As promised, here’s the second and final installment of my railroad photos from my recent Christmas trip. These are the shots that I took while traveling through Nebraska. I got off of I-80 at Grand Island and worked my way west through the state on US 30. It’s a little bit slower, but infinitely more interesting. My uncle always said that the Interstate System was designed to go from sea to shining sea without seeing anything. Nowhere is that more true than on I-80 in Nebraska (well…maybe I-70 through Kansas). US 30 is fantastically interesting and is even more so to railfans. If you ever find yourself traversing the state, do yourself a favor and get off of the quick, efficient but dreadfully dull I-80.
My first shot is of an eastbound manifest at Shelton, NE. It’s just a basic wedgie (well…a tele-wedgie), but I really like this shot:
As I worked my way west, I stumbled onto the Missouri Pacific Heritage unit and traveled west with it trying to get a good picture. The sun angle never really worked well for a westbound, but this shot isn’t too bad:
My next stop was in Cozad, NE, the 100th Meridian City. I’ve always loved Cozad. The light had gotten kind of wishy-washy so I didn’t do much action stuff there. It worked well for some artistic stuff of the grain elevator there, though:
