This one is from back on September 2nd – yep, still catching up on stuff. Over my past trips down to New Jersey, I’ve met a few local railfans down there, and every Thursday a group gets together to watch & photograph trains at Bound Brook station. I figured that a little railfanning with a group of like-minded guys would be a nice change of pace to my usual “go-it-alone” style. Plus it seems that lately Bound Brook has been my destination of choice – mostly because it’s 2 minutes from the hotel…
It turned out to be a nice night of trains, conversation, and some laughs. There was a variety of folks there – from teenagers to grandparents (I, of course, fall somewhere in between), and all had a great time. I stayed until about 9pm, where I was able to break out the Lumedyne and light up two westbound trains (one CP and one CSX). Pretty happy with the way the pictures came out also. Not much else to tell, other than I got a chance to use the higher ISOs on the cameras – taking quite a few at 1600 or 3200. And, of course, I worked my fellow railfans into a few pictures – hope they don’t mind (if they do, it’s too bad…heh…) OK, enough of that blabbing, here’s the pictures from the evening.
CSX train Q410 heads for CP-BOUND BROOKREF#:01-20100902-420204365-_MG_3716.jpg| Taken with | Canon EOS 50D |
| Date Taken | 2010:09:02 19:02:03 |
| Aperture | f/7.1 |
Exposure Time | 0.003 s (1/400) | | Focal Length (mm) | 200.00 (200/1) |
| ISO | 800 |
View in the gallery | CSX train Q410 heads for CP-BOUND BROOK |
CSX train Q410 pulls east through CP-BOUND BROOKREF#:03-20100902-420204365-_MG_3726.jpg| Taken with | Canon EOS 50D |
| Date Taken | 2010:09:02 19:02:46 |
| Aperture | f/7.1 |
Exposure Time | 0.003 s (1/400) | | Focal Length (mm) | 200.00 (200/1) |
| ISO | 800 |
View in the gallery | CSX train Q410 pulls east through CP-BOUND BROOK |
CSX train Q410 pulls east through CP-BOUND BROOKREF#:04-20100902-420204365-_MG_3741.jpg| Taken with | Canon EOS 50D |
| Date Taken | 2010:09:02 19:02:57 |
| Aperture | f/7.1 |
Exposure Time | 0.003 s (1/400) | | Focal Length (mm) | 139.00 (139/1) |
| ISO | 800 |
View in the gallery | CSX train Q410 pulls east through CP-BOUND BROOK |
Q410 rolling past railfans at Bound Brook stationREF#:06-20100902-1320706060-_MG_7117.jpg| Taken with | Canon EOS 40D |
| Date Taken | 2010:09:02 19:02:12 |
| Aperture | f/7.1 |
Exposure Time | 0.077 s (1/13) | | Focal Length (mm) | 18.00 (18/1) |
| ISO | 200 |
View in the gallery | Q410 rolling past railfans at Bound Brook station |
Q410 rolling past railfans at Bound Brook stationREF#:07-20100902-1320706060-_MG_7122.jpg| Taken with | Canon EOS 40D |
| Date Taken | 2010:09:02 19:02:34 |
| Aperture | f/7.1 |
Exposure Time | 0.067 s (1/15) | | Focal Length (mm) | 33.00 (33/1) |
| ISO | 200 |
View in the gallery | Q410 rolling past railfans at Bound Brook station |
NS train 33K heads west through Bound Brook, NJREF#:08-20100902-420204365-_MG_3755.jpg| Taken with | Canon EOS 50D |
| Date Taken | 2010:09:02 19:10:12 |
| Aperture | f/5.0 |
Exposure Time | 0.003 s (1/320) | | Focal Length (mm) | 122.00 (122/1) |
| ISO | 800 |
View in the gallery | NS train 33K heads west through Bound Brook, NJ |
NS train 33K heads west through Bound Brook, NJREF#:11-20100902-1320706060-_MG_7131.jpg| Taken with | Canon EOS 40D |
| Date Taken | 2010:09:02 19:08:24 |
| Aperture | f/6.3 |
Exposure Time | 0.040 s (1/25) | | Focal Length (mm) | 29.00 (29/1) |
| ISO | 200 |
View in the gallery | NS train 33K heads west through Bound Brook, NJ |
Panning shot of a Southern boxcar in 33K's trainREF#:12-20100902-1320706060-_MG_7139.jpg| Taken with | Canon EOS 40D |
| Date Taken | 2010:09:02 19:10:24 |
| Aperture | f/6.3 |
Exposure Time | 0.067 s (1/15) | | Focal Length (mm) | 18.00 (18/1) |
| ISO | 200 |
View in the gallery | Panning shot of a Southern boxcar in 33K's train |
