Big Boy Heading into Pine Bluff, WY: I wanted to get BB at speed without people everywhere...I found a place to do that...the only mistake I made was too high a shutter speed...what I...

fredpnm Loc: Corrales, NM

I wanted to get BB at speed without people everywhere...I found a place to do that...the only mistake I made was too high a shutter speed...what I used froze the wheels in place. For whatever reason Ed would not stop backup and run past me again, so I'm just going to have to live with this mistake.

Or...I could cheat and fake it...(first photo)

The location is just West of Pine Bluffs just before he started slowing down for the stop there.

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Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States

RichardTaylor Loc: Sydney, Australia

Good to see.

kpmac Loc: Ragley, La

Beautiful image.

Jay Pat Loc: Round Rock, Texas, USA

Well captured locomotive!!
Pat

rmorrison1116 Loc: Near Valley Forge, Pennsylvania

Cool photos of a really cool locomotive. The only Big Boy I've ever seen in person is the one at Steamtown USA in Scranton PA and it is inoperable and will most likely never be restored to operational condition.

J-SPEIGHT Loc: Akron, Ohio

fredpnm wrote:

I wanted to get BB at speed without people everywhere...I found a place to do that...the only mistake I made was too high a shutter speed...what I used froze the wheels in place. For whatever reason Ed would not stop backup and run past me again, so I'm just going to have to live with this mistake.

Or...I could cheat and fake it...(first photo)

The location is just West of Pine Bluffs just before he started slowing down for the stop there.

Nice images

Plieku69 Loc: The Gopher State, south end

Great shots, nice open country.
I can't complain about shutter speed. Fast or slow, you have a great picture.

Gitchigumi Loc: Wake Forest, NC

Nicely captured! 👍🤓👍

Rich1939 Loc: Pike County Penna.

fredpnm wrote:

I wanted to get BB at speed without people everywhere...I found a place to do that...the only mistake I made was too high a shutter speed...what I used froze the wheels in place. For whatever reason Ed would not stop backup and run past me again, so I'm just going to have to live with this mistake.

Or...I could cheat and fake it...(first photo)

The location is just West of Pine Bluffs just before he started slowing down for the stop there.

Fred, Wonderful image! One of the best I've seen of the 4014. Excellent colors and exposure. AND it is taken near one of my many stops in life. An area I look back to fondly. Thank you for posting this.

suntouched Loc: Sierra Vista AZ

Lovely shot!

Rich1939 Loc: Pike County Penna.

Rich1939 wrote:

Fred, Wonderful image! One of the best I've seen of the 4014. Excellent colors and exposure. AND it is taken near one of my many stops in life. An area I look back to fondly. Thank you for posting this.

PS: for me at least, that picture has a feeling of motion even though you did stop the action of the drivers. Did you pan this a bit?

bpulv Loc: Buena Park, CA

fredpnm wrote:

I wanted to get BB at speed without people everywhere...I found a place to do that...the only mistake I made was too high a shutter speed...what I used froze the wheels in place. For whatever reason Ed would not stop backup and run past me again, so I'm just going to have to live with this mistake.

Or...I could cheat and fake it...(first photo)

The location is just West of Pine Bluffs just before he started slowing down for the stop there.

Great shot!

erickter Loc: Dallas,TX

Great shot of a great steam engine.

AirWalter Loc: Tipp City, Ohio

fredpnm wrote:

I wanted to get BB at speed without people everywhere...I found a place to do that...the only mistake I made was too high a shutter speed...what I used froze the wheels in place. For whatever reason Ed would not stop backup and run past me again, so I'm just going to have to live with this mistake.

Or...I could cheat and fake it...(first photo)

The location is just West of Pine Bluffs just before he started slowing down for the stop there.

There is decent wheel blur in the first image with dbl download. Great captures either way.