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| Although none were printed this year, I thought I'd share some photos I shot for CTC Board's Day in North America 2004. I started early and headed down the hill from Mount Shasta City, CA and heard the detector go off just south of Cantara Loop. I flew down to Sawmill Curve, parked and walked around the curve to setup for a shot of the train coming out of the shadows of the Sacramento River canyon. UP 5761 rounded the curve and came to a stop because they couldn't determine if the signal was green. After talking to the dispatcher, they proceeded north. I walked up to the south switch at Mott and caught CEFX 2805 leading a loaded ballast train. UP 5775 followed closely behind with a mixed freight. I headed south and caught CEFX-lead train under Castle Crags in great sunlight. I noticed that the smoke from forest fires was creeping from the south and was turning the usual blue skies brown. The rest of the afternoon was a bit slow, but the smoke created some unusual light. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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