An AirTrain monorail performs a low-level flyby at Newark International Airport. A Railroad: AirTrain NewarkLocomotive: MonorailLocation: Newark, New Jersey, USALocomotive #: UnknownTrain ID: UnknownPhoto Date: March, 2011
Traveling at well over a hundred mph, this is one Amtrak Corridor train that does not stop at the Cornwells Heights Station just outside of Philadelphia. Please stay behind the yellow line... (more)
Amtrak AEM-7 No. 939 in a pan captured at 1/50th.
A pair of "Toasters" led by AEM-7 No. 931 race through Croydon, PA, ducking the 105 mph speed restriction signs while they pass the station on the express track. A zoom pan captured bac... (more)
Moving at a good clip! A 1/13th zoom pan.
A late evening Amtrak Acela captured in a zoom-pan at 1/25th, eastbound, through Bensalem, PA, passing Cornwells Heights station on the express track.
Amtrak's AEM-7 No. 948 in pan shot at 1/50th captured in Bristol Township, PA back in 2014.
An ACS-46 Sprint'n! A pan at 1/80th.
Traveling at well over 100 mph, an Acela Express sure covers a lot of ground in a 50th of a second! Captured here southbound (railroad west) a pan shot featuring Acela Express #2013 racing throug... (more)
Amtrak Acela #2016 captured tack sharp in a pan at 1/60th.
Interestingly, this is my first and only shot of #2016 on RP. Equally interesting - this makes for only the 8th appearance of #2016 ... (more)
Tack sharp at 1/60th - a pan shot featuring AMTK No. 615 westbound through Bristol Township, PA.
A Swedish meatball in a pan.
130+ MPH on the Corridor! A Railroad: AmtrakLocomotive: Bombardier/Alstom Acela Express TrainsetLocation: New Brunswick, New Jersey, USALocomotive #: AMTK 2004Train ID: UnknownPhoto Date: May, 2010
Acela Express "golden hour" pan at 1/60th - eastbound through Bristol Township, Pennsylvania.
To Wilmington and Beyond!
An Amtrak Regional Express buzzes through Philadelphia, bound for Wilmington, DE, and beyond, in an evening Railroad: AmtrakLocomotive: Siemens ACS-64Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USALocomotive #: AMTK 652Train ID: UnknownPhoto Date: September 28, 2019
Coors Light - eat your heart out! A Railroad: AmtrakLocomotive: ASEA AEM-7DCLocation: Hamilton, New Jersey, USALocomotive #: AMTK 937Train ID: UnknownPhoto Date: February 22, 2011
A late evening Acela races west through New Brunswick, NJ, ducking the surviving PRR era signal bridge while en route to Trenton and points south. Slight zoom pan at 1/500th, but only to keep ISO... (more)
With the city skyline as backdrop, an Amtrak Regional Express makes a late night sprint through Philadelphia, PA, bound for Wilmington, DE in this Railroad: AmtrakLocomotive: Siemens ACS-64Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USALocomotive #: AMTK 607Train ID: UnknownPhoto Date: January 10, 2016
Places to go, people to meet - Amtrak's Acela Express races the sun southbound past Perryville en route to Washington, D.C. A zoom Railroad: AmtrakLocomotive: Bombardier/Alstom Acela Express TrainsetLocation: Perryville, Maryland, USALocomotive #: AMTK 2036Train ID: UnknownPhoto Date: October 23, 2011
To Wilmington, post haste! A Railroad: AmtrakLocomotive: ASEA AEM-7Location: Perryville, Maryland, USALocomotive #: AMTK 916Train ID: UnknownPhoto Date: November 11, 2011
Train watching - Corridor style! A zoom-pan captured at 1/6th. Click here for a... (more)
A late evening Amtrak Regional Express sprints through Bristol, PA, on the express track, captured by the station in a Railroad: AmtrakLocomotive: Siemens ACS-64Location: Bristol, Pennsylvania, USALocomotive #: AMTK 625Train ID: UnknownPhoto Date: February 03, 2020
AMTK No. 658 races west through Secaucus, NJ, just shy of the Portal Bridge, en route to Newark, NJ and points south. Captured in a Railroad: AmtrakLocomotive: Siemens ACS-64Location: Secaucus, New Jersey, USALocomotive #: AMTK 658Train ID: UnknownPhoto Date: July 14, 2019
Pan Shot
I always seem to have better luck with trains then weather these days. From the very start, I knew exactly how a recent visit to Princeton junction would Railroad: AmtrakLocomotive: ASEA AEM-7Location: West Windsor, New Jersey, USALocomotive #: AMTK 947Train ID: UnknownPhoto Date: April, 2013
A FISH EYE pan of an Amtrak Regional Express!
