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Post by Low Light Mike on Sept 13, 2014 16:20:29 GMT -8
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Post by Mill Bay on Sept 13, 2014 20:24:08 GMT -8
My 3rd train at Storm Mountain Lookout, on Saturday morning. Best lighting of the 3, which was nice because of the multi-colour double-stack containers. Looking east, lovely foliage on the bank. Wow! You finally got Morant's Curve. And I guess they can start calling this one "Flugel's Curve", now. Pretty decent evening shots, too.
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Post by SolDuc on Sept 13, 2014 21:25:27 GMT -8
My 3rd train at Storm Mountain Lookout, on Saturday morning. Best lighting of the 3, which was nice because of the multi-colour double-stack containers. [pics] Wow! You finally got Morant's Curve. And I guess they can start calling this one "Flugel's Curve", now. Pretty decent evening shots, too. Actually, it's not Morant's curve. Looks equally beautiful but it's in fact Storm Mountain Lookout, according to what Flugel Posted. But Mr. Horn, from what I get, did make the trip out to Morant's curve this week(end?).
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Post by Low Light Mike on Sept 14, 2014 4:05:47 GMT -8
Wow! You finally got Morant's Curve. And I guess they can start calling this one "Flugel's Curve", now. Pretty decent evening shots, too. Actually, it's not Morant's curve. Looks equally beautiful but it's in fact Storm Mountain Lookout, according to what Flugel Posted. But Mr. Horn, from what I get, did make the trip out to Morant's curve this week(end?). Sol Duc is correct, and it was morning. Same rail line, same river, same Hwy-1A access. But Storm Mountain Lookout and Morant's Curve are 15 minutes driving time apart. - same rough look to the two locations, but Morant's is better. I've been to Morant's in 2008, 2012, and now on Thursday, Friday, Saturday and again today. Maybe tomorrow? - It is a beautiful place
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Post by Low Light Mike on Sept 14, 2014 9:52:23 GMT -8
Some CP trains seen at Morant's Curve, in the morning of September 14, 2014. Eastbound train - first glimpse Westbound double-stack. CP lets you give like Santa, and save like Scrooge Another Eastbound train. I finally moved so that the trees weren't in my way, and I got the classic shot that I've always wanted ------------ At road level, trees are a problem for photography. You have to decide which direction you want, and you'll always be missing some spots because of trees. If you go up the cliff, the trees aren't a problem, but then you have no eastward view. - Wett Coast and I need to organize a tree-trimming party, done in the dead of night...
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Post by Low Light Mike on Sept 14, 2014 16:19:46 GMT -8
Some more Morant's Curve scenes from the morning of September 14, 2014: Lovely morning clouds Looking east Looking west As close to trackside as I'm going to get.
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Post by Low Light Mike on Sept 14, 2014 20:30:05 GMT -8
Darkness near a railway gives some interesting photo opportunity. Here is what I captured on the CP line at Castle Junction, AB. - evening of September 14, 2014 With Castle Mountain That's one long rail car...
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Post by Low Light Mike on Sept 16, 2014 5:12:35 GMT -8
Monday evening at Morant's Curve. We saw a westbound freight, and also saw the sun disappear behind the mountains. First, the train: my attempt at a time exposure on a moving train, but I had the +- setting wrong Sun setting over the Morant range
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Post by WettCoast on Sept 16, 2014 8:02:43 GMT -8
Another Eastbound train. I finally moved so that the trees weren't in my way, and I got the classic shot that I've always wanted ------------ - Wett Coast and I need to organize a tree-trimming party, done in the dead of night... The looks to be a 'work train' in this photo, hauling a load of what appears to be continuous welded rail (CWR). Older & smaller SD-40 type locomotives are in charge of this train as is normal on work trains. Back in the 1980's SD-40 engines ruled over CP Rail's mainline through the mountains of BC & Alberta, but not anymore. CWR has been the standard for mainline rail operations in Canada for a number of decades now. CP, on the other hand, lags well behind CN in the use of concrete ties (sleepers). Whereas CN's mainline between Edmonton & Vancouver is predominantly concrete, CP continues to use wooden ties (except in a few places such as the 'Macdonald track' in the Selkirks) over their mainline between Calgary & Vancouver. I have read that CN opts to use concrete ties as they last about 20 years in mainline service versus four years for treated timber ties. CN is now installing concrete ties on some sections of the BC North mainline. Concrete ties have been the standard in European railway operations for many decades.
