UP 4014 Estrella
This shot turned out to be my own personal run by. After capturing 4014 at Shawmut , I was lucky to have 4014 lined into the Shawmut siding to wait for a priority stack to run around it. I went to the old Estrella Wye location, a favorite of mine, which is at the Estrella Summit and where they used to turn helper locomotives back in the day. To my surprise, there was nobody else in sight. This afforded an experience I will never forget ! Standing alone on the now removed west switch of the old Wye, 4014 rolled by at track speed. Being able to feel everything this massive locomotive has to give was amazing. The sounds, smell, heat, steam and water vapor pouring off it was a once in a lifetime feeling !
UP 4014 Estrella
This shot turned out to be my own personal run by. After capturing 4014 at Shawmut , I was lucky to have 4014 lined into the Shawmut siding to wait for a priority stack to run around it. I went to the old Estrella Wye location, a favorite of mine, which is at the Estrella Summit and where they used to turn helper locomotives back in the day. To my surprise, there was nobody else in sight. This afforded an experience I will never forget ! Standing alone on the now removed west switch of the old Wye, 4014 rolled by at track speed. Being able to feel everything this massive locomotive has to give was amazing. The sounds, smell, heat, steam and water vapor pouring off it was a once in a lifetime feeling !