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Why did the Housatonic Cross the Road?

Five years ago, I made this photo of the northward Housatonic Railroad freight crossing a side road near Stockbridge, Massachusetts using my Lumix LX7. On November 28, 2017, Housatonic Railroad GP35 3601 crosses a road near Stockbridge, Massachusetts. Tracking the Light Posts Daily!

High short Hood South

Yesterday at Conway Scenic we turned GP35 216 on the turntable. Now the high short hood is facing south. This directional change was performed for operational reasons, but has also opened up a variety of photographic possibilities, especially on the return run of Conway Scenic’s Mountaineer from Crawford Notch. I made these views in the North Conway, NH yard using my Nikon Z6 mirrorless…

Last Saturday, June 19th, Kris & I met the first Conway Scenic Railroad Mountaineer of the 2021 season at Crawford Notch, NH on the former Maine Central Mountain Division. We spoke with the crew and arranged to make photos from the sunny side of the tracks. A few days later, I posted some of these to the Conway Scenic Facebook page, which is among my jobs as Manager of Marketing & Events for…

May 6th Conway Branch Work Extra.

It was a great day for a work train! We had beautiful clear skies with fluffy fair weather clouds. It was warm with a slight wind, and the trees were just beginning to leaf out. I traveled on the train, primarily riding in the caboose, and made photographs when it stopped to perform maintenance along the line. I made these digital photos with my FujiFilm XT-1 with 16-55mm zoom lens. All of the…