Those fertile fields are never far away

The band Alabama declared that "those fertile fields are never far away" in their hit song, "High Cotton". That song immediately came to mind when I shot this BNSF manifest train hanging out near Conran, in Missouri’s “Bootheel”, on BNSF's former SLSF (Frisco)/BN River Subdivision. This was near my old Air Force stomping grounds, and I had never seen cotton growing in fields until I got shipped here at the ripe age of 18.

If it's been a while since you've heard Alabama's High Cotton, feel free to give it a listen here. I take no credit for posting the video (which was the official music video):

www.youtube.com/watch?v=IhsbhbnKoR0

Taken on: November 1, 2021

Sets appears in: • BNSF Thayer/River Subs

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Camera: Nikon D750, f/5.6, 1/1600 sec, 112mm, ISO 125 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Nikon D750
Lens:	28.0-300.0 mm f/3.5-5.6
Aperture:	f/5.6
Exposure Time:	0.001 sec (1/1600)
Focal Length:	112mm
ISO:	125
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Aperture-priority AE
Exposure Mode:	Auto
Metering Mode:	Center-weighted average
White Balance:	Auto
Saturation:	High
Sharpness:	Hard
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	Adobe Lightroom 5.0 (Windows)
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