Railway odds and ends...

[andarx]

Tracks compressed with 100-400 at 400mm

 

[dpc]

The local rail line this morning just after the break of dawn.

 

[dpc]

I know US railways are odd (i.e. not like british ones ;D) but are any electrified?

You can't get anywhere near as close to most UK lines as in many of the US shots, but then you'd be mad to with either overhead or surface power all over the place.

i.e. clapham junction:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/01/Clapham_Junction_railway_station_MMB_03_458XXX_458XXX_450XXX_377XXX_377XXX_455XXX_455XXX_455XXX.jpg

I imagine our rail lines in Canada are pretty much as you'd find in the U.S. None are electrified as far as I know.

 

[dpc]

The Radiant Runaways by Boys and Bees, on Flickr

The Radiant Runaways by Boys and Bees, on Flickr

I really like all your shots. Nice work!

 

[dpc]

First peep of dawn this morning over local railway tracks.

 

[tolusina]

First peep of dawn this morning over local railway tracks.

Gotta love it when you catch a sky like that, especially at a pre-planned location.
Nice.

 

[dpc]

1. Inland grain terminal just after dawn this morning.
2. Hopper cars awaiting their loads of grain at dawn this morning.

 

[dpc]

Canadian National diesel at dawn. It was shunting back and forth getting ready to hook onto some hopper cars full of grain.

 

[dpc]

1. This fenced in area isn't actually associated with the railway, although you can see rail cars in the background. The area was originally occupied by a bulk fuel dealer who relocated and left the fence behind. I'd posted this earlier today but wasn't satisfied with the post processing I did, so I removed it and reposted. It's less vibrant this way but I think it's a somewhat better picture.
2. A load of oilfield pipe waiting beside the railway track after being offloaded from flatbed cars. I had also posted this earlier. Again I was unsatisfied with it, so I did more work on it and reposted. I think this works better although the picture isn't quite as vibrant as the original. I had trouble with the white balance.

 

[300D]

One from Peterborough 'UK' preserved railway, taken in 2009 with my old 300D and some very cold fingers.

 

[dpc]

One from Peterborough 'UK' preserved railway, taken in 2009 with my old 300D and some very cold fingers.

Nice shot!

 

[candyman]

One from Peterborough 'UK' preserved railway, taken in 2009 with my old 300D and some very cold fingers.

Nice shot!

Agree
very nice

 

[300D]

Thank you dpc and candyman.

The memory is the important part of this picture. I was starting to recover my health after a pretty wretched 6 years of illness, and remember suddenly feeling very alive taking this photograph. I realise that the image quality could be better but we all have to start somewhere. The only lens that I had at that time was an old Sigma 28 to 300 zoom and the image was also cropped. But this was the moment that I picked up a camera again and felt excited about it.

 

[triggermike]

The Radiant Runaways by Boys and Bees, on Flickr

The Radiant Runaways by Boys and Bees, on Flickr

These are Off-The Hook!!!! Excellent work.

 

[dpc]

This morning at dawn

 

[dpc]

Pretty much self-explanatory.

 

[Click]

Excellent shots. Well done.

 

[dpc]

1. Line of grain cars in early morning ice fog.
2. Grain car. The sun was just up. You can see the yellow wash to the right of the picture. The light was highly diffused as a result of the fog.
3. Sun shining through ice fog.

 

[Click]

3. Sun shining through ice fog.

Lovely light. Nicely done.

 

[dpc]

3. Sun shining through ice fog.

Lovely light. Nicely done.

Thanks!