I had railfanned VIA Rail the day before and was impressed with their "on-time" schedule. Seeing as today was another sunny one, I decided to head trackside again to shoot the same two trains as yesterday...at similar locations but with different perspectives and camera angles.This first image shows VIA train #44 having pierced the Pleasant Park road crossing...inbound to the Ottawa terminus from Toronto. I'm standing just beside the bicycle path that has its own set of signals as well. I had managed to snag the train and keep the "red over red" aspect in the image to the right. Yes, model railroad friends, look at the rail...it's brown in appearance...rust actually!
I knew I'd have 20 minutes before VIA train #47 would be departing Ottawa for Toronto, so I figured I'd bike over to the Smyth Road rail overpass. I had enough time to park my bike and scale the hill and set up for this shot.It's now 4:55 and the train is only a few minutes into its journey. The sun is still relatively high in the sky and it's certainly brightening up the front of this FP40H locomotive. Yes, that bright yellow on its snoot is highly visible for safety reasons. Thank you again for sharing with me another few minutes on my bike trackside!
Cheers, Mike
2 comments:
Mike - you have far too much spare time in the summer! Wonder what it'll be like when you railfan these trains in February! ;-)
Great shots - keep up the good work!
Andrew
PS - will you add your great pix of the O-Train?
Hi Andrew! I'm really enjoying these summer breaks. I guess I won't be biking down to the railfanning hotspots in February, but hopefully I'll still get out!
Yes, I'll post some of those O-Train shots soon.
Cheers, Mike
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