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Picture of the Day - July 8, 2009
Southern Pacific Daylight No. 4449
Photo and narrative by
Ron E. Trees.
(Click on the photo for a larger view)
This last Friday, my wife, daughter and I took a trip to town. We
took a route that we don’t normally take. We crossed over a large
overpass and noticed a fair amount of people standing around with
cameras. I knew something was going on, but had no idea what so I
stopped and asked. They told me that there was a steam locomotive
that had left Portland, Oregon that morning and was due to arrive in
Spokane, Washington soon. I waited around for a while but no train.
Since it was about 93 degrees out, we decided that we would not wait
any longer.
When we got into town we checked the BNSF yard and found some people
waiting there also, but no train. I honestly am not a train buff at
all, but figured that with so many people waiting to see this train,
it must be worth seeing. We did our shopping and went back to the
yard and heard reports that the train would be there shortly. What
pulled in was indeed a pretty neat old train. It was pulling ten
cars behind it, including some passenger cars, and a dinner car with
a glass top. It is just always very cool to me to see history like
this that someone cares enough about to keep alive.
If you would like to read more about this train, please
visit
this site. There are many pictures there and much more about the
history of the train. In the coming days, I will add more photos to
my gallery as I get them developed.
I used my Sony A700 camera with the Sony 18-250mm lens. This is an
HDR image that is using three different images at three different
exposures and then Photomatix Pro 3 to combine them, and then
finishing with Adobe Lightroom 2.4.
For now, I hope that you enjoy this photo of rolling history.
--Ron Trees
Visitor Comments...
Name: Rick Rouse
Town: Abingdon, VA
Great photo, and a wonderful story to go along with it Ron. As
always, thanks a bunch!
Name:
Gordon
Brugman
Town: Gatlinburg, TN
Great picture of a classic train, Ron. What a wonderful piece of
history. Thanks for sharing!
Name: Phyllis Helton
Town: Bristol, VA
Nostalgic! |
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