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Potluck...

            It was late in the afternoon before I became freed up to go take a ride up along CSX's Henderson subdivision and it wasn't looking very promising all the way from Guthrie, Kentucky to just south of Crofton when I passed this mixed-bag heading towards Nashville.  Led by AC60CW #631, this four-unit lashup also included SD70MAC #741, AC4400CW #109, and an SW1500 switcher (#1107) that apparently spends time in both Evansville, IN and Nashville, TN.  It ended up being a rather murky sky and lighting, as well, but the sun half-heartedly popped through just south of Sadlersville, Tennessee as it was setting, resulting in this capture as they begin down the grade to the Red River bridge (3-21-2012).

I'm experimenting with shooting more RAW files and playing with some additional settings to try to overcome some noise and white balance issues...  While not entirely pleased with those that resulted from today's outing, shooting RAW files truly seems to be the way to go for the most versatility in post-processing.  Not a "new" discovery, by any means, but it's past time I bit the bullet and started shooting in such fashion.  I do have to remember and allow for the longer file-write times, for I missed a frame here and there since it was still busy writing the previous image.  ;-)

(Note:  Replaced this morning after resolving a few hot pixels I missed while processing last night - 3-22-2012.)

Taken in: United States / Tennessee / Adams (show map)

Taken on: March 21, 2012

Tags:

Sadlersville

Tennessee

Bagby Road

Henderson Subdivision

Henderson Sub

CSX

SW1500

SD70MAC

AC4400CW

AC60CW

EMD

Electro Motive Division

General Electric

locomotives

locomotive

diesel

diesel-electric

motive power

multiple unit

dusk

nightfall

late afternoon

rail

railroad

railroads

railroading

manifest

freight

mixed

winter wheat

rural

lush

farm

field

fields

hopper

hoppers

covered hopper

covered hoppers

centerflow

adjacent US41

#1107

#109

#741

#631

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Sets appears in: • Railroad Photography • Springfield & Robertson County, Tennessee

Groups appears in: • Railroads • North American Railfanning more » • CSX • US Route 41 • Your Best Railroad Shot • Your Very Best Railroad Photos • Southeastern US Trains & Rails • International Railroad Photography Gallery • Railroad Photographer USA/Canada • General Electric [GE] « less

Camera: Olympus E-510, f/5.0, 1/160 sec, 94mm, ISO 400 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Olympus E-510
Aperture:	f/5.0
Exposure Time:	0.006 sec (1/160)
Focal Length:	94mm
ISO:	400
Exposure Bias:	+2 EV
Flash:	Auto, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Shutter speed priority AE
Exposure Mode:	Manual
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Manual
Light Source:	Cloudy
Gain Control:	High gain up
Saturation:	High
Sharpness:	Hard
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	Adobe Photoshop 7.0
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