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UP 2539 - UP 7177 - UP 6566 |
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UP 2539 - UP 7177 - UP 6566 threesome heading east with a double stack with only a few random puffy white clouds... for the moment. Cheryl using the other camera as we vie to see who captures the moment best - both of us ended up getting skunked by the trees (I originally wrote bushes but was later corrected, "What? You mean them huge trees?" Uh, sure (apparently in AZ they view the "Connell National Forest" (WA) picture with a lone, scraggly tree out in a wheat field as gospel). |
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4/22/2015 Upload Date: 5/11/2015 1:29:29 PM |
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Picacho, AZ |
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B Campbell |
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UP 2539(ES44AC-H) UP 7177(AC44CW) UP 6566(AC44CW) |
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UP 2539 |
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UP 2539 lead unit on an eastbound triple-header with double-stack sporting a new paint job - or potentially a new unit in front - as we approach Picacho, AZ - this time having seen the approaching headlights in time to pull off quickly for a more planned image. |
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4/22/2015 Upload Date: 5/11/2015 1:28:39 PM |
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Picacho, AZ |
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B Campbell |
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UP 2539(ES44AC-H) |
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UP 5528 |
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UP 5528 bushes, telephone poles, microwave towers... Cheryl was spitting nails by the time this image was taken because out of eighteen frames, only two over the past several hours/hundreds of miles werent blocked by something. Here just outside of Red Rock, AZ, she finally catches a break with the lead unit - although number two on this eastbound double stack and pusher all catch a bush... I mean Arizona Tree. |
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4/22/2015 Upload Date: 5/11/2015 1:31:48 PM |
| Location: |
Red Rock, AZ |
| Author: |
C Campbell |
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UP 5528(AC45CCTE) |
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| Title: |
UP 6150 |
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UP 6150 as a little bit of a shock in the middle of the consist - its easy to forget that in other parts of the country (not the Pacific Northwest) UP will run a helper in the middle of the consist - so Cheryl got to scramble trying to get the camera back out while shes busy peering off into the east trying to see if this westbound had a pusher... on the end. Note the blue skies for another hour in Marana, AZ before the weather systems caught up to us. |
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4/22/2015 Upload Date: 5/11/2015 1:32:27 PM |
| Location: |
Marana, AZ |
| Author: |
C Campbell |
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UP 6150(AC44CW) |
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| Title: |
UP 6509 - UP 7670 |
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UP 6509 - UP 7670 double header on an eastbound mixed freight just outside of Tucson, AZ in irrigated land region with what I considered a successful shot - although Cheryl grumbled about how Arizona has only thirty-seven good sized trees... she managed to get almost all in a frame at one point or another over the past twelve hours of driving. Photo credit in an opposite direction grab shot by Cheryl. |
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4/22/2015 Upload Date: 5/11/2015 1:33:32 PM |
| Location: |
Tucson, AZ |
| Author: |
C Campbell |
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UP 6509(AC44CW) UP 7670(AC45CCTE) |
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| Title: |
UP 6566 |
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UP 6566 showing up in third position on an eastbound triple... the last joke on me as I again cut off her bottom end (in my defense, I was shooting across the car through the interior and out the passenger side window while Cheryl was having her own time with the trees that I managed to pull side trying to add some local flavor to the images. (Stupid choice, Bob.) |
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4/22/2015 Upload Date: 5/11/2015 1:30:09 PM |
| Location: |
Picacho, AZ |
| Author: |
B Campbell |
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UP 6566(AC44CW) |
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| Title: |
UP 7177 |
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UP 7177 in second place, buttfirst into the wilds of Arizona with a doublestack trailing behind (or is that in front?) as the comedy of errors on this consist continue as I manage to crop off her bottom end as she races away from Picacho, AZ. |
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4/22/2015 Upload Date: 5/11/2015 1:30:51 PM |
| Location: |
Picacho, AZ |
| Author: |
B Campbell |
