Extracurricular Activities - a photo on Flickriver

Extracurricular Activities

            This past May while I was in the town of Grottoes, VA MCing their annual bluegrass festival, I had seen where a flared SD70MAC locomotive would lead westbound grain empties up Buckingham Branch’s North Mountain Subdivision in mint early evening light. Considering that I had some downtime, and the lighting gave me a motive, I decided to give my good friend Brady a call and see if he wanted to give chase. The rest was history.

Here we see the train between Fishersville and Staunton, at a location known as Plecker Hill. This is a fairly undershot location, and one that I think deserves some more attention. With the road paralleling the tracks for about a mile, there’s plenty of different compositions to be had here, and it’s a nice alternative to the spot in the town of Fishersville and the often popular station in historic Staunton. (5/16/24)

Taken in: United States / Virginia / Briarwood (show map)

Taken on: May 16, 2024

Tags:

csx

rail

train

shenandoah

valley

virginia

grain

c&o

north mountain

buckingham branch

staunton

fishersville « less

Groups appears in: • CSX • Anything trains more » • Buckingham Branch Railroad • CSX Railfans • The Best of CSX • Railroads of Virginia • Railfan Atlas « less

Camera: Nikon D3500, f/7.1, 1/800 sec, 82mm (=123mm), ISO 200 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Nikon D3500
Lens:	70.0-300.0 mm f/4.5-6.3
Aperture:	f/7.1
Exposure Time:	0.001 sec (1/800)
Focal Length:	82mm (35mm equivalent: 123mm)
ISO:	200
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Manual
Exposure Mode:	Manual
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Auto
Saturation:	High
Sharpness:	Hard
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	Adobe Lightroom 6.4 (Windows)
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