Digital Camera fun! And a Question UPDATED!

[Anonymous]

QUOTE: Originally posted by brclem

does that spur just reconnect to the track again like a passing siding or is it just for industry??? if it's for industry then it probably continues to get lower depending on the elevation on the industry.... if it's just for passing I have never seen one that is lower in my lifetime.

It just dead ends. A spur is something that juts out. The rear claw of a bird is called a spur.

There is a spur track that delivers clorine tank cars to a small industrial consumer near me. That is a scary piece of track. From the switch points, it looks like a hard "S"- turn and six foot drop on a roller coaster. With the tank car in its spotting position, the rails on the main line are as high as the middle of the parked tank car!

[Anonymous]

does that spur just reconnect to the track again like a passing siding or is it just for industry??? if it's for industry then it probably continues to get lower depending on the elevation on the industry.... if it's just for passing I have never seen one that is lower in my lifetime.

[egmurphy]

Spurs are commonly lower than the adjacent mainline to avoid having a car roll back into the main. Also happens normally as they continue to reballast the main line while not adding to the spur. Look at the difference in condition of the ballast between the main and the spur in that 3rd shot.

The spurs on my layout are laid directly on the base (foam) without cork roadbed, so they are lower than the main.


You might see if you can lighten the shots using your photo editing software. Don't woory too much about bleaching out the sky, just try to get the train to show up well. Also use the editing software to work on cropping out the less interesting parts like the hood of your car.


Regards

Ed

[Anonymous]

Sorry Bob, I was in a little hurry last night the little one woke up and I hand to go. But there were some Questions in these pictures I wanted to post to the group. IF you look at the 3rd picture at the bottom there is an old spur track that looks lower then the main well what you can not see is that in real life it is. Is this normal for these spurs to drop down like this and would it be possible to recreate it on my layout? Or would it look really silly.? that spur at on time serviced the Schwebel bread company.

[CP5415]

Great shots! [:D]

Gordon

[Anonymous]

Perhaps these should be posted instead on the Trains magazine forum?

Bob Boudreau

[Anonymous]

Those BNSF AC4400's look hot! Nice picture!

[Anonymous]

Not bad!

I use a Sony Camcorder equippted with a 37mm lens I can shoot pictures near or far. I dream of owning a Rebel Model Camera some day as you can just aim and fire it like a weapon.

[Anonymous]

HEY! You could get arrested for that! [:O]
Read the news article in the April 05 issue of Trains magazine about the hassle some fellas got from the local and railroad police because they photographed a Metra F-40PH that was brought out of retirement. Yes, they were on public property and the police told them photographing trains was illegal!!!???

[TurboOne]

Hey Will cool pictures, I envy you that you get to see trains around your town. With your digital camera, the lenses aren't usually as good as 35mm, so try different settings to brighten up the picture, or watch the lights behind what you are shooting. It took me a few days to get used to the lighting differences in cameras.

Again cool pics. [:D]

Tim

[Anonymous]

I was playing with the old Digital Camera and took these photos. and well since I needed the practice posting pictures here they are.







these are from the CSX line by my home the 2nd and 3rd are in downtown Cuyahoga Falls. and the 1st is in monroe falls.

lately these has been a lot of traffic from other lines which really got me thinking about what I can do on my layout. I can run as many other Carries as I want I will just give them trackage rights.