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09-OCT-2009 20091009_6029

Wye at Telocaset, Oregon

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This is the reverse view of a photo I took in May 2009. On that earlier trip I had planned to explore the wye, but "wye exhaustion" from earlier explorations kept me in my car on the road in the background (note the silver vehicle). On this trip I made up for my earlier laziness. The overcast sky and cold wind created a somber atmosphere. I love exploring features that I first see in Google Earth.

A view to the left looks like this.

The rails were made in 1921, when my parents were four years old.


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Dave Beedon12-May-2010 20:20
Guest---I'm glad to have helped you stroll down Memory Lane. I just posted another photo of the area (it looks to the left):http://www.pbase.com/image/124470624 .Happy viewing.
Guest 08-May-2010 04:22
Wow. What memories! Thank you. I grew up here. The tree to the extreme left of picture is where an old one room school house with gym use to be. I grew up in it. To the left of that (out of the picture) is a small house that used to be a post office. There was a small store that I think used to be located in the field just on the other side of your vehicle. The plowed part of the hill to the right of the barn used to be a great place to sled down in the winter. Thanks again!
Dave Beedon28-Jan-2010 22:35
Thanks, Lee.
Twice. The first time was in 2002 at the Union Pacific freight yard in Seattle: I was on railroad property, photographing the yard. After an ID check I was told to leave the property. I did. The second time was when I was photographing the Blessed Dormitory of Concubines at Bhagwan City. Security guards reminded me that photographing that building was not allowed (to preserve the privacy of the concubines). The Bhagwan himself chastized me in front of the flock. I was so ashamed that I increased my level of tithing to the Bhagwan.

In my travels to Utah I have never even been approached while photographing the railroad environment---but most of the time I'm out in the middle of nowhere, where there is no one else around. Once in a while I get a friendly "hello" blast of the horn from an engineer. At Telocaset, the site of this photo, I saw only three persons: two train engineers and the driver of the car in the photo.
Lee G28-Jan-2010 21:09
Nice shot, Dave. Have you ever been approached by law enforcement with concerns over your photographing railways or buildings?
Dave Beedon04-Nov-2009 06:14
Thanks, Monte.
Monte Dodge04-Nov-2009 04:42
Great shot!!!!!! v
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