I remember eating dinner with a friend of mine, who's an engineer for the BNSF out Lincoln, NE, who told me "there's nothing like controlling a 16,000 ton coal train and watching an amazing sunset". In April of 2016, I had to wonder if that's what was on the mind of the crew of a heavy Slaton, TX to Barstow, CA manifest train as they tackle up the grade of the Arizona Divide; into the setting sun. With a CSX SD70MAC on the point, this 10,000 ton manifest slowly grinds up the grade, as they heads towards the San Francisco Peaks; near Flagstaff, AZ.
Landscape photography is difficult due to the challenge of combining good light and good scenery. Good railroad photography enters another level of complexity since it requires the first two while there is a train in view.
A continuously growing album of photos that IMHO reveal the awesome and seldom-seen beauty of the railroad world from the dimming of day to dawn's early light! From dusk to dawn, trains roll on! (I'm still finding gems of sunset-to-sunrise surprises!)