Regarding our logging project Mr. Horn, while I share the frustration with those trees interfering with good photo vantage points, I fear that Parks Canada may take a dim view of you & me with our Husqvarnas. Perhaps a small forest fire or wind storm could be sent to us to improve the view. I know the big Stanley Park wind storm and tree levelling event of a few years ago sure improved the view from Prospect Point of ships entering & departing Vancouver Harbour.
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Post by Mike on Sept 16, 2014 11:06:06 GMT -8
Another Eastbound train. I finally moved so that the trees weren't in my way, and I got the classic shot that I've always wanted ------------ - Wett Coast and I need to organize a tree-trimming party, done in the dead of night... The looks to be a 'work train' in this photo, hauling a load of what appears to be continuous welded rail (CWR). Older & smaller SD-40 type locomotives are in charge of this train as is normal on work trains. Back in the 1980's SD-40 engines ruled over CP Rail's mainline through the mountains of BC & Alberta, but not anymore. A minor point of clarification, the locomotive leading the train is a rebuilt SD60, formerly SOO 6036, not a SD40-2.
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Post by Low Light Mike on Sept 21, 2014 7:47:59 GMT -8
A bit of rail art, with a night time exposure on the CP track at Castle Junction, AB. We are looking west, and a freight train has just passed by, with the red light visible in the distance as it disappears - evening of September 14, 2014 Castle Mountain is a beautiful set of peaks. Located in Banff National Park, it (and the highway junction named for it) are roughly half-way between the townsites of Banff and Lake Louise.
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Post by WettCoast on Sept 21, 2014 8:16:13 GMT -8
We are looking west, and a freight train has just passed by, with the red light visible in the distance as it disappears The red light comes from 'FRED' - the 'Flashing Rear-End Device' that replaced the caboose, about 30 years ago... Also called an End of Train Device (ETD) but I like FRED! en.wikipedia.org/wiki/End_of_Train_Device_%28ETD%29
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Post by Low Light Mike on Sept 24, 2014 20:08:16 GMT -8
A spent a couple of hours at Storm Mountain lookout, along the Bow River (off Hwy-1A) on a cool & cloudy morning in mid-September 2014.
Here is the result of my patient efforts: - dark to dawn to light transition (sorry, no sun) - 3 Eastbound freight trains
Video features real train noise (no YouTube synthesizer tracks, this time)
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Post by WettCoast on Sept 24, 2014 20:55:53 GMT -8
A spent a couple of hours at Storm Mountain lookout, along the Bow River (off Hwy-1A) on a cool & cloudy morning in mid-September 2014. Very nice videography work here Mr. Horn. I expect you will have some more for us over the next little while.
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Post by Low Light Mike on Sept 24, 2014 21:09:40 GMT -8
A spent a couple of hours at Storm Mountain lookout, along the Bow River (off Hwy-1A) on a cool & cloudy morning in mid-September 2014. Very nice videography work here Mr. Horn. I expect you will have some more for us over the next little while. Thanks. Lots more to come. I have two different visits at Morant's Curve that are similar to this Storm Mtn lookout visit, re a long visit with a few trains. So I'll make the same combination style video of sped-up footage with real-time trains. And I've got plenty of VIA Canadian footage, along with some Rocky Mountaineer. ...and some mountain scenic footage. But the most footage of all is of Maligne Lake tour boats. I've got lots of editing work to do on those items.
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Post by grk on Sept 25, 2014 8:35:52 GMT -8
Very enjoyable to watch, and listen. Looking forward to the Canadian. Thanks
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Post by Mill Bay on Sept 26, 2014 10:36:18 GMT -8
Actually, it's not Morant's curve. Looks equally beautiful but it's in fact Storm Mountain Lookout, according to what Flugel Posted. But Mr. Horn, from what I get, did make the trip out to Morant's curve this week(end?). Sol Duc is correct, and it was morning. Same rail line, same river, same Hwy-1A access. But Storm Mountain Lookout and Morant's Curve are 15 minutes driving time apart. - same rough look to the two locations, but Morant's is better. I've been to Morant's in 2008, 2012, and now on Thursday, Friday, Saturday and again today. Maybe tomorrow? - It is a beautiful place I was referring to both posts at the same time. He had Morant's Curve in the prior post. I just didn't want to double post, and was too busy to try and multi-quote posts.
