Weekly Photo Fun 8-28/9-03
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In one of the books or magazines I've read somewhere, a set of VGN E-33's (I think, mighta been PC E-44's...) was getting towed by diesels on a foreign road detouring around trackwork/wreck/washout on their home rails... it was rather interesting looking...
Thank-you, Sir!
I'd be happy to talk you through a typical photo session of mine when the time comes for you to take a few images if you are interested. Basically, tons of bright light, set your camera on manual and get it up to the highest F-ratio possible (usually f-8 in automatic point-and-shoots), and use the shutter timer on a tripod or on a soft bag of beans or ground foam. Also, lay off the zoom. You can use a wee bit, but the more you zoom the worse the fuzzies. Instead, take the shot further away and then use a photo editing program to crop out the stuff on the periphery of your image that is unwanted and/or too fuzzy to look decent. That's it. And I never get it on my first ten tries...each image I post here is about the 40th attempt, running back and forth to the computer with the latest five or six images.
-Crandell
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Selector
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That turned out very well, Jeff. I gotta tell ya, the backdrops really make the difference. I'll have to think seriously on this............
Here, a Pennsy K4s is rescuing a crippled GG1 and its consist by towing it off the catenary route the shortest, and least disruptive, route back to the shops. The passengers are long since moved on via another train, and this one is just a block in the schedule...so get it going through Seneca and clear the heavy mains once more.
-Crandell
Here, a Pennsy K4s is rescuing a crippled GG1 and its consist by towing it off the catenary route the shortest, and least disruptive, route back to the shops. The passengers are long since moved on via another train, and this one is just a block in the schedule...so get it going through Seneca and clear the heavy mains once more.
-Crandell
Jeffrey, I sure wish I could make tress that look as good as the ones on that back drop.
Crandell, I never really thought about what would happen if one of the those big electrics broke down but I guess you need something to haul it away if you don't have another GG1 available. Nice story and shot. I wonder how many F units it would take to do the same job?
Crandell, I never really thought about what would happen if one of the those big electrics broke down but I guess you need something to haul it away if you don't have another GG1 available. Nice story and shot. I wonder how many F units it would take to do the same job?
railroad-guy
Member
Welcome to the crap shack!
Now to build a still...
Now to build a still...
In one of the books or magazines I've read somewhere, a set of VGN E-33's (I think, mighta been PC E-44's...) was getting towed by diesels on a foreign road detouring around trackwork/wreck/washout on their home rails... it was rather interesting looking...
Nice job on the model. It's a lot harder to make something looks bad than good.
Rico
BN Modeller
And we're off to a great start as usual guys...
Jeffery, great looking trees!
Crandell, I always enjoy your photos!
Dan I have a shack just like that out in the bushes, well done!
Haven't done much modeling but I finally got more self adhesive lettering and did up my "train board", no more scribbles.
Jeffery, great looking trees!
Crandell, I always enjoy your photos!
Dan I have a shack just like that out in the bushes, well done!
Haven't done much modeling but I finally got more self adhesive lettering and did up my "train board", no more scribbles.
railroad-guy
Member
My railroad is set in Tennessee circa 1947 so there are many "homes" like that.
We finally crested the "widowmaker', our 4.5% helper grade, and got a maintenance siding in. Now we begin the upper level. Actually I got sick of spiking and took a break
We finally crested the "widowmaker', our 4.5% helper grade, and got a maintenance siding in. Now we begin the upper level. Actually I got sick of spiking and took a break
rhoward
S.L.O.&W. Trainman
As always some fantastic work and photography here! You folks are a constant source of inspiration.
I didn't get a lot accomplished on the layout this week as there have been a wealth of other deadlines that had to be met. I did get another Jordan kit finished tonight after several days of a bit at a time. This is a 1911 Model T Delivery Van. She is painted and decaled for Howard's Dairy.
Uncle Eli has parked one of his delivery vans near the Station at Hopewell Junction. He is likely waiting for his "Lady" Bessie to arrive on the afternoon train from the "Big City". Eli can well afford to get another car for personal use, but figures that would be wasteful as the van is only 14 years old and runs well. He believes that, "A penny saved is a penny earned!" He also subscribes to "neither a lender nor a borrower be." He will pay cash for his next vehicle as he did for this one........
