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On the February 10th I went out to Powell Road and Flint to see what was happening on the Sandusky District. The first train to show up was 117 and I shot it from the Powell Road overpass. http://www.flickr.com/photos/47491339@N04/6851098979/ Norfolk Southern is running test coal trains through the ...

Great photos!!!

Here's the design: http://www.flickr.com/photos/47491339@N04/6839861719/ I designed a shelf layout for myself! Hope it turns out okay. :D The focal point of the layout is the massive milling company. Operations will start at the grain elevator, move to the grain unloader portion of the mill, and the...

Cool shots! I love fanning in that area!

After school, I went to Cheshire Road to watch trains. I checked the ATCS and there was already a train coming up the Sandusky Line. It turned out to be NS 852 with a trio of SD70Ace’s up fron http://www.flickr.com/photos/47491339@N04/6833088997/ NS L3J was soon lined up to cross over from track two...

Photos from February 5th!

CSX Q637:


NS 379 with a exex UP, ex HLCX, NS SD60:

Seems like you're getting about the same results as me in Marion, about 3-4 trains an hour. On Saturday, February 4th, I went to Marion, again. Before I could make it to the station, I caught CSX K162 out at Milepost 98 on the Mt. Victory Subdivision… Nice catch here, I didn't even know they ran co...

On Saturday, February 4th, I went to Marion, again. Before I could make it to the station, I caught CSX K162 out at Milepost 98 on the Mt. Victory Subdivision… http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7016/6819498501_7ebd084210_t.jpg …And then I made it to the station… NS 304 http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7168...

That power sitting at Watkins was the power on today's NS 117...


Shooting NS 117 by Brandon Townley • www.brandontproductions.com, on Flickr

You were in my "territory" (inside joke)!
The Minnel Milling grain elevator was hit by a tornado a few years ago. Did you see that old rotted building north of the shiny, new grain elevator? That's the reamins of the tornado damage.

strugglin wrote:May I ask how long you were there? Too bad you didn't see Q264 there, it has BNSF power and comes from Marysville, it only runs on Fridays.

I was there for three hours.

On February 3rd, I went up to Marion to watch trains. I first stopped along Benzler Road north of Waldo, Ohio to catch an NS coal train… http://www.flickr.com/photos/47491339@N04/6814644455/ Then, I went up to Marion’s east side to shoot Q107’s power, which was actually KCS and CSX… http://www.flick...

Also, they're replacing the BRAND NEW :!: :!: :!: CSX signals on the Columbus Sub! What do you mean replacing the "brand new" signals? And what specific locations are you talking about? Please give some detail. The signals that just replaced the old C&O cantilevers are being replaced in Marion.

Psht...Primes are the way to go!

Also, they're replacing the BRAND NEW CSX signals on the Columbus Sub!

conrailmike wrote:Canon teleconverters only work with L lenses over 135mm.

Thanks for the info, Mike!

Great photos! Too bad you had a disappointing Q107, but at least you saw CSX using the caboose!

I just purchased a Canon 100mm lens and I want to buy a 2x teleconverter for it. I've heard the Canon versions only work with the white lenses, but I'm not sure if that's true. Also, has anyone ever heard about the Sigma or Tamron versions?

Neat pictures!!!

conrailmike wrote:One reason I don't want the new 100mm f2.8 is that it has plastic in the lens mount and the old model with the metal mount is just as good.:

Just got the 100mm f/2.8 the other day and I love it!