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WW&F Railway Museum Discussion => Work and Events => Topic started by: Stephen Hussar on April 11, 2009, 09:44:16 PM

Title: Easter photo freight
Post by: Stephen Hussar on April 11, 2009, 09:44:16 PM: Last trip of the day was a freight train with a couple of planned photo run-bys at Humason Trestle and Cockeye Curve. The trip lasted about an hour, with 13 of us riding along in the caboose. THANKS to the crew, Patrick, Brian, Joe, Dana and Jason, for making this happen!

(http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2003-8/342468/springsteamfreighthumason_redux_sm.jpg)
Title: Re: Easter photo freight
Post by: Stewart "Start" Rhine on April 12, 2009, 01:15:43 AM: Thanks for the news and the great photo Steve. I see the snow is gone too.
Title: Re: Easter photo freight
Post by: Joe Fox on April 12, 2009, 09:55:36 AM: Hey Steve,

Great photo. Love the way the smoke turned out. Looks like that is from the second run by. Do you think you, or maybe somebody else can post the two photos that we tried recreating yesterday, with Dana, Brian, and myself, and the other photo with Dana, and me holding the oil can. Talk to you later.

Joe
Title: Re: Easter photo freight
Post by: Ira Schreiber on April 12, 2009, 10:13:47 AM: Yes, a great photo. It replaced the December Victorian Christmas photo as my screen saver.
Title: Re: Easter photo freight
Post by: Stephen Hussar on April 12, 2009, 12:24:56 PM: Here you go, Joe... thanks guys.

(http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2003-8/342468/Brian_Joe_Dana_sepia_A_sm.jpg)
Title: Re: Easter photo freight
Post by: Pete "Cosmo" Barrington on April 12, 2009, 01:25:24 PM: Gorgeous!
Can anyone post the original for comparison?
Is it in the Moody book?
Title: Re: Easter photo freight
Post by: Mike Fox on April 12, 2009, 03:25:56 PM: OK. Here are a few of mine. I have video that I need to view/edit and plan on posting to You Tube if I get it right. I'll post a link.
Humason Brook
(http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2006-11/1225939/Humason%20Brook.JPG)

Cockeye Curve
(http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2006-11/1225939/Cockeye%20Curve2.JPG)

(http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2006-11/1225939/Cockeye%20Curve.JPG)
Title: Re: Easter photo freight
Post by: Mike Fox on April 12, 2009, 03:55:54 PM: OK. I'll post some links. They might not work right away so check back a little later if they don't. BEWARE!!! I forgot my tripod so have your motion sickness meds handy. I do not have a steady hand with a small camera.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=exFWlbL7gyU (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=exFWlbL7gyU)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_L1e-xrFkTg (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_L1e-xrFkTg)
Title: Re: Easter photo freight
Post by: Stephen Hussar on April 12, 2009, 04:18:49 PM: Those look great on my monitor, Mike, nice work!
Title: Re: Easter photo freight
Post by: Joe Fox on April 12, 2009, 05:57:34 PM: Wow. Thanks for the second pic Steve. I am looking through all mine and my dads W, W, & F books to find the original pictures that we tried recreating. I will keep you guys posted on how the search goes.

Joe
Title: Re: Easter photo freight
Post by: Mike Fox on April 12, 2009, 07:09:25 PM: No Steve, Thank you for taking the time to organize this.
Title: Re: Easter photo freight
Post by: Stephen Hussar on April 12, 2009, 08:05:08 PM: Joe, this is the one I had in mind when we were shooting the crew shots. Pete is this what you were thinking of? Needing more "reenactors" comes to mind, but doesn't this give a better idea of the scale of our future No 11...versus No 10?! Going to need a bigger machine shop...

(http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2003-8/342468/No7sidewcrewweb.jpg)
Title: Re: Easter photo freight
Post by: Gordon Cook on April 12, 2009, 09:05:24 PM: Very nice, Gentlemen.

Steve, I think that people were smaller back in the day.. ;)
Title: Re: Easter photo freight
Post by: Pete "Cosmo" Barrington on April 12, 2009, 11:37:22 PM: Ahh, yes! Quite the likeness, in spirit at least. ;)
Perhaps I should bring my Navy peacoat and my Civil War kepie with me to the work weekend.
Title: Re: Easter photo freight
Post by: Dana Deering on April 13, 2009, 05:56:08 AM: Here's the photo I was thinking of:
Title: Re: Easter photo freight
Post by: Stephen Hussar on April 13, 2009, 04:02:24 PM: Thanks for posting that, Dana...I hadn't seen that one. Here's the 2-shot we did with you and "Smokey Joe" ;)

(http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2003-8/342468/Joe_Dana_sepia_A_sm.jpg)
Title: Re: Easter photo freight
Post by: John Kokas on April 13, 2009, 05:22:29 PM: Got to view the video today. NICE..........

Just one observation, it appears that as the train is hitting the reverse of the curve that the cross-level is towards the outside of the curve. Do my eyes decieve me or is it just the camera angle?
Title: Re: Easter photo freight
Post by: Mike Fox on April 13, 2009, 05:46:35 PM: Camera angle. The Rock I had planted my camera on sloped toward the hill and I just went with it rather than shim it. Definately could have used a tripod like I said.