Great suggestions, Paul. Your excellent night shots are ample proof that they work.
I hope that you don't mind me adding a few of my own:
(1) If the majority of the light is from artificial sources use the "Incandescent" setting on your camera
(2) If your camera has a noise reduction setting use it
(3) Use a flashlight if you have trouble focusing
(4) Use a brick as a tripod on low level shots
(5) Experiment with turning on the lights in the buildings, coaches and locomotives for only a portion of the total exposure. This will help to keep these from overpowering the ambient light
(6) Take lots of pictures and bin the bad ones - electrons are free!
In this picture the coach lights were only on for about 10 seconds of a 30 second exposure
Have fun!
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I hope that you don't mind me adding a few of my own:
(1) If the majority of the light is from artificial sources use the "Incandescent" setting on your camera
(2) If your camera has a noise reduction setting use it
(3) Use a flashlight if you have trouble focusing
(4) Use a brick as a tripod on low level shots
(5) Experiment with turning on the lights in the buildings, coaches and locomotives for only a portion of the total exposure. This will help to keep these from overpowering the ambient light
(6) Take lots of pictures and bin the bad ones - electrons are free!
In this picture the coach lights were only on for about 10 seconds of a 30 second exposure
Have fun!
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I'm going to have to try some of those when it gets green again here (Sometime around half past April.) Here's my best effort so far using analog smoke