I spent a lot of time shuffling up and down the line between Whareroa and Wanganui last week, and naturally during the course of each day there were opportunities to grab a photo or two for posterity.
Sometimes I wonder if I dont have some sort of O.C.D and sad addiction as I just cant help but take photos! Its not just at work though, as my family and friends will attest - Drew always has a camera with him...... maybe I am unknowingly part Japanese??
That said, despite my addiction I think my life is quite balanced despite the Palmy driver I changed over with on Friday calling me a "sad c*nt" when I pulled out my camera.....
Talking of camera's, this week I left the trusty Canon at home and took my wifes new Fuji Finepix XP50 instead to see what it can do. All the photos in this post were taken with it and I think it has not done too bad a job. The XP50 is apparently waterproof to 5m, shock proof, and an all round rough'n'tumble camera that is touted to be able to take the knocks and such - perfect for a clumsy train driver such as myself.
I have found it takes some fine pictures, but looses its depth of field pretty quickly when zoomed in on a scene. Low light is ok provided you can get it to focus on something and have a tripod or substitute handy. Its here that my Canon excels and is a lot more "driveable" if you will.
Anyways, below is a bit of a round up of the weeks efforts....
Sometimes I wonder if I dont have some sort of O.C.D and sad addiction as I just cant help but take photos! Its not just at work though, as my family and friends will attest - Drew always has a camera with him...... maybe I am unknowingly part Japanese??
That said, despite my addiction I think my life is quite balanced despite the Palmy driver I changed over with on Friday calling me a "sad c*nt" when I pulled out my camera.....
Talking of camera's, this week I left the trusty Canon at home and took my wifes new Fuji Finepix XP50 instead to see what it can do. All the photos in this post were taken with it and I think it has not done too bad a job. The XP50 is apparently waterproof to 5m, shock proof, and an all round rough'n'tumble camera that is touted to be able to take the knocks and such - perfect for a clumsy train driver such as myself.
I have found it takes some fine pictures, but looses its depth of field pretty quickly when zoomed in on a scene. Low light is ok provided you can get it to focus on something and have a tripod or substitute handy. Its here that my Canon excels and is a lot more "driveable" if you will.
Anyways, below is a bit of a round up of the weeks efforts....
Pre dawn at Patea with 543, waiting to cross 540.
Changed over onto 526, 543 pulls into the loop at Kai Iwi.
Tamper 214 in the service siding at Kai Iwi.
Regulator 296 also hiding at Kai Iwi.
543 on the grade at Waitotara.
Rusty Red Rocket 4571 on the front of my 526.
526 at Patea.
545 on Waitotara hill.
528 pulls up on the loop at East Town, Wanganui. 545 on the main.
Ahh the cheesy wedge :-)
I was the first train to be officially signalled through the CTC at Manutahi :-) (small things I know...)
Green up! Points are "high speed" and we are allowed to do 40km/h through them when leaving the loop. (only low speed when entering though)
521 departing Stratford.
Ex Auckland ratty bucket of bolts. Sounded great though and had working dynamic brakes! (woot!)
Classic GM power humming away. (Patea)
This week at work is a bit hodge-podge so until next time..
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