While most of my photography is done with a group of old beaten up Minoltas and Canons, loaded with K64, I have grabbed a few 'digi' shots using at first an Olympus point and shoot but more recently a Canon Rebel XTi. Here are a few Digital Highlights of 2007.
The winter of 2007 was a tough one for railroads in New England and the northeast as lines from Maine to New York dispatched plows to clear the way. In fact in one week, over a dozen were called to the front lines across New England and New York. Here a Washington County plow extra clears trail at Lyndonville, Vermont.
In March 2007 Mike Confalone, Joe Posik, Tim Franz and myself headed south for three days of shooting on CSX's Mountain Sub. With tough grades and stunning scenery, its a place thats hard not to love. On day two we lensed this eastbound coal drag at Newburg, West Virginia.
While the second part of our trip was sunny, day one found us in the mist of a major winter storm. After slipping and sliding around the roads all morning, we decided it was time to get some tire chains. Mike shows his approval of our new addition.
Soon enough the snow retreated and the often overlooked 'Mud Season' took its place. With its train in tow, three Montreal, Maine and Atlantic c30-7s attack the grade a Cookshire, Quebec on March 31, 2007.
One place I spent sometime this Summer was my much overlooked backyard, aka Guilford Rail System's branches out of Waterville, Maine and its mainline between there and Leeds Jct, also known as the 'Backroad.' One afternoon in Waterville this classic scene unfolded before me as a GRS engineer talked with a father and his son. Taking a quick break from burning the K64, I got this shot.
In mid-August I headed west to start school at the University of Montana at Missoula. Missoula is also the heart of regional railroad Montana Rail Link. On a late summer afternoon we follow the MRL Gas Local up Evero Hill. Near by the Blackcat Forest Fire continues to smolder. 
From dealing with snow in West Virginia to dealing with fires in Montana - Railfanning in 2007 had its challenges. 
With a semester of college done I headed for home in December. Just a day after Christmas, I top off 2007 with a chase of the Maine Eastern, seen here at Wiscasset, Maine.
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