Re: 05-15-18 C&TSRR = Location ideas wanted

Russo Loco Wrote:
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> How about from Robart's Ridge,* Roger?
>
> You could follow the train with a slowly-zooming
> LOOONG telephoto as it approaches Big Horn from
> near milepost 299 and then comes straight at
> you:
> [attachment 47215 680528c34-36.jpg]
> Photos Copyright © 1968, 2018
> by Ernest W. Robart - All Rights Reserved.
>
> . . . goes left and then right, disappears
> behind a low hill and then pops out of the cut at
> milepost 301.5 and crosses in front of
> you:
> [attachment 47216 680528c39+43.jpg]
> Photos Copyright © 1968, 2018
> by Ernest W. Robart - All Rights Reserved.
>
> . . . and then rounds the curve at milepost
> 202 and passes beneath you:
> [attachment 47217 680528c44+d03.jpg]
> Photos Copyright © 1968, 2018
> by Ernest W. Robart - All Rights Reserved.
>
> Insert the telephoto close-up of the working
> engines into a more-or-less normal view of the
> whole scene as you pan across Big Horn Peak,
> following the train from m.p. 299 to m.p. 301,
> back toward 302 and then to the right again.
>
> Of course this would work best with a westbound
> train in the afternoon so the light would be
> somewhat behind you — but beggars can't be
> choosers, so they say . . .  
>
> - Roosso
>
> *  See the description & map at
> [ngdiscussion.net]
> 50081.

This sounds like a fun idea. Thanks