I turned 66 today. Fifty years ago, on 10/24/76 I took my first “serious” railfan photo. Kodachrome. God bless that film. I was a junior in high school. What you can’t see is that by a bizarre twist of events, I found the Indiana University Railfan club. They accepted everybody. To my right and left […]
CSX GP40 #6611, an Atlas model in the YN2 paint scheme, sits in front of SALCO on the East Rail 2 layout. It’s the newest addition to my roster. Until recently, I only had two CSX locomotives to handle duties on The Downtown Spur. I’ve had both for many years, and they’re starting to show […]
A northbound Thoroughbred approaches the iconic, and rail fan favorite, Bridge E-8 on my old Monon layout. The sky I cropped in was taken across a farm field in Maryland. Note the light blue to dark blue color transition at the horizon. I also experimented with slightly warmer hues. Photo editing is a lifelong learning […]
I just posted a dig deep blog on the process of coming up with a design based on CNW’s “Goosetown Spur”. You can read it HERE.
Work continues with my program of re-shooting The Downtown Spur layout. Shown above the local passes Family & Son, a food processing company that is still active to this day. I used to fly to Miami annually for a one-day photo shoot. On one of the trips, I photographed the industry at ninety-degree angles for […]