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UP 7177(AC44CW) |
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| Title: |
UP 7689 - UP 7936 - UP 6828 |
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UP 7689 - UP 7936 - UP 6828 triple-header on eastbound double-stack shooting through Marana, AZ in a grab-shot by Cheryl as we travel the opposite direction. |
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4/22/2015 Upload Date: 5/11/2015 1:32:56 PM |
| Location: |
Marana, AZ |
| Author: |
C Campbell |
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UP 7689(AC45CCTE) UP 7936(AC45CCTE) UP 6828(AC44CW) |
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| Title: |
BNSF 8157 |
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BNSF 8157 leads a long string of pumpkings east by northeast through Flagstaff, AZ at point on a double stack in the early morning sun trying to cut through the clouds and haze. |
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4/23/2015 Upload Date: 5/11/2015 1:27:56 PM |
| Location: |
Flagstaff, AZ |
| Author: |
B Campbell |
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BNSF 8157(ES44C4) |
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| Title: |
GCRX 5773 (Actually GCRX 6773 - apologies, every image I saw a '5') |
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GCRX 5773 (actually GCRX 6773... thanks to Sir Steeves for the correction and power ID) dang, even more stuff as the camera rolls across the passing scenery (and I was only barely aware of what all was down there - originally Id gotten the camera out seeing the on-coming train, then the Via colors shot out of the passing high-altitude evergreen trees. Yes, I can close to exiting off - the next sign said "Grand Canyon Depot" - but, as stated, rain, sleep, and traffic... plus wed already been traveling for almost two weeks, so home was showing up on the radar of things we probably had to do, especially with the impending holiday weekend - which Id failed to realize the entire world was taking seven days off starting June 30 (Dang, people, dont you work? Im out here on a week day, Im supposed to have the place to myself). |
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6/30/2016 Upload Date: 8/22/2016 3:59:37 PM |
| Location: |
Williams, AZ |
| Author: |
B Campbell |
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GCRX 6773(FPA4) |
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| Title: |
GCRX 5773 (Actually 6773) |
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GCRX 5773 (actually GCRX 6773... thanks to Sir Steeves for the correction and power ID) - so if that shed/roofed area is empty to her starboard side leaving her out in the rain, you really have to wonder what great sight is usually kept under cover and protection from the elements. |
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6/30/2016 Upload Date: 8/22/2016 4:00:05 PM |
| Location: |
Williams, AZ |
| Author: |
B Campbell |
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GCRX 6773(FPA4) |
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| Title: |
GCRI 6768 (verify number) - Possibly GCRX 6762? |
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GCRI 6768 (verify number) - Grand Canyon Railway graveyard - several heavy weights and an ex-Via, currently sporting a GCRI 6706/6708(?) number as we hop#between rain showers in central Arizona. |
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6/30/2016 Upload Date: 8/22/2016 3:57:24 PM |
| Location: |
Williams, AZ |
| Author: |
B Campbell |
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| Title: |
GCRX 6762 |
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GCRI 6768 (actually GCRX 6762), heavy weights, a snow plow, even a BNSF double-stack eastbound up on the ridge over the exit tunnel leading up toward the Grand Canyon area... but between the rain, the traffic, and a sleeping co-pilot, stopping wasnt going to be an option. |
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6/30/2016 Upload Date: 8/22/2016 3:58:10 PM |
| Location: |
Williams, AZ |
| Author: |
B Campbell |
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GCRX 6762(FPA4) |
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GCRX 6762 seems to be consensus |
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GCRI 6768 (actually GCRX 6762?) and passing four-way double-stack at Williams, the BNSF headed toward Flagstaff - and just because all those things are working against me, doesnt mean I cant hold the camera over toward the passenger window and hold the fire trigger down as we pass, crossing my finger and hoping something lands on the sensor (then again, this the back-up camera, so less resolution, slower lens, so I cant get a number off the passing BNSF group). |
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6/30/2016 Upload Date: 8/22/2016 3:59:03 PM |
| Location: |
Williams, AZ |
| Author: |
B Campbell |
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GCRX 6762(FPA4) |
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| Title: |
BNSF 1120 |
