Trains and Tracks (And Light)

It’s been a slow week, but generally speaking, I find something to occupy the time.  Not feeling so well for the past few days, I didn’t want to go too far from home.   Recalling that Amtrak made morning and evening runs through Taylor during the week, I decided to watch the action at the local rail yards.   The play of light on train tracks, when done at the right time of day, is pretty neat.   Most of what you see here are examples of that.  These photos were taken over a four-day period, from Monday through Thursday evening.  I wanted to get the Amtrak train in a few shots, but timing was not always right.   On Tuesday, I got the train as it was leaving the yard, on time.  They usually keep a good schedule.  Wanting to place it somewhere else, on Wednesday, I drove ten miles north, to Granger.   Last night the train, for whatever reason, was running almost an hour behind, but I managed to get it going past a crossing, at County Road 401, just west of Taylor, at 6:30p.m.  Mostly, this was an exercise in watching light.