An evening at Rensselaer

A little more than a month ago I was down in New Jersey again for work – a pretty uneventful week, with some photos taken (I’ll get ’em up here soon, I promise).  On my second to last day there, I got an email from a friend about a special guest that would be up at the Amtrak shops in Rensselaer, NY, along with an invite to visit that guest.

I was able to head out early on Friday and make my way up to Rensselaer, NY to meet good friend & fellow photographer Bob LaMay at the Amtrak shops.  As you can probably figure out, we were there to photograph one of Amtrak’s specially painted units celebrating the railroad’s 40th anniversary.  In this case it was #156, which was wearing a version of Amtrak’s Phase-I paint scheme – commonly known as the “bloody nose” scheme.  We spent some time in the early evening light shooting 156, along with other operations around the shops.  As the sun was setting, we took a break for a bit.  Then as the light started to fade, we started a little night shooting around the shops, which of course culminated with a number of shots of #156.  Here’s the shots – there’s 50 in all, so give it a chance to load up.

Oh, yeah, I almost forgot the usual disclaimer – we had permission to be on the property and take these photos.  A huge thanks to the guys at the shops for all their hospitality!

Thanks for looking!
Tom