Yup - wrap your mind around that, lol. Utilizing my 8-15 mm fish-eye lens, I managed a second fish-eye Railroad: AmtrakLocomotive: Siemens ACS-64Location: Bristol, Pennsylvania, USALocomotive #: AMTK 665Train ID: UnknownPhoto Date: August 09, 2019
Into the Night
AMTK No. 2002 races into the night at 125 mph, east through Bristol, PA, in a Railroad: AmtrakLocomotive: Bombardier/Alstom Acela Express TrainsetLocation: Bristol, Pennsylvania, USALocomotive #: AMTK 2002Train ID: UnknownPhoto Date: August 27, 2019
Twilight's last more)
Amtrak's Acela at 125 mph captured in a pan at 1/30th through Levittown, PA.
The finish line
Amtrak's Acela No. 2000, the first in a series of 20 power cars, built between 1998 and 2001, nears a finish line in 2021, with the introduction of the new "Avelia Li... (more)
Amtrak "American Cities Sprinter" No. 614 in a pan shot captured at dusk, westbound through Bristol, PA.
Got Things To Do, People To See, Places To Go...
Amtrak's Acela Express captured in Tullytown, PA in a Railroad: AmtrakLocomotive: Bombardier/Alstom Acela Express TrainsetLocation: Tullytown, Pennsylvania, USALocomotive #: AMTK 2037Train ID: UnknownPhoto Date: September 21, 2019
Highball!
Amtrak's AMTK No. 667 captured in a pan at 1/80th... no, let's make it 1/60th. Better yet - 1/20th, sprinting eastbound through Bristol, PA.
Have camera, will pan...
AMTK No. 2024 in a Railroad: AmtrakLocomotive: Bombardier/Alstom Acela Express TrainsetLocation: Bristol, Pennsylvania, USALocomotive #: AMTK 2024Train ID: UnknownPhoto Date: July 29, 2019
"Stand Back!" "Train Approaching"
Amtrak's Acela captured at Cornwells Heights station in a nighttime zoom pan at a shutter speed of 1/30th.
Bullet Train! Amtrak Acela Express #2038 captured at speed at 1/25th of a second in a Railroad: AmtrakLocomotive: Bombardier/Alstom Acela Express TrainsetLocation: Andalusia, Pennsylvania, USALocomotive #: AMTK 2038Train ID: UnknownPhoto Date: November 09, 2014
Dog in a Zoom Pan - or; Dog on a Billboard. Either way, the Acela is the actual focal point of the shot, all else somewhat blurry, no doubt due to the fact that dogs don't wear glasses... Amtrak... (more)
On a frigid day in March, an Acela Expess barrels south along the NEC passing "Old Glory" and ducking the signal bridge at Croydon, PA, bound for Philadelphia. A zoom-pan captured at 1/... (more)
AMTK No. 612, captured in a Railroad: AmtrakLocomotive: Siemens ACS-64Location: Tullytown, Pennsylvania, USALocomotive #: AMTK 612Train ID: UnknownPhoto Date: August 31, 2019
Two Amtrak Acela Express's captured in a first ever "zoom-pass" pan shot at Eddystone, Pennsylvania. No. 2012 is leading the northbound to Philadelphia while No. 2039 pushes on the rear of the so... (more)
"Old #18" is alive and well running a series of trips through the countryside and farmlands that have remained virtually unchanged since the line was originally laid in the 1880's. A 1/6th more)
It's alive!!
