| Home | Open Account | Help | 352 users online |
|
Member Login
Discussion
Media SharingHostingLibrarySite Info |
Steam & Excursion > Union Pacific #844Date: 09/29/13 08:19 Union Pacific #844 Author: Auburn_Ed Just about a year ago I was driving home to Seattle after a couple of weeks in Narrow Gauge Country. I spent a day in Ely, riding and photographing Nevada Northern #40. Coincidentally, UP #844 was returning to Cheyenne after a West Coast tour. We crossed paths in Elko, Nevada. I arrived very late at night in my motor home and had no light or time to check the landscape. The plan was to photograph her in the morning as she left town. Bright and early the next morning I drove the motor home a couple of miles east of town, parked, and waited.
I heard the whistle in the distance and thought "Here she comes". A couple more distant whistles and then........well, I seems I was parked next to the ex-SP tracks and the #844 was.......on the ex-WP. In the distance I saw the exhaust plume and, the motor home NOT being a chase vehicle, could only watch it disappear to the east. So this is the result of the one photograph I took before continuing towards Seattle. Better than nothing. Ed  Date: 09/29/13 08:35 Re: Union Pacific #844 Author: africansteam Auburn_Ed Wrote:
Better than nothing. Far better I would say than if you had been by the UP tracks. Nice work. Cheers, Jack Date: 09/29/13 09:52 Re: Union Pacific #844 Author: Inthehole That's a great pic. I would frame that myself, but I'm also very tired of 3/4 shots. Very well done.
Date: 09/29/13 10:13 Re: Union Pacific #844 Author: Frisco1522 I hate it when that happens.
Date: 09/29/13 10:48 Re: Union Pacific #844 Author: dan hey you noticed it, sweet seeing it any rate
Date: 09/29/13 12:18 Re: Union Pacific #844 Author: thefracturedfrog Looks like it could be a painting. I like it. Kudos.
-Froggie Date: 09/29/13 12:52 Re: Union Pacific #844 Author: JLY You were on the wrong side of the river.
Date: 09/29/13 15:21 Re: Union Pacific #844 Author: spdaylight Great photo for a 'second choice' . . . but your story bought smiles to my face . . . we have ALL been in that situation before sometime in our rail-fanning history . . .
Craig http://mcmrailvideos.com/ Date: 09/29/13 15:52 Re: Union Pacific #844 Author: NWClassJ That's a nice image...you could have done what a friend of mine did. Get to a prime location to snap a few photos of a service stop, then go back to your car to continue the chase only to discover you locked your keys in the car.
Date: 09/29/13 17:38 Re: Union Pacific #844 Author: YG Date: 09/30/13 11:23 Re: Union Pacific #844 Author: Margaret_SP_fan That's a beautiful photo! So sorry you were in the
wrong place for a regular close-up shot. But it did work out better than you thought. Date: 09/30/13 12:58 Re: Union Pacific #844 Author: VERNON1946 Dear Sir,
You put forth, An' "ALL OUT" Effort! THANK YOU.... This is my favorite steam train locomotive, the Mighty, UP "844" VERNON HARRISON LA TOUR, MISSOURI |