Steam Whistles

I went to the train show in Erwin this AM, camera in hand, hoping to find some photo-worthy subjects like old railroad lanterns and such ... and ... I found almost nothing.

It was just too crowded inside for any pictures. But there was a guy outside selling some spendy railroad stuff out of a trailer, and he had this rack of steam whistles for sale. I had to wait around quite a while for a chance to get this picture without arms or backs of heads.

A 5-frame, faux-HDR, processed with Lightroom and HDR Efex Pro.

Dorothy

This picture is of Dorothy, the shay at the Little River Railroad museum in Townsend TN. The weather couldn't have been worse for picture-taking: 95 degrees and hazy - which led to the odd-looking crop to get rid of as much of the flat gray sky as possible.

Earnhardt Train

EARNHARDT !!!

Woooo

... raises three fingers ...


Here's an HDR'd picture of the shuttle train in Glade Spring, Va.

Grafitti Train

I've been meaning to stop and snap a few pics of this group of four train cars parked long a siding in downtown johnson city. The colorful grafitti painted on the blue cars caught my eye as I drove past them back in the summer. Given my latest fascination for all things HDR, I figured these would make good candidates for some photomatix action.

When I got there it was snowing, and windy, and a bit cold. But worst was the line of empty coal cars blocking the view of the train cars from the road. I parked across the street from L&S Electronics and walked the rails to the get to the train cars. Lucky for me there was grafitti painted on both sides of the cars.

So I quickly set up the tripod and snapped these two sets of brackets before the cold got to me.