Early morning bonnet
Yet another morning where I decided to foam instead of sleep for work, but I think it was for a good reason. One of the best looking warbonnet B40-8Ws, 558, has been reactivated and running on trains out of northtown for a couple months now. I've been really itching to catch it, unfortunately it was conflicting with my work schedule many times it ran, so my hopes were dashed for a bit. However, the stars finally aligned this morning. Several parties were saying 558 was leading GFDNTW, and checking Perham at 2 AM showed it was, with some other odd units in the consist. I decided around 5 to bite the bullet and head to Elk River, not sure if I would even get the train in sun or not. I debated going to downtown to catch it, but I wasn't sure how the shadows would be there, and since it was on the wrong main it wouldn't be the angle I had in mind, so I settled for the crossing east of town. A few minutes after arriving, I heard a horn honk in Elk River, and not long after the headlight appeared. Here, GFDNTW flies east out of Elk River, with a hell of a consist to boot. Nice when things finally go your way for once, eh?
Early morning bonnet
Yet another morning where I decided to foam instead of sleep for work, but I think it was for a good reason. One of the best looking warbonnet B40-8Ws, 558, has been reactivated and running on trains out of northtown for a couple months now. I've been really itching to catch it, unfortunately it was conflicting with my work schedule many times it ran, so my hopes were dashed for a bit. However, the stars finally aligned this morning. Several parties were saying 558 was leading GFDNTW, and checking Perham at 2 AM showed it was, with some other odd units in the consist. I decided around 5 to bite the bullet and head to Elk River, not sure if I would even get the train in sun or not. I debated going to downtown to catch it, but I wasn't sure how the shadows would be there, and since it was on the wrong main it wouldn't be the angle I had in mind, so I settled for the crossing east of town. A few minutes after arriving, I heard a horn honk in Elk River, and not long after the headlight appeared. Here, GFDNTW flies east out of Elk River, with a hell of a consist to boot. Nice when things finally go your way for once, eh?