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I once heard it said that, "With age comes perspective." That is so true.
Regarding the railroad, I would like to take some creative license and modify this wise proverb to state, "With seniority comes perspective. "
When the word " seniority" is mentioned on the railroad, it generally applies to the number of jobs and the quality of jobs that an employee can work due to their date of hire. Just one day on the seniority roster can mean the difference between an employee holding days or nights, choice of rest days, etc.
In my opinion, seniority is an invaluable asset for an employer as well. With it comes experience, insight, and knowledge acquired by an employee performing a job day by day, year after year.
Ask any railroader and they will say the same. The art of railroading is something that cannot be learned from a book. Each day on the locomotive, in the tower, in the shops, or out in the yard is like a day in the classroom, an education.
Every day is unique. As an engineer, each train handles differently as no two trains are the same. As a conductor, no two switch lists are the same or performed under the same conditions. The same applies to every craft of the railroad, including MofW, C&S, Mechanical, Dispatching, etc.
In March of this year, I celebrated 30 years of service. Three decades at the throttle working for two Class One carriers, Conrail and Norfolk Southern. It is hard for me to believe that time has passed by so quickly.
Much has changed on the rails since I hired in 1994. Some change for the better, a larger portion for the worse. As technology increases, change is expected and inevitable. From my experiences on the railroad, it has not been favorable for the crews in T&E.
That being said, I could allow PSR, the constant electronic monitoring, and daily incompetence to taint my perspective on my beloved job. But I refuse. I will not allow them to infect the joy I get from running a locomotive.
God blessed me with the opportunity to live out a childhood dream by working on the railroad as a locomotive engineer. While my job has changed considerably, I still climb up on a locomotive and cross the Division at a mile per minute. Wind in my hair and hand on the horn!
My final two years of running trains will be upon me before I realize. I plan on savoring my time at the throttle on every trip, smiling mile after mile, crossing after crossing.
Life is too short!
Une vue nocturne des parties supérieures de quelques édifices de Montreal. De gauche à droite:
- Édifice Sun Life
- 1981 McGill College
- Cathédrale Marie-Reine-du-Monde
- Hotel Fairmont The Queen Elizabeth
- Place Ville Marie
- Siège social CN
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A night view of upper parts of some Montreal famous buildings. From left to right:
- Sun Life building
- 1981 McGill College
- Marie-Reine-du-Monde cathedral
- Fairmont The Queen Elizabeth hotel
- Place Ville Marie
- CN headquarters
@ Beautiful Montreal, Canada
We think too small, like the frog at the bottom of the well. He thinks the sky is only as big as the top of the well. If he surfaced, he would have an entirely different view.
Mao Tse-Tung
“A shoot will come up from the stump of Jesse; from his roots a Branch will bear fruit.” - Isaiah 11:1
Layered strata catch winter afternoon light at North Coyote Buttes creating an interesting juxtaposition with the snow-accented and darker layers of the mountainside beyond, Vermilion Cliffs National Monument, Arizona.
This is actually a view of part of the “Second Wave”, just a short distance away from the more famous “Wave” with its truly amazing, undulating layers of redder sandstone. We had been trying for the past couple of years to get a permit through the online lottery to hike the Wave, but we were never successful. Being in the area in early January—and after a decent size snowstorm—we took a morning and went to the in-person lottery (which was more sparsely attended than usual because of the snow we were told) and got lucky.
The Wave was absolutely amazing to see partly draped in winter snow. I thought the Wave and surrounding area was even more interesting than I expected going in, which is saying something because the Wave gets a lot of hype as most of you know. But I didn’t get anything that really stood out for me photographically at the Wave itself this time in the heavily-tracked snow. The good news: It was a great day out in an amazing place and I now have extra incentive to head that way again.
This is another image from the past week’s photography trip to the southwest with good friends Josh Krasner and Sky Matthews. Thanks again for visiting!
Non lasciamo vuoti i giorni del nuovo anno, ma riempiamoli delle nostre speranze, delle nostre azioni, dei nostri gesti quotidiani….
We must not leave blank the days of the new year, but let’s fill them with our hopes, our actions, our everyday gestures ....
It's hard to believe that this menacing looking creature is actually a rather smallish Green Tree Python at the Toronto Zoo just having a rest. A little zoom, a liitle tonal processing, and voila, you have spooky.
I'm revisiting some of my older shots. This one taken during a trip to the Zoo in 2017.
7 of 10 days here in Alabama are blue skies. Great for the soul, but bad for my art. But I patiently waited and I think I got a perfect sky for this perspective. HSS!
Shot taken in 2016 in New York City The statue is in Central Park and 59th, and across the street is the Time Warner Center building (far right)
Make your landscapes look bigger by coaxing a small white dog to sit somewhere in your scene. Works every now and then.
Cottonwood Cabin. Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest, Washington.
(Press z to zoom)
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