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BNSF 1120 middle of three headed east with mixed freight into the sun... and check out that N replacement panel... too bad I didnt have time to get to the other side of the tracks (I did for what I hoped would be a pusher... but to no avail... this was the last power unit on the consist)... as I was only about three-quarters of a mile from an under-pass below the tracks. Figures. |
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7/1/2016 Upload Date: 8/22/2016 4:04:49 PM |
| Location: |
Kingman, AZ |
| Author: |
B Campbell |
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BNSF 1120(C44-9W) |
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| Title: |
BNSF 3796 - BNSF 6926 |
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BNSF 3796 - BNSF 6926 first two elephant-style units with prototypical Arizona landscape. |
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7/1/2016 Upload Date: 8/22/2016 4:09:10 PM |
| Location: |
Kingman, AZ |
| Author: |
B Campbell |
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BNSF 6926(ES44C4) |
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BNSF 3796 |
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BNSF 3796 lead unit on a five-fer double-stack south/southwest bound a few miles outside of Kingman in continued stormy weather - for once, though, with the wind and blowing rain allowing the window to be rolled down for a few quick shots while Cheryl takes her hand at the wheel. |
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7/1/2016 Upload Date: 8/22/2016 4:08:47 PM |
| Location: |
Kingman, AZ |
| Author: |
B Campbell |
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| Title: |
BNSF 3909 |
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BNSF 3909 fourth out of five at the front of a double-stack... and while pulling this one out onto the edit board, I kept getting struck how this image made it look like a model shot and not 1:1 scale prototype... not quite sure why, or if Im the only one - but it looks fake. |
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7/1/2016 Upload Date: 8/22/2016 4:10:20 PM |
| Location: |
Kingman, AZ |
| Author: |
B Campbell |
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BNSF 3909(ET44C4) |
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| Title: |
BNSF 4075 - BNSF 7887 |
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BNSF 4075 - BNSF 7887 as the first two of three on the front of an empty well-car (double-stack ready) consist headed south into Kingman proper, the glow on the distant hills from the clouds reflecting the sun trying to rise through the storm clouds and desert highland hills. |
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7/1/2016 Upload Date: 8/22/2016 4:02:10 PM |
| Location: |
Kingman, AZ |
| Author: |
B Campbell |
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BNSF 4075(C44-9W) BNSF 7887(ES44DC) |
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BNSF 4075 - BNSF 7887 - CREX 1202 |
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BNSF 4075 - BNSF 7887 - CREX 1202 05:23 local time (Remember, Arizona does not observe Daylight Savings Time), plus theres a huge thunderstorm coming from the southwest - so the "light" on the hills is a little incorrect as its pretty doggone dark out here... speaking of which, Ive found the tallest area in Kingman in hopes of catching the approaching storm (now that it looks like sunrise is going to be a bust... itd be nice if someone would tell me these things before I leave the motel room in the pitch black to find such locations and do only moderately sane things like try to catch a sunrise in a new town during travels... luckily, the railroad runs a quarter mile south of the mound Ive chosen... too bad this is the back-up camera with slower lens, lower sensor sensitivity, and more crud on the sensor than the newer (more broken than this one) camera... not that Im complaining... actually Im just starting to hope the car parked fifty to seventy five yards away will act as a better lightning rod than my little metal tripod and I sitting atop this mound. |
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7/1/2016 Upload Date: 8/22/2016 4:01:33 PM |
| Location: |
Kingman, AZ |
| Author: |
B Campbell |
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BNSF 4075(C44-9W) BNSF 7887(ES44DC) CREX 1202(ES44AC) |
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| Title: |
BNSF 4157 |
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BNSF 4157 at the front of three with eastbound mixed freight cruising through the golden glow of sunrise by the minute as the approaching storm from the west circles (hopefully) to the south of my position. |
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7/1/2016 Upload Date: 8/22/2016 4:04:23 PM |
| Location: |
Kingman, AZ |
| Author: |
B Campbell |
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BNSF 4157(C44-9W) |
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BNSF 5984 - BNSF 757(?) - BNSF 4915 |
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BNSF 5984 - BNSF 757(?) - BNSF 4915 as the last set of three out-of-five all in elephant fashion, nose-to-tail with double-stack doing double-time westbound into Kingman. |
