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Work Train Working! EIght photos.

Simply catching a work train on the roll is only half the fun.

Seeking out its work area and photographing it in action tells a story.

Last week, I exposed these action photos of Conway Scenic Railroad’s Work Extras at work along the line.

My cameras of choice for these images are my Nikon Z-series mirrorless digital. With a 24-70mm zoom on one, and a 70-200mm zoom on the other I have great flexibilty for making photos of trains and people.

The only problem is the weight! These cameras are fairly heavy.

All the images were processed from Nikon NEF RAW files using Adobe Lightroom.

Using a comapartively slow shutter speed allows the falling ballast stones to blur, which helps convey the sense of motion and working being accomplished.
On my wee Reading Company, I have a 1:87 scale Baltimore & Ohio hopper similar in pattern to this full size B&O hopper at Conway Scenic.

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