locomotive in the different locations for dif- ferent railroads would be interesting. Also consider extending the déjà-vu expe- rience by photographing the same location several times, over a period of weeks or even years. This might be a good long-term proj- ect to follow if the surroundings are in the process of change, such as new buildings go- ing up, and especially if this has required changes to, or realignment of, the tracks. In my case with the Joint Line depression loca- tion, since the 1996 photo a light rail line has been added here, yielding yet a third variation to the location. You probably at one time or another have seen those series of four photographs where the photographer took the exact same photo in each season, such as a landscape view with green foliage and wildflowers, then in fall color, then in winter’s snow, and finally in spring with the trees budding out. The same can be done with trains. Pick a location where there is foliage present to capture the different look of each season.
Or collect images of as many types of trains as you can at one location — unit tank cars, coal, unit grain, auto racks, freights, passengers, inspection trains and work trains. Even steam can get into the act, such as the Union Pacific in Cheyenne, Wyo.,
ning times but realizing you can never expe- rience them again. One example of mine is my
memories of photographing the
Louisiana & North West F units in the 1980s, which I wrote about in the February 2013 CAMERA BAG. These memories bring a twinge of regret and sadness I did not spend more time trackside there when I had the chance, for today those beautiful old F’s are gone. Again, like Yogi would say, “I made too many wrong mistakes.”
Ditto every time I look at my photos of the Denver & Rio Grande Western, Southern Pacific and Union Pacific on Tennessee Pass in Colorado. I get a mental “flash” of déjà-vu about those days over a decade and a half ago of listening for the first faint sounds of approaching diesel engines pulling a stiff grade, then photographing the train as it passed through Pando (the site of a World War II military ski training camp), then chasing it up to the Mitchell Curves. Since the UP simply quit operations over
Tennessee in 1996 rather than go through the hassle of getting approval for abandon- ment, the tracks are still in place. This leads to a faint hope that the rusty, weed grown rails will someday be revived again, such as in the event of a lengthy closure of the UP’s current east-west route through
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