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I found an old low rez scan tonight of former Lehigh Valley Railroad business car No. 353 taken in Bay Head, NJ in 1983. [Nikon EL-2, Nikkor 50mm, Kodachrome] I paid the princely sum of $50 to ride it with friends from Newark, NJ to Bay Head and return. It's VERY expensive operating these...

These aren't classic photos, but they are automobile related. A few years ago some friends and I were looking at cars in a wrecking yard in hope of scrounging up some parts. I have a soft spot for Mitsubishis, so opened the hood on one and was looking very closely at the six-cylinder engine...

Not a flower, but a pretty work of nature nonetheless:

From the mountains of western North Carolina with my D5100 and 18-55 kit lens:

Here's a happy goat! From the mountains of North Carolina last weekend with my D5100 and 18-55mm kit lens.

In railroading, a "pusher" isn't someone dealing in illegal narcotics, but is instead a locomotive or locomotives at the rear of a train helping to push it up a grade with assistance from more locomotives on the front and/or midtrain. This is a gritty scene taken in 1981 at Sand Patch, PA on...

Here's the crest of the hump in 1983 at the Seaboard System's Rice Yard in Waycross, GA. (Yikes -- how can it be 30 Years ago already!?) I took this from the tower where the switches and retarders are worked to direct cars to the correct track and slow cars to a safe coupling speed. I wish I...

That's the former Santa Fe "warbonnet" scheme, a classic look that defined the Santa Fe in the diesel era. When BNSF bought the Santa Fe, they simply painted out the Santa Fe lettering and substituted BNSF letters. Here's a low rez scan I took in in better days (1996) in Larkspur, CO. I love...

I was at a show yesterday and failed to take even one shot of a beautiful Studebaker pickup because the owner had set up two lawn chairs and cooler in front of it and wandered off. Most owners set up behind their vehicles. I did get several nice shots of this 1951 Ford F-1, restored to stock...

I have a question about DX lens cropping and I hardly know how to ask it. For 40 years I shot 35mm film and recognized that a 50mm prime offered the best real life reproduction of what my eyes saw, without the "distortion" that a wide angle lens or telephoto lens brings. With my D5100 I often...

Well, I finally struck paydirt and bagged NS's Virginian "Heritage" unit this afternoon! Yippee! It's eluded my lens for over a week now, but I finally got my chance and made the most of it. The unit was spotted on the most photogenic track in the engine terminal and also the very safest for...

This was shot in about 1976 inside the E.J.& E. railroad interlocking tower in Barrington, IL. Levers like these controlled the interlocking plant signals and switches at the junction and they were once a common sight at thousands of towers. They were nicknamed "Armstrong" plants because the...

Shot in 1976 in Hopewell, NJ on Plus X film, Nikkormat FTn, 50mm Lens. I shot everything in black and white back then, as color was beyond my budget!

Really nice shots Moab Man. Utah is one of many western states that I hope to visit someday. I love the old painted billboards. I shot this one in Radford, VA last week.

This is a favorite spot that time has forgot -- Balcony Falls, VA on the former C&O main, complete with a vintage depot and coaling tower. Unfortunately no train came along during our brief stop.

Another westound at Harpers Ferry, WV, but on the bridge over the Potomac and in the overcast. Looks like that lead unit needs some paint.

Shot this westbound yesterday on the former B&O main at Harpers Ferry, WV. A mintue beforehand I had a nice empty platform!

I shot this with my Dad's early-70s era Nikkor 8mm f.2.8 Fisheye mounted to my N2020. It was converted to AI by Nikon. It was a high quality lens with five buil-in colored filters and it worked great, but it weighed a ton and I rarely carried it anywhere. I sold it to raise money to purchase...

This is another favorite shot that evokes happy memories: It was taken in Bethlehem, PA in the early '80s in the evening after a day of railfanning with good friends. The train was barely rolling, so timing wasn't critical. The train is crossing over the Lehigh River from the former Jersey...