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Andy W

Andy W

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Browncoat

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I live about 30 miles away from where the Lima Locomotive Works used to be. It's now a General Dynamics plant - they build tanks for the Army there. MASSIVE facility, as you can imagine.
 
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crashton

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Great shot Sandpatch.:encouragement: I think when we used to shoot film we took more time to set up our shots. I always had a running calculator in my head of how many shots I'd taken & how much it was costing me. With the advent of pixels I've become more of a run & gun photog. I'm trying to break that habbit & slow down. All the arthritis I have is helping with that. :dispirited:
 
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Hobbit

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trying to recreate but not copy an image i saw on the Net of an American steam loco and a vintage HD, this is the SVR in the UK and my vintage replica HD :)
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Sandpatch

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crashton said:
Great shot Sandpatch.:encouragement: I think when we used to shoot film we took more time to set up our shots. ...
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That's so perfectly stated -- I completely agree. Timing of shots was essential as well, where you had to envision exactly where you wanted the train to be in the photo before the train appeared. I'd pick out a joint bar and figured to nail the shutter when the pilot was upon it. It was still tough though and I messed up often. These days I just hold down the shutter button and blast away figuring one shot in the burst will be close enough. :rolleyes:

I suppose roster shots are the easiest .... if you can avoid being thrown off the property. It seems that even this was easier in the days of film. [April 1979, Knoxville, TN and April 1984, Atlanta, GA]

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Sandpatch

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From December 1986, NS units throttle up for an ascent of the grade at Saluda, NC. Until its closure 15 years later, this was the steepest mainline railroad grade in the U.S.. [Kodachrome, Nikon 2020]

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Sandpatch

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Can't bring myself to click [Like] on those nikonpup, but thank you for the news. Such terrible events in that region. Perhaps the largest model train manufacturer in the U.S. [Micro-Trains] was spared in Talent, OR, but much of the town burned.
 
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Sandpatch

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Found two shots of MG Tower in my box of "seconds" I was going to throw away. Glad I took the time to sort through them. MG (Middle Grade) was built during WW-II to provide operational flexibility on the Pennsylvania Railroad's mountain grade west of Altoona, PA. Sadly MG is slated to be demolished. [rainy day 400 ASA Ektachromes, April 1989, Nikon 2020]

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Sandpatch

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The Pennsylvania Railroad's MO Tower was located at Cresson, PA. An effort was made to relocate the tower for preservation, but when it was lifted, a main structural member broke and the tower was demolished on the spot. :( [400 ASA Ektachrome, April 1989, Nikon 2020]

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Sandpatch

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Drumhead on the rear of former Lehigh Valley Railroad business car No. 353 in Bay Head, NJ. In its glory days, the Lehigh Valley's crack passenger train was the Black Diamond, paying homage to the railroad's fortunes made in anthracite coal. [02/1983, Kodachrome, Nikon EL-2]

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