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Great photo! I hope to one day capture a movement such as this. Do you know who the railfan is?
A great action photo. Keeping the throttle pulled back.
WOW! That’s a fabulous photo!
I wonder if the bruises that railfan received from being pelted with ballast mixed in with the flying snow have healed yet?!
Oh yes, definitely a great shot. St. Thomas got snow !!??? Grimsby got but a piddle.
@Todd Steinman, yes I know who he is.
@terry.oshell, and kept the flanger down till the last second.
@Paul O’Shell, he ran for cover last second, got dusted but no worse for wear.
@awmooney, got enough snow events with wind to warrant 3 plow runs this past year. The first one was not as entertaining as this day.
Great shot – I was a mile east at Gladstone and the action was good!
The darkness in the plume usually indicates wet snow, mixed with soil and usually very heavy – but at Gladstone the snow was light and fluffy and just brushed off everything easily. It should have been similar here, the darkness is probably just from a windrow on a dirt road so just a small amount of the dirt and rocks (still, beware, as one rock will damage your camera)
If anyone is out chasing a plow and the snow is very heavy standing way back is highly advised as a heavy plume like that will plow you to the ground. Folks really have to understand how heavy the snow is before assessing if standing that close is worthwhile.
I always recommend a telephoto lens as Dave has done here, plow chasing is not for the wide angle crowd standing close to the right of way.