Making the Most of Low Autumn Sun.
On Monday, October 27, 2014, I made several photographs of New England Central GP40-2L 3015 on job 610 working south on the former Central Vermont through Monson, Massachusetts.
New England Central’s 610 starts its day at Willimantic, Connecticut and works its way north to Palmer, usually arriving around midday. At Palmer, it collects freight destined for Connecticut and then begins its climb over State Line Hill.
For me this is a traditional chase. I’ve been making photos on State Line hill since my bicycle riding days, when consists of Central Vermont GP9s in run-8 made for real drama.
Lately, photographing this run has been challenging because 610 often doesn’t begin its ascent of State Line until early evening, by which time the sun no longer reaches the tracks. Complicating matters are trees and undergrowth that even during the day leave relatively few windows of light.
Working with two cameras, I made the most of shafts of afternoon sunlight. The ability to make a burst of exposures with my Canon 7D allowed me to get satisfactory images as the bright orange front of 3015 was briefly flashed by patches of sunlight.
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