Racing west at Richland, NE
The first train I bothered photographing on the Overland Route after following it on US30 from Ames, IA was the IG2OA, the same damn Oakland stack train I shot in my California days. After a detailed briefing with Pinky the possibility was discussed of chasing this to California. By the time I arrived in North Platte 18 hours later he was only 100 miles ahead of me in Sidney, NE. About 23 hours after this shot when I arrived in Cheyenne I was ahead and he was in Emergency east of town. I laid over in Green River and he was wayyyy behind with an engine failure to boot! By the time I cleared the Salt Lake City area I had overtaken the IG2OA from the day PREVIOUS to this one.
Racing west at Richland, NE
The first train I bothered photographing on the Overland Route after following it on US30 from Ames, IA was the IG2OA, the same damn Oakland stack train I shot in my California days. After a detailed briefing with Pinky the possibility was discussed of chasing this to California. By the time I arrived in North Platte 18 hours later he was only 100 miles ahead of me in Sidney, NE. About 23 hours after this shot when I arrived in Cheyenne I was ahead and he was in Emergency east of town. I laid over in Green River and he was wayyyy behind with an engine failure to boot! By the time I cleared the Salt Lake City area I had overtaken the IG2OA from the day PREVIOUS to this one.