Here it is!!!!, click below, yeah I know my name is different on youtube I have some more train videos.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xXmJimjcGfo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xXmJimjcGfo
RARE Consist that I got ON TAPE!!!!
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Norfolkwesternman
I like Submarines&Trainz
rare it is
Yeah, no offense, but it might help if you stood a bit further back from the tracks...but the hammerhead is a nice catch!
rather unnecessary, 25 bucks can get you a servicable tripod, i have a cheap 25 dollar one, hardly the greatest but its good if you are on a low budget, and if you dont want to carry around a heavy tripod, being able to set up in less than a minute is also a plus. Ive used a professional grade tripod before and they are HEAVY!
I thought $80 was the cheap one VirtualBeechGrove
Virtual Amtrak
Haha your going to cook chicken n' biscuits for a living.
VirtualBeechGrove
Virtual Amtrak
I would indeed like fries with that
hpoznanski
Splat, I hit alps!
Hammerheads dont have wide cabs or C trucks. they're 8-32B's. 
OMG_internet
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Good catch there, and a good effort, but as said, you could improve.
You should try and get more of the train in, by filming looking more down the train, like from 1:10 onwards, and, as mentioned, you should try standing a little further back from the train if you are going to film it like that
Although you don't actually need a tripod - Shameless self plug! I was still walking in the first few seconds of that
But, actually, sometimes I just improvise; holding the camera against a pillar, or resting on something, sometimes even just sitting on my knee if theres a seat
You should try improvising, it can be interesting trying to find a good place to use before the train arrives/departs/passes
You should try and get more of the train in, by filming looking more down the train, like from 1:10 onwards, and, as mentioned, you should try standing a little further back from the train if you are going to film it like that
Although you don't actually need a tripod - Shameless self plug! I was still walking in the first few seconds of that
But, actually, sometimes I just improvise; holding the camera against a pillar, or resting on something, sometimes even just sitting on my knee if theres a seat
You should try improvising, it can be interesting trying to find a good place to use before the train arrives/departs/passes
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ex-railwayman
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I've just watched your video diesel9 and the train went past so damn quickly I couldn't make out what it was. I suppose you call it a hammerhead because the loco was back to front? Is that correct for us non-Americans still learning.....:hehe:
Cheerz. ex-railwayman.
Cheerz. ex-railwayman.
That's a way to confuse things as the Hammerhead was the nickname of a LV RS3 with high short hoo, might have been a few others.
Lead locomotive is a Dash 9-40CW by number #9558 according to a recently updated roster, hard to catch the other two, freezing the picture shows the cab number as a blur.
Lead locomotive is a Dash 9-40CW by number #9558 according to a recently updated roster, hard to catch the other two, freezing the picture shows the cab number as a blur.
Hammerheads dont have wide cabs or C trucks. they're 8-32B's.
I always thought that (in this context) a hammerhead could be any wide-cab hood unit running long-hood forward...
ex-railwayman
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So the loco is running back to front with the wide cab hood unit leading that looks similar to a Hammerhead Shark's nose, yeah, I think I've got it now.......:hehe:
Thanks everyone.
Cheerz. ex-railwayman. :wave:
Thanks everyone.
Cheerz. ex-railwayman. :wave:
To Diesel9
Instead of a tripod, why not try a monopod, one leg adjustable stand. In some ways they are more adaptable than a tripod when panning is required.
Also they can be carried on one hand without effort, and set up in a couple of seconds.
Best of luck with your endevours.
Instead of a tripod, why not try a monopod, one leg adjustable stand. In some ways they are more adaptable than a tripod when panning is required.
Also they can be carried on one hand without effort, and set up in a couple of seconds.
Best of luck with your endevours.
this is not a complaint, just a question. i am guessing that 1 of 2 things happened.
1) the engine that was in the lead was bad order and they either set it out or switched the engine consist to put the backwards one in the lead.
2)the ns used to make engines with the long hood end as the leading end in case of an accident, maybe this is the case in some places.
the horsehead, is that in reference to a decal on the engine? or the shape of the locomotive?
1) the engine that was in the lead was bad order and they either set it out or switched the engine consist to put the backwards one in the lead.
2)the ns used to make engines with the long hood end as the leading end in case of an accident, maybe this is the case in some places.
the horsehead, is that in reference to a decal on the engine? or the shape of the locomotive?
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