Re: Peso the 5 mile train
On Feb 3, 2013, at 3:18 PM, Christine Aguila cagui...@me.com wrote: Very nice and interesting. I don't think I've ever seen a five mile train--nor wait for one. Cheers, Christine On Feb 1, 2013, at 11:45 AM, Don Guthrie shark50...@gmail.com wrote: On A country road on Saturday night 30 miles from anything that might be called a town no people no cars just the whistle of a train - ahead is the RR crossing. Can I get across before the train gets there? Tonight I yield to the mighty tonnage of the five mile train and live to post this photo. CC welcomed as always. http://donspix.posterous.com/saturday-night-on-a-country-road-no-people-no -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
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Lovely colors, nice light. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Fri, Feb 1, 2013 at 12:45 PM, Don Guthrie shark50...@gmail.com wrote: On A country road on Saturday night 30 miles from anything that might be called a town no people no cars just the whistle of a train - ahead is the RR crossing. Can I get across before the train gets there? Tonight I yield to the mighty tonnage of the five mile train and live to post this photo. CC welcomed as always. http://donspix.posterous.com/saturday-night-on-a-country-road-no-people-no -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
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FYI http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sishen%E2%80%93Saldanha_railway_line Alan -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
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Love this one Dave On Fri, Feb 1, 2013 at 12:45 PM, Don Guthrie shark50...@gmail.com wrote: On A country road on Saturday night 30 miles from anything that might be called a town no people no cars just the whistle of a train - ahead is the RR crossing. Can I get across before the train gets there? Tonight I yield to the mighty tonnage of the five mile train and live to post this photo. CC welcomed as always. http://donspix.posterous.com/saturday-night-on-a-country-road-no-people-no -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Documenting Life in Rural Ontario. www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ York Region, Ontario, Canada -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
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Very interesting operation in South Africa. 340 'wagon' iron ore trains. 3 sets of engines and 114 'wagons' and later 2 pushers engines at the back! Wow! Thanks, Bob S. On Sat, Feb 2, 2013 at 2:57 AM, Alan Cole c...@lantic.net wrote: FYI http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sishen%E2%80%93Saldanha_railway_line Alan -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
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Thanks to everyone who had a look at this thanks to everyone who had time to comment. Let me say this about the title. It looked like it stretched to the horizon when I first saw the train. I took the photo and then crossed the tracks because I wanted to shoot photos of a wind farm before I lost the light. Consequently, I only saw the train pass in my rear view mirror and it turned out the train wasn't all that long. But the title The 90 Second Train didn't have the same dramatic ring. I certainly enjoyed the musing banter this engendered. I have more maybe even better photos from that day I will try to post soonest. Thanks again guys. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
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On 3 February 2013 08:52, Don Guthrie shark50...@gmail.com wrote: Thanks to everyone who had a look at this thanks to everyone who had time to comment. Let me say this about the title. It looked like it stretched to the horizon when I first saw the train. I took the photo and then crossed the tracks because I wanted to shoot photos of a wind farm before I lost the light. Consequently, I only saw the train pass in my rear view mirror and it turned out the train wasn't all that long. But the title The 90 Second Train didn't have the same dramatic ring. I certainly enjoyed the musing banter this engendered. I have more maybe even better photos from that day I will try to post soonest. Thanks again guys. Nice shot Don, and the title wasn't too bad either :) -- Rob Studdert (Digital Image Studio) Tel: +61-418-166-870 UTC +10 Hours Gmail, eBay, Skype, Twitter, Facebook, Picasa: distudio -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Peso the 5 mile train
On A country road on Saturday night 30 miles from anything that might be called a town no people no cars just the whistle of a train - ahead is the RR crossing. Can I get across before the train gets there? Tonight I yield to the mighty tonnage of the five mile train and live to post this photo. CC welcomed as always. http://donspix.posterous.com/saturday-night-on-a-country-road-no-people-no -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
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On 1/2/13, Don Guthrie, discombobulated, unleashed: On A country road on Saturday night 30 miles from anything that might be called a town no people no cars just the whistle of a train - ahead is the RR crossing. Can I get across before the train gets there? Tonight I yield to the mighty tonnage of the five mile train and live to post this photo. CC welcomed as always. http://donspix.posterous.com/saturday-night-on-a-country-road-no-people-no Nice! -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__Broadcast, Corporate, || (O) |Web Video Producion --www.seeingeye.tv _ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Peso the 5 mile train
On A country road on Saturday night 30 miles from anything that might be called a town no people no cars just the whistle of a train - ahead is the RR crossing. Can I get across before the train gets there? Tonight I yield to the mighty tonnage of the five mile train and live to post this photo. CC welcomed as always. http://donspix.posterous.com/saturday-night-on-a-country-road-no-people-no That's a nice photo. Is it really five miles long? At fifty to sixty feet per car that would be close to 500 cars long. -- l...@red4est.com via squirrelmail -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
