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Robert has captured the essence of shooting trains in the gorge! The traffic is always on the other side. The BNSF has more and longer range detectors as well as a bit more dispatcher conversation, but you are still usually on the wrong side. The following quote taken from messages kicked back in forth between Robert Palmer and Chuck Donaldson about the Columbia Gorge isn't unique to Columbia. The same problem exists whereever two tracks are close enough to tempt the photographer. My post on the area around Lake Pepin on the Upper Mississippi River has that same problem. The problem doesn't bother me as much as it use to because I know "force" myself to sit out one location or the other and take the traffic pattern that is sent down to me. This approach paid off last summer when I rode out the temptation to move to the Minnesota bank (CPPRail) and stayed on the Wisconsin side (BNSF). Within an hour I caught the Milwaukee Road steamer heading back to the Twin Cities from Galesburg on the BNSF. This is an extreme case but if I start the day with a particular image in mind it's not as easy to be tempted to chase the other track. Besides in reality if you did try and move from one to another you'd likely be in your car on the bridge when trains on both tracks went by. Greg Anderson St. Louis,MO ======================================================= -> SPORRS: 'Serious Photographers Of Railroad Related Subjects' -> Web Site: http://www.anet-stl.com/acphotog/sporrs/ -> Message © 1998 SPORRS® - All Rights Reserved =======================================================
