Hey Gang,
Sorry I haven’t been around much lately. Been working on a few projects and they’ve been eating a lot of my time. I actually have a fair number of images in my backlog to share as soon as I get them processed. Some are even from some of the less photographed rails of Colorado, so I’m excited to share those.
For now, all I’ve got processed is this shot taken on the Limon Sub between Bennett and Strasburg, CO:
As always, thoughts, comments and critiques more than welcome!
Now that is one mesmerizing photo!
Every once in a long while I can say “I wish I had taken that photo.”
This is one of those times.
Great shot, Chris!
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Well done Chris! You can really feel that one. Truly, “a train is a place” and that is a magnificent one at that.
Very nice. But when I see it, I get the theme song for “Shining Time Station” stuck in my head.
Reach for the steam, reach for the whistle…
You’ve got it exactly!
Beautiful photo.
Bruce
Quite a bit of detail is visible (enlarged version) on the sides of the locomotives, which, considering that you were facing directly in to the sun, is rather amazing. I guess this is one of those shots that not only requires a skillful person behind the camera, it also requires a decent set of equipment.
Very nice.
Yeah, I like it. But makes one feel a little wistful…
SWEET, CHRIS!
Thanks, for sharing w****ith us.[swg]
Thank you, all, for the very kind comments!
Jim - Equipment helped, as did the atmosphere. The sensor in the D600 can capture a huge range of tonal values. DXO measured it at 14.2 stops of dynamic range. The atmosphere was also pretty moist (by Colorado standards) this particular morning. That helped keep the sun in check a little bit.
Beautiful shot! I’ve been out there many times when I lived in Denver. One thing, I thought that stretch was UP and not SP trackage. I see what appear to be a pair of SP units thee
Limon Sub is the old Kansas Pacific (KP)
The last of the “new” SP power still carries western slope coal to Kansas City, just not on the old MoP the way they used to after Geneseo(Salina/ Hoisington Sub) to NA Junction (Pueblo) was sold.
Thanks for the comment, Tom. As MC pointed out, there’s still a good amount of SP power running on that line. The second unit in that consist is still in SP paint, but does have the UP patch job. There are still a few SP units out there that haven’t been patched yet.
You’re welcome!
I feel rather dumb, however, as I was talking to a couple of my Model RR buddies last night and they reminded me that the SP is, in fact now all UP. A bit of information that I’d forgotten about. I wouldn’t even have questioned it had I remembered. Oh well, that’s me on a Monday sometimes!
I think you aughta enter this one in this week’s contest.
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