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Out of the woods the Tin Woodsman cometh! 

Sorry - but what with the painted face and upended pail on the roof vent of the little repurposed signal shack on the crane's flat car, I couldn't help but think of the character from the Wizard of Oz! 

Hearing something like a coffee truck or dump truck air horn sounding a Rule 14(L) at the South Lancelot Road crossing, I whipped on down to Mile 138 to see this Ohio rail crane preceded by a Hi-Rail truck. Having only my 100-400mm lens with me (I'd been loading the car up with empties for the beer store and didn't expect to see a train, rather I was kinda hoping to get a shot of the cougar of the quadruped, NOT biped variety, that's been hanging around my property there lately) I couldn't get far enough back to get a shot of it out in the open. I fired off one shot of it partially obstructed there then headed down to the big curve at Utterson (Mile 146) to get this shot as I knew that section of track would be clear of foreground clutter.
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Caption: Out of the woods the Tin Woodsman cometh!

Sorry - but what with the painted face and upended pail on the roof vent of the little repurposed signal shack on the crane's flat car, I couldn't help but think of the character from the Wizard of Oz!
Hearing something like a coffee truck or dump truck air horn sounding a Rule 14(L) at the South Lancelot Road crossing, I whipped on down to Mile 138 to see this Ohio rail crane preceded by a Hi-Rail truck. Having only my 100-400mm lens with me (I'd been loading the car up with empties for the beer store and didn't expect to see a train, rather I was kinda hoping to get a shot of the cougar of the quadruped, NOT biped variety, that's been hanging around my property there lately) I couldn't get far enough back to get a shot of it out in the open. I fired off one shot of it partially obstructed there then headed down to the big curve at Utterson (Mile 146) to get this shot as I knew that section of track would be clear of foreground clutter.

Photographer:
Wayne Shaw [256] (more) (contact)
Date: 07/11/2016 (search)
Railway: Canadian National (search)
Reporting Marks: CN 50471 (search)
Train Symbol: Not Provided
Subdivision/SNS: Mile 146 CN Newmarket Sub (search)
City/Town: Utterson (search)
Province: Ontario (search)
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3 Comments
  1. Nice shot. Not often you see these in operation.

  2. No offense, looks like an outhouse with eyes. lol. Weird, but nice shot.

  3. And the rusty looking tree to the right. Is it fall already?

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