Two crops of the PTLAT at Hotlum (1 of 2)
I have discovered that I have multiple slides exposed at Hotlum, California on July 23, 1988. As the memory banks fade a bit, I have to go with data written on the slides to fill in the blanks. Here are two crops of Southern Pacific's hot PTLAT (Portland Terminal's Lake Yard to Los Angeles Trailers) rolling through Hotlum from that day.
On this date, my first shot was up at Worden, a couple of miles north of the state line. I caught my friend Phil Gosney running Amtrak 14, roughly on schedule based on the lighting in the image. Following that, I drove down to Cougar and caught a rerouted lumber drag from the embargoed Modoc Line there. Afterward, I went to Hotlum siding and captured several images. Based upon the sun angles, my guess is that the dispatcher used Andesite siding to park the lumber drag I had shot earlier at Cougar, allowing this PTLAT to pass.
This is the full frame crop. Off in the distance, you can see Oregon's Mt. McLoughlin. It is almost 70 miles north of Hotlum. Mark Hemphill, the cantilever at the SP east end of the siding is also in view.
It is moderately amazing to me that these photos are now three and a half decades old. Sic transit gloria mundi.
Two crops of the PTLAT at Hotlum (1 of 2)
I have discovered that I have multiple slides exposed at Hotlum, California on July 23, 1988. As the memory banks fade a bit, I have to go with data written on the slides to fill in the blanks. Here are two crops of Southern Pacific's hot PTLAT (Portland Terminal's Lake Yard to Los Angeles Trailers) rolling through Hotlum from that day.
On this date, my first shot was up at Worden, a couple of miles north of the state line. I caught my friend Phil Gosney running Amtrak 14, roughly on schedule based on the lighting in the image. Following that, I drove down to Cougar and caught a rerouted lumber drag from the embargoed Modoc Line there. Afterward, I went to Hotlum siding and captured several images. Based upon the sun angles, my guess is that the dispatcher used Andesite siding to park the lumber drag I had shot earlier at Cougar, allowing this PTLAT to pass.
This is the full frame crop. Off in the distance, you can see Oregon's Mt. McLoughlin. It is almost 70 miles north of Hotlum. Mark Hemphill, the cantilever at the SP east end of the siding is also in view.
It is moderately amazing to me that these photos are now three and a half decades old. Sic transit gloria mundi.