Cosmo wrote:That's ok Superwarp,i'm not one for a circus. i want to go to see 3025!
we'll still be here. In the meantime, bring the whole family down this summer and enjoy the Circus!
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daylight4449 wrote:3025 should be pulling the Circus Train. It's all part of the 40'th anniversary "Gala Event."Cosmo wrote:That's ok Superwarp,I'm not one for a circus. i want to go to see 3025!
we'll still be here. In the meantime, bring the whole family down this summer and enjoy the Circus!
"It belongs in a MUSEUM!"
-Indiana Jones
-Indiana Jones
Cosmo wrote:when will the gala be?daylight4449 wrote:3025 should be pulling the Circus Train. It's all part of the 40'th anniversary "Gala Event."Cosmo wrote:That's ok Superwarp,I'm not one for a circus. i want to go to see 3025!
we'll still be here. In the meantime, bring the whole family down this summer and enjoy the Circus!
the end of July, last two weekends, 23/24 and 30/31. It'll be up and advertised eventually, but the posters were already printed for the Amherst/Big E show.
"It belongs in a MUSEUM!"
-Indiana Jones
-Indiana Jones
Cosmo wrote:the end of July, last two weekends, 23/24 and 30/31. It'll be up and advertised eventually, but the posters were already printed for the Amherst/Big E show.and i didn't get one... all i got was a daylight patch and a sign that said you cant get cornered in a roundhouse
LOL! I don't think they were for SALE, they had them UP at the booth to advertise the event. I'm sure they will go up around the area soon. 
"It belongs in a MUSEUM!"
-Indiana Jones
-Indiana Jones
Cosmo wrote:That's ok Superwarp,
we'll still be here. In the meantime, bring the whole family down this summer and enjoy the Circus!
I always make at least one trip. With 3025 in July there could be several.
Regards,
Gary
Gary
While the actual web site has seen little updates so far (except for a few odds-n-ends).... the new brochure is up:
http://www.essexsteamtrain.com/docs/2011brochure.pdf
The biggest highlight is the return of the VRR-script logo for the first time since the...hmmm... late 1990s? There is also a nice "Day 1" photo of Engine 103, Oliver Jensen, and the conductor in there as well. Also, the schedule shows the return of the 10AM train, but as a Saybrook-only trip on the first weekend of each month. Also odd, the "opening weekend" shows departures including the riverboat, so I guess no "Goodspeed Local" this year.
Regarding the "40 Years" logo, I wish the VRR script logo would be in the "0" and not the EST&R logo. While I understand why it was done this way, its not technically correct since the riverboat has not been running for 40 years. But that's reading WAY too far into it - guess I'm just a sucker for the railroad's proper name in a proper logo.
http://www.essexsteamtrain.com/docs/2011brochure.pdf
The biggest highlight is the return of the VRR-script logo for the first time since the...hmmm... late 1990s? There is also a nice "Day 1" photo of Engine 103, Oliver Jensen, and the conductor in there as well. Also, the schedule shows the return of the 10AM train, but as a Saybrook-only trip on the first weekend of each month. Also odd, the "opening weekend" shows departures including the riverboat, so I guess no "Goodspeed Local" this year.
Regarding the "40 Years" logo, I wish the VRR script logo would be in the "0" and not the EST&R logo. While I understand why it was done this way, its not technically correct since the riverboat has not been running for 40 years. But that's reading WAY too far into it - guess I'm just a sucker for the railroad's proper name in a proper logo.
I love it when a company doesn't understand the value of their logo!
I want to know how I can take this photo and who I have to pay to pull it off?
I want to know how I can take this photo and who I have to pay to pull it off?
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"I want to know how I can take this photo and who I have to pay to pull it off?" asked Otto.
It's a morning shot, from a boat. Get a boat, then make sure the train is up to Deep River by about 9-9:30 am. You'll probably have to "charter" the train to do so.... especially on a crisp fall morning like that picture.
The new VRR brochure shows the value of Photoshop, with the boat "posed" along side the #40. Back in the day (1983), in order to get a shot of the boat and train at Deep River, I arranged to have #40 turned to face south (PAL sure was not happy about that) and then climbed to the peak of the DR station roof with my trusty 4x5 Speed Graphic to line up the boat and Gillette's Castle and #40 all in one shot (on 4x5 Ektachrome slide film). You young guys don't know what you missed out on! That pic was used extensively through the 1980s-90s, including posters, etc.
It's a morning shot, from a boat. Get a boat, then make sure the train is up to Deep River by about 9-9:30 am. You'll probably have to "charter" the train to do so.... especially on a crisp fall morning like that picture.
The new VRR brochure shows the value of Photoshop, with the boat "posed" along side the #40. Back in the day (1983), in order to get a shot of the boat and train at Deep River, I arranged to have #40 turned to face south (PAL sure was not happy about that) and then climbed to the peak of the DR station roof with my trusty 4x5 Speed Graphic to line up the boat and Gillette's Castle and #40 all in one shot (on 4x5 Ektachrome slide film). You young guys don't know what you missed out on! That pic was used extensively through the 1980s-90s, including posters, etc.
"You can't always get what you want, but if you try sometimes, you just might find you get what you need."
H.F.Malone wrote:It's a morning shot, from a boat. Get a boat, then make sure the train is up to Deep River by about 9-9:30 am. You'll probably have to "charter" the train to do so.... especially on a crisp fall morning like that picture.I'm hoping charter opportunities like this arise this fall when 3025 is in service... So who wants to pitch in on a boat with me? I may have to volunteer a couple of weekends and make sure that shoreline has been cleared of brush!
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The Deep River public boat launch, next to the railroad's Deep River Landing is less than a quarter mile from where that scene was shot. A rowboat, canoe, kayak, Kayotte or jet ski would be sufficient to get you to this shallow water location.
ebtmikado wrote:The Deep River public boat launch, next to the railroad's Deep River Landing is less than a quarter mile from where that scene was shot. A rowboat, canoe, kayak, Kayotte or jet ski would be sufficient to get you to this shallow water location.Wouldn't be the first time I railfanned by canoe!
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Otto Vondrak wrote:I think the jet ski would be more fun.ebtmikado wrote:The Deep River public boat launch, next to the railroad's Deep River Landing is less than a quarter mile from where that scene was shot. A rowboat, canoe, kayak, Kayotte or jet ski would be sufficient to get you to this shallow water location.Wouldn't be the first time I railfanned by canoe!
Train wreck
I happen to know someone who owns a boat that might be willing. LOL
There's no damn theory Joe, it's all been proven!