I already posted part of this message in another post, but let us make June 1st 2002 a worldwide Railfanning day. 1201 am to 1159pm. Rain or shine. It seems we have days for our parents, days for boxers(just picking on the Canuck's ,Colorado Avalanche is going to kick everyones tail for the Stanley Cup, and the Limey's) and any other day we can think of. So why not a WORLDWIDE RAILRAOD WATCHING DAY. I know I will be out there taking pictures. There is nothing more exciting than being around these huge pieces of living and breathing steel.
To be standing trackside when a hotshot intermodal, with the newest in motive power on the head end, blows by you at 60 mph.
It is also just as exciting to see 2 old worn out GP-35s pulling with all their might a hundered cars out of the yard only to shove them over the hump. You can hear it in their voices that they are using every ounce left in them, and see the black exhaust billowing out of their stacks.
I can just feel the anticipation of the train coming. You have been sitting for the last 30 minutes staring at dark lifeless signals, when all of a sudden they come a live. A green signal!! Yes, finally!! Then the you start to get anxious after about 10 minutes when nothing shows. Finally you think you hear something,just your imagination? Is the ground vibrating a bit or have you been standing too long? Do you see a headlight or is it just a reflection from some discarded piece of metal? Then all that you though you saw and heard becomes a reality. A heavy coal or grain train pounds past you, 4 or 5 units on the head end
100 or so cars(and every other one has a flat wheel or two) and then 2 DPU units on the rear. So lets get out there take some pics. Post them on your web sites or lets start a forum showing our efforts.
"CTC Board Railroads Illustrated" and has set aside 1 June 2002 to illustrate North American Railroading.
They would like people(railfans) to go to their favorite railroad watching locations and take pictures.
They would like the results sent to them by 12 July 2002. Photographs need to original color slides, black & white prints and or black & white slides.
No color prints or duplicate slides.
Any photo you wish returned must have packaging and postage. Each slide/photo needs to have photographer's name and address writen on it, and a basic caption must be included with each picture.
The basic caption needs to include railroad, nearest siding/town and state.
Additional caption info should be on a seperate piece of paper. There is no restrictions other than they have to be pictures of North American Railroads taken on the 1st of June 2002 from 1201 am to 1159 pm.Their mailing address is:CTC Board Railroads Illustrated
Day in North America 2002
PO Box 1358
Ferndale Wa. 98248
"KEEP ON TRUCKIN BY TRAIN"
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Erik Pierson
Sacramento, Ca
Bringing the steam locomotive to the digital age!
http://sacramentolocomotiveworks.comRegards,
Erik Pierson
Sacramento, CaSP_MSTS Member
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SP_MSTS
www.sacramentolocomotiveworks.com
Bringing the Southern Pacific to the digital age.
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