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| A drone's-eye view of the Cumbres & Toltec RR. |
Talk about taking railfanning to a whole new
level! Like about a quarter mile in the air, using a drone.
It used to be that if you wanted an aerial view
of trains, you needed to use an airplane. Even then, you needed a good
telephoto lens since you couldn’t come too low to the ground.
No more; now you can buy your own personal
drone, like the DJI Phantom 2 quadcopter, which comes equipped with its own
video camera.
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| The DJI Phantom 2 |
In 2013, Daniel Luke Fitch was the pilot and
aerial cinematographer was the DJI Phantom Grand Prize video contest winner
with his drone’s-eye view of the historic Cumbres & Toltec Railroad. Check it out here.
Meantime, someone who goes by the name CSX600
posted a drone video of NS action in Tennessee and Kentucky. Check out that video here.
The
advantages of drones are many; they can go where normal photography isn’t
possible, and get photos and video that would otherwise be impossible to get.
We
modellers have been taking drone’s-eye photos of our layouts forever; now those
who are primarily interested in the prototype can do the same.
For a drone railfan video update, click here.
For a drone railfan video update, click here.
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