Steam!

A couple of my steam shots. ; Nothing as nice as Dennis and Michael. ; The first is the Southern RR #4501 and the next 2 are N&W class J 611. ; The 4501 was shot in 1985 when I was a kid with my first camera, a kodak disk. ; The second 2 are from the mid 90's with my first SLR, a Nikon N4004.

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Thanks for sharing, goofmick. ; I saw both 4501 and 611 several times in the 70s and 80s. ; That second shot of 611 is from an interesting angle. ; Did you end up deaf and covered with sand?

For my daily contribution, we head to Oregon on a typical rainy day to see Southern Pacific 4449 pulling a beautiful train from Portland to the New Orleans World Fair in 1984.

 
It's nice when they match the coaches and the engines paint so you get a nice shot like that. ; Thanks again for posting, and that second shot goofmick, does look a little close. ; I am hoping that since that was your first slr that you were a bit away from the rails for that shot.
 
The Saluda pics were taken on Saluda mountain near Asheville NC. ; That is, I believe, the steepest standard gauge main line in the US, between a 4.7 and a 5.3 % grade. ; Sand and noise were no big deal as long as we were chasing steam. ; I like the shots of the 4449 big boy, I believe that was painted as the freedom train for a cross country tour in 1976. ; Do you have any shots of that?
 
"goofmick" said:
Sand and noise were no big deal as long as we were chasing steam.
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Amen, brother!

I don't recall 4449 in AFT colors, but I do have some shots of 2101 doing its patriotic duty. ; I'll dig them out this weekend.
 
"ddindy" said:
Amen, brother!
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Hear, hear!

Nice shots guys! ; I hope to get out to Oregon to see 4449 someday. ;

Poly, I think SP4449 is the only steam locomotive that they painted like that that is still in existence. ; Most of the other steam programs had coaches that matched each other, but usually the locomotive was painted all black. ;
 
Thanks for the tip on Owosso, Michael. ; I'll see if I can fit it into my busy schedule.

Beautiful work, Scott. ; Your detail shots at Steamtown are awesome. ; Did you capture them in B&W or do it in post?

Today we see Reading 4-8-4 2101 in two different paint schemes. ; First it's pulling the American Freedom Train through northern Kentucky in 1976.

 
Thanks for the AFT link. ; Now I remember - 4449 pulled the train out west, 2101 pulled it here in the midwest and east. ; I was a college student at the time, so I couldn't afford to travel the way I was in later years. ; I did get to see the 2312 diesel pulling the Preamble Express when it came through Indy.

Another phase of 4449's history allows me to do a Disney tie-in. ; (This is a Disney-oriented site, after all.) ; After completing filming for Disney's "Tough Guys", the train headed back north to Portland. ; It spent a couple of days in Sacramento, where I was working at the time. ; Here it is heading north out of Sacramento on Tax Day 1986:

 
I'm going to do a double-post today to finish out this thread, because I'm starting a new job tomorrow (after 2 1/2 months of unemployment) and I don't know how much free time I'll have this week.

These shots fall into the "And now for something completely different" category. ;

First, we see Canadian Pacific 2839 and Southern 722 in Alexandria, Virginia for the 1979 NRHS convention.

 
"ddindy" said:
Beautiful work, Scott. ; Your detail shots at Steamtown are awesome. ; Did you capture them in B&W or do it in post?
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Thanks, Dennis. Most (maybe 80%) were done in camera.
 
i too am a fan of gary knapp's work, i subscribe to railpace and railfan and railroad magazines, i usually attend eastrail each year, plus some local new york stuff run by various fan groups, i've been to cass although it was back in 94 and i don't have any photos from the trip, i've also been to the museum in roanoke, although they did not have the o winston link exhibit open at that time, they did have some of his work on display
the magazines and some of the presentations are how i've become familiar with knapp
 
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