"Tip Of The Iceberg" Chap. 12

Thinking about the D&H.....
A round trip from Kingston to Oneonta last weekend has had me on a D&H kick all week. As for the trip, I was curious to see if there was much of the D&H left in Oneonta but, I was also interested in what I would find in the small towns the Ulster & Delaware passed through as well. There were lots of things that captured my attention throughout the day. When I got home I started looking through my slides, taken in Oneonta over the years, and thought an "Iceberg" chapter was possible. The problem was how to approach it. I sent out scans of slides taken before compared with present digital images to some of you during the week. How to chose from scores of images made over many years that I could send to a general audience presented me with a dilemma. I decided on my usual method of sending pictures of the things most folks didn't bother with along with the obvious.

The carts with couplers (5-12-81), an ex Milw Rd box car used for stores (9-82) and the C420 #407 (3-82), were all shot within the same small area by the shops. Of all the engines I took portraits of at Oneonta, why this one? I have a love affair with C420's. Low nose of course!
I made many trips to Oneonta over a period of twenty years. The image of Guilford #374 at FA was from my last trip. (Until last Sunday.) Early Guilford was interesting to me, as was early Conrail. The mix of predecessor equipment made for interesting chances to capture things that were only possible previously by making long trips. Like Conrail, as equipment was repainted the charm was lost within a few years.
The purpose of the "Icebergs" is to share history. I have great shots of the PA's in interesting locations as do 100's of others. I visited Lanesboro in the last weeks of the Penn Div. and recorded things along with about 30 others that day alone. I must admit though that I haven't patience to hang around for the right train in the right location in the right light. I do ocassionally get lucky from time on site however. I like this shot of GP39-2 #7617 (from the original D&H order) at Hudson yard. I got it unexpectedly by just being in the right spot at the right time. This train was moving at a brisk pace on a through run from Sunbury to Taylor. Hudson yard was a favorite hang out of mine until it was removed a couple years after I took this shot.(7-2-81) Today an attuned person can tell there was once a yard there from the random pieces of anthracite that still turn up and the light towers that stand 30 years later. To this day nothing's been built on the site.

Excuse my rambles and enjoy the pictures,

Wayne Sittner

 

 

"Tip Of The Iceberg" Chap11

What to do on a day when it's so hot I didn't even think of going out? How about an "Iceberg"? Ahhhh, I'm feeling cool already.

I've been thinking about this one since Mike Rose got me looking through my files for LV concrete phone enclosures a few weeks ago. He actually found one that still exists near Mehoopany on the old LV Coxton to Sayre line. It looks different than the ones I'm familiar with though? This is some of the stuff my dig turned up:

I did catch a PRR GP 40 at the crossing (B&W) in the '68. Can't explain that move. The D&H was certainly common. In this 1982 image they're making a drop at the Gibbon's Brewery. Note the grain hopper in the distance.

The one I'm most intimate with was at the D&H/LV crossing at Conyngham Ave in Wilkes-Barre. The crossing looking south in 4-80

 Looking north 12-84

 The portrait shot 4-80

As it exisits 6-12 in a recycling plant on N. Pennsylvania Ave in W-B. It's only 100 yards from it's original home.

A model of one on my layout.

Not a lot of chattering this time. I'm gonna have an ice cream soda,

A great weekend to all,

Wayne Sittner

 

 

 

A Trip Down I-88 Part One

I find myself driving up and down I-88 often. Heck I live off of it. And every time I do I always learn or see something new. Attached are some JPEGS of Stations and Railroad Related buildings that still can be found. Railroad buildings along the D&H are becoming a rare species and every year more and more disappear. CP has been flushing itself system wide of anything that can be taxed and is not considered necessary. And since 2008 the pace has increased. Especially for anything built during the 1860's. You can be guaranteed that if a town located along the railroad has obsolete building located there and any increase in Property Taxes occurs it toast! Anyways since the Unnecessary Destruction of the Central Bridge Freight House in 2008 I have started to pay more of an attention to older structures. A lot more that I did in the past as I took everything for granted. I'm still upset that CP destroyed an 1860's A&S freight house one that was very historical and still in great shape. But hey they need to save money to pay for the "Men's Club and Golf club Memberships" up in Calgary for Upper Management! Anyways most of these structures you see are privately owned. Some are in still great shape and some are not. I really love to walk around them when access permits and study there details and think about all the history these grand old structures have witnessed. From the 4-4-0 to the modern day junk wagons that CP and NS employ. To the generations who have lived around or toiled inside of them. From the Horse and Buggy to the Model T to the Chain Drive Mack A/C. From Bi-Planes, DC3's to the Modern Day Boeing and Airbus Products its amazing the changes that have occurred since they were built. Enjoy the pics guys and if you would love to see the Historical version of these images I would recommend picking up a copy of John Taibi's new book Road, Rivers and Rails Vol #1 Oneonta to Albany. Vol #2 is coming out next year. The book is Chock full of Historical images including some of the buildings seen in this email during better times in there lives on the RR.

