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In North Dakota right now, just taking a 30 minute break. Took this picture an hour or so ago in Minnesota around mile marker 90 off I-94 westbound. Heading to Portland Oregon for a Monday delivery. About 8 degrees F, but probably gonna get colder before it gets warmer as I get further West.
This Midwestern salmonfly naiad is an amazing aquatic insect. It lives under rocks or leaf litter in pristine streams with sluggish water flow for two to three years before transforming into an adult during early summer. Even though this immature salmonfly looks ferocious, it only eats detritus such as decaying leaves. Winged adults that can fly around only live for two weeks or so in the summer and do not even feed.
BNSF's Tulsa-to-Madison Yard (TRRA) freight takes the Terminal's High Line in front of St. Louis, MO.
Wheeling 228 had to 'double' the hill from Norwalk to Hartland after pulling a combined train of general freight and stone from Bellevue. This is their second trip to Hartland with the second half of the train consisting of 108 loads of stone. The yellow beanfield in the foreground unmistakably marks the season as the set of 4 motors works hard to drag it all to Hartland. East of Norwalk, OH. 9/5/2020
Ohio Central 4092 leads a short Cambridge Turn into New Concord in perfect early morning light. With these Super-7s rumored to be leaving the roster by the end of the year, I was thrilled to catch one wearing the classic OC colors.
John F. Bjorklund Photo • Doug Harrop Collection • May 17, 1978
A Chicago & North Western RSD-5 pulls a train of 40 ft. box cars for grain loading (no kidding!) through Northville, South Dakota.
A duo of BNSF Dash 9s in the H2 scheme lead a westbound windmill blade train into Alpha, IL mere moments before sundown.
A trio of classic EMD's bring an empty unit train west through Edon, Ohio on a beautiful March afternoon. 3/3/2024
A field, a storm, and BNSF. A line of severe storms chases down BNSF L CHI104 as it rolls east into Princeville, IL.
The second day of Winter delivered the first snowfall of the season, bringing with it the promise of a White Christmas here in the heartland. Wishing all of my Flickr friends a very Merry Christmas and Holiday Season. Many thanks to those of you who visit, comment, fave, and/or award my modest efforts . . .
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A dramatic sky for a while today over mostly empty farm land. Although there is some early tilling and fertilizer application taking place, the real busy planting season is still a few weeks away.
Old sand dunes along the shore of Lake Michigan beside the town of Beverly Shores (northwestern Indiana, in the Midwest region of the United States), on a midday in late October (2022).
Part of Beverly Shores is located within the Indiana Dunes National Park, which consists of 15 miles of the southern shoreline of Lake Michigan and some land extending back from the lake, in Indiana’s Lake, Porter, and La Porte counties, between the city of Gary and Michigan City. (Not all of the Park land is contiguous.)
The geology and habitats within the Park are varied. Perhaps the most dramatic features are the high, shifting sand dunes known as Mount Baldy and Mount Tom; other, older and more stable dunes, such as the ones in this view, are now covered in vegetation. In addition to beaches and dunes, the land includes woodland, rivers, northern prairie, and wetlands (marsh and fenland). Originally established in 1966 as a designated protected area named the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore, it obtained national park status in February 2019. (As of October 2022, some of the signs in the Park still read “National Lakeshore.”)
[Beverly Shores 65 dunes beach II 2022-10-22 f; DSCF1668]
The stone barn, also known as The Frank Schott Stone Barn, located in western Minnesota, was constructed by German immigrant Frank Schott in 1923, showcasing exemplary Midwestern architectural innovation.
According to the Minnesota Historical Society's historical account, the structure's completion took nearly 20 years.
Following the collapse of the barn's wooden roof in 1993, the stone walls continue to stand.
Norfolk Southern's Central of New Jersey heritage unit rolls west through Catlin, IL on train 21T. With great lighting and a CN nabbing the diamond at Tolono, this train was a fun chase between Catlin and Cerro Gordo.
“Midwestern Corn Belt”
Last week I was in Iowa visiting family. It was amazing seeing all the beautiful yellow fields of corn. I photographed this 100+ year old barn (partially engulfed with vines) between two corn fields as Orion’s Belt rose over it at about midnight. The bright yellow star directly above the middle of the barn is Betelgeuse. Rigel is the bright blue star to the far right, and Bellatrix is at the top.
I used my new Rokinon 50mm f/1.4 (low coma and super sharp) @ f/2.0, exposing for 4 seconds at ISO 4000. I also used a Tiffen Double Fog 3 filter during half* of the exposure to accentuate the glow of the brightest stars. (You can achieve a similar effect in post with a PS plug-in, called StarSpikes Pro 3, but the Tiffen filter is more accurate, because the glows are the true color of the stars. More information about the filter and the plug-in are on my blog.
As we get closer to Winter, the bright core of the Milky Way sinks further below the horizon for those of us in the Northern Hemisphere. At the same time, we are now being blessed with earlier evening views of Orion and Sirius.
*Full disclosure: Rather than holding the filter in front of the lens during one-half of the exposure, I now shoot two exposures —one with the filter and one without. If the glow is too much for my tastes, I blend the two sky exposure together in PS Layers (aligning the stars), and adjust the opacity of the filtered layer until it looks natural to me. By "natural," I mean the natural star glow that comes from thin clouds or atmospheric humidity.
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Midwestern folks know about the great north woods. I found these on an abandoned logging trail in Iron County, Wisconsin, USA. Helios KMZ 44.2 58m 2.8 adapted for Nikon F by Retro Foto House.
midwestern farmstead....wishing I had that old circular barn ! guess I should have tilted the image a couple of degrees !!
Un veloce convoglio intermodale Union Pacific ha ricevuto il segnale per procedere verso Rochelle, Il. ed il relativo incrocio a raso con la rete BNSF dopo aver sostato per qualche minuto alle porte di Ashton, uno dei tanti piccoli insediamenti rurali sorti attorno alla ferrovia che un tempo ne alimentava anche l'economia come testimonia ancor oggi l'elevatore del mais ancora in esercizio sebbene non più raccordato alla linea ex C&NW. (21/6/16)
I like dropping in at IRM as often as I can, because you never know what you might see...
Like this solid CNW commuter train consist, looking factory fresh, even though everything in this picture is over 50 years old!
Sunday, July 6, 2008
Illinois Railway Museum
Union, Illinois
Olympus E-510 DSLR
Olympus ED 14-42mm f3.5-5.6 zoom
Quantaray Pro polarizer filter
ISO 200 RAW