Western Railroad Discussion > I see that train a-comin'...

With apologies to Johnny Cash here’s a little late Autumn eastbound action down at the Moehlman Rd crossing in the SW corner of my home town.

1. UP 5749 on an eastbound coal train in Manhattan, KS on December 6, 2017.

Thanks for looking!
Lance Garrels
santafe199



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 12/11/17 09:49 by santafe199.

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Great sunset photo, Lance. Could be a nice RR-related motivational poster.

P.S. - I look forward to a friendly game between our 2 favorite college football teams at the Cactus Bowl later this month.

Rich



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 12/11/17 10:06 by PasadenaSub.

PasadenaSub Wrote: > ... friendly game between our 2 favorite college football teams at the Cactus Bowl ...

Aha! You just became my favorite friendly antagonist! :^) I see the location is Phoenix which would seem to give the Bruins a geographical "home team" advantage. But fair warning: K-State has a very well-traveled fan base that usually surprises everyone (except the K-State fan base, of course). There will no doubt be several 1000s of loyal purple-clad maniacs in the stadium for the contest. It should be great fun!

Lance (aka Willie the Wildcat fan from waaay back... ;^)

good one Lance. Obviously that vehicle is not Tier 4 emissions compliant. LOL.

Bob Krieger
Cheyenne, WY

Bob3985 Wrote: > ... that vehicle is not Tier 4 emissions compliant ...

(chuckling) ...and neither is that gravel road it's stirring up ;^)

Nice composition. Its a train photo without the train dominating the shot.

Lance,

Yes, I've seen that K-State fan base at an early season non-conference game with UCLA at the Rose Bowl maybe 5-6 years ago and they do travel well. I was sitting in a more or less neutral part of the stadium yet I was surrounded by Wildcat fans. The Bruins somehow won that game in the Rick Neuheisel era, as they usually seem to do pretty good in the first 3 games of the year (it's those other 9 conference games that have been the problem - notwithstanding the glory years of now-Packer QB Brett Hundley at the helm of the offense).

Should be a good game in the desert.

Pasadena (by way of Riverside) Rich


santafe199 Wrote:
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> PasadenaSub Wrote: > ... friendly game
> between our 2 favorite college football teams at
> the Cactus Bowl ...
>
> Aha! You just became my favorite friendly
> antagonist! :^) I see the location is Phoenix
> which would seem to give the Bruins a
> geographical "home team" advantage. But fair
> warning: K-State has a very well-traveled fan
> base that usually surprises everyone (except the
> K-State fan base, of course). There will
> no doubt be several 1000s of loyal purple-clad
> maniacs in the stadium for the contest. It should
> be great fun!
>
> Lance (aka Willie the Wildcat fan from waaay
> back... ;^)



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photobob Wrote: > ...  train photo without the train dominating the shot ...

Thanks, Bob! I've had my eye on this shot for some time, but I got pretty lucky when that car just wandered in and garnished the composition...

Lance/199



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 12/13/17 10:26 by santafe199.