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Date: 04/19/17 00:54
Rush Hour at Emigrant Gap
Author: Amtrakdavis22

On a cold winter evening, the railroad has sprung to life. An eastbound grain train has pulled up to Switch 9 to wait for the passing MNPRV. Tucked in the middle of all this action is the rotary snowplow. SPMW 207 waited here overnight as trains and clouds rolled on through.

February 24th, 2017.

Jake Miille
Chico, CA
Jake Miille Photography

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Date: 04/19/17 01:08
Re: Rush Hour at Emigrant Gap
Author: mojaveflyer

Fabulous low light shot! Nice work, thanks for sharing...

James Nelson
Thornton, CO
www.flickr.com/mojaveflyer

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Date: 04/19/17 01:53
Re: Rush Hour at Emigrant Gap
Author: MartyBernard

Got to love digital. Can you imagine getting this technical quality out of 35mm Kodachrome. It would have been an excellent photograph but it wouldn't have all that sparkle and sharpness. Digital has made us better photographers.

Marty Bernard

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Date: 04/19/17 07:54
Re: Rush Hour at Emigrant Gap
Author: TonyJ

EXCELLENT!

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Date: 04/19/17 14:25
Re: Rush Hour at Emigrant Gap
Author: weather

OUTSTANDING!

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Date: 04/19/17 16:21
Re: Rush Hour at Emigrant Gap
Author: mojaveflyer

And where did digital photography come from? Spy satellites... The early spy satellites used rolls of film as this example of an early spy satellite shows with the roll of film on top. It was ejected from the orbiting space craft and recovered by a cargo plane near Hawaii as it descended under a parachute. Yes, our digital cameras owe their origins to spy satellites.

I shot this at the Space Symposium in Colorado Springs the first week of the April. The NRO (National Reconnaissance Office) is looking to declassify their early hardware to display in museums around the country to show what they were doing in the 'old days'...

James Nelson
Thornton, CO
www.flickr.com/mojaveflyer

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Date: 04/19/17 20:14
Re: Rush Hour at Emigrant Gap
Author: BobL

Fabulous photo. It really captures the moment.

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Date: 04/19/17 20:21
Re: Rush Hour at Emigrant Gap
Author: WrongMain

MartyBernard Wrote:
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> Got to love digital. Can you imagine getting this
> technical quality out of 35mm Kodachrome. It
> would have been an excellent photograph but it
> wouldn't have all that sparkle and sharpness.
> Digital has made us better photographers.
>
> Marty Bernard

I don't know if digital has made us better photographers or not, but it has made our photos better....

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Date: 04/19/17 20:40
Re: Rush Hour at Emigrant Gap
Author: railstiesballast

1. A most excellent picture or a railroad at work, thanks for sharing.
2. At the Evergreen Air and Space Museum at McMinnville OR the camera from an SR-71 recon plane is on display, seems to be a similar roll for film (9" wide?).
If you go to Winterail at Corvallis next spring, a visit to Evergreen is well worth your time.

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Date: 04/19/17 21:48
Re: Rush Hour at Emigrant Gap
Author: doge_of_pocopson

Wow. B

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Date: 04/21/17 03:59
Re: Rush Hour at Emigrant Gap
Author: SPDRGWfan

I used to ski in the Sierra's as a teen and collage student and that photo really captures the atmosphere I remember!

Kudo's! Jim Fitch

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Date: 04/21/17 14:42
Re: Rush Hour at Emigrant Gap
Author: danco

WOW!

Thanks for sharing!

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Date: 04/21/17 20:40
Re: Rush Hour at Emigrant Gap
Author: atsf121

Wow!

Posted from iPhone

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