| Posted by Offset on February 28, 2014 | |
What an incredible shot. I can only guess at how difficult it was to actually take it. Can you imagine how hard it would have been to construct that bridge in that environment. So beautifully rugged and dangerous.
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I feel sorry for that poor hopper car - stranded out in the desert all alone with no friends.
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Great shot with a great historical record! well done, better than National Geographic
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The best. Love the effort to get there and then the ability to get a shot like that. Bravo.
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Please excuse my aging eyes, but is that a tank car perched on the side of the mountain above the hopper? Pretty ingenious way to make sure you have water pressure.
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Somewhere I have an old SP calendar that had a photo from this area in it, early 1960s with a few GP9s and mostly PFE reefers, I've wondered what the area looks like today compared to then. What I didn't know was how much effort it would take to find out! Thanks for making the trip and sharing about it.
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Arne, I doubt the area has changed much in the last 1000 years - except for the earth quake caving in the tunnel in 1922. Sure they built the RR in 1914 and the bridge in the 30's, but the desert never changes that much because it is so dry and there is very little rain. Trees don't grow, metal doesn't rust (it just forms a patina like coating) wood does not rot and rain rarely washes anything down slope. If its dropped in the desert and no one picks it up, it will be there 100's of years from now in much the same state as it was left, except for the paint will be faded. Such is much of the American Southwest - dry and like a museum.
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| Posted by Sport! on March 3, 2014 | |
What's with the tank car up on the side of the mountain?
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Water tank.
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