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1: David Plummer posted this modern-era BNSF photo on the
MRH website recently. David says of this photo:
“These two former Santa Fe locos are Overland models that I
weathered to represent their present-day look on the BNSF. My
weathering techniques include: paint and chalks applied with
brush, airbrush and washes. I feel weathering has been the most
creative hobby advancement in recent years. I shot this on the
Houston Society of Model Engineers layout. ”
Yes, it’s a model - 1
2: Rolling the clock back about 60 years, we have this photo of
the Santa Fe from the middle of the previous century. Crandell
Overton, who posted this photo, says:
“On the fictional Seneca Falls Subdivision, this Santa Fe 4-8-4 the
head-end power slows to a stop while taking late-day commut-
ers to their various destinations. The Seneca Sub is somewhere
west of the Great Plains (perhaps in the Dakotas). As the sparse
vegetation suggests, rain generally doesn't fall a lot this far out
from the Rockies. In recent years, due to the heavier trains and
motive power, the yard tracks constantly undergo repairs. A
homebuilt water column looms in the foreground.
“This image is actually a composite of at least six stacked images
in order to derive the sharp depth-of-field you see. The steam
and smoke effects were hand-drawn with the cloning brush in
Sagelight™ Image Editor.”
MRH-Mar 2013
