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Another night, another unit coal train.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This one had quite a roll on when we caught up with it at Columbia, Pa., on Norfolk Southern’s Port Road Branch<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“There’s the head-end!”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“That’s the mid-train DPU. . . “<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Oh. . . “<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I knew with a bit of driving we would still beat it to Safe Harbor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We arrived in near total darkness, and I thought I’d try a different angle, so I set up for broadside view on the NS bridge, while featuring the lowest bridge in the foreground, and the old Enola Low Grade Bridge up above.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At one time all three carried tracks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We didn’t wait long before the chug of GE’s shattered the evening quiet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For the headend, I had my Nikon Z6-III on a tripod, but for the coal cars and DPU photos, I panned the train hand-held.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Nikon Z6-III with f1.4 50mm Nikkor lens; f1.4, 1\/50th sec, ISO 32000.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Nikon Z6-III with f1.4 50mm Nikkor lens; f1.4, 1\/25th sec, ISO 32000. Panned.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Nikon Z6-III with f1.4 50mm Nikkor lens; f1.4, 1\/25th sec, ISO 32000. Panned.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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