NH2006's blog

Trying a few new ways to take pictures, longer exposures ambient light versus flash, etc.  This is a lot harder than I would have predicted.  I shoot the real stuff all the time and feel pretty good about it (see my other blog posts).  N scale is so small and with such limited depth of coverage versus the detail I would like to show, it has become much harder than I expected.

 

Ah spent many hours running some fun stuff over the pass.  Here a DRGW F3A-F3B-GP30-GP30 led coal train is passing by a CB&Q light power move with a GP7-Sd7-SD9 set.  A DRGW ore train is in the background too.  Finally have power for 3 passenger trains and 5 freight trains, most are coal around here.  Gotta contribute to global warming ya know...

 I finally have solid sets of  power for the CNW, DRGW, CB&Q, ATSF and Conrail.  I may stop here (NOT!)

I spent the day in every kind of weather: snow, rain, freezing rain, sun, fog, wind. It was outstanding but a bit scary, especially when I saw multiple rollover accidents. Some I do not have a very good feeling about, I pray those folks have only minor injuries. I saw 2 jack-knifed tractor-trailer sets, 3 complete wrecks of tractor-trailer with totaled cabs, 4 pickups trucks in very bad shape, 3 SUVs rolled over, and several other accidents. Finally I made it to Cheyenne, and heard the Granite Switcher heading out.

So many things I want to keep....sigh.....but I really need the money this year.   It's a pretty interesting list, lots of undecorated stuff since I gave up on a painting project, plus lots of eastern (Erie Lackawanna, PRR) and western (SP, ATSF) locos.  Lots of Kato and Atlas locs, almost all in great shape.