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Post by SP 9811 on Dec 11, 2008 14:52:52 GMT -5
Shastafan is our winner! Congrats, awesome shot man!  SP 9811  huskerherb  Shastafan  |
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Post by thespcaboose on Dec 11, 2008 16:12:00 GMT -5
Nice to see the scarlet and grey leading kodachrome power on a thru freight!!
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Post by huskerherb on Dec 11, 2008 23:20:54 GMT -5
Believe me Gary, the SP power on the point took me by surprise.
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Post by espeefoamer on Dec 12, 2008 17:49:27 GMT -5
Awesome photo,Shastafan! Is that a snowshed the train is coming through,or a tunnel in the final stages of being daylighted?Looks kind of strange.  |
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Post by espeelover on Dec 12, 2008 20:03:36 GMT -5
Awesome photo,Shastafan! Is that a snowshed the train is coming through,or a tunnel in the final stages of being daylighted?Looks kind of strange. I an guessing its some short of slide protection or snow shed, the portal in the background looks well weathered...at first glimpse it looked like the end of a truss bridge of some sort. The only thing I am ceratin of is that is a very neat shot... |
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Post by shastafan on Dec 12, 2008 21:47:59 GMT -5
I've heard the term rockshed more often than snowshed. Mother Nature doesn't seem to dump nearly as much snow on the Cascades as she does in the Sierra, at least in "normal" years.
I really don't know how many rocksheds are on the line, but some I have seen are actually attached to the tunnel portals, like at the west portal of Tunnel 5 (west of Cruzatte) and visible from Hwy. 58.
Regards,
John
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Post by EspeeCascades on Dec 12, 2008 22:41:40 GMT -5
Nice shot John! I wish I could have been there! ;D
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Post by dynamicbrake on Dec 13, 2008 20:38:09 GMT -5
That is a real nice shot John, you should be proud. You gotta love the sound of a T-Motor climbing the grade in run 8. Donner and the Cascades are hard to beat. Thanks for the memories.
Kent in Carmel Valley
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Post by SP 9811 on Dec 14, 2008 13:00:54 GMT -5
Wow! Excellent voter turn out! Get your votes in, as I will close it Monday the 15th.
Thom
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Post by espeelover on Dec 15, 2008 0:14:44 GMT -5
People are really begining to gravitate to this board...as far as the pics went, I think it was the decayed looking power and aging infrastructure that really screamed ESPEE, which put Shastafan over the top! I liked both other entries, don't get me wrong, but I could hear and feel that third choice; the power, the smoke and the roar all came through the lens. It might be one of the best modern RR pics I have ever seen. 
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Post by shastafan on Dec 21, 2008 20:52:34 GMT -5
Thanks again, everybody! What's ironic about the picture is that it's the same train I photographed on Salt Creek Trestle and submitted to the Shasta Route contest  Regards, John |
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