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28-Jul-2022 jimmsp

14 Waiting for the Eastbound Train

Golden Spike National Historical Park, UT

This the view looking east from which the Union Pacific train came to the point to meet the CPRR train coming from CA. This was Promontory Summit, UT; May 10, 1869.

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Canon Image Challenge08-Aug-2022 02:17
Needs some music. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ftC6U0NdxA4

Dave
Canon Image Challenge05-Aug-2022 01:16
Oh yea now that’s what we’re talking about. Paul
Canon Image Challenge04-Aug-2022 02:46
Paul - like this https://pbase.com/image/172844682

Jim
Canon Image Challenge04-Aug-2022 00:18
LOL. I had a sister-in-law who had directional dyslexia. Should would look left, point left, and say "right".

Jim
Canon Image Challenge03-Aug-2022 23:50
If you flip the image then we’d really be screwing with his mind. Paul
Canon Image Challenge02-Aug-2022 03:43
LOL. Perhaps one of us here has photo alignment dyslexia (a rare condition).

Jim
Canon Image Challenge01-Aug-2022 11:30
Super shot. The tree island is on the left on my screen, which probably means it needs calibrating.

Dave
Canon Image Challenge31-Jul-2022 08:26
BTW, the tree island off to the right really makes this image. T
Canon Image Challenge29-Jul-2022 15:50
T & Paul - thanks. I am in Logan UT visiting some friends who were here for the summer. We went out to this site yesterday primarily to see the two engines they have on display. We hadn't realized how remote this site still was - just north of the Great Salt Lake, and only an hour from Logan. The view to the west was similar, but spoiled a bit by a part of the visitors center close to the track.
I took this photo primarily for the challenge, realizing that I don't have something as desolate looking as this even in southern AZ. I am sure it exists but generally the views are spoiled by parallel highways.

I'll publish some photos of the trains themselves as I start to work on them.

Jim
Canon Image Challenge29-Jul-2022 15:07
Lines and leading lines as far as the eye can see. I have to agree with T, this is my favorite challenge entry so far. On a walk yesterday we came up on a set of tracks and I considered doing something similar but unlike yours it was urban and was too much clutter to make it interesting. Paul
Canon Image Challenge29-Jul-2022 05:58
Winner, winner...you know what they say...winner takes center stage and a bow. T