That's a beautiful shot of the bridge at Columbus.
On my trips to Flatonia, I'll go FM78 out of Kirby to Seguin, where I pick up US90E. I sometimes see more along that route than at the pavilion. Visiting the pavilion is nice, but I'd like to figure out how to bring a hammock sometime while waiting for trains.
The Georgetown and southward shots I took on Election Day last year were from me trying to follow the ex-MP line south to SATX. I didn't realize that once you get to San Marcos, the ex-MP and ex-MKT lines cross back and forth a lot. I found a nice truss bridge to hang out at because of a northbound intermodal, but was actually waiting at the wrong track. Oops.
I joined the RR forum last year, but haven't been there too much since I've started my layout. I'll have to go over more often, since there is a lot of stuff to read and learn over there. I had been using a digital camera, but have broken out my old Canon AE-1 film camera to take some shots. I'm still working with f-stops and shutter speed (too long have I relied on the Auto features on a digital camera) to get what I want.
Today I was driving by East Yard on IH35, and saw an eastbound BNSF train. I went forward to catch it at AT&T parkway bridge, but it never came. I heard it (I thought) on the ex-MKT line, so got back in the car and headed north. I got in front of it at 1604, and waited about 5 minutes. Instead of a BNSF train, it was a UP train with a patched SP in the consist. I don't know if that BNSF train stopped in the yard or took a different track. That's part of the fun for me, getting in front of a train, trying to find a nice place to catch it, and then wait.
Thanks, Jim for the compliments. When I went to my parents at Christmas, I hung out by the NS tracks to catch trains, but never could. Traffic on that line is much less than here in Texas, and by the time I hear the horn, it's almost downtown, which is a block or two away. The town of Hattiesburg still has a diamond where NS, KCS, and IC/CN (on the old GM&O line, I think) near the depot, which looks to be a prime place to catch stuff. I've been amazed, after looking at an atlas, on how much has been ripped up or abandoned over the years in that part of the world. I know what you mean by not seeing that much.
Although, I do the same thing. I even make take different routes to and from work to increase the chances that I might catch a train.
