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Re: Above the Arctic Circle for Sunday
Speaking of trees... While in the Arctic, the tree line is going north due to the climate getting warmer, my UK friends have been sharing then and now photos of places that are changing beyond recognition with the growth of trees. They are not attributing it to climate change, but to the Clean Air Act of around 1970, which banned a lot of the coal burning that had been happening.? People used to heat their houses with coal, industry used coal in local factories and the air usually smelled like an engine shed in residential areas. Now, people have not be burning a lot of coal for a few decades and the power plants that still burn coal have some smog reducing equipment. Britain's forests are exploding.? What? were bare hills in 1970s shots are now forests again, and I say again, because there are historic records of forests being there before the Industrial Revolution.? Blake's "dark, Satanic mills" did a number on the trees and well as the lungs of people near them. Of course, that has an effect on rail photography, with many former scenes of the track no longer visible.? I look at some of their before and after shots and the only reason I recognize the place as the same is a building near the track that is in both photos. Mike Tisdale
On Sunday, March 29, 2020, 09:40:00 AM PDT, matejka53@... [ObservationCar] <observationcar@...> wrote:
??? A well done story and great photos.? I just finished reading the book by youthful climate activist Greta Thunberg's mother, "Our House is on Fire," and they describe this area, the ore trains and the tree line creeping upward, as they detect climate change impacting the natural environment in that area.
Mike Matejka
Normal IL
-----Original Message----- From: Chuck Bohi chuckbohi@... [ObservationCar] <ObservationCar@...> To: ObservationCar <ObservationCar@...> Sent: Sun, Mar 29, 2020 11:06 am Subject: Re: [ObservationCar] Above the Arctic Circle for Sunday
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I really enjoy Smiths Falls, ON when I need to sit by a track.
Chuck
On Sunday, March 29, 2020, 03:48:50 AM EDT, Mike Tisdale tisdalem2001@... [ObservationCar] <observationcar@...> wrote:
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Thank you Chuck.? ?Yes, that is a good catch.? I still need to ride Canada's trains.? I almost talked my wife into a trip to Jasper a couple of years ago, but then she didn't think she was up to it.? *sigh*
Mike Tisdale
On Saturday, March 28, 2020, 07:42:23 PM PDT, Chuck Bohi chuckbohi@... [ObservationCar] <observationcar@...> wrote:
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In 1973 We rode the CN train to Churchill and back.? Got this nice shot at Wabowden, MB of the two trains involved in going to Churchill met.? Hope you like it.
Thanks for you pictures from Norway.
Chuck
On Saturday, March 28, 2020, 07:59:43 PM EDT, Mike Tisdale tisdalem2001@... [ObservationCar] <observationcar@...> wrote:
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A trip to Narvik, Norway via the Malmbanan 40 years ago.? One of the most scenic rail lines I've ever ridden.
Mike Tisdale
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Re: Above the Arctic Circle for Sunday
Thank you Chuck.? ?Yes, that is a good catch.? I still need to ride Canada's trains.? I almost talked my wife into a trip to Jasper a couple of years ago, but then she didn't think she was up to it.? *sigh* Mike Tisdale
On Saturday, March 28, 2020, 07:42:23 PM PDT, Chuck Bohi chuckbohi@... [ObservationCar] <observationcar@...> wrote:
In 1973 We rode the CN train to Churchill and back.? Got this nice shot at Wabowden, MB of the two trains involved in going to Churchill met.? Hope you like it. Thanks for you pictures from Norway. Chuck
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Re: Bakersfield Trip Saturday [1 Attachment]
What a fantastic shot, Chuck.? An article that has stayed with me is Mike Shafer's account of chasing the CP C-Liners in a 1970s trains.? CTC/RI reprinted it in color with more photos a few years ago.? ? That must have been something to see, the FMs in the mountains. Mike Tisdale
On Saturday, March 21, 2020, 11:27:10 AM PDT, Chuck Bohi chuckbohi@... [ObservationCar] <observationcar@...> wrote:
Love the train with the depot.? I got a nice shot at Barstow when I visited my brother's family.? I hope I get a chance to visit your state one day.? Thought you might like this shot of an FM cab that I took at Lethbridge, AB in the early 1970s. Chuck
On Saturday, March 21, 2020, 02:53:50 AM EDT, Mike Tisdale tisdalem2001@... [ObservationCar] <observationcar@...> wrote:
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A 2014 trip to Bakersfield on Amtrak?? Mike Tisdale __._,_.___
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Re: Feather River Friday [1 Attachment]
You can feel the cold in that shot, Chuck.? WRJ may be the quintessential New England railroad town. Mike Tisdale
On Friday, March 20, 2020, 04:40:31 PM PDT, Chuck Bohi chuckbohi@... [ObservationCar] <observationcar@...> wrote:
Attached is a shot of "The Vermonter" pulling into WRJ.? It is one of my favorite shots from here. Chuck Bohi
On Friday, March 20, 2020, 04:39:09 PM EDT, Mike Tisdale tisdalem2001@... [ObservationCar] <observationcar@...> wrote:
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Thanks Chuck. The Feather River Canyon does have the scenery and with BNSF running 6 to 8 north-south trains a day,? as well as a fair number of UP westbounds coming through, we have trains.? Not the Transcon or NEC, but freights are easy to chase and there are good photo angles around nearly every corner. Mike Tisdale
On Friday, March 20, 2020, 01:33:18 PM PDT, Chuck Bohi chuckbohi@... [ObservationCar] <observationcar@...> wrote:
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We have scenery in Vermont, but few trains.? When I lived in the Midwest I would have trains, but not much scenery.? You guys in California are lucky enough to have both. Be well during this plague. Chuck Bohi
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What a great album.? Thanks for sharing. Chuck Bohi
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Photos from our 2016 camp out at Virgilia in the Feather River Canyon. Mike Tisdale __._,_.___
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Good photos, Brian? The Amtrak F40 is a particularly nice touch.?? Mike Tisdale
On Friday, March 20, 2020, 05:09:20 PM PDT, BRIAN JENNISON bljennison@... [ObservationCar] <observationcar@...> wrote:
I haven't been to the Canyon in a few years but certainly always enjoyed it when I could get up there. Here are a couple of trains from 1995 and 1998 respectively when I was living just west of Reno. It was about an hour's drive to Portola via I-80 west to Truckee, then up Highway 89 to Highway 70, or to go east on I-80 and up 395 to Reno Junction, then west on 70. The UP westbound is on the Clio Viaduct, about ten miles west of Portola (AKA Pay Toilet). The BNSF westbound is at Pulga. For those of you who like leased power, the Bunsniff train was a gold mine.
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Re: Feather River Friday
Thanks Chuck. The Feather River Canyon does have the scenery and with BNSF running 6 to 8 north-south trains a day,? as well as a fair number of UP westbounds coming through, we have trains.? Not the Transcon or NEC, but freights are easy to chase and there are good photo angles around nearly every corner. Mike Tisdale
On Friday, March 20, 2020, 01:33:18 PM PDT, Chuck Bohi chuckbohi@... [ObservationCar] <observationcar@...> wrote:
We have scenery in Vermont, but few trains.? When I lived in the Midwest I would have trains, but not much scenery.? You guys in California are lucky enough to have both. Be well during this plague. Chuck Bohi
On Friday, March 20, 2020, 04:03:42 PM EDT, Chuck Bohi chuckbohi@... [ObservationCar] <observationcar@...> wrote:
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What a great album.? Thanks for sharing. Chuck Bohi
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Photos from our 2016 camp out at Virgilia in the Feather River Canyon. Mike Tisdale __._,_.___
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