I did a respectable amount of railfanning in the Hudson Valley, NY along the CSX Riverline over the past week.
On Wednesday, I railfanned from atop Anthony’s Nose Mountain on the East Shore.
On Thursday, I tried out a different trail and discovered another fine overlook atop Dunderberg Mountain, which looks North toward Iona Island and Bear Mountain. I chose a cloudy day in the event that I would not find a decent view as at least I wouldn’t mind missing trains on a cloudy day.
I was not disappointed in the view from Dunderberg and will return there soon on a sunny day to take advantage of sunangles.
Yesterday, I railfanned from the top of Bear Mountain itself.
So I now have three mountaintop vantagepoints from which to watch CSX roll through the Hudson Valley.
I have added 28 new pics to the top of my Flickr page with highlights from the three days of railfanning over the past week.
As always, I enjoy your shots from Bear Mountain area.
Regarding the photos from Dunderburg Mtn, particularly train Q232, you have a sequence of several shots with varying perspectives. What distance (approximately) were you from the train at various locations (first water, barn, and causeway)? What was the range used on your telephoto lens? (for example 200mm to 55mm, etc)
I can’t gush too much, because I’m not a photographer, and I prefer my trains a little more up-close and personal. I get the feeling that these wonderfully scenic shots don’t have too much in common with the “Chasing Trains” thread of a few weeks back!
David, I look forward to seeing your shots whenever you post them. I have my wife just about convinced that we should spend some time at the B&B by Rockville Bridge.
I was taking all the Dunderburg shots from the same location…I was also using the inherent zoom ability in my camera, no add-on lens…I didn’t pay attention to the zoom rate that I was using for those shots…300mm is the max zoom on mine…Dave W.
I enjoy the high overlooks because you feel like you are looking at a model train layout…Down trackside in the area, you don’t see nearly as far or as much as you do 1000-1200 feet up…The next decent sunny day, I will be back up atop Dunderburg as I am anxious to see how the sunangle will work with shots…The cloudy day when I was up there didn’t do any justice to the photographic potential from that spot.