Ashton Stasko Photography

Ashton Stasko Photography Photographer from Chesterton Indiana
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Indiana Dunes State Park sunset taken last week. Taken on my Nikon Z5 Camera
07/16/2025

Indiana Dunes State Park sunset taken last week.

Taken on my Nikon Z5 Camera

Good morning everyone. I have been working on getting my 2024 Season photos wrapped up and Prints are now available for ...
04/13/2025

Good morning everyone. I have been working on getting my 2024 Season photos wrapped up and Prints are now available for my 2024 Photography Year!

The photos provided in this post are a smallll selection of the photographs i took in the year 2024.

Some previews are posted below. Feel free to contact me with any questions or product inquiries and have a wonderful day.

Once I fully update my website I will post the link to it inside of this post.

ā€˜Brief Chaseā€™ The Kirk Yard of Canadian National on the East end has a hump set, one that is known to have classic Canad...
09/14/2024

ā€˜Brief Chaseā€™

The Kirk Yard of Canadian National on the East end has a hump set, one that is known to have classic Canadian power including 40s and 38s some still in their predecessors colors.

Today after work I hear the roar of a trio of 645s and I decide to hang back and wait for them to come into the backside of my work. And what do I do? I chase it about 2 miles as they pull their fresh cut to shove over the hump.

Last three photos were taken on private property not accessible to the public, but I have access due to work so donā€™t come at me for trespassing.

I find myself in an area I donā€™t frequent very often. In Plainfield Illinois for a CN Work Train with two IC SD40 locomo...
08/18/2024

I find myself in an area I donā€™t frequent very often.
In Plainfield Illinois for a CN Work Train with two IC SD40 locomotives as power was worth coming out.

With this train I was able to get 6 usable photos out of this shoot and decided to play around with editing styles and coloring. Some were done in my traditional editing style but others were done different from my normal.

So let me know what you all think.

Westbound Pigs **CSX SBD 1967 leads I115 Westbound to Chicago. This was another CSX unit off my bucket list. Itā€™s rare I...
08/14/2024

Westbound Pigs
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CSX SBD 1967 leads I115 Westbound to Chicago.
This was another CSX unit off my bucket list. Itā€™s rare I have a chance to see any of them with my work schedule but this one happened at the perfect time.
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With the final hour of good light at my location the train showed at a perfect time and I decided to try and incorporate the barbed wire fence for the Dollar General facility near by.
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Tech Info:
Nikon Z50
NIKKOR Z DX 16-50mm f/3.5-6.3 VR
AP- 6.3
ISO- 2800
Shutter- 1/4000
Focal length- 22.0mm

Full Resolution Copy: https://flic.kr/p/2q9N1Sc

The classic Pavilion Sinsey shot at the Indiana Dines State Park never gets old. Even though I work at the park now and ...
06/27/2024

The classic Pavilion Sinsey shot at the Indiana Dines State Park never gets old. Even though I work at the park now and spend 6 days in a row at the park, I just canā€™t get away even on an off day.

Decided to climb up Devils Slide and take the classic photo so many photographers have done.

Today after getting off work I was informed by a friend of the CSX ACL Heritage Unit leading a Westbound intermodal trai...
06/19/2024

Today after getting off work I was informed by a friend of the CSX ACL Heritage Unit leading a Westbound intermodal train. I was able to get home and change and head out to Willow Creek in Portage Indiana to intercept.

Many people chose to use the overpass behind me for westbound shots but my friend noticed a patch of flowers and we decided to try this shot angle.

My last shot of the ACL was a wet and rainy eastbound shot that turned out nicley but it was a treat to get this locomotive in a sun spot between the clouds rolling in the sky.

Location: Willow Creek, Portage, Indiana
Date: June 18th 2024
Camera Info: Nikon Z50 16mm-50mm
Full Resolution Photo: https://flic.kr/p/2pYeRSQ

NS 31Q heads through Chesterton Indiana with a SD70ACC leading the charge. Of note with this train was two things, my fr...
06/14/2024

NS 31Q heads through Chesterton Indiana with a SD70ACC leading the charge.

