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Dusk at Hospital Road

After switching out the yard in Palmer, Massachusetts, New England Central’s crew brought their locomotives to Hospital Road in Monson (a mile south of the CSX diamond) to bring a northward freight into the yard.

It’s been a while since I’ve paid daily attention to New England Central’s train operations, however I’d assume this was 608 from Willimantic (or its equivalent).

Working with my Nikon Z7-II, I exposed these images. The first is a pan of the light engines approaching the Hospital Road crossing. The second was made while the engines pumped the air on the freight cars. The last is of the northward move on the grade crossing with the camera on a tripod. Exposure information for each is in the captions.

Hospital Road isn’t the most visually striking location, but it does lend to interesting photos.

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ISO 4000, 1/25th second, f4.0. NEF RAW file converted into DNG format with DxO Pure Raw, post processing using Adobe Lightroom.
ISO 10000, 1/40th second, f4.0. NEF RAW file converted into DNG format with DxO Pure Raw, post processing using Adobe Lightroom.
ISO 5000, 1/50th second, f4.0. Camera mounted on a #pod tripod. NEF RAW file converted into DNG format with DxO Pure Raw, post processing using Adobe Lightroom.

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