Dean J. Splittgerber
Duanesburg, NY

Hunt Tower

My first stop upon arriving along the Middle Division of the old Pennsy was here, at Hunt Tower in Huntingdon, PA. Arnold Mooney deserves credit for recommending this location to me for use in instances such as tonights. After driving six or more hours over from Phillipsburg, NJ, I was happy just to watch a few NS freights going by. Fifteen minutes had not passed before a white pickup pulled up with an NS maint. foreman at the wheel, warning me to leave before the NS cop shows up to fine me! You know............getting fined by the railroad you want to shoot could really cut into the vacation fund! So I left to find a campground to set up in, but............. no one said I could not take night photos there. Certainly not the maint. of way foreman, although I "may have been" guilty of not bringing the subject up with him at the time. So the location was marked, it was too good to ignore at night. Little did I know at the time it would be more than a month before I had the opportunity to capture a Heritage unit passing the tower! LOL! For the first couple of weeks the Heritage units operating in this area were either running at night only over the Port Road branch between Enola Yard and the Northeast Corridor or were trailing in the locomotive consist. Tonight however, success is within reach. Having been tipped off earlier by Sean Hoyden of the Pennsy Heritage engine going to the Strasburg Railroad Museum accompanied by NS F’s and business cars to help in celebrating the 30th anniversary of NS, we both concluded it looked promising for the 8102 to lead returning back to Altoona Sunday night. Nothing is a sure thing on NS however, as I had discovered earlier in the trip when the Interstate unit, after sitting for a day or more in Roanoke on a loaded coal train bound for Newport News, was pulled off the train after the new crew was called and reassigned to a southbound loaded coal train bound for Georgia! Tonight, accompanied by favorite conditions for night photos, off and on showers, I am content to have done the best I can under the circumstances, the photo is either going to happen or not. Once set up, I have a steady parade of westbounds to shoot racing past the tower. I consider them practice shots! LOL! Train speed here I would guess to be between fifty and sixty mph............real fast! It was just before three a.m. when I returned to the car to pour another cup of tea................and the magic began. A bell somewhere in Huntingdon sounded three times, announcing three a.m. The car scanner comes to life picking up another approaching westbound two detectors away from me! I jump out of the car and reposition the step ladder along the florescent red painted line on the ground, double check my manual focus on the lens barrel, then climb atop the stepladder. The westbound hits the nearest detector, I hear train 381, it means nothing to me. NS, further endearing itself to me, does not require their crews to identify the lead unit, only the train number when referring to their train. A test shot looks good, then with the train less than a mile away, closing fast, for a few seconds I hear the unmistakable sound of non-turbocharged 567 prime movers working. I break out into a big smile, only the F-units would be out here tonight with 567s! The conductor calling the clear signal at Hunt westbound comes over the scanner, the crossing gates go down, leaving me with one final question to answer...........is the 8102 still leading? The evidence is seen quickly as the cab of NS 8102 negotiates the curves leading up to the grade crossing! The “bright as headlights” number boards give its presence away! I hear the engineer throttle back and think to myself..........oh yes! Then watch the pilot plow up to my mark, and the light flashes out to illuminate the scene! Then the cab is past me before I can raise my hand to wave! LOL! The image, proof of the moment, is there glowing on the back of the camera. Oh my god! After shooting black and white diesels all night...........what a beautiful paint scheme! The massive GE dwarfs the trailing NS F-units! And Hunt Tower provides the perfect backdrop. Special thanks to Sean Hoyden and Arnold Mooney for their help in obtaining this night photo. Shot in Huntingdon, PA. on June 04, 2012 at 03:03 with the 5D and Mamiya 645 format 80/1.9 lens. Please enjoy! Comments are welcomed.

