Better than expected...
Not knowing any intel, until we got up to the New Town line, this afternoon could have turned out way worse. When we arrived New Town, ND, a set of three CP heritage four axle motors was idling in town with a crew. My fear was that they had just arrived town, had put their train away, and were done for the day, sealing the fate on our chances of catching anything out on this former Soo subdivision.
Luckily they were actually about to tie onto a cut of crude oil tanks, and take them east towards Max, ND. An eastbound in the afternoon is not the best prospect, but it was better than nothing. We stumbled upon a spot where the tracks are forced to make a north/south turn along the Van Hook Arm of Lake Sakakawea. The one spot on the entire line where it would be possible to get some wonderful side light at this time of day.
As with most of the upper Midwest, there is some remarkable flooding going on here.
Better than expected...
Not knowing any intel, until we got up to the New Town line, this afternoon could have turned out way worse. When we arrived New Town, ND, a set of three CP heritage four axle motors was idling in town with a crew. My fear was that they had just arrived town, had put their train away, and were done for the day, sealing the fate on our chances of catching anything out on this former Soo subdivision.
Luckily they were actually about to tie onto a cut of crude oil tanks, and take them east towards Max, ND. An eastbound in the afternoon is not the best prospect, but it was better than nothing. We stumbled upon a spot where the tracks are forced to make a north/south turn along the Van Hook Arm of Lake Sakakawea. The one spot on the entire line where it would be possible to get some wonderful side light at this time of day.
As with most of the upper Midwest, there is some remarkable flooding going on here.