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This morning's train 242 awaits track authority before departing Columbia, SC. There's a cell tower out of sight at the right that's in the worst spot and pervades most compositions here. I was glad to be able to just barely crop it out. [D5100, 1/125 @ f/9]

From 11/14/1981 at Weehawken, NJ, the former New York Central TU Tower beneath the Pallisade. It had been closed by this date. Towers were once common structures at junctions and numbered in the thousands in North America, but nearly all have succumbed to technology and most have been...

From an overcast day March 1988 at Montgomery, AL, GP-40-2 4259 takes a rest. The Chessie System was a combination of the Chesapeake & Ohio, Baltimore & Ohio and Western Maryland railroads, with locomotives often sub lettered for one of the component roads, such as the WM we see here. These...

You are using an adapter with the SD card? I'd try an SD card that doesn't need an adapter.

I totally agree. The '80s also predated the ugly graffiti which covers every railcar today. I miss the days when freight cars looked as their owners intended. 06/13/1988, St. Johnsbury, VT. [Nikon 2020, Kodachrome]

From 04/05/1989 at Cresson, PA, a Conrail freight crosses over at historic MO Tower. With legacies dating from the age of telegraphy, tower locations were often identified with a handful of letters identifying their locations. MO was named for it being on the MOuntain. Sadly, MO was...

The Operation Lifesaver unit was obscured by clutter and overgrowth on the sunny side.

Also found CSX 4568, an Operation Lifesaver SD-70AC at Cayce, SC on Train L644. Numerous North American railroads operate differently painted Operation Lifesaver locomotives to promote highway crossing safety. [D5100]

Today's Train 18D, a solid train of BMWs from upstate South Carolina headed to the Port of Charleston for export. [D5100]

That's an amazing bird and I very much appreciate your explanation of its special bill. I find myself showing quite a few of your photos to my family as they walk past my desk when I'm on Nikonites. We all enjoy them. Thanks!

< Quit using so much wax. ;) > Haha! I laughed out loud at that comment. :D You're probably correct on the reflections. Good suggestion on the polarizing filter. I have one around here somewhere.

Thank you Chuck. I also took it on a run both ways on the Tail of The Dragon and had a really fine time. As you suggested, I'll probably buy a few photos from Killboy. I'm not sure yet which ones, I have a bunch to choose from.

Mk1 VW GTI [D5100]

My GTI in the overcast. Curiously, my D5100 cannot capture a good image of this color in direct sunlight. The facet of the car in the sun (like the hood) looks very light blue, almost white, while somewhat shaded sides look normal. To add to the oddity, my modest iPhone (SE 2020) is...

Graffiti-free carload of Vitamin C at Wildwood, FL [03/08/1987, Kodachrome, Nikon N2020]. Tropicana's enduring logo with orange grove girl Tropic Ana has since been retired.

Agreed on the DSG. I test drove both transmissions back-to-back and found the DSG to be unlike any automatic I'd ever driven, lightning quick and almost intuitive in its gear selection. Regarding the manual, I should have known something was up because VW removed the time-honored golf ball...

My VW GTI, but not my caboose. :) Read a few days ago that VW will eliminate the option for a manual transmission in the GTI, offering one last special edition with a manual in 2024. Mini too will eliminate their manual gearbox after 2024. These are sad times for those of us who prefer...

Also took a photo of the Seaboard's McBee, SC station and an ACL/SCL M-5 Caboose there. There's a fine little rail museum inside the depot, which is also the town's library. The rail line through McBee was completed in early 1900, as John Skelton Williams stitched together segments of acquired...

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Very nice! I like your use of black and white on these. (y)