All The Best In 2012;

Gary Knapp

Off The Trail

The first Heritage locomotive I crossed paths with on this trip was, surprisingly, on the Delaware Lackawanna here, east of Scranton, PA at Moscow! Earlier this year Michael Thomas had invited me down to shoot the partly nocturnal Portland Turn which runs out to East Stroudsburg from Scranton, returning in darkness near Scranton. I emailed Michael about my upcoming trip and how I would look up the job tonight while I was passing through. So here I am, at nine pm, first night out, having slept a few hours in a nearby State Park, set up and waiting trackside in Moscow, contemplating the locomotives I will get to shoot on this job. Reminding myself how this would be a first for me, to shoot an ALCO under the lights at night. LOL! I was prepared for a four or six axle Century. It never entered my mind that they would lead with one of their trio of RS-3s! Nine thirty passes, and aware the crew outlaws at eleven, I’m wondering if I missed them. Just before ten pm I am relieved to hear train sounds, real ones, not created by my mind, as flanges squeal and a rail or two groans off upgrade to the east. Then headlights through the trees and the faint sound of idling ALCO prime movers. The head end rolls slowly around the curve, the engineer gives me a couple of toots, and I focus on the ditch lights as the pilot plow drifts up to my spot. In the pitch dark I had no clue of the presence before me of an as-built ALCO RS-3. When the lighting went off I glimpsed it, and watching the image appear on the camera lcd monitor left me speechless! By this time 4068s cab is passing across from me and I wave into the darkness. The crew didn’t really need to see me, they have seen the expression I was wearing on the face of many ALCO fans they have run by in the past! LOL! At night, not knowing what is coming, the impact of the moment is tremendous! The crew stopped below me to set out several lumber loads, backing up to where I was, next to the stepladder. I mumbled a thank you to the conductor, who climbed down off the car and set the hand brake before walking up to the next car. I thought I knew the heritage of 4068, as being an original Delaware & Hudson RS-3, but..............in checking on the net for this photos caption, I am overjoyed to realize 4068 also spent time working in Vermont as Lamoille Valley 7801! My favorite among the Lamoille Valley RS-3s for retaining its high short hood, I had lost track of the engine after it was bought by the York-Durham Railroad up in Ontario. Who would have thought we would cross paths again in the future................in 2012? What a way to begin this trip! Shot in Moscow, PA on May 1, 2012 at 22:04 with special thanks to Michael Thomas! Please enjoy! Comments are welcomed.

All The Best In 2012;

Gary Knapp

Green County Trip

Yesterday I had to make a run down into Greene County for our business. While on my way down I stopped in Middleburgh to snoop around what was once the end of the line for the Middleburgh and Schoharie Railroad. And if you haven't seen it or have and interest in it check out "Under Vroomans Nose" a book written by Len Killian about this cool little railroad that disappeared in 1936. There are two really neat railroad related buildings left from back in the day along Railroad Avenue. A Bordens Creamery which at some time was possibly re-painted but the "Bordens" amazingly still shows, and the passenger station for the railroad which dates back to 1867 (See this site for further info http://www.hmdb.org/PhotoFullSize.asp?PhotoID=62608 ). .

M&S's 1890 built 2-4-4T at Schoharie junction where the M&S interchanged with the D&H.

 Middleburgh Station today.

Check out the Post Office at Preston Hollow. I really love the Gingerbread accents. Reminds me of what the A&S did to there freight houses between Binghamton and Albany.

Dean J. Splittgerber

Duanesburg, NY

WNY&PA Trackcar Run

On Saturday the 28th, we ran from the Olean engine house almost into Hornell, about 126 miles round trip, under perfectly clear skies through the beautiful mountainous terrain dotted with side hill farms where the cows all have one pair of legs shorter than the other side. I was quite surprised to see that the trees were just starting to bud in the southern Tier while at home our leaves are 3/4 full yet I am at least 120 miles to the north of Olean. The budding colors, while they are muted, are reminders of the fall. This segment is on clickity-clack stick rail and we averaged about 22 to 25 mph on that.

Starting out on a frosty Sunday morning we ran from Olean to well past Emporium on welded rail, typically maintaining an average speed of 25 to 30 mph. A nice pace that helps keep you on your toes. The crossing gate system in this section is set up so that the gates go down as a large steel object passes over a metal plate in the gauge. Our cars are mostly aluminum but the wheels and axles still occasionally set off the gates. This is a nasty situation as a gate can come down on an automobile suddenly. We have a rule concerning shunting to avoid that gate problem so it was a relief when we were told by the railroad that it was not someone's car setting off the gates, but the odd system they use to trigger the gates.

