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As seen in better days east of Asheville on the Loops at Ridgecrest, an NS westbound is about to enter Swannanoa Tunnel. [12/26/2013, D5100]

Thank you. We saw a few detour moves after Helene, but not many. NS's line through Asheville will be restored from the west, from Newport, TN. The damage is so severe that it'll take until the end of January 2025 to complete the work. NS's line from the east through Old Fort, NC and the...

Caught some action on Saturday afternoon just west of Raleigh, NC at Cary. The passenger trains have a locomotive at each end to quicken turnaround time at the end terminals at Raleigh and Charlotte. Freight is also to be found here. [D5100]

Your photographs are extraordinary @Woodyg3 and I never tire of them. I often carry my laptop into our kitchen to share them with my wife while she's cooking dinner. She enjoys them as much as I do. :)

I read that its shutter type is "Electronically-controlled vertical-travel focal-plane mechanical shutter; electronic front-curtain shutter; electronic shutter". I'm not well schooled in today's cameras. So then it has a mechanical shutter and an electronic shutter?

Caught a northbound Norfolk Southern empty grain train yesterday in South Carolina with their blue Conrail heritage locomotive trailing. This is one of twenty Norfolk Southern locomotives specially painted in colors of the many older railroads that are now part of NS. Maybe someday I can find...

What crop are they working?

From July 13, 2008 at Frostburg, Maryland, Western Maryland Scenic 734 takes a spin on the turntable. [Nikon N2020, Kodachrome]

Love the GTI! 😍

I had to research these a bit. Taken in Poland maybe?

Wow, that green guy is amazing! A very cool shot. (y)

My first DSLR is still my current DSLR, a 13 year old D5100 now with 25,100 shutter actuations. Shot with a mixture of film cameras for 35 years prior. If I can offer a snippet of advice @Sidewinder 1957, find a quiet spot outdoors to learn about and experiment with your new D7500. Bring your...

Your holder is yielding some great results! You have some nice shots. With thousands of slides to scan, I bought an Epson V-800 about five years ago and am generally pleased with it, but dark slides often scan blurry. I was talking to a photograper/author and he said scanning can sometimes be...

Three random shots from yesterday in the South Carolina upstate, a CSX train at Taylors and two Norfolk Southern trains, one at Taylors and the other at Wellford. [D5100]

I like your capture of that bird's purposeful look. Out of curiosity, I researched it and am guessing it's a White Ibis. If so, I read that they use that long bill to probe for food in shallow water.

Thank you. You'll come upon one eventually. It happened to me at Taylors, SC when the Illinois Terminal unit unexpectedly appeared. [D5100]

Your work is always so beautiful @Woodyg3. Those hummingbird captures are truly extraordinary.

Working at Monetta SC, 07/27/2024. The 8009 is packing 4400 HP. [D5100]

There's the Heritage Units website which can be helpful and social media too. Catching these can be quite a challenge because they most often circulate just like any other locomotive without special recognition and they may not be leading the train they're on. Then too, it may be dark when...

Some 12 years ago, Norfolk Southern decided to celebrate its 30th Anniversary by painting twenty new locomotives in historic paint schemes that replicated the many old railroads which comprise the modern Norfolk Southern. Last week I caught up with their Jersey Central locomotive, painted in...