End Of The Line: A Lomovideo

This video shows the sad state of some abandoned railroad equipment left to rust and decay along side a busy mainline railroad track.

In addition to video, it features a collection of photographs taken with my Lomo LC-A, Smena 35, Oktomat and Agfa Record Billy cameras. The video was edited and treated to match the unique look of photographs taken with the Lomo cameras. But, I'm sure that You Tubes horrid compression will kill any traces of the effects, so you might watch the higher quality QuickTime version on my website.

The photos in this video are featured in my "End Of The Line" album on the Lomography.com website: http://www.lomohomes.com/trabantdeluxe

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• Lomo
• Lomography
• photogaphy
• video
• trains
• abandoned
• Alco
• New
• York
• Central
• Deleware
• and
• Hudson
• Albany

[synthesizerman]

How do you take pictures that use the whole film? Or am I fooled my a plug-in fx?

[sl3media]

No special effects no cheesy Photoshop plug-ins. Those photos were shot using a 1930's vintage Agfa Bily folding camera. That camera takes 120 film, but I used 35mm film in it so the picture spills over the sprocket holes. It's a really neat thing you can do with almost any 120 camera.

[Burnoutmaster1]

what cities were these pics taken at

[sl3media]

In Colonie, NY, about 10 miles north of Albany.

[mpracing4]

Good news, the FA2 shown at 3:12 now belongs to the Western Maryland Railroad Historical Society and she should be in Belington, WV now on the West Virginia Central. No idea if she even has a prime mover in it, since the Long Island Railroad used them as cab control units for a while.

[sl3media]

Sure enough! I went back to the site a few weeks ago to take some pictures, and yes, the FA-2 was gone, gone, gone. I *think* I had read someplace that the 302 was one of the few FA's the LIRR had where they didn't convert to a cab control car and left the prime mover intact.

[Pup1234567]

holy crap. that was a pullman. and people had shit all over it with graffiti. those were vintage alcos too. someone should really take those and restore them for future generations

[aalamo12]

I love the old Long Island Railroad Alco Fa and New York Central Pullman but sad that they are left there to rot! Thats a shame! Some museum should take those two and restore them to operable condition. The music is great it gave me the idea of riding the rails on that pullamn... Great video!

[pumpkinhead4449]

sad, there was probably nothing wrong with the trains, just old and not wanted

[locohog91]

so how is the equipment now is the S1 still there?

[ConrailSD70MAC]

If this equipment is in Colonie NY, who's abandoned equipment do I see on Google Maps in Glenmont NY? There's a train on some abandoned track or mainline, off RT 144-River Rd. Just north of some plant. Is this ex-NYC?

[WARD5KUSTOMZ]

think that the spot where the old rail lines were should be turned into roads to drive on

[TrainGuy18]

Did you know the Long Island FA-2 Has been moved to West Virginia and is going to be restored to Its original Paint scheme as Western Maryland #302. But will remain a cab controll unit

[ColonelSamatoshi]

Thanks for that armyabn. In google earth it shows it roughly 200ft east of 97 lincoln ave in Troy NY.

Sent this video to a RR preservation group - if they give the go we'll be looking at a rescue mission for this old gal. :))

[KASPLARFO]

Thats Sad. (*****)

[twinscrwed]

i live right up the road from this, watervliet NY

[donjuandonjuan]

that NYC pullman passenger car is worth saving ....