Fast forward to December 2016. Pat Yough and I were exploring locations on Amtrak’s North East Corridor. I suggested Jersey Avenue because I was curious to see if that was where Pop and I had made those photos so many years ago. (Back in 1978, my photo notes were a bit thin). Inde...
I made this image of Amtrak trains laying over in the Niagara Falls yard as the sun was rising above a dark and stormy sky. The lighting was totally surreal, like a scene from the cover of a science fiction novel. Exposed on Kodachrome using a Leica M2 fitted with a 200mm Leitz Telyt...
splendid scenery and a continuous parade of freight and passenger trains. PRR’s big boiler M1 Mountains were a standard mainline freight power from the mid-1920s until the diesels took over. The M1 shared the boiler used by the I1s 2-10-0 ...
At lunchtime, I was poised to photograph Amtrak number 75, one of North Carolina sponsoredPiedmontservices that runs with F59PHI diesels and heritage style equipment. This is one of the most distinctive long distance trains on the East Coast. Amtrak number 75 makes its station stop at Salisbur...
I used Warren as an example for a similar compositional conversation in Trains Magazine, published about two years ago and featured photo of Amtrak’s westward Lake Shore Limited. Yesterday (December 29, 2017), I arrived in Warren just in time to set up and catch CSX’s late-running Q264...
Earlier this year, Amtrak broke ground for the replacement of this historic bridge. Last week, Kris, Seamus-the-Dog and I drove to Havre de Grace, where I made a few photos of trains gliding across the bridge. In the distance is construction equipment, which appear to be removing the pie...
Finally, the train received the signal to proceed and began its southward trek. In the lead was GP40 352, one of several Pan Am diesels equipped with cab-signal equipment for operation over Amtrak south of Springfield, Massachusetts.
The old Amtrak Turboliners are all gone, but I have many photos of these unusual trains on the move. This is the RAW unaltered scan. Notice that the sides are lighter (and more contrasty) than the center of the photo. Lightroom work window showing the first of five masks applied to ...
I used Warren as an example for a similar compositional conversation in Trains Magazine, published about two years ago and featured photo of Amtrak’s westward Lake Shore Limited. Yesterday (December 29, 2017), I arrived in Warren just in time to set up and catch CSX’s late-running Q264...