A Game of Clouds - a photo on Flickriver

A Game of Clouds

            At the east end of CN's siding at Savona, BC, westbound CN grain loads G809 is meeting eastbound coal empties C730.  The 152 cars of C730 are wrapped across the foreground, and then around the double 'S' curve along the cliffs above Kamloops Lake.

Other than a brief appearance around Lytton, 70 miles earlier in my drive, the sun had been fleeting all day.  I had been across the lake overlooking the CP siding at their station name sign 'Savona', when I saw the rays of the sun tracing across the opposite shore.  I had been watching the headlight of G809 progress westward for over ten minutes, with no real intentions of any photographic pursuit.  The sucker hole of light, and corresponding glow tantalizingly close to the CN tracks was enough to convince me, and I made haste to change locations.

Taken in: Canada / British Columbia / Savona (show map)

Taken on: June 9, 2024

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Ash

Kamloops Lake

G809

C730

Ashcroft Subdivision

ES44AC

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Grain Train

Coal Train

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Sets appears in: • Fraser & Thompson Canyons

Groups appears in: • trains • Railroads more » • railfans • Canadian rails. • Train Photography • Canadian National Railway • Freight trains • Railroading in B.C. • Trainspottingmaps.com • Railfan Atlas • Rail Pictures North America • Vertical Railroad Photography « less

Camera: Nikon D750, f/6.3, 1/800 sec, 500mm, ISO 200 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Nikon D750
Lens:	50.0-500.0 mm f/4.5-6.3
Aperture:	f/6.3
Exposure Time:	0.001 sec (1/800)
Focal Length:	500mm
ISO:	200
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Aperture-priority AE
Exposure Mode:	Auto
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Auto
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	Adobe Photoshop CC 2015 (Windows)
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