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Date: 05/28/19 16:50
Heavy metal pacing in the valley
Author: ssloansjca

BNSF ES44C4 6672 is leading a northbound manifest in these pacing shots, taken on Memorial Day, May 27, 2019 north of Shafter, CA.

My oldest Stephen Sloan was driving, my grandson was in the back seat, when I took this and other shots out the passenger side window.

Photos taken with a Nikon D300s with a 55mm f2.8 Micro-Nikkor prime lens.

Steve Sloan
San Jose, CA



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 05/28/19 16:51 by ssloansjca.



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Date: 05/28/19 18:34
Re: Heavy metal pacing in the valley
Author: bigmc83

Nice close-ups of the beast!  Question from a C4 rookie: Can you tell when the center axle is lifted? Is it physically visible, or is the center wheel just unweighted?  I assume the crank position tells if it's loaded or unloaded?

Thanks,
Sean

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Date: 05/29/19 08:56
Re: Heavy metal pacing in the valley
Author: atsf121

Very nice series!

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Date: 05/29/19 11:30
Re: Heavy metal pacing in the valley
Author: ssloansjca

Thanks folks for your comments.

~Steve Sloan

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