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I got the honor to work 3rd trick opr at Blaine WA on

Christmas Eve 1982. I wasnt expecting what rolled into

Blaine about 2am Christmas Morning but a couple of

SD-45's with strings of Christmas lights hanging from

the lead unit was just so cool. I always carry a camera

so I made 7 attemps to capture this scene on film.

The repetitive "lens-flare" at night is very hard to achieve

but somehow it worked without trying. These shots would

have never been posted from my collection if it werent

going through all the negatives that i've kept. Its a

mystery how things get lost on the way through life.

 

 



-- Edited by The Krink on Thursday 19th of December 2013 02:33:10 AM

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Christmas time can have Christmas decorations in the most unlikely places.
I would say the East Portal of the Cascade Tunnel is where not many could
see it unless you are a head-end crew of a freight/train. Its just railroad humor/
sarcasm that every train approaching goes "yeah right...as my ass is working
on Christmas and New Years". I snapped this shot riding riding in the caboose
on a return "unathorized student trip". Glad I got a chance to ride in the
caboose for a couple runs across Stevens Pass. Happy holidaze.



-- Edited by The Krink on Thursday 19th of December 2013 02:52:25 AM

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Looks like they all out for Christmas...

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They appear to be Christmas Lights that may get plugged in at night.
So the trains operating at "night" entering the Cascade Tunnel near
the Christmas Holiday may have a different picture. None were ever
taken that are on the internet so you you have to use your imagination
on what "color" the "Merry Xmas" lights are on the East Portal of the
Cascade Tunnel...when they are plugged in. I'm guessing all white or
all red.

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