It appears the WNY&PA does a considerable tank car business as there are strings of tanks all over their lengthy yard. Unfortunately we did not see any "train" activity operating on the line as we did last year when we were treated to a freight hauled by 3 ex-QNS&L ALCo's. There was a string of ALCO's behind the enginehouse and a couple of old Russell plows and a dump car as well as several Union Pacific coaches and one from Atlantic Railcar that looked pretty snappy.

After the run, we all load up our cars on trailers, say goodbye to many many friends, thank the railroad crewmen for their help (and we give a "good" tip to our guide in addition to the railroad fee and his regular pay BTW). Railroad crews acting as our pilot usually bring along their family to enjoy the unique experience. It's fun! Most of the riders and operators are more "railroad-wise, educated tourista" than railfans which always seems odd to me but at least I am not fighting for a place in the photo-op lineup and I get shots that only railroad crews can get.

William "Maddog" Kozel

Tip Of The Iceberg 8

The three sawmill images were from slides I took in 1972 at Jess Elliot's Sawmill. This was located in Modena, NY. While they cut large beams for post and beam construction the specialty was hardwoods: You could get Oak, Cherry, Black Walnut cut to order. There was even Wormy Chestnut to be had. As long as it was available I used for making picture frames. Our cutting board, to this day, is a slab of Walnut (10X14X2") I got there. The operation was powered by a gas engine with leather belts connecting to the blades. Make what you will of the safety issues back then.

I make no pretense to being a serious railfan photographer (I haven't the patience, or the stamina) but, given the years and the time spent trackside I have come up with a lot of favorites. These were all shot close to home on the East Side of the Hudson;
Amtrak Turbo 154 SB at the Poughkeepsie station 12-81. A bit more snow than this past Winter.

Metro North E8 495 SB at Poughkeepsie 3-84. Impatience I said!. I was losing sun and just stopped the car on the overpass south of the station to make this grab shot. Thankfully there was no traffic behind me.

Amtrak F40PH NB at Rhinecliff 8-81. Our old Kingston house appears in the string of houses on the opposite side of the Hudson.

Hope you all find something enjoyable.

Wayne Sittner

Final shift at the historic SOO Line Building

I just got home from working my final shift at the historic SOO Line Building. CP is moving its US operating headquarters from the 1915 built SLB to a more modern office building on the same block, which was recently christened Canadian Pacific Plaza. On Saturday, administrative offices made the move. The crew callers moved Sunday. On Monday, the Minnesota, Dakota and Portal desks were moved. Tuesday and Wednesday saw the movement of the DM&E desks and this morning, the Elgin, C&M, Wisconsin and River Desks transferred to the new building. As usual, the D&H was last. A week ago, there were 14 dispatchers, five chief dispatchers, eight crew callers, two caller managers and two superintendents on each shift. When I arrived at work this afternoon, all that was left was the D&H North, D&H South and the NEUS Chief all huddled together in the back corner of a now empty and half dismantled office. George Costanza's quote from Seinfeld, "Its like Hitler's last days in here!", seemed quite appropriate.

One interesting thing I realized is that today will probably be the only day in my career where I will have worked in a dedicated D&H office! Tomorrow I report to CP Plaza to rejoin the rest of my coworkers in our new digs.

Here is one last look at the SOO Line building.

Here's the view that I've been enjoying for the last 7 years. Looking roughly north out of the D&H South office towards the Mississippi River. I'll miss watching BNSF, TC&W, UP and Northstar trains on BNSF's Wayzata Sub, which were visible directly above the brown parking garage at right center. I could also catch glimpses of CP trains at Camden and BNSF trains at Northtown Yard.

 A view of the Milwaukee Road depot from the SOO Line building.

 A look down the classic marble stairwell towards the basement.

The last of the Mohicans! Chief DS Jon Gutzler keeps an eye on the railroad while Gordy and I enjoy our last night at the SLB.

The official Olan Mills portrait of veteran D&H DS Gordy Smith and yours truly at the end of our shift.

Remember to turn out the lights when you leave...

