a picture a day....

12 brings the auxiliary water car (former tender of Stoney Creek Southern #2) past Winner, TN...

For today June 25: " Early morning and track is clear."

at the fuel depot

@sidehack posted:

at the fuel depot

Wow, Ray, that's a great scene, love all the details!

Thanks Lee

Original photograph for this was not too great, because the locomotive is partially obscured. Still, I really like the layering of it, with multiple elements from front to back. I even managed to put the smoke, which is actually in the photograph, behind the power lines.

I was lucky to see the return of steam to Southern Ohio for the first time since this whole virus thing started. It was 2 weekends ago at the Hocking Valley Scenic Railway, who was operating their modest 0-6-0 no. 3.

While the engine was simmering in the station, I took hundreds of photos, but before leaving for my next spot I discovered that I had accidentally been shooting on the tungsten white balance mode, rather than the cloudy mode as it should have been. I was shooting under tungsten light the last time I had used the camera and forgot to change it back.

I'm glad I caught it when I did, but editing those photos was a nightmare. I'm especially glad with how these two turned out.

Here are a couple more photos from that day.

You can watch the full video I made that day here:

Lee, I like the photographs too.  The layering really shows some depth of field.

Nick, Thank you for the great photographs and video of the Hocking Valley Scenic Railway!  That's another one I would like to see someday!!

The Northern Pacific passing through.

For today: " Leaving for vacation and towing my social distance unit." 

@p51 posted:

WOW!!!!  Lee - unbelievably REAL looking!!!  Terrific photos!!!!!

For today: " Ma & Pa number 70 heads up a milk train." 

                             Ruby, where are you going ?

Everyone, cool scenes, both real and model. Happy Railroading