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7/1/2016 Upload Date: 8/22/2016 4:08:21 PM |
| Location: |
Kingman, AZ |
| Author: |
B Campbell |
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BNSF 5984(ES44AC) BNSF 757(C44-9W) BNSF 4915(C44-9W) |
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BNSF 6796 - BNSF 8363 - BNSF 6707 - BNSF 5402 - BNSF 3953 |
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BNSF 6796 - BNSF 8363 - BNSF 6707 - BNSF 5402 - BNSF 3953 westbound five-way double-stack and the late-to-form southwestern arm - originally we only had the right / northern arc of the bow, but this appeared right after the sun crested the eastern hills (like I wouldve figured on the northern portion of the arc)... 05:39 (less than two minutes after sunrise - which is why my camera settings were even further off from desired as the train came by... rotten welded rail and punishing/whipping winds from the west so I couldnt hear a thing as this westbound loaded double-stack now passing the previous pre-dawn empty holding up on the near tracks - so Im not even going to post the even worse images of this five-way with her feet cut off). |
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7/1/2016 Upload Date: 8/22/2016 4:03:54 PM |
| Location: |
Kingman, AZ |
| Author: |
B Campbell |
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BNSF 5402(C44-9W) BNSF 3953(ET44C4) BNSF 6796(ES44C4) BNSF 8363(ES44C4) BNSF 6707(ES44C4) |
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BNSF 6851 - BNSF 4637 - BNSF 5984 |
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BNSF 6851 - BNSF 4637 - BNSF 5984 front three on a set of five elephants running hard westbound... using the gas pump as a tripod since this group decided to thunder into view as I pulled in out of the rain to fill the tank for the impending drive (once I dry off back at the motel). |
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7/1/2016 Upload Date: 8/22/2016 4:07:56 PM |
| Location: |
Kingman, AZ |
| Author: |
B Campbell |
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BNSF 6851(ES44C4) BNSF 4637(C44-9W) BNSF 5984(ES44AC) |
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BNSF 6926 - BNSF 7824 - BNSF 3909 - BNSF 6877 |
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BNSF 6926 - BNSF 7824 - BNSF 3909 - BNSF 6877 units two through five coming out of Kingman... and if you look through the gaps, you can see the other set of rail with another double-stack in the background (just dont look for it to be rail-by-rail - but clear on the other side of the aisle. |
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7/1/2016 Upload Date: 8/22/2016 4:09:32 PM |
| Location: |
Kingman, AZ |
| Author: |
B Campbell |
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BNSF 6926(ES44C4) BNSF 7824(ES44DC) BNSF 3909(ET44C4) BNSF 6877(ES44C4) |
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| Title: |
BNSF 779 |
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BNSF 779 in third-and-last-place - and having caught this unit two other times, one Christmas eve 2013 in Vancouver (home) and again almost exactly a year before in August (also in Vancouver) - had to include this set of three units on eastbound mixed freight duty so I could snag my triple-play on this unit. (Plus, sorry, but I liked the sunrise glow off the little teddy bear cactus in the middle-foreground). |
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7/1/2016 Upload Date: 8/22/2016 4:05:13 PM |
| Location: |
Kingman, AZ |
| Author: |
B Campbell |
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BNSF 779(C44-9W) |
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| Title: |
BNSF 7824 |
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BNSF 7824 showing up at third on the orange-elephant-five rushing south through stormy Arizona (What is it with Arizona and us? Last time we were here we brought rain, too). |
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7/1/2016 Upload Date: 8/22/2016 4:09:56 PM |
| Location: |
Kingman, AZ |
| Author: |
B Campbell |
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BNSF 7824(ES44DC) |
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BNSF 8105 |
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BNSF 8105 south western unit of the possible MOW pair or back-up power pack... but luckily, just before a BNSF truck came cruising by dusting everything. |
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7/1/2016 Upload Date: 8/22/2016 4:06:10 PM |
| Location: |
Kingman, AZ |
| Author: |
B Campbell |
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BNSF 8105(ES44C4) |
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| Title: |
BNSF 8109 |
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BNSF 8109 part of the pair I was stopped trying to catch a picture of when the previous eastbound mixed freight had come by... only now Im on the other side of the tracks (with the airport and industrial park for Kingman) and better lighting looking to the northwest... or west... or I dont know, Kingman is a little mixed up on the map in my brain as Im trying to navigate around... plus the storm seems to be getting closer, not further away - at least Im not up on my hill any more. |
