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I took this image some time ago but this is the first time I have uploaded one. This tree was washed up onto the beach during a huge storm. It's still there now, but is now further from the water.
Upper Proxy Falls, Oregon
Man I have been busy the past few weeks. I went on a few adventures which includes an overnight backpack, some tough hikes, amazing mountain views, waterfall hunts, a run-in with a scorpion, and kayaking. I'm finally just now catching up with all the photos, and soon I'll be going on a vacation with the husband and once again fall behind with photos haha. Man, I wish I had more time to dedicate to my hobby.
I digress.
I woke up super early on one of my rare weekdays off and drove to my first waterfall excursion. I arrived at the trailhead to Proxy Falls at 7:30 am and had the whole place to myself. It was wonderful to be able to admire, get up close, and take my time setting up my shots. The two waterfalls are so beautiful and magical looking. The moss, crisscrossing logs, ferns, and rocks made for idyllic atmosphere. It was a perfect start to my day of exploration.
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I heard there was a minor derailment in the Monroe, North Carolina yard back on June 24, 2006. I know I wanted to get up there and shoot it, but it was pretty late by the time I took this shot, almost 8 pm. I suppose I had to go up after work and I did not get off until 6 back then.
It's not a great shot. Not really even a good shot. I don't remember if I had my tripod with me or if I even used it. It was 16 years ago afterall. It appears the power is moving back through the yard. The conductor is riding the last unit.
Oh, the last unit. It's UP SD40T-2, pretty rare at the time. I had no idea that in about ten years time, I'd see that unit a lot more regularly. It would be Springmaid Blue by then as Lancaster and Chester 6002. Gulf & Ohio bought it after this shot was made and it became Yadkin Valley Railroad 6002. It was built for the Southern Pacific as SP 8257 in May 1980.
So I am glad I took this shot back then, technical issues and all.
3.13.2021 LBU53B starts out in Butler Yard just west of Milwaukee. It then rolls over the Adams Sub 38 miles to Clyman Jct where it takes a left onto the Clyman Sub to Jefferson Wi over 20 miles. Here at Johnson Creek it rolls up through DT over the former C&NW trackage.
Sandstone, quartzite, sky, in Coire Mhic Fhearchair, Beinn Eighe, Torridon, Highlands.
From a transparency original taken with a Nikon FM2n camera & scanned with a Nikon LS2000 SCSI film scanner. Tonal refinement & dust spotting in a legacy version of Photoshop.
At the end of May 2017 I had just completed RCO training and at that time being at the bottom of the remote qualified roster meant you'd be working out of Green River, Wyoming. So I loaded up and across the state I went, of course stopping for pictures along the way.
Climbing the grade out of Rock River and rounding 'Pine Ridge' a solid set of EMDs wheel an eastbound Z across the Overland Route.
UP 8768 ~ ZCIG1 ~ Pine Ridge, Wyoming
Union Pacific's Laramie Subdivision
05.28.2017
Conforming to the gently meandering bends in the Humboldt River the 'westbound main' of Union Pacific's Elko Subdivision (ex-SP) has just crossed under the eastbound main (ex-WP) in the background. On this day the westbound main supports tonnage drawn by the Missouri-Kansas-Texas painted heritage locomotive, UP 1988.
UP 1988 ~ MNPRV ~ Palisade, Nevada
Union Pacific's Elko Subdivision
12.06.2018
With the Wasatch mountains forming the backdrop an eastbound Union Pacific stack train, with Western Pacific heritage colors leading the way, works through the Henefer Valley on the approach to Echo, UT.
UP 1983 ~ IPAG4X ~ Henefer Valley, Utah
Union Pacific's Evanston Subdivision
07.01.2017
The Rock train has just cleared Helena Junction and begins its trip north to Great Falls.
The train was turned over to Burlington Northern at Silver Bow with the end destination of Calgary, AB with phosphate.
10-12-80
On a gloomy afternoon, this intermodal bound for St. Louis, Missouri and beyond proceeds up from Dupo, Illinois and approaches Valley Junction.
Union Pacific Railroad
Chester Sub
Valley Junction
East St. Louis, Illinois
Tehachapi!
UP 1989, DRGW heritage, drops down grade with a Spring, Texas bound auto train. The train is framed by a classic SP signal bridge that once watched over Tehachapi's eastern slope where the desert meets the mountains.
UP 1989 ~ ABESPX ~ Mojave, California
Union Pacific's Mojave Subdivision
12.31.2011
Three Union Pacific EMDs move beyond the Pigs Eye Lake Road grade crossing while out switching the Hoffman Yard.
A trio of EMDs, aided by a pair of DPUs on the rear, have a roll on westbound ore loads from Iron Springs, Utah as they dig into the grade that leads the LA&SL into Afton Canyon.
Union Switch and Signal color-light and searchlight signals, such as the H2s at Basin, still ruled much of the LA&SL between Yermo and Las Vegas in 2014.
UP 8675 ~ OISLS ~ Basin, California
Union Pacific's Cima Subdivision
10.11.2014
Today is January 20, 2025, Martin Luther King Day and presidential inauguration day. In Arvada, Colorado, about ten miles northwest of Denver, it's -1º F as Amtrak Train 1105, the westbound Winter Park Express, whips up snow as it passes through the city. About six inches have fallen over the area in the past few days as a large Arctic cold mass has enveloped the country. Amtrak motors 75 and 146 power the seven-car train on its two-hour journey to the Winter Park Resort.
An unidentified class 85 approaches Whitehouse Junction with a southbound tanker train. That's my friend Rob again, giving the thumbs up.
I think this was the same day we walked along the tracks to the mouth of Shugborough tunnel and found a switch that turned the lights on in there...
With the MKT heritage locomotive up front, eastbound tonnage bound for North Platte, Nebraska has just overcome the steep grade up the west side of the Pequops.
UP 1988 ~ MRVNP ~ Moor, Nevada
Union Pacific's Lakeside Subdivision
05.09.2024
Caught UP 5320 leading a southbound manifest on Friday as it rounded the corner at Lake Point at about 6:15PM. I had some great evening light lined up, but she arrived five minutes too late to take advantage of the moment.
Islandhill with the tide coming in and my wellies about to overflow. It's a bit grim and grey outside so hitting the archives :)
Call-up
HDR 7 scatti
Fotocamera: Nikon D750
Aperture: f/8
Shutter Speed: 2.5 s
Lente: 24 mm
ISO: 100
Exposure Bias: 0 EV
Flash: Off, Did not fire
Lens: Nikkor AF-S FX 14-24mm f/2.8G ED
H-GALPAS muscles up the Midway Sub to Northtown for a crew change. Nice to see H1 paint leading in decent afternoon light. Was glad this took the Midway Sub as main 1 on the St Paul Sub was filled with parked westbounds waiting for a slot into Northtown, this S curve at Western Ave has also been on the list for a while.