Monday 11-14 Photo of the day.

[Firelock76]

I mentioned Bob Malinoski earlier. I should have mentioned two books I have put out by Morning Sun featuring Bob's work.

One is the excellent "A Golden Decade of Trains: The 1950's" and the absolutely superb "Trackside Around New York City, 1953-1968."

If you see either one of these two grab 'em! You won't be sorry, especially the latter if you're a fan of Northeast railroading like I am.

I checked the Morning Sun site, looks like both are still available.

[Miningman]

Firelock76- Agree with that totally. Thats a picture you can look at again and again. The importance of the train comes across immediatly. The cars, the guy in the tower, the father and son...the whole world has stopped because of the train. The trailing smoke and the heavyweight cars outlines its passage and tell us that this is a big time train doing its business. 

[Firelock76]

Possibly.  You know, the best train photos are the ones that show the train in the context of it's surroundings.  The late Bob Malinoski was a master of that. 

[GeoffS]

Sometimes there is more than meets the eye in a photo.  I love the photo of the Day for 11-14 because, not so much of the train, but because was Mr. McCord really taking a picture of the father and son just to the left of center watching the Challenger go by?  Just a thought...........