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Don't have much, been really busy this time of year I guess.  What I do have does have a couple of interesting stories, perhaps.

1.  BNSF s/b coal train, Watson, MO.  Watson is the northwestern-most town in Missouri.  This track runs from Kansas City to just south of Council Bluffs IA, (Pacific Junction.)  There is a sliver of land between I-29 and the Missouri River that sits on the flood plain.  Every decade or so there is a major flood that widens the river to several miles.  Over the years fewer and fewer people have remained in the towns on the flood plain.  Most of the trains I've seen here in the past were empties headed north, so I set up my flash for trains coming from the south.  I saw three trains--all headed south!  On my way home I stopped at Hamburg IA and spotted a dogcatch.  Crew told me there was a derailment in Nebraska, and loaded trains were being rerouted.  Aha!  It also turned out this crew was on one of the trains I had photo'd.  They laughed and said they didn't know there was a foamer night shift.

 

2.  From the dark days of railroading.  Shot at a very well done WW2 museum in MN that I took my dad to a few weeks ago.  (My dad is a WW2 vet, 101st Airborne.) Shot with a vintage 1942 Leica IIIc, HP5 film.  Camera was originally owned by a German army lieutenant.

 

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