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factorone33 — Rolling Over History
Published: 2007-10-04 18:58:38 +0000 UTC; Views: 396; Favourites: 10; Downloads: 22
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I was going to upload this one the other day, but DA decided to be whiney.
For some reason I took this shot, and decided to keep it. Maybe it's the old wood trestle that made me do it. Here, UP SD90MAC #8209 rolls over what has been here for decades. The remnants of the original trestle (built in the late 1870s) are still visible, and it stands to reason that the existing one isn't much younger than the first one.
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Canon 30D
Sigma 70-300mm telezoom
ISO 100 @ 1/400 f/13
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i bet there are some epic carvings in those wooden bases.
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i'd figure it worthwhile. old railyards, especially ones with wooden structures are always good for cool carvings. mostly tramp carvings from the depression.
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It's pretty scary to see trains running over anything wooden these days. Concrete sleepers are the future! Anyway, I like the juxtaposition of a gimpy wooden bridge and the largest diesel locomotive in regular service crossing it at track speed.
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I've heard them as "Mac 90" before, but I like the term "Big Mac 90."
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But it's still nice to see a BigMac '90 running across it.
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I get nervous to see a modern train going over a trussel supported by wooden supports.
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Ditto. BUt these timbers are easily over a foot in diameter.
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That's a really cool shot. Glad you uploaded it. Nice color and very crisp.
RWT
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Thanks. I took it on a whim, and couldn't not use it, so I did.
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