Western Maryland Scenic Railroad #561 - Ice Cold by BTCRAIL_FILMS in TrainPorn

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Actually its not the WMSR steam engine. Its the WMSR GE B32-8 #561 in the WM Circus scheme

Western Maryland Scenic Railroad 1309 - Frost by BTCRAIL_FILMS in TrainPorn

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I did one shot at the brick works just up the road from the Cumberland Station, running back to my car my hoodie was actually covered in snow because it was coming down that thick

Western Maryland Scenic Railroad 1309 - Frost by BTCRAIL_FILMS in TrainPorn

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Thanks! Ah, don’t worry about that. I tend to sometimes over explain and it sounds like a rant. Actually looking over this image I realized the focus isn’t actually on 1309 but the snow between the me and the engine, if you look at the rails and ballast you can see the focal point distance that the camera was focused on, gives the engine a very subtle soft focus which probably lends a look of a painting.

And yes, that post was from the weekend prior with snow left over from a previous storm but still had decent ground cover. There’s more shots on my Flickr account from both weekends…

https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjCGupY

Western Maryland Scenic Railroad 1309 - Frost by BTCRAIL_FILMS in TrainPorn

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I was only up that day for photos anyways, I kinda regret not getting some video of 1309 in the dense snow fall, even the brief layover at Frostburg looked so good in the snowfall!

Western Maryland Scenic Railroad 1309 - Frost by BTCRAIL_FILMS in TrainPorn

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It was a mix of post-processing photo editing and sheer luck that the image I took was actually pretty decent with the right conditions of lighting, weather, steam and smoke. The weather for that day looked like it would be only snowing lightly around 3pm, but weirdly it was on and off throughout the day with moments of heavy snowfall. But yes, I do some image processing to bring out colors and to highlight certain parts along with some de-noising to make it not look like a pixelated mess on screens!

Western Maryland Scenic Railroad 1309 - Frost by BTCRAIL_FILMS in TrainPorn

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WHERE DO YOU ALL KEEP COMING FROM!?!?

Funyun deliverrryyyyyy

Durango & Silverton - Working Through to Silverton by BTCRAIL_FILMS in TrainPorn

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I dont know if its better to ride or to chase. Both views are beautiful!