Re: RGS 41 on the "Little" Highline 11-19-2023 . . .

BEAUTIFUL, Olaf -    

I assume you used a pretty strong telephoto for that shot, but even so the train eventually passes fairly close to where you were standing* with a good deal of loud echoes even from a small engine like #41.  How does Jack do with all that noise??

- El Abuelo Histœrico, Greengo y Curmudgeoño de los Locomoturas Viejos y Verdes,
aka Der Grossväterlich DünkelOlivGrünDampfKesselMantelLiebHabender

p.s.  How mu¢h did you have to bribe the engineer to have the cocks open at that point?  #41's cylinders must have been warm by then . . .    

*  Within ten or twelve feet of where 'The Ballad of Festus Frothjaw', aka 'The Foamite Song' was first performed in public, much to the delight (or chagrin) of several nearby railfans who were also waiting for that year's "Presidents Special".  IIRC it was back in August of two thousand ought five, or thereabouts:




Edited 6 time(s). Last edit at 12/01/2023 06:13PM by Russo Loco.