The Baldwin #60000 in a zoom Railroad: Baldwin Locomotive WorksLocomotive: Steam 4-10-2Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USALocomotive #: BLW 60000Train ID: UnknownPhoto Date: May 23, 2010
Another from the archives -
Back in the day, when you could still find the B&O running EMD F units daily, in West Virginia, there was a guy who was working on a technique called the " more)
Black River & Western 2-8-0 #60 captured in a pan at 1/6th.
Look, up by the lake! Faster then a speeding photographer, more powerful then a GP9... Steamtown 's 3254 Mikado at speed. A pan at 1/30th.
Boy, the Holiday season comes fast around these parts! A zoom pan at 1/6th under cloudy skies.
A crew member rakes the cinders and coals from the ash pan of Canadian Pacific No. 2317. This removes the excess accumulated ash and keeps the firebox draft properly flowing allowing oxygen to th... (more)
An at speed ZOOM PANmore)
CN #3254 raced into history December 2nd making what could be her last trip for some time - possibly several years, if not decades. I consider myself very fortunate in having had several opportun... (more)
CNJ #113 thunders through the town of Schuylkill Haven with a six car consist - the sound was incredible as the locomotive's diminutive 51" drivers spun like mad in an ef... (more)
Left Superman behind hours ago... a pan at 1/6th.
Built for speed! Chicago, Burlington & Qunicy's E-5 "Silver Pilot". A pan at 1/6th by yours truly. One of my all time favorite diesel engines.
I take this box car, to have and to hold, to cherish and protect, for better and for worse, for richer and for poorer, in sickness and in health, 'till rust do we part. A Pan shotmore)
The culture of the Western Maryland survives today at CSX as evidenced by this "Fast Freight" captured in Yardley, PA. A zoom pan at 1/8th.
Here's an old pan I took back before I was even born, featuring DRG&W #485, scrapped in 1955. This photo is not possible to take today (but it was last week after #489 dressed as #485 for a day, ... (more)
Highball to Mt Union! A pan at 1/5th.
Pan shot of EBT 15 as she marks her return to steam in through the foliage of the 2005 season close. Railroad: East Broad TopLocomotive: Steam 2-8-2Location: Orbisonia, Pennsylvania, USALocomotive #: EBT 15Train ID: UnknownPhoto Date: October, 2005
An evening pan. One of my favorite photos in BW.
A profile shot of Everett 2-6-0 No. 11 - captured in a pan shot at 1/500th of a second - one of my fastest ever shutter speeds used for a steam locomotive pan... ; )
Morning Highball!
Everett Railroad's 2-6-0 Mogul No. 11 has the highball and accelerates through the town of Hollidaysburg, PA with a morning commuter train bound for Roaring Sprin... (more)
Everett Railroad's 1920 built Alco 2-6-0 Mogul shows no sign of her age as she roars through Hollidaysburg, PA with a two car commuter train captured here in a "zoom-pan"... (more)
Carpe diem! GCRY #4960 is at her game at 5:30 AM as she storms by a photo line of felicitous photographers during a Lerro Productions charter at the Grand Canyon Railway. A pan at... (more)
Great Western #90 in a pan at 1/15th.
Great Western #60 gets the highball - a pan at 1/6th. Taken during a Lerro Productions charter featuring Black River and Western's former GW #60 dressed in the livery she wore when purchased ion ... (more)
Illinois Central 1950 Caboose #9926
A railfan enjoys the view from open window of an Illinois Central red caboose, seen here in action in a pan at 1/13th. IC #9926 was built in 1950.
