#Crawford Notch
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Bus Tours Cover! (And a hard drive hunt)
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My photo of Conway Scenic Railroad’s Mountaineer graces the cover of September/October 2023 Bus Tours Magazine.
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In the Shadows of Crawford Notch
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I’ve asked this question before. While it is nice to have bright sun, often I find the best photos are in the shadows where light and dark contrast to produce a moody image that tugs at something deeper.
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Ballast Train at the Gateway-July 2022
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Earlier in the week, Conway Scenic operated a ballast train with GP35 216 to Crawford Notch and then worked its way east through the famous Gateway cut and over the Girders bridge.
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Willey Brook Selection
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During Conway Scenic Railroad’s special Railfan Photographer’s Mountaineer, I traveled on the head end to help position the train, while making photos
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Ballast Train at Girders
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On Monday, May 30, 202Crawf2, I photographed the company ballast train at the Girders Bridge in Crawford Notch.
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Extra 255 at Frankenstein
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On Monday, March 28, 2022, Conway Scenic began the process of clearing the former Maine Central over Crawford Notch.
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Mountaineer at Crawford Notch—Late Season Foliage
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On Tuesday, October 19, 2021, I caught Conway Scenic Railroad’s Mountaineer near the Gateway at Crawford Notch, New Hampshire.
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Fine Foliage at the Gateway
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Backlit autumn leaves tend to appear more vivid as the sunlight illuminates the leaves like colored bulbs.
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Rare Move on Willey Brook Bridge.
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Yesterday (October 8, 2021), the 470 Club collected its latest acquisition from the New Hampshire Central interchange at Hazens in Whitefield, NH.
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Bright Colors on the West Slope.
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East of Crawford Notch, New Hampshire the foliage is a bit on the grren side, but to the west the colors are turning.
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Mountaineer at the Girders
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I exposed this photo of the Mountaineer on ‘the Girders’ bridge near the scenic vista pull-off at Crawford Notch using my Nikon Z6 digital camera. I processed the camera’s NEF file using Adobe Lightroom to lighten shadows and correct the color temperature, which nominally boosting saturation.
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Mountaineer at the Gateway
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I set up in the Gateway Cut east of Crawford siding, where I waited for GP35 216 with the eastward Mountaineer.
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Travels with Ballast Part 3—Crawford.
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Yesterday, Conway Scenic operated a three car ballast train to Fabyan with a brief stop at Crawford station.
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Misty Evening at Crawford
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There was a low ceiling at Crawford Notch, NH the other evening. The tops of the mountains were in the clouds, yet the tracks and station were clear from mist.
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Misty Arrival at Crawford.
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Although often Crawford is crowded with people when the Mountaineer arrives, the damp misty weather appeared to have discouraged all but few on-lookers.
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View from the Head-End
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The other day I traveled on the head-end of Conway Scenic Railroad’s Mountaineer in order to take notes on running times to help revise the schedule, and to make photos for publicity, marketing and the company files.
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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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Ice on the Mountain.
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Near milepost 84, about a mile from the summit, an ice fall had blocked the line.
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Misty October View on Crawford Notch
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Last October (2020), I traveled on a rainy day to Crawford Notch on the head-end of Conway Scenic’s Mountaineer.
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Final 2020 Mountaineer
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Saturday, November 14, 2020, Conway Scenic Railroad operated its final Mountaineer of the 2020 operating season.
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Eight Photos! Special Mountaineer—November 9, 2020.
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On November 9, 2020, Conway Scenic Railroad operated a special Mountaineer for the benefit of its employees and their guests.
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Nature with the Nikon Z6
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Among the useful features of the Nikon Z6 digital camera is the adjustable rear display and touch screen, which combine with easily adjustable focus points makes low angle close focus photography.
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First Snow!
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The highlight of yesterday’s 470 Club Special Autumn Express to Fabyan, New Hampshire was the dusting of snow on late season foliage at Crawford Notch. I arranged for a photo stop at the site of the Mount Willard Section House…
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Autumn Sky at Crawford
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Shortly before Conway Scenic’s Mountaineer departed Crawford Station eastbound, the sun peaked through a hole in the clouds and brightly illuminated the train against this textured sky.
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Crawford Notch—Line-side and from the Cab.
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The perspectives and impressions you get when standing on the ground are very different than the views from a locomotive cab in motion.
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A Tinge Of Autumn Color at Crawford Notch.
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Yesterday, September 18, 2020, I traveled on the headend of Conway Scenic’s Mountaineer to scope autumn view points for publicity photos. The trees have hints of the autumn palette and I noted a variety of places near the top of…
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Boston & Maine F7A 4266 Works the Mountaineer—four new photos.
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Yesterday—September 1, 2020, Boston & Maine F7A 4266 led Conway Scenic Railroad’s Mountaineer westbound to Crawford Notch.
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Conway Scenic Publicity Train
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On August 12, 2019—one year ago—I’d organized a special publicity run over Crawford Notch.
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Crawford by Starlight—night photo technique
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The other evening, Kris Sabbatino and I stopped at the old Maine Central station at Crawford, New Hampshire shortly after moonrise to make night photos of the station.
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Crawford Notch at Dusk—January 1, 2020.
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I arrived at the old Maine Central station at Crawfords in the ‘blue hour’—that last hint of daylight before night.
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TV Crew Films Conway Scenic
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Among my assignments this past week on the Conway Scenic Railroad was to guide a TV production crew from Boston’s Channel 5 WCVB.
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The Gateway Cut at Crawford Notch.
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Near the summit of the former Maine Central Mountain Division at Crawford Notch, the line passes through a deep rock cutting in a natural low point in the mountains known as the Gateway.
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Conway Scenic’s 7470 Returns to Crawford Notch Video approaches 6000 views.
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On Saturday, June 29, 2019, I used my FujiFilm XT1 to film a short video of Conway Scenic’s historic excursion over Crawford Notch to the far western end of its line at Hazen’s, near the White Mountain Regional Airport in Whitefield, New Hampshire.
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Conway Magnificence: Budd Dome and Steam at Willey Brook.
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This was the first public excursion with Conway’s new Budd-dome Rhonda Lee (formerly Silver Splendor) as featured on Tracking the Light. And the first time the car was teamed up with steam locomotive 7470.
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Rare Move on the Mountain.
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I made these views from highway 312 using my Fujifilm XT1 with 12mm Zeiss Touit and a graduated neutral density filter (used to hold sky detail on a gray day).
