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Great photos! I like the NS 864 one!

Nice collection, Brandon. Do you do any wide angle distortion correction? The reason I ask is because in the last shot, the train looks a little squashed. That's a typical side effect when doing perspective correction, and the way to offset that is to stretch the image upward or downward to return ...

Huelsy'sTrainBlog wrote:Do you know how they are rerouting the trains?

Yes, where will they re-route these trains? Any chance they'll run 'em on the Indy Line?

~Z~ wrote:edit: deleted mqt3001's rant about csx sucking and the replies.. stop spamming every thread with needless drivel

BAHAHA!!!

I've taken several passed girlfriends railfanning, but that's usually our last date...

I flew over that yard a few years ago and I have a photo of the roundhouse/turntable somwhere.

After dropping my brother off at OSU, I managed to convince my dad to go train watching with me at Flint along the Sandusky District. Once we arrived there, I noticed a westbound was lined through the intermediate signal. I turned on the laptop, fired up the ATCS Monitor, and it showed the train was...

At about 5:30pm tonight, NS 861 went through Lewis Center with four SD70ACe's.
Three NS and EMD 2012 second in line.

Here's the photo:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/47491339@N04/6610309543/

Thanks for all the replies, guys!

The day started in a disappointing manner when I realized that I wouldn’t be able to pick up my new lens from the post office because they were still on their Christmas break. Nonetheless, I still made my way to the tracks at Cheshire Road south of Delaware. A few weeks ago, I received written permi...

J T wrote:Camera chargers?

What model camera is that?

Oops...Missed that! Canon 20D

Take a look...I labeled everything using notes on Flickr!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/47491339@N04/6532550711/

Brian_F wrote:Looking a the sharpness chart at SLRgear coke bottle bottoms would give better sharpness unless used at f8 @ 195mm.

The sharpness at 400mm on my lens is kinda bad, so I try to keep it around f/8 and bump up the ISO.

Cool shots...You saw some good stuff!

Is Q108 called Q008 now?!

My 200-400mm is 320-640mm! It's good on sunny days.


The Takedown! by Brandon Townley • www.brandontproductions.com, on Flickr

AARR wrote:OH Central has a smorgasbord of engines. Do they even have two that are of the same model?

They have a buncha B23-7R's ("Super 7's"), but they're all in different paint schemes!

I would imagine it is difficult to perform switching duties at night and especially in the cold like L5R was doing. Looks like the gate was down where they broke down which will make the motorists none too happy :x They were having trouble re-gaining air after losing it all at one point. The train ...

Hello all! :D Yesterday (Saturday December 10, 2011), Geoff and I went south to see some Norfolk Southern and CSX trains. CSX E492 at two locations: http://www.flickr.com/photos/47491339@N04/6494169201/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/47491339@N04/6494169773/ NS 218: http://www.flickr.com/photos/47491...

I could see the end of the train and the detector at when I passed it.

AARR wrote:

B-Town wrote:I just got my first shot on RP!
http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.p ... 292&nseq=0

Way to hijack TW's thread, B-town

FAIL FOR THE WIN!!!!!!

I just got my first shot on RP!
http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.p ... 292&nseq=0