C17 971 works up the grade near Massie, leads its 4 car train to Clifton.

light up the night with me

the morning is far away and I need help in the dark

Before and After

MACBA, Barcelona

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Seen from the promontory of Zidana skala.

Are these beams descending on Brea Lawrenson and the backup band, Doubleback, at the Celebration Concert, or are they to beam the band up to the mother ship?

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UP's Lincoln local climbing the hill at Touhy.

Credits here: fashionsuicidesl.wordpress.com/2017/12/03/up/

Here is Mr Wattie coming in for a close-up.

With a Downy Woodpecker

Track Scene

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Beck - Up All Night

UP train LMN34 wanders south along the Peoria Gateway near Newburg, Iowa, on a autumn afternoon

The view out of my caravan of ‘North” — the RV I’m doing up — when a storm is due

Missing our boy right now. We’ve been visiting family in Wisconsin for the past 10 days and were supposed to go home Sunday. But our flight was one of many that was canceled and we couldn’t get another flight until Wednesday. So we’re camped out in a hotel for 3 days with nothing but photos of Jasper for our dog fix. Thank goodness our dog sitter was available to continue her stay with Jasper at our home. But we missed his 13th birthday on Sunday. So we’ll have to celebrate big when we get home.

This shot is at the riparian preserve in front of some barrel cacti. Having grown up in the desert he’s rather adept at navigating prickly stuff

Idle boats at the Feltzen South wharf on Nova Scotia's South Shore.

I'm not sure what train this is but I saw the same power doing the same thing two days in a row so I suspect it's a local transfer job of some sort. At any rate, this pair of UP Deuces is heading north out of Fort Worth and soon to go over the Trinity River. 5/18/18

Black Marsh Wetlands, Upper Chesapeake Bay, North Point Maryland State Park

This was part of the damage caused by Storm Doris. Literally thousands of starfish washed up on Talacre beach :-(.

A nice looking SD70M and C45AH run light power under the XLESMX ID

Lecheria, EdoMex

Stadtbibliothek, Stuttgart.

Not sure what he needs them for, but Jasper is picking up supplies

Dall-E & PS Beta

hamburg

Up Periscope II

Valley of the Gods

San Juan County

Utah

September 2022

A shallow depth of field view up a jack pine (Pinus banksiana - Pinaceae) with peeling bark and a pleasant bokeh in northern Wisconsin

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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.

Turning away from the playa of the Smoke Creek Desert at Sano, the rails of Western Pacific's Fifth Subdivision start up the east side of Sand Pass. Highlighting the route, with over 13K feet and 20K tons, a westbound North Platte, Nebraska to Fresno, California manifest makes the climb to Sand Pass.

UP 8439 ~ MNPFR ~ Sand Pass, Nevada

Union Pacific's Winnemucca Subdivision

04.10.2024

Tagebaunachfolgelandschaft

Naturparadies Grünhaus; Seit 2003 lässt der NABU hier auf 2.000 Hektar Fläche ein Naturparadies entstehen. Es leben hier mittlerweile mehr als 3.000 Tier- und Pflanzenarten.

Open pit successor landscape

Grünhaus natural paradise; Since 2003, NABU has been creating a natural paradise on an area of 2,000 hectares. More than 3,000 animal and plant species now live here.

Hamburg - Moments

Shot at Backdrop City.

Quite the Show

We saw a day’s worth of trains within 8 minutes. The timestamp between me shooting the DPU and shooting the head end of the potash local was 4 minutes. Surprisingly, there were three units on the potash local, and one of the units, a crusty AC44, was set out at Brendel. This left a tagged 70M as the leader for the return trip, a unit I had absolutely no interest in shooting, but without any other ideas, we started the drive towards Moab to do…something? Whatever our goal was, I got word there was a crew to be called out of Helper for the coal train, so we changed course. In my infinite wisdom, I neglected to do research on Solider Summit, assuming I wouldn’t end up there. It probably cost me a better shot than the one I got, but I can’t change it now. Like I’ve said before—I often enjoy all the aspects outside of shooting more than I do dealing with the photos I’ve taken. I tend to only see the flaws in the photos I take and can’t enjoy them much anyway. The chase and the experience don’t allow time for me to sit and think, just time to be present, and a chronic over-thinker comes to appreciate that. I have, however, come to realize how pointless the hobby becomes if I never post the pictures I take. I enjoy looking at your photos, you enjoy looking at photos, but if everyone thought the way I did, there would no photos to look at. So in spite of the fact I wish these could post themselves, I do my best to share them.

I know I already said it, but thanks again to those who helped me along the way. Your generosity altered the direction of our trip for the better.

CWELB9 06

September 6, 2024 - 11:59AM

Thompson, UT // UP Green River Sub

Somewhere in Utah

Any normal person would say it’s the middle of nowhere, but to a few of us, it’s definitely somewhere. Only a railfan could make a destination of somewhere completely devoid of people, something I think makes the hobby all the more interesting. Here on the former Rio Grande main, traffic still exists, though not without considerable gaps between trains. With its helpers removed at Colton, UP 3038 and company notch up to speed once again with their load of West Elk coal in tow. They departed Grand Junction sometime around 9AM with an easy run across the desert, meeting Amtrak in Ruby Canyon and an empty coal train somewhere west of Green River. With a little over 60 miles left of double track, they don’t look to be stopping anytime soon.

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September 6, 2024 - 6:04PM

Colton, UT // UP Provo Sub

Melitaea athalia

Mélitée du Mélempyre

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Spider macro

Having just worked the Nevada Goldmines facility at Jayhawk (Newmont) the paired track local hustles west towards their last customer, MI Swaco in Battle Mountain. Elko and Winnemucca based locals and yard jobs are still powered by EMD/NLR SD40Ns, as demonstrated here by 1635 and 1620.

UP 1635 ~ LRG55 ~ Argenta, Nevada

Union Pacific's Elko Subdivision

01.20.2025

This male ruddy duck is all dressed up in his finest breeding plumage and sky-blue beak, ready to woo some lady duck. Good luck, Mr. Ruddy.

Wrapping up my final astro adventure of 2024 under the stunning skies of Harvey. Took a 1.5-hour drive south of Perth to scout around Harvey Dam, armed with a few planned shots in mind. Arrived just before twilight to set up, and by 10:30 PM, I was already heading back home—mission (mostly) accomplished.

The wind was relentless that night, and while the tall trees offered some shelter, the dream of capturing those perfect sky reflections on the water? Gone with the breeze. Not everything went to plan, but hey, that’s the beauty of nightscape photography—always keeping you on your toes!

Sky

Nikon D5500 (fullspectrum)

Samyang 24mm f/1.4

Star Adventurer Pro 2i

Hoya UV/IR cut filter

Optolong Ha 7nm

28 RGB x 30s at f/2.8

20 Ha x 60s at f/1.4

Ground

Nikon D5200

Samyang 24mm f/1.4

12 x 2s at f/10