Passenger Trains > When Luck's on Your Side

Stopped by the depot on a cold December night in 2010 with just my camera, and this was the result. This would be Amtrak 703 @ Hanford, CA.

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Nice picture! I like the almost ghostly look of the BNSF unit ahead of the more brightly illuminated Amtrak equipment. The Hanford station is a nice place to photograph with the gentle curve through its platform, and the beautifully restored old Santa Fe depot. Thanks for sharing this.

Randy McFarland
Selma, California

randymac Wrote:
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> Nice picture! I like the almost ghostly look of
> the BNSF unit ahead of the more brightly
> illuminated Amtrak equipment. The Hanford station
> is a nice place to photograph with the gentle
> curve through its platform, and the beautifully
> restored old Santa Fe depot. Thanks for sharing
> this.
>
> Randy McFarland
> Selma, California

The depot seems best to do for late afternoon and night photography, maybe so early morning shots. Mid-afternoon the high sun makes it challenger to get a good angle for a train going in either direction. Westbound trains are generally the hardest to shoot at that time. if you look to the far right of the picture you'll notice a blur between the nose of the BNSF unit and the edge of the picture as a southbound manifest met the 703 after it stopped.