Railfan & Railroad<\/em><\/a>) along the way.\u00a0 We also decided to take a nice relaxing train ride up the east bank of the Hudson on one of the many runs MN made out of the shops (the run went to just short of Garrison, NY).\u00a0 After getting our fill of the shops, and with the crowds increasing in size, we decided to head out and get a bite to eat on our way north to the Bear Moutnain area.<\/p>\nWe shot at a few places along the Hudson, both north and south of the Bear Mountain bridge.\u00a0 We grabbed 4 freights on the west bank and a number of MetroNorth and Amtrak passenger runs on the east.\u00a0 All in all a great day – beautiful weather, and great company.\u00a0 The only thing that would have been the icing on the cake was a bit more color in the foliage.\u00a0 But it wasn’t entirely green, so it worked out well.<\/p>\n
OK, here’s the goods.\u00a0 As usual, feel free to comment.<\/p>\n[cpg_album:463]\n
Thanks for looking!
\nTom<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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A couple weeks ago, good friend and fellow photographer Bob LaMay and I took a ride out to the Metro North Croton-Harmon shops for their annual open house.\u00a0 With some time limitations on both of our parts, we planned our day out, instead of using the usual “wing-it” scheduling I’m used to.\u00a0 Our plan was to head to the MN shops first thing, do our tour and get our shots while the crowds were minimal, then head north around lunchtime to the Iona Island\/Fort Montgomery area around the Bear Mountain Bridge and shoot whatever we could find there.\u00a0 Of course, being on the west side of the Hudson, we were looking for freights.\u00a0 The Amtraks and MetroNorth runs on the other shore were a given – we knew there would be a ton of those.\u00a0 But how many freights would we catch?<\/p>\n