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Junkyard

            Ok, not the best quality shot in the world, but I do like how the composition turned out, considering this was an uncomposed "point & pray" shot. And because this is not an angle most people will ever get to see.  The former BNSF Mendota Local job is heading west through Bristol, IL past the "Bus Graveyard."  I was just getting off duty and noticed how perfect the light was when I heard the horn blowing for the Cannonball Trail crossing.  So I grabbed the camera, turned it on, and stuck it around the side of the building to see BNSF 1549 (H3) and 1706 (Cascade Green) going by on the local towards the Menards distribution center.  I was suprised to have caught the 1706, which had been working other local jobs in the previous days.  Most of those shots were way off horizon and were blurry.  This going-away shot turned out to be the least off of the bunch, with some interesting composition to it.  Pre-COVID, this local job originated out of Mendota, IL to the west, but now runs out of Eola Yard in Aurora to the east.
   

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

Taken on: November 2, 2020

Tags:

BNSF

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Trains

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Bus

Buses

School Bus

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Menards Job

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Camera: Canon EOS REBEL SL1, f/8.0, 1/1000 sec, 18mm, ISO 800 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Canon EOS REBEL SL1
Lens:	EF-S18-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS STM
Aperture:	f/8.0
Exposure Time:	0.001 sec (1/1000)
Focal Length:	18mm
ISO:	800
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 Lightroom Classic 9.4 (Windows)
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