I was out at the Railroad Museum of New England in Thomaston, CT a couple weeks ago – May 3rd to be specific – photographing a Boy Scout camporee event put together by Otto Vondrak (yep, the same guy that put together the photo charter on the Catskill Mountain Railroad back in April). Otto had asked me to tag along and photograph the Scouts in action. As a former Boy Scout myself, and the fact that I’ve never been out to RMNE, I couldn’t pass up the chance. Well, this post doesn’t really have anything to do with the Scouts – that’ll come soon enough (pictures are out for publication – they get first crack at ’em). This is just a couple shots from my Rolleiflex. Yep, I burned up some film that day in addition to the usual pixel killing spree.
The day included a couple train rides, tours of Thomaston Station, the new RMNE shops and Chase Yard. On the first run to the shops from the station, I got a shot of one of the conductors exiting the train.
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If it wasn’t for the ex-Providence & Worcester U-boat at the head end of the train, you really couldn’t tell when this was taken.
The second one, however, was my favorite so far (I still have one roll to develop). It was a shot I took kneeling on the floor inside the shop building, looking up at their ex-New Haven RS-3. But I focused in on the builders plate, and let everything else fall into the background. I bracketed 4 shots for this one – and I nailed it on one of them.
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The print looks sweet, too!
That’s it for now. More from the Scouts themselves should be coming within a week or so. Stay tuned!
Thanks for looking!
Tom
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