Camera Phone

I got a new phone two weeks ago today & have been enjoying many things about it, not least its camera.

Duckunder

The pre-ship canal GN main, now Ballard Terminal trackage, ducks under the BNSF mainline near the locks.

Image from May 12, 2010. It took a while to grow on me.

Seaview

One of my favorite view spots is on Seaview Avenue Northwest, across from the new crossovers.

Today I had no sooner parked and opened my book when I heard a suspicious sound approaching.

Not only was it a train, but it was a rarity: a train of company business equipment, either inspecting or in transit.

This is a better place for watching than for photographing, especially to get more than just the locomotive(s).

So I went up the hill for a full-train shot. Hazy through the rain, but again, it is a favorite spot for watching, not photographing.

Away

Beach

Rocks

Builder

Once or twice a week I go to the Richmond Beach Library, and then down the hill to sit by the railroad tracks for a while. Sometimes I see a train, but mostly I don't react quickly enough to take a picture. Today the camera was already out and sitting on the console, and I had just enough warning to open the car door and make a snap shot through the gap next to windshield pillar. Had to be straightened & cropped, so the result is just a snapshot, but it does prove that trains still go by.