A couple of weeks ago, Eastern Montana received their first snowfall. It amounted to just a couple of inches, but it was just enough to blanket the entire area in some white powder and brighten everything up from the fall brown. Several days later I found myself out working in that fresh snow, and had the opportunity to capture my train, the U-HUTSID0-66T, near Shirley, MT. We were following an eastbound coal train, which had stopped at the west end of Shirley, to wait for a westbound train to clear the main into the siding there. We had a red signal at MP 62.4, which is where the eastbound approach signal for Shirley is located. While we could have proceeded at restricted speed, I decided to just sit tight and wait for an Approach signal, since I knew the train ahead would be moving soon anyway. Since we had a few minutes to kill, I decided to take advantage of the morning sun and fresh snow, and get this picture. Also, I had been sitting for a while and this gave me a good reason to get up and go for a short walk along the river, and get the "I've been sitting too long jitters" out of my system.
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| U-HUTSID0-66T at MP 62.4 on the Forsyth Sub. Photo by James Ogden. |
(I have to admit, I am pretty happy how this turned out. I do not consider myself a photographer, and this was just a quick shot. :) )
This one is calendar worthy.
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