Eli is a bit of a miser, he still has all the hand tools that he inherited from his father and will someday pass on to others. And... They had best subscribe to, "A place for everything and everything in its place" or else! He will retire before the age of 40 as a very wealthy man. Here is another shot from a different angle. This kit has to one of the older Jordan kits as the directions were vague and the drawings not the clearest. Therefore I made a few errors in assembling the model. It will sit towards the back of the layout and the 3 foot rule will be in effect......
One of the real fun things about these old car kits is putting the crank in place. It measures about 1/16th of an inch....[:-^]
(BTW, Uncle Eli was my father's uncle and I have inherited some of his hand tools. Some well over 100 years old and still in usable condition....... He was the owner of Howard's Dairy in Canandaigua, NY and was the first dairy to use Electric Pastuization in upstate, NY The logo on the truck was taken from a milk bottle I have from his dairy. )
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I didn't get a lot accomplished on the layout this week as there have been a wealth of other deadlines that had to be met. I did get another Jordan kit finished tonight after several days of a bit at a time. This is a 1911 Model T Delivery Van. She is painted and decaled for Howard's Dairy.
Uncle Eli has parked one of his delivery vans near the Station at Hopewell Junction. He is likely waiting for his "Lady" Bessie to arrive on the afternoon train from the "Big City". Eli can well afford to get another car for personal use, but figures that would be wasteful as the van is only 14 years old and runs well. He believes that, "A penny saved is a penny earned!" He also subscribes to "neither a lender nor a borrower be." He will pay cash for his next vehicle as he did for this one........
Eli is a bit of a miser, he still has all the hand tools that he inherited from his father and will someday pass on to others. And... They had best subscribe to, "A place for everything and everything in its place" or else! He will retire before the age of 40 as a very wealthy man. Here is another shot from a different angle. This kit has to one of the older Jordan kits as the directions were vague and the drawings not the clearest. Therefore I made a few errors in assembling the model. It will sit towards the back of the layout and the 3 foot rule will be in effect......
One of the real fun things about these old car kits is putting the crank in place. It measures about 1/16th of an inch....[:-^]
(BTW, Uncle Eli was my father's uncle and I have inherited some of his hand tools. Some well over 100 years old and still in usable condition....... He was the owner of Howard's Dairy in Canandaigua, NY and was the first dairy to use Electric Pastuization in upstate, NY The logo on the truck was taken from a milk bottle I have from his dairy. )
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Rico, you're getting much too organized. 
Dan. those B&W shots in O scale are sure impressive. Everything looks so massive. Those tracks should look fantastic when they are painted and weathered.
Ray, whatever assembly errors you made, I'm sure hard pressed to spot them. All the Jordan kits are hard to assemble but those older ones with what looked like mimeographed directions were really though. It took a lot of guessing and I usually guessed wrong. If there were more real people like Unclie Eli still around, our country would be in a lot better shape. The value of a dollar really meant something to our ancestors.
I've got a few shots tonight. The first is the P&N scheduled freight getting ready to take the main after dropping off a flat car of sheet steel on the downtown spur. That will eventually go the lock and key factory.
There's more trouble in Hillside. Mikey's service station is having their one day big tire sale and what happens? - a crash right in front of Mikey's place that blocks the entrances. Mikey's not going to make much selling two tires and a Pepsi to Mrs. Durden for her old Capri. He's out in the driveway, trying to get Officer Bill's attention to find out when this mess is going to get cleaned up. With the medics still getting people out of the cars, I think it will be a while.
Meanwhile, work goes on. Here's the UP local rounding the bend into town to drop off and pick up a few cars at the interchange track. Since the P&N now has that leased SW1500, they can get the job done a lot faster and spend less time blocking the main, which makes the DS in Omaha happy.
Dan. those B&W shots in O scale are sure impressive. Everything looks so massive. Those tracks should look fantastic when they are painted and weathered.
Ray, whatever assembly errors you made, I'm sure hard pressed to spot them. All the Jordan kits are hard to assemble but those older ones with what looked like mimeographed directions were really though. It took a lot of guessing and I usually guessed wrong.
