Up Close with an E44 Electric

My third Railroad Photography 101 Class was a success!

This was held at the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania last week.

While the first part of this 3rd session was conducted outside, the last part of the class was held inside the Museum in the main hall.

Museum Director Patrick Morrison asked if we would like to explore some of the restored locomotives and cars on exhibit in the hall and offered to open up a few of the museum’s gems for photography.

This was a wonderful idea, and soon the students and I were climbing in and around the exhibits.

I had never before been on a Pennsylvania Railroad E44 electric, so it was a thrill for me to take a look inside and sit in the engineer’s seat. These boxy high-horsepower electrics were built by General Electric and share a resemblence with GE’s diesel-electrics built around the same time.

My photos for this exercise were exposed using a Nikon Z7-II with a 24-70mm Nikkor Z-series zoom lens.