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On Fri, Feb 1, 2013 at 1:11 PM, Larry Colen l...@red4est.com wrote: On A country road on Saturday night 30 miles from anything that might be called a town no people no cars just the whistle of a train - ahead is the RR crossing. Can I get across before the train gets there? Tonight I yield to the mighty tonnage of the five mile train and live to post this photo. CC welcomed as always. http://donspix.posterous.com/saturday-night-on-a-country-road-no-people-no That's a nice photo. Is it really five miles long? At fifty to sixty feet per car that would be close to 500 cars long. Hush! Poetic license. :-) I like it, Don. -- -bmw -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
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Dramatic! Both photo and caption. Jack - Original Message - From: Don Guthrie shark50...@gmail.com To: pdml@pdml.net Cc: Sent: Friday, February 1, 2013 9:45 AM Subject: Peso the 5 mile train On A country road on Saturday night 30 miles from anything that might be called a town no people no cars just the whistle of a train - ahead is the RR crossing. Can I get across before the train gets there? Tonight I yield to the mighty tonnage of the five mile train and live to post this photo. CC welcomed as always. http://donspix.posterous.com/saturday-night-on-a-country-road-no-people-no -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Peso the 5 mile train
Don, That's a nice photo and the light enhances it. I think you're exaggerated the length a bit. The two engines are 6 axles each and look to be high horsepower (blowers?). But these two would be a bit light for hauling loaded hoppers. Even hauling empties on flat terrain, I'd guess 120-130 cars max. When the UP or BNSF coal trains roll thru here the engine consist is 3 or 4 of the 6-axle locomotives. I once road a 102 car IC train out of the Inland mine in Sesser, Illinois. It was a routine move of metallurgical grade coal going to the Inland steel mills in Gary. The trains were about a mile long. 500 cars would be 5 miles, probably too long for operating with, if you could even build enough air pressure to release the brakes in the tail end. Regards, Bob S. On Fri, Feb 1, 2013 at 12:11 PM, Larry Colen l...@red4est.com wrote: On A country road on Saturday night 30 miles from anything that might be called a town no people no cars just the whistle of a train - ahead is the RR crossing. Can I get across before the train gets there? Tonight I yield to the mighty tonnage of the five mile train and live to post this photo. CC welcomed as always. http://donspix.posterous.com/saturday-night-on-a-country-road-no-people-no That's a nice photo. Is it really five miles long? At fifty to sixty feet per car that would be close to 500 cars long. -- l...@red4est.com via squirrelmail -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Peso the 5 mile train
Nice shot - well lit. Are you using Pentax or Metz flashes? (;- For all of those carping about your five mile hyperbole, they might be interested to know that train length is kept at just under one mile long (or less); this allows them to stop at a road crossing without interfering with the next crossing back. And the next crossing will likely be one mile away given the way the original surveys and subsequent road design were handled. stan On Feb 1, 2013, at 12:45 PM, Don Guthrie wrote: On A country road on Saturday night 30 miles from anything that might be called a town no people no cars just the whistle of a train - ahead is the RR crossing. Can I get across before the train gets there? Tonight I yield to the mighty tonnage of the five mile train and live to post this photo. CC welcomed as always. http://donspix.posterous.com/saturday-night-on-a-country-road-no-people-no -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
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Stan, We are only allowed to speak the truth here on the pdml. Thanks for the tidbit you added. :-) Regards, Bob S. On Fri, Feb 1, 2013 at 8:03 PM, Stan Halpin s...@stans-photography.info wrote: Nice shot - well lit. Are you using Pentax or Metz flashes? (;- For all of those carping about your five mile hyperbole, they might be interested to know that train length is kept at just under one mile long (or less); this allows them to stop at a road crossing without interfering with the next crossing back. And the next crossing will likely be one mile away given the way the original surveys and subsequent road design were handled. stan On Feb 1, 2013, at 12:45 PM, Don Guthrie wrote: On A country road on Saturday night 30 miles from anything that might be called a town no people no cars just the whistle of a train - ahead is the RR crossing. Can I get across before the train gets there? Tonight I yield to the mighty tonnage of the five mile train and live to post this photo. CC welcomed as always. http://donspix.posterous.com/saturday-night-on-a-country-road-no-people-no -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
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On Feb 1, 2013, at 6:03 PM, Stan Halpin wrote: Nice shot - well lit. Are you using Pentax or Metz flashes? (;- For all of those carping about your five mile hyperbole, they might be interested to know that train length is kept at just under one mile long (or less); this allows them to stop at a road crossing without interfering with the next crossing back. And the next crossing will likely be one mile away given the way the original surveys and subsequent road design were handled. Sounds very reasonable. I remember counting a few trains to over a hundred, don't remember getting into the 200s. -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com sent from i4est -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
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Nice shot - I like the tonality and the contrast of the man made boxcars and the prairie. Despite the warm tonality, it is all rather bleak. I hope you didn't have to wait at a crossing while the train passed! Mark On 2/1/2013 12:45 PM, Don Guthrie wrote: On A country road on Saturday night 30 miles from anything that might be called a town no people no cars just the whistle of a train - ahead is the RR crossing. Can I get across before the train gets there? Tonight I yield to the mighty tonnage of the five mile train and live to post this photo. CC welcomed as always. http://donspix.posterous.com/saturday-night-on-a-country-road-no-people-no -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
