Grey Day at Goembel - a photo on Flickriver

            After many weeks of a train-dry-spell, I happened to open ATCS at just the right time to spot a northbound lined up the Bloomington District on Sunday afternoon. Considering how D32/D36 haven't run on weekends for months, that was quite the pleasant surprise. I thought I would be too late to get out there to nab the northbound, but after they seemed to get stuck in Mansfield, I ventured out.

Tough lighting to work with, but clouds do mean northbounds are shootable generally. Goembel was my target for the day - who doesn't love a big three-headed searchlight? The old Wabash-era H5s still look good, even stood next to the ugly PTC antenna that was planted here months ago. A little charm on the line was lost when the PTC poles came in, but that isn't nearly enough to keep me away, anyway.

Heading up NS D32 was 3362, 6108, 7014, & 3395 - all NS. I was surprised by just how many tankers were on this D32 - two placarded for refrigerated carbon dioxide, but at least 50 of them for UN1987 - ethanol, I'd be willing to bet. It may not be the unit ethanol trains that ran on the Bloomington a few years ago, but that is quite the upgrade from what it has been. Nice to get out of the house and see that.

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Taken in: United States / Illinois / Brown Township / Lotus (show map)

Taken on: December 17, 2023

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Camera: Canon EOS 80D, f/5.6, 1/200 sec, 22mm, ISO 400 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Canon EOS 80D
Lens:	EF-S18-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM
Aperture:	f/5.6
Exposure Time:	0.005 sec (1/200)
Focal Length:	22mm
ISO:	400
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Manual
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Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Auto
Color Space:	Uncalibrated
Software:	Adobe Photoshop Camera Raw 16.0.1 (Windows)
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