Cima Hill Rush Hour - a photo on Flickriver

            I dreamed up this shot 12 years ago. It's hard to believe I actually pulled it off since it's hard enough to get 1 train here, much less 3. The blue hour was a bonus, as I envisioned the shot in direct end of day sunlight, but this lighting is much better.

Train 1, a westbound manifest, has had an interesting trip out of Las Vegas and probably won't make Yermo without a recrew. They are pounding up Cima Hill at 14mph, passing Brant siding.

Train 2, an eastbound manifest, is stuck in the siding at Ivanpah for 3 westboounds and likely a recrew since they didn't take off after the 3 meets. The Ivanpah Road crossing was blocked for hours, much to the chagrin of the one person who needed to get across.

Train 3, a westbound Z train, has matched Train 1's 14mph and is on approach to Ivanpah. There was a Train 4, a second westbound Z, a few miles behind this one, but I was so fixated on these 3 trains I didn't even really notice it until I was driving home.

Taken on: November 24, 2023

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Pacific

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Camera: Canon EOS 6D, f/8.0, 1/80 sec, 226mm, ISO 2000 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Canon EOS 6D
Lens:	TAMRON SP 150-600mm F/5-6.3 Di VC USD A011
Aperture:	f/8.0
Exposure Time:	0.013 sec (1/80)
Focal Length:	226mm
ISO:	2000
Exposure Bias:	-2/3 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Aperture-priority AE
Exposure Mode:	Auto
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Manual
Color Space:	Uncalibrated
Software:	Adobe Photoshop 24.4 (Windows)
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