#mountain division

Work Extra on the Mountain

Yesterday was clear morning in New Hampshire’s White Mountains. Conway Scenic had a Work Extra heading toward Crawford, which represented a rare December move on the old Mountain Division I followed the train west by road to make these photos with my Nikon Z6. North Conway, NH. Goves, near Bartlett. Bartlett. Bartlett. Tracking the Light Posts Daily!

Magic 105 at Frankenstein

I’m speaking about my Nikkor f2.5 105mm and the famous trestle, and not about a radio station and a monster. After returning from Ireland, I made a trip to inspect the former Maine Central Mountain Division to check out photo locations for the 470 Club Trip. Here, I’d hiked into the Frankenstein bridge to see when the sun dipped behind the ridge shadowing the tracks. Owing to the high ridge…

Last week I was part of a Conway Scenic crew involved with trackwork on the old Maine Central Mountain Division. The light was December-dull, and the setting reminded me of trackwork scenes I’d photographed on black & white film back in the 1980s. Working with my Nikon Z6 in a monochrome-mode, I made these digital images to capture the texture of the event. Tracking the Light Posts Daily!

Sun and Snow at Milepost 64

The other day I was part of a crew that ran GP35 #216 light engine from Conway Scenic Railroad’s North Conway, NH yard to milepost 64 on the former Maine Central Mountain Division. Our mission was to clear flangeways from ice accumulation and freshly fallen snow. Once stopped at milepost 64, I climbed down and made a few photos using my Lumix LX7. Although the sky was a flat December gray, the…

Two Angles on Willey Brook

The former Maine Central Mountain Division is known for its Willey Brook Bridge that appears to cling to the side the rocks on Crawford Notch in New Hampshire’s White Mountains This October on two occasions—ten days apart, I photographed Conway Scenic Railroad’s westward Mountaineer on its ascent of Crawford Notch as it crossed this iconic span. In the first view, I stood line-side just east of…

Speeders over Crawford Notch

This my second installment of photo covering the private speeder trip on Conway Scenic Railroad over Crawford Notch. I acted as pilot on this rare opportunity to travel on the railroad using vintage Fairmont rail motorcars. See: http://briansolomon.com/trackingthelight/2021/05/23/speeder-trip-part-1/ I was traveling in the lead car as part of a group of 15 vehicles. We proceeded from the State…

On Friday, May 21, 2021, I served as the pilot for a private speeder trip over the Conway Scenic Railroad. The speeders were largely from a Pennsylvania-based group that consisted largely of various privately owned Fairmont cars. I traveled in the lead car and made photographs of the trip as it progressed westward over Crawford Notch. This first batch features Conway Scenic’s Redstone Branch…