willey Brook Bridge-Some Gravity Defying Photos!
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I’ve accompanied bridge inspector Wayne Duffett of TEC Associates on several of Conway Scenic’s bridge inspections, but this one was by far the most memorable.
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Assembling Saturday’s Photofreight.
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On Saturday, May 22, 2021, Conway Scenic Railroad will operate its annual Railfan’s Photo Freight. This will board its passengers at 9am and wander up and down the line in the tradition of a local freight from the 1950s and 1960s.
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Fabyan Truss Inspection
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Last week I accompanied Bridge Inspector Wayne Duffett on his inspection of the unusual truss bridge on the former Maine Central Mountain Division at Fabyan, NH. The bridge dates from the 1890s. It originally served the Boston & Maine’s branch…
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Vr Pendolino at Tikkurila
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I will feature Finland today in my 1pm Zoom presentation to the Virginia Rail Policy Institute titled “Optimizing shared-use rail corridors in Europe: How do rail freight and passenger operations co-exist”
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Pendolino at Arth Goldau-prelude to Zoom Program on Tuesday.
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It was a bright afternoon at Arth Goldau, Switzerland on April 24, 2017, when I made this photo of an FS (Italian State Railway) Pendolino on its run from Milan to Zürich over the Gotthard Pass. I was on a…
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Ten Years Ago in Munich.
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On this day, May 16, 2011, I exposed this telephoto image of a number 20 tram in Munich, Germany.
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Stuttgart, Germany June 1999.
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On my first afternoon in Stuttgart, I exposed this Fujichrome Sensia II (ISO 100) color slide of a classic tram ascending away from the city center. Notice the effects of cross lighting. (The sun is to the left of the camera).
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HyRail at Hazens Eastbound!
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At Hazens we set on the railroad to run east over the line to inspect bridges. This was the first leg in our latest adventure as part of the annual Conway Scenic bridge inspection.
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GP35 crossing the Ellis
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As a follow up to my post from the other day featuring the old Mountain Division Bridge over the Ellis River at Glen, New Hampshire (ELLIS RIVER TRUSS AND EQUIVALENCE), I thought I’d offer this view of GP35 216 leading Conway Scenic’s Valley train over the same bridge.
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Paulins Kill Revisited
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I made these photos using my Contax G2 rangefinder on Fuji Neopan400 black & white film processed in Rodinal Special mixed 1-32 at 68F for three minutes and 15 seconds.
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Ellis River Truss and Equivalence.
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Reflections of the sun in the Ellis diffused by clouds bisected with the lattice girder bottom lateral brace of the bridge reminded me of a Minor White black & white print.
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My Interview on EMD
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Yesterday, May 9, 2021, Richard Luckin of Luckin Productions traveled to North Conway, NH., to interview me about General Motors Electro-Motive Division diesels.
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May 6th Conway Branch Work Extra.
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I made these digital photos with my FujiFilm XT-1 with 16-55mm zoom lens. All of the images were processed in Adobe Lightroom, to adjust contrast, color temperature and saturation.
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Helpers at Cape Horn
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It was a lazy late-summer evening in September 1990, when I hiked up to the tunnels at Cape Horn, east of Colfax, California on Southern Pacific’s Donner Pass crossing.
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Clear Day at Moat Brook
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Among the most pictured locations on Conway Scenic’s former Boston & Maine Conway Branch is the wooden pile trestle at Moat Brook.
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East Branch Bridge
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Last week, I accompanied bridge inspector Wayne Duffett of TEC Associates on the second leg of his annual Conway Scenic bridge inspection.
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Moose on the Kanc
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I made this photo using my Nikon Z6 with f4.0 24-70mm lens with the camera sensitivity set to ISO 40,000. Shutter speed set to 1/30th of a second.
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Amtrak at Prospect Park
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This photo was adjusted from the camera RAW using Adobe Lightroom to manipulate shadow and highlight settings as well as fine adjustment to color temperature.
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Amtrak’s Empire Builder on the Milwaukee Road
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I made this photo near Reeseville, Wisconsin on a photographic adventure with John Gruber back on August 22, 2011.
