Wednesday I managed to get out of work at a normal hour, and headed to Bound Brook for a little shooting. I figured I’d get something in before heading to the hotel for the night. Oh, how I was wrong there…Not wrong in how I’d catch something – but wrong about heading back to the hotel for the night. After hanging around Bound Brook for a while and only catching one NS eastbound freight, I headed out to get a bite to eat for dinner. While eating I had the idea to head down to Hopewell, NJ and see if I could do some night shots at the old station, which is located on CSX’s Trenton Line (I would have probably never known about this spot, but I recently saw some nice shots there on Andrew Blaszczyk’s blog here). So after eating, I got back in the truck and made my way down to Hopewell.
When I got there, I thought all hope was lost – as I pulled into the station, a westbound was just coming into view – no way I’d be able to set up in time. So I just enjoyed the train’s passing. Then I waited – and waited. And again waited some more. Then I gave up, packed everything up, and started back home the way I came. But as I crossed the tracks west of the station, I glanced back east, and saw something odd – a green signal! OK, something was heading this way!
After setting back up, Q174 came rolling by the station, and I got one shot of them. At that point, I called it a night – figured it was a success.
Looking west over CP-BOUND BROOK as some sunshine peeks through the cloudsREF#:01-20101027-420204365-_MG_0261.jpg| Taken with | Canon EOS 50D |
| Date Taken | 2010:10:27 17:23:59 |
| Aperture | f/9.0 |
Exposure Time | 0.003 s (1/400) | | Focal Length (mm) | 70.00 (70/1) |
| ISO | 800 |
View in the gallery | Looking west over CP-BOUND BROOK as some sunshine peeks through the clouds |
Sunlight continues to peek through the clouds as an eastbound NS manifest freight approaches CP-BOUND BROOKREF#:02-20101027-420204365-_MG_0266.jpg| Taken with | Canon EOS 50D |
| Date Taken | 2010:10:27 17:27:39 |
| Aperture | f/8.0 |
Exposure Time | 0.003 s (1/400) | | Focal Length (mm) | 82.00 (82/1) |
| ISO | 800 |
View in the gallery | Sunlight continues to peek through the clouds as an eastbound NS manifest freight approaches CP-BOUND BROOK |
An eastbound NS freight passes through CP-BOUND BROOKREF#:04-20101027-420204365-_MG_0280.jpg| Taken with | Canon EOS 50D |
| Date Taken | 2010:10:27 17:28:58 |
| Aperture | f/7.1 |
Exposure Time | 0.003 s (1/400) | | Focal Length (mm) | 82.00 (82/1) |
| ISO | 800 |
View in the gallery | An eastbound NS freight passes through CP-BOUND BROOK |
An eastbound NS freight passes through CP-BOUND BROOKREF#:05-20101027-420204365-_MG_0281.jpg| Taken with | Canon EOS 50D |
| Date Taken | 2010:10:27 17:29:02 |
| Aperture | f/7.1 |
Exposure Time | 0.003 s (1/400) | | Focal Length (mm) | 114.00 (114/1) |
| ISO | 800 |
View in the gallery | An eastbound NS freight passes through CP-BOUND BROOK |
An eastbound NS freight passes through CP-BOUND BROOKREF#:06-20101027-420204365-_MG_0285.jpg| Taken with | Canon EOS 50D |
| Date Taken | 2010:10:27 17:29:08 |
| Aperture | f/7.1 |
Exposure Time | 0.003 s (1/400) | | Focal Length (mm) | 70.00 (70/1) |
| ISO | 800 |
View in the gallery | An eastbound NS freight passes through CP-BOUND BROOK |
An eastbound NS freight passes through CP-BOUND BROOKREF#:07-20101027-1320706060-_MG_0121.jpg| Taken with | Canon EOS 40D |
| Date Taken | 2010:10:27 17:26:27 |
| Aperture | f/10.0 |
Exposure Time | 0.017 s (1/60) | | Focal Length (mm) | 18.00 (18/1) |
| ISO | 800 |
View in the gallery | An eastbound NS freight passes through CP-BOUND BROOK |
CSX train Q174 heads east past the Hopewell, NJ station at night (Lumedyne flash)REF#:20101027-420204365-_MG_0299.jpg| Taken with | Canon EOS 50D |
| Date Taken | 2010:10:27 21:48:19 |
| Aperture | f/7.1 |
Exposure Time | 0.005 s (1/200) | | Focal Length (mm) | 18.00 (18/1) |
| ISO | 1600 |
View in the gallery | CSX train Q174 heads east past the Hopewell, NJ station at night (Lumedyne flash) |
Thanks for looking!
Tom