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Thanks @Bikerbrent and @crashton . About five years ago I found an old searchlight signal still in service on CSX as an "Approach" signal with its APP marker. I like the evening light and how well the amber signal aspect shows in it. Getting geeky, a signal equipped with an “APP” marker on...

Today's CSX Train L645 at Elgin, SC in the overcast. This is on the former Seaboard mainline; we're 336 miles from Richmond, VA. I wish those durned approach-lit signals would illuminate sooner! I'd hoped to have a nice spot of red in the shot. :confused:

From Saturday's car show, a Yugo! Knowing of the Yugo's storied reputation for mechanical deficiency, I asked the owner what the most common failure is. He smiled and said, "Everything." 😄

From today's car show. If you guessed Volkswagen, you'd be right. (y)

My (older) 18-55 AF has a switch on the side where AF can be turned on and off. Not sure about yours, but you may want to check. My D5100 slows with its shutter releases too and it's because the buffer within the camera is small and it fills up quickly, especially so in difficult light situations.

You and I think the same! :giggle:

I miss the "per diem" boxcars from the 1970s that were seen everywhere back then, colorful and graffiti free. Took this picture of one month old LEF&C 1290 at Knoxville, TN on 03/31/1979. Sadly, the little 15 mile railroad called it quits in 1993. :( [Nikon EL-2, Kodachrome]

From 11/08/1992 at Lugoff, SC, Train 464 makes its way north on the former Seaboard main line. The 5579 is a GE B30-7. The last of these were retired from the CSX roster in late 2009. [Kodachrome, Nikon N2020]

From early this afternoon at Little Mountain SC, a lone unit just crusin' south. I'd set up with great anticipation and, well ..... . There's a nice picture to be made here, with a long straight in dappled morning light, but it'll have to wait for another day. [D5100]

While the tracks in the foreground look bad, they're isolated from any connection and no longer used. There's some kind of museum there, but it's by appointment only. :( You are so right about shabby looking locomotives these days. Once a source of pride, few of them receive any sort of wash...

Caught NS 242 led by Union Pacific locomotives at Branchville SC yesterday. This was one of those shots where you hear a horn and have 30 seconds to check where the sun is, run to a location that's safe with some sort of composition and trip the shutter button. It's backlit, but it was the...

My VW GTI and I were out chasing trains yesterday.

From 08/09/1992, CSX Train 464 works north on the former Seaboard mainline at Cassatt, SC with three rebuilt GP-16 locomotives running "elephant style", all in different paint. I was happy to get this shot, as the summer haze served to obscure the sun which would normally have been smack dab in...

More B&O, but this from 03/1988 at Montgomery, AL.

Thank you and @crashton as well. Setting the time, place and details of a rail photograph is important to me, otherwise it's just a picture without any sort of footing. I sometimes see rail photos out there on the web that capture interesting things, but lack any sort of supporting detail...

Overcast day at the B&O's summit of the Allegheny Mountains, Sand Patch, PA, 11/28/1981. It was Thanksgiving weekend and I couldn't make the long trip home, so joined some friends for an overnight jaunt to Cumberland, MD and environs. The Holiday Inn there was well known for its grand...

That's really cool and I like the use of black and white there. I'd not heard of this railroad before, so looked it up. 56 miles and an interesting route map of various heritages.

So then you were able to take what I uploaded and use AI software to improve it? If so, what did you use? I have only Corel Paint Shop Pro.

I have probably since re-scanned those old images, but I'd first need to find them on this thread. Maybe someday I'll try to work that through.

I see that the scans I uploaded before the software change look small, but they were larger when seen on the old software. Per @nikonpup 's discovery, If you click on them, they get larger. The images uploaded on the new software are okay in size, like today's Bluefield, WV picture right? I...