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Stack Train at Tyrone

It had been about 20 years since my last visit to the Main Line at Tyrone, Pennsylvania, where Norfolk Southern’s former Pennsylvania Railroad tracks make a sharp curve through the narrow valley along the Little Juniata River the south end of town.

Last month, Kris and I pulled up to theTyrone Amtrak station, and when I stepped out of the car I could hear the distant sounds of General Electric diesels chugging east.

We didn’t have long to wait and soon a headlight appeared.

Working with my Nikon Z6 with 70-200mm zoom, I made this series of photos. Telephoto compression in the tight curve at the station makes it look like I was much closer to the tracks that I really was.

Auto focus made it much easier to keep the locomotives looking sharp.

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CSX Q034 at Ashland, Virginia

On June 8, 2015, I was photographing at Ashland, Virginia with Pat Yough and Doug Riddell.

I made this traditional view of CSX’s northward intermodal train Q034 on Fujichrome Provia 100F using my Canon EOS-3 with 40mm pancake lens.

This busy line is the former Richmond, Fredericksburg & Potomac mainline from Richmond to Alexandria, VA.

CSX Evolution-series GE-built diesel-electric number 721 leads northward intermodal freight Q034 at Ashland, Virginia. Provia 100F.

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