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From about 1976, Elgin, Joliet & Eastern Rwy. at Barrington, IL. [Nikkormat FTn, Plus-X]

Chicago, South Shore & South Bend interurban at Chicago, about 1975. Car 102 entered service in 1926 and was modernized and lengthened after WW-II. It was scrapped in 2023, being too far in ruin to save. [Nikkormat FTn, Plus-X]

Looking forward to it! (y)

With welded rail now found nearly everywhere, rail joints like these are less common and placed only where needed. Note how the bolt and nut placement is alternated on the splice bars. This is done for safety. If there were to be a derailment and a wheel flange dropped off the rail, no matter...

Another electric, a former Pennsylvania Railroad GG-1 locomotive at Newark NJ, February 1983. These were of extraordinary design, many working in excess of 50 years. The last was retired the same year I shot this.

Steam locomotives need plenty of water. Ringoes NJ, June 1980.

End of overhead wire at Dover, NJ. The Delaware, Lackawanna & Western completed electrification of its busy commuter line between Hoboken and Dover in 1931. Thomas Edison was at the throttle of the first electric train on the line. [September 1982] Service began with cars like these which...

I've become a bit better using my photo software (Corel PaintShop Pro X9). It's an old package, but I'm old too and would probably struggle learning something newer.

From the mid-1970s at Barrington, Illinois (USA) is an interlocking tower (known as a signal box across the pond) and its levers inside. Both are gone today. These were known as "armstrong" machines because they required strong arms to move the levers which mechanically moved long lengths of...

July 1976 at Hudson, OH. The CR is for Conrail, an enormous entity created to bring order to six bankrupt railroads in the northeast U.S. and just four months old at the time. Better times were ahead. .

October 30, 1977 at Knoxville, TN. Same Nikkormat FTn, 50mm Lens, Kodak Plus-X Film and basement darkroom processing. I wish more pigeons had gone aloft when I threw a stone at the car.

From the summer of 1975 at North Western Station in Chicago. Same Nikkormat FTn, Plus-X film and basement darkroom processing. I didn't have a tripod for a time exposure, so braced the camera against a post, chose an aperture near f/16 and carefully squeezed off a few shots at 1/30 and maybe...

From fall 1977 at Knoxville, TN. Nikkormat FTn with Kodak Plus-X film and processed in a basement darkroom. I hadn't yet started shooting Kodachrome and in this case, am thankful. This could be 1977 or 1937.

There was a fan nearby who'd also set up for a shot of the special locomotive and he had a Nikon D90. With his D90 and my D5100, two old DX Nikons were on station, still cranking out images. (y)

At the top it reads GRIT HEART DRIVE and below it reads Moving The Weight Of The World. It was painted by the NS shop in Altoona, PA. He was moving at a pretty good clip (chose 1/640), so a side shot was difficult. Maybe someday I can catch it at rest with a roster shot.

Today's Norfolk Southern train 15R at Blythewood, SC with newly-minted AC44C6M locomotive 4822 specially painted as a tribute to the railroad's employees. I was rapidly losing my light. [D5100]

As a substitute, she spotted this tent accessory at the Dealer that would fit both our VWs. I dunno though. At our ages, this might not be quite the great idea. ;)

My wife would love to get a vintage "Westy" for camping, old skool and just perfect. Unfortunately we have no place to park one and too many other hobbies compete for our time. :unsure: [Maggie Valley NC, September 2020, D5100]

The EPA rating is 234 Miles (at 70 mph using 95 percent of a full charge), but two publications rated its useful range at 190, which I assume figures that few owners will want to risk discharging the battery to 5%. Charging from 5% to 80% takes 33 minutes at a "fast" charger and 49 minutes to...