Just got back from the West Colton yards where I took a couple of half-
decent shots of that long, long dead-lined diesel lash-up from the
embankment of the Sierra Ave freeway overcrossing looking almost due
east. Surprisingly, the normally busy west end tracks were almost
completely bereft of freight cars so there was nothing blocking the
view of the dead-line: a telling visual comment on the state of U.P.'s
business.
Only two problems were encountered: (A) the weather was pretty hazy
today, and (B) turns out you can't get a picture of an entire train
that long anyway; at least not with a 200mm lens. The rear half of
the string just fades away into the distance. I *did* take the
opportunity measure the train's length as I passed it by on the way
home, however. According to a Honda Civic odometer it's almost
*exactly* 1 1/2 miles of nothing but locomotives.
I'll see if I can stumble my way through figuring out how to post the
pics on the web in the next few days, and if I succeed I'll post the
URL for anyone who's interested.
~Pete
- posted 13 years ago