a shot in the dark...

West Interlock tower and a 7 light Pennsy signal showing a stop signal.

          great photo Mark !!

Thanks Brian, thank god for digital cameras.

It took a few shots before i got this one.

turned out really good,  great shot, really like it...

Great Picture Ted! How did you end up with all white cars?

mike g. posted:

Great Picture Ted! How did you end up with all white cars?

C’mon Mike, it’s a black and white picture...

TedW posted:

mike g. posted:

Great Picture Ted! How did you end up with all white cars?

C’mon Mike, it’s a black and white picture...

Just didn't see any black cars! LOL

mike g. posted:

TedW posted:

mike g. posted:

Great Picture Ted! How did you end up with all white cars?

C’mon Mike, it’s a black and white picture...

Just didn't see any black cars! LOL

You’re probably on to something, my guess is they are shrink wrapped for transit protection.  

Gentlemen,

  Great stuff everybody!

PCRR/Dave

Guys and gals if I may suggest a few things? Many of these pictures are just showing headlights and windows. To get a better picture at "night" you first need a tripod and second take long exposures. Many of my pictures are 90 seconds or sometimes more. I "paint" with small flashlights for the headlights of cars and trucks. When the shutter is open I slowly move my flashlight where a car headlight would hit the road. You can do the same to highlight a dark area. Always keeping the flashlight moving. Sometimes it takes me dozens of tries but it's worth it. Hope this helps a little. Don

scale rail posted:

Guys and gals if I may suggest a few things? Many of these pictures are just showing headlights and windows. To get a better picture at "night" you first need a tripod and second take long exposures. Many of my pictures are 90 seconds or sometimes more. I "paint" with small flashlights for the headlights of cars and trucks. When the shutter is open I slowly move my flashlight where a car headlight would hit the road. You can do the same to highlight a dark area. Always keeping the flashlight moving. Sometimes it takes me dozens of tries but it's worth it. Hope this helps a little. Don

Magnifico!!!

If I could add, turn your flash off.  Might as well have the overhead lights on if you don't, it looks nothing like a night shot.  Longer exposures with a smaller aperture for better depth of field.

There are some outstanding shots on this thread!  But here's my contribution.  It's a 1:1 Geep 9 that was head end on a dinner train my wife rented for me for my 70th birthday.  Is it any wonder I love her?

And a shot of my S scale C&O Brill in front of an unfinished Michigan Central depot, the real one being in Ann Arbor, Michigan.  The Brill is completely scratch built. 

Passengers detrain at Cochran, Ontario from the final Ontario Northland Polar Bear Express of the 1985 season:

Rusty

Really nice. Hard to tell the real things from the models and vice versa.

carpet layout Polar Express

Under the bed  view

"Night time is the right time "

TEDW. a classic picture. Wonderful, just wonderful. Swimming pool with underwater light. Don

Ted, I was talking about your picture on the river, then saying something about my trailer park. I see why the confusion. I was not very clear. Your pictures is really great. Don

Approaching the city at dawn.

Nighttime on the station platform.

K4-s coming through a late night snow fall.

Two night trains leaving the city's Union Station.

The Blue Comet and the Nellie Bly depart the seashore on their race to be the first to their New York destinations.

A quiet night in the yard.

Just wonderful, plain and simple. Thanks for sharing!

I don't think I've posted this before.

Here are a couple of shots in the dark from a "night-run" we did last year. The buildings all use LED tape lighting running at 12VDC.