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LSRC Z127 - Munger Rd
LSRC Z127 - Munger Rd

The south end of the Saginaw Sub from Flint to Wixom for LSRC is a section that I haven't shot previous to yesterday. With guidance from a friend, I would call my first chase successful.

While I was awake at 02:30 and on the road by 03:00, the 127 job goes on duty in Wixom at 04:00. It's about about a 2 hour drive from my house to Munger Rd north of Wixom, so to ensure I had plenty of time to catch the train, I had the early start. I got to Munger Rd at about 05:00ish. I set my flashes up and waited. For the next hour a light breeze, birds chirping, and ducks making noise on the pond filled the air. At about 6:00 I heard a horn in the distance. I walked to my furthest flash, and waited for the train to get closer before turning all 4 on. To ensure my settings were right, I took a quick 2 photos while the train was still a good distance away. To my surprise, one of my flashes were dying and needed new batteries. For that reason, it began to rapidly flash over and over. I took the trigger off, and put it back on and snapped a photo as the train split the signals. Luckily, the flash unit quit rapidly flashing, and had enough time to regain full flash strength in time to shoot the train. A very quick pack-up of flashes and it was on the road to begin the chase to Flint. The Z127 going northbound had 40 some autoracks ahead of the manifest.

After that day, I will most definitely be making another trip back over to chase again soon.

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Taken on: April 25, 2021
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Camera: Canon EOS 800D, f/3.5, 1/200 sec, 18mm, ISO 800 (more info) (hide info)
Camera: Canon EOS 800D
Lens: EF-S18-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS STM
Aperture: f/3.5
Exposure Time: 0.005 sec (1/200)
Focal Length: 18mm
ISO: 800
Exposure Bias: 0 EV
Flash: Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program: Manual
Exposure Mode: Manual
Metering Mode: Multi-segment
White Balance: Auto
Color Space: sRGB
Software: Adobe Photoshop CS6 (Windows)
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LSRC Z127 - Munger Rd

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