Western Railroad Discussion > I sure could use a train! (vol #8)

But then, sometimes a railfan photographer just has to make do without one. C'est la vie …

1. Sunset scene on UP’s Topeka ~ Marysville main line. We’re looking west over Aiken Switch Rd crossing in Aikins, KS @ 8:54 PM on July 23, 2016.

Uncle Pete, where were you?
Lance Garrels
santafe199

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Been there, done that.....!!

Nice pic!!

Nice shot!  This one didn't need a train.

Nice senic shot anyway.  You'll have a better day, sometime.
SD45
 

Great shot, even without a train.

Thanks for the nice words, guys! Part of the fun of being a railfan photographer is adapting to a given situation when you're out shooting. This thread is the 8th (see "vol #8" in my thread title) in a series I've been posting. We ALL get into photographic situations where a set of circumstances or a sunrise/sunset/weather pattern, -pick one-, that just cries out for a train to grace your photo scene. But nary a train shows up. All you have left is to just do the best you can with the situation at hand. So my series is a sort of tribute to all the times we photographers are out there and don't get that train when we really need one...

SD45 Wrote: > ... You'll have a better day, sometime...
Sometimes you can have that "better day" without a train...

Lance/199