Tunnel Motors on the BN High Prairie Sub!!

[hemiadda2d]

A local railfan looking to catch the elusive RS-3 on the BN High Prairie Sub took these shots today: He never did see the RS-3.... Must be lurking in the shops...

Here's the DRGW units, as they arrived in Hauser, WA this afternoon:
Sharp-eyed railfans will note DRGW 5510, an SD50 in consist, trailing:

The local yard engine crew took the liberty of lining the brand new engines side by side, to many foamers' delight:

And a last head-on shot, as they were headed east toward Sandpoint, ID:

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[jmarksbery]

Great shots Hemi. Thanks :thumb: :thumb:

 

[hemiadda2d]

I used aperture priority to get theses shots. It needed depth of field, so I had to crank of the dial to f8, as high as she'll go. I think it turned out nice. No tripod, just creative techniques in holding the camera still with various things, and the self-timer made it happen minus shake. You got a burger to go with that shake??
Thanks!

 

[Drew1125]

Fantastic modeling & photos! :thumb:

 

[Belmarvalley]

I used aperture priority to get theses shots. It needed depth of field, so I had to crank of the dial to f8, as high as she'll go. I think it turned out nice. No tripod, just creative techniques in holding the camera still with various things, and the self-timer made it happen minus shake. You got a burger to go with that shake??
Thanks!

I always have to prop the camera on something and use the remote to keep the shakes off my menu.

Nice shots!

 

[hemiadda2d]

Railfanning on the BN High Prairie Sub!

Our faithful railfan, once again dropped by the fill near Athol, ID to catch more action:
A loaded autorack train tears by at track speed behind 5 hard-charging SD40-2's:

A local job out of Coure D'Alene, ID hauls a short string of GN Western Fruit Expess reefers towards the large cut near Granite, ID:

A cut of heavy woodchip loads slowly grinds by the camera, behind a matched set of CB&Q SD40's!

A dog's breakfast lashup of 4-axle units hustle westbound empty centerbeams by at track speed:

 

[Ralph]

Nice photos! A five unit consist? SWEEEEEET!!!!!!!
Ralph

 

[alphanumeric]

I love the second grewp of photos! very nice stuff.. I like the multipul lashups.. especially of those 5 BN's!

that is almost realistic of how it works here.. either they lash up 4 3axle diesels, or 6 older 2axle diesels..

 

[hemiadda2d]

Thanks, folks!
I would have to have one heckuva train to need 5 SD40-2's on the point.... Those 17 autoracks behind require only two units. One unit alone slips, as the cars are heavily weighted. Prolly too heavy, but boy, do they run well!

 

[fifer]

Very Nice Hemi , I think I got sun burned railfaning hear!!! I like the shots a lot and the D&RGW tunnels are great. Is this the way they come or how much work did you do on them??
Mike

:thumb: :thumb: :thumb:

 

[Belmarvalley]

Great photo's Hemi! :thumb: Good to see that there are pleanty of railfans along your pike.

The only thing that could possibly make your photos any better is for them to feature a string of N&W high-hood units in front of a long coal train...

So what kind of camera is behind these photos?

 

[hemiadda2d]

Guys,
Thanks for the kind words.

fifer,
That's the way they come outta the box, all I did, was add the supplied cab sun shades. They even come with factory-installed MT couplers!
Belmarvalley,
The camera is a Fujifilm Finepix S5000. About 380 for most online retailers, prolly cheaper, too. I used Aperture prioroty to shoot the above photos. I cranked the aperture as high (f8) as she'd go, set the shutter speed accordingly, set the self-timer, and fired the button. All I had for light are cheapo 4' shop lites, cheapo flourescent 40W bulbs. See a trend here?

 

[fifer]

Thanks Hemi , they are really cool .
I may have to invest.
Mike

 

[rcwatkins]

Those are some excellent pics.

 

[Papa Bear]

Nice work, Hemi!
John

 

[SD90]

Great pictures! Looks like you are having fun!

 

[hemiadda2d]

I sure am! I have been busy building structure kits for a club show this saturday... Lessee... all Walther's kits--Mountain Lumber Co. Goldenflame Fuel Co. Walton & Sons Lumber co, and Farmer's Co-op grain elevator..... All built, and weathered. Maybe some pics will be taken if I have time at the show, of the finished result, but I wanna take pics of them on my layout....

 

[Matthyro]

You sure have been busy Hemi. Nice to see the action on your layout.

 

[hemiadda2d]

Thanks, Robin!
Actually, with summer heating up, literally/figuratively, I have been busy lately. In between paintball games, weddings/other outings, BBQ's, and railfanning I don't have much time even during the week to play trains! Summer is too busy at times.

 

[hemiadda2d]

Here's what little I have worked on, and it's not even mine! (it's the local model RR club's)
All Walthers kits, built as per instructions, and weathered:
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