Charging Eastward, Ninety Minutes Down

            I had this great idea tonight. My goal was to photograph the Portland section of the Empire Builder as it headed east to Pasco and Spokane. The new Siemens locomotives have been fairly regular on this assignment. I hoped one of the colorful locomotives would be on the train.

Around 5:00, I left the house and headed to a spot in the Columbia River Gorge near the Bridge of the Gods. I was guesstimating that I was about 20-30 minutes ahead of the train. There's a short stretch of BNSF trackage that heads northward where I was going. Over on the Oregon side of the river, a nice mountain makes a great backdrop.

Once I arrived at the site I had chosen for the photo, I discovered that Amtrak 28 was stopped in North Portland short of the Columbia River drawbridge. Due to some unspecified 'signal problem,' the train was 90 minutes late when it finally departed Vancouver. As the shadows lengthened, my original photo site was completely shadowed in.  While waiting, I whacked back some foliage to improve my next visit. 

Eventually, I relocated about 100 yards to this spot, which was not my first choice. My patience was rewarded when Train 28 came by, about a half hour before the evening sun dipped behind the Cascades. One of the new Siemens Charger locomotives was pulling the train.

I think it worked out okay.

Taken in: United States / Oregon / Cascade Locks (show map)

Taken on: May 28, 2023

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Camera: Canon EOS 5D Mark IV, f/10.0, 1/800 sec, 70mm, ISO 800 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Canon EOS 5D Mark IV
Lens:	EF24-105mm f/4L IS II USM
Aperture:	f/10.0
Exposure Time:	0.001 sec (1/800)
Focal Length:	70mm
ISO:	800
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Shutter speed priority AE
Exposure Mode:	Auto
Metering Mode:	Partial
White Balance:	Auto
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	Adobe Photoshop Elements 15.0 (Windows)
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