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Madness” features a three-day photo train out of Chama using 1903 2-8-2 “Mudhen” No. 463 and one of the railroad’s 1925 480 series 2-8-2 engines. Night photo shoots will be held in Chama and Osier (the remote pas- senger lunch stop mid-way between Chama and Antonito), and sleeping accommoda- tions for two nights at Osier are provided. Then on October 24-25 the “Chama Steam Fall Classic” features a tripleheader starting with a night photo shoot on October 24 in Chama. On both trips, a “chase bus” will be available for paying riders who want to pho- tograph the train from the highway from Chama up to Cumbres Pass.
Access to the large Chama rail yard is so far not restricted (but stay out of the engine house), allowing freedom to wander around and photograph the locomotives being read- ied for the day’s use and the dozens of early 1900s freight, passenger and MOW equip- ment, including two rotary snow plows. A portion of the original 1882 roundhouse (with “Denver & Rio Grande Railway 1882” coal stoves) is still in use, as are the 1899 de- pot and a rare two-spout 1897 water tank near the tall coaling tower.
Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge The Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad in Durango, Colo., features a Sep- tember photographer’s train in the inacces- sible (except by rail) canyon of the “Rio de Las Animas de Perdidas — the River of Lost Souls,” the Animas River, to capture photos of steam amidst fall aspen colors.
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charters is the “Winter Steam Spectacular” at the Nevada Northern Railway Museum in East Ely, held annually on the first and sec- ond weekends of February. With its original engine house, machine shop, blacksmith shop, depot, dispatcher building (all of which allow entry for photography), coaling tower, and water standpipes as well as trains run- ning over the original grades, the site is a true living history museum. Each 2½ day event features numerous photo run-bys at many locations in the win- tertime high desert of Nevada. Equipment includes locomotives No. 40, a 1910 Baldwin 4-6-0, and No. 93, a 1909 Alco 2-8-0, and freight cars dating back to 1872. A century old steam “big hook” derrick also gives a demonstration of cleaning up wrecked rail cars.
Cameras, Lenses and Other Tips
The minimal equipment of a digital or film point-and-shoot or SLR style camera with a fixed focal length lens of 35 or 50mm (35mm format equivalent), or a wide angle to small telephoto zoom, will be easy to handle when getting off and on the train for photo runbys and being in tightly packed photo lines. The tele end is good to use when shooting the train from a distance as it starts back on a photo runby, or to stand back out of the way and zero in on tight compositions of the en- ginemen at work in the yard before and after the trip. For night photo sessions, a wide an- gle lens may be needed, as will a camera that can be tripod mounted, takes a cable re- lease or remote shutter control, has manual
Riding in the cabooseor shooting out of an open vestibule, coach window, or from an open gondola allows compelling compositions. Seen from the caboose, the tender on this photo log train in Cass, W being filled prior to the day’s photo excursion.
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exposure capability, and can take timed ex- posures of a minute or longer.
A tripod will only be needed for night shots or low light yard or building interior shots, and if you are shooting with two cam- eras (such as a still camera and movie cam). However, lugging a tripod on and off the train at photo runbys can be burdensome. Instead, you can get sharp photos hand holding at ¹⁄₅₀₀ second or faster shutter speed. And do not be afraid to go with a high ISO if necessary in low light conditions, as the extra film grain or digital noise can en- hance the old tyme look of a steam train photo. Do not put your camera down while riding between runbys. Shooting out of an open vestibule or coach window, or if riding in an open gondola or in the caboose on a freight al- lows you more good compositions of the train ahead. The best time for this is when the lo- comotive is curving to your side of the train. If the railroad allows access to the rail
yard, you can take many compelling compo- sitions while the locomotives are being serv- iced before and after the trip. These include the locomotive under the water tank, having its ashes dropped over the ash pit, moving cars through the yard or switching over to the roundhouse tracks, turning on the turntable, and steaming in front of or inside the open doors of the engine house. This is al- so a good time to include the trainmen in your photos as they service the locomotive(s).
Locating a Steam Photo Train Information and ticket purchase for these and other 2014 photo charters can be found under the “Steam Photo Trains for Photographer’s” link at www.railfanphotographycolorado. com/
3steamlist.html. In addition, magazines such as R&R (
www.railfan.com), Railpace Newsmagazine (
www.railpace.com) and oth- ers have announcements of photo trains in their events or calendar sections in both the printed magazine and on their web sites. Rail- road clubs and historical societies may host steam photo train events which are open to the public. Also check with model railroad and hobby stores to locate a railroad club or society chapter in your area, or to see posted an- nouncements of upcoming photo trains.
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