When this image was taken over a half century ago, it’s unlikely the photographer had any inkling that others would benefit. But…through a chain of lucky circumstances the photo ended up being scanned, posted online, and labeled effectively, creating a form of immortality for the photographer if you will. Give some thought to doing the […]
Category: Photography and Lighting
Milepost 37
Having wrapped up its work for the day, Y320 passes milepost 37 and Antillean Marine on the way back to Hialeah Yard. The Spur is three and a half miles long, and all of the mileposts are still in place.
River Drive 2006
With practice and more experience with cameras, editors, and lighting I feel I can do a better job photographically than I did ten or fifteen years ago. I’ve gone back to re-shoot some of my older images. The one above is looking westward up N River Drive on The Downtown Spur layout. One thing I’ll […]
Chasing Sunsets
A coral sunset unfolds as the golden hour ends in Miami on my East Rail 2 layout. Almost two decades ago (October of 2007) , during the early years of my original East Rail layout, Vianney Roge visited from Paris with a few members of the RMB (Rails Miniatures de la Boucle) model railroad club. […]
Half Brothers
BNSF GP50 #3175 (Athearn Genesis) and BNSF GP39E (Broadway Ltd.) approach District Blvd. for a shot staged on my LAJ layout. Both models are superb runners and finely detailed. Other than new couplers, they didn’t require any additional detail work. The weathering was another matter. Different eras, prototypes, and paint schemes all require their own […]