One of the joys of photography, and for that matter, of all art, is that it gives us a glimpse of the world through another person’s eyes. Railfans and photography seem to go hand-in-hand, but there is a broader community of photographers out there who may not be train geeks but are attracted to the visual riches of railroads. Nick Carver is a professional architectural photographer with a YouTube channel that I follow and enjoy, and he recently published a video about a day spent in the desert photographing trains. He is a photo geek, not a railfan, and his unusual take on a subject that is so familiar to railfans is both entertaining and instructive.

Nick shoots in a wide variety of formats with cameras that range from Polaroids view cameras. We all enjoy the railfans take on photography. Here is a photographer’s take on railroads.

Edd Fuller, Editor