Who’s ready for Winter this week? (Come to think of it, it was summerlike two weeks ago…just goes to show you that you never know what the weather is gonna be in Colorado!)
Anyways, the forecasters were calling for a rainy Saturday so I decided to head out and about and see what I could shoot. I know it seems odd, but I actually really like shooting on rainy days, especially when it’s a light, gentle, constant kind of rain. The lighting is really useful for a different type of shot. Besides railroads and railroaders are working all day, every day. Why should rail photos be limited to sunny days?
I started downtown hoping to do something with the Zephyr. Alas, it was running about 3 hours late, and I didn’t want to wait that long for it. So I headed over to do a shot I’ve been meaning to do for awhile. This is a detail of the old Moffat Station, not too far from Union Station:
From there, I just kind of wandered around Denver, not seeing anything that really got me too excited. Eventually, I saw a coal drag headed east for the Limon Sub, so I decided to head out that way. While driving, the rain slowly started having a few snowflakes mixed in. This was a bit of a surprise because I went to bed hearing the forecasters call for snow levels to be around 7000 or 8000 feet. By the time I got to Watkins, this is what the crossing signal looked like:
Wise move, Grasshopper, letting your quarry go uncaptured at this time. There will be other trains, but not other CopCars (or "CopCarSS"s, for that matter!).
I liked the fact that you could make a string of old box cars look almost new, with a little help from the snow to cloud the vision (those cars with the extra height toward the roof line were rebuilt from standard-height auto-parts cars obtained in 1993 or 1994 from CSX…they’re probably getting near their age limit),
The muse of David Plowden served you well in all of those still-life shots!
…Very nice Chris…But oh those Winter scenes. And what comparison. Just yesterday, I was over doing a bit of help on some shrubs for our neighbor, and after a few min. of doing so, I’d have to sit down in the shade to cool out. Then start again…
Of course I watch what I do and in this case, the sun was really beating down on us.
Quality photos, Copcar. Some of the photos, particularly the boxcars and the Plowden inspired shot had a surrealistic image to them and would be good for wall decorations.
[tup] 2 times Chris. As each scene unfolds in your travels they are all keepers. That #6 photo took me back to a time when we were trucking across Wyo. we really felt quite alone and hoped nothing went " bang" on our truck. All your pics are calendar quality. Keep up the excellant work.
