To Shiny Rails

Among other things, boiler inspections were going on today. http://www.bcwrr.org/100215.html

These photos were taken on the Bellwood Subdivision, between Seward and David City, Nebraska on the BNSF. Seward is about 25 miles west of Lincoln, on the Ravenna Sub. A few blizzards and sub zero temperatures coupled with moderate winds made for a beautiful, but, flash frozen environment. A freight train was snowed in at David City and a rotary snow plow was sent to clear the track of drifts that varied from 6ft or less up to 12ft in spots! The photos were taken on Jan. 8th through Jan. 10th. All the pics are here: http://www.jf2.com/snowplow/

The weather cooperated very nicely! http://www.smvrr.com/100130.html

What with the full moon and a close encounter with Mars, it seemed a fun night to go try some photography. Here are the best three taken at the Amtrak station in San Luis Obispo. These were handheld, though I think it’s time to get a tripod going.

Started out gorgeous, but got a little cool starting about noon. Hot  dogs and trains! http://www.bcwrr.org/100124.html

It was a gorgeous day (finally), and Dad and I had a great time working up at Bitter Creek today. All the pics are here: http://www.bcwrr.org/100123.html