Come on Ride
the Train!
Images provided by Paul Yorke
If there’s anything out there in the world today, there’s a model of it
someplace. There are model airplanes, model ships, model cities, models of famous people, and
of course model trains. Modeling trains is an institution that goes back as far as the train
itself. While the XCam2 doesn’t go back quite that
far, it is making quite a stir in the field of model trains.
The train is an American institution, and a worldwide phenomenon. The first
practical locomotive was constructed in England in 1804, but it was not until 1829 that a
locomotive was developed that could carry freight, such as passengers and cargo. Diesel-electric
locomotives made their debut in 1925 for yard switching. The first passenger-train diesel ran in
1934.
The world’s first important railroad operated between Liverpool and
Manchester England in 1830. The first American-built railroad also began in 1830 and was run by
the South Carolina Canal and Railroad Company. Within a few years in America, the trains were
headed out west, spurred by the great gold rush of 1849 and fear that the Northwest would be
annexed by Canada.
Paul Yorke is into model trains. Especially the S series. He’s got model
trains running everywhere, and they’re set up to look like they’re real. They go
through towns and countryside, over bridges and trestles, and everywhere else you might see a
train. He’s into model trains so much, that he’s developed a website completely devoted
to them, and to the S-Train in particular. From that website, you can find out anything you want
to know about train modeling, and the S-Train. He’s also included pictures, video, and links
to other sites.
You’ll also find on his website one of his trains in which he hooked up the
XCam2 so that he could watch the train rolling down the track from the perspective of the train.
He put the camera in one of the boxcars, and then hooked it up via the battery pack, which he
fitted under the boxcar. On his website he even explained to the readers how he did it, so that the
reader could use their own XCam2 to get the same effect.
It was fascinating to watch, and we couldn’t help but share it with you.
We’ve included the link to the video so that you can download it and watch it, and we’ve
taken some of the images he sent us and put them up so that you can look at them too. You’ll
be amazed at what the XCam2 picked up.
To visit Paul's website click here. To watch
the video click here, or to download it right click and choose "Save As".
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