Today's Train

This train was stopped at the Palm Springs Depot today, and it gave me a little time to play around. It was a fairly clear day for a change.

This was taken from the north (shady) side. I like this perspective becase you can see both the front and rear of the train in the distance. I don't take too many shots from this side because it's a little risky. trains occasionally come up on the second main pretty fast, and I don't move that quickly. Also, they occasionall stop, and I sometimes have to walk around them to get back to my car. This trains wasn't moving, so I didn't have the problem.

This was taken with the 24-105, ISO 125, F/5.6, 1/200 Sec., 105mm

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Beautiful shots Boss!

Really gives you an idea of the enormity of that thing!

Very nice colors as well.

Wow, those are neat! - Nice mountains and wind mills. Union Pacific, right?

Nice ones Chief...I see they managed to sneak some SP power in there to break up the yellow monotony. UP must be the official power of Tupperville...I see they have a nice red ring!

Lovely shots there Chief!!!

I think the last one is my favorite of them all, love the colors.

asolie wrote in post #3093786
Wow, those are neat! - Nice mountains and wind mills. Union Pacific, right?

Unfortunately, yes. I'm sick of yellow (it's all we see out here).

Thanks, everyone.

belmondo wrote in post #3093816
Unfortunately, yes. I'm sick of yellow (it's all we see out here).

Thanks, everyone.

Some BNSF orange would look okay, but you gotta take what you can find.

Nice shots...yer fortunate to have locomotive close by. Down here, the closest train track is about 20 miles away, and it's just a spur, so thing terribly large runs on it.

they are beautiful Tom
all of the shots do it justice

Nice work, & a great location, too. About time we had some shots without the "Velvia look". I'd almost forgotten what a "normal" shot looked like?

(OK, OK, I've done it too!)

Perfection.Great trains, great backdrop, and very well captured.

Send some over here, I'm partial to the UP paint scheme. .

Yes, they are nice shots.

What I think is more important is the valuable lesson they teach.

Your use of wide and telephoto show how valuable a tele can be in compressing the shot. It brings the mountains into sharp focus and makes the picture even that much better than the wide.

Colors are excellent.

In your desire to show front to back, you should exercise your 24mm tilt-shift lens. That's one shot I'd love to see.

me

Good shots! I love the wind farm in the background too.

Jon.

Thanks. We're on the road, so they make me a little homesick. We'll be back tomorrow night.

Your spoiled with UP other their in your area. All I see is CSX and NS. Conrail is surely missed.