Midweek Photos 11/28/2018

I caught this MoPac covered hopper today in Pacific Mo.  Oh if only I had a real camera....

Also in the same train was a load rarely seen in my neck of the woods. 

-Nathan

These first two photos are from my trip from Vancouver back in August. They're not necessarily the best quality photos I've taken, but they show a slightly more human face than normal. Two crew members have a conversation as the sun sets on the front deck of ES44DC 7646, which is parked next to another NS train headed by C44-9W 9058. Of note is that that ES44DC has a black-painted cab front, a paint variation much more common on NS's Dash 9s. 

I also managed to grab a few shots at Washington D.C. Union Station while traveling home for Thanksgiving. In these shots, several ACS-64s, a Phase III Heritage car and other equipment lay over at the station. 

I might have a couple.  The BNSF "Holiday Express" came to my town after a seven year absence.  They loaded the train shortly before dark and headed north on a spur.  I found out how far they were going, and there was only one shot I really wanted.  I set up at the falls and got a decent shot of them heading out.  I went back to my car, pulled out a couple of big flash, set them up, and waited.  Sure enough, eventually they came back.  Train was pretty long with a nice assortment of passenger cars.  There was an engine at each end--clean ones!  Tomorrow my plan is to head west for the weekend.  Driving through a snow storm I hope to get in position to take a shot or two of a 2-6-6-2 steamer going by in the dark in falling snow.  If I don't slide off the road or something, it has the potential to be epic.  Not yet sure if my wife is going along on this one or not.

Kent in SD