If there were more real people like Unclie Eli still around, our country would be in a lot better shape. The value of a dollar really meant something to our ancestors.I've got a few shots tonight. The first is the P&N scheduled freight getting ready to take the main after dropping off a flat car of sheet steel on the downtown spur. That will eventually go the lock and key factory.
There's more trouble in Hillside. Mikey's service station is having their one day big tire sale and what happens? - a crash right in front of Mikey's place that blocks the entrances. Mikey's not going to make much selling two tires and a Pepsi to Mrs. Durden for her old Capri. He's out in the driveway, trying to get Officer Bill's attention to find out when this mess is going to get cleaned up. With the medics still getting people out of the cars, I think it will be a while.
Meanwhile, work goes on. Here's the UP local rounding the bend into town to drop off and pick up a few cars at the interchange track. Since the P&N now has that leased SW1500, they can get the job done a lot faster and spend less time blocking the main, which makes the DS in Omaha happy.
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Laidoffsick
3 Railer
Took these with my phone today while putting the power away from my train at Barstow Diesel Service
jeffrey-wimberly
Dr Frankendiesel
Life goes on in Sundown as a transformer is being transported via rail.
blownoutcylinder
Active Member
Crandell Nice shots as always!! I'm still trying to 'master' my so called photos--close ups always end up looking all furry!!
Jeff Good work on the backdrops--they really do make a difference!
Jim I like that concrete road and the way you tie everything together. I'm sometimes wondering about why there is a reluctance to create 'stories' within the layout. My layout, when I can get up enough half decent shots has a few of those 'stories' in it. On the concrete road, we have a few streets in a 1950's era suburban development here still has the off pink concrete roads. I've got to dig up my photos of them sometime---
Dan Beautiful work on that ol' shack---does 'Joe' have a forearm cast on him? Wha'd he do to himself? That all ties in really well
Jeff Good work on the backdrops--they really do make a difference!
Jim I like that concrete road and the way you tie everything together.
I'm sometimes wondering about why there is a reluctance to create 'stories' within the layout. My layout, when I can get up enough half decent shots has a few of those 'stories' in it. On the concrete road, we have a few streets in a 1950's era suburban development here still has the off pink concrete roads. I've got to dig up my photos of them sometime---Dan Beautiful work on that ol' shack---does 'Joe' have a forearm cast on him? Wha'd he do to himself?
That all ties in really well
jbaakko
Diesel Detail Freak
Oh my, you should take some better photos of the maintenance facilities for me!Took these with my phone today while putting the power away from my train at Barstow Diesel Service
Selector
Well-Known Member
...Crandell Nice shots as always!! I'm still trying to 'master' my so called photos--close ups always end up looking all furry!!
Thank-you, Sir!
I'd be happy to talk you through a typical photo session of mine when the time comes for you to take a few images if you are interested. Basically, tons of bright light, set your camera on manual and get it up to the highest F-ratio possible (usually f-8 in automatic point-and-shoots), and use the shutter timer on a tripod or on a soft bag of beans or ground foam. Also, lay off the zoom. You can use a wee bit, but the more you zoom the worse the fuzzies. Instead, take the shot further away and then use a photo editing program to crop out the stuff on the periphery of your image that is unwanted and/or too fuzzy to look decent. That's it. And I never get it on my first ten tries...each image I post here is about the 40th attempt, running back and forth to the computer with the latest five or six images.
-Crandell
GrampysTrains
Member
Crandell, like the way you've set up that scene. Great photo!
Dan, usual great detailing.
Ray, that's a great story and photos on your layout!
Jim, you're cityscapes are really, well, realistic! Nice detail!
Still West bound running light, crossing Roaring Creek. Looks like they picked up an RS3 at the yard.
Dan, usual great detailing.
Ray, that's a great story and photos on your layout!
Jim, you're cityscapes are really, well, realistic! Nice detail!
Still West bound running light, crossing Roaring Creek. Looks like they picked up an RS3 at the yard.
jeffrey-wimberly
Dr Frankendiesel
Good one as always Grampy.
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