Time of photo is 2058 and the sunset time on this day is 2107. The absolute last ray of sun hits the U730 as they head north with a matched clean pair of dash 8's with the anniversary logo.
After switching out cars at the Perma Treat Corporation in Durham, CT-1 comes south with four C40-8s bracketing three empty covered hoppers. The train will make a reverse move on Tilcons Reeds Gap... (more)
Providence & Worcester C40-8 4053 leads train CT-1 in a pocket of sun, as it approaches the rock-cut in Durham. This is one of my favorite locations on the Middletown Main.
Less than an hour after sunrise, CN 2029 is just about an hour into their trip to Two Harbors, MN with these steaming pellets made at Minntac and passing through the yard at Biwabik, MN. On the ho... (more)