Things to come…

Hmmm, I didn't know we had a sticking brake - it never gave us any problems. That QPWRV that I had that morning is always a thrill as you never know what kind of problems you might have with it.

I've heard of the Autumn Leaf show but have never been to it; I might try to make it this year. It's a shame Gorgerail ceased to exist as it was much more relaxing than Winterail.

I am happy to know you were looking out the window :-)

The popping out shot came out like I expected. Since it was so dark I went with a slow shutter speed and blurred the movement a bit. My favorite was a shot I took just as your last unit came out of the tunnel and the smoke was rolling out with it! It will likely make the program I’m building for the Autumn Leaf show this fall.

If I recall correctly it was your train that had a brake that was smoking lightly as it went by. I figured if it was too bad the 557 detector would have got ya. I took a photo of your DP and that reminded me of it.

I think the only reason more people don’t visit the hill is lack of trains or the perceived lack of trains. In the gorge you can expect to see nearly 20 trains in a day if the MOW is not in the way. In the blues 6 trains in daylight is a slow day. I really think its a grass is greener issue.

I agree the scenery is fabulous and around every corner is something else to photograph so that certainly isn’t an issue. I love trains climbing hills so I like to visit mountain passes as much as possible.

Didn't really startle me but I was surprised to see somebody there as that end of Tunnel 18 isn't that easy to get to. Glad we woke you up in time to get set up. So how did the shot of us popping out of the tunnel come out?

I have always wondered why more people don't come up here. Yeah, the "Gorge" and the "Blues" get more trains but the scenery up here is pretty neat.

RB

Railbaron...hope I didn't alarm you. 6:10am is pretty early for the foamers when there's not steam around! You woke me up when you went by the 571 detector so I figured I needed to get some sort of photograph since I was up.

So that was you standing outside that tunnel - I was surprised to see somebody there at that time of day.

Did you hear about the third rail powered commuter trains running from Oakridge to Klamath Falls? Just kidding, the third rail is a replacement for the warn outside rail on this curve.

I guess this is NOT a case of "Go towards the light!"

Great shot, but what's with the 3rd rail on the outside?