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New England Central’s Veterans & Service Members Locomotive by Night

On that hazy evening in Palmer, Mass., last week, I made several classic nocturnal locomotive portraits of New England Central GP40-2L 3015 that has been painted to honor America’s veterans and service members.

During the course of switching, this sharp looking locomotive paused for a few minutes. Thick haze contributed to the laser-like beams of the locomotive headlights.

I made these images with my Nikon Z7-II firmly mounted on a 3Pod tripod.

Nikon Z7-II with 24-70mm lens set to 40mm, ISO 80, f4 at 10 seconds. File converted to DNG using DxO Pure Raw, then edited in Lightroom.
Nikon Z7-II with 24-70mm lens set to 31mm, ISO 80, f4 at 8 seconds. File converted to DNG using DxO Pure Raw, then edited in Lightroom.

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