Muir Magic
I hadn't planned to chase the Bozeman turn today, and I definitely did not plan on following them as far as Muir... But at some point along the chase I ran some extremely guestimated math and figured they'd still be in daylight climbing Bozeman Pass.
I arrived at Muir to see the sun was just about rubbing the peak behind me, guessing again I had about 15 minutes of daylight before the station sign (something I wanted to incorporate into the shot) would be shadowed over. Additionally, I didn't know how far ahead of the train I was, I just banked on them making a quick run up the mountain.
With roughly 10 minutes of direct sunlight left, the train rounded the curve and was quickly in frame.
Years of watching videos, enjoying photos of old school MRL power climbing the pass, and never did I think I'd get to be out in Montana working for MRL. Not to mention, never would I have thought I would be lucky enough to see, even just these two, SD45s climb to the summit. Factor in the down-to-the-minute timing with the sun and it made for a little bit of magic on the side of Bozeman Pass.
Livingston, MT
May 30th, 2019
Muir Magic
I hadn't planned to chase the Bozeman turn today, and I definitely did not plan on following them as far as Muir... But at some point along the chase I ran some extremely guestimated math and figured they'd still be in daylight climbing Bozeman Pass.
I arrived at Muir to see the sun was just about rubbing the peak behind me, guessing again I had about 15 minutes of daylight before the station sign (something I wanted to incorporate into the shot) would be shadowed over. Additionally, I didn't know how far ahead of the train I was, I just banked on them making a quick run up the mountain.
With roughly 10 minutes of direct sunlight left, the train rounded the curve and was quickly in frame.
Years of watching videos, enjoying photos of old school MRL power climbing the pass, and never did I think I'd get to be out in Montana working for MRL. Not to mention, never would I have thought I would be lucky enough to see, even just these two, SD45s climb to the summit. Factor in the down-to-the-minute timing with the sun and it made for a little bit of magic on the side of Bozeman Pass.
Livingston, MT
May 30th, 2019