User:4300streetcar

Boston-based photographer. I mostly photograph public transportation, trains, and aircraft.

I take some of TransitMatters' photos, and you may see my work there on some of their reports and other media. They have specific permission to use my photos without attribution, but otherwise my work is usually under CC-BY 4.0.

I also occasionally transfer images from Flickr by others.

Current photographic goals

Stuff I'm currently trying to photograph (or find good free-licensed photos of):

Aircraft

Well-lit pictures of United Airlines' A321neo and 777-200 non-ER, in the latest livery, pointing left, and against the sky for United Airlines Fleet
A less-yellow A320 pic for American Airlines Fleet. It's proven a little tricky to get a good side-on pic for this.
A right facing picture of an Air Canada Airbus A220 to replace the backlit one in the article
A Delta Airbus A330-300, to replace the slightly blurry infobox image in Airbus A330
Pictures of Runway 9 take offs at Boston Logan Airport, with the Boston skyline in the background
Aircraft in foggy or stormy weather conditions, or with lots of wing condensation or vortices
JetBlue Dunkin Donuts livery plane N643JB
A well-lit picture of the Boeing Dreamlifter

Boston-area transit

Pictures of MBTA Commuter Rail trains with nice backgrounds for the various individual line articles
Various pictures for List of MBTA yards, especially Done Arborway (old), Done Everett (also old), and Done Fellsway (no image)
- A broad view of all 3 buildings of Everett would be nice, though needs more planning to find a location to get such a perspective (getting into Encore would be a good candidate)
Better lit photo of Packards Corner station
MBTA heritage locomotive #1129
Well-lit pictures of MBTA subway rolling stock
A good left-side view of a 4200-series MBTA XE40 electric bus showing the left-side door
Regular construction updates of Quincy bus garage and North Cambridge bus garage
Done A non-backlit picture of the main station building for Union Station (Walpole, Massachusetts)
The now fully opened Winchester Center station
- Done, though I want to take another stab at this with a picture from the track 1 platform in the morning.
A sunlit photo of Roslindale Village station, ideally taken in the morning.

Other trains/transit

A sharp picture of a catenary wire pole for Amtrak's 60Hz traction power system
- Done, but the background is somewhat busy so I will try to get another photo of this, but with a simpler background (ideally foliage or the like)
A sharper photo of an Acela train for Acela
A well-lit picture of the combined Lake Shore Limited train
New York City subway rolling stock photos generally
Chicago L rolling stock photos generally
A well-lit picture of a CSX freight train on the River Subdivision near Poughkeepsie that also shows the Hudson river
- Probably would need to be taken from the Walkway Over The Hudson in the morning

Miscellaneous Boston area

A sunny photograph of First Church of Christ, Scientist (Newton, Massachusetts)
Done Oak Hill Park
Cambridgeport School
Harvard's New Research Building
A sharper and higher resolution picture of Route 28 in Somerville, MA
- Sort of Done, though I only used it for the Somerville article and not the Route 28 article since it doesn't show the route 28 signs.
A better lit photo of Coolidge Corner
A modern-day photo of Beacon Street in Boston
Better lit photos of various Boston University, MIT, and Northeastern University buildings
A better overall photo of Dracut, Massachusetts
A better overall photo of Devens, Massachusetts
A better lit picture of WHDH-TV tower

Miscellaneous

A gallium-nitride based USB-C charger next to a traditional silicon USB-C charger of the same power rating

I also take a lot of pictures opportunistically when I'm out and about.