Well, this week, I bought a new camera. I bought it at Future Shop and it worked out to be a good deal, as it was an upgrade to the one that I was looking at getting. As well, it was somewhere along the lines of 40% off the regular price, because they were using it as one of their sample cameras. It still has the one year warranty, as if it was brand new. So far, so good.
So now I have my Panasonic one that I'm looking to sell. It wasn't a bad camera, I just wanted something that would work better in low lighting areas.
Anyway, I decided on Saturday morning to test the camera out at McGivney, NB. I didn't stick around very long. I only caught one train, CN 121. I'm thrilled with the results with the camera, and I'm already finding it to be a better camera than my other one.
Been over a month since I last posted something. I'll keep it short and sweet.
Here's my latest video which I've shot. I decided to venture to a new location. It's a nice view, but I probably won't shoot very much at this spot, in another month or so, it'll probably be more difficult to get a decent sight line on the tracks.
Anyway, here's 406 from Yesterday, April 16, 2011.
I heard it through the grapevine that ex-UP unit, newly CN unit 2112 was originally scheduled to be on CN 406 yesterday. I decided to venture out to get a shot. As the day went on, I found out that apparently there were other plans for that unit (as far as I know), so it never made it on the train. The power was still CN 2322 & CN 8926, both newer units. I figured that in itself was a good reason to go out and get a shot.
At around 16:30 AST, CN 406 heads west through mile 61 of the CN Sussex Subdivision, with 86 cars in tow.
I was up to Moncton, NB with Dave (NBSRFAN) this past Sunday, and it turned out to be a very good day.
Here are the videos from our trip. We discovered that CN 121 was running about 5 hours behind schedule, which put it in to Moncton when we were already there. As well, CN 120 was running somewhat behind.
Next up, we shot 3 trains at Berry Mills, NB in the span of a few hours. The main train, the second one, CN 305 was well behind schedule due to and air problem, which was discovered to be at the end of the train. They ended up leaving roughly 3-4 hours behind schedule.
Next up, we decided to chase CN 406 from Moncton to Hampton, NB, on route to Saint John. We were lucky to have a friendly crew on the train, as we received a "Shave & A Haircut", as well some extra honks at other spots.