Thursday was the last day I worked in the SOO Line Building in Minneapolis. The SOO sold the historic building several years ago and Canadian Pacific leased office space for their U.S. operations. However, the building was sold last year and the new owners want to convert the building into condos, so they assisted CP in relocating to another downtown building. Luckily, we are moving right next door on the same block to what is now called One Financial Plaza, but in August it will be christened Canadian Pacific Plaza. History played out as the D&H dispatchers were the last to move from Milwaukee to Minneapolis into the SOO Line Building in 1999; and as the offices were transferred into our new headquarters, the D&H was the last to be moved. Attached are pictures taken by my co-worker Jim House who works the D&H South end. The new building is ultra modern but the individual dispatchers offices are very small compared to what we are leaving, and as Jim says, we have no windows in our offices. Thought you’d like to see some of the pics that Jim took on our last day at the SLB. This will be the 4^th move of dispatchers offices in my career, from our office in Colonie to the temporary offices in Schenectady at Maxon Road, then on to Milwaukee when we consolidated with the SOO dispatchers in 1993, then to Minneapolis, and now next door. Rest assured, this WILL be the final move of my career!!

Gordy Smith

D Thirty Fun!

Perhaps some of my earlier shots were a bit nostalgic: I was looking for scenes of railroads similar to those captured by Link 60 years ago (to make matters worse, his photography was retro for his time). I wanted to find something uniquely modern … the concrete overpass!

The D&H’s Albany Main runs in a concrete canyon between the lanes of 787. I loved the idea of shooting the train as it runs under a mass of concrete and steel. Something other than black sky was an exciting prospect. However, with the Port on one side of 787 and downtown on the other I couldn’t really imagine setting up the lights and standing around for a couple hours without getting hassled.

That’s when I noticed a huge overpass were I-90 passes over the Albany Main, north of downtown in the warehouse district. Things are pretty empty up there at night and I figured things would be more my speed – I guess I knew the police would show up anyway.

A few minutes after getting some gear on the ground, the scene filled with red and blue lights. “Do you have permission to shoot here?” “Permission? No. I’m just going to shoot from the side of the road here.” After he was on his way, I figured that everything was going pretty well. However, a few minutes later an unmarked car showed up, “What’s going on here tonight?” And then another car showed up.

And that’s how I met my 2^nd Railroad Special Agent. He ran my ID and noticed I’d been stopped by a colleague of his a few weeks ago. The train showed up right on schedule and I was able to get the shot I’d planned as the police checked out my car and lighting gear.

Here’s a shot of CP train D-31 just out of Kenwood Yard in Albany on its way to Cohoes and Waterford. The crew is checking out the scene I accidentally created as they head towards their switching work a few miles to the North. Rob Dennis was the conductor.

William Gill

Accord, NY on the O&W 1970-2012

I was inspired by Bill Shaumburg's three "time lapse" parings of Chicago to again show a subject as it appears with the passage of time. The Shaughnessy Files "Farewell, Old Woman" (in the current issue of Classic Trains) reminded me of my own O&W "files" so, off we go:

My first exposure to the O&W came in 1970 when I was living in Stone Ridge, NY. This is a small town not far from the Kingston Branch. The entire route from Summitville to Kingston was/is strung with small villages that had been served by rail. Like 100's (maybe 1,000's) of towns across the country they all had a small town center that included some rail served businesses. Accord and the other towns on the branch were all rural farming communities so the business were almost all a combination of coal, lumber and feed. Each with it's own unique and interesting architecture, I might add.

In the first set of pictures I took in Accord (1969-70) the passenger destination signs were still intact on the exterior of the station by the waiting room door. (What a dream for the collector of O&W memorabilia!) Notice they're all for boarding houses in Kerhonkson. Kerhonkson was actually just a couple miles below Accord. It had it's own station and freight house. Interesting!. Over the years I explored every town on the line but, when the urge to model something took hold I came back to Accord. Not only was it the archetype for a small rail served town, I had a close friend that grew up just a few houses down from the station. His stories of climbing on the box cars spotted at Anderson's Feeds and other adventures painted a powerful and inspirational picture. In 1982 he and I measured every building at Andersons, the station itself and we paced off the spacing between each structure. I spent several weeks on the mechanical drawings and many months scratchbuilding each model. What I finally acheived was an uncompromised or foreshortened model of the site in a 2X7' module. 

