engine 734, AKA mountain thunder

working on some b&w


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Good choice on the B&W there Gary! ; I too think B&W is great, and train photos seem to bring the best out in that! ; Well done!


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thanks everyone, here's 734 working the curve into the east end entrance of brush tunnel, i'm up on the hillside to the side of the portal, most of the rest of the charter is inside the tunnel doing the famous "suicide shot"


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thanks mike, i have a gps tracklogger coming soon, thanks to zeagle's good tip


so here's the train heading into brush tunnel on sunday, already did the famous suicide shot, no need to eat the smoke again


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yeah that's right, i stood in and held my ground in that ,but it's one of those things where once is probably enough


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i'm working up a few more in b&w, steam trains don't work in black & white in every photo, i;m not quite sure myself if it works here, but i kind of like the strong beast element to it, bursting out of the forest as it were


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Here's a couple of my shots from the Friday caboose trip. ; There was still snow on the ground from earlier in the week, so I focused on incorporating it into the shots as best I could since I knew it would be gone the next day.

Log Load:



Gun Club:



Lap Water Stop:



A new location we tried out on this trip, Rock Face - Mile Marker 175.7



More tomorrow...
 
you go mike, i know you have some great stuff
so here i am putting up both for a public opinion thing, i kind of like the black and white a little more, if the depot was true to the time period for the mid 20's, when this engine would have been in prime upkeep and common on this area's lines then b&w would win hands down, but the station has been 20th century on the outside for years


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More great stuff Gary! ; I too like the B&W a little better, I would not have even noticed the "modern" aspect to the depot. ; And the last shot of the tunnel really makes me understand why you might only do the inside shot once (or not at all), wow.

Love the shot with the snow Michael!
 
Welcome back, Michael! That new location is a good one. ; They should go back there.

Gary, tough to mix eras anytime. ; I like the edgy B&W look better. ; Maybe you can drop the train into a better period photo. ; ;)
 
Thanks guys! ; Here are a couple more for today. ;

City Junction Westbound from Saturday morning:



City Junction Eastbound from Friday morning:



The barnyard at the Helmstetter Farm:



Eastbound at Helmstetter's Curve. ; I think Gary's third from the left in the photoline

 
I think Gary's third from the left in the photoline

Oh, yeah, that's him! ;

The Saturday morning photo (first of the three) is DDA (Drop Dead Awesome)!
 
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