Nostalgia & History > Evening at early summer Willard , OH 2006.

So I've photographed trains since 1953 when I snapped one of AT&SF 3751 in San Diego. Alas, I've lost track of that negative. Anyway I continued chasing the occasional steam excursion until I got married nearly five decades ago. When I retired, my wife encouraged me to buy a nice Nikon D-70, which I did as soon as the words were out of her mouth. I practiced rusty skills down in Durand, MI and published them on ABRP (usenet). There were some regulars there who would travel as a group around the mid-west, and I got invited to join up with them down Ohio in June 2006. The first two shots are my first attempt at low light-level photography with that D-70. I noted that I needed a tripod or mono-pod to steady the camera, and, Gee! A camera with a faster iso and less noise would be handy ;-)

1. US Willard OH 2006-06-21 20:37 0172 CSX 5285 We're outside of the Willard engine shop where this loco was quietly burbling away. There's a CSX slug in that engine house.

2. US Willard OH 2006-06-21 20:40 0175 Scene: Waiting to Go. It's a few minutes later, and this train is waiting for a signal.

3. US Willard OH 2006-06-22 20:49 0210 ASRY 2024 It's a day later and again we caught some action at Dusk. Anyone know that guy in the orange hat? (Hint: he posts here.)

John.

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