[SVRy_Steve]

Dad was an NP brakeman, then conductor, but also a steam fan and a very accomplished photographer. He shot with a 4x5 press camera and a Rolleiflex. It seems a lot of railroaders were also serious photographers, thankfully. We always had a darkroom at home from the time I was very young.

[timmuir]

Oh, and am I glad of that special niche he filled, being a rail nut and having all that at his fingertips while on the job. Now, we get to enjoy these glimpses today, thanks to you and he.

The Elsweyr Rattler terminates at Moon Lake Yard.

[Weter]

You are lucky.
We might miss very many chances to make precious photos of railroad stuff, as between years 192x and 196x, one might "disappear" for taking photography near railroad objects.

Not saying, any camera (especially professional-grade one) was very rare and very expensive; and where could they process their films/print photographs?

[timmuir]

An unlikely event. (ORNYMG.v.139)



The Milwaukee EF's don't work right in OR for some reason. So now, they're just car house queens.



As seen (dragging driving wheels) on Matt Smith's Mullan Pass route ( a work in progress).

[august1929]

timmuir, on 18 March 2023 - 06:36 PM, said:

Oh, and am I glad of that special niche he filled, being a rail nut and having all that at his fingertips while on the job. Now, we get to enjoy these glimpses today, thanks to you and he.

The Elsweyr Rattler terminates at Moon Lake Yard.

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Wow Tim! That is one beautiful shot - the sim at its best. Despite years now spent in the various iterations of Railworks/RailSim/Trains Sim etc. there is a special quality to ORTS or even MSTS that still does it for me. The light is different - somehow more personal and emotive even to the extent sometimes of being almost melancholic!

Although off topic I also have to say that my happiest simming days - ever - were very definitely spent in the old sim and with the good company that still posts here :)

Rod

[timmuir]

Rod! So good to hear from you! It's been too long a time, indeed. I hope you are doing well.

Yes, I have to agree about MSTS's lighting, and now OR's too, its much more lifelike. Monogame is even better in some ways, altho I have to adjust the sim's brightness down from what I usually run OR at (120%).

But aside from that, got to agree about the folks here. Such good company over the past twenty years! I doubt I'd have continued with this "occupation" without it.

A shot from yesterday, testing out some repainted Jon Davis 1860's passenger cars I'm doing for Chris Gerlach's City Point & Army Line. These are carriages from the Confederate side, of the Weldon & Petersburg Rail Road. No W&P locos as yet, so the North Carolina RR's "Lady Davis" is in charge. Lady Davis is a "mythical" locomotive, as it was early reported that the B&O RR's 4-4-0 No.188 was stolen by rebels early in the first days, and was renamed Lady davis after some rebuilding. It was later found by B&O agents after the war in NC, renamed "Calvin Graves" a local "fat cat".

These are the same shapes I used for the B&O set I did earlier, and in the library. They are very dated models, but will work fine for now.

[Stephen Hjellum]

Central Pacific has been working on improving its image, and in a move approved by the board, 10 SD70MN-T4 locomotives #4000-4009 have been repainted in subsidiary California Northwestern's Sacramento Northern Division - Yolo Shortline Railroad "Yellow and Black AKA Bumblebee Scheme" Recently released from Sacramento Shops, rebuilt to comply with EPA regulations, the 10 locomotives were hustled to Sacramento/River City Station to be unveiled to the public.https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52879884015_26c08feb68_h.jpg20230507205413_1 by Stephen Hjellum, on Flickr<br style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Verdana, Arial, Tahoma, Calibri, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; background-color: rgb(250, 250, 250);"><br style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Verdana, Arial, Tahoma, Calibri, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; background-color: rgb(250, 250, 250);">https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52879506701_4d3cbcc1fd_h.jpg20230507211926_1 by Stephen Hjellum, on Flickr<br style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Verdana, Arial, Tahoma, Calibri, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; background-color: rgb(250, 250, 250);"><br style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Verdana, Arial, Tahoma, Calibri, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; background-color: rgb(250, 250, 250);">https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52879506626_f8f772774e_h.jpg20230507212215_1 by Stephen Hjellum, on Flickr<br style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Verdana, Arial, Tahoma, Calibri, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; background-color: rgb(250, 250, 250);"><br style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Verdana, Arial, Tahoma, Calibri, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; background-color: rgb(250, 250, 250);">https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52879506631_3e6c7fdf2a_h.jpg20230507212108_1 by Stephen Hjellum, on Flickr

The plan is to repaint the entire fleet with some exceptions. More to follow!