The Tunnel

This is another shot from my wife & I's trip to Pittsburgh PA.  When her meeting was over on Friday, we headed down to that funky little triangle that is northwestern Maryland.  There are some small towns there, and a little steam railroad.  They were running the train that night.  I talked my wife into hiking up the mountain and helping me set out my five little Nikon SB-25 flash, and catch the train coming out of the tunnel.  She actually seemed excited about the adventure!  Once we were there and were setting out at sunset, she looked up into the woods and said, "I think there might be bears in there."  She's always had this thing about being "Et by a bear."  I found a pole lying by the path--probably someone's walking stick.  I whittled it to a very sharp point and gave it to her.   "Here's a spear for you," I told her.  She never let go of it the entire night!  We walked up the mountain and through the tunnel, and I set out my flash on the uphill exit.   We waited in the dark for about an hour and a half.  We were the only ones up there in the dark.  After awhile we could hear the whistle on the train in the town far below.  The whistle was louder as it made it's way closer and closer.  Soon we could hear the 4-6-2 engine pounding it's way up the steep hill.  It emerged from the tunnel with a roar--my wife screamed as loud as she could, "SHOOT IT!  SHOOT IT!"  I held off until it was exactly at the spot I wanted, and popped it.  Perfect!  We just sat for awhile and listened as the train thundered away in the darkness.  As we were walking back to the car my wife said, "That was pretty cool!"  I replied, "It's going to run again tomorrow night........."

Nikon D800E
Nikon 24mm PCE
x5 Nikon SB-25
x5 CyberSync triggers


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