East Broad Top, Today No. 1 – Photo for Nov. 22

As I wrote in the previous post, I have revisited Mount Union to take photos of what is left of the East Broad Top Railroad yard. The last time I was there, it was overcast and I used my infrared digital camera to take a series of photos. Many of the coal cars are still there, many of them in what is now a new growth woods. The buildings however have disappeared except for the engine house.

East Broad Top Railroad, Mount Union, PA, No. 1

East Broad Top Railroad, Mount Union, PA, No. 1

East Broad Top RR, Mt. Union – Photo for Nov. 21

This photo was taken in 1969 or 1970 and shows the abandoned yard of the East Broad Top Railroad in Mount Union, PA. I will at some time in the future rescan this negative and attempt to get more depth. I visited the site again twice in the past two years, 2010 and 2011. The buildings are all gone except the engine house, but most of the rails and cars are still there among what is now new growth woods. I will post a few photos of this, maybe one tomorrow. I also posted an interesting photo from the other end of the line recently.

East Broad Top RR, Mt. Union

Fun Panoramic Photos – Photo(s) for Nov. 19

Here is a couple other unusual panoramic photos. These are from a small Sony camera I have that has a panoramic setting. Sometimes I just play with this interesting feature.

Footprints - A Panoramic Photo

Footprints - A Panoramic Photo

The above photo I took as I walked down a trail in the woods with the camera set on the panoramic mode. Below, it is fun to take photo of movement as you pan, in this case one of the horses creates a second head as he moves side to side.

Two Headed Horse Panoramic

Two Headed Horse Panoramic

 

Spinner Camera First Go Around – Photo for Nov. 18

This little camera I think will be a lot of fun and wanted to share a couple of the first photos I took with it.

Beach Spinner No. 1

Beach Spinner No. 1

You have to work a little on technique, watch you hand, your hat and make sure you get it to go all the way around.

Brunswick, GA Shrimp Boats No. 1

Brunswick, GA Shrimp Boats No. 1

This photo of Shrimp Boats in Brunswick, Ga shows actually a little over 360 degrees. Still have to work on composition…

Sonny, Hagerstown, MD – Photo for Nov. 16

Sonny Barnes was, according to my conversation with him, a WW II veteran with the 82nd Airborne. When I met him and took this photo, he apparently was sleeping in an old passenger car in downtown Hagerstown, Maryland. This was in 1970. I often wonder what happened to Sonny. Will post more photos of Sonny someday when I rescan this series of negatives and clean them up a bit.

Sonny Barnes, Hagerstown, Maryland

Sonny Barnes, Hagerstown, Maryland