western maryland railroad time again

John, it's really not that bad ;) ; I only had to hold my breath for about a minute. ; I could have been out in 45 seconds if I wasn't shooting the video.

They are occasionally run in the summer, but not very often because the sun is horrible in the middle of the day. ; The way around that is to shoot sunrise, take a break in the middle of the day and then shoot again at sunset, but that requires two crews which is usually expensive. ; I'll let you know if I see anything, but right now the ones I know about on the east coast are:

Strasburg 2/18-19
Cass Railfan Weekend 5/16-19

I'm attending both of those. ; There is another charter in Pennsylvania that is rumored to be 5/16-17 but it hasn't been confirmed yet. ; I've heard a couple of rumors of fall charters, but nothing remotely definite yet.
 
Thanks for another fun video. ; The uneven cadence of the exhaust at the beginning is interesting.
 
"mSummers" said:
John, it's really not that bad ;) ; I only had to hold my breath for about a minute. ; I could have been out in 45 seconds if I wasn't shooting the video.

They are occasionally run in the summer, but not very often because the sun is horrible in the middle of the day. ; The way around that is to shoot sunrise, take a break in the middle of the day and then shoot again at sunset, but that requires two crews which is usually expensive. ; I'll let you know if I see anything, but right now the ones I know about on the east coast are:

Strasburg 2/18-19
Cass Railfan Weekend 5/16-19

I'm attending both of those. ; There is another charter in Pennsylvania that is rumored to be 5/16-17 but it hasn't been confirmed yet. ; I've heard a couple of rumors of fall charters, but nothing remotely definite yet.
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Thanks, I will give the May weekend a thought, but probably a no go since I used all my days for Pixelmania.
 
"ddindy" said:
Thanks for another fun video. ; The uneven cadence of the exhaust at the beginning is interesting.
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734 has had timing issues for quite some time. ; I assume they're waiting for her next 1472 day inspection in 2015 to correct that and the ever present steam leak at the cylinders.
 
"jbwolffiv" said:
Thanks, I will give the May weekend a thought, but probably a no go since I used all my days for Pixelmania.
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Cass is probably to far to attempt without vacation days. ; The best way in is to take 81 to Staunton, VA and then take 250 to 28/92 to 66, but I don't recommend driving those in the dark
 
you do fine to staunton as it's all interstate, 250 to the state line isn't too bad, but just about when you think, hey i got this handled, the real west virginia shows up, you know, that place where you drop to about a 25 miles per hour average, and all of a sudden the last 70 miles takes 2 1/2 hours
 
Thanks guys!

Here's a few more "Ghost Train" shots in the fog. ;

Helmstetter's Curve on Saturday Morning:



Rt 40 Bridge on Sunday Morning:





A shot of the caboose as the train passed the photo line at the bridge:

 
Nice work there Michael. ; I like the second of the two on the Rt 40 bridge, the steam is blocking the railing from the walkway, and you get just a little more of the locomotive.
 
nice michael, i really like that ghost train look of the 2nd rt 40 bridge, it would have been nice to do sunday, but it's a long drive, as it was i hit such dense fog that i only made allentown saturday
 
Here's the last few from this trip.

734 arriving at the station Saturday morning:





Helmstetter's Curve Westbound on Saturday afternoon:



A shot of the photo line with the train heading east on Sunday afternoon:



I didn't need any more cloudy shots at Helmstetter's Curve, so I elected to do some panning practice Sunday afternoon:



And finally, a couple of shots of the Western Maryland Station at night:



 
Nice stuff Michael, that last one of the station at night is outstanding. ; Great idea using B&W for that, really helps with the mood.
 
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