Western Railroad Discussion > UP Fort Collins Local in today's storm light

Today's UP LaSalle-Fort Collins Local north of Fort Collins, CO on the Boettcher Branch delivering cement covered hoppers to the Holcim Cement Plant loadout, in some weird light under mean clouds that according to the NWS spawned a tornado northeast of here. It's not hard to imagine the stark silo towers on top of the hill as a medieval castle with foreboding skies boiling over it. === === = === JLH

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Fantastic light, almost eerie scene. Great job, James.

Dick Ebright
Roosevelt, Utah

The storm clouds sure set the mood for your interesting picture.

Larry

Great storm light!

That lighting is pretty wild, extra points for hanging around during the storm.

Congrats on IOTD!
Like the lighting and composition, can really see the details on the lead units perfectly.
About what O'clock position was the sun in your photo?

Also reminds one of The Wizard of Oz!

Jim Baker
Riverside, CA



Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 06/20/18 17:46 by RailRat.

One of the best IOTDs I've ever seen! Your image has that immediate, attention-grabbing appeal. Like a cross between Norman Rockwell & Howard Fogg. Very nicely done!

Lance/199

The leaning wire fence is what makes the picture for me. The rest is great, but that fence in the grass gives it an ageless look.

Moody. Gerry

Thanks, everyone. It was about 1:00 PM, the sun would have been a bit wrong if it was not bouncing off other clouds. To the right is where all the real nasty action was in the clouds, but could not frame that in the view. Right here the train has stopped for about 4 minutes to line the switch behind the train, giving me time to scurry around the low piles of dirt fill to try to compose the clouds into the view. It only barely sprinkled here though it sure smelled strongly of rain and was raining mightily only a short distance away. === === = === JLH

Wow, incredible! Congrats on IOTD! The sky definitely sets the mood here.

Posted from Android

Congrats Jim on one of the finest IOTD's. You captured the violent weather that inundated the area yesterday. Lots of T-storms with hail and tornadoes all around.

Bob Krieger
Cheyenne, WY

Love your shot, the College World Series game yesterday afternoon was postponed due to weather, but
several years ago there was a game postponed with exactly the cloud formation you shot off to the West.
End up pretty scary for those in attendance not used to Midwest weather.

Out

Just awesome JLH, I almost expected to see Miss Gulch (Wizard of Oz) on her bicycle in the sky.
John

wow factor in your photo , outstanding

santafe199 Wrote:
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> One of the best IOTDs I've ever seen! Your image
> has that immediate, attention-grabbing appeal.
> Like a cross between Norman Rockwell & Howard
> Fogg. Very nicely done!
>
> Lance/199

Ditto Jim!

BB

Great lighting. Love the clouds also. Very well done!

PQM

That is awesome...right place at the right time and you worked it perfectly. Congrats on IOTD.

I know it's cliche, but I think if you submit this for the UP calendar it would be a sure bet. I would think it's perfect for the cover.

Andre

nice shot Jim. CW.