Any Railroad / Railfan Photographers here?

RetroLounge

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Thu Jan-27-05 10:58 PM
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Any Railroad / Railfan Photographers here?

I just got a Fuji s5100 and am learning how to use it.

I have a friend who is big into rail pics and wants me to go along with him on his Photo Journeys.

Anyone out here like taking pics of Trains?

RL

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FloridaPat

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Fri Jan-28-05 10:52 PM
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1. I'm into train stations, but they are few and far between.

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Longgrain

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Sat Jan-29-05 10:20 AM
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2. Me! Me! Me! Me! Me!

One of my favorite subjects, next to factories and old abandoned amusement parks.

Some I took over the summer after first getting my digital Camera...

Massachusetts...

And New Hampshire...

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Kolesar

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Sat Jan-29-05 01:26 PM
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3. That's the Conway visitor center is it not?

It is a nicely restored station with a visitor center and exhibits. I think we went hiking on the mountain behind it.

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Longgrain

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Sat Jan-29-05 01:48 PM
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4. Yep. I think you're right.

Not far from the famous White Mountains Hotel...

And speaking of trains, it's also not far from the White Mountains Cog Railway and the Conway scenic Railroad.

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intheflow

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Mon Jan-31-05 07:50 PM
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6. Once again, Longgrain, we have walked the same path.

Edited on Mon Jan-31-05 07:52 PM by intheflow

But it was colder when I walked it!

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Longgrain

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Mon Jan-31-05 07:59 PM
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7. Yow Deja VU

I just saw this. Thanks again for showing, maybe I'll get some more of my western MA pics up here someday. :hi:

(P.S. I got your pm, I was only teasing BTW)

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intheflow

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Mon Jan-31-05 08:44 PM
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8. I know.

Edited on Mon Jan-31-05 08:52 PM by intheflow

Thanks for taking the pressure off me! What a relief! :pals:

BTW, I posted pictures in your amusement park thread. I can't remember where my pictures were taken (wild & crazy weekend trip with the girls, what can I say?), but I think it's up your way, on the coast. Cross posting here, but do you know where that beach shot is from?

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RetroLounge

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Sat Jan-29-05 09:21 PM
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5. Cool! I plan on taking a bunch as soon as I can

Here's a Locomotive I found on the tracks in Chetek, WI on New Years Weekend. It was cold as heck, and the Loco sat there idling for 3 days without moving. It is leased to a new Shortline Railroad, the Wisconsin Northern.

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electricmonk

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Fri Feb-11-05 10:47 AM
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9. A couple from this morning

Not a subject I do too often but I was walking home after dropping my car off to get worked on and a train was passing by underneath the bridge. Missed the locomotives.

I live in a railroad town and there's already tons of artists and photographers that concentrate on trains that it's something I never did much of. The O. Winston Link Museum is within walking distance of my apartment and I still haven't gone to visit. Been meaning to ever since it opened. He had some pretty amazing shots. www.linkmuseum.org/

Haven't played with them in Photoshop yet just resized them.

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RetroLounge

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Sat Feb-12-05 12:41 PM
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10. Thanks! I love Link photos, have a few books of his.

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RetroLounge

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Thu Feb-17-05 09:37 PM
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11. My friend Jerry took this Photo

I like it a lot...

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ralps

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Thu Feb-17-05 11:20 PM
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12. Cool photo RetroLounge. That might make a really nice painting

:hi:

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