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I was starting to wonder how you are doing with all the rain down there. When I lived in Sacramento in the early 80's a levee in the San Joaquin-Sacramento Delta collapsed while a Santa Fe freight was traveling on it. Locos and some cars went into the water.
No levee failures yet, but they have shut down a lot of services along the rivers as debris is becoming a big problem. More rain coming for the next 3 days.
Dark and Stormy by
lennycarl08, on Flickr
We have had a heritage unit working the corridor trains for the last week or so. Here 822 heads the "San Joaquin" running 60 plus MPH through Holt California in the delta region between Stockton and Antioch California.
Heritage on the San Joaquin by
lennycarl08, on Flickr
This is what ISO 1600 used to look like on my old 40D without shooting in the pouring rain. Alas, this is not camera noise but rain, and lots of it. I usually head up to the Sacramento NWR to shoot birds on the holiday, but I-5 and the town of Maxwell are flooded and all the areas are closed due to flooding as well, so I stuck around home, but just couldn't sit inside all day. I'm not crazy though, this was shot out the passenger window of my truck from the drivers seat, allowing me and the camera to stay nice and dry. Trains were rolling on slow orders due to flash flood warnings
Rolling Through the Storm by
lennycarl08, on Flickr
The same pair of SD59MX's up close. They nicely got help at Hercules for Amtrak so I had a chance to get over to Pinole to catch them.
SD59MX at Pinole Creek by
lennycarl08, on Flickr
Don't usually see six-axles working North Bay. Here an SD40-2 plus another unidentified SD work the UPS cars.
20170219-_MG_2242 by
lennycarl08, on Flickr
Same train with 8 locos as above, but from a wider angle showing off the clouds
BNSF 4001 by
lennycarl08, on Flickr
I really like the hawk photo, that is a great pic.
Regards,
I really like the hawk photo, that is a great pic.
Regards,
Thanks! That guy has been hanging out by the tracks for the past month. He (or she) will perch right above me on a light-post while I watch the trains go by.
Suburban Hawk by
lennycarl08, on Flickr
Short manifest rolling by the future sight of the Hercules Amtrak California station
Head and Tail by
lennycarl08, on Flickr
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