At the Depot, Albert Lea, MN: Waiting for 4014. Hundreds of people at this scheduled stop, of course the train is an hour late. We were forced to stand on the narrow sidewalk in front...

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At the Depot, Albert Lea, MN

Jul 20, 2019 21:31:35 #

Plieku69 Loc: The Gopher State, south end

Waiting for 4014. Hundreds of people at this scheduled stop, of course the train is an hour late.
We were forced to stand on the narrow sidewalk in front of the depot. Maybe 20 feet wide and too small for the number of people there. The train had to stop when approaching the depot so the UPRR police could clear people from the tracks and standing too close. Even then it approached at barely 1 MPH. This allowed getting some very nice shots of the rods and valves as it slowly crept into the station..

I spotted only one other with a large DSLR, and one guy with a small Nikon DSLR. Everyone had cell phones, waving them in the air trying to get a picture.

People everywhere
People everywhere...

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Jul 20, 2019 21:34:07 #

Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States

Jul 20, 2019 22:22:03 #

RichardTaylor Loc: Sydney, Australia

Good set.

Jul 21, 2019 05:18:32 #

fbeaston Loc: Vermont

Again, WOW!!!!! Yet another great series. You’ve done very well!!!!

Jul 21, 2019 08:21:09 #

jaymatt Loc: Alexandria, Indiana

Nice!

Jul 21, 2019 11:15:08 #

jackm1943 Loc: Omaha, Nebraska

Plieku69 wrote:

Waiting for 4014. Hundreds of people at this sche... (show quote)

Very nice! I really like #4 because it shows a part that I've not noticed before.

Jul 23, 2019 17:29:36 #

rehess Loc: South Bend, Indiana, USA

Plieku69 wrote:

Waiting for 4014. Hundreds of people at this sche... (show quote)

Sometimes the mob of people is the most interesting part of a scene like this.

Jul 25, 2019 12:46:21 #

hiker60 Loc: Northern Idaho

Fantastic set of pictures. Tells a great story of an historic train. Thanks.

Sep 4, 2019 09:07:07 #

Silverman Loc: Michigan

With technology today, put a wide angle camera on Nose of the Engine, and a TV monitor screen in the Cab of the Engine, that would help the Engineer have better vision of what is directly in front of the Engine.
Is this a reasonable suggestion or Idea?

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