Carl Franz works with the Western Maryland Scenic Railroad to get a fall photo special going using freight cars. It’s a great day out, and great photo opportunities with a nice vintage locomotive pulling some vintage freight cars. Photos are here, and the video is … Continue readingFall Foliage Freight…
Went to photograph and video the Iron City truck and tractor pulls in Blacksburg, SC. Had a good weekend, and got some great pics. Nice new facility, and with almost 50 vehicles showing up for the pulls, there was a lot of action! The photos … Continue readingIron City pulls…
Had a great weekend trip to St. Louis to see the Norfolk Southern employee steam excursions. Met some great people (hello to Butch, Steve, Frisco Gary, Bob, Jim T and others), had some excellent weather, and my Nikon went over 10,000 photos! Photos are here, … Continue readingSteamy St. Louis…
Just got back from a trip, got to photograph some great barns. After spending most of the spring & summer going to different events, its kind’ve nice getting to just go out and take pictures of regular things. I like this photo, just something very … Continue readingRoutine barns…
The 2012 Shelby Southern Thunder truck and tractor pulls were held on the weekend of July 20-21. Great 2nd annual event, and I got footage and photos from both days of the pulls. The event was held by the National Tractor Pullers Association as well … Continue reading2012 Southern Thunder NTPA Truck and Tractor Pulls
I did a full compilation of all of the footage I shot of Southern #630 during all the trips around North Carolina (and partially in South Carolina and Virgina), you can see it here.
…well, at least for the time being on the mainline here in NC. The Southern 2-8-0 #630 finally rolled out of the state on its way back home to Tennessee after being here for almost a month. Got a lot of chances to do see … Continue readingThe Last days of Steam…
Since the Southern #630 is scheduled to be in Spencer for a few weeks, we took the opportunity to go back and do some more photography/videography this weekend. You can see the new photos here, and the video of the trip is here. The video … Continue readingGetting steamed up…
The Norfolk Southern Railroad sent a steam locomotive from Tennessee up through Atlanta to the old Southern shops at Spencer, NC, and I managed to catch a lot of the action. They are doing this for Norfolk Southern’s 30th Anniversary, and in June they’ll be … Continue readingSteam through the Carolinas
I’ve not been to an airshow in years, and wanted to go to a military one near here. So we journeyed down to Shaw AFB near Columbia, SC, for a great day. Vintage aircraft, good shows, excellent hosting by the Shaw AFB squadrons, and the … Continue readingShaw AFB Airshow…