I’ve been doing a lot of videography lately, and a lot of drone work. Here is a fun example of both, using the drone to film combines harvesting wheat ahead of an approaching storm. The clouds caused it to get dark early, but the camera … Continue readingHarvest
After the trip through the Carolinas, the N&W #611 ran some of the old routes that it had back in the day. One was the original route for the Powhatan Arrow, the other was an original route for the Pelican. Here is video footage from … Continue readingThe Powhatan Arrow
The N&W #611 took a excursion trip to Asheville, NC from Spencer, NC. The weather was excellent…very chilly starting out, which makes for some great smoke from the locomotive, but sunny and clear most of the day. Unfortunately, a front came in over the mountains … Continue readingNorfolk & Western #611 heads for the mountains…
I made another trip to the Indian Creek trestle near Crouse, NC, and caught another freight heading south into Charlotte at dusk. Again, these are all images you can’t get from the ground…way too much brush.
After being sick and then a lot of bad weather, finally got to get my drone out for some test flights. I’ve always liked this trestle over Indian Creek near Crouse, NC, but it is not good at all for a ground shot, too much … Continue readingReconnaissance photo…
Spent quite a bit of time scanning in new stuff for my collection on the transportation galleries. One really interesting photo was this of a northbound train from St. Louis in 1911 in Elsberry, Mo. 100 years has passed since this train left the station. … Continue readingUpdates to Transportation galleries…
Quite a few photos uploaded, and some really interesting stuff. This photo is of a grove of pine trees near my home, it was very interesting how the fog and sun conspired to make an extremely interesting scene. Probably one of my favorite shots from … Continue readingPine Island…
I love taking photos of fall, it’s probably my favorite time of year. Since I grew up in an agricultural area, combines and harvesting always grab my interest. Here’s some of my better captures this fall of combines combined with late evening sun…or early morning.
Luckily, the North Carolina Transportation Museum is the location that the 611 has maintenance performed until they set up shop at its home in Virginia, so we got to see 611 twice in a month! It spent Fathers day at Spencer, then headed back north … Continue readingSteam Lightning strikes twice…
The 65 year old Norfolk & Western J-class 4-8-4 steam locomotive has not run on the rails since December, 1994. However, after a massive rebuild at the shops in Spencer, NC, the #611 hit the mainline again on May 15th for a shakedown. The weather … Continue readingN&W #611 Rides again!