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7/1/2016 Upload Date: 8/22/2016 4:05:36 PM |
| Location: |
Kingman, AZ |
| Author: |
B Campbell |
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BNSF 8109(ES44C4) |
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| Title: |
CREX 1202 |
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CREX 1202 third and final position in the near dark just second before sunrise (hopefully... before the clouds coming from the west and south cover up the little hole Im hoping to appear over the distant hills (mountains? I believe were still many thousands of feet up, but dont hold me to it). |
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7/1/2016 Upload Date: 8/22/2016 4:02:45 PM |
| Location: |
Kingman, AZ |
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B Campbell |
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CREX 1202(ES44AC) |
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KGTR 1541 and KGTR 1542 |
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KGTR 1541 and KGTR 1542... and time to wet oneself (or at least consider foaming a little)... but of course, the storm just broke directly overhead with huge drops of rain and an impending deluge... looks like someones coming back to the motel room dripping wet, because I will be getting pictures of these two units, even though Im shooting with the bad camera nearly into direct, low, rising sun in the distance (not bothering to tell the heavy storm clouds directly overhead its a bad combination of heavy rain with backlighting). |
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7/1/2016 Upload Date: 8/22/2016 4:06:42 PM |
| Location: |
Kingman, AZ |
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B Campbell |
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KGTR 1542(SW1500) KGTR 1541(SW1500) |
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KGTR 1541 |
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KGTR 1541 with the rain coming down rather hard, using a stack of pallets to help block some of the light, the sun directly behind her hood creating quite the glow, my last attempt before I figure Im potentially drawing too much attention from the dock at the nearby warehouse ("Hey, check out the loon near the edge of the property!") - I decide to pack it in. |
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7/1/2016 Upload Date: 8/22/2016 4:07:26 PM |
| Location: |
Kingman, AZ |
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B Campbell |
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KGTR 1541(SW1500) |
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KGTR 1542 |
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KGTR 1542 is a little too far up the tracks, no matter how I position myself wedged between fences at the margin of public right-of-way and private property, Im not going to be able to get a better picture of this unit - not to mention, with the quantity of rain during this particular downpour, not sure if itd matter anyway. |
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7/1/2016 Upload Date: 8/22/2016 4:07:05 PM |
| Location: |
Kingman, AZ |
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B Campbell |
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KGTR 1542(SW1500) |
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Lightning and hills - interesting shooting location during a storm |
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Yes, thats what you think it is in the upper left of the frame - funny, I was wondering if I could ever catch a bolt at 1/125 second... I was trying speeds down to 1/8, but this was right after the train had went by and I was still hoping for a pusher (so what if it was a completely empty well-car special!) and there were multiple flashes coming from behind me, so I spun the camera around on the tripod and aimed across toward the next closest hill. Instead it was in the distance of the car still in the frame. Speaking of which, Id moved a little too close to the car after shifting the tripod into location to shoot the train instead of the sunrise... looks like with the approaching storm Id better move back away from the big metal object upon this hill. And Im still waiting on sunrise (it turned out to be at 05:37, nine minutes after this shot... just in case you were keeping track... the funny part was a double rainbow appeared during the lightning storm and just before sunrise - Id thought wed only get a rainbow after the sun popped over the hill behind me in this shot - so much for thinking. (Rainbows are supposed to be the sun going through atmosphere - so seeing a double going all the way down to the ground didnt seem logical - except the rainbow started on the distant western hills, so I presume they were in sunlight before us, even if I couldnt see it with the naked eye... right?) |
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7/1/2016 Upload Date: 8/22/2016 4:03:29 PM |
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Kingman, AZ |
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B Campbell |
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