Lifesavers
In what would be my first train of 2023, Amtrak's "Operation Lifesaver" unit #203 leads a westbound California Zephyr #5 past the big grain elevators of Somonauk, IL on the second day of the new year. In a case of "almost but not quite," this unit had eluded me multiple times up to this point, and it continues to elude me after. This day also happened to be my last day of Christmas break (what Christmas break?), I made it a point to catch it. It had been held up in Bristol, IL waiting its eastbound counterparts to clear, so by the time it got to me, I had lost a good amount of afternoon light on an already overcast day.
Lifesavers
In what would be my first train of 2023, Amtrak's "Operation Lifesaver" unit #203 leads a westbound California Zephyr #5 past the big grain elevators of Somonauk, IL on the second day of the new year. In a case of "almost but not quite," this unit had eluded me multiple times up to this point, and it continues to elude me after. This day also happened to be my last day of Christmas break (what Christmas break?), I made it a point to catch it. It had been held up in Bristol, IL waiting its eastbound counterparts to clear, so by the time it got to me, I had lost a good amount of afternoon light on an already overcast day.