Back in 1982 the station was empty, as were many others on the line. There was still much O&W "paper" laying about to be recycled into a raifans collection and Anderson Feed's was still operating. Athough the coal business was finished the coal pocket was still operable. The main street had many buildings that once housed stores, a car repair shop complete with a 40's era gas pump but, the acutal businesses had moved a few 100 yards over to Rt 209. I've kept track (no pun) of Accord over the years as the old buildings on the old main street have been re-purposed. The town got a new and very large fire station that was built on the site where the town garage once stood. I don't know how things worked for fire protection years ago when the warning bell or siren was atop the feed mill tower and the engine was housed in a small nearby garage. It's fun to piece together scenarios of what was from what remains.

I've gotten enough requests to see more pictures of the diorama that I thought maybe a forward to all contacts was in order. As many of you know, the diorama only exists in pictures now. I have a box of slides taken from every angle imaginable and Walters included a number of these in their 1985 catalog. Here are a few others you might enjoy.  

Enjoy, Wayne Sittner

Had to run some errands for the shop. On my way to my first stop in East Greenbush I ran past the Port of Albany to see what was going on and noticed a loaded #642 ethanol waiting at Green Street to be moved Kenwood Yard.  After grabbing a shot of #642 it was off to Greenbush and then Brunswick and back to the shop. Lots of work going on at Kenwood Yard and at Erie Street.

Dean J. Splittgerber
Duanesburg, NY

The 600 with Rob Dennis

Rarely do “special dimensional” moves live up to expectations at night. For one thing, they usually run in daylight! LOL! Train 600 had been advertised for quite a while, amid the starts and cancellations of scheduling. High/wide moves are not unusual in the Albany area with the Port right there and GE nearby, but this train 600 was routed up the D&H North End! Very unusual. With the North End recently cleared of obstructions to operate all sizes of double stack containers, this special dimensional consist would not be a concern. But, the train kept being cancelled. Thursday night, it finally happened! And............ it operated at night behind a pair of SD 40-2s! Having made prior arrangements with Port Henrys Justice of the Peace, Brain Venne to open up the station in order to turn on the lights inside, I called Brian to inquire of my chances of getting this done tonight. Brian, to his credit, answered my request at 23:00.............”When will you be there?” I replied, one o’clock, and he said “okay”! Not only did this short conversation set in motion the treat of shooting the photogenic station with a working, active look to it, Brian himself also presented the opportunity to add the human element to the night photo, as he agreed to pose for me! Rarely, do night photos go as smoothly as tonights would. Arriving early at the station, I set up the lights outside while Brian turned them on inside! Finished with my lighting, I was checking out the views from the running boards of the RS-18 exhibited trackside while talking with Brian when the detector thirteen miles away to our south at Fort Ticonderoga went off, after its message of no defects, the crew acknowledged, identifying themselves as CP 600! I picked out my spot to shoot from on board the RS-18, then the lighting system attempted to entertain by two light stands collapsing on their own! It was a sound I was familiar with and visited the offenders to make adjustments, hoping at the same time this was not some “spirits” we had driven from the now lit up station interior idea of a joke! Quiet returned thankfully, and several minutes later we heard the faint air horn to our south announcing CP 600 at Burdicks Crossing. Still, we both were deceived as the pair of SD 40-2s drifted along the lakeside trackage into Port Henry! Knowing better than to wander away from the camera, I identified the low rumble, and Brian asked where I wanted him in the photo as the crossing signals went off just south of us confirming it was “train time” again! After a couple zig zags, Brian was good, and headlights were spotted through the trees! An awareness flash is fired off for the crew. Life is grand at moments such as this. Climbing up around the curve and past the station into position came a newly painted CP 5690 trailed by 5677 and the unique consist! I click away shooting the entire train as it passes. Not until after the dust settles, so to speak, do I notice the conductor Rob Dennis, returning Brians wave! Very nice! And the consist, check out those unique eight axle flat cars, with their springs depressed? Yes, I would say those modules are some heavy! The station, with its interior lit up compliments the passing train and Brian waving. Brain can be credited with playing a major role in obtaining the RS-18 1800 from CP to display here, then painted it! Shot in Port Henry, NY on March 30, 2012 at 01:57 with the 5D and Zeiss ZF 28/2 lens set at f2. Special thanks of course to the Honorable Brian Venne for his help! Please enjoy! Comments are welcomed.

All The Best In 2012;

Gary Knapp