Tuesday, January 31, 2006
A train a train!
I had a lot of things I wanted to do in January, so if I want to get them done, I better get cracking!
Seriously, as usual I haven't posted too much partly because we were on a 'down' loop on the Mikecoaster, and partly because I DID set out some things I REALLY wanted to get done, and I possibly overdid a tad trying to do them over the weekend. Things are generally better now, though, so ONWARD!
As promised, here is one (only one) of the train pics I took for Mike on Thursday. This one is mildly interesting because of the angle. See, it was going under as I went over the overpass west of Las Animas, and I noticed it was a train of empty coal cars. I thought it was too bad Mike was not there, as it was kind of neat to be able to see how they are constructed inside. Then I thought about turning around and going back to the top of the overpass to take a picture, but figured with my luck, the train would be JUST finishing up by the time I got set.
Then I remembered! La Junta has a nice big overpass too! So I zoomed up the road and got into clicking position JUST as the engine came pounding in. If you notice, you can see that this was a LONG train...there are still cars back there on the horizon by those white buildings!
Seriously, as usual I haven't posted too much partly because we were on a 'down' loop on the Mikecoaster, and partly because I DID set out some things I REALLY wanted to get done, and I possibly overdid a tad trying to do them over the weekend. Things are generally better now, though, so ONWARD!
As promised, here is one (only one) of the train pics I took for Mike on Thursday. This one is mildly interesting because of the angle. See, it was going under as I went over the overpass west of Las Animas, and I noticed it was a train of empty coal cars. I thought it was too bad Mike was not there, as it was kind of neat to be able to see how they are constructed inside. Then I thought about turning around and going back to the top of the overpass to take a picture, but figured with my luck, the train would be JUST finishing up by the time I got set.
Then I remembered! La Junta has a nice big overpass too! So I zoomed up the road and got into clicking position JUST as the engine came pounding in. If you notice, you can see that this was a LONG train...there are still cars back there on the horizon by those white buildings!
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