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Posted by Jon Bell on Sat Jul 7 22:11:40 2012, in response to Re: VIDEO #2: NS Heritage Locomotives at Spencer, posted by kp5308 on Fri Jul 6 10:42:09 2012. I think it would have worked a bit better if they had flip-flopped the morning and afternoon events.In the morning they showed off the engines at the roundhouse, giving each of them a full turn on the turntable, one after the other. The problem was that in the morning, the sun is behind the roundhouse, so we were looking into the sun. It would have been better in the afternoon with the sun behind the viewers, like in my videos #1 and #4. Beginning a bit before noon they ran the engines in groups on the "main line": bring them out via the turntable, run them out and back. For the first group, the sun was coming from the side that had a nice little hill where you could get a good look without people blocking your view. Then the sun moved around to the other side of the track, which was a flat field so to get a good view you had to compete for a spot along the rope. Also, to get to that side you had to walk a lot further from the roundhouse with its shade, restrooms, vending machines and drinking fountains, because you had to go around a yard/storage area. This was the hottest part of the day, too. :-( If they had done this part in the morning, they probably could have done most of the viewing from the side with the hill. Better view and less walking. |
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