Blue Water
This is Amtrak number 365 as it is accelerating away from Kalamazoo and approaching its top speed of 110 miles-per-hour.
The line is former Michigan Central, now an Amtrak property. There’s no going-away shot here as the photographer will soon be engulfed in snow.
Five images by Richard Koenig; taken February 9th 2019.
View from the Cab
In this shot, a northbound train is approaching the lead unit of a southbound—where the photographer is situated. This is happening in Bloomington, Indiana, on the so-called Hi-Dry, Illinois Central’s line to Indianapolis.
One image by Richard Koenig; taken mid- to late-1970s.
Amtrak Floridian
A southbound Amtrak Floridian makes its station stop in Bloomington, Indiana. The photographer is looking eastward along Third Street; the power for the day is an EMD E9 originally built for the B&O in 1955.
I posted this shot due to the
curiosity of being able to see through the two side doors of the unit. One image by Richard Koenig; taken May 30th 1977.
Covered Wagons
A northbound Soo Line train, enjoying trackage rights on the Milwaukee Road, ducks under the CNW north of Milwaukee at Havenwoods State Forest (near Mill Road and N. 60th Street). The train will go through Granville and on up to Rugby Junction where it will regain the Soo main.
One image by Richard Koenig; taken mid- to late-1970s.
The Limestone Post Photographs
From a group of images I pulled for a print edition of Limestone Post (an on-line magazine with Bloomington, Indiana, as its chief subject).
Barns at Night, State Road 46, East of Town
One image by Richard Koenig, scanned from 4″ x 5″ negative; taken 1980.
The Limestone Post Photographs
From a group of images I pulled for a print edition of Limestone Post (an on-line magazine with Bloomington, Indiana, as its chief subject).
Morton Street Night
One image by Richard Koenig, scanned from a 4″ x 5″ negative; taken 1980.
Problematic Matrix
A westbound train is pictured in (what I believe to be) Mitchell, Indiana. It will soon depart and head west, to St. Louis perhaps. The negative is poorly processed, and oh so dusty—but, in this case, I like it.
One image by Richard Koenig; taken mid- to late-1970s.
The Limestone Post Photographs
From a group of images I pulled for a print edition of Limestone Post (an on-line magazine with Bloomington, Indiana, as its chief subject).
Hays Market, looking north on the former Monon
One image by Richard Koenig, scanned from a 35mm negative; taken in the summer of 1983.
Big Tunnel
Here’s a strange, wide-angle shot I made at Big Tunnel, east of Mitchell, Indiana—near Tunnelton, naturally. With the smoke going straight up, I assume the train is moving very slowly, if at all.
This is an eastbound train on what was the Ohio & Mississippi; at the time of this photograph it was the Baltimore & Ohio—Indiana Subdivision.
One shot by Richard Koenig; taken in the mid- to late-1970s.
Haley Tower
Here we see a westbound on the Big Four at Haley Tower in Terre Haute, Indiana. The line was New York Central, then Penn Central, Conrail, and eventually CSX. It crossed the Milwuakee Road and C&EI at this point. The Pennsylvania Railroad also ran through this town on the Wabash River.
One image by Richard Koenig; taken 1975 or so.
The Limestone Post Photographs
From a group of images I pulled for a print edition of Limestone Post (an on-line magazine with Bloomington, Indiana, as its chief subject).
Mill Triptych, 1998
Three images by Richard Koenig, from medium format negatives.
