Captured minutes before sunset, Union Pacific's OANP (Oakland, CA - North Platte, NE) skirts the southern shore of the Great Salt Lake on the former Western Pacific. The thin layer of haze is courtesy of nearby MagCorp, Utah's biggest polluter.
Landscape photography is difficult due to the challenge of combining good light and good scenery. Good railroad photography enters another level of complexity since it requires the first two while there is a train in view.
