Standard Railroad of the World, Everything Else is Deluxe

A bit of the "Standard Railroad of the World" came through on 'home rails' this evening. Caught in a snow shower just after sunset, NS 8102 (PRR Heritage) rolls west under the fading position lights at Tipton, PA.

Title is a jab at the fact that, despite proclaiming itself as the being the standard, it had a lot of things that were quirky and nonstandard compared to most other railroads--Belpaire fireboxes, left hand lead locomotives, an aversion to compound mallets and superpower steam, brake cylinders with odd sizes, etc. Whereas chief rival New York Central had modern 4-6-4s and 4-8-4s working passenger trains, the Pennsy was dependent on double-heading its veteran fleet of 425 K4s 4-6-2s (a WW1 era design).

It's also a jab at my non-standardized lighting kit and the mixed bag of stuff I used to set this up. There are 5 speedlights of 3 different manufacturers (Yongnuo x2, Altrua x2, Nikon x1) used here, plus an AlienBees B1600 (which is the light pointed towards the camera). A standardized kit certainly would make my life easier in both setting up and ensuring even coverage. But would have it made a better result? I'm not sure...

Done