Re: Steam Locomotive Photos – Why Rods Down?
Author: P. Kepler
Date: 07-29-2013 - 20:32
If you look at the builders photos from Baldwin, Alco, Lima and all the others , Rods are down. I don't know the reason. the only thing I can think of is purely esthetic . Getting a "Rods Down" shot while chasing and photographing steam may be more of a trophy shot than anything else.