With the operating day coming to a close, it's time to bank the fire. With a smoking firebox spreading out to the cab, IRM Steam Department Volunteer Don Panek puts his shovel away and will begin to let the explosive pressure of the 1630 die off for the evening.
A continuously growing album of photos that IMHO reveal the awesome and seldom-seen beauty of the railroad world from the dimming of day to dawn's early light! From dusk to dawn, trains roll on! (I'm still finding gems of sunset-to-sunrise surprises!)