Not sure I managed to miss this Dave. Great stuff. West Park is a long time favorite of mine to visit. A great place to kick back relax and watch the trains roll through.
***** The road bridge where I was standing was an iron truss with huge crossmembers, and between those and the stone wall I made the fateful decision to leave my vibration damping stuff in the car. The floor of the pedestrian section of the bridge is wood planking, however, and the joggers and cyclists going past behind me were at least as responsible for all the shake as the trains were. Next time, I won't be so overconfident.
Darthsimpletext I think the size of the legs is what matters. My Manfrotto 190XB has fairly skinny legs, so when they are folded in it could fit between the bars, and only just. If I had tried the same thing with a 'video' tripod with those big crutch-style legs, it probably wouldn't have worked.
SteamCrane We parked on a side street in sight of the bridge, the street visible in the background to the left in the latter half of the video. The spaces are metered, but the price seemed reasonable enough to me (50 cents per hour or something like that). I'm not familiar with the other parking options available, to be honest. I think the spot is well worth a little change though. I've seen some absolutely stunning photos from here in the fall and winter. The gingko trees that line each side of the trench turn blazing yellow in the fall.
Not sure I managed to miss this Dave. Great stuff. West Park is a long time favorite of mine to visit. A great place to kick back relax and watch the trains roll through.
Nice location, nice shots, and nice lash up with nice sound!
Steven Michael Thanks! Hopefully I can get back there sooner rather than later. I'm jonesing for another Primanti Bros. sandwich.
A nice shady spot. The last side shot was the best way. Excellent video Dave.
***** The road bridge where I was standing was an iron truss with huge crossmembers, and between those and the stone wall I made the fateful decision to leave my vibration damping stuff in the car. The floor of the pedestrian section of the bridge is wood planking, however, and the joggers and cyclists going past behind me were at least as responsible for all the shake as the trains were. Next time, I won't be so overconfident.
***** That is good to know. That's why I'm not fond of the viewers platform in Cresson.
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is the "through the fence" shots achievable with a Bogen 3205? pretty similar to a manfrotto when i looked it up on the internet
Darthsimpletext I think the size of the legs is what matters. My Manfrotto 190XB has fairly skinny legs, so when they are folded in it could fit between the bars, and only just. If I had tried the same thing with a 'video' tripod with those big crutch-style legs, it probably wouldn't have worked.
Nice video!
Love it
Neat AVR trains looks like EX-KCS Units
Justin Voelker Yes, ex-KCS. They seem to be so new to AVR that I wasn't able to dig up any other details on their heritage.
Neat location!
Where do you park? Is the aviary lot usable?
SteamCrane We parked on a side street in sight of the bridge, the street visible in the background to the left in the latter half of the video. The spaces are metered, but the price seemed reasonable enough to me (50 cents per hour or something like that). I'm not familiar with the other parking options available, to be honest. I think the spot is well worth a little change though. I've seen some absolutely stunning photos from here in the fall and winter. The gingko trees that line each side of the trench turn blazing yellow in the fall.
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Thanks for the info. We are overdue for a PRR weekend!
Nice!