AUIYNHYG:

Is it Spring yet?!

nahrissa — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 13:48:31 +0000

Seriously. This winter has been harder than past ones for some reason. The weather seems like it’s been worse and the yard has been empty every time I’ve been able to get down there. Pretty big bummer. But it’s February and March will be here soon which means bicycles and hopefully better weather, so hopefully things will improve soon. Not much going on here, but here a few flicks for now.

California: Part Two.

nahrissa — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 13:32:29 +0000

Another productive early morning allowed me to finish the last of the California flicks. A couple more days like this and I’ll be caught up with everything! Not much was left, but here goes.

Chicagoland: Round Three.

nahrissa — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 15:19:12 +0000

The third and final installment of the Chicago freight photos. I’ve been a little distracted lately so it took a little longer than usual to get these up, but nonetheless, here they are! Most of these are from a benching spot where trains run so often, I think I got more flicks here in one hour than I have since fall here in Madison. I need to go back.

I’ve got a few random photos to go through and the remains of the flicks from California so hopefully I’ll get some more stuff up soon. I can’t wait for winter to be over so I can get out there more. Inactivity is the WORST. Ugh!

Chicagoland: Round Two.

nahrissa — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 15:07:15 +0000

This next set of photos is the start of benching on my 2nd day in the Chicago area. I visited a hobo jungle and it was pretty neat. Definitely a cool place to either trainspot or catch out. It was the start to a very good day. And days like that don’t come often enough around these parts.

Round three is a straight up bonanza so stick around for that!

Chicagoland: Round One.

nahrissa — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 15:49:24 +0000

Here is the first part of the freight photos I took while down in the Chicago area. These are from a quick trip out to the yard area on New Year’s Eve. Much to my enjoyment, lots of activity and I benched my first set of autoracks. I’m just getting started on editing photos so there are plenty more to come.

Stay tuned for more…

Pre-Chicago, Post post post California flicks.

nahrissa — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 05:08:41 +0000

Hey there. Long time no flicks ‘eh? You’re telling me! December is always a brutally slow month for me regarding benching and flicks, but hopefully things will pick up again next month. In the meantime, I’m off to Chicago for New Year’s and to spend some quality time with some freights down there. I imagine (and really hope!) that I’ll be back with a boatload of graff, trains and other photos. In the meantime, here are some of the graffiti flicks I took in California that I never posted. I have more too, but this kicks it off and eventually I’ll have the rest up.

Photos are from various locations that include: Los Angeles, Long Beach, Seal Beach, Huntington Beach, Venice Beach and my hometown of San Bernardino. And as you’ll probably notice, a lot of photos were taken from the car.

California was super cool and visiting my hometown was pretty awesome. I’d definitely like to go back and spend some more time in places and actually get out to see the cities. We had a lot of family and friends to see if different places, so unfortunately I couldn’t devote as much time to exploring as I’d like. But as I said, I have more of these photos to post and I’m sure I’ll have a lot more when I get back from Chi-Town.

See you next year!

All the best,

Nahrissa

Precursor.

nahrissa — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 04:11:37 +0000

Not much to really say about this set of flicks. Sunday on the way to work I strolled past the backyard to see what was up and had my heart broken by two strings of boxcars, one with a nice set of TBOXs that I could only look at from a distance. There was some activity at the front yard that I missed which only added insult to injury. It was warm for a few days after all the snow we got but foggy and dreary otherwise. Looking forward to this weekend which will hopefully afford me a little more yard time.

I think I took the photos of the crossing signal by my bus stop on Thursday. The days are starting to run together as work just gets crazier and crazier.

As always KERSE made my day and I was very glad that a later start time at work allowed me to make a stop at the yard before heading into the mayhem that was Monday.

Once things slow down a bit at work and I’ll hopefully be able to get some more action. I can’t wait to get some winter train shots and video of engines on the move and hope to get them soon!

It Begins.

nahrissa — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 16:21:46 +0000

The snow has officially arrived. These photos are from Monday after we got our first significant measurable snow. As I post this though, the city is currently trying to come out from underneath an all out blizzard. Everything is shut down and there is so much snow everywhere. But it’s December in Wisconsin, so what can we really expect right?

And we’re just getting started on winter.

Now it’s time to go shovel. Hooray!

December Firsts.

nahrissa — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 00:51:25 +0000

Yes, winter is here. It hasn’t been too bad yet, just a little snow and colder temps, but with storms forecasted, it only gets worse from here. Already we’re all asking: Is it Spring YET?!

Yup that’s all I’ve got. I’m actually looking forward to getting some real snow. Winter at the yard can be kind of fun when you’ve got a good pair of boots.

Stay warm everybody!

Currency.

nahrissa — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 05:59:04 +0000

I’m doing a lot of work on This Way East right now as I get ready to celebrate the site’s 2nd Anniversary so I’m just going to try to post flicks as they come so that I don’t get too backlogged. I’ve already failed at this and these photos are from around Thanksgiving. Oh well, all I’ve got is a THUH, some streaks, one other piece and a couple of sofa frees anyway so nobody was missing much!