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05/27/2024

Exposed on Friday May 24, 2024.

05/23/2024

We paused along the old Main Line at Bird-in-Hand, Pa. (I don't where 'Bush,' Pennsylvania is, but I wasn't willing to risk trying to get there to find two ACS-64s on the move when I knew one was so close.)...

We paused along the old Main Line at Bird-in-Hand, Pa. (I don’t where ‘Bush,’ Pennsylvania is, but I wasn’t willing to risk trying to get there to find two ACS-64s on the mo…

05/18/2024

A month ago, Kris and I adopted at Labradoodle puppy. His name is Seamus. Over the last few weeks we've been gradually introducing him to railroading....

05/17/2024

Amtrak E60 number 603 leads a New York City bound long distance train on the North East Corridor at Linden, New Jersey on August 1, 1986....

05/15/2024

A couple of weeks back, I suspected that train 649 would be worked by ACS-64 no. 642, which specially painted for American Veterans....

A couple of weeks back, I suspected that train 649 would be worked by ACS-64 no. 642, which specially painted for American Veterans.

05/13/2024

Working with my Z6, I used the Japanese zoom-pan technique to capture the steam locomotive in motion....

Working with my Z6, I used the Japanese zoom-pan technique to capture the steam locomotive in motion.

05/12/2024

These images were made at sunrise few days ago using a telephoto zoom (Nikkor Z-series 70-200mm) of eastward Keystone service train 642 (led by Amtrak ACS-64 608)....

05/09/2024

I saw relics everywhere! And yet, the pending surprise was something new....

I saw relics everywhere! And yet, the pending surprise was something new.

05/06/2024

This had been among my favorite lenses for black & white....

This had been among my favorite lenses for black & white.

05/04/2024

This year will mark twenty years of LUAS tram operations in Dublin. Construction began several years previously, and the first trams arrived in 2002 and were stored at the Red Cow tram depot prior to service. I was away from Dublin for most of 2004, but returned briefly in April, where my friend Hassard Stacpoole invited me on a pre-service tour of the new Green Line, and then again in November that year, just a couple months after services began on the east-west Red line....

This year will mark twenty years of LUAS tram operations in Dublin. Construction began several years previously, and the first trams arrived in 2002 and were stored at the Red Cow tram depot prior …

04/23/2024

Two weeks ago, I visited the preserved Power Directors Office located within the Harrisburg, Pa., station....

Two weeks ago, I visited the preserved Power Directors Office located within the Harrisburg, Pa., station.

04/22/2024

Last Monday, I planned to catch a westward Amtrak Keystone passing a beautifully blossoming tree along Jefferson Drive....

Last Monday, I planned to catch a westward Amtrak Keystone passing a beautifully blossoming tree along Jefferson Drive.

04/21/2024

The Harrisburg area is a maze of trackage, which is alive with freight and passenger movements...

The Harrisburg area is a maze of trackage, which is alive with freight and passenger movements

04/18/2024

After dozens of visits to Ireland over a span of 26 years, I finally witnessed former Great Northern Railway 4-4-0 number 131 under steam on 24 March 2024....

After dozens of visits to Ireland over a span of 26 years, I finally witnessed former Great Northern Railway 4-4-0 number 131 under steam on 24 March 2024.

04/17/2024

I drove to Jefferson Drive, where the little pond by the tracks had been tidied-up over the winter, and which made for a nice place to picture the train as it came around a tight bend beneath Hwy 30....

I drove to Jefferson Drive, where the little pond by the tracks had been tidied-up over the winter, and which made for a nice place to picture the train as it came around a tight bend beneath Hwy 3…