I have a long history of making night photos of trains in Palmer, Massachusetts.

The names have changed since my first attempts at exposing Tri-X in the early 1980s, but Palmer remains an interesting place to practice night rail-photo techniques.

The other night a full moon was rising through an ash-tinted sky, (presumably as the result of Canadian wildfires). Kris said, ‘Never mind the train! Look at the moon!!” It was a grand golden globe.

New England Central’s 608 was switching the former Central Vermont yard. So, I made several images attempts to make compositions with the train and the moon. The steam locomotive on display is a stock-industrial 0-6-0 built by Porter in the early 20th century.

Making the most of the moon proved challenging and I’m not completely pleased with this selection.

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