Western Railroad Discussion > Probably the last Drone flying weather of the year in Tacoma...

....so, I took an hour of afternoon soon and cool clouds to fly some interesting spots in the Tacoma area.

1 & 2)  This is the new mostly complete auto loading facility in Tacoma on the Blair waterway.  This facility, owned by the Port of Tacoma, is  leased to and operated by Wallenius Wilhelmsen.
 Nissan's are shipped here and Tacoma Rail will build up 3 trains of 60 cars a week, delivered to UP .    Three of the six tracks are complete and in service. 

3)   As I was finishing up the with the auto facility, I heard the mournful sounds of a TR MP15 off in the distance, blowing for crossings.  So I waited around and that paid off.  Here they are bring a train down with a few cars for the EB1 facility.   

Steve Carter
Gig Harbor, WA
My Photography

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4) Here's the train setting out a gondola and a couple of flat cars with tractors that will find homes overseas. 

5 & 6) Down near Day Island (University Place), I got the Cascades 505 and some pretty nice skies. 
 

Steve Carter
Gig Harbor, WA
My Photography

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Beautiful shots on a beauty of a day, Steve; well done, and thanks for sharing!

-Tom

Great use of the drone, opening up views not normally visible. Chris uk.

WWWOOOWWW
What beautiful photos make,s me wish I can be there !
What is the main (car /truck) import or export ?
hoping for a reply THANKS

Very nice..!!

Nice pictures. My favorite is #4. Good to see John Deere and Cat still shipping some by rail.

Mark

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These are really neat shots, especially for modelers!

snoopy51 Wrote:
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> WWWOOOWWW
> What beautiful photos make,s me wish I can be
> there !
> What is the main (car /truck) import or export ?
> hoping for a reply THANKS

If you mean manufacture its Nissan, otherwise, I don't know. 

Steve Carter
Gig Harbor, WA
My Photography

Great shots Steve (as usual). Are those trucks in shot 3 Komatsu's?

Happy New Year!

BB



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 12/31/18 11:08 by bmarti7.

Oh! I thought they were Tonkas!
Great PIX, thanks,
Gonut

After the fun and games at the airport in London are you getting any unwanted attention when you fly your drone these days?

Great shots!

PHall Wrote:
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> After the fun and games at the airport in London
> are you getting any unwanted attention when you
> fly your drone these days?

I do my best to be inconspicuous.  People like that are going to ruin it for the rest of us.
 

Steve Carter
Gig Harbor, WA
My Photography