BillD Wrote:
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> My only regret was as the train left the Oakland
> station, Mike Manginni asked me to come
> aboard and ride to the City. And, in typical
> fashion I passed... thinking I would miss a
> lot of shots of the trip.
I have ridden behind #2472 only three or four times - and nearly all of those were in Niles Canyon (which is as close to Foamer's Purgatory for chasing as anyplace I've ever been). Riding photo specials there is about the only way to get decent photos - even if they are nearly the same as everyone else's. I've always chased, rather than ridden, nearly all of #2472's and #4449's trips south of San José - there are so many great places for photos, and it's hard to get more than ten or fifteen percent of them on any one trip.
- Russ