I don't work much in video, but my wife shot these scenes along NS's Rathole last fall. Her camera is an older Nikon point-and-shoot, so isn't a purpose-built video camera, but I think she did pretty well. Vertical shots are a necessity in many locations because of the deep cuts. I worked the edits which could use improvement. Anyway, for what it's worth, here it is:
The video is just fine. As someone who really enjoys hearing the engines, what was captured of that aspect is very good!
Thank you. I'll pass on your compliment to her. She also shot a lot of rail videos on tape from the '90s. I digitized them, but some of the scenes have a strange sort of frame by frame choppiness to them, as if the digitizing kit I bought and/or my computer was slow and not able to process the action in a smooth way. I might mess around with these and post up some footage if I can figure out how to capture it off the DVDs I made. There's some nice AT&SF in CO, NM and AZ.
Thanks! One thing I wanted with my edits was to avoid two minute segments where the train doesn't appear until 1:40. I see too much of that on YouTube.
Yikes. So true. Too many just dumping raw footage there. I usually just move on, and they lose a viewer. Am sure I am not alone in doing so.
It also seems to be de rigueur to begin videos with blasting rock music, as if it somehow enhances what's to be seen. I'm with you Box -- YouTubers need to get on with the content, else I'm gone. Now that YouTube often inserts ads (even 5 Second ads), my patience has worn thin at the start.
Oh how I do agree, about the music! BLEH!!!! No thanks! Give me railroad sounds or give me silence! When I hit those irritating ads, I simply download and (YT's loss!) watch it free of ads.
Excellent video footage, Hardcoaler. I agree with everything you guys say. I hate the music too. Just let the trains sing. And the locomotive sounds are primarily what made me fascinated with trains when I was about 3-4 years old back in the mid to late fifties. I wasn't afraid of them at all. I was thrilled. Doug