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Reply to "Photos from the Pittsburgh Independent Hi-Railers layout at 2017 Kennywood Holiday Lights"

Andy Hummell posted:

On Sunday, before we began tear-down of the layout, I shot a couple of experimental videos with two different cameras on my new homemade camera flatcar (just an old K-Line plastic flatcar with holes drilled in it for bolting the camera to it).  The first video is lower-definition and is a good approximation of a passenger's view from the train, and the second video was done with a higher resolution camera, and due to the height of the camera, the view is more of an approximation of the view of a brakeman walking on top of the train.

Note:  Keep the sound volume low or off -- the wheels on the flatcar were squeaking, and I didn't have time to oil them.

 

 

Andy

Andy;

Great job. Fabulous videos of your spectacular layout. I loved the "passenger's view" - it really felt (and sounded!!!) like you were riding on an old steam headed passenger train - all you need now is to add smell-a-vision!!! One of my favorite parts was when the train went "underground" and passed a parked passenger train. It reminded me of when I was commuting on Metro-North... I forget how many tracks go into each level of Grand Central, but every day, you would pass numerous other trains as they were routed in or out of their appropriate tracks.

Could you tell me what types of cameras you used - I've been thinking of getting one.

Thank.

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