33K heads for CP-BOUND BROOKREF#:13-20100902-420204365-_MG_3769.jpg| Taken with | Canon EOS 50D |
| Date Taken | 2010:09:02 19:10:37 |
| Aperture | f/5.0 |
Exposure Time | 0.003 s (1/320) | | Focal Length (mm) | 139.00 (139/1) |
| ISO | 800 |
View in the gallery | 33K heads for CP-BOUND BROOK |
33K heads for CP-BOUND BROOKREF#:14-20100902-420204365-_MG_3771.jpg| Taken with | Canon EOS 50D |
| Date Taken | 2010:09:02 19:10:45 |
| Aperture | f/5.0 |
Exposure Time | 0.003 s (1/320) | | Focal Length (mm) | 179.00 (179/1) |
| ISO | 800 |
View in the gallery | 33K heads for CP-BOUND BROOK |
Pan shot of 33KREF#:15-20100902-1320706060-_MG_7145.jpg| Taken with | Canon EOS 40D |
| Date Taken | 2010:09:02 19:11:15 |
| Aperture | f/8.0 |
Exposure Time | 0.077 s (1/13) | | Focal Length (mm) | 18.00 (18/1) |
| ISO | 200 |
View in the gallery 
Pan shot of 33K with a brand new BNSF hopperREF#:16-20100902-1320706060-_MG_7148.jpg| Taken with | Canon EOS 40D |
| Date Taken | 2010:09:02 19:11:23 |
| Aperture | f/8.0 |
Exposure Time | 0.077 s (1/13) | | Focal Length (mm) | 18.00 (18/1) |
| ISO | 200 |
View in the gallery | Pan shot of 33K with a brand new BNSF hopper |
Double header NJ Transit westbound pulls into Bound Brook stationREF#:17-20100902-420204365-_MG_3781.jpg| Taken with | Canon EOS 50D |
| Date Taken | 2010:09:02 19:15:49 |
| Aperture | f/5.0 |
Exposure Time | 0.003 s (1/320) | | Focal Length (mm) | 179.00 (179/1) |
| ISO | 800 |
View in the gallery | Double header NJ Transit westbound pulls into Bound Brook station |
The setting sun and a NJ TransitREF#:18-20100902-420204365-_MG_3788.jpg| Taken with | Canon EOS 50D |
| Date Taken | 2010:09:02 19:16:55 |
| Aperture | f/5.0 |
Exposure Time | 0.003 s (1/400) | | Focal Length (mm) | 200.00 (200/1) |
| ISO | 800 |
View in the gallery | The setting sun and a NJ Transit |
NS train 18G heads east through Bound BrookREF#:19-20100902-420204365-_MG_3816.jpg| Taken with | Canon EOS 50D |
| Date Taken | 2010:09:02 19:38:55 |
| Aperture | f/4.0 |
Exposure Time | 0.003 s (1/320) | | Focal Length (mm) | 70.00 (70/1) |
| ISO | 3200 |
View in the gallery | NS train 18G heads east through Bound Brook |
18G rolls past a railfan filmingREF#:22-20100902-1320706060-_MG_7163.jpg| Taken with | Canon EOS 40D |
| Date Taken | 2010:09:02 19:38:05 |
| Aperture | f/4.5 |
Exposure Time | 0.200 s (1/5) | | Focal Length (mm) | 18.00 (18/1) |
| ISO | 400 |
View in the gallery | 18G rolls past a railfan filming |
A group of railfans film a passing NJ Transit commuter runREF#:23-20100902-1320706060-_MG_7178.jpg| Taken with | Canon EOS 40D |
| Date Taken | 2010:09:02 19:48:03 |
| Aperture | f/3.5 |
Exposure Time | 0.200 s (1/5) | | Focal Length (mm) | 46.00 (46/1) |
| ISO | 800 |
View in the gallery | A group of railfans film a passing NJ Transit commuter run |
Canadian Pacific train 39Z comes out of the darkness of Bound Brook (Lumedyne flash)REF#:24-20100902-420204365-_MG_3827.jpg| Taken with | Canon EOS 50D |
| Date Taken | 2010:09:02 20:27:39 |
| Aperture | f/6.3 |
Exposure Time | 0.008 s (1/125) | | Focal Length (mm) | 29.00 (29/1) |
| ISO | 1600 |
View in the gallery | Canadian Pacific train 39Z comes out of the darkness of Bound Brook (Lumedyne flash) |
CSX Q301 heads west through Bound Brook, NJ (Lumedyne flash)REF#:26-20100902-420204365-_MG_3829.jpg| Taken with | Canon EOS 50D |
| Date Taken | 2010:09:02 20:43:17 |
| Aperture | f/6.3 |
Exposure Time | 0.008 s (1/125) | | Focal Length (mm) | 18.00 (18/1) |
| ISO | 1600 |
View in the gallery | CSX Q301 heads west through Bound Brook, NJ (Lumedyne flash) |
And that was it for the evening.
Thanks for looking!
Tom
Those shots with the lumedyne came out mint. Nice and crisp!
Thanks Nick! As usual, I’m not entirely happy with them (glare on the nose of the CP, and the CSX was underexposed), but I’ll take it…