Illinois Central 1937 Box Car #41390
Color photograph from my collection -captured here in a pan, a 1937 steel box car built for the Illinois Central Railroad - the Main Line of Mid-Ameri... (more)
New life for former Jitong Railway QJ #6988 seen here at speed in this pan photo taken not in China but amazingly, Eastbound enroute to Bureau, IL. Railroad: Iowa Interstate RailroadLocomotive: Steam 2-10-2Location: Atkinson, Illinois, USALocomotive #: IAIS 6988Train ID: UnknownPhoto Date: September 16, 2006
IAIS QJ #6988 double heads an Amtrak heritage locomotive across the bridge over the Moscow River. This was one of the few spots along the route that chasers were able to catch up to the train. A... (more)
As if wound up from a reverse move North, LS&I #33 charges South en route to Morgan Run with a thoroughly satisfied group of passengers. Many thanks to Jerry Jacobson - keep chugg'n! A 1/15th c... (more)
L&N #152 making excellent time on her way to Boston, KY. A pan shot at 1/13th. For more panned photos Railroad: Louisville & NashvilleLocomotive: Steam 4-6-2Location: New Haven, Kentucky, USALocomotive #: LN 152Train ID: UnknownPhoto Date: August, 2008
In a cautious race to Boston, KY, L&N 152 gives quite the challenge arriving only seconds behind me prior to running around it's consist on the siding just ahead. A crisp Zoom panmore)
Pan shot of MCRR RR #18 prior to reaching Bartle, CA.
Rush hour at Hoboken Terminal! A zoom pan captured at 1/6th.
Jointed rail, wood ties, and a large beautiful Midwestern Northern at speed - Pete Lerro put on quite a production along with the eager anticipation and cooperation of Steve Sandburg, the Milwauke... (more)
Milwaukee Road #261 in a pan shot, caught between 2 QJ's and a near solid consist of Milwaukee Road passenger cars. BW Photo.
Pan Shot Early American attempts to break the rail speed record were made at Mt Washington but speeds in excess of 20 mph were not achieved. It was believed the downhill runs... (more)
A blast from the past! NH #3025 bursts through the foliage in a rainy day Railroad: New HavenLocomotive: Steam 2-8-2Location: Essex, Connecticut, USALocomotive #: VALE 3025 Train ID: Lerro CharterPhoto Date: May 22, 2012
A blast from the past!
NH&I #40 captured in a zoom pan at 1/5th f/7.1.
Pan shot of the NHIRR Baldwin #40 2-8-0 seen here dressed up and slightly altered to resemble her Lancaster and Chester heritage. Photo taken Saturday, January 28th 2006.
Time flies when you are having a good time! An engineer in training smiles wide for the camera in a pan taken at 1/6th of a second.
The New Hope and Ivyland Railroad offers direct express service from New Hope to Lashaska, non-stop, 7 days a week in the Summer. An engineeer's side pan at 1/6th.
A classy looking train at speed on the New Hope and Ivyland Railroad. A pan at 1/6th.
Meep, meep! A Railroad: New Hope & IvylandLocomotive: Steam 2-8-0Location: Lahaska, Pennsylvania, USALocomotive #: NHRR 40Train ID: UnknownPhoto Date: October 21, 2012
Wheels in motion! Pan shot. bw
Steam at it's best - New York, Susquehanna & Western T&HS's #142 seen here in a Railroad: New York, Susquehanna & Western (NYS&W)Locomotive: Steam 2-8-2Location: Phillipsburg, New Jersey, USALocomotive #: BDR 142Train ID: UnknownPhoto Date: June, 2006
Leader of the pack! NKP #765 struts her stuff leading a pack of chasers on an excursion to LaCrosse, IN. No doubt, all those chasers paid for a ticket and elected to chase instead. A zoo... (more)
Catch me if you can! A zoom pan taken at 1/10th of a second.
"Nickel Plate High Speed Service" Apparently, the tag line applies to it's passenger service as well. A Railroad: Nickel Plate RoadLocomotive: Steam 2-8-4Location: Bannister, Michigan, USALocomotive #: NKP 765Train ID: UnknownPhoto Date: July 25, 2009
It's early dawn and the morning parade of heavy freight manifests begin rolling through America's heartland. NKP #765 along with PM #1225 team up in a double-headed pan... (more)
A good 'ol fashion runby! It's 1958 and the Nickel Plate Railroad is about to retire #765 but not without one last hurrah. Fans gather by Carland's Elevator with their Rolleiflex, ... (more)
