This shot was a little challenging because I didn’t have as much room as I would have liked to move the photo floods back where I really wanted them. After some trial and error I got something workable but was getting a lot of light burnout on the green building to the left. By holding […]
I’ve always loved the mood and look created by the long shadows of late afternoon as well as the vivid colors you get on a cloudless day. Compared to some of my other shots, this one was a little easier to get the equipment positioned since it was taken at the end corner of the […]
Yesterday I got a new wireless throttle in the mail for use with my EasyDCC system, a T5000 to be specific. Love it. I decided to put it through the paces by setting up an op. session. The LAJ layout will probably accommodate somewhere between ten and twelve corn syrup tank cars. Right now […]
Now that the LAJ layout is essentially done, I’m circling back and re-shooting some of the photos. The Sweetener Products “back alley” is shown above. A larger format version can be seen/downloaded on my Flickr page. Realistically, a facility like this would probably have a slightly more modern look. I wanted to leave the […]
I’ve never been one for artificially designing un-realistic switching nightmares into a track plan. The prototype offers up enough to keep you thinking as is and does so with relatively little track. Switching Sweetener Products is challenging on a few fronts. First, this is a car spot driven industry. Each tank car contains a […]