Turning the tables
The morning of May 13 found me wake and alert before dawn, so I got to shoot part of the morning fleet on the NS Lafayette District. I am familiar with the afternoon offerings on this busy freight artery, but I don't get out too often early in the day, so my insomnia had a silver lining to it.
Here we see TripleCrown™ 256 hauling its trailers up the steep but short grade at Philo, IL. 256 is blowing for the Illinois 130 crossing behind me; the grain elevators off in the distance are at Tolono – at the bottom of the hill – some five miles distant.
Turning the tables
The morning of May 13 found me wake and alert before dawn, so I got to shoot part of the morning fleet on the NS Lafayette District. I am familiar with the afternoon offerings on this busy freight artery, but I don't get out too often early in the day, so my insomnia had a silver lining to it.
Here we see TripleCrown™ 256 hauling its trailers up the steep but short grade at Philo, IL. 256 is blowing for the Illinois 130 crossing behind me; the grain elevators off in the distance are at Tolono – at the bottom of the hill – some five miles distant.