Of note with this train was two things, my friend Ian Brandt at the helm in the conductors seat, and NS 1074 which was freshly painted. Even thought it wasnā€™t leading it was still a sight to see trailing third in the consist.

Tried to incorporate the old Chesterton Depot into this photo with a different angle. However the Chamber Of Commerce uses the building and has since added a shed and multiple trash bins in front of the building.

With that in consideration I still tried to attempt this angle of a shot.

Photo Info: Chesterton Indiana (6/14/2024)
Tech Info: Nikon Z50 16mm-50mm 1/1200 f/4.8
Flicker Full Resolution: https://flic.kr/p/2pXiRVX

CSX I136 has the CSX ACL Heritage Unit 1871 leading the charge east. A sudden and intense storm pushed me to this tree l...
06/14/2024

CSX I136 has the CSX ACL Heritage Unit 1871 leading the charge east. A sudden and intense storm pushed me to this tree line to avoid being completely soaked. Although not an ideal angle at this location I do believe this turned out alright.

Tech Info: Nikon Z50 16mm-50mm f/5.6 1/1200
Location Info: Willow Creek Indiana
Full Resolution Photo: https://flic.kr/p/2pXfF3D

04/19/2024

Question for my followers.
As of now I only market and sell my railroad photography. How many of you would be interested in purchasing non railroad photography?

ā€˜Spreading my Horizonsā€™ Went out to the beach with my girlfriend to take some photos that she wanted done of herself. Iā€™...
04/08/2024

ā€˜Spreading my Horizonsā€™

Went out to the beach with my girlfriend to take some photos that she wanted done of herself. Iā€™m no expert with portrait photography but Iā€™m certainly trying to expand more.

She has been an absolutely amazing inspiration for me to continue to grow as a person and in my hobby of photography. She always gives me reinforcement even when I might not necessarily deserve it. She has brought back the smile that went away during the rough years of middle school and early high school.

Needless to say Iā€™m so lucky to have you and Iā€™m honored you wanted me to take your portrait photography and portray you in this light.

April 6th 2024
Indiana Dunes National Park (West Beach)
Canon EOS Rebel T5 75mm-300mm
Flicker: https://flic.kr/p/2pHYcE8

ā€˜Salute the Troopsā€™A few miles west of Milford Junction on the CSX Garrett Subdivision CSX 1776 leads Coke loads for CNā€™...
04/05/2024

ā€˜Salute the Troopsā€™

A few miles west of Milford Junction on the CSX Garrett Subdivision CSX 1776 leads Coke loads for CNā€™S Kirk Yard in Gary Indiana. This engine has been held hostage on this job for weeks now and is still stuck as of the time Iā€™m writing this post.

We were originally placed a crossing down from the junction but an eastbound Intermodal I172 threat ended to block our shot so we hopped into the car and raced a few crossings down. The shot was only possible with a slow down over the Milford Diamond.

ā€œThe Spirit of our Armed Forces has been renumbered CSXT 1776 and the Spirit of our First Responders is designated CSXT 911. The Spirit of our Law Enforcement is CSXT 3194. All three locomotives are GE Models that we repainted in CSXā€™s Huntington, W.Va., Locomotive Shop.

CSXT 1776 combines the CSX dark blue and yellow colors on the front of the locomotive with gray camouflage on the sides and top. The paint scheme celebrates the five main branches of military service and features the CSX Pride in Service logo along with the logos of the program partners ā€” Wounded Warriors, Blue Star Families, Operation Homefront and Operation Gratitude.ā€ csx.com

Date: 3/24/2024
Canon EOS Rebel T5 75-300mm
Flicker: https://flic.kr/p/2pHkzMJ

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