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Post by Low Light Mike on Sept 26, 2014 11:37:04 GMT -8
I was referring to both posts at the same time. He had Morant's Curve in the prior post. I just didn't want to double post, and was too busy to try and multi-quote posts. Those two places are so close (relatively speaking), that it's good lumping them together. Morant's has the nicer mountain backdrop, but Storm Mountain Lookout has a closer parking lot with toilets. Morant's also has better balance in that both directions of track are nice views.
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Post by WettCoast on Sept 26, 2014 18:58:59 GMT -8
Those two places are so close (relatively speaking), that it's good lumping them together. Morant's has the nicer mountain backdrop, but Storm Mountain Lookout has a closer parking lot with toilets. Morant's also has better balance in that both directions of track are nice views. I agree, Morant's Curve is overall superior to Storm Mountain for the reasons that you have given. But Storm Mountain is well worthwhile for viewing east bound trains. Mr. Horn, in your explorations of the CN line in & around Jasper - did you find anything that you found comparable to these CP viewpoints?
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Post by Low Light Mike on Sept 26, 2014 19:23:09 GMT -8
Mr. Horn, in your explorations of the CN line in & around Jasper - did you find anything that you found comparable to these CP viewpoints? Nothing comparable, yet. The straightaway near Snaring River & the Jasper airfield is pretty good, with a mountain backdrop and a nice pond (see a photo in the VIA thread that I posted, a few weeks ago). Also, I saw a spot, likely near Moose Lake, in a video by H. Mueller "old rail fan". It is at 10:20 mark of this. Not spectacular, but a nice curve with nice reflections in the lake.
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Post by WettCoast on Sept 26, 2014 21:02:44 GMT -8
Mr. Horn, in your explorations of the CN line in & around Jasper - did you find anything that you found comparable to these CP viewpoints? Nothing comparable, yet. The straightaway near Snaring River & the Jasper airfield is pretty good, with a mountain backdrop and a nice pond (see a photo in the VIA thread that I posted, a few weeks ago). Also, I saw a spot, likely near Moose Lake, in a video by H. Mueller "old rail fan". It is at 10:20 mark of this. Not spectacular, but a nice curve with nice reflections in the lake. I am going to continue this discussion over on the CN east of Kamloops & Prince Rupert thread. See you there.
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Post by Low Light Mike on Sept 26, 2014 21:19:50 GMT -8
Morant's Curve on Saturday September 13, 2014, in the afternoon. A quartet of locomotives lead a westbound train. ...and here is my video of my 2 hours spent there, that afternoon. - 2 trains in this video Filmed from the top of the hill, accessed from the trail out the back of the parking lot.
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Post by WettCoast on Sept 27, 2014 20:32:53 GMT -8
Mr. Horn, thank you again for all the 'work' you have done obtaining, editing & then putting up these photos & videos for our enjoyment.
I know that you did not have the best of September weather, at least not during the beginning of your trip, what not with the snow, low cloud, woolly underwear & that biting cold... But I see a silver lining in your finished work. That dusting of new snow on the higher peaks adds a nice touch to the photos; something you don't usually see in early to mid September.
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Post by Low Light Mike on Sept 27, 2014 21:00:07 GMT -8
Mr. Horn, thank you again for all the 'work' you have done obtaining, editing & then putting up these photos & videos for our enjoyment. I know that you did not have the best of September weather, at least not during the beginning of your trip, what not with the snow, low cloud, woolly underwear & that biting cold... But I see a silver lining in your finished work. That dusting of new snow on the higher peaks adds a nice touch to the photos; something you don't usually see in early to mid September. My pleasure. I was happy with the mix of weather, and by the time we saw Moraine Lake it was sunny & warm again. From my views of Morant's Curve, I noticed a disappearance of some of the mountain-snow between my Thursday visit and Saturday. The snow event in the Bow Valley was mainly a 1-day thing, the day before we arrived. ---------- Now I'm working on Maligne Lake videos....
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Post by Low Light Mike on Oct 3, 2014 23:11:04 GMT -8
A morning spent at Morant's Curve. - 3 trains seen by me, shown in this video. The 3rd train is the track-maintenance train that Wett Coast identified from my earlier posted photo.
This was a fun morning.
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