Flying Over Bird
Rotating the drone 45 degrees to the left after taking this shot: flic.kr/p/2o5LDBt we get a broadside view of the same train.
This monster train 120N from Whittier to Anchorage departed at 1130, just the exact right time for a chase on this shortest day of the year with only 5 1/2 hrs between sunrise and sunset. This would turn out to be the last freight train I'd chase along Turnagain Arm after countless memorable days out in the preceeding years.
Three SD70MACs were unusual for the South end, but this train needed it with 5900 ft and 12,000 tons of interchange traffic from both the CN and AML barges it was a REAL train.
The train is hugging the muddy and icy waters of Turnagain Arm as it crosses the old WWII era 123 ft pony truss bridge over Bird Creek at MP 86.6 om the ARRC mainlin3 28 miles south of the Anchorage depot.
Bird (Municipality of Anchorage), Alaska
Thursday December 21, 2017
Flying Over Bird
Rotating the drone 45 degrees to the left after taking this shot: flic.kr/p/2o5LDBt we get a broadside view of the same train.
This monster train 120N from Whittier to Anchorage departed at 1130, just the exact right time for a chase on this shortest day of the year with only 5 1/2 hrs between sunrise and sunset. This would turn out to be the last freight train I'd chase along Turnagain Arm after countless memorable days out in the preceeding years.
Three SD70MACs were unusual for the South end, but this train needed it with 5900 ft and 12,000 tons of interchange traffic from both the CN and AML barges it was a REAL train.
The train is hugging the muddy and icy waters of Turnagain Arm as it crosses the old WWII era 123 ft pony truss bridge over Bird Creek at MP 86.6 om the ARRC mainlin3 28 miles south of the Anchorage depot.
Bird (Municipality of Anchorage), Alaska
Thursday December 21, 2017