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Phew, finally just about caught up.\u00a0 Last week I had to go down to New Jersey for a couple days for work, so like usual, the camera bag came along with me for the trip.\u00a0 But I was only able to get out once due to my schedule – the evening of the 4th of November (yes, I was out of state on Election Day – I did file my absentee ballot the week before…).\u00a0 Luckily, I was able to catch one train that evening…<\/p>\n
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After I left work, I headed to the hotel to check in.\u00a0 With that set, I put my suitcase in the room, relaxed for a couple seconds, and headed out with the camera bag in hand.\u00a0 I figured my best bet for catching anything would be the Manville area.<\/p>\n
When I got there, I found an NS freight sitting on the Royce Runner, waiting for their conductor to do something behind them.\u00a0 So I set up my tripod and started an exposure.\u00a0 Of course, just then the conductor called for the engineer to shove back a couple car lengths.\u00a0 So I got this nice blur shot…<\/p>\n[cpg_imagefixthumb:8235]\n
Then the train pulled forward again, and stopped.\u00a0 So I took advantage of that and got an ambient light shot of the train sitting in the darkness.<\/p>\n[cpg_imagefixthumb:8234]\n
A little while later (the time it took the conductor & conductor trainee to walk up from the end of the train), they began to pull out.\u00a0 Just before they turned the headlights on, I started an exposure, getting a nice shot of the train, then the headlights streaking away from it.<\/p>\n[cpg_imagefixthumb:8233]\n
Hey, it’s different!<\/p>\n
At that point, with nothing else I can see, I headed back to the hotel to watch the presidential election results, while sipping on a nice Jack Daniel’s & Coke…<\/p>\n
Thanks for looking!
\nTom<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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