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The week of November 15th I was in New Jersey again for work, and I managed to do a bit of shooting while there. \u00a0Not as much as usual, but I did manage to kill a few pixels in the Garden State. \u00a0The first night I also met up with another photographer in Hopewell, NJ trying to shoot some of the CSX Trenton Line action. \u00a0We did get some shots in, but not as many as we would have liked, since we were, um, asked to leave.<\/p>\n
After I checked into the hotel up in Bridgewater, I headed down to Hopewell to try and get a few more night shots at the station on the CSX Trenton Line. \u00a0This time, instead of going solo like I did before, I met up with Steve Barry, editor of Railfan & Railroad<\/a> magazine (his personal site is here<\/a>). \u00a0Figured it would be nice to have a little company, and Steve is \u00a0also experimenting with synchronized flashes at night, so we could continue to compare notes in addition to the usual “railfan BS session” that tends to happen, where the subject can cover any ground.<\/p>\n Well, as we were shooting, the subject switched to run-ins with law enforcement. \u00a0After trading a few stories, and bagging three westbounds (including an empty Tropicana train) we started to set up for our first eastbound heading our way. \u00a0While setting up we heard someone yelling from across the tracks, but couldn’t make out what they were saying. \u00a0A couple minutes later we could hear him again – this time talking to what sounded like the police. \u00a0OK, I guess we were being called in – not a first for either of us.<\/p>\n Soon after that, our eastbound showed up and we got our shot (well, mine was woefully out of focus for anything but web use), and soon after the markers went by us, the person that called us in came over and confronted us. \u00a0Basically he told us that the flashes were keeping his kids up, and that there’s an ordinance of no activity after 9pm. \u00a0Basically we didn’t have much to say, other than that we were sorry, since we didn’t know the local ordinances. \u00a0We figured we’d wait for the police officer to show up to straighten things out.<\/p>\n A half minute or so later, the cruiser showed up, and after speaking to the man that phoned us in, came over to speak to us. \u00a0He was quite apologetic once he figured out were were simply photographers. \u00a0He did confirm that in fact there was an ordinance in place for activity after 9pm in the park, but also mentioned that if we weren’t phoned in by a resident, he never would have bothered us. \u00a0Basically he asked us to pack it in since it was pushing 11pm, and we gladly complied. \u00a0Also in our conversation we were told that we’d be welcome back to shoot in the earlier winter darkness, just so long as we were wrapped up by 9pm.<\/p>\n Of course, as we were breaking down, another eastbound came by, but this time with an extra symbol. \u00a0We both watched with anticipation as to what it was – hoping that it wasn’t something like the CSX office car special. \u00a0As they came rolling past the station, it was simply a light power move. \u00a0Phew… \u00a0Once we packed up all our gear,\u00a0we bid eachother farewell and headed back to our homes – well, Steve went home, I had to go back to the hotel… \u00a0So here’s the pictures from the night. \u00a0Of note, though, is the one of the Tropicana cars – you can see my super-elaborate lighting setup. \u00a0A Lumedyne and Canon 420EX.<\/p>\n[cpg_album:807]\n Thanks for looking! 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\nTom<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"