Seasons Greetings Folks, I thought I would try starting a new thread in regards to strange or odd occurrences any of you may have had over your years of shooting.
While looking through some of my medium format color negatives, I was reminded of two shots that I took a couple of years ago of some Canadian Pacific action. I don't use medium format that regularly, so the cameras often sit weeks at a time before a roll will get finished. The two shots in question were consecutive frames on one roll. The first was just an ordinary 3/4 wedge of a CP intermodal led by a "Plain Jane" SD40-2. Nothing special. Well, the next time I used the medium format camera was about 6 weeks later when CP had fairly spectacular side swipe derailment on there mainline. The lead locomotive was a SD40-2. It wasn't until the roll was developed, that I realized that the SD40-2's in both pictures were one in the same CP SD40-2 #5685, that hasn't run another trip since the accident and probably never will. Ironic. Has anybody else experienced something odd or ironic while railfanning? All the best, Jeff Robertson Kamloops,BC,Canada [EMAIL PROTECTED] -> SPORRS: Serious Photographers of Railroad Related Subjects -> Web Site: http://www.anet-stl.com/acphotog/sporrs
