On Valentine’s Day, Kris and I attended the Fire & Ice Festival in Lititz, Pa.
I’ve included some railroad content as part of the selection of photos exposed with my FujiFilm XT-1.
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Big Engine on the Lititz Local
Last week I swung by Lititz, Pa.
Working a vestige of the old Reading & Columbia Line was Norfolk Southern’s H23 local freight.
The power for this short train was SD60E 6987, a distinctive variaty of six-motor diesel that feature’s NS’s blunt-nose ‘Crescent Cab’.
I made this view using my Nikon Z6 with 70-200mm Z-series zoom.
Someday the ordinary will be seen as remarkable.
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Very Short Freight at Limerock
The other day, I posted some photos that I’d made of a two-unit, two-car freight passing Limerock on its way from Lancaster to Lititz, Pa. My success, led me to try again. So before Christmas, Kris and I made another exploration of Norfolk Southern’s Lititz secondary, and this scored us an even shorter freight.
It is seen here under clear skies approaching the West Lexington Road grade crossing with a lone GP38-2 and single boxcar.
Exposed digitally using a Fujifilm XT1 with 16-50mm Fujinon lens. Fuji RAF raw files were converted to PNG format using Iridient X-Transformer and then imported into Adobe Lightroom for final adjustment and scaling for internet presentation.
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Holiday Twist on a Reading Caboose
A visit to Lititz, Pa., found the historic Reading Company caboose on display had been decorated for the season.
Photos exposed using a FujiFilm XT1. RAF Raw files converted using Iridient X-Transformer.
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Nocturnal Views at Lititz, Pa.
During our visit to Lititz, Pa., I made these photos along the old Reading Company tracks that bisect the town.
The caboose on display was once operated by Central Railroad of New Jersey and has been convincingly dressed to resemble similar cars that had been operated by the Reading.
Nearby is the replica passenger station, a structure that during daylight hours serves as a welcome center.
Although the end of track is about a block away, Norfolk Southern still serves this route. We caught a glimpse of a railroad HyRail truck and a rail-defect detection vehicle on the night of our most recent trip. However, we were unable to make a photo of these vehicles at work.
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