East Brookfield
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CSX at East Brookfield
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I exposed these digital images using a Lumix LX7. Working with the camera-RAW files in Lightroom, I lightened the shadow areas improved the contrast and made a slight enhancement to the overall saturation.
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CSX Eastbound at East Brookfield: Two Views.
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As a follow-up to recent posts on CSX’s Boston Line, I offer this pair of photos of an eastward Intermodal train passing CP64 in East Brookfield, Massachusetts.
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CSX Q264 Meets Sunrise at East Brookfield.
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A week ago, on Wednesday February 6, 2019, Paul Goewey and I caught CSX’s Q-264 rolling through CP64
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February Sunrise and Headlight on the Horizon.
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Sometimes the thrill of photography that a distant twinkle and wondering how it will play out.
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Looking Like a Scene from Kubrick’s 2001: A Stereo Space Odyssey.
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A lesson in Night-photography. It was an arctic evening at East Brookfield when we crossed the bridge over the tracks near CP64. There it was, making an alien roar: the Loram rail-grinder in the old sidings. Hard snow on the…
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Final Photo of 2017.
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This was the last photo I exposed in 2017. It was about 4 degrees Fahrenheit at East Brookfield, Massachusetts, when I made this view at 9:38pm on December 31st looking west toward CP64. The signal had just changed from all…
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Three Quarter Light; CSX’s Q012 Intermodal freight at East Brookfield
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On June 28, 2017, I made a sequence of digital photos of CSX’s Worcester, Massachusetts-bound intermodal freight symbol Q012 passing CP64 (dispatcher’s control-point 64 miles west of Boston) at East Brookfield. This was one of several exposures made with my…
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CSX 611 at East Brookfield on the old Boston & Albany.
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CSX 611 is a AC6000CW—a big GE diesel by any measure. In January 2001, My pal T.S.H. and I were making an inspection of the old Boston & Albany between Palmer and Worcester, Massachusetts ( reliving a trip we’d made in…
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Conrail Camel at East Brookfield; Fixing a Dark Slide.
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(If you are not viewing Tracking the Light, please click on the post to see the variations from Dark to Light.) Kodachrome was a great film but it had its failings. It’s spectral sensitivity tended to render blue too dark…
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Autumn Foliage—Two Tips for Digital Photographers
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Here’s two tips for making more brilliant autumn foliage photos: Aim to catch late season foliage when there are more brown leaves than green. Don’t use the auto white balance. Instead set your white balance manually, preferably to ‘cloudy’ or…
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New Book Features East Brookfield Station!
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My recently published Railway Depots, Stations & Terminals highlights railway architecture around the world, including Helsinki, Tokyo, and London. As an author, I always like to add a personal touch to my books, and when possible include items of local…
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Amtrak’s Confusing Coincidence or Numerical Harmony?
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I phoned Julie—Amtrak’s automated agent, as you do when you’d like to know if a train is running on time. Amtrak 448, the Lake Shore Limited was a little more than an hour late leaving Springfield. Dennis LeBeau, Wolfie the…
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Lots of Locomotives at East Brookfield Four Years Ago Today.
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On this day in 2011 (January 31), I exposed this view of a CSX light-power move rolling westward through East Brookfield, Massachusetts on the former Boston & Albany mainline. I used my trusty Lumix LX3, a camera with which I…
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Special Post: Electric Train Music Video
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Rock and Roll Panic by The Big Gunz. Tracking the Light takes a diverging route: Cats, Lionel, Beer, and Rock and Roll. Take a look at my most recent production. I’ve filmed and edited a short music video. The soundtrack…
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East Brookfield Station, October 25, 2009
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Last Look at an Old Boston & Albany Station. On the Morning of October 25, 2009, I brought my brand new Lumix LX3 out for a test run. I had just received my first digital camera and this was…
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CSX at East Brookfield, Massachusetts, June 26, 2013
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Ballast Train at Work On the evening of June 26, 2013, I arrived at East Brookfield to find Dennis LeBeau observing CSX’s undercutting operations immediately east of CP64. Over the last few years, CSX has been improving its former…