WELCOME TO MY TRAINS & DEPOTS HOMEPAGE

WELCOME TO MY TRAINS & DEPOTS HOMEPAGE JDC PHOTO PAGE ABOUT PAGE WHAT'S NEW PAGE JIM'S FAVORITE LINKS JIM'S CONTACT PAGE

PHOTOGRAPHING IN DIGITAL

IN 2005 I WENT TOTALLY DIGITAL AFTER PURCHASING A KONICA - MINOLTA 7D 6.3MP DIGITAL DSLR CAMERA. I HAVE SHOT FILM SINCE 1972 AND THIS IS SURE A MUCH NICER PROCESS.  NOW I CAN SEE THE PICTURES THAT COMES OUT OF THE CAMERA AFTER EACH SHOT. IF I DON'T LIKE IT I DELETE IT, SIMPLE. IN 2008 I PURCHASED A POCKET SIZE CANON A720 TO HAVE WITH ME WHEN I DON'T HAVE THE 7D WITH ME. I AVERAGE 10,000 PICTURES PER YEAR AND NOW HAVE ABOUT 65,000 PICTURES IN MY COLLECTION WITH BOTH DIGITAL AND 35MM PICTURES.  I HAVE MOSTLY ALL MINOLTA CAMERAS AND LENSES. IF I CHANGE BRANDS MY LENSES WILL NOT FIT ANOTHER BRAND.  IN 2010 I PURCHASED A NEW SONY A330L DIGITAL DSLR CAMERA WITH A 100 -200MM LENS. SONY BOUGHT OUT KONICA MINOLTA BACK IN 2006 JUST SHORTLY AFTER I PURCHASED MY 7D. ALL MY LENSES WILL NOW FIT THIS SONY BODY. I USUALLY TAKE 300 TO 500 PICTURES A DAY WHEN I GO TO CAR SHOWS AROUND THE AREA.

A COMPUTER WITH LOTS OF SPACE

I HAVE A HP WINDOWS 7 DESKTOP THAT I AM NOW USING TO DOWNLOAD MY PICTURES INTO. I ALSO HAVE A 2- TB EXTERNAL HARD DRIVE UNIT THAT I USE EACH TIME I SAVE PICTURES. I USE 2GB, 4GB, 8GB, 16GB MEMORY CARDS AND DO NOT DELETE THE PICTURES ON THESE CARDS CAUSE I USE THEM IN A DIGITAL PHOTO MACHINE WHICH IS RUNNING MOST OF THE TIME. I ALSO HAVE A TOSHIBA XP LAPTOP THAT I GOT BACK IN EARLY 2006. IT IS JUST ABOUT OUT OF SPACE AND WHEN I WENT TO GET SOME MORE MEMORY I WAS TOLD IT IS NO LONGER AVAILABLE FOR THIS MODEL. I GUESS ITS TIME FOR A NEW LAPTOP SHORTLY. I THINK FOR MY NEXT CAMERA WILL BE SOME TYPE OF HD VIDEO CAMERA WITH A 32 OR 64GB VIDEO CARD. 

HORNELL ERIE DEPOT & MUSEUM

WE ARE IN THE CITY OF HORNELL NY VISITING THE RESTRUCTED ERIE RAILROAD MUSEUM ON LODER STREET. THIS DEPOT HAS ALWAYS BEEN A FAVORITE OF MINE DUE TO MY GRANDFATHER WORKED IN TO OLD ERIE SHOPS JUST UP THE STREET FROM THE DEPOT. HE RETIRED IN 1953 AS A BOILERMAKER. MY MOTHER USE TO TAKE THE TRAIN EACH WEEK TO HER CLASSES IN BUFFALO, NY. SHE WAS ABLE TO USE HER FATHERS FREE RAILROAD PASS TO DO THIS EACH WEEK.

ALL NEW TRAINS & DEPOTS PICTURES SHORTLY

I WILL BE DISPLAYING SOME OF MY PICTURES ON RAILROADING. I HAVE OVER 3,000 TRAINS AND DEPOT PICTURES FROM DIFFERENT PLACES THAT WE HAVE BEEN. IN 2009 CAROL & I WENT FOR A WEEK TO THE ADIRONDACKS AND VISITED TOWNS AND VILLAGES THAT HAD A TRAIN STATION OR AN EXCURSION RIDE THERE. PLACES LIKE TUPPER LAKE WITH ITS BEAUTIFUL NEW TRAIN STATION, LAKE PLACID, SARANAC LAKE, OLD FORGE, LAKE GEORGE, PLATTSBURGH, NORTH CREEK.  EACH DAY WE WENT IN A DIFFERENT DIRECTION TO GET THE PICTURES I WAS LOOKING FOR. I WILL BE PLACING ALL THESE PICTURES ON MY PHOTO PAGE THAT WILL HOLD 40 PICTURES. I WILL BE ADDING MORE PAGES TELLING ABOUT SOME OF THE OTHER TRAIN STATIONS IN THIS AREA. 

ADDING AND CHANGING WEBSITES

I NOW HAVE 47 DIFFERENT WEBSITES THAT I HAVE MADE USING MY PICTURES. I HAVE BEEN GOING BACK TO THESE SITES AND UPDATING THEM BUT, STILL HAVE A LOT OF WORK AHEAD OF ME. MOST SITES ONLY HAS 72 PICTURES BUT, TO CHANGE THE PICTURES I HAVE TO DELETE THE SITE AND START FROM SCRACH. I CAN'T FIND ANY EASIER WAY TO CHANGE THESE PICTURES.