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With the San Gabriel Mountains looming large in the background eastbound Union Pacific tonnage eases down the Cajon grade at Lugo behind a solid consist of EMDs.
UP 8912 ~ MWCNP ~ Lugo, California
BNSF's Cajon Subdivision
01.10.2015
Chicago & North Western Heritage painted engine, Union Pacific 1995 departs Westbound out of the siding at Yarmony and follows alongside the Colorado River as it approaches the crew change location at Bond.
Something from 2019
There are victims of injustice and unjust laws - and then there are the unwholesome wretches who shamelessly profit from their misery
I often take my camera with me when I go to fill the feeders up - just in case. On this occasion I struck lucky, there was a squirrel already feeding when I went out, so I stood back and waited for it to move away which it did after 5 minutes or so, having given me the chance to get a few snaps.
I then filled the feeders up and stayed close by to photograph the small birds hoping for the Nuthatch to appear.
I don't know who was the more surprised when the squirrel reappeared on the branch less than 12 feet away from me. It looked me up and down a few times shaking its tail and then went to the feeder.
This is one of the shots I managed; many of the others are not full body as I was too close and in some I can see my reflection in the eyes of the squirrel.
Still wearing its 'as delivered' red frame stripe, UP 5444 and a trio of SD70Ms, drop down grade between Allard (Bealville) and Caliente with westbound tonnage bound for Roseville, California. This photo was taken from above tunnel 1, in the distance a sharp eye will spot the train's rear DPU which is approaching tunnel 2.
This was an early attempt at getting away from the more 'traditional' Tehachapi locations that I had grown up with :}
UP 5444 ~ MWCRV ~ Tehachapi Pass, California
Union Pacific's Mojave Subdivision
07.31.2010
NS train 16T passes through the interlocking at Lithia, headed northbound up the former N&W line from Roanoke to Shenandoah.
"A heavenly view from above
Lifeless skies embrace stars
With the enveloping heat of the sun
And with the light that blinds us
The smell of cosmos is all around
Going up to the life pedestal
Something new is about to come
It was close, now it's gone..."
Motorama: youtu.be/HzTmUHOz1a8?si=GKPRpND3DYeCVish
Explore position: 84 on Wednesday, February 28, 2024
UP 4014 slows as it approaches a ranch crossing east of Morgan, UT. Stalled freight traffic saw the special hot on the heels of a stack train all the way into Ogden, UT.
Sprengel Museum
Hannover
Germany
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I know, I know, it's a "pull-tab" not a pop top. This is from a can of Budweiser, the King of Beers (if you are to believe their advertising). This was left here by a visiting Euro beer-lover. When she's here she does enjoy US beer, like PBR and Bud. Of course, Corona and Heineken and other brands of beer are on the "acceptable to drink" list as well.
While processing this image, John Hiatt's "Riding with the King" was playing in my head. Here is a great rendition with Hiatt singing and Sonny Landreth playing lead on slide. The band is tight, the video and sound are excellent. Highly recommended. www.youtube.com/watch?v=m_CUzuitxSI
Macro Mondays -- theme: Less Than An Inch
This is a close-up photo of areas of different texture and pattern in the sand at Clam Harbour Beach.
All Fluffed Up
A Savannah Sparrow at dawn braving the single digit temperatures and gusty winds at Bombay Hook NWR
2018_01_18_EOS 7D_3620_V1
This is the train I had intended to shoot that morning before the EC-4 car changed the timing. When the intermodal train departed Council Bluffs, it was under high sun and haze. Oh well, I'm out here, might as well shoot it anyway. I liked the Golden West boxes on the head end.
Skiing up towards our eventual camp site. Athabasca Glacier, Jasper National Park, Alberta. Scanned from a 35 mm slide
Made it